Staff
Academic Staff
Prof. Sandra Swart
Departmental Chair
History PhD programme co-ordinator
Research interests:
- Anthropocene
- Animal History
- Environmental History
- Socio-environmental history of southern Africa
- The shifting relationship between humans and animals
Dr Sishuwa Sishuwa
Senior Lecturer
History Society co-ordinator
Research interests:
- Elections
- Racial nationalism
- Civil society
- History and politics of Zambia
Dr Justin Pearce
Senior Lecturer
History Honours programme co-ordinator
Research interests:
- Southern African political history, particularly Angola and Mozambique
- The Global Cold War
- Ideology, political identities and international connections in anti-colonial struggles
- Civil war, post-war politics and peace building
Dr Thembani Dube
Senior Lecturer
History Society co-ordinator
Research interests:
- The precolonial African past
- Issues of identity and belonging
- Social and political history
- Minority groups
Dr Chet Fransch
Lecturer
MA (History) programme co-ordinator
Research interests:
- Histories of sexual violence
- Gender and race
- The Coloured community, forced removals and citizenship
- Legal histories
Dr Esté Kotzé
Lecturer
Research interests:
- Gender in wartime
- Archival studies
- The Dutch Reformed Church
- Poor whites and poor relief
Administrative Staff
Ms Leschelle Morkel
Departmental administrator
Ms Nozi Daphula
Assistant A