Submission Number: 8
Submission ID: 16036
Submission UUID: 63c44594-d263-4278-8386-29adcd6c4e10
Submission URI: /funding-undergraduate-research

Created: Mon, 05/15/2023 - 18:02
Completed: Mon, 05/15/2023 - 18:02
Changed: Mon, 05/15/2023 - 18:02

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Submitted by: Anonymous
Language: English

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Webform: Funding for Undergraduate Research
Submitted to: History Funding for Undergraduate Research
Application Date 5/15/22
CUID 5212754
Email hml73@cornell.edu
Name Halle Livermore
Honors or Independent Study 2023, completed honors thesis
Project Title Trans-Saharan Trade to 1400, continuing economic research during the AU 2063 Program in Accra, Ghana
Project Supervisor Sandra Greene
Funding Amount 1,000
Budget Total cost of the program: $8240-- flight $2,000, Cornell summer tuition and office of global learning costs-- $6,240.
Additional costs while abroad~~ $400 (meals, books,
excursions).

Requesting $1,000 in funding to go toward flight costs.
Statement of Research Plan I am attending the AU 2063 Cornell Course in Ghana to further my research on precolonial economic history in West Africa that I began in my senior thesis. My thesis explored the commodities such as cereals, gold, textiles, copper, and salt that West African kingdoms produced, demanded, and exchanged to fuel the growth of their polities. I hope to extend the research to consider how the political and economic landscape of West Africa today relies on both production and exchange to thrive. While colonization and neocolonialism have broadly shaped economic disparities in Africa today, what intra-African trade relationships exist to support local economic success? I will complete the course with professor Assié-Lumumba to learn more about economic development efforts, but will also engage with resources at the University of Ghana to learn more about precolonial economics and connections with the Sahara.
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