Alhaji Conteh, Ph.D. Curriculum Vitae 3634 Dean Dr. Apt. M Hyattsville, MD 20782 (410) 905-4049 aconteh08@gmail.com EDUCATION Ph.D. Department of History, Howard University, Washington, D.C. Dissertation Title: Forging a New Africa: Black Internationalism and the Council on African Affairs, 1937-1955. Major Field: African Diaspora Studies Minor Field: Africa Date of Graduation: 2016 M.A. B.A. Department of African American Studies, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA Major Field: African American History Date of Graduation: 2009 San Diego State University, San Diego, CA Major: Africana Studies Minor: History Date of Graduation: 2007 RESEARCH INTERESTS & TEACHING AREAS The African Diaspora: Americas, Africa, Caribbean and Europe. Radical Movements; Black Internationalism; Global Black Power Movement; Pan-Africanism; Political Prisoners; Mass Incarceration and Resistance Movements throughout the African World. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE UNIVERSITY TEACHING Assistant Professor-in-Residence Africana Studies Institute-University of Connecticut African-American History to 1865 (Fall 2018) Black Experience in the Americas (Fall 2018) Human Rights and Mass Incarceration in the United States (Fall 2018)
Teaching Associate History Department-Howard University U.S. History to 1867 (Fall 2013)/ U.S. History to 1867 (Spring 2014) Adjunct Professor History Department-Howard University Intro to the African Diaspora (Spring 2017) PUBLIC HISTORY Manuscript Librarian Moorland Spingarn Research Center-Howard University June 1, 2016-August 31, 2018 PUBLICATIONS Book Review Howard, W. T. (Ed.). (2008). Black Communists Speak on Scottsboro: A Documentary History. Philadelphia: Temple University Press. In the Journal of Black Studies Online first, June 2008. AWARDS AND GRANTS 2014-2016 Ryoichi Sasakawa Young Leaders Fellowship Fund. 2013 Graduate Assistantship. Department of History. Howard University. 2012 Teaching Associate. Department of History. Howard University. 2010 Graduate Assistantship. Department of History. Howard University. 2009 Charles S. Lofton Award. Department of History. Howard University. CONFERENCES & PRESENTATIONS Workshop Organizer. Africa and the Caribbean in the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center. Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Howard University, Washington, D.C. October 11, 2017. Workshop Organizer. Civil Rights, Human Rights and Black Lawyers: Resources and Collections at the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center. Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Howard University, Washington, D.C. April 4, 2017. Invited Talk. Forging a New Africa: Black Internationalism and the Council on African Affairs and Lessons for the 21 st Century. Black History Month Presentation, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA February 23, 2017.
Panelist. The Moorland-Spingarn Research Center: Preserving the Legacy of the Black Experience. African Heritage Studies Association Annual Conference, Washington, D.C. November 5, 2016. Panelist. From Radical Black Internationalism to Progress Propaganda: The Fall of the CAA and the Rise of the AMSAC. Howard University Research Day, Sasakawa Young Leaders Fellowship Fund Plenary Session, Washington, D.C. April 13, 2016. Panelist. The Case Against the Council: Communist Front or Black Internationalist Organization? Presented at the 100 th Annual ASALH Meeting and Conference in Atlanta, Georgia September 23-27, 2015. Invited Talk. Black Student Activism: Past and Present Department of African American Studies, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland. In the class of Dr. Joseph Richardson. April 14, 2014. Panelist. Shining a Light on African Liberation Struggles: The Council on African Affairs Newsletter New Africa. HU Research Day at Howard University, Washington, D.C. April 4 th, 2014. Panelist. Shining a Light on African Liberation Struggles: The Council on African Affairs Newsletter New Africa. Presented at the 38 th Annual National Council of Black Studies Conference in Miami, Florida May 5-8 2014. Conference Organizer. 1 st Annual Students Against Mass Incarceration S.A.M.I. Conference. Where Do We Go from Here: Re-energizing the Black Student Movement. Howard University, Washington, D.C. April 24-25 2013. Panelist. Students Against Mass Incarceration. 1 st Annual Social Justice Conference: In the Pursuit of Change. Virginia State University, St. Petersburg, VA. April 2013. Panelist. Students Against Mass Incarceration. 3rd Annual Whirlwind Conference: Black Student Power- Activism for Change. Temple University, Philadelphia, PA. April 2011. Panelist. The United States and the Destabilization of Haitian Democracy: 1990-2006. National Council of Black Studies Conference. San Diego, CA. March 2007. Panelist. The United States and the Destabilization of Haitian Democracy: 1990-2006. UCSD Summer Research Conference. University of California, San Diego. August 2006. COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT Panelist- Black Left in the 21 st Century Series: Black Internationalism. A monthly discussion series which I participated in on February 23, 2014.
Summer Program Residential Director and Teacher- Upward Bound Harcum College, Harcum, Pennsylvania. While being responsible for the safety and well-being of nearly forty teenage students on a 24-hour a day basis, I organized events, activities and study times for said students. I was also able to design and facilitate a course on mass incarceration and political prisoners. 2009-2013 Radio Interview- Black Agenda Radio, Interviewed by Glen Ford about the 1 st Annual Students Against Mass Incarceration (S.A.M.I.) Conference, aired March 25 th, 2013. Participant - Friend of a Friend Program, Jessup Correctional Facility. I participated in political prisoner Marshall Eddie Conway s prisoner-led mentorship program for nearly one year. Jessup, Maryland. 2011-2012. Presenter - Bowie State University, classroom of Dr. Charles Adams. I presented the activities and functions of Students Against Mass Incarceration. February 11, 2012. Presenter- Bowie State University, classroom of Dr. Charles Adams. I presented the activities and functions of Students Against Mass Incarceration. September 5, 2012. Panelist- The Prison Was My University: A Discussion of Malcolm X and Education Behind the Walls. Sankofa Bookstore. I presented about activities and functions of Students Against Mass Incarceration and our work with the Friend of a Friend Program. Panelist- African Liberation Day: Youth Panel All-African People s Revolutionary Party. Howard University. I presented about activities and functions of Students Against Mass Incarceration. May 18, 2012. Presenter- Morgan State University, the classroom of Dr. Jared Ball. I presented about activities and functions of Students Against Mass Incarceration. April 13, 2011. Organizer- Where Do We Go From Here?: A Discussion of Gentrification and Mass Incarceration in Washington D.C. Parkview Recreation Center. I helped organize an event about gentrification and mass incarceration in a recreation center near Howard University. October 20, 2011. Organizer - Town Hall Forum: The New Jim Crow. Howard University. I helped to organize a panel discussion about mass incarceration and political prisoners. September 11, 2011. PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS) Association for the Study of the Worldwide African Diaspora (ASWAD) National Council for Black Studies (NCBS) Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH)
LANGUAGES Spanish (Conversational) ACADEMIC REFERENCES Quito Swan, Ph.D. Associate Professor-Department of History, Howard University quito.swan@gmail.com (202)806-6815 Charles Johnson, Ph.D. Assistant Professor- Department of History, North Carolina Central University Cjohns63@nccu.edu (919)530-5013 Kenvi Phillips, Ph.D. Curator for Race and Ethnicity, Schlesinger Library, Harvard University Kenvi_phillips@radcliffe.harvard.edu (617) 384-8550