Papers, 1974-1992.

Format:

Other

Author/Creator:

Cassanelli, Lee V., 1946-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

University of Pennsylvania. School of Arts and Sciences--Faculty.

University of Pennsylvania.

Social Science History Association.

University of Pennsylvania. University Press.

Ibadan University (Nigeria).

United States Information Agency.

History--Study and teaching--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

History.

Physical Description:

1.2 cubic feet

Place of Publication:

1974-1992.

Biography/History:

Born in Springfield, Massachusetts, in 1946, Lee V. Cassanelli earned his B.A. in History from Boston College, M.A. in African History in 1969 and Ph.D. in 1973 both from the University of Wisconsin. After teaching one year at Harvard University as Lecturer in History, he was appointed Assistant Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania in 1974 and was promoted to Associate Professor in 1981. His major publications are The Shaping of Somali Society: Reconstructing the History of a Pastoral People, 1600-1900 (1982) and The Struggle for Land in Southern Somalia: the War Behind the War (co-edited with Catherine Besteman in 1996).

Summary:

The Cassanelli Papers consist of three segments--files concerning an academic exchange program between Penn and the Ibadan University, Nigeria, and files documenting his activities with the Social Science History Association and Penn's University Press respectively.

Finding Aid/Index:

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OCLC:

145429754

Access Restriction:

Access is granted in accordance with the Protocols for the University Archives and Records Center.

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