Department of Historical and Heritage Studies Research

The reseach in our department focuses across many areas and reflects both our commitment to continued scholarly investigation but also our support for postgraduate and first-time authors.

Recent Research Publications


	The White House and White Africa Presidential Policy Toward Rhodesia During the UDI Era, 1965-1979 by E. Michel Routledge Advances in American History, Routledge, 2018
	“Those bothersome Rho-dents: Lyndon B. Johnson and the thorny issue of the Rhodesian Information Office” by E. Michel In: Safundi: The Journal of South African and American Studies, Volume 18, number 2, 2018, pp. 227-245.
	“The Luster of Chrome: Nixon, Rhodesia and the defiance of UN sanctions” by E. Michel In: Journal of Diplomatic History, Volume 42, number 1, 2018, pp. 138-161.
	“The construction of ‘otherness’: A history of Chinese migrants in South Africa” by K.L. Harris In: Chapter in S. Cornelissen and Y. Mine (ed.), Migration and agency in a globalizing world: Afro-Asian encounters, London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
	“Rising Chinas and the history of the South African Chinese” by K.L. Harris In: Chapter in B.P. Wong and C.B. Tan (eds) China Rise: Impacts on the Chinese overseas and their residing countries, London: Routledge Press, 2018
	Black Consciousness and Progressive Movements under Apartheid by Ian Macqueen University of KwaZulu-Natal Press, 2018
	Umkhonto we Sizwe: The ANC’s Armed Struggle by T. Simpson Johannesburg: Penguin, 2017.
	The ANC and the Liberation Struggle in South Africa by T. Simpson (ed.) London: Routledge, 2017.
	"Contested encounters: A select literature review of Dynastic China and Ancient Africa” by K.L. Harris In: Journal of Chinese Overseas, Volume 13, number 2, 2017, pp. 243-261.
	“Ecumenism and the global anti-apartheid struggle: The World Council of Churches’ Special Fund in South Africa and Botswana 1970-75” by I. Macqueen In: Historia, Volume 62, number 2, 2017, pp 87-111.
	“Class versus Nation: A History of Richard Turner’s Eclipse and Resurgence” by I. Macqueen In: Theoria: A Journal of Social and Political Theory, Volume 64, number 2, 2017, pp. 29-39.
	“From an Industrial Powerhouse to a Nation of Vendors: Over two decades of economic decline and deindustrialization in Zimbabwe 1990-2015” by A. Mlambo In: Journal of Developing Societies, Volume 33, number 1, 2017, pp. 99-125.
	“Political independence in Africa as portrayed by the white South African press during 1960” by E. Bron In: Journal of Contemporary History, Volume 24, number 1, 2017, pp. 1-22.
	“BEE-ing Chinese in South Africa: A legal historic perspective” by K.L. Harris In: Fundamina, Volume 27, number 2, 2017, pp. 441-459.
	“Taking history on tour – Lowering the disciplinary drawbrigde” by K.L. Harris In: Journal of Tourism History, Volume 9, number 2-3, 2017, pp. 223-245.
	“Dancing during the Great War: The South African dance floor (1914-1919)” by A. Green In: South African National Cecchetti Ballet Magazine, 2017.
	“Democratising the South African “memory bank”: Embroidering black women’s voices on the archival canvas” by R. van der Merwe In: Yearbook for Women’s History, 2017.
	“Smuts: Stigter van die Universiteit van Pretoria” by B. Strydom In: Chapter in K. du Pisani (ed.), Jan Smuts: Van Boerseun tot wêreldverhoog, 2017.
	Portugese nadraai van die rebellie (1914-1915) by O.J.O. Feirrera Pretoria: Die Erfenisstigting, 2017.
	"Timol inquest opens new door to justice against apartheid atrocities” by I. Macqueen In: The Conversation – 22 October 2017.
	"African history is a discipline on the rise – and one that raises many questions” by G. Ncube In: The Conversation – 2 May 2017.
	“From a silent past to a spoken future: Black women’s voices in the archival process” by R. van der Merwe In: Journal of Archives and Records, 2017.
	“A game of two sides: The formal division of rugby in the Transvaal, 1889-1899” by C. du Plessis In: South African Journal of Cultural History, 2017
	“Telling telegrams: Another side to Paul Kruger?” by C. Erasmus In: South African Journal of Cultural History, 2017

The White House and White Africa
Presidential Policy Toward Rhodesia During the UDI Era, 1965-1979
by E. Michel

Routledge Advances in American History, Routledge, 2018

“Those bothersome Rho-dents: Lyndon B. Johnson and the thorny issue of the Rhodesian Information Office”
by E. Michel

In: Safundi: The Journal of South African and American Studies, Volume 18, number 2, 2018, pp. 227-245.

