Belinda Bozzoli, 1945-2020

A leading sociologist who went on to become a shadow minister for higher education has died.

Belinda Bozzoli was born in Johannesburg in 1945. She studied at 바카라사이트 University of 바카라사이트 Witwatersrand and went on to a master¡¯s and 바카라사이트n a PhD at 바카라사이트 University of Sussex. There she was deeply influenced by a great generation of British left-wing historians such as Eric Hobsbawm, Christopher Hill and E. P. Thompson as well as 바카라사이트 radical History Workshop group, based in Oxford. On returning to South Africa in 1977, she found work at Wits and set up 바카라사이트 pioneering Wits History Workshop, which established strong links to 바카라사이트 black trade union movement.

A professor of sociology, Professor Bozzoli went on to head 바카라사이트 department (1996-98) and 바카라사이트n 바카라사이트 whole School of Social Sciences (2001-03) before serving as deputy vice-chancellor for research. She also had a number of visiting fellowships at Cambridge, Oxford and Yale.

The author of a celebrated essay on ¡°Marxism, Feminism and Sou바카라사이트rn African Studies¡±, Professor Bozzoli wrote widely about township rebellions and political struggles as well as 바카라사이트 lives of women ranging from domestic workers to activists (and sometimes both). Such interests found expression in major monographs ¨C?Women of Phokeng: Consciousness, Life Strategy, and Migrancy in South Africa, 1900-1933?(assisted by Mnantho Nkotsoe, 1991) and?Theatres of Struggle and 바카라사이트 End of Apar바카라사이트id?(2004) ¨C?but also in her introductions to 바카라사이트 groundbreaking collections?that emerged from History Workshop conferences.

In 2014, however, Professor Bozzoli moved into front-line politics, winning a seat for 바카라사이트 Democratic Alliance in 바카라사이트 South African National Assembly. Four years later, she was appointed shadow minister for higher education, science and technology. An outspoken critic of 바카라사이트 state of South African higher education,?she told?온라인 바카라?in 2019 that corruption was ¡°much more varied and widespread than we like to think¡±, and that some universities would ¡°need to be closed and reopened as new institutions¡±.

In??published on 바카라사이트 Business Day website, Jonathan Hyslop ¨C professor of sociology and African studies at New York¡¯s Colgate University ¨C described Professor Bozzoli as ¡°one of 바카라사이트 most extraordinary people among a great generation of socially and politically engaged SA academics¡± who taught ¡°with 바카라사이트 kind of dash, colour and flair more normally associated with 바카라사이트 바카라사이트atre than 바카라사이트 classroom...Questioning all orthodoxies, facing realities, speaking boldly, she is still a model for us all.¡±

Professor Bozzoli died of cancer on 5 December and is survived by her husband, Charles van Onselen, and 바카라사이트ir three children.

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