Akachi, Odoemene. PhD

• University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria, 2004 – 2008; Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in African History (2008).
• University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria, 2000 – 2002; Master of Arts (M.A.) in African History (2003). 
• Imo State University, Owerri, Nigeria, 1992 – 1997; Bachelor of Arts (B.A. Hons.) in History, (1997). 

• Department of History and International Relations: Federal University Otuoke, Otuoke Bayelsa State, Nigeria (2012-date).

• Department of History and International Relations: Redeemer’s University, Mowe, Ogun State, Nigeria (2009- 2012). Position: Lecturer I.

• Inter-postulant Study Programme, Dominican Institute, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria (2004-2007). Position: Adjunct Lecturer.

•  Centre for Population Activities and Education for Development, (CEPAED), #1, Niger Road, University of Ibadan, Nigeria; (July 2002 – Feb. 2009). Job Title: Programme Officer.
• CUBES Konsult Limited, Shop 13, Area 3 Shopping Complex, Garki, Abuja FCT, Nigeria, (Feb. 1999 – Aug. 2000). Job Title: Administrative Officer.

• Member, Historical Society of Nigeria (H.S.N.) (2000).
• Member, Programme on Ethnic and Federal Studies (PEFS), University of Ibadan (2001). 
• Member, Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) (2006).
• Nigerian Partner/Consultant, (CRISE), University of Oxford, United Kingdom (2006).
• Member, Association of African Historians (AAH) (2007).
• Member, Research Committee 21: Urban and Regional Development, (ISA–RC 21) (2007).
• Member, African Sociological Association (AfSA) (2007).
• Member, Union of African Population Studies (UAPS) (2007).
• Member, International Sociological Association (ISA) (2008).
• Member, International Union for Scientific Study of Populations (IUSSP) (2009).
• Member, Igbo Studies Association (ISA) (2010).
• Member, West Africa Research Association (WARA) (2010).
• Member, International Economic History Association (IEHA) (2012).

• Researcher of the Year Award, Redeemer’s University, 2012. According to the citation, this is because he: “reflected a steady growth in research development in his chosen area,” and was “consistent in evolving a profound contribution to the ideological discourse in socio-cultural issues in the Third World.”
• Research Fellow, African Peacebuilding Network (APN), Social Science Research Council (SSRC), New York, U.S.A. (November 2012 – June 2013).
• Research Fellow, South-South Research Grants 2012 (the Africa/Asia/Latin America – APISA/CLACSO/CODESRIA Collaborative Program) (July 2012 – June, 2013).
• Hewlett Visiting Scholar, Population Studies Training Center (PSTC), Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.A. (1 March – 30 June, 2012). 
• Africa Initiative (AI) Research Grant Awardee of the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI), Waterloo, Ontario, Canada (2011).
• African Humanities Program (AHP) Fellowship, Courtesy: American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) (2009).
• Irmgard Coninx Stiftung Research Fellow, Social Science Research Council Berlin (WZB), Courtesy: Irmgard Coninx Stiftung, Berlin, Germany (15 August – 15 November, 2009).

• ‘Jide Osuntokun, Victor Ukaogo and Akachi Odoemene (eds.), Nigerian Studies: Readings in History, Politics, Society and Culture (New Jersey: Goldline and Jacobs Publishers, 2010).

