University of Johannesburg UJ History Application for Admission



University of Johannesburg UJ History Application for Admission

Undergraduate applications

All undergraduate applications are handled by central University administration. Click here for more details.

Honours Programme



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.
Masters and Doctoral Programmes
Students interested in registering for a higher level degree (MA or Doctoral) should contact our graduate coordinator, Prof Natasha Erlank ([email protected])
Areas of Postgraduate Supervision

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.