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Saul Dubow

January 17, 2023

Saul H. Dubow, FRHistS (born 28 October 1959) is a South African historian and academic, specialising in the history of South Africa in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Since 2016, he has been the Smuts Professor of Commonwealth History at the University of Cambridge and a Professorial Fellow of Magdalene College, Cambridge. He previously taught at University of Sussex and Queen Mary, University of London.

Saul Dubow

FRHistS
Saul Dubow
Born (1959-10-28) 28 October 1959 (age 63)
NationalitySouth African
Academic background
Alma mater
ThesisSegregation and native administration in South Africa, 1920-1936 (1986)
Academic work
DisciplineHistory
Institutions

Early life and education

Dubow was born on 28 October 1959 in Cape Town, South Africa.[1] He studied at the University of Cape Town, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1981.[1][2] He then moved to England to undertake postgraduate studies at the University of Oxford.[3] As a member of St Antony's College, Oxford, he completed his Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil) degree in 1986.[1] His 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 British Academy post-doctoral fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London.[2][1] He then moved to the University of Sussex as a lecturer in 1989.[1] Having been promoted to senior lecturer and reader over the intervening years, he was appointed Professor of History in 2001.[1][5] He was awarded an Arts and Humanities Research Council fellowship for 2012.[6] In 2013, he moved to 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 Smuts Professor of Commonwealth History at the University of Cambridge in succession to Megan Vaughan.[2] He took up the chair in 2017 and was additionally elected a 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

  • Dubow, Saul (1989). Racial Segregation and the Origins of Apartheid in South Africa, 1919–36. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK. ISBN 978-1-349-20041-2.
  • Dubow, Saul (1995). Scientific Racism in Modern South Africa. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-47907-3.
  • Beinart, William; Dubow, Saul, eds. (1995). Segregation and Apartheid in Twentieth Century South Africa. New York, NY: Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-85033-4.
  • Dubow, Saul (2000). The African National Congress. Cape Town: Jonathan Ball. ISBN 978-1-86842-097-1.
  • Dubow, Saul, ed. (2000). Science and Society in Southern Africa. Manchester: Manchester University Press. ISBN 978-0-7190-5812-7.
  • Dubow, Saul; Jeeves, Alan, eds. (2005). South Africa's 1940s: Worlds of Possibilities. Cape Town: Juta and Company Ltd. ISBN 978-1-77013-001-2.
  • Dubow, Saul (2006). A Commonwealth of Knowledge: Science, Sensibility, and White South Africa 1820-2000. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-929663-7.
  • Dubow, Saul (2012). South Africa's Struggle for Human Rights. Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press. ISBN 978-0-8214-4440-5.
  • Dubow, Saul (2014). Apartheid, 1948-1994. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-955067-8.
  • Dubow, Saul, ed. (2013). The Rise and Fall of Modern Empires, Volume II: Colonial Knowledges. Farnham, UK: Ashgate. ISBN 978-1-40-943666-9.
  • Dubow, Saul; Drayton, Richard, eds. (2020). Commonwealth History in the Twenty-First Century. London: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-3-030-41787-1.
  • Dubow, Saul; Beinart, William (2021). The Scientific Imagination in South Africa 1700 to the Present. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/9781108938198. ISBN 9781108837088. S2CID 241130845.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Dubow, Prof. Saul". Who's Who 2018. Oxford University Press. 1 December 2017. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U288111. ISBN 978-0-19-954088-4. 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 . 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.
  10. ^ Dubow, Saul (2020). "Global Science, National Horizons: South Africa in Deep Time and Space". The Historical Journal. 63 (5): 1079–1106. doi:10.1017/S0018246X19000700. S2CID 216267678.
  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

