Conor Wilkinson

Conor Wilkinson is a PhD candidate in African History at Columbia University and holds concurrent academic roles as Lecturer in History at Huron University (London, Ontario) since 2022 and at McMaster University (Hamilton, Ontario) since 2024. His research focuses on deep-time histories of human-environment interactions in Africa's Great Lakes Region, integrating ethnolinguistic, ecological, and cosmological perspectives.

Education:

• MA/MPhil, African History, Columbia University
• MA, History, University of British Columbia
• BA, History & Geography, Huron University College

Research Interests: Equatorial Africa's social and ecological dynamics across millennia, human-plant-insect relationships, inter-species scholarship, and the global history of science and technology. His fieldwork spans Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, and DR Congo, emphasizing transdisciplinary methodologies.

Teaching & Affiliations: Teaches courses on African, world, and environmental history. Currently affiliated with Columbia University's Department of History and active in Ontario's academic institutions.