{"id":19460,"date":"2024-01-25T11:34:57","date_gmt":"2024-01-25T16:34:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/?post_type=cu_event&#038;p=19460"},"modified":"2026-09-08T16:53:42","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T20:53:42","slug":"ruling-emancipated-slaves-and-indigenous-subjects","status":"publish","type":"cu_event","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/event\/ruling-emancipated-slaves-and-indigenous-subjects\/","title":{"rendered":"Ruling Emancipated Slaves and Indigenous Subjects"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"mb-6 cu-pageheader cu-component-updated md:mb-12\">\n    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 pb-5 after:w-10 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px\">\n        \n    <\/h1>\n    \n        <\/header>\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n            <div class=\"cu-buttongroup cu-component-updated flex flex-wrap md:flex-1 gap-3 md:gap-5 justify-start\">\n                                                                                                        <\/div>\n        \n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Please join us on Wednesday, March&nbsp; 6th,&nbsp; 2024 | 1:00-2:30 PM EST. <a href=\"https:\/\/kellogg.nd.edu\/people\/olukunle-owolabi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Olukunle P. Owolabi&nbsp;<\/a> presents his book entitled <strong>:&nbsp; &#8221; <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/global.oup.com\/academic\/product\/ruling-emancipated-slaves-and-indigenous-subjects-9780197673034?cc=us&amp;lang=en&amp;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ruling Emancipated Slaves and Indigenous Subjects: The Divergent Legacies of Forced Settlement and Colonial Occupation in the Global South&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/global.oup.com\/academic\/covers\/pdp\/9780197673034\" alt=\"Cover for Ruling Emancipated Slaves and Indigenous Subjects \"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In summary, &nbsp;<strong>Olukunle P. Owolabi<\/strong>&#8220;s book<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Distinguishes between forced settlement and colonial occupation as distinct modes of imperial domination in the Global South<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Uses statistical data methods and comparative-historical analysis to analyze the long-term developmental consequences of forced settlement and colonial occupation across multiple colonial empires<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Highlights significant variations in colonial state-building, long-term development, and postcolonial democratization across the Black Atlantic world<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Draws evidence from more than ninety developing countries that gained independence after World War II<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/287\/Owolabi_0-240x270.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/287\/Owolabi_0-240x270.jpg 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/287\/Owolabi_0-160x180.jpg 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/287\/Owolabi_0-360x405.jpg 360w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/287\/Owolabi_0-200x225.jpg 200w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/287\/Owolabi_0.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>About the speaker:<br>\n<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www1.villanova.edu\/university\/liberal-arts-sciences\/programs\/global\/africana-studies\/faculty\/biodetail.html?mail=olukunle.owolabi@villanova.edu&amp;xsl=bio_long\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Olukunle P. Owolabi<\/strong><\/a> is an associate professor of political science at Villanova University in Pennsylvania<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>, where he teaches courses on Comparative Politics, African Politics, comparative democratization, and the developmental legacies of colonialism. His research examines the developmental legacies of forced settlement and colonial occupation in the Global South and has been published in&nbsp;<em>Comparative Politics<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Owolabi holds a PhD in political science from the University of Notre Dame and an MPhil&nbsp;in Latin American Studies with distinction from Oxford University.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-fe48e5de wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button \" href=\"https:\/\/carleton-ca.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/tJ0of-iorj4jG9ZpE1_cEJG0Q_KgdAJZokGz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Register now<\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_event_type":[282,281],"cu_event_audience":[189,190,191,192,197],"class_list":["post-19460","cu_event","type-cu_event","status-publish","hentry","cu_event_type-events","cu_event_type-fass","cu_event_audience-alumni","cu_event_audience-anyone","cu_event_audience-carleton-community","cu_event_audience-current-students","cu_event_audience-staff-faculty"],"acf":{"cu_event_start_date":"2024-03-06T13:00:00","cu_event_end_date":"2024-03-06T02:30:00","cu_event_add_to_calendar":"show","cu_event_location_type":"in-person","cu_event_meeting_address_type":"on-campus","cu_event_virtual_type":"tbd","cu_event_virtual_meeting_link":"","cu_building":"DT","cu_event_meeting_room":"Zoom and 1723 ","cu_event_meeting_address_full":null,"cu_post_thumbnail":false,"cu_event_cost":"0","cu_event_registration":"","cu_event_secondary_button":"","cu_event_contact_name":"","cu_event_email":"AfricanStudies@cunet.carleton.ca","cu_event_phone":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event\/19460","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cu_event"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event\/19460\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19487,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event\/19460\/revisions\/19487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_event_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event_type?post=19460"},{"taxonomy":"cu_event_audience","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event_audience?post=19460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}