Karin Barber has been awarded a number of prizes for her publications, and has been recognised by her peers and the British government for her contributions to scholarship.
15 Facts About Karin Barber
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Karin Barber was born on 2 July 1949 to Charles and Barbara Karin Barber.
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Karin Barber studied English at Girton College, Cambridge, and graduated with a first class Bachelor of Arts degree; as per tradition, her BA was promoted to a Master of Arts.
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Karin Barber then changed direction and studied social anthropology at University College London, completing a graduate diploma.
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Karin Barber then undertook postgraduate research at the University of Ife in Nigeria, where she completed her Doctor of Philosophy degree.
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From 1977 to 1984, Karin Barber was a lecturer in the Department of African Languages and Literature at the University of Ife in Nigeria.
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Karin Barber was a lecturer from 1985 to 1993, a senior lecturer from 1993 to 1997, and then Reader from 1997 to 1999.
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Karin Barber retired from Birmingham in 2017, and was appointed professor emeritus.
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Karin Barber has held senior positions with the British Academy, the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and the social sciences.
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Karin Barber was a member of the council from 2007 to 2008, and was its Vice-President from 2008 to 2010.
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Karin Barber is a cultural anthropologist, whose research has remained focused within the area in which she did her doctorate.
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Karin Barber has looked comparatively at "popular culture across sub-Saharan Africa" and researched the "uses of literacy in colonial Africa".
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In 2003, Karin Barber was elected a Fellow of the British Academy, the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and social sciences.
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Karin Barber was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2012 New Year Honours for services to African studies and Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2021 New Year Honours for services to the study of African culture.
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In 1991, Karin Barber was awarded the "Amaury Talbot Prize for African Anthropology" by the Royal Anthropological Institute for I Could Speak Until Tomorrow: Oriki, Women and the Past in a Yoruba Town, her first book.