HARVEY M. FEINBERG History
BOOKS PUBLISHED:
Africans and Europeans in West Africa: Elminans and Dutchmen on the Gold Coast During the Eighteenth Century. Philadelphia: The American Philosophical Society, 1989 (a history of Elmina, Ghana, and an analysis of the impact of African-European interaction during the era of the slave trade in West Africa).
CHAPTERS/SECTIONS PUBLISHED IN BOOKS:
"Africa." In Legal Traditions and Systems: An International Handbook, edited by Alan Katz, NY: Greenwood Press, 1986: 7-36.
JOURNAL ARTICLES PUBLISHED:
"South African Territorial Segregation: New Data on African Farm Purchases, 1913-1936", Harvey M. Feinberg and Andre Horn, Journal of African History, 50, 1 (2009), 41-60.
"Black South African Initiatives and the Land, 1913-1948", Harvey M. Feinberg, Journal for Contemporary History, 34, 2 (June, 2009), 39-61.
"Out of Africa," The Journal of African History,43, 2 (2002), 255-261 (with Joseph Solodow).
"Pre-Apartheid African Land Ownership and the Implication for the Current Restitution Debate in South Africa." Historia 40:2 (November 1995): 48-63.
"South Africa and Land Ownership: What's in a Deed?" History in Africa 22 (1995): 439-443.
"The Natives Land Act of 1913 in South Africa: Politics, Race and Segregation in the Early 20th Century." International Journal of African Historical Studies 26:1 (1993): 65-109.
"Research in South Africa: To Know an Archive." History in Africa (1986): 391-398.
With Marion Johnson. "The West African Ivory Trade in the Eighteenth Century: the '...and Ivory' Complex." International Journal of African Historical Studies 15:3 (1983): 435-453.
"An Eighteenth Century Case of Plagiarism: William Smith's A New Voyage to Guinea." History in Africa (1979): 45-50.
"Palaver on the Gold Coast: Elmina-Dutch Cooperation during the Eighteenth Century." African Perspectives (The Netherlands) (1979): 11-20.
"There was an Elmina Note, But ...." The International Journal of African Historical Studies 9:4(1976): 618-630.
"New Data on European Mortality in West Africa: The Dutch on the Gold Coast, 1719-1760." The Journal of African History 15:3 (1974): 357-371.
"Director Generals of the Netherlands West India Company: An Accurate List of the 18th Century." Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde (The Netherlands), Deel 130 (1974): 306-312.
"An Incident in Elmina-Dutch Relations, The Gold Coast, 1739-1740." African Historical Studies 3:2 (1970): 359-372.
"Who are the Elmina?" Ghana Notes and Queries 2 (June 1970): 20-26.
"Additions to Materials for West African History in the Archives of Belgium and Holland, by P. Carson." African Studies Bulletin 10:3 (December 1967): 48-53.
"Further Additions to Materials for West African History in the Archives of Belgium and Holland, by P. Carson." IBID 12:1 (April 1969): 81-89.
BOOK REVIEWS (total #): 20
The Founding of the Castelo Sao Jorge da Mina: An Analysis of the Sources, by P. E. H.Hair, Madison, 1994, in The International Journal of African Historical Studies.
Blacks in the Dutch World: The Evolution of Racial Imagery in a Modern Society, by Allison Blakely, Bloomington, 1993, in The International Journal of African Historical Studies 28:3 (1995): 599-602.
Letters on West Africa and the Slave Trade: Paul Erdmann Isert's Journey to Guinea and the Caribbean Islands in Columbia (1788), translated and edited by Selena A. Winsnes, Oxford, 1992, in The International Journal of African Historical Studies 26:1 (1993): 183-184.
Trade on the Guinea Coast, 1657-1666: The Correspondence of the English East India Company, by Margaret Makepeace, Madison : University of Wisconsin African Studies Program, 1991, in The International Journal of African Historical Studies 26:1 (1993): 183-184.
Asante and the Dutch, 1744-1873, by Larry Yarak, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1990, in The International Journal of African Historical Studies 24:3 (1991): 688-670.
CONFERENCE PAPERS ORALLY DELIVERED (last 8 years)
"'There is Always Something New Coming Out of Africa:' African History (and the Teaching of History in South Africa)," to the Department of History, University of Potchefstroom (Vaal Triangle), July 30, 2003.
"The Failure of Rural
Segregation in South Africa: Black Land Ownership after the Natives Land Act,
1913-1936," to the Department of History Seminar, University of South
Africa,
July 23, 2003.
"Prominent Black Leaders and the Law: Commentary about the Natives Land Act and Land Policy, 1913-1936," to a seminar sponsored by the Department of Historical and Cultural Studies Seminar, University of Pretoria, July 17, 2003.
"Race and the Land in South Africa: Trusteeship in the Transvaal during the 19th and 20th Centuries (with Johan Bergh, University of Pretoria), to the Biennial Conference of the South African Historical Society, June 30, 2003.
"Black South African Commentary about the Natives Land Act and Government Land Policy, 1913-1936," at the New England Workshop on Southern Africa, Burlington, Vermont, April 20, 2002.
"Non-Violent Challenges and Resistance to Rural Segregation in South Africa, 1913-1936," at the New England Workshop on Southern Africa, October 28, 2000.
"The Failure of Rural Segregation in South Africa: Black Land Ownership after the Natives Land Act, 1913-1936," Walter Rodney African Studies Seminar, Boston University, April 24, 2000.
"The New South Africa: The Mandela Legacy," to the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, January 19, 2000.
"Race and African Land Ownership in South Africa, 1913-1948." African Studies Association Annual Meeting, November 5, 1995.
"Politics and Economics in South Africa in the Mid-1990s." New England Business Administration Association International Conference, October 21, 1995.
"Defending their Interests: African Landowners versus Segregation Policies in South Africa between 1913 and 1948." CSU Faculty Research Conference, September 23, 1995.
"The Mandela Government and the Land Issue." Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, January 19, 1995.
"International Studies, Ethnic Conflict and the Curriculum." Conference on Internationalizing the Curriculum: Challenges and Opportunities, Eastern Connecticut State University, October 29, 1994.
"Reflections on the South African Election." African Studies Program, Central Connecticut State University, October 12, 1994.
"Confronting the Land Issue in the 1990s in South Africa: African Land Ownership and Government Segregation Policies, 1913-1948." Southern African Research Program, Yale University, April 13, 1994.
"Self-Determination: the Battle Cry of the Ethnically Unhappy in the late 20th Century." CSU Faculty Research Conference, October 16, 1993.
"Ethnicity and the Demand for Self-Determination in the late 20th Century: Ethnic Conflict in Comparative Perspective." Southern African Research Program, Yale University, September 15, 1993.
"The Demand for Self-Determination in the late 20th Century: Ethnic Conflict in Comparative Perspective."
Conference of Ethnicity, Identity and Nationalism in South Africa: Comparative Perspectives, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa, April 21, 1993.
"'The Land is Our Land:' The Debate over Land Ownership in Rural South Africa in 1992." Yale University, February 10, 1993.
"The Natives Land Act of 1913: the Interaction of Race and Politics in South Africa." University of the Orange Free State, October 26, 1992.
"Ethnicity and Ethnic Conflict in Comparative Perspective." Sociology Department Faculty, University of Pretoria, August 31, 1992.
"Nationality Groups and Ethnic Tension in Czechoslovakia." Connecticut State University Faculty Research Conference, April 25, 1992.
"International Education or Multicultural Education." Connecticut State University International Studies Conference, February 23, 1991.
"Politics and Race in Early 20th Century South Africa." CSU Research Foundation Conference," Epistemology and Praxis," February 24, 1990.
"They Came, They Served, and They Failed; West India Company Employees on the Gold Coast in the 18th Century." African Studies Association Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, November 3, 1989.
WORKSHOP LEADERSHIP:
"Justice in Africa: Politics and the Legal System in the Modern Era" (panel chairman). The African Studies Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, November 1985.
"Oral Tradition and the Writing of African History: Time for a Reassessment?" (panel chairman). The African Studies Association Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, November 3, 1979.
"The Urban Entrepot in the History of Ghana" (panel chairman). The African Studies Association Annual Meeting, Houston, TX, November 1977.
"Trade and Social Change in Africa, 1450-1880" (panel co-chair). The African Studies Association Annual Meeting, Syracuse, NY, November 1973.
RECENT GRANTS RECEIVED:
National Endowment for the Humanities, Fellowship, 1999-2000
Associate Fellow, The Southern African Research Program, Yale University, 1993-1994
Visiting Fellow, Yale University, 1990-1991
"Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia in Transition." Fullbright-Hays Seminars Abroad Fellowship, Summer, 1991
The American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia:
Fellowship for Research in South Africa, August-November 1992
Fellowship for Research in South Africa, February-June 1985
Fellowship for Research in the Netherlands and England, April-July 1977
Connecticut State University: Research Grants, 1999, 1997,1995, 1993, 1992, 1990, 1988, 1986, 1985
Presidential Research Fellowship, Southern Connecticut State University, Fall 1984
Foreign Area Fellowship, 1966-1968, for dissertation research in the Netherlands and Ghana; renewal to complete my dissertation, 1968-1969. The Foreign Area Fellowship Program was administered by the Social Science Research Council and the American Council of Learned Societies.
National Defense Education Act, Title VI (grants for the study of selected foreign languages) for study at the University of California, Los Angeles, 1965-1966
RESEARCH INTERESTS IN GENERAL:
Agricultural History in 20th Century South Africa (to 1948)
CURRENT/FUTURE SPECIFIC RESEARCH PROJECTS:
"Race and the Land: African Challenges to Land Policy in South Africa, 1905-1936."
"African Farm Owners in South Africa, 1910-1948"
"The Evolution of Government Policy toward African Land Ownership in South Africa, 1913-1936"
DISSERTATION TITLE:
Elmina, Ghana: A History of its Development and Relationship with the Dutch in the Eighteenth Century
INSTITUTION GRANTING PH.D.:
Boston University