Speaker & Mentor. NIHSS National Doctoral Workshop July 2015 Birchwood Conference Centre, Johannesburg. NIHSS National Doctoral Workshop 1

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1 Speaker & Mentor Profiles NIHSS National Doctoral Workshop July 2015 Birchwood Conference Centre, Johannesburg NIHSS National Doctoral Workshop 1

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3 Prof Adam Habib Prof Adam Habib is an academic, activist, administrator and a political media commentator and columnist. A Professor of Political Science, Habib has more than 30 years of academic, research, institutional and administration expertise. He is currently Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of the Witwatersrand. Transformation, democracy and development are fundamental themes of his research. He is well-published and renowned as a key leader in higher education and political studies in South Africa and around the world. His latest book, South Africa s Suspended Revolution: Hopes and Prospects has already made huge waves both locally and internationally. Prof Alois Simon Mlambo Alois Simon Mlambo is Professor of History at the University of South Africa. A seasoned academic, he has lectured in various capacities at universities in Nigeria, Zimbabwe and the US. Prof Mlambo s research has been widely published and he has authored and co-authored various academic books and textbooks. He is a member of the Southern African Historical Society and the Historical Association of South Africa (HASA), among other professional organisations. Prof Mlambo is also the co-editor of HASA s journal, Historia. Prof Ari Sitas NIHSS Board Chairperson, Prof Ari Sitas head the University of Cape Town s Sociology department. A founder member of Junction Avenue Theatre Company and celebrated poet, he has received numerous accolades for artistic works including an Olive Schreiner Award for his play Randlords and Rotgut. Prof Sitas has held numerous prestigious positions and currently serves as a South African representative on the BRICS Think Tanks Council. He is also on the board of the Chris Hani Institute and directs a Department of Science and Technology Grand Challenge Research programme on African Diasporas and Migrations, the award-winning Global Studies Masters Programme inaugurated between Germany, South Africa and India, and a variety of joint research projects with international colleagues. Dr Darlene Miller Darlene Miller is a temporary lecturer in Sociology at the University of the Western Cape. She has lectured at Rhodes University, the University of the Witwatersrand and the University of Cape Town. Dr Miller served as Senior Advisor to the CEO of the HSRC, and in the CEO s office of the President of the International Social Science Council. She has also been the director of the Institute for African Alternatives and a national education coordinator at a COSATU affiliate (SACCAWU) in her youth. Dr Miller was a research fellow at Human Rights Watch in New York. She has wide research experience in Africa. NIHSS National Doctoral Workshop 1

4 Dr David L. Szanton Dr David L. Szanton is President of the Ethnic Arts Foundation. He completed a PhD in Anthropology at the University of Chicago, US, and has held various positions in social sciences around the world. His research interests include social change in the Philippines, Philippine folk art, intellectual history of international and area studies, and African language issues and doctoral education. Dr Szanton is also passionate about Mithila painting. DR Ebrima Sall Before his appointment as Executive Secretary of CODESRIA, Dr Ebrima Sall was Senior Researcher at the Nordic Africa Institute in Uppsala, Sweden, and Director of the Centre for the Promotion of Village Savings and Credit Associations, Gambia. He also taught at the University Gaston Berger of Saint-Louis in Senegal for five years. He holds a PhD in Sociology from the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, France, and was promoted to Maitre de Conférences/Senior Lecturer in Sociology-Demography by the French National Universities Council. His most recent publications include Human Rights and the Dilemmas of Democracy in Africa (co-edited with Lennart Wohlgemuth), among other books. Prof Edward Webster Edward Webster is Professor Emeritus in the Society, Work and Development Institute at the University of the Witwatersrand and director of the Chris Hani Institute. Prof Webster is an extensively published scholar of sociology and the co-founder of the South Africa Labour Bulletin and South Africa s first Worker s College. He has authored numerous publications including Grounding Globalization: labour in the age of insecurity, Contesting the New Politics of space: labour in the age of insecurity, as well as Unions and parties in South Africa: COSATU and the ANC in the wake of Polokwane. His research interests include the evolving labour relations system in South Africa, labour market segmentation and the impact of deep level gold mining on the occupational culture of miners. Dr Fred Hendricks Dr Fred Hendricks has been employed at various South African universities, as well as at Johns Hopkins in the US and Uppsala in Sweden. He was also Deputy Dean in the Faculty of Humanities at Rhodes University. Dr Hendricks has edited and co-edited various publications, most recently The Promise of Land: Undoing a Century of Dispossession in South Africa. He has also delivered various journal articles, contributed chapters in books and presented papers globally. Dr Hendricks is currently the chief editor or the Journal of Contemporary African Studies. In 2014, he initiated the Unit 2 NIHSS National Doctoral Workshop

