Laura Fair

Office: 311 McKenzie Hall
Phone: (541) 346-4838
Email: lfair@oregon.uoregon.edu

Biographical Information
AssociateProfessor, African History
B.A in 1985 at Northern Illinois University
M.A. in 1988 at the University of Wisconsin, at Madison
Ph.D in 1994 at the University of Minnesota
With the U of O since 1994

Major Publications
"Identity, Dance and Difference: Women's Initiation Ceremonies in Zanzibar, 1890-1930," Frontiers (1996)
"Kickin' It: Leisure, Politics and Football in Zanzibar, 1900s-1950s" Africa

Fellowships, Grants, and Honors
Center for the Study of Women in Society, Travel Grant, University of Oregon, 1996
Bernadotte E. Schmitt Grant for Research, American Historical Association, 1993
McMillan Research and Travel Grant, 1993
University of Minnesota Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship, 1992-1993
International Doctoral Research Fellowship, American Council of Learned Societies and Social Science Research Council, 1990
Fulbright-Hayes Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad, 1990
Frances E. Andrews-Hunt Research Grant, 1990

Current Research and Writing
Gender and popular culture in early 20th century Zanzibar

Recent Teaching
Pre-Colonial Africa Colonial and Post-Colonial Africa
Social History of African Women
Popular Culture in Urban Africa