Saul Dubow

Saul Dubow
FRHistS
Saul Dubow FRHistS
	Saul Dubow
Born	28 October 1959(age 65); Cape Town,South Africa
Nationality	South African
Academic background
Alma mater	University of Cape Town; University of Oxford;
Thesis	Segregation and native administration in South Africa, 1920-1936(1986)
Academic work
Discipline	History
Institutions	Institute of Commonwealth Studies; University of Sussex; Queen Mary,University of London; University of Cambridge; Magdalene College, Cambridge;

Saul H. Dubow,FRHistS(born 28 October 1959) is a South African historian and academic, specialising in thehistory of South Africain the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Since 2016, he has been theSmuts Professor of Commonwealth Historyat theUniversity of Cambridgeand aProfessorial FellowofMagdalene College, Cambridge.He previously taught atUniversity of SussexandQueen Mary,University of London.

Early life and education

Dubow was born on 28 October 1959 inCape Town,South Africa.^[1]He studied at theUniversity of Cape Town,graduating with aBachelor of Arts(BA) degree in 1981.^[1]^[2]He then moved to England to undertake postgraduate studies at theUniversity of Oxford.^[3]As a member ofSt Antony's College, Oxford,he completed hisDoctor of Philosophy(DPhil) degree in 1986.^[1]Hisdoctoral thesiswas titled "Segregation and 'native administration' in South Africa, 1920-1936",^[4]which formed the basis for his first book, Racial Segregation and the Origins of Apartheid (1989).

Academic career

From 1987 to 1989, Dubow was aBritish Academy post-doctoral fellowat theInstitute of Commonwealth Studies,University of London.^[2]^[1]He then moved to theUniversity of Sussexas a lecturer in 1989.^[1]Having been promoted tosenior lecturerandreaderover the intervening years, he was appointedProfessorof History in 2001.^[1]^[5]He was awarded anArts and Humanities Research Councilfellowship for 2012.^[6]In 2013, he moved toQueen Mary, University of Londonwhere he had been appointed Professor of African History.^[2]^[3]

In October 2016, it was announced that he had been elected as the nextSmuts Professor of Commonwealth Historyat theUniversity of Cambridgein succession toMegan Vaughan.^[2]He took up the chair in 2017 and was additionally elected aProfessorial FellowofMagdalene College, Cambridge.^[1]^[7]Based in theFaculty of History,he teaches courses on thehistory of modern South Africa,and has wide ranging research interests fromracial segregationandApartheidtointellectual historyand the history of science.^[8]He delivered his inaugural lecture in November 2018,^[9]which is published as `Global Science, National Horizons: South Africa in Deep Time and Space’, Historical Journal, published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 March 2020.^[10]

Honours

Dubow is an electedFellow of the Royal Historical Society(FRHistS).^[11]He is an honorary professor of the Centre for African Studies at theUniversity of Cape Town.^[12] Editorial Board,South African Journal of ScienceandJournal of Southern African Studies;Chair, Management Committee, Centre of African Studies, Cambridge University.

Selected works

Dubow, Saul (1989).Racial Segregation and the Origins of Apartheid in South Africa, 1919–36.London: Palgrave Macmillan UK.ISBN 978-1-349-20041-2.
Dubow, Saul (1995).Scientific Racism in Modern South Africa.Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.ISBN 978-0-521-47907-3.
Beinart, William;Dubow, Saul, eds. (1995).Segregation and Apartheid in Twentieth Century South Africa.New York, NY: Routledge.ISBN 978-1-134-85033-4.
Dubow, Saul (2000).The African National Congress.Cape Town: Jonathan Ball.ISBN 978-1-86842-097-1.
Dubow, Saul, ed. (2000).Science and Society in Southern Africa.Manchester: Manchester University Press.ISBN 978-0-7190-5812-7.
Dubow, Saul; Jeeves, Alan, eds. (2005).South Africa's 1940s: Worlds of Possibilities.Cape Town: Juta and Company Ltd.ISBN 978-1-77013-001-2.
Dubow, Saul (2006).A Commonwealth of Knowledge: Science, Sensibility, and White South Africa 1820-2000.Oxford: Oxford University Press.ISBN 978-0-19-929663-7.
Dubow, Saul (2012).South Africa's Struggle for Human Rights.Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press.ISBN 978-0-8214-4440-5.
Dubow, Saul (2014).Apartheid, 1948-1994.Oxford: Oxford University Press.ISBN 978-0-19-955067-8.
Dubow, Saul, ed. (2013).The Rise and Fall of Modern Empires, Volume II: Colonial Knowledges.Farnham, UK: Ashgate.ISBN 978-1-40-943666-9.
Dubow, Saul; Drayton, Richard, eds. (2020).Commonwealth History in the Twenty-First Century.London: Palgrave Macmillan.ISBN 978-3-030-41787-1.
Dubow, Saul; Beinart, William (2021).The Scientific Imagination in South Africa 1700 to the Present.Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.doi:10.1017/9781108938198.ISBN 9781108837088.S2CID 241130845.

References

^^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g"Dubow, Prof. Saul".Who's Who 2018.Oxford University Press. 1 December 2017.doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U288111.ISBN 978-0-19-954088-4.Retrieved29 October2018.
^^a ^b ^c ^d"Saul Dubow elected Smuts Professor of Commonwealth History".Faculty of History.University of Cambridge. 19 October 2016.Retrieved6 October2017.
^^a ^b"Professor Saul Dubow".School of History.Queen Mary, University of London. Archived fromthe originalon 30 November 2016.Retrieved6 October2017.
^Dubow, S. (1986).Segregation and 'native administration' in South Africa, 1920-1936.E-Thesis Online Service(Ph.D). The British Library Board.Retrieved29 October2018.
^"Professor Saul Dubow".Events at The University of Melbourne.University of Melbourne.Retrieved29 October2018.
^"Saul Dubow".University of Sussex.Retrieved29 October2018.
^"Professor Saul Dubow".Magdalene College.University of Cambridge.Retrieved29 October2018.
^"Professor Saul Dubow".Faculty of History.University of Cambridge.Retrieved6 October2017.
^"Frontiers of Scientific Knowledge in South Africa: Global Science, National Horizon".Magdalene College.University of Cambridge. 28 November 2018.Retrieved3 February2019.
^Dubow, Saul (2020)."Global Science, National Horizons: South Africa in Deep Time and Space".The Historical Journal.63(5): 1079–1106.doi:10.1017/S0018246X19000700.S2CID 216267678.
^"Fellows - D"(PDF).Royal Historical Society.August 2018.Retrieved29 October2018.
^"Honorary Professors".Centre for African Studies.University of Cape Town.Retrieved29 October2018.

Academic offices
Preceded by Megan Vaughan	Smuts Professor of Commonwealth History 2017 to present	Incumbent

[WW_2018-1] ^^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g"Dubow, Prof. Saul".Who's Who 2018.Oxford University Press. 1 December 2017.doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U288111.ISBN 978-0-19-954088-4.Retrieved29 October2018.

[elected-2] "Saul Dubow elected Smuts Professor of Commonwealth History".Faculty of History.University of Cambridge. 19 October 2016.Retrieved6 October2017.

[QMUL-3] "Professor Saul Dubow".School of History.Queen Mary, University of London. Archived fromthe originalon 30 November 2016.Retrieved6 October2017.

[4] Dubow, S. (1986).Segregation and 'native administration' in South Africa, 1920-1936.E-Thesis Online Service(Ph.D). The British Library Board.Retrieved29 October2018.

[5] "Professor Saul Dubow".Events at The University of Melbourne.University of Melbourne.Retrieved29 October2018.

[6] "Saul Dubow".University of Sussex.Retrieved29 October2018.

[bio_college-7] "Professor Saul Dubow".Magdalene College.University of Cambridge.Retrieved29 October2018.

[bio_Faculty-8] "Professor Saul Dubow".Faculty of History.University of Cambridge.Retrieved6 October2017.

[9] "Frontiers of Scientific Knowledge in South Africa: Global Science, National Horizon".Magdalene College.University of Cambridge. 28 November 2018.Retrieved3 February2019.

[10] Dubow, Saul (2020)."Global Science, National Horizons: South Africa in Deep Time and Space".The Historical Journal.63(5): 1079–1106.doi:10.1017/S0018246X19000700.S2CID 216267678.

[11] "Fellows - D"(PDF).Royal Historical Society.August 2018.Retrieved29 October2018.

[12] "Honorary Professors".Centre for African Studies.University of Cape Town.Retrieved29 October2018.

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