Nigeria: Economy and Society

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Celebrating Gavin Williams

SATURDAY

12-1.30pm
Nigeria: Economy and Society
Chair: JDY Peel. Discussant: Bjorn Beckman

Ruth Watson:
Gavin, Garveyism, and Literary Materialism in Colonial Ibadan

Kathryn Nwajiaku:
The politics of oil and identity in Nigeria: A political economy of ethnic nationalism

Gunilla Andrae:
Organising the Informal Economy: Union power and civil society in Nigeria

AR Mustapha:
Why there is Agrarian Capitalism in Nigeria: The Zimbabwean Farmers in the Nigerian Middlebelt

In 1975, Gavin Williams took up the post of Fellow and Tutor in Politics and Sociology at St Peters College, Oxford. From 1975 to 2010, Gavin became an important part of many intellectual journeys by his students and colleagues. This event celebrated the contributions of Gavin to the enrichment of our lives: his unflinching commitment to his students, his generosity and collegiality, his support for various academic institutions inside and outside of Oxford, and his exemplification of the academic life as a committed moral vocation. And it gave us the opportunity not just to demonstrate the breadth and reach of Gavins intellectual journeys with students and colleagues, but also the global connections established in the process.


In 1975, Gavin Williams took up the post of Fellow and Tutor in Politics and Sociology at St Peters College, Oxford. From 1975 to 2010, Gavin became an important part of many intellectual journeys by his students and colleagues. This event celebrated the contributions of Gavin to the enrichment of our lives: his unflinching commitment to his students, his generosity and collegiality, his support for various academic institutions inside and outside of Oxford, and his exemplification of the academic life as a committed moral vocation. And it gave us the opportunity not just to demonstrate the breadth and reach of Gavins intellectual journeys with students and colleagues, but also the global connections established in the process.