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Professor of Sociology & Social Anthropology, Stellenbosch University

Steven Robins obtained his PhD in Anthropology from Columbia University. He has published on a wide range of topics including the politics of land, water, infrastructure, memory and identity; the Truth & Reconciliation Commission (TRC) and citizenship and governance. His monographs include From Revolution to Rights in South Africa: Social Movements and Popular Politics (2008) and Letters of Stone: From Nazi Germany to South Africa (Penguin Random House, 2016). He also edited Limits to Liberation After Apartheid: Citizenship, Governance and Culture (David Philip, James Currey and Ohio University Press, 2005) and co-edited (with Nick Shepherd) New South African Keywords (Jacana and Ohio University Press, 2008).

Experience

  • –present
    Professor of Sociology & Social Anthropology, Stellenbosch University

Education

  • 1995 
    Columbia University, PhD in Social Anthropology

Grants and Contracts

  • 2019
    Role:
    Professor of Sociology & Social Anthropology
    Funding Source:
    National Research Foundation