Chris Abdul Hakim Martinez
Biography
Chris Abdul Hakim Martinez is a PhD candidate working at the intersection of histories of decolonization and development in 20th century West Africa. His research explores the history and political economy of extractive industries, industrial development, labor militancy, and radical Pan-Africanism in the Republic of Guinea.
Advanced to Candidacy
Subfield
West African History, Political Economy, History of Development, Labor History, Economic and Business History, History of Capitalism
Awards & Grants
- Graduate Council Diversity Fellowship, UCLA Graduate Division, 2023-2024
- Summer Research Grant – History & Political Economy Project, 2023
- Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Summer Fellowship (Soussou/Sossokhui) – University of Wisconsin-Madison African Studies Program, 2023
- Graduate Summer Research Mentorship Program, UCLA Graduate Division, 2023
- WARA Pre-doctoral Fellowship – West African Research Association, 2022
- Graduate Summer Research Mentorship Program, UCLA Graduate Division, 2022
Conference Presentations
2024 Centre International Joseph Ki-Zerbo “Enseignants et Intellectuels Panafricains en Guinée après le 28 Septembre 1958”: “Dépendance à l’exportation ou impérialisme économique ? Quelques réflexions sur la décolonisation et le secteur de l’extraction de bauxite en Guinée (1945-1984)” (Conakry, Guinée)
2024 University of Glasgow “Business History Beyond Boundaries” Summer School: “Contesting the World Economy: Bauxite and the Challenge of Guinean Decolonization” (Glasgow, UK)
2024 Economic & Business History Society and Association of Business Historians Conference: “Challenging the Capitalist World Economy: Bauxite Mining and the Challenge of Guinean Decolonization (1945-1984)” (York, UK)
2023 History & Political Economy Project Conference: “The Political Economy of Decolonization: Radicalism and Bauxite Extraction in Guinea, 1950-1984” (Philadelphia, PA)
2023 African Studies Association Meeting: “Political Economy of Decolonization: Pan-Africanism and Bauxite Extraction in Guinea” (San Francisco, CA)
