German historian (born 1971)
Felicitas Becker (born 1971 in Erlangen ) is a German 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 state 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:
References
^ "Prof. Dr. Felicitas Maria Becker" . research.flw.ugent.be .
^ Weik, Judith (June 4, 2014). "Felicitas Becker" . african.cam.ac.uk .
^ Becker, Felicitas; Geissler, Wenzel, eds. (February 23, 2009). Aids and Religious Practice in Africa . Brill. ISBN 9789047442691 .
^ Becker, Felicitas (May 4, 2021). " 'Looking for Life': Traces of Slavery in the Structures and Social Lives of Southern Swahili Towns" . Journal of African Diaspora Archaeology and Heritage . 10 (1– 2): 87– 109. doi :10.1080/21619441.2020.1804691 . hdl :1854/LU-8647387 . S2CID 213599456 .
^ Becker, Felicitas (September 11, 2008). Becoming Muslim in Mainland Tanzania, 1890–2000 . British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship Monographs. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-726427-0 .
^ "Projects supported by the Foundation" . Gerda Henkel Foundation.
^ "ERC Consolidator Grants 2018 – List of Principal Investigators – All domains" (PDF) . European Research Council .
^ "Ellen McArthur Prize Recipients 1933–2021" . hist.cam.ac.uk .
^ Reviews:von Sicard, Sigvard (2011-10-01). "Becoming Muslim in mainland Tanzania 1890-2000" . Islam and Christian–Muslim Relations . 22 (4): 492– 493. doi :10.1080/09596410.2011.606197 . ISSN 0959-6410 . S2CID 216149882 . Kaarsholm, Preben (November 2013). "Becoming Muslim in Mainland Tanzania, 1890–2000 by Felicitas Becker" . Africa: The Journal of the International African Institute . 83 (4): 691– 693. doi :10.1353/afr.2013.0051 . ISSN 1750-0184 . S2CID 143538409 . Nolan, Francis (January 2010). "Book Review: Becoming Muslim in Mainland Tanzania, 1890–2000" . International Bulletin of Missionary Research . 34 (1): 53– 54. doi :10.1177/239693931003400118 . ISSN 0272-6122 . S2CID 148888397 . Kresse, Kai (2010-01-01). "Becker, Felicitas, Becoming Muslim in Mainland Tanzania, 1890–2000, Oxford, Oxford University Press for the British Academy, 2008, 299 pp., with glossary, illustrations, maps, index, 9780197264270, $100.00" . Journal of Religion in Africa . 40 (2): 227– 228. doi :10.1163/157006610X498733 . ISSN 1570-0666 . Abrahams, Naasiha (2010-01-01). "Becoming Muslim in Mainland Tanzania, Felicitas Becker : book review" . Journal for Islamic Studies . 30 (1): 103– 105. hdl :10520/EJC48349 .
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^ Reviews:Howard, Steve (2021-09-02). "Religion, Media, and Marginality in Modern Africa" . Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines . 55 (3): 679– 680. doi :10.1080/00083968.2021.1981595 . ISSN 0008-3968 . S2CID 243271176 . Hutchinson, Dawn (2020-07-29). "Review: Religion, Media, and Marginality in Modern Africa , edited by Felicitas Becker, Joel Cabrita, and Marie Rodet" . Nova Religio . 24 (1): 95– 97. doi :10.1525/nr.2020.24.1.95 . ISSN 1092-6690 . S2CID 225415125 . "Felicitas Becker, Joel Cabrita and Marie Rodet (eds), Religion, Media and Marginality in Modern Africa" . European Journal of Communication . 33 (5): 581– 582. October 2018. doi :10.1177/0267323118799184g . ISSN 0267-3231 . S2CID 219950206 .Pontzen, Benedikt (May 2019). "Religion, Media, and Marginality in Modern Africa" . African Studies Quarterly . 18 (3). Gainesville: 6– 7. ProQuest 2253096470 . Retrieved 2022-09-11 .
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