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Grobler, I. 2012. The Cannibal’s Banquet. MFA. 1-95.
Supervised by F. Langerman and J. Alexander.
Muller, C. 2012. Release Me. Stitched implosions: sexuality,
femininity, conflict and desire. MFA. 1-69. Supervised by J.
Alexander.
Prinsloo, M. 2012. Falling into gentle ruin. MFA. 1-58.
Supervised by C. Zaayman.
Purvis, B. 2012. Between Echoes: an experiment in creative
collaboration. MFA. 1-302. Supervised by G. Younge and J.
van der Schijff.
Mahashe,G. 2012.DithugulatšaMalefokana;PayingLibation
in the Photographic Archive made by Anthropologists E.J.
& J.D. Krige in 1930s Bolobedu, under Queen Modjadji III.
1-110. MAFA. Supervised by P. Skotnes and C. Hamilton.
Viljoen. S. 2012. Avant lounge exotica: an investigation into
the print magazine and interior living space as a meeting
place of consumerist culture and personal subjectivities.
MFA. 1-59. Supervised by S. Inggs.
Zimmer, N. 2012. Jazz contacts. MAFA. 1-180. Supervised
by C. Zaayman.
Department of Historical
Studies
Research Report 2012
Head of Department: Professor Nigel Worden
Department Profile
Research and research-linked scholarly work in the
Department of Historical Studies concentrates mainly
upon modern and contemporary history reflected through
written, oral and visual sources, and is both lively and
varied in focus. Fields of southern African investigation
include environmental history, economic and social history,
urban history, medical history, gendered history, the history
of war and warfare, film and history, and the history of
slavery. There is also a growing research focus on the
Indian Ocean world and Africa’s role within it and on
comparative histories of the early Cape and Australian
colonies. The rich research culture of Historical Studies at
UCT is fertilised by close links with the Kaplan Centre for
Jewish Studies and constantly expanding scholarly links
nationally and into the African continent and beyond,
and by an active complement of distinguished Honorary
Research Associates.
The Centre for Popular Memory focuses on African oral
history, research and advocacy while also developing audio
-visual archival material for digital dissemination.
Its research respects the value of multi-lingual approaches
in collecting, preserving and creating access to data,
along with technologically relevant outputs through
academic journals, exhibitions, film and other portable
media platforms. The Centre’s African Oral history archive
contains over 3000 recordings in 12 languages, many with
full transcripts and translations.
Departmental Statistics
Permanent and long-term contract staff
Professors
6
Associate Professors
4
Senior Lecturers
1
Lecturers
3
Technical and Clerical Staff
2
Total
16
Honorary staff
Honorary Professors
1
Honorary Research Associates
4
Emeritus Professors
2
Total
7
Students
Post Doctoral
1
Doctoral
7
Master’s
10
Honours
15
Undergraduate
1958
Total
1991
Centre for Popular Memory
Director
1
Deputy Director
1
Digitisation Manager
1
Sound Archivist
1
Archival Assistant
1
Project Co-ordinator
1
Total
6
Research Fields and Staff
Associate Professor Mohamed Adhikari
Genocide in settler societies; Coloured identity and politics
in the 19th and 20th centuries.