Saul Dubow

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Saul Dubow
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Saul Dubow
Saul Dubow
Born (1959-10-28) 28 October 1959 (age 64)
Cape Town, South Africa
NationalitySouth African
Academic background
Alma mater
ThesisSegregation and native administration in South Africa, 1920-1936 (1986)
Academic work
DisciplineHistory
Institutions

Saul H. Dubow,

Professorial Fellow of Magdalene College, Cambridge. He previously taught at University of Sussex and Queen Mary, University of London
.

Early life and education

Dubow was born on 28 October 1959 in

doctoral thesis was titled "Segregation and 'native administration' in South Africa, 1920-1936",[4]
which formed the basis for his first book, Racial Segregation and the Origins of Apartheid (1989).

Academic career

From 1987 to 1989, Dubow was a

Queen Mary, University of London where he had been appointed Professor of African History.[2][3]

In October 2016, it was announced that he had been elected as the next

Professorial Fellow of Magdalene College, Cambridge.[1][7] Based in the Faculty of History, he teaches courses on the history of modern South Africa, and has wide ranging research interests from racial segregation and Apartheid to intellectual history and the history of science.[8] He delivered his inaugural lecture in November 2018,[9] which is published as `Global Science, National Horizons: South Africa in Deep Time and Space’, Historical Journal, published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 March 2020.[10]

Honours

Dubow is an elected

Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (FRHistS).[11] He is an honorary professor of the Centre for African Studies at the University of Cape Town.[12]
Editorial Board, South African Journal of Science and Journal of Southern African Studies; Chair, Management Committee, Centre of African Studies, Cambridge University.

Selected works

References

  1. ^ . Retrieved 29 October 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d "Saul Dubow elected Smuts Professor of Commonwealth History". Faculty of History. University of Cambridge. 19 October 2016. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Professor Saul Dubow". School of History. Queen Mary, University of London. Archived from the original on 30 November 2016. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  4. ^ Dubow, S. (1986). Segregation and 'native administration' in South Africa, 1920-1936. E-Thesis Online Service (Ph.D). The British Library Board. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
  5. ^ "Professor Saul Dubow". Events at The University of Melbourne. University of Melbourne. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
  6. ^ "Saul Dubow". University of Sussex. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
  7. ^ "Professor Saul Dubow". Magdalene College. University of Cambridge. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
  8. ^ "Professor Saul Dubow". Faculty of History. University of Cambridge. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  9. ^ "Frontiers of Scientific Knowledge in South Africa: Global Science, National Horizon". Magdalene College. University of Cambridge. 28 November 2018. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
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  11. ^ "Fellows - D" (PDF). Royal Historical Society. August 2018. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
  12. ^ "Honorary Professors". Centre for African Studies. University of Cape Town. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
Academic offices
Preceded by Smuts Professor of Commonwealth History
2017 to present
Incumbent