John Edward Philips

Region of Interest	Africa
Primary Country of Residence	Japan
Title	Professor (jokyouju), Ph.D.
Affiliation	Hirosaki University, Japan
Email	philips@cc.hirosaki-u.ac.jp
Mailing Address	Hirosaki University Faculty of Humanities Department of International Society Bunkyo-cho 1 Hirosaki 036-8560 Japan
Phone/Fax Number(s)	phone: +81(172)39-3957 fax: +81(188)65-4772
Countries of Specialization	Nigeria
Research Interests	West Africa, including West African Islamic history, and especially Hausa studies, is my speciality. Currently working on a number of projects for publication, in the areas of methodology, interethnic and interreligious relations, Islamization, and others.
Publications	- Spurious Arabic: Hausa and Colonial Nigeria_ (2000: University of Wisconsin (Madison) African Studies Center) - Slave Elites in the Middle East and Africa_ (jointly edited with Toru Miura) (2000: Kegan Paul International) Have published on South African and Sudanese labor history, African culture in the U.S., historical linguistics, African Studies in Japan, and other fields (see my website below for further information).
Keywords	Hausa ; colonial history ; labor history ; slavery ; culture ; linguistics ; Islam ; ...