Pronouns: He/Him/His
Home University: University of Guelph
Email: arthurs@uoguelph.ca
LinkedIn: arthur-steven-56404a1b7/
Education: BA Social Science (History major), University of Education, Winneba, Ghana; MPhil in History, Exchange student of University of Education, Winneba, Ghana, and the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway
Research Fields: Race, Imperialism and Slavery, War and Society, World History, Environmental & Climate History, Premodern
Supervisor: Femi Kolapo
Stephen Arthur is a PhD candidate in History with the Tri-University Graduate Program, focusing on themes of colonialism, land rights, and boundary formation in West Africa. His research examines how British colonial policies such as land reforms, amalgamation, arbitrary boundary-making, and forest reserve laws reshaped local political economies and community identities in Ghana between 1894 and 1957. Stephen seeks to use archival sources, oral histories, and spatial analysis to explore how colonial boundary-making produced enduring disputes over land ownership, governance, and belonging.