William Gervase Clarence-Smith Explained

William Gervase Clarence-Smith is Professor of the Economic History of Asia and Africa at SOAS, University of London.^[1] He received an M.A. from Cambridge, a DipPol from the University of Paris and a Ph.D. from London University.

Clarence-Smith is the editor of Journal of Global History published by the Cambridge University Press.^[2] He is an associate of the Indian Ocean World Centre.^[3] He is a member of the London Middle East Institute, the Centre of Iranian Studies, the Centre for Palestine Studies and the Centre for Gender Studies at the University of London.

Clarence-Smith is known for his research into two fields. One area is the history of economic commodities, the other being the history of religion, slavery and gender norms particularly in Africa and Southeast Asia.^[4] He is a Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society and the Royal Historical Society.^[3]

Some of his publications include:

• The Economics of the Indian Ocean Slave Trade in the Nineteenth Century, ^[5]
• The Economics of the Indian Ocean and Red Sea Slave Trades in the 19th Century: An Overview^[6]
• Cocoa and Chocolate 1765–1914 (2000, Routledge,)
• The global coffee economy in Africa, Asia and Latin America, 1500–1989 (2003, edited with S. Topik, Cambridge University Press,)
• Islam and the Abolition of Slavery (2003, Hurst & co,)
• Sexual Diversity in Asia, c. 600–1950 (2012, edited with Raquel A.G. Reyes, Routledge,)
• Female circumcision in Southeast Asia since the coming of Islam, ^[7]
• The Third Portuguese Empire, 1825–1975, ^[8]

External links

• Professor William Gervase Clarence-Smith at SOAS

Notes and References

1. Web site: Professor William Gervase Clarence-Smith. Department of History. SOAS, University of London. 18 February 2016.
2. Web site: Journal of Global History. Cambridge University Press. 18 February 2016.
3. Web site: William Clarence-Smith. Indian Ocean World Centre. 18 February 2016.
4. Web site: Professor William Gervase Clarence-Smith: Research. SOAS. 18 February 2016.
5. For peer reviews see:Ewald . Janet J. . Slavery in Africa and the Slave Trades from Africa . The American Historical Review . Oxford University Press . 97 . 2 . 1992 . 10.2307/2165729 . 465–468. 2165729 . ;
   Review: Indian Ocean Slave Trade: The Economics of the Indian Ocean Slave Trade in the Nineteenth Century by W. G. Clarence-Smith Reviewed by: Patrick Manning, The Journal of African History, Vol. 32, No. 1 (1991), pp. 153–155.
6. Clarence-Smith . William Gervase . The Economics of the Indian Ocean and Red Sea Slave Trades in the 19th Century: An Overview . Slavery & Abolition . Taylor & Francis . 9 . 3 . 1988 . 10.1080/01440398808574959 . 1–20.
7. William Gervase Clarence-Smith (2012), Self-Determination and Women’s Rights in Muslim Societies, Editors: C Raghavan and JP Levine, Brandeis University Press
8. Book: W. G. Clarence-Smith. The Third Portuguese Empire, 1825–1975 . 1985. Manchester University Press. 978-0-7190-1719-3.