David Coplan - Revision history

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 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
-Author of ''In Township Tonight! : South Africa’s Black City Music and Theatre!'' , a seminal ethnomusicological work and the first comprehensive study of South African [[black performance]].
+Author of ''In Township Tonight!: South Africa’s Black City Music and Theatre!'', a seminal ethnomusicological work and the first comprehensive study of South African [[black performance]]. First published by Longman (London and New York, 1985), with a second and expanded edition published by the University of Chicago Press (Chicago, 2008).
 == Awards, etc ==

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 == Biography ==
-Born in the USA, he has a B.A (Hons) from Williams College 1970; M.A. University of Ghana, 1974; M.A. Indiana University, 1976; Ph.D. Indiana University 1980.
+Born [[David Bellin Coplan]] in the USA, he has a B.A (Hons) from Williams College 1970; M.A. University of Ghana, 1974; M.A. Indiana University, 1976; Ph.D. Indiana University 1980.
 He first arrived in South Africa in the early 1970s.

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 Various entries in the [[NELM]] catalogue.
-[http://www.jacana.co.za/58-jacana/author-pages/1534-david-coplan].
+http://www.jacana.co.za/58-jacana/author-pages/1534-david-coplan.
 Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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 == Biography ==
-Born in the USA, he arrived in South Africa in the early 1970s.
+Born in the USA, he has a B.A (Hons) from Williams College 1970; M.A. University of Ghana, 1974; M.A. Indiana University, 1976; Ph.D. Indiana University 1980.
-He has a B.A (Hons) from Williams College 1970; M.A. University of Ghana, 1974; M.A. Indiana University, 1976; Ph.D. Indiana University 1980.
 === Career ===

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 Born in the USA, he arrived in South Africa in the early 1970s.
-Profile in ''[[The Conversation]]''[https://theconversation.com/profiles/david-coplan-209064]
+=== Career ===
-David B. Coplan is Professor and Chair of Social Anthropology at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. He has also held visiting appointments at institutions as diverse as University of Basel, École des Hautes Études Sciences Sociales (Paris), Rice University, NYU, DePauw University, and the University of Cape Town. He acted as the Chief Researcher for the “Mobilising Culture and Heritage for Nation Building” in South Africa’s Arts and Culture Department and worked as an ethnographic research consultant for University of Pennsylvania Museum and International Library of African Music.Professor Coplan has received awards and grants from Fulbright-Hayes, SSRC, NEH, ACLS, Human Sciences Research Council, Wenner-Gren Foundation, the National Arts Council of South Africa, and the Ernst Oppenheimer Memorial Trust.
+He has carried out fieldwork in Lesotho, Swaziland, South Africa, Ghana, and the United States. Since 1998*? Professor and Chair of Social Anthropology at the [[University of the Witwatersrand]], Johannesburg, South Africa. He has also held visiting appointments at institutions as diverse as University of Basel, École des Hautes Études Sciences Sociales (Paris), Rice University, NYU, DePauw University, and the [[University of Cape Town]]. He acted as the Chief Researcher for the “Mobilising Culture and Heritage for Nation Building” in South Africa’s Arts and Culture Department and worked as an ethnographic research consultant for University of Pennsylvania Museum and International Library of African Music. Has received awards and grants from Fulbright-Hayes, SSRC, NEH, ACLS, [[Human Sciences Research Council]], Wenner-Gren Foundation, the [[National Arts Council]] of South Africa, and the [[Ernest Oppenheimer Memorial Trust]].
-=== Training ===
+"David B. Coplan is Professor and Chair of Social Anthropology at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. He has also held visiting appointments at institutions as diverse as University of Basel, École des Hautes Études Sciences Sociales (Paris), Rice University, NYU, DePauw University, and the University of Cape Town. He acted as the Chief Researcher for the “Mobilising Culture and Heritage for Nation Building” in South Africa’s Arts and Culture Department and worked as an ethnographic research consultant for University of Pennsylvania Museum and International Library of African Music.Professor Coplan has received awards and grants from Fulbright-Hayes, SSRC, NEH, ACLS, Human Sciences Research Council, Wenner-Gren Foundation, the National Arts Council of South Africa, and the Ernst Oppenheimer Memorial Trust.
+His research interests include African ethnology, history and theory of anthropology, performing arts, urban anthropology, culture change, social organization and border studies."
-He is also the author of ''In the Time of Cannibals: Word Music of South Africa's Basotho Migrants'', and editor of ''Lyrics of the Basotho Migrants''.
+Today he is Professor Emeritus, Social Anthropology, [[University of the Witwatersrand]].
 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==

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-(19**-)  Academic, author and musician.  *** Born in the USA, has B.A (Hons). Williams College 1970; M.A. University of Ghana, 1974; M.A. Indiana University, 1976; Ph.D. Indiana University 1980.  He has carried out fieldwork in Lesotho, Swaziland, South Africa, Ghana, and the United States. Since 1998*? Professor and Chair of Social Anthropology at the [[University of the Witwatersrand]], Johannesburg, South Africa. He has also held visiting appointments at institutions as diverse as University of Basel, École des Hautes Études Sciences Sociales (Paris), Rice University, NYU, DePauw University, and the [[University of Cape Town]]. He acted as the Chief Researcher for the “Mobilising Culture and Heritage for Nation Building” in South Africa’s Arts and Culture Department and worked as an ethnographic research consultant for University of Pennsylvania Museum and International Library of African Music. Has received awards and grants from Fulbright-Hayes, SSRC, NEH, ACLS, [[Human Sciences Research Council]], Wenner-Gren Foundation, the [[National Arts Council]] of South Africa, and the [[Ernest Oppenheimer Memorial Trust]]. Author of ''In Township Tonight! : South Africa’s Black City Music and Theatre!'' , a seminal ethnomusicological work and the first comprehensive study of South African [[black performance]]. Winner of the Herskovitz Award from the African Studies Association, ''In Township Tonight!'' is currently in its second edition. Coplan is also the author of ''In the Time of Cannibals: Word Music of South Africa's Basotho Migrants'', and editor of ''Lyrics of the Basotho Migrants''.
+'''David Coplan'''. (19**-)  Academic, author and musician.
 == Sources ==
+Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 == Return to ==
-Return to [[ESAT Personalities C]]
+Return to [[ESAT Personalities  C]]
 Return to [[South_African_Theatre/Personalities|South African Theatre Personalities]]
 Return to [[The ESAT Entries]]
 Return to [[Main Page]]

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−	(19-) Academic, author and musician. * Born in the USA, has ~~an MA~~ (1976~~) and a~~ Ph.D. ~~in Anthropology (1980/1) from~~ Indiana University. He has carried out fieldwork in Lesotho, Swaziland, South Africa, Ghana, and the United States. Since 1998*? Professor and Chair of Social Anthropology at the [[University of the Witwatersrand]], Johannesburg, South Africa. He has also held visiting appointments at institutions as diverse as University of Basel, École des Hautes Études Sciences Sociales (Paris), Rice University, NYU, DePauw University, and the [[University of Cape Town]]. He acted as the Chief Researcher for the “Mobilising Culture and Heritage for Nation Building” in South Africa’s Arts and Culture Department and worked as an ethnographic research consultant for University of Pennsylvania Museum and International Library of African Music. Has received awards and grants from Fulbright-Hayes, SSRC, NEH, ACLS, [[Human Sciences Research Council]], Wenner-Gren Foundation, the [[National Arts Council]] of South Africa, and the [[Ernest Oppenheimer Memorial Trust]]. Author of ''In Township Tonight! : South Africa’s Black City Music and Theatre!'' , a seminal ethnomusicological work and the first comprehensive study of South African [[black performance]]. Winner of the Herskovitz Award from the African Studies Association, ''In Township Tonight!'' is currently in its second edition. Coplan is also the author of ''In the Time of Cannibals: Word Music of South Africa's Basotho Migrants'', and editor of ''Lyrics of the Basotho Migrants''.	+	(19-) Academic, author and musician. * Born in the USA, has B.A (Hons). Williams College 1970; M.A. University of Ghana, 1974; M.A. Indiana University, 1976; Ph.D. Indiana University 1980. He has carried out fieldwork in Lesotho, Swaziland, South Africa, Ghana, and the United States. Since 1998*? Professor and Chair of Social Anthropology at the [[University of the Witwatersrand]], Johannesburg, South Africa. He has also held visiting appointments at institutions as diverse as University of Basel, École des Hautes Études Sciences Sociales (Paris), Rice University, NYU, DePauw University, and the [[University of Cape Town]]. He acted as the Chief Researcher for the “Mobilising Culture and Heritage for Nation Building” in South Africa’s Arts and Culture Department and worked as an ethnographic research consultant for University of Pennsylvania Museum and International Library of African Music. Has received awards and grants from Fulbright-Hayes, SSRC, NEH, ACLS, [[Human Sciences Research Council]], Wenner-Gren Foundation, the [[National Arts Council]] of South Africa, and the [[Ernest Oppenheimer Memorial Trust]]. Author of ''In Township Tonight! : South Africa’s Black City Music and Theatre!'' , a seminal ethnomusicological work and the first comprehensive study of South African [[black performance]]. Winner of the Herskovitz Award from the African Studies Association, ''In Township Tonight!'' is currently in its second edition. Coplan is also the author of ''In the Time of Cannibals: Word Music of South Africa's Basotho Migrants'', and editor of ''Lyrics of the Basotho Migrants''.