5 for the Humanities at Rhodes University (UHURU). He was also the founding president of the South African Humanities Deans Association (SAHUDA). Prof Garth Stevens Garth Stevens is Associate Professor/Senior Supervising Clinical Psychologist in the department of Psychology at the University of the Witwatersrand. In 2014, he received the department s annual School Research Award, was elected to Wits senate and appointed as Assistant Dean in the Faculty of Humanities (Research). Prof Stevens has been widely published in peer-reviewed journals, books and texts. He is a member of the Psychological Society of South Africa s national executive and publications committee, as well as the editorial board of the South African Journal of Psychology, among other professional memberships. Prof Gillian Hart Gillian Hart is Professor of Geography and co-chair of Development Studies at the University of California Berkeley, US, and Visiting Professor at the Centre for Indian Studies in Africa at the University of the Witwatersrand. Her books include Disabling Globalization: Places of Power in Post- Apartheid South Africa; Gramsci: Space, Nature, Politics; and Rethinking the South African Crisis: Nationalism, Populism, Hegemony. Prof Hendrik Jakobus Kotzé Prof Hendrik Jakobus Kotzé is a research fellow at the Centre for International and Comparative Politics at Stellenbosch University (SU). He has also been Dean in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at SU. Prof Kotzé is a member of the International Political Science Association and the South African Association of Political Science South Africa. His areas of specialisation include comparative political behaviour (focus on elite behaviour and value change), comparative public policy analysis, political risk analysis, as well as African and South African politics. Prof Kotzé has been extensively published locally and internationally. Prof Jeffrey Brian Peires Jeffrey Brian Peires is Adjunct Professor in the department of History at the University of Fort Hare. He is a seasoned academic who has published books and contributed book chapters, as well as numerous articles to a range of publications. In 1988, he received the Sunday Times Alan Paton award for best nonfiction for The Dead will Arise. Prof Peires is well-versed in world history with major expertise in Eastern Cape and South African liberation history. He became a member of parliament in 1994 and worked in various capacities in local government before returning to academia in NIHSS National Doctoral Workshop 3

