Past Member
Nana Osei-Opare
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Fellowship for Assistant Professors
Affiliation
Historical Studies
Field of Study
Africa, the Cold War, Black Political Thought
Website
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Nana Osei-Opare will be working on his book, "Socialist De-Colony: Black and Soviet Entanglements in Ghana's Cold War and Decolonization Projects, 1957–66." It unpacks, rethinks, and ties Ghana’s Cold War and political-economic projects to larger socialist and Marxist debates from multiple ideological and geographic vantage points.
Dates at IAS
Member
School of Historical Studies
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Degrees
University of California, Los Angeles
Ph.D.
2019
Stanford University
A.M.
2011
Stanford University
A.B.
2011
Honors
2023-2024
Scholars-in-Residence, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture of the New York Public Library
2017-2018
Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Award (Russia)
2017-2018
Silas Palmer Fellowship, Stanford University Hoover Institution Library & Archives
2013-2017
Eugene V. Cota-Robles Fellowship, University of California Office of the President, UCLA
2020
Beacon Exemplar Certificate of Excellence Award for Outstanding Dedication to Inspiring, Supporting, & Motivating Students, United Student Government at Fordham University
2020
Faculty Research Grant, Fordham University
2016
International Institute Dissertation Fieldwork Fellowship, UCLA
2015
Laura Kinsey Prize for Teaching Excellence, UCLA
2015
Charles E. & Sue K. Young Award for Distinguished Academic, Teaching, & Service, UCLA
2014
Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship (Russian)
2013
African Studies Leadership Award, Stanford University
2011
James Birdsall Weter Prize, Stanford University
2011
Certificate of Excellence & Outstanding Performance and Lasting Contribution to the Stanford African Students Association, Stanford University
Appointments
Fordham University
2021
Assistant Professor of History
Fordham University
2021
Faculty Affiliate of African & African American Studies Department