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Schalkwyk, D.J. 2011. The impossible gift of love in ‘TheMerchant
of Venice’ and the sonnets. Shakespeare, 7(2): 142-155.
Young, S.M. 2011. Imagining Alterity and Belonging on
the English Stage in an Age of Expansion: A reading of
Othello. Shakespeare in Southern Africa, 23(1): 21-29.
Peer-reviewed published conference proceedings
Tiffin, J.K. 2011. Blood on the Snow: Inverting “Snow
White” in the Vampire Tales of Neil Gaiman and Tanith Lee.
In C. McAra and D. Calvin (eds), Proceedings of Anti-
Tales, 12-13 August 2010, Glasgow. Newcastle upon Tyne:
Cambridge Scholars Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4438-2869-7.
Creative writing
Anthology of poems
Haresnape, G.L. 2011. ‘my mentor is dressing me’.
Auckland Park: Jacana Media. 28-30.
Collection of poems
Haresnape, G.L. 2011. Where the Wind Wills: New Poems.
KwaZulu-Natal: Echoing Green Press CC. 114pp.
Department of Historical
Studies
(
Including the Centre for Popular Memory and the Isaac and
Jessie Kaplan Centre for Jewish Studies and Research
)
Head of Department: Professor Nigel
Worden
Departmental 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
5
Senior Lecturers
2
Lecturers
3
Contract Lecturers
2
Administrative and Clerical Staff
2
Total
20
Honorary Staff
Honorary Research Associates
4
Honorary Professors
1
Emeritus Professors
2
Total
7
Centre for Popular Memory
Director
1
Deputy Director
1
Digitisation Manager
1
Sound Archivist
1
Archival Assistant
1
Project Co-ordinator
1
Total
6
Students
Doctoral
19
Master’s
16
Honours
10
Undergraduate
2117
Total
2278