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Studied at the [[University of the Western Cape]], where he became a lