History at Wits

History Department at the University of the Witwatersrand. Founded 1917.

[History at Wits @WitsHistory]

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[Wits_News @Wits_News]

An essay by historian Prof. Bruce Murray commemorating @WitsHistory Department's centenary has been published posthumously in @SAHistSoc Journal, thanks to revisions made by colleagues, Professor Clive Glaser and Dr Prinisha Badassy.
👉🏿https://t.co/iPmovvOSfP

[History at Wits @WitsHistory]

Joel Pearson, PhD candidate in the Hist Dept has just published in the @SAHistSoc Journal on record keeping, archiving and the Mogalakwena Local Municipality
https://t.co/U7JwY2irHj

[History at Wits @WitsHistory]

Read about the 100-year history of the Wits History Department here: https://t.co/9MLAQW21Li Essay by Bruce Murray in the @SAHistSoc Journal

[Southern African Historical Society @SAHistSoc]

SAHJ Special Issue CFP: On the Edge of the Anthropocene: Crossing Borders in Southern African Environmental History. Enquiries and Submissions: [email protected]

[Southern African Historical Society @SAHistSoc]

SAHJ 71:2 Read past president of the SAHS, Mucha Musemwa's Presidential Address which examines the growth of the field of water history and how historians have now developed a formidable body of historical scholarship on this natural resource. https://t.co/XgxWnVcJLU @WitsHistory

[Janet Remmington @VariousHats]

@SAHistSoc @arianna_lissoni @FaeezaBallim @TandF_Africa @oscarsibabalwe Much in this bumper issue of @SAhistsoc's journal, including history curriculum in schools, Chinese SA diasporas, textual cultures, flows of water & power, history of @WitsHistory, Constitution Hill... #twitterstorians

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William Matlala Presents – The Complete Worker
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[Prof Lawrence Hamilton 🇿🇦 🇬🇧 🇧🇷 🇮🇳 @lhamilton365]

‘#Marx’s gift to us is his insistence on the fact that everything is historical’ @TerrellCarver today in a scintillating paper @Wits_News @WitsPolitics @WitsHistory

[Tshisimani @Tshisimani]

It’s 100 years since the founding of the ICU - largest black labour movement of the early 20th century.

What can the modern left learn from the #ICU? (1/4)

[Southern African Historical Society @SAHistSoc]

@Tshisimani @WitsHistory @WitsHistoryWshp

[Dineo Skosana @DineoSks]

Submitted my PhD thesis today. I survived the supervision of 3 professors in Political Science, History and Archaeology for a duration of 5 years 🙈🙈Thanks, #PhDForum #phdchat for your supportive platform 🖤😘

[Janet Remmington @VariousHats]

Great to see the archive now digitized for Journal of Natal & Zulu History (going back to 1978) via @SAHistSoc & @tandf_africa https://t.co/WLt7U0ZcOI 2018 content coming soon! @sahistoryonline @jekjek19 @futbolprof @Halfrican_One @ZenPublisher

[History at Wits @WitsHistory]

@WitsUniversity @Keyzo_K 👏🤛

[Wits University @WitsUniversity]

History enthusiast and Wits graduate, Keyan Jardine is the first recipient of the FirstRand Oxford African Studies Scholarship. Applications are open -> https://t.co/odmrUpfJ3H

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#ASAUK18 - Calling for nominations for the Audrey Richards Prize for best doctoral thesis in African Studies.
More information on https://t.co/XhG0LGKgIs Submissions can be send to @AmbreenaManji

[Africa Is a Country @africasacountry]

"stop claiming that [Biko] would recognize himself in our writing, in our policies, in our pretensions."
https://t.co/kjFQek6y3Y

[London Recruits @LondonRecruits]

Posters from Dutch, British and Swedish Anti-Apartheid Movements. View more here: https://t.co/RoxgxTamAd

[Wits_News @Wits_News]

It's official. Central Block is now Robert Sobukwe Block. Plaque unveiled by Dini Sobukwe and Justice Dikgang Moseneke.

[Shirona37 @shirona37]

Central Block is being renamed Mangaliso Robert Sobukwe Block right now. Ceremony being presided over by the Hon Chancellor Dikgang Moseneke