History
South African
history departments
University of Cape Town
Guide to courses of study offered by the Department at undergraduate and post-graduate
levels, as well as information on staff members and their research interests.
http://www.uct.ac.za/depts/history/
University of Durban-Westville
Information about staff, and links to other History departments.
http://pixie.udw.ac.za/UDW/homepages/history/main.html
University of the Free State
Staff and course information, along with details of the 1999 conference on "The
Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902): a reappraisal":
http://www.uovs.ac.za/Faculties/humanities/hist/hist.asp
The History Department site also links to the University's Institute for Contemporary
History (INCH):
http://inch.uovs.ac.za/
University of Natal
Durban
Information on staff and courses, links to students' online projects, full
text papers from the History
and African studies seminar series.
http://www.history.und.ac.za/
Pietermaritzburg
Staff and course information.
http://www.hs.unp.ac.za/hist.htm
University of Pretoria
Offers detailed information about staff, courses offered in the History
Department and Cultural History as well as refereed articles in subsidised journals over the past
five years.
http://www.up.ac.za/academic/history/
Rand Afrikaans University
Skeletal staff and course information.
http://www.rau.ac.za/historical_studies/historical_studies_E.htm
Rhodes University
Information about staff and courses (along with "reasons for studying history")
and scholarship information.
http://www.ru.ac.za/academic/departments/history/
University of South Africa
Staff and course information, details of the departmental seminar programme, and links to
history resources.
http://www.unisa.ac.za/dept/his/index.html
University of Stellenbosch
Information about under- and postgraduate courses, staff research interests,
and career options.
http://www.sun.ac.za/history/default.htm
Vista University
Staff contact details.
http://pageboyz.tripod.com/academic/arts/
departments/history/index.htm
University of the Western Cape
Department of History
Information about staff, courses, research and the departmental seminar programme.
http://www.uwc.ac.za/arts/history/index.html
Institute for Historical Research
http://www.uwc.ac.za/arts/IHR/index.htm
University of the Witwatersrand
Comprehensive course and staff information; news about recent and
forthcoming events.
http://www.wits.ac.za/history/
University of Zululand
Basic information about qualifications and modules.
http://www2.uzulu.ac.za/UZ/programs/findProg.php?f=A&d=AH
A departmental home page is under construction at
http://www.uzulu.ac.za/art/his/his.htm
South African
archives
National Archives of South Africa
Includes web search interface for the National Automated Archival Information Retrieval System.
http://www.national.archives.gov.za/index_content.htm
ANC Archives
The ANC Archives web site at the University of Fort Hare features detailed contents lists
of selected archival holdings and information about access to the archives.
http://www.ufh.ac.za/collections/anc.htm
ANC Historical Documents
Contains a wide selection of materials (including a small selection of photographs) by and
about the ANC. The site is divided into ANC documents, "the World Against
Apartheid", biographies, and other sources such as the E.S. Reddy collection.
http://www.anc.org.za/ancdocs/history/
Gay & Lesbian Archives for South Africa
GALA "provides a permanent institutional home for the wide range of historical and
archival material relating to gay and lesbian experience in South Africa". This site
offers basic descriptions of GALA's archival holdings:
http://www.wits.ac.za/gala/
University of the Witwatersrand Department of Historical
Papers
Offers information about the Department of Historical Papers, whose collection spans the
17th century to the present. Detailed information on selected (mainly 20th century)
archival holdings is provided:
http://www.wits.ac.za/histp/
South African History Archive Trust (SAHA)
Independent community archives founded by Cosatu and the UDF "which
strives to recapture our lost and neglected history and record history in
the making." Based at the Wits Department of Historical
Papers:
http://www.wits.ac.za/saha/
South African
professional associations
Historical Association of South Africa
Address: Department of History and Cultural History; University of Pretoria; Pretoria 0002
Telephone: (012) 420-2323
Fax number: (012) 420-2656
E-mail: vniekerk@libarts.up.ac.za
South African Historical Society
Address: Department of History; University of Western Cape; Private Bag X17; Bellville
7535
Telephone: (021) 959-2225
Fax number: (021) 959-3598
E-mail: umesthrie@artso.uwc.ac.za
South African Society for History Teaching
Address: Department of History of Education; University of South Africa; P.O. Box 392;
Pretoria 0003
Telephone: (012) 429-4032
Fax number: (012) 429-4000
History research methodology textbooks
The Yenza! research section contains an annotated list of research
methodology texts in use in South African higher education.
http://www.nrf.ac.za/yenza/research/history.htm
Miscellaneous South
African resources
South African Museums
This is an official museums site, supported and endorsed by
the South African Museums Association, and while it brings all South
African online museums together, each museum maintains their own site and
retains their own copyright.
http://www.museums.org.za/
H-SAfrica
"H-SAfrica is an international electronic discussion group dedicated to the promotion
of all aspects of South African history. H-SAfrica posts a variety of academic
announcements: calls for papers, conference announcements, seminars and fellowship, grant,
award and other funding notices."
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~safrica/
Labyrinth of East London Lore
History and stories about the port town, by Keith Tankard. (A 1998 review of the site by Ann
Tothill is also available).
http://www.sael.org.za/e4home.htm
International collections of
resources
H-NET Humanities and Social Sciences Online
H-Net hosts over 100 scholarly lists in the Humanities and Social Sciences, including a
range of Africa-related lists.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/
Africa Research Central
This site, from California State University, San Bernardino, offers a "gateway to the
archives, libraries, and museums with important collections of African primary
sources."
http://africa-research.csusb.edu/
Argus Clearinghouse
List of history-related information gateways.
http://www.clearinghouse.net/cgi-bin/chadmin/
viewcat/Arts___Humanities/history?kywd++
World Wide Web Virtual Library History
Central Catalogue
http://www.ukans.edu/history/VL/
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