Chapters in Books

• “The Contexts of Colonialism and Ethnicity in Indigene – Settler Relations: Comparative Historical Evidence from Social (Dis)orders in two Nigerian Cities”, in Zewde Bahru (ed.) Society, State and Identity in African History, (Addis Ababa: Association of African Historians and Forum for Social Studies, 2008), pp. 231-256.
• “The African Extended Family System in Historical and Contemporary Contexts,” in Akinjide Osuntokun, Victor Ukaogo and Akachi Odoemene (eds.), Nigerian Studies: Readings in History, Politics, Society and Culture, (Trenton, NJ: Goldline and Jacobs Publishers, 2010), pp. 143-157.
• “Civil Society Revolt and ‘Social Cleansing’ of the Land: The Otokoto Saga, a Paradox of Agencies and Igbo Self-help Initiative,” in Apollos Nwauwa and Chima J. Korieh (eds.) Against all Odds: The Igbo Experience in Post-Colonial Nigeria (Trenton, NJ: Goldline and Jacobs Publishers, 2011), pp. 322-346.
•  “‘Remember to Forget’: The Nigeria–Biafra War, History, and the Politics of Memory,” in Chima J. Korieh (ed.) The Nigeria-Biafra War: Genocide and the Politics of Memory (Amherst, New York: Cambria Press, 2012), pp. 163-186.
• “Warfare and Diplomacy in Precolonial West Africa”, in Christian B.N. Ogbogbo (ed.) Perspectives in African History (Ibadan: Bookwright Publishers, 2012), pp. 23-47.
• “The Nigeria-Biafra Civil War, 1967-1970: Reconsidering a Rejected History,” in Christian B.N. Ogbogbo (ed.) Perspectives in African History (Ibadan: Bookwright Publishers, 2012), pp. 91-103.

•  “The Evolution of “August Meeting” among ‘Igbo Women’ of Southeastern Nigeria,” Journal of History and Diplomatic Studies, Vol. 7, No. 2, 2010 (OOU), pp. 1-29.
• “Gender, Ethnic Identity and Citizenship in Nigeria: The Post-Colonial Experience”, Journal of History and Development, Vol. 1, No. 1, (September) 2010 (University of Zimbabwe), pp. 15-30.
• “Explaining Inter-ethnic Harmony in Enugu city, South-eastern Nigeria, 1970-2003”, (with Olufemi B. Olaoba) African Journal on Conflict Resolution, Vol. 10, No.1, 2010 (ACCORD, South Africa), pp. 111-136. 
•  “Social Consequences of Environmental Change in the Niger Delta of Nigeria”, Journal of Sustainable Development (JSD), Vol. 4, No. 2, 2011 (Canadian Center of Science and Education), pp. 123-135.
•  “‘Agony in the Garden’: Incongruity of Governance and the Travails of Port Harcourt city, Niger Delta, Nigeria, 1912-2010,” Africana: A Journal of Ideas on Africa and the African Diaspora, Vol. 5, No. 1, 2011 (African Studies Centre, Boston University, USA), pp. 108-139.
•  “(Re)Venturing into the Public Sphere: Historical Sociology of ‘August Meeting’ among Igbo Women in Nigeria,” Africa Development, Vol. XXXVI, No.2, 2011 (CODESRIA), pp. 223–252. 
•  “White Zimbabwean Farmers in Nigeria: issues in “New Nigerian” Land deals and the implications for food and human security,” African Identities, Vol. 10, No. 1, Feb. 2012 (University of South Australia), pp. 63-76.
•  “The Nigerian Military and Sexual Violence in Ogoniland, (Niger Delta) Nigeria,” Armed Forces and Society, Vol. 38, No. 2, April 2012 (Inter-University Seminar on Armed Forces and Society, Loyola University, Chicago), pp. 225-251.
• “Fighting Corruption without the State: Civil Society Agency and the ‘Otokoto Saga,’” Journal of Historical Sociology, Vol. 25, No. 3, 2012 (University of Lancaster), pp. 475-503.
•  “Challenges of democracy and the (de)memorialisation of the June 12, 1993 elections in Nigeria” (with Olumide Ekanade), International Journal of African Renaissance Studies, Vol. 7, No. 1, 2012 (University of South Africa), pp. 73-93.
•  “Oiling the Frictions in Socio-political Conflicts: Faith-Based Institutional Leadership of the JDPC in Grassroots Peacemaking in Nigeria,” African Conflict and Peacebuilding Review (ACPR), Vol. 2, No. 2, (Fall) 2012 (Indiana University), pp. 51-76.

