Felicitas Becker Explained

Felicitas Becker (born 1971 in Erlangen) is a Belgian historian, currently a Professor of African History at the University of Ghent.[1] She worked from 2010 till 2016 at the University of Cambridge, where she was also Fellow of Peterhouse.[2] She works on AIDS,[3] slavery[4] and the spread of Islam in East Africa,[5] especially Tanzania.

Becker's work has been supported by grants from the Gerda Henkel Foundation[6] and the European Research Council.[7] She won the Ellen MacArthur Prize in Economic History[8] at Cambridge University.

Her books include:

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Prof. Dr. Felicitas Maria Becker . research.flw.ugent.be.
  2. Web site: Felicitas Becker. Judith. Weik. June 4, 2014. african.cam.ac.uk.
  3. Book: Aids and Religious Practice in Africa. Felicitas. Becker. Wenzel. Geissler. February 23, 2009. Brill. 9789047442691 .
  4. 'Looking for Life': Traces of Slavery in the Structures and Social Lives of Southern Swahili Towns. Felicitas. Becker. May 4, 2021. Journal of African Diaspora Archaeology and Heritage. 10. 1–2. 87–109. 10.1080/21619441.2020.1804691. 213599456 . free. 1854/LU-8647387. free.
  5. Book: Becoming Muslim in Mainland Tanzania, 1890 - 2000. Felicitas. Becker. British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship Monographs . September 11, 2008. Oxford University Press. 978-0-19-726427-0 .
  6. Web site: Projects supported by the Foundation . Gerda Henkel Foundation.
  7. Web site: ERC Consolidator Grants 2018 – List of Principal Investigators – All domains. European Research Council.
  8. Web site: Ellen McArthur Prize Recipients 1933–2021 . hist.cam.ac.uk.
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