Ruhan Fourie

Historian 🇿🇦

[Ruhan Fourie @ruhanfourie]

My book is now published! 🎉 In "Christian Nationalism and Anticommunism in Twentieth Century South Africa" (Routledge) I dive into the connection between Afrikaner anticommunism and the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) 🧵(1/5)
@socscipublisher

🔗 https://t.co/uc9IRJP70a

[Ruhan Fourie @ruhanfourie]

@realmbaka Congrats broer! 👏 👏

[Richard R @RaberRichard]

Untold Courage: Exploring the complex legacies of apartheid through a 4-part documentary https://t.co/7e91M3dGB0

[New Streets @NewStreetsSA]

Municipalities like Stellenbosch will complain that they can't afford public transport..

...and then proceed to spend millions on road widenings, free parking and intersections to cater for cars (the most expensive form of transport).

Reminder: 3 cars (6 ppl) = 1 bus (100 ppl)

[UFS @UFSweb]

Dr Ruhan Fourie, former UFS International Studies Group fellow, received the Desmond Tutu-Gerrit Brand Prize for his debut book "Christian Nationalism and Anticommunism in Twentieth Century South Africa". Read about his journey: https://t.co/VK6YA2csF0

[Ruhan Fourie @ruhanfourie]

@GodPenuel @realmbaka check out the replies my man. The nostalgia of Bop and Mangope is all over

[Le Roux Schoeman @skoemann]

LEES WEER: Antikommunisme was ’n spil vir Afrikanereenheid, skryf @ruhanfourie. In dié stuk vir Kerkbode (Jul 2024) bekyk dié wenner van die 2025 Desmond Tutu Gerrit Brand-prys vir debuutwerk die NG Kerk se rol hierin vanuit ’n geskiedkundige hoek.
https://t.co/jOPwbmQxjB

[Rapport @RapportSA]

Die flikflooiery tussen aartskonserwatiewe groepe in Amerika en Suid-Afrika is geen nuwe verskynsel nie, skryf Ruhan Fourie.

Lees meer deur die skakel in ons bio.

[Ruhan Fourie @ruhanfourie]

@BouwerBosch Behoede ons ‘n president wat liedjies verban.

[Ruhan Fourie @ruhanfourie]

Was great being back at @Stell_History! Thanks @WildPasts_ and the dept for hosting me!

[Stellenbosch History Department @Stell_History]

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

[Ruhan Fourie @ruhanfourie]

📢 Excited to return to my old department @Stell_History tomorrow to present a seminar on organised Afrikaner anticommunism. I will be in conversation with @DrDaries, 1-2pm, Room 3040, Krotoa Building. DM me for a link!

[Ruhan Fourie @ruhanfourie]

@bornboer @BouwerBosch Formalising apartheid was a choice, not a given. So it was the chosen answer to what nationalists thought the issues of the country was.

[Ruhan Fourie @ruhanfourie]

What a great talk by @ssishuwa! Excited to present in this slot next week on organised Afrikaner anticommunism @Stell_History

[Stellenbosch History Department @Stell_History]

A packed room for the first seminar of the year: @ssishuwa presents a paper co-authored with @mininghistory '"I will get your shop shut": An Italian butcher, the vice-president's wife, and the fusion of the party and the state in early independent #Zambia.'

[Ruhan Fourie @ruhanfourie]

@MatiesResearch The thing I love most about research at @StellenboschUni is doing it while being underpaid for four months, while nobody knows how it keeps on happening. It's a great way to incentivise postdocs at this institution. Saam vorentoe

[Ruhan Fourie @ruhanfourie]

@tacticallyurban @MetrorailWC @MyCiTiBus This is amazing! Thanks for sharing.

[Duncan Money @mininghistory]

The International Studies Group @UFSweb in South Africa is recruiting postdocs in history.

This is my old department and I spent three happy years working there.

[Ruhan Fourie @ruhanfourie]

@RenaldoGouws @Segafi1 Just wondering what history books you’ve read/would recommend on this topic?

[Ruhan Fourie @ruhanfourie]

@DrSindane ASAP!

[[email protected] @iNIHSS]

📢 2025 MA Scholarships: Soweto History & Archives

@WitsUniversity History Workshop invites applications for 2 MA scholarships (R110K + research budget) on Soweto’s history & community archives.

[Ruhan Fourie @ruhanfourie]

I reflected on this for the Afrikaans publication @mylitnet. A lot can be said on the topic, especially the religious logic of these gatherings. But I wonder if the resurgence is not a product of organised disillusionment along ethnic lines 4/4

🔗 https://t.co/9jr00PbA2a

[Ruhan Fourie @ruhanfourie]

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

[Ruhan Fourie @ruhanfourie]

32 000 Afrikaners rocked up at the Voortrekker Monument on 16 December 2023; currently celebrated as Reconciliation Day in South Africa. Last year it was 35 000 attendees. 3/4