Contact details
Title: Dr
Name: Hija Alfani Urassa
College/School/Division: Dar Es Salaam University College Of Education
Section:
Role: Lecturer in the Department of History, Political Science and Development Studies
Current Summarised CV:

Dr. Hija Alfani Urassa, (PhD) is a Lecturer in the Department of History, Political Science and Development Studies. She holds a PhD in Historical Sciences from the University of Cyril and Methodius in Trnava, Slovakia. She teaches History courses at Undergraduate levels. For the past 10 years, she has been teaching courses such as a History of Tanzania, Themes in African History, History of East Africa, History of West Africa, Capitalism and Imperialism in the World History and Industrialization and Working Class in Britain. Dr. Urassa’s research interests include Religion and Ethnicity in Africa, History of Islam in Tanzania, Contemporary Islamic Movements in Tanzania, History of Infants and Childhood as well as History of Disease, Health and Healing, more specifically on Leprosy and COVID-19. From these areas of research she has published papers on International journals, attended and presented papers in International conferences. Some of these papers are found in conference proceedings. She has also participated on one research project titled Socio-economic Changes on Women Enterpreneurs Movements in Tanzania during the COVID 19 Pandemic: Case of Makete District (with Dr. Nives Kinunda Ngulu (PI and Dr. Severine Kessy), University of Dar es Salaam Competitive Research Fund, 2020-2021.

CONTACT

Mobile: +255 714 109 440

Emails: hijjaurassa2005@yahoo.com, hija.urassa@duce.ac.tz , urassa3@ucm.sk

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