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Dr. Allen teaches African, Indian, and Middle Eastern history. An internationally known scholar who works on the social and economic history of Mauritius, slavery and indentured labor in the colonial plantation world, and slave trading in the Indian Ocean between 1500 and the mid-nineteenth century, he is the recipient of two Fulbright research awards and research fellowships from the American Council of Learned Societies and the National Endowment for the Humanities. His publications include Slaves, Freedmen and Indentured Laborers in Colonial Mauritius (Cambridge University Press, 1999) and numerous articles in prominent academic journals including the Journal of African History, the Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth, the Journal of Social History, the Journal of World History, Slavery and Abolition and the Revue française d’histoire d’outre-mer, contributions to encyclopedias on Africa, slavery, and global human migration, and chapters in books published in the United States, Europe, and elsewhere. He has also co-authored successful applications to designate two sites in Mauritius as UNESCO World Heritage Sites and advised the Government of Mauritius on historical and cultural heritage issues including nominating the nation’s indentured immigration records for inscription on UNESCO’s Memory of the World Register.
