David Lee Schoenbrun

Associate Professor, History
History PhD Program
Member, PAS - Program of African Studies

Phone+1 847 491 7278
Emaildls@northwestern.edu

Source: Scopus

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Research Interests

Historical linguistics, archaeology, paleoecology and biogeography, oral traditions, comparative ethnography, and more conventional documentary sources to study East Africa’s earlier history.

Education/Academic qualification

History, PhD, University of California at Los Angeles

… → 1990

African Studies, MA, University of California at Los Angeles

… → 1983

Philosophy, BA, Lewis and Clark College

… → 1980

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Determining Value: Southern Tanzanians' Approaches to Trade, c. 300-1600 C. E.
Schoenbrun, D. L.
Department of Education
7/1/10 → 12/31/11
Project: Research project
Fulbright-Hays 2005 Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Program (Kathryn de Luna)
Schoenbrun, D. L.
Department of Education
7/1/05 → 12/31/06
Project: Research project

Crafting early african histories with Jan Vansina
Schoenbrun, D. L., Jun 1 2018, In: History in Africa. 45, p. 99-112 14 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Ethnic formation with other-than-human beings: Island shrine practice in Uganda's long eighteenth century
Schoenbrun, D. L., Jun 1 2018, In: History in Africa. 45, p. 397-443 47 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Introduction: Ethnic formation with other-than-human beings
Schoenbrun, D. L. & Johnson, J. L., Jun 1 2018, In: History in Africa. 45, p. 307-345 39 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
1 Scopus citations
Oral Tradition
Schoenbrun, D. L., 2017, Field Manual for Archaeology in Africa. Livingstone Smith, A., Cornelissen, E., Gosselain, O. P. & MacEachern, S. (eds.). Royal Museum for Central Africa, p. 253-256 4 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Pythons worked: Constellating communities of practice with conceptual metaphor in northern Lake Victoria, ca. A.D. 800 to 1200
Schoenbrun, D. L., Jan 1 2016, Knowledge in Motion: Constellations of Learning Across Time and Place. University of Arizona Press, p. 216-246 31 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

12 Scopus citations

Research Interests

Education/Academic qualification

Determining Value: Southern Tanzanians' Approaches to Trade, c. 300-1600 C. E.

Fulbright-Hays 2005 Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Program (Kathryn de Luna)

Crafting early african histories with Jan Vansina

Ethnic formation with other-than-human beings: Island shrine practice in Uganda's long eighteenth century

Introduction: Ethnic formation with other-than-human beings

Oral Tradition

Pythons worked: Constellating communities of practice with conceptual metaphor in northern Lake Victoria, ca. A.D. 800 to 1200