University of Johannesburg UJ History Application for Admission

Anyone interested in applying for our honours programme should contact the head of department, Dr Gerald Groenewald ([email protected]), by no later than November of the previous year.

Anyone who has 65% or above for Historical Studies 3A and 3B and who has successfully completed their Bachelor’s degree may apply.

Students interested in registering for a higher level degree (MA or Doctoral) should contact our graduate coordinator, Prof Natasha Erlank ([email protected])

Prof Louis Grundlingh – history of Johannesburg, Sport; Urban history, leisure, history of war

Prof Natasha Erlank – Gender, Christianity, colonialism in modern South Africa, public history, urban history, history of Johannesburg

Assoc. Prof Groenewald – Cape under Dutch East India Company and British rule; slavery; gender and family history; material culture; crime and punishment; religion; book history; Afrikaner nationalism; historiography

Mr. Klee – The National Party, Sport and Politics, Apartheid political history

Dr. Chawane – Rastafari, oral history, urban history, identities, African diaspora

Dr Khumisho Moguerane – Modern South Africa, British Empire; Bechuanaland; nationalism, race

Dr Nafisa Essop Sheik – Modern South Africa, Gender, law and colonialism; British empire; Colonial Natal; race; historiography.

Dr Stephen Sparks – Modern South Africa, Apartheid; Afrikaner nationalism; planning and urban history; industrialisation; history of science and technology; historiography

*Please note that for MA and PhD study substantive original primary research is a requirement. Unfortunately the department does not usually have access to resources to support primary research outside South Africa.