January 17, 2023
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Saul H Dubow FRHistS born 28 October 1959 is a South African historian and academic specialising in the history of South Africa in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries Since 2016 he has been the Smuts Professor of Commonwealth History at the University of Cambridge and a Professorial Fellow of Magdalene College Cambridge He previously taught at University of Sussex and Queen Mary University of London Saul DubowFRHistSSaul DubowBorn 1959 10 28 28 October 1959 age 63 NationalitySouth AfricanAcademic backgroundAlma materUniversity of Cape Town University of OxfordThesisSegregation and native administration in South Africa 1920 1936 1986 Academic workDisciplineHistoryInstitutionsInstitute of Commonwealth Studies University of Sussex Queen Mary University of London University of Cambridge Magdalene College Cambridge Contents 1 Early life and education 2 Academic career 3 Honours 4 Selected works 5 ReferencesEarly life and education EditDubow was born on 28 October 1959 in Cape Town South Africa 1 He studied at the University of Cape Town graduating with a Bachelor of Arts BA degree in 1981 1 2 He then moved to England to undertake postgraduate studies at the University of Oxford 3 As a member of St Antony s College Oxford he completed his Doctor of Philosophy DPhil degree in 1986 1 His 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 EditFrom 1987 to 1989 Dubow was a British Academy post doctoral fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies University of London 2 1 He then moved to the University of Sussex as a lecturer in 1989 1 Having been promoted to senior lecturer and reader over the intervening years he was appointed Professor of History in 2001 1 5 He was awarded an Arts and Humanities Research Council fellowship for 2012 6 In 2013 he moved to 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 Smuts Professor of Commonwealth History at the University of Cambridge in succession to Megan Vaughan 2 He took up the chair in 2017 and was additionally elected a 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 EditDubow 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 EditDubow Saul 1989 Racial Segregation and the Origins of Apartheid in South Africa 1919 36 London Palgrave Macmillan UK ISBN 978 1 349 20041 2 Dubow Saul 1995 Scientific Racism in Modern South Africa Cambridge Cambridge University Press ISBN 978 0 521 47907 3 Beinart William Dubow Saul eds 1995 Segregation and Apartheid in Twentieth Century South Africa New York NY Routledge ISBN 978 1 134 85033 4 Dubow Saul 2000 The African National Congress Cape Town Jonathan Ball ISBN 978 1 86842 097 1 Dubow Saul ed 2000 Science and Society in Southern Africa Manchester Manchester University Press ISBN 978 0 7190 5812 7 Dubow Saul Jeeves Alan eds 2005 South Africa s 1940s Worlds of Possibilities Cape Town Juta and Company Ltd ISBN 978 1 77013 001 2 Dubow Saul 2006 A Commonwealth of Knowledge Science Sensibility and White South Africa 1820 2000 Oxford Oxford University Press ISBN 978 0 19 929663 7 Dubow Saul 2012 South Africa s Struggle for Human Rights Athens Ohio Ohio University Press ISBN 978 0 8214 4440 5 Dubow Saul 2014 Apartheid 1948 1994 Oxford Oxford University Press ISBN 978 0 19 955067 8 Dubow Saul ed 2013 The Rise and Fall of Modern Empires Volume II Colonial Knowledges Farnham UK Ashgate ISBN 978 1 40 943666 9 Dubow Saul Drayton Richard eds 2020 Commonwealth History in the Twenty First Century London Palgrave Macmillan ISBN 978 3 030 41787 1 Dubow Saul Beinart William 2021 The Scientific Imagination in South Africa 1700 to the Present Cambridge Cambridge University Press doi 10 1017 9781108938198 ISBN 9781108837088 S2CID 241130845 References Edit a b c d e f g Dubow Prof Saul Who s Who 2018 Oxford University Press 1 December 2017 doi 10 1093 ww 9780199540884 013 U288111 ISBN 978 0 19 954088 4 Retrieved 29 October 2018 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 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 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 Professor Saul Dubow Events at The University of Melbourne University of Melbourne Retrieved 29 October 2018 Saul Dubow University of Sussex Retrieved 29 October 2018 Professor Saul Dubow Magdalene College University of Cambridge Retrieved 29 October 2018 Professor Saul Dubow Faculty of History University of Cambridge Retrieved 6 October 2017 Frontiers of Scientific Knowledge in South Africa Global Science National Horizon Magdalene College University of Cambridge 28 November 2018 Retrieved 3 February 2019 Dubow Saul 2020 Global Science National Horizons South Africa in Deep Time and Space The Historical Journal 63 5 1079 1106 doi 10 1017 S0018246X19000700 S2CID 216267678 Fellows D PDF Royal Historical Society August 2018 Retrieved 29 October 2018 Honorary Professors Centre for African Studies University of Cape Town Retrieved 29 October 2018 Academic officesPreceded byMegan Vaughan Smuts Professor of Commonwealth History2017 to present Incumbent Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Saul Dubow amp oldid 1131469489, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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