Professor Karin Barber FBA
I am an anthropologist with a particular interest in popular culture, religion, and the verbal arts, both oral and written. Most of my research has been in the Yoruba-speaking area of Nigeria, and I am currently working on early Yoruba print culture.
- Fellow type
- UK Fellow
- Year elected
- 2003
- Subjects
- Anthropology
Current post
Professor Emerita of African Cultural Anthropology, University of Birmingham
Past appointments
University of Birmingham Professor Emerita of African Cultural Anthropology
2017 -
University of Birmingham Professor of African Cultural Anthropology
1999 -
University of Birmingham Professor of African Cultural Anthropology, University of Birmingham
1999 - 2017
University of Birmingham Professor of African Cultural Anthropology, University of Birmingham
1999 - 2017
University of Birmingham Lecturer/Senior Lecturer/Reader
1985 - 1999
Unknown Unknown Lecturer, University of Ife, Nigeria
1977 - 1984
Publications
Other Fellows of the British Academy
Professor Sarah Franklin FBA FRSB FAcSS
Social study of new reproductive technologies and bioscience; histories and cultures of IVF; gender theory; new kinship studies; reproductive sociology; anthropology of reproduction
