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Dr. Frank Edward

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  • Discipline:

    History and Heritage Studies

  • University:

    University of Dar es Salaam

  • Country:

    Tanzania

Frank works as a historian and lecturer in History of Technology who is based at University of Dar es Salaam. Having undertaken his PhD at Technical University of Darmstadt, Frank welcomes collaborations and postgraduate students in the Histories of Technology, Urbanisation and Social History of Medicine

Selected Publications:

    • CIRCULATION AND APPROPRIATION OF URBAN TECHNOLOGIES: DRAINAGE AND TRAFFIC INFRASTRUCTURES IN DAR ES SALAAM, 1913-1999 (DARMSTADT: TUPRINTS, 2023); DOI: 10.26083/tuprints-00023810
    • “PLANNED VULNERABILITIES? STREET FLOODING AND DRAINAGE INFRASTRUCTURE IN COLONIAL DAR ES SALAAM” in HoST 16 (1) (June 2022): 29-47. DOI: 10.2478/host-2022-0003
    • With MIKAEL HÅRD, “MAINTAINING THE LOCAL EMPIRE: THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IN DAR ES SALAAM, 1920–60” in The Journal of Transport History 41 (1) (2020): 27-46. DOI: 10.1177/0022526619883457
    • With BETTINA BROCKMEYER & HOLGER STÖCKER, “THE MKWAWA COMPLEX: A TANZANIANEUROPEAN HISTORY ABOUT PROVENANCE, RESTITUTION, AND POLITICS”, in Journal of Modern European History 18 (2) (2020), 117-139. DOI: 10.1177/1611894420909033

Areas of Expertise:

  1. Urban History
  2. History of Science and Technology
  3. Social History of Medicine
  4. History of Africa

Current Position(s):

Lecturer in History of Technology at University of Dar es Salaam

Past Position(s)

  • Assistant Lecturer in History – University Dar es Salaam, 2013 – 2022
  • Research Associate (Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter) in ERC Global History of Technology Project: Jan – June 2018; June – October 2022
  • Assistant Editor for Tanzania Zamani Jounal; October 2018 – October 2023

Prizes & Awards:

  • Hans-Böckler Stiftung – PhD Fellowship for 2015 – 2017
  • GEGA-NUFU Award for MA in History 2019 – 2011 at University of Dar es Salaam

Memberships & Networks:

  • Society for the History of Technology (Shot)
  • Historical Association of Tanzania (Hat)