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Stellenbosch History Department @stellhistory.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Busy day: Prof. Patricia Hayes of @uwconline.bsky.social spoke to grad students on using photos as historical sources. Dr Ruhan Fourie @ruhanfourie.bsky.social spoke on “'Oorlog om die Volksiel!': Organised anticommunism & the mainstreaming of the rooi gevaar” with Dr Anell Daries as discussant.

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Duncan Money @mininghistory.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

The International Studies Group at the University of the Free State in South Africa is recruiting postdocs in history. This is my old department and I spent three happy years working there.

Job advert.
Text of the job advert reads:
"UNIVERSITY OF THE
FREE STATE
UNIVERSITEIT VAN DIE
VRYSTAAT
YUNIVESITHI YA
FREISTATA

UFS
THE HUMANITIES

The International Studies Group (ISG) at the University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa, has vacancies for postdoctoral Research Fellows starting in September 2025, with an annual tax-free stipend of ZAR 275,000. The positions are full-time for one year, with the possibility
of extension for a further two years contingent on satisfactory progress. The ISG, headed by Professor lan Phimister, is a research-intensive department, made up of post-doctoral Fellows and PhD students. Although the group particularly specialises in Central and Southern African history, applications are encouraged from candidates with any specialisation in African and/or global and imperial history.

Criteria

Essential
A PhD of not more than two years
standing at the time of appointment
Excellent written, oral and
interpersonal skills
A project to produce original
research outputs

Desirable
Previous experience of supervising
student dissertations
Experience of departmental
administration
Proven track record of attracting
external research funding

Application Process

Applicants are asked to send a CV, along with a covering letter outlining their suitability for the position and their proposed research and publication plans. These should be emailed as one document to Ms Tari Gwena at gwenat@ufs.ac.za by 12pm on 15 April 2025. In addition, applicants should arrange for two letters of recommendation to be sent to the above address.
Shortlisted candidates will be notified by 13 May. If you have not been contacted by this date, please assume your application has been unsuccessful."

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Ruhan Fourie @ruhanfourie.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

There seems to be a revival of Day of the Vow gatherings. Historically these celebrations were a cornerstone of Afrikaner nationalistic propaganda which inculcated the idea that the Battle of Blood River (1838) was a triumph of Christian civilisation over African barbarism 🧵1/4

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Ruhan Fourie @ruhanfourie.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

1/ Hi, Bluesky! 👋 I’m a historian from South Africa specialising in Afrikaner nationalism, anticommunism, and the life of Beyers Naudé. My research delves into the intersections of religion, politics, and ideology in 20th-century South Africa. 🧵

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Ruhan Fourie @ruhanfourie.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Great to be back in an archive! The Dutch Reformed Church Archive in Stellenbosch (with its great staff!) is really a treasure trove for historians of colonial and apartheid South Africa. Here I’m tracing archival bread crumbs on anti-apartheid activist Beyers Naudé.

Collection of newspaper clippings about Beyers Naudé

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Sarah Emily Duff @sarahemilyduff.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Breyten Breytenbach has died—this is an interesting piece by Max du Preez from June, about the three Breytenbach brothers: one a general in apartheid South Africa’s army, another a poet and committed opponent of apartheid, and the third a photographer of the violence wrought by that state:

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Gifted band of Breytenbach brothers

Remembering Jan Breytenbach and his brothers Breyten and Cloete.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Again sending around this starter pack courtesy of @viewfromargus.bsky.social go.bsky.app/3h6n3YC

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