Prof. Dr. Chris Thurman

Profile

Academic position	Full Professor
Research fields	General and Comparative Literature; Cultural Studies
Keywords	Multilingualism, Education, Theatre, Literature, Shakespeare
Honours and awards	2021: National Institute for Social Sciences and Humanities - Catalytic Research Grant 2020: Business and Arts South Africa - supporting grant 2020: Grant from the Mellon Programme in African Digital Humanities 2019: National Institute for Social Sciences and Humanities - Working Groups Project Grant 2019: South African National Research Foundation (NRF): Knowledge Interchange and Collaboration Grant 2016: South African National Research Foundation (NRF): C2 rated researcher 2015: South African National Research Foundation (NRF): Human Social Dynamics in Development Grant 2011: Academic and Non-Fiction Authors’ Association of South Africa - ANFASA grant 2011: Friedel Sellschop Award (Wits University) 2008: Thomas Pringle Prize for Reviews (English Academy of Southern Africa)

Current contact address

Country	South Africa
City	Johannesburg
Institution	University of the Witwatersrand
Institute	School of Literature & Language Studies
Homepage	https://www.tsikinya-chaka.org/

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Peter W. Marx	Institut für Medienkultur und Theater, Universität zu Köln, Köln
Prof. Dr. Chris Thurman	School of Literature & Language Studies, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
Prof. Dr. Serena Talento	Professur für Literaturen in afrikanischen Sprachen, Universität Bayreuth, Bayreuth
Start of initial sponsorship	01/04/2015

Programme(s)

2015	Georg Forster Research Fellowship Programme for Experienced Researchers