#  Olabisi Obamakin 

Yang Visiting Scholar in World Christianity

 

 

 



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 email <oobamakin@hds.harvard.edu> 

 



 

## Education

- BSc, St. George's, University of London
- MA, University of Roehampton
- PhD, University of Exeter

## Profile

Olabisi Obamakin comes to HDS as a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Theology and Religion at Durham University, UK. She holds a doctorate in New Testament Studies from the University of Exeter, UK, and is an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (AFHEA).

She is the author of *Afropean Biblical Studies: Constructing a Nigerian/British Women's Hermeneutic* (Brill, 2026), a book that offers fresh readings of biblical characters such as Herodias’s daughter (Mark 6:17–28; Matthew 14:3–12) and the woman who washed Jesus’ feet with her hair (Luke 7:36–50). She has discussed her work with multiple public audiences, including at St Paul’s Cathedral and on the BBC.

Drawing on a range of Afropean cultural expressions and practices, particularly within a Nigerian/British context, her current research employs an Afropean hermeneutic to interpret the New Testament in ways that resonate with Afrodiasporic Christian communities in Europe.

## Courses

[All Harvard courses](https://my.harvard.edu)

## Support

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- ## Affiliation
    
     [Faculty](/affiliation/faculty)
- ## Alpha Grouping
    
     [K-O](/alpha-grouping/k-o)
- ## Faculty Type
    
     [Visiting Faculty](/faculty-type/visiting-faculty)