6 Prof Jessica Murray Jessica Murray is Professor in English Studies and Gender Studies at the University of South Africa (UNISA). She has also been Acting Manager: Postgraduate Studies and Research in the College of Human Sciences at UNISA. Her current research focuses on violence and gender in southern African writing and queer representations in South African literature. She has been published in various peer-reviewed journals and have presented at several conferences, seminars and workshops. Prof Murray is the founding co-editor of the academic journal Gender Questions. Prof Johann L van der Walt Johann van der Walt is Professor Emeritus at North-West University where he is the manager for Short Courses in the School of Languages. His fields of specialisation include language teaching and testing, second language acquisition, English linguistics and academic literacy. His current research field is assessment of academic literacy. Prof Van der Walt has published 62 articles in academic journals, two books, one monograph, eight papers in conference proceedings and various research reports, study notes, test series, workbooks and language courses. Prof Kishore Raga Prof Kishore Raga is Research Associate at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University. He has lectured in various capacities, both locally and abroad, and served as external auditor and on the re-curriculation panels at several tertiary institutions. His work has been widely published. Prof Raga is a member of the editorial board and copy editor of International Journal of Organisations & Human Behaviour (India) and the African Journal of Public Affairs. He is a member of the Association of Southern African Schools and Departments of Public Administration and Management (ASSADPAM). Prof Lungisile Ntsebeza Prof Lungisile Ntsebeza is the Director and the AC Jordan Chair in the Centre for African Studies at the University of Cape Town (UCT). He also holds the National Research Foundation Research Chair in Land Reform and Democracy in South Africa. He has conducted extensive published research on the land question in South Africa and has published various books and co-edited four books, most of which focus on land issues. His research interests also include an investigation of African Studies at UCT, a related project on the political and intellectual history of the late Archie Mafeje, and the pre-colonial catalytic project. Prof Ntsebeza is the inaugural president of the newly established Association of African Studies of Africa (ASAA). 4 NIHSS National Doctoral Workshop

7 Prof Mantoa Smouse Prof Mantoa Smouse heads the African Languages and Literatures section of the Centre for African Language Diversity at the University of Cape Town. Her research interests include morphology and syntax, second language acquisition and teaching, childhood bilingualism, child language development, discourse analysis, language policy and planning and digital communication. She has published extensively in these areas. Prof Smouse currently serves on the board and executive of the African Language Association of Southern Africa. Prof Smouse was a joint winner of the PanSALB 2010/11 Multilingualism Award in the Education category for the use of multilingualism in language policy and implementation in courses and study guides. Prof Michael Chapman Michael Chapman is Professor Emeritus and University Fellow at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. His areas of expertise include southern African and postcolonial areas of English literature and literature theory. He is the editor-and-chief of Current Writing and on the advisory board of the Journal of Literary Studies and English in Africa, among other board/ editorships. Prof Chapman has been widely published and has received awards for his work. Prof Moeahabo Phillip Moila Moeahabo Phillip Moila has been a Lutheran pastor for 46 years. He is also Professor Emeritus in Systematic, Practical Theology; Church and Society; and African Theology. He has lectured at various institutions and served as Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Southern Africa-Northern Diocese. Prof Moila is the Executive Director of Moyahabo Change Education Agency, an NGO. His work has been published and presented extensively. Prof Nhlanhla Maake Nhlanhla Maake is Professor in English Studies at the University of South Africa. He is a member of the Distribution Agency of Arts, Culture, Environment and National Heritage of the National Lotteries Commission. He has a strong interest in language policy issues, drama, theatre and comparative literature. Prof Maake is currently Vice-Chairperson of the English National Language Body and a council member of the English Academy of Southern Africa. He has presented papers at international and local conferences, and has published more than seventy items, including three accredited books and 20 fictional works. He has won several literary awards. NIHSS National Doctoral Workshop 5

8 Prof Nhlanhla Mkhize Prof Nhlanhla Mkhize is Dean and Head of the School of Applied Human Sciences at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. He is also the co-principal investigator of the South African Research Ethics Training Initiative (SARETI), a collaborative multidisciplinary research ethics programme between the University of KwaZulu-Natal and the University of Pretoria. Prof Mkhize teaches a module on African Ethics, with reference to African philosophical underpinnings to ethics and touching on the interface between culture, health and illness. He has cochaired and facilitated many workshops and symposia on the ethics of health-related research, and has delivered keynote addresses nationally and internationally on the subject of indigenous knowledge systems, morality/ethics and the self. The first to introduce undergraduate modules on African Psychology in the country, Prof Mkhize is also involved in research on the meaning of fatherhood for African males. Prof Noor Nieftagodien Prof Noor Nieftagodien is the South African Research Chair in Local Histories, Present Realities and the head of the History Workshop at the University of the Witwatersrand, where he also lectures in the department of History. He has co-authored books on the history of Alexandra, Ekurhuleni and Kathorus, and recently published books on Orlando West and the Soweto uprising, among others. Prof Nieftagodien has also published articles and book chapters on aspects of popular insurgent struggles, public history, youth politics and local history. He serves on the boards of the South African History Archives and the Centre for the Urbanism and Built Environment Studies (CUBES), among other notable organisations. Prof Olajide Oloyede Olajide Oloyede is Professor of Sociology at the University of the Western Cape. He is also the principal investigator in the Research in Anthropology and Sociology of Health programme in the department. A former deputy dean for Research in the Arts faculty and Chair of the Arts Postgraduate Board of Studies, he served as the director of the Institute for Social Development at this university and as a member of the University of Western Cape Council. His research and teaching focus areas are philosophy of the social sciences, social theory, sociology of science and the sociology of health. Prof Oloyede is currently the managing editor of the CODESRIA journal, African Sociological Review and an editorial board member (and former editor) of South African Review of Sociology. 6 NIHSS National Doctoral Workshop