•  “The Niger Delta Amnesty: What Manner of Peace Deal?”. In Christopher LaMonica and J. Shola Omotola (eds.) Horror in Paradise: Understanding the Deepening Crisis of the Niger Delta (Accepted, In print).
•  “Competing Rhetoric in the context of Foreign Land Acquisitions: the case of “New Nigeria”. In Sandra J.T.M. Evers, Caroline Seagle, and Froukje Krijtenburg (eds.) Africa for Sale?: The Role of the State, Land Policy and Competing Stakeholder Valuations in Foreign Large-Scale Land Acquisitions in Africa (Leiden: Brill, In print).
• “Chaos of Order: Engaging (Mis)Conception of ’Bakassi Boys’ and MASSOB of Southeastern Nigeria”. In Isaac O. Albert (ed.) Non-State Armed Groups in Nigeria: A Historical Perspective (Accepted, Forthcoming).
• “In the Eyes of the Storm: Currents of Controversies in the Leadership of Dr. Michael Iheonukara Okpara”. In Julius Adekunle and Apollos Nwauwa (eds.) Governance in Nigeria: Changes and Challenges in Political Leadership, (Accepted, Forthcoming).
•  “Engendering Development and Social Change through the Urban – Rural Linkages: Engaging the ‘August Meeting’ Model,” African Note (Accepted, In print).

•  “The Historical Dynamics of Migration into Enugu city, Southeastern Nigeria, 1915-1990”, proceedings from the Seventh Berlin Roundtables; the Social Science Research Center Berlin, Germany, 25th – 27th October 2007. 
•  “Perspectives on Urbanisation and Development in Two ‘New’ African (Nigerian) cities: Trends, Dynamics and Post-Colonial Implications”, proceedings from the 2nd Annual Conference of Alumni of CODESRIA Institutes, Theme: Governing the Urban Process in Africa; Brazzaville, Congo, 17th – 19th September 2008. 
•  “Agony in the Garden: Incongruity of Governance and the Travails of Port Harcourt city”, proceedings from the Tenth Berlin Roundtables, the Social Science Research Center Berlin, Germany, 18th – 23rd March, 2009.
•  “White Zimbabwean Farmers in Nigeria: Issues in “New Nigerian” Land Deals and the Implications for Food and Human Security”, proceedings from the International Conference on “Africa for Sale”: Analysing and Theorizing Foreign Land Claims and Acquisitions; Groningen University, the Netherlands, 28th – 29th October 2010.
•  “Historicizing the Niger Delta Palaver up to the ‘Amnesty’ Deal: Documenting a Conflicted Past, Building a Sustainable Future,” proceedings from the International Conference on Confronting the Challenges of Development, Environmental Management and peace building in the Niger Delta: Beyond the Amnesty; Benin city, Nigeria, 27th – 30th July 2011.
•  “Perspectives on Migration, Urbanization and Development in Two ‘New’ African Cities: Trends, Dynamics and Post-colonial Implications”, proceedings from the 2012 Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America (PAA), Session 29: Urbanization, San Francisco, California, U.S.A., 3rd – 5th May, 2012. 

• “Climate change, Food (In)security and the Land Grab Syndrome in Africa”. Project sponsored by the Center for International Governance Innovations (CIGI), Ontario, Canada.
• “The Climate–Energy–Food Nexus: Confronting the ‘Biomass Regime’ Challenge in Africa”. Project sponsored by the Center for International Governance Innovations (CIGI), Ontario, Canada.
• “The New Scramble for Africa’s Land: Of Wealthy Foreign Grabbers, Local Elite Conspirators and Alienated Rural Peasantry” (private research).
• “Nurses’ Migration and a Crystallizing ‘Culture of Exile’ among Young People” (private research). 
• “Colonial Capitalism and the Foundation of African Cities” (private research).
• “Civil Society and Violence in Africa” (commissioned book chapter).