“The Luster of Chrome: Nixon, Rhodesia and the defiance of UN sanctions”
by E. Michel

In: Journal of Diplomatic History, Volume 42, number 1, 2018, pp. 138-161.

“The construction of ‘otherness’: A history of Chinese migrants in South Africa”
by K.L. Harris

In: Chapter in S. Cornelissen and Y. Mine (ed.), Migration and agency in a globalizing world: Afro-Asian encounters, London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.

“Rising Chinas and the history of the South African Chinese”
by K.L. Harris

In: Chapter in B.P. Wong and C.B. Tan (eds) China Rise: Impacts on the Chinese overseas and their residing countries, London: Routledge Press, 2018

Black Consciousness and Progressive Movements under Apartheid

by Ian Macqueen

University of KwaZulu-Natal Press, 2018

Umkhonto we Sizwe: The ANC’s Armed Struggle
by T. Simpson

Johannesburg: Penguin, 2017.

The ANC and the Liberation Struggle in South Africa
by T. Simpson (ed.)

London: Routledge, 2017.

"Contested encounters: A select literature review of Dynastic China and Ancient Africa”
by K.L. Harris

In: Journal of Chinese Overseas, Volume 13, number 2, 2017, pp. 243-261.

“Ecumenism and the global anti-apartheid struggle: The World Council of Churches’ Special Fund in South Africa and Botswana 1970-75”
by I. Macqueen

In: Historia, Volume 62, number 2, 2017, pp 87-111.

“Class versus Nation: A History of Richard Turner’s Eclipse and Resurgence”
by I. Macqueen

In: Theoria: A Journal of Social and Political Theory, Volume 64, number 2, 2017, pp. 29-39.

“From an Industrial Powerhouse to a Nation of Vendors: Over two decades of economic decline and deindustrialization in Zimbabwe 1990-2015”
by A. Mlambo

In: Journal of Developing Societies, Volume 33, number 1, 2017, pp. 99-125.

“Political independence in Africa as portrayed by the white South African press during 1960”
by E. Bron

In: Journal of Contemporary History, Volume 24, number 1, 2017, pp. 1-22.

“BEE-ing Chinese in South Africa: A legal historic perspective”
by K.L. Harris

In: Fundamina, Volume 27, number 2, 2017, pp. 441-459.

“Taking history on tour – Lowering the disciplinary drawbrigde”
by K.L. Harris

In: Journal of Tourism History, Volume 9, number 2-3, 2017, pp. 223-245.

“Dancing during the Great War: The South African dance floor (1914-1919)”
by A. Green

In: South African National Cecchetti Ballet Magazine, 2017.

“Democratising the South African “memory bank”: Embroidering black women’s voices on the archival canvas”
by R. van der Merwe

In: Yearbook for Women’s History, 2017.

“Smuts: Stigter van die Universiteit van Pretoria”
by B. Strydom

In: Chapter in K. du Pisani (ed.), Jan Smuts: Van Boerseun tot wêreldverhoog, 2017.

Portugese nadraai van die rebellie (1914-1915)
by O.J.O. Feirrera

Pretoria: Die Erfenisstigting, 2017.

"Timol inquest opens new door to justice against apartheid atrocities”
by I. Macqueen

In: The Conversation – 22 October 2017.

"African history is a discipline on the rise – and one that raises many questions”
by G. Ncube

In: The Conversation – 2 May 2017.

“From a silent past to a spoken future: Black women’s voices in the archival process”
by R. van der Merwe

In: Journal of Archives and Records, 2017.

“A game of two sides: The formal division of rugby in the Transvaal, 1889-1899”
by C. du Plessis

In: South African Journal of Cultural History, 2017

“Telling telegrams: Another side to Paul Kruger?”
by C. Erasmus

In: South African Journal of Cultural History, 2017

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