9 Dr Pamela Maseko Dr Pamela Maseko is a senior lecturer in the School of Languages: African Language Studies at Rhodes University. She has served as a member of various provincial and national task teams focused on languages, and is an executive member of the African Languages Association of Southern Africa. Her research interests include language policy and planning with a focus on multilingualism and language in education. Dr Maseko s research has been published in journals and as book chapters locally and abroad. She serves on the board of the National Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences. Prof Patrick Themba Sibaya Patrick Themba Sibaya is Senior Research Professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Zululand. He has also been the Vice Rector (Academic Affairs and Research) at this university during which he led the development of the University Strategic Plan He is actively involved in conference presentations and his research output includes books and chapters in books and numerous contributions to scientific journals. Prof Sibaya has also been commissioned to participate in research for various key projects. He is a member of the South African Journal of Psychology and Journal of Psychology in Africa s editorial boards, among others. Prof Paul Robert Maylam Paul Robert Maylam has been Professor of History and Head of Department at Rhodes University. He has produced numerous books, articles and essays, and delivered papers at various conferences locally and abroad. He is on the editorial boards of the Journal of Natal and Zulu History and the Journal of Contemporary African Studies, and a reader of draft book manuscripts and articles. Prof Maylam was the president of the South African Historical Society between , among other professional positions. Prof Paulus Mzomuhle Zulu Paulus Mzomuhle Zulu is Director and Senior Research Fellow: Maurice Webb Race Relations Unit at the University of KwaZulu- Natal. He has written various books, and refereed research publications and journals. Over the course of his career, Prof Zulu has been involved in various special assignments, most recently as chair of the Special Committee Investigating Threats to Social Cohesion in KwaZulu-Natal (appointed by the Provincial Premier). He has held numerous other professional memberships, including that of Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) board member between 2010 and NIHSS National Doctoral Workshop 7

10 Prof Pumla Dineo Gqola Pumla Dineo Gqola is Associate Professor of African Literary and Gender Studies at the University of the Witwatersrand and author of What is slavery to me? Postcolonial/slave memory in post-apartheid South Africa; A Renegade called Simphiwe; and Rape: a South African nightmare. She received her PhD on postcolonial studies from the University of Munich, Germany. It focused on the emergence of slave memory post-apartheid. Prof Gqola s research and teaching interests include African continental and diasporic literatures, African feminisms, sexualities, slave memory and post-apartheid public culture. Dr Sazi Dlamini Dr Sazi Dlamini is a research musicologist and lecturer in Music History and Culture at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. An ethno-musicologist, composer and performer in the South African township style, he co-founded the band Skokiana in He has recorded many original pieces of music using self-made, indigenous Nguni and other African musical instruments. Dr Dlamini has a longstanding involvement in the creative contextualisation of indigenous, popular and formal musical performance across cultures and genres of music, and has collaborated with international and local music practitioners. 8 NIHSS National Doctoral Workshop

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