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Dr. Augustine Duah -Osei

Name: First International Conference on Africa and World War I. nTheme: Africa and the First World War: Remembrance, Memories and Representation after Hundred Years.
Start: 2015-10-01
Location: University of Cape Coast, Ghana

✿ In memoriam

Lecturer · Senior Member

🏛 Department of History and Diplomacy

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About

Augustine Duah Osei obtained a B. A. Arts Degree and an MPhil (History) from the University of Cape Coast in 2004 and 2010 respectively. The MPhil Thesis was on Political Detention in Ghana from 1850 to 1966. He also obtained his PhD from the same department in 2020. His Ph.D. research was on the micro history of one of the Akan people, the Twifo, their migration and occupation of the lands around the Pra Offin Basin.

In 2019, he was awarded a semester scholarship on the NORPART: INTERCULTURAL HISTORICAL STUDIES, an Educational Cooperation project between the Department of History and the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) Norway. January – June 2019. He has been teaching courses in African history, European history and world civilizations at the Department of History, University of Cape Coast, Ghana. He is a member of the Historical Society of Ghana.

Focus & expertise

Academic interests · number = colleagues who share it

History and Migrations of the Akan States. Political Detention in Ghana Political History of Ghana

Recent activity

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Conference Jan 2018

1. International Conference on World War II. Theme: Revisiting Africa and World War II.

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Conference Oct 2015

First International Conference on Africa and World War I. nTheme: Africa and the First World War: Remembrance, Memories and Representation after Hundred Years.

Background

🎓 Education & qualifications

Doctor of Philosophy in History

University of Cape Coast

2020

Master of Philosophy in History

University of Cape Coast

2010

Teaching & projects

Studying history involves both the student and tutor in interactive conversations about historical events. As a history lecturer, my major responsibility is to help students appreciate historical context through which they can understand the motivations behind the decisions made by historical figures, critically evaluate those motivations, and assess the significance of the actions taken as they analyze the events themselves. Thus, my major goal is to show that the study of history is a creative process based upon the analysis of historical evidence which results in a "conversation" between the historian and the historical actors being studied.
In essence, I am very committed to a student-centred approach to teaching history by providing an environment that is both exciting, but which empowers both student and lecturer in pursuing learning.

Teaching philosophy

Engagements

📅 Conferences attended

2015 First International Conference on Africa and World War I. nTheme: Africa and the First World War: Remembrance, Memories and Representation after Hundred Years. Presented a Paper · University of Cape Coast, Ghana

2018 1. International Conference on World War II. Theme: Revisiting Africa and World War II. Presented a paper · University of Cape Coast, Ghana