My Stay in UI - Regan Buck Bardeen

I am a doctoral candidate in African History at the University of California, Los Angeles. As a Fulbright scholar at the University of Ibadan, I am conducting research on the development of a reading public in southwestern Nigeria, between 1920 and 1980. I am especially interested in the ways people accessed and utilized books outside of formal education settings. UI is a wonderful place to be based for research; I spend a great deal of time at the National Archives, located on campus, or in Kenneth Dike Library. I also conduct interviews with publishers and booksellers throughout the city. I love traveling in the region and can't wait to see more of Nigeria in the coming months. When I'm at home in the Staff Quarters, I enjoy learning how to cook Nigerian food - especially my favorite meal, eba with egusi.

Fulbright Scholars on Campus

There are two Fulbright scholars on Campus . They are Regan BuckBardeen and Matthew H. Brown. Regan BuckBardeen is a doctoral Candidate from the Department of History, University of California, Los Angeles her research focus in UI is on Archival Materials.

Matthew Brown is a Doctoral Candidate from the University of Wisconsin- Madison, working on his PhD. Thesis on Nigerian Video films. He arrived in UI on 7 February, 2010. He will be in UI for a year.