From Ivory Towers to Ebony Towers: Transforming Humanities Curricula in South Africa, Africa and African-American Studies

Shireen Motala is Senior Director of the Postgraduate School: Research and Innovation Division, and Professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Johannesburg. She has worked extensively in research and research management, and provided leadership for regional and international partnerships. Professor Motala served on the South African Council of Higher Education (CHE), the Ministerial Task Team to review the national Senior Certificate examination, and South Africa’s United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) Commission. Her research interests and expertise are in Education Financing; Internationalisation; Post-graduate Pedagogies; Decolonisation; and Globalisation.

Oluwaseun Tella is a Senior Researcher at the Institute for Pan-African Thought and Conversation at the University of Johannesburg in South Africa. He holds a Doctorate in Political Science from the University of KwaZulu- Natal in South Africa. Dr Tella has edited a book entitled Nigeria–South Africa Relations and Regional Hegemonic Competence; and published two book chapters, and over 20 mostly single-authored journal articles in Politikon, Journal of Asian and African Studies, Journal of Black Studies and elsewhere. His research interests include Foreign Policy; International Relations; Soft Power; Peace and Conflict Studies; African Politics; and South African Higher Education.