Professor Megan Vaughan FBA

History, African Languages and Literature, Social History in Africa, Economic History in Africa, History of Medicine in Africa.

Elected 2002

Fellow type: UK Fellow
Year elected: 2002
Sections: Africa, Asia and the Middle East, Modern History from 1850
Website: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of-advanced-studies/people/professor-megan-vaughan

Current post

Institute of Advanced Studies, University College London Professor of African History and Health

2015 -

Past appointments

University of Cambridge Smuts Professor of Commonwealth History

2002 - 2016

University of Cambridge Smuts Research Fellow

1970 -

University of Oxford Professor, Faculty Fellow and Rhodes University Lecturer in Commonwealth Studies

1970 -

University of Malawi Lecturer in History

1970 -

Publications

Epidemiological Change and Chronic Disease in Sub-Saharan Africa: Social and historical perspectives

Edited by Megan Vaughan, Kafui Adjaye-Gbewonyo, and Marissa Mika - Published in 2021 by University College London Press

Death, Belief and Politics in Central African History

Megan Vaughan, Walima T. Kalusa - Published in 2013 by The Lembani Trust

Creating the Creole Island: Slavery in Eighteenth Century Mauritius

Megan Vaughan - Published in 2005 by Duke University Press

Cutting Down Trees: Gender, Nutrition and Agricultural Change in the Northern Province of Zambia, 1890-1990

Megan Vaughan, Henrietta L. Moore - Published in 1995 by James Currey

Curing Their Ills: Colonial Power and African Illness

Megan Vaughan - Published in 1992 by Polity Press

The Story of an African Famine

Megan Vaughan - Published in 1987 by Cambridge University Press

Other Fellows of the British Academy

Professor Harri Englund FBA

African-language political and moral thought; the historical-linguistic translation of freedom, equality and human rights; the racial and humanitarian politics of Christian missions in 19th-century Africa

Mr Timothy Clark FBA

Pictorial arts in early modern Japan; Katsushika Hokusai

Professor Tim Harper FBA

Histories of war, revolution and empire in 19th and 20th century Southeast Asia.

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Professor Megan Vaughan FBA

Current post

Institute of Advanced Studies, University College London Professor of African History and Health

2015 -

Past appointments

University of Cambridge Smuts Professor of Commonwealth History

2002 - 2016

University of Cambridge Smuts Research Fellow

1970 -

University of Oxford Professor, Faculty Fellow and Rhodes University Lecturer in Commonwealth Studies

1970 -

University of Malawi Lecturer in History

1970 -

Publications

Epidemiological Change and Chronic Disease in Sub-Saharan Africa: Social and historical perspectives

Edited by Megan Vaughan, Kafui Adjaye-Gbewonyo, and Marissa Mika - Published in 2021 by University College London Press

Death, Belief and Politics in Central African History

Megan Vaughan, Walima T. Kalusa - Published in 2013 by The Lembani Trust

Creating the Creole Island: Slavery in Eighteenth Century Mauritius

Megan Vaughan - Published in 2005 by Duke University Press

Cutting Down Trees: Gender, Nutrition and Agricultural Change in the Northern Province of Zambia, 1890-1990

Megan Vaughan, Henrietta L. Moore - Published in 1995 by James Currey

Curing Their Ills: Colonial Power and African Illness

Megan Vaughan - Published in 1992 by Polity Press

The Story of an African Famine

Megan Vaughan - Published in 1987 by Cambridge University Press

Other Fellows of the British Academy

Professor Harri Englund FBA

Mr Timothy Clark FBA

Professor Tim Harper FBA

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Professor Megan Vaughan FBA

Current post

Institute of Advanced Studies, University College London Professor of African History and Health

2015 -

Past appointments

University of Cambridge Smuts Professor of Commonwealth History

2002 - 2016

University of Cambridge Smuts Research Fellow

1970 -

University of Oxford Professor, Faculty Fellow and Rhodes University Lecturer in Commonwealth Studies

1970 -

University of Malawi Lecturer in History

1970 -

Publications

Epidemiological Change and Chronic Disease in Sub-Saharan Africa: Social and historical perspectives

Edited by Megan Vaughan, Kafui Adjaye-Gbewonyo, and Marissa Mika - Published in 2021 by University College London Press

Death, Belief and Politics in Central African History

Megan Vaughan, Walima T. Kalusa - Published in 2013 by The Lembani Trust

Creating the Creole Island: Slavery in Eighteenth Century Mauritius

Megan Vaughan - Published in 2005 by Duke University Press

Cutting Down Trees: Gender, Nutrition and Agricultural Change in the Northern Province of Zambia, 1890-1990

Megan Vaughan, Henrietta L. Moore - Published in 1995 by James Currey

Curing Their Ills: Colonial Power and African Illness

Megan Vaughan - Published in 1992 by Polity Press

The Story of an African Famine

Megan Vaughan - Published in 1987 by Cambridge University Press

Other Fellows of the British Academy

Professor Harri Englund FBA

Mr Timothy Clark FBA

Professor Tim Harper FBA

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