Professor Sola Akinrinade, BA (Hons), MA, Ph.D
Vice-Chancellor
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EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND:

• BA (First Class) and MA in History (Ife) and Ph.D. in International Relations (London)

Professor Sola Akinrinade assumed office as pioneer Vice-Chancellor of Osun State University in August 2007. He attended the University of Ife (1977–81, 1982–84) and the London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London (1985–88). He holds BA (First Class) and MA in History (Ife) and Ph.D. in International Relations (London).
Professor Akinrinade joined the services of the Department of History, University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University) in 1982 as a Graduate Assistant. He rose to the rank of Lecturer I in 1988, Senior Lecturer in 1992, Reader in 1997 and was promoted Professor of History (African Political History and International Relations) in 1999.
Sola Akinrinade is married to Rita Nkechi (nee Ben-Anyiwe), a graduate of Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria, and Harvard University, USA.

PREVIOUS POSTS:

• 2006 – 2007: Chairman, Committee of Deans, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
• 2003 – 2007: Dean, Faculty of Arts, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
• 1999 to date: Professor of History, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
• 2001 – 2002: Research Fellow, Centre for the Study of Global Governance, London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London, England.
• 1997 –1999: Reader in History, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
• 1994: Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advanced Social Science, Port Harcourt, Nigeria
• 1992 – 97: Senior Lecturer
• 1988 – 92: Lecturer I
• 1984 – 88: Assistant Lecturer in History, University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University), Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
• 1982 – 84: Graduate Assistant, Department of History, University of Ife, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.

CO-CURRICULAR EXPERIENCE

• 2006 – 2007: Chairman, Committee of Deans, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
• 2003 – 2007: Dean, Faculty of Arts, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
• 1999 to Date: Professor of History, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
• 2001 – 2002: Research Fellow, Centre for the Study of Global Governance, London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London, England.
• 1997 – 1999: Reader in History, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
• 1994: Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advanced Social Science, Port Harcourt, Nigeria
• 1992 – 97: Senior Lecturer
• 1988 – 92: Lecturer I
• 1984 – 88: Assistant Lecturer in History, University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University), Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
• 1982 – 84: Graduate Assistant, Department of History, University of Ife, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.

CO-CURRICULAR EXPERIENCE

• 2001 – Date: External Examiner (Postgraduate) to various Nigerian Universities for MA/PhD coursework and oral examinations.
• 2002 – Date: External Assessor to various Nigerian Universities for the assessment of candidates for professorial and readership appointments in History, Political Science and International Relations.
• 2001-Date: Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of Contemporary African Studies (Carfax Publishers, UK/Rhodes University, South Africa).
• 1992-95: Founding Editor, Ife Journal of History.
• 1993-94: Member, Editorial Board and Columnist, The Independent.
• 1990-95: Editorial Adviser, Odu: A Journal of West African Studies.
• 1986-87: Member, Editorial Board, Millennium: Journal of International Studies

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AND PAPERS

• 2010: “Africa”, in James Mayall (ed.), The Contemporary Commonwealth: An Assessment, 1965 -2009 (Abingdon, Oxon & New York: Routledge), 210 – 223
• 2009: “The Nigerian Diaspora.” In Aderanti Adepoju (ed.) Working for Greener Pastures: Nigerian Migration Profile (with Olukoya Ogen). (NOMRA & the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. (with Olukoya Ogen) (in press)
• 2009: “South-South Cooperation and Economic Development: Realities and Challenges of Indo-Nigerian Economic Relations since 1959.” In Samir Dasgupta and Joy Alemazung (eds.) Global Malady in Africa: Politics, Environment, People and Developments within the International Network Context. Wimbledon: Anthem Press (with Olukoya Ogen) (in press)
• 2008: “Globalization and De-Industrialization: South-South Neo-liberalism and the Collapse of the Nigerian Textile Industry” The Global South 2 (2), Fall 2008 (with Olukoya Ogen), 159-170.
• 2007: Rethinking the Humanities in Africa (Ile-Ife: Faculty of Arts, Obafemi Awolowo University) (ed. with O. Fashina, David O. Ogungbile and O. Famakinwa) (in press)
• 2006: The Humanities, Nationalism and Democracy (Ile-Ife: Faculty of Arts, Obafemi Awolowo University) (ed. with O. Fashina and David O. Ogungbile).
• 2006: “An Army of Ex-Presidents: Transitions, the Military and Democratic Consolidation in Nigeria”, in Roger Southall and Henning Melber (eds.), Legacies of Power: Leadership Change and Former Presidents in African Politics (Pretoria & Uppsala: HSRC Press and Nordic Africa Institute), 281 – 307.
• 2005: Foreign Policy Cooperation in Developing States, Inaugural Lecture Series, 178 (Ile-Ife, Obafemi Awolowo University).
• 2004: Locating the Local in the Global: Voices on a Globalised Nigeria (Ile-Ife: Faculty of Arts, Obafemi Awolowo University) (ed. with M. Kolawole, I. Mojola and David O.Ogungbile)
• 2004: “Renewing the Commonwealth for the 21st Century: Policy Perspectives”, Nigerian Journal of International Affairs, Vol. 30, No. 4 (with Tunde Oduntan), 82 – 93.
• 2004: “Warring… but not unto Death: Conflict Prevention and Resolution Mechanisms in Yoruba Military Tradition”, Lagos Historical Review, Vol. 4, 119 – 141.
• 2004: “Migration: Africa”, in New Dictionary of the History of Ideas (New York: Scribner’s).
• 2004: “Oral Tradition”, in New Dictionary of the History of Ideas (New York: Scribner’s
• 2004: “On the evolution of civil society in Nigeria” in Marlies Glasius, David Lewis and Hakan Seckinelgin (eds.) Exploring Civil Society: Political and Cultural Contexts (London and New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2004) pp. 141-148.
• 2004: “Migration, Globalisation and the New African Diasporas: Towards a framework of understanding”, in Adigun A.B. Agbaje, Larry Diamond and Ebere Onwudiwe (eds.), Nigeria’s Struggle for Democracy and Good Governance: A Festschrift for Oyeleye Oyediran (Ibadan: Ibadan University Press), 431-440 (with Aderemi Ajibewa). Also, http://www.eldis.org/poverty/migration.htm
• 2001: Time for Action: Report of the National Conference on Adolescent Reproductive Health in Nigeria, 26-29 January, 1999, Abuja, Nigeria (ed. with Dr. Bola Oyeledun et. al.) (Abuja/Lagos: Federal Ministry of Health/Action Health Incorporated)
• 1998: Africa in the Post-Cold War International System (London and Washington: Cassell Academic/Pinter) (ed. with Amadu Sesay).
• 1998: The Impact of the Structural Adjustment Programme on the Structure of Nigeria's International Economic Relations (Ibadan: NISER/SSCN National Research Network on Liberalization Policies in Nigeria) (with Amadu Sesay).
• 1992: The Politics of Pressure: TransAfrica and U.S. Policy Toward Southern Africa, Working Paper No. 2, Advanced Seminar on U.S. Foreign Policy Process, School of Public Affairs, University of Maryland at College Park.e.t.c