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Peter C. Limb <plimb@mail.h-net.msu.edu> Michigan State University e-journals electronic full-text documents (archives, monographs) Africa and the Internet 'Africa Forum' series on H-Africa TOC and other information services internet guides for scholars historiographical exchanges Third World interactions/networking of H-Net South African history The Internationalization of Book Reviewing Processes Ethics and Africana Archives/Book Collection Comparative History: African and Asian: the ANC and the Indian National Congress South African history: Sol Plaatje and his attitudes to gender, class and Empire ANC history Attitudes of African Nationalists to the British Empire and Identities African nationalism and Indian nationalism compared |
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| Web Page: | http://www.lib.msu.edu/limb/a-z/az.html |
| List Affiliations: | Advisory Board Member for H-SAfrica Former List Editor for H-SAfrica Former Review Editor for H-SAfrica Reviewer for H-Africa Reviewer for H-AfrLitCine Reviewer for H-SAfrica |
| Reviews: | untitled untitled 'THE WRITER, THE PUBLISHER, AND THEIR LANGUAGES' untitled untitled |
| Interests: | African American History / Studies Intellectual History Labor History / Studies Library and Information Science Political History / Studies |
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Bio: 1978. B.A. (Hons) University of Adelaide 1981. Graduate Diploma in Library and Information Science, WAIT. 1998. Ph.D. University of Western Australia (African Studies) Adjunct Assistant Professor, History Department Michigan State University Books: The ANC and Black Workers, 1912-1992: an Annotated Bibliography (London: Hans Zell, 1993). Dr. Yusuf Mahomed Dadoo, Personal Papers (Bellville: Mayibuye Centre, 1995) with Dr Jean-Marie Volet, Bibliography of African Literatures (Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, 1996) (compiler) International Conference on New African Perspectives: Africa, Australasia and the Wider World at the End of the Twentieth Century: conference papers. [Nedlands, W.A. : The Association, 2000] 4 vols. Published Articles: "The ANC and Black Workers," in N. Etherington (ed.), Peace, Politics and Violence in the New South Africa (Oxford: Hans Zell, 1992), pp.284-305. [an interview with] RANGER, Terence, "The State of African Studies in Britain and Zimbabwe" African Studies Association of Australasia & the Pacific Review & Newsletter 1993 "Trends in African Studies in Australian Libraries" in Australian Library Review special issue on Africa and Area Studies v. 11 no. 4 Nov. 1994, pp.465-76 "Area Studies, Access to Resources and Australian Libraries" in Australian Library Review special issue on Africa and Area Studies v. 11 no. 4 Nov. 1994 pp.434-36. "Black Access to Electronic Research Services in South Africa: Problems and Prospects of Real Change," Development Bulletin (Canberra) v. 39 Oct. 1996 "'Of Deeds Most Foul and Vile': a Short Comparative History of Robben & Rottnest Penal Islands" in African Studies Association of Australasia & the Pacific Review & Newsletter v.20 no.1 June 1998, pp.15-19. "An Australian Historian at the Dawn of Apartheid: Fred Alexander in South Africa, 1949-50" Electronic Journal of Australian and New Zealand History November 1999 http://www.jcu.edu.au/aff/history/article/limb.htm "'Representing the Laboring Classes': African Workers in the African Nationalist Press, 1900-1960" in Les Switzer and Mohamed Adhikari(eds.), South Africa's Resistance Press : Alternative Voices in the Last Generation Under Apartheid (Athens, OH: Ohio University Center for International Studies, 2000), 79-127 "New Scenarios on Africa, African Studies, and the Net" Mots pluriels 18, August, 2001 “Rethinking Sol Plaatje’s Attitudes to Empire, Labour and Gender” Critical Arts (2002) "Changing Paradigms of Reference Librarianship in African Studies" in The Reference Librarian (forthcoming, 2002) with Deryck Schreuder, "Australia and Africa: Historical Relations" in Deryck Schreuder and Jim Angel (eds.) Australia's New Horizons (forthcoming) Bibliographic Column: Southern African Review of Books (Cape Town) 1995-1996 Edited Journals: Australian Library Review special issue on Africa and Area Studies v. 11 no. 4 Nov. 1994 Mots pluriels (refereed e-journal) issue 13 April 2000: issue on "New African perspectives and challenges of the future" (co-editor) with Dr Jean-Marie Volet, http://www.arts.uwa.edu.au/MotsPluriels/MP1300edito.html (with Mark Israel and Clive Glaser) "South Africa: Politics, Economics and Society" speical issue of African Rural and Urban Studies (forthcoming, 2002) "Ethical Dilemmas in Southern African Archives and Libraries" Innovation (Pietermartizburg) no. 24 2002 Visiting Fellowships Mayibuye Centre, University of the Western Cape, 1995 Membership of Editorial Boards: H-SAfrica, 1996- H-Africa, 1996- Mots pluriels African Review of Books 1999-2003 Encyclopedia of Colonialism Encyclopedia of World Minorities Consultancies and Professional Services Historical Consultant for film on history of the international anti-apartheid movement Referee of articles for scholarly journals Other Current or Recent Scholarly Activities: Organizer, African Studies Association of Australasia & the Pacific 1999 International Conference Organizer, African Studies Centre of WA, 2000 Conference Internet Guide: An A-Z of African Studies on the Internet a regularly updated and often-cited Internet guide to African studies: http://www.lib.msu.edu/limb/a-z/az.html |
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