Hermann Giliomee is an author of historical and political studies, former Professor of Political Studies at the
University of Cape Town
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(1983–2002), President of the
South African Institute of Race Relations
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The in ...
(1995–1997) and Extraordinary Professor of History at the
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch University ( af, Universiteit Stellenbosch) is a public research university situated in Stellenbosch, a town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Stellenbosch is the oldest university in South Africa and the oldest extant ...
.
He co-founded ''Die Suid-Afrikaans'', an Afrikaans journal of opinion in 1984. Giliomee was a regular columnist for the ''
Cape Times
The ''Cape Times'' is an English-language morning newspaper owned by Independent News & Media SA and published in Cape Town, South Africa.
the newspaper had a daily readership of 261 000 and a circulation of 34 523. By the fourth quarter of ...
'', ''
The Rand Daily Mail
''The Rand Daily Mail'' was a South African newspaper published from 1902 until it was controversially closed in 1985 after adopting an outspoken anti-apartheid stance in the midst of a massive clampdown on activists by the security forces. The ...
'' and other periodicals from 1980 to 1997 and is writing a political column for the Afrikaans morning newspapers ''
Die Burger
''Die Burger'' (English: The Citizen) is a daily Afrikaans-language newspaper, published by Naspers. By 2008, it had a circulation of 91,665 in the Western and Eastern Cape Provinces of South Africa. Along with ''Beeld'' and ''Volksblad'', it is ...
'', ''
Beeld
''Beeld'' (freely translated as ''Picture'' or ''Image'') is an Afrikaans-language daily newspaper that was launched on 16 September 1974. ''Beeld'' is distributed in four provinces of South Africa: Gauteng, Mpumalanga, Limpopo and North West, ...
'' and ''
Volksblad
The ''Volksblad'' (English: People's Journal) is an Afrikaans-language daily newspaper published in Bloemfontein, South Africa, and distributed in the Free State and Northern Cape
The Northern Cape is the largest and most sparsely populated ...
''.
Books by Hermann Giliomee
* ''Ethnic power mobilized – Can South Africa change ?'' (Co-author:
Heribert Adam
Heribert Adam (born 1936) is a German-Canadian university professor and author. Adam is professor emeritus of political sociology at Simon Fraser University, specializing in human rights, comparative racisms, peace studies, Southern Africa, and ...
),
Yale University Press
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, Yale Universi ...
, 1979
* ''Die Kaap tydens die eerste Britse bewind, 1795–1803'', 1971
* ''The parting of the ways'', 1982
* ''Up against the fences'', 1985
* ''The Shaping of South African Society 1652–1840'', 1988
* ''From apartheid to nation-building'', 1989
* ''Negotiating South Africa's future'', 1989
* ''The Bold experiment'', 1994
* ''The awkward embrace'', 1999
* ''Kruispad'', 2001
*
The Afrikaners: biography of a people', 2003, ,
University of Virginia Press
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/ Tafelberg Publishers;
expanded and updated edition, 2010,
* ''Die Afrikaners: `n Biografie'', 2004
* '' 'n Vaste plek vir Afrikaans'' (Co-author: Lawrence Schlemmer), Protea Boekhuis, 2006
* ''Nog altyd hier gewees – Die storie van 'n Stellenbosse gemeenskap'', Tafelberg, 2007
*
New History of South Africa', , both Co-editor: Bernard Mbenga, 2007, 464 pp, 600 illustrations
',
References
1938 births
Living people
People from Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality
Afrikaner people
South African journalists
Academic staff of the University of Cape Town
Academic staff of Stellenbosch University
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