Prof Jeremy Krikler
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Email
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Location
5NW.7.9, Colchester Campus
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Academic support hours
Monday, 16.30- 17.30 Tuesday, 16.30 - 17.30
Profile
Biography
I took my Honours degree at the University of Cape Town and my doctorate at Oxford. Research into the South African rural world led to Revolution from Above, Rebellion from Below, a book on agrarian struggle and transformation in that country. Publications after that focused on racial fears and violence, and the history of the white working class in South Africa. These studies culminated in the publication of White Rising (published in paperback as The Rand Revolt). I then turned to work on the British slave trade with a special focus on the notorious slave ship Zong. The research and articles on this fed into a wholly new dimension in my work: the translation of historical research into dramatic and creative form. This led to the production and publication of my play, 'A Peril of the Sea'. My present project is a book, commissioned by Penguin/Random House, reinterpreting that key colonial conflict, the South African (or 'Boer') War of 1899-1902. Previous supervision topics include The Zulu War; agrarian Botswana; racial killing in East St Louis; the politics and culture of empire day; political prisoners in South Africa; Chinese labour in the British Empire; women and mining in Zambia, agrarian restructuring in colonial India; strategic resettlement in the Zimbabwean Liberation War; Eurasian identity.
Research and professional activities
Research interests
the history of race and class
peasant/agrarian history labour history
comparative history
history of Southern Africa
history of imperialism
the slave trade
Teaching and supervision
Current supervision
Previous supervision
Degree subject: History
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 23/1/2025
Degree subject: History
Degree type: Master of Arts (by Dissertation)
Awarded date: 30/1/2024
Degree subject: History
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 3/8/2023
Degree subject: History
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 20/3/2017
Publications
Journal articles (23)
Krikler, J., (2017). . Journal of Southern African Studies. 43 (6), 1255-1272
Krikler, J., (2017). . The Historical Journal. 60 (03), 771-793
Krikler, JM., (2015). . Children's Literature Review. 199, 125-135
Krikler, JM., (2013). . Kipling Journal. 87 (350), 24-44
Krikler, JM., (2012). . International Review of Social History. 57 (03), 393-415
Krikler, JM., (2011). . South African Historical Journal. 63 (2), 318-338
Krikler, JM., (2009). . The Holocaust in History and Memory. 2, 83-92
Krikler, JM., (2007). . South African Historical Journal. 58 (1), 203-225
Krikler, JM., (2007). . History Workshop Journal. 64 (1), 29-47
Krikler, J., (2002). A day to remember. Tls the Times Literary Supplement (5161), 14-
Krikler, JM., (2000). . Journal of African History. 41 (2)
Krikler, JM., (2000). . Journal of African History. 41 (2)
Krikler, JM., (2000). . The Historical Journal. 42 (4), 1051-1075
Krikler, JM., (1999). . Past and Present. 163 (3)
Krikler, JM., (1999). . The Historical Journal. 42 (4)
Krikler, JM., (1996). . Journal of Southern African Studies. 22 (3), 349-372
Krikler, JM., (1995). . Journal of Social History. 28 (3), 491-520
Krikler, JM., (1994). . Journal of Southern African Studies. 20 (4)
KRIKLER, J., (1993). Social Neurosis and Hysterical Pre-Cognition in South Africa: A Case-Study and Reflections. South African Historical Journal. 28 (1), 63-97
Krikler, JM., (1990). . The Societies of Southern Africa in the Twentieth Centuries. 16
Krikler, JM., (1989). . Social History. 14 (2), 151-176
Krikler, JM., (1986). . Africa Perspective, New Series. 1 (5-6), 95-120
Krikler, JM., (1986). . Social Dynamics. 12 (2), 1-30
Books (4)
Krikler, J., (2019). A Peril of the Sea
Hund, WD., Krikler, JM. and Roediger, D., (2010). . LIT Verlag. 978-3-643-10949-1
Krikler, JM., (2005). . Manchester University Press. 9780719068447
Krikler, JM., (1993). . Clarendon Press. 9780198203803
Book chapters (3)
Krikler, J., (2019). . In: Boycotts Past and Present. From the American Revolution to the Campaign to Boycott Israel. Editors: Feldman, D., . Palgrave Macmillan. 311- 331. 978-3-319-94871-3
Krikler, JM., (2010). . In: Wages of Whiteness and Racist Symbolic Capital. Editors: de Leeuw, E., Hund, WD., Krikler, JM. and Roediger, D., . LIT Verlag. 133- 160. 9783643109491
Krikler, JM., (1989). . In: Africa and Empire: W.M. MacMillan, Historian and Social Critic. Editors: MacMillan, H. and Marks, S., . Temple Smith. 35- 71. 9780566054945
Contact
Academic support hours:
Monday, 16.30- 17.30 Tuesday, 16.30 - 17.30
