Greg Cuthbertson

Oom Schalk's Boer War: Herman Charles Bosman, Afrikaner outsider, writes a wider war

After the three long years of the South African War s centenary, which ended in 2002, it is hard to think o f anything more to say about the conflict. ~ Even Herman Charles Bosman and the war came in for some literary scrutiny 2 and a clutch o f his writings have appeared with new introductions in the last few years or so, commemorat ing the centenary of his birth in 1905. The publishers Human & Rousseau have produced a suite o f attractive anniversary editions of Bosman s major works with informative introductions by Stephen Gray and Craig MacKenzie. Wellknown actor and exponent of Bosman s work, Patrick Mynhardt, has also compiled a centennial anthology. 3 The most important contribution is, however, Stephen Gray s

From white supremacy to black liberation: intellectual lineages from South Africa in the 'making of America'

This paper was presented at the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Amerika Instituut in Amsterdam in September 1998. Participants were asked to reflect on the ‘making of America’ in their own research and teaching. The intention was therefore to exchange very personal perspectives on how scholars from different parts of the world interpret American studies. Teaching the history of the United States of America in the 19th and 20th centuries at graduate level has been profoundly influenced by my research interests in South African history and by political and cultural forces in the apartheid and post-apartheid eras.