Vansina, Jan
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Name (Latin)
Vansina, Jan
Name (Arabic)
فانسينا، يان، 1929-
Other forms of name
Vansina, J. (Jan)
Fansina, Yan
Date of birth
1929-09-14
Date of death
2017-02-08
Associated country
Belgium
Burundi
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Great Britain
Rwanda
United States
Field of activity
Oral tradition
Africa, Central--History
Kuba (African people)
Occupation
Historians
Associated Language
dut
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- Antecedents to modern Rwanda, c2004:t.p. (Jan Vansina) p. 4 of cover (John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Professor and Vilas Professor in History and Anthropology, Univ. of Wisconsin--Madison)
- His Art history in Africa, 1983:CIP t.p. (J. Vansina)
- His Les tribus Ba-Kuba ... 1954.
- Info. converted from 678, 2012-10-02(b. 9/14/29)
- International Division, University of Wisconsin-Madison website, Trailblazing African history scholar Jan Vansina passes away, Feb. 13, 2017, viewed Feb. 13, 2017(professor emeritus Jan Vansina died in Madison on Feb. 8, 2017)
- JSTOR, Ethnohistory, v. 42, no. 2, spring 1995, An interview with Jan Vansina, viewed Mar. 13, 2014:p. 303 (b. in Antwerp, Belgium; emeritus status at UW--Madison; studied history and law, Univ. of Leuven, 1946-1951, and anthropology, Univ. of London, 1951-1952; doctorate in history from Leuven 1957; has taught at Univ. of Wisconsin Madison since ca. 1960 except 1973-1975, when he held a position at Univ. of Leuven; has done extended fieldwork in Zaire, Rwanda, Burndi, and the Congo) p. 312 (Dutch speaker)
- Nat'l fac. dir., 1991(Vansina, Jan M.; Dept. Hist., U. of Wis., Madison)
- Takmilat tārīkh Iyālat Ṭarābulus al-Gharb, 1980:t.p. (Yān Fansīnā)
- LCN note: b. 1929.