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).