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×Jacob Brits
I have a knack for writing, love books and classical music, study the stockmarket and relax by watching sport on TV.
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RESUME - JACOB PIETER BRITS
Publications
Six books, including Tielman Roos; Political prophet or opportunist (Pretoria, Unisa, 1987); "Doing History": A practical guide to improving your study skills (Cape Town, Maskew Miller Longman, 1993); Op die vooraand van apartheid: Die rassevraagstuk en die blanke politiek in Suid-Afrika, 1939-1948 (Pretoria, Unisa, 1994) [On the eve of apartheid: The racial question and white politics in South Africa, 1939-1948. The manuscript of the work was awarded the Hiddingh-Currie Award]; The Penguin Concise Dictionary of Historical and Political Terms (London, Penguin Books,1995); twelve articles in professional journals, including: “The historian and the archives: A 1995 South African perspective”, Historia, 40(1), 1995; “Despatching apartheid: American diplomats in South Africa, 1948-1953", South African Historical Journal, 46, 2002; “Tiptoeing along the apartheid tightrope: the United States, South Africa, and the Unite Nations in 1952", The International History Review, xxvii, 4, December 2005; thirty-one articles in collective general works; seven articles in general magazines; editor of two source publications; 20 book reviews in academic and professional journals and 23 in newspapers/general magazines.
Research activities and papers
From 1972 to 1985: Research on party-political history topics; from 1985 onwards: research on voting trends and behaviour, race relations and South African-American relations; research on history skills development. Visited Scandinavia, Europe and Britain in 1980. Paper in Copenhagen and visits to several editorial offices of national biographical dictionaries. Visited Britain 1986 to do research on Britain, South Africa and race relations. Visited USA in 1999 for primary research in various archives and libraries, with a view of producing some original contributions on South African/American relations in the 1940s and 1950s. Presented two papers at the University of Vermont. Six papers in South Africa (1988-2000) on various topics regarding South African history.
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
Teaching
Fields of teaching: Modern South African history; method and theory of history.
Supervision of MA and D Litt et Phil students: Supervised 11 master's dissertations and doctoral theses from 1981 to 2007.
Curriculum development
Contributed to study guides for undergraduate modern South African modules, Honours guides on history method and study units on history skills for a Historical Studies programme for 2001. Compiled manuals with guidelines for postgraduate students (MA and doctoral level).
Company: Free State Department of Education, Bloemfontein, South Africa
Industry: Secondary Education
Title: Secondary assistant
1967 January to 1972 March
Company: Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), Pretoria, South Africa
Industry: Research
Title: Research Officer, Senior Research Officer, Chief Research Officer
1972 April to 1980 October
Company: University of South Africa (Unisa), Pretoria, South Africa
Industry: Tertiary Education
Title: Senior Lecturer, Associate Professor, Professor
1980 November to 2007 December
SUMMARY
Secondary school teacher (1967 to 1972); History researcher (1972 to 1980); University lecturer (1980 to 2007).
The following is my CV/resume:
RESUME - JACOB PIETER BRITS
Publications
Six books, including Tielman Roos; Political prophet or opportunist (Pretoria, Unisa, 1987); "Doing History": A practical guide to improving your study skills (Cape Town, Maskew Miller Longman, 1993); Op die vooraand van apartheid: Die rassevraagstuk en die blanke politiek in Suid-Afrika, 1939-1948 (Pretoria, Unisa, 1994) [On the eve of apartheid: The racial question and white politics in South Africa, 1939-1948. The manuscript of the work was awarded the Hiddingh-Currie Award]; The Penguin Concise Dictionary of Historical and Political Terms (London, Penguin Books,1995); twelve articles in professional journals, including: “The historian and the archives: A 1995 South African perspective”, Historia, 40(1), 1995; “Despatching apartheid: American diplomats in South Africa, 1948-1953", South African Historical Journal, 46, 2002; “Tiptoeing along the apartheid tightrope: the United States, South Africa, and the Unite Nations in 1952", The International History Review, xxvii, 4, December 2005; thirty-one articles in collective general works; seven articles in general magazines; editor of two source publications; 20 book reviews in academic and professional journals and 23 in newspapers/general magazines.
Research activities and papers
From 1972 to 1985: Research on party-political history topics; from 1985 onwards: research on voting trends and behaviour, race relations and South African-American relations; research on history skills development. Visited Scandinavia, Europe and Britain in 1980. Paper in Copenhagen and visits to several editorial offices of national biographical dictionaries. Visited Britain 1986 to do research on Britain, South Africa and race relations. Visited USA in 1999 for primary research in various archives and libraries, with a view of producing some original contributions on South African/American relations in the 1940s and 1950s. Presented two papers at the University of Vermont. Six papers in South Africa (1988-2000) on various topics regarding South African history.
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
Teaching
Fields of teaching: Modern South African history; method and theory of history.
Supervision of MA and D Litt et Phil students: Supervised 11 master's dissertations and doctoral theses from 1981 to 2007.
Curriculum development
Contributed to study guides for undergraduate modern South African modules, Honours guides on history method and study units on history skills for a Historical Studies programme for 2001. Compiled manuals with guidelines for postgraduate students (MA and doctoral level).
Company: Free State Department of Education, Bloemfontein, South Africa
Industry: Secondary Education
Title: Secondary assistant
1967 January to 1972 March
Company: Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), Pretoria, South Africa
Industry: Research
Title: Research Officer, Senior Research Officer, Chief Research Officer
1972 April to 1980 October
Company: University of South Africa (Unisa), Pretoria, South Africa
Industry: Tertiary Education
Title: Senior Lecturer, Associate Professor, Professor
1980 November to 2007 December
SUMMARY
Secondary school teacher (1967 to 1972); History researcher (1972 to 1980); University lecturer (1980 to 2007).
