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Philip Bonner
Born(1945-03-31)31 March 1945
Labour history
InstitutionsUniversity of the Witwatersrand

Philip Lewis Bonner (31 March 1945 – 24 September 2017) was a historian of South Africa. He was an

labour and urban history
.

Academic career

Bonner was hired in 1971 in the history department of the University of the Witwatersrand to establish African history as a scholarly field.

doctoral thesis, published in 1983.[2][3] In 1977, following the Soweto uprising,[4] Bonner was involved in the founding of the History Workshop at the University of the Witwatersrand,[5] and was its chair from 1987–2012.[1] Inspired by the History Workshop Journal at the University of Oxford,[4] the scholars at Witwatersrand championed local social history[6] and emphasised the use of oral testimonies.[7] He was chair of the group from 1987 until 2012.[1] From 1979, Bonner sat on the editorial board of the South African Labour Bulletin.[8] Between 1998 and 2003, he was head of the History Department at Witwatersrand.[5] In 2007, Bonner was awarded a National Research Foundation Chair in Local Histories and Present Realities, which he held until his retirement in 2012.[5]

Beyond academic writing, he was involved in the development of the Apartheid Museum in Johannesburg,[7] and was the historical consultant on a documentary series about Soweto.[9]

Trade union activism

In addition to his academic activities, Bonner was involved in worker education and trade unions,[2] affiliated particularly with the ideology of 'workerism'.[10] In the 1980s, he served as the education officer for the Federation of South African Trade Unions.[5]

Major publications

References

  1. ^
    doi:10.1080/03057070.2018.1537154. Open access icon
  2. ^ a b Murray, Bruce K. "Philip Bonner (1945-2017)". University of the Witwatersrand. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  3. JSTOR 1160733. Closed access icon
  4. ^
    JSTOR 2081437. Closed access icon
  5. ^
    doi:10.1080/02582473.2017.1403126. Open access icon
  6. doi:10.1080/00020180701482628. Open access icon
  7. ^ a b "Distinguished historian passes away". University of the Witwatersrand. 27 September 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
  8. ^ Keim, Wiebke (2015). Universally Comprehensible, Arrogantly Local: South African Labour Studies from the Apartheid Era into the New Millennium (PDF). Éditions des archives contemporaines. p. 143.
  9. Johannesburg Review of Books
    . Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  10. ^ Moss, Glenn (30 September 2017). "In memory of Phil Bonner: the early years". The New Radicals. Retrieved 21 July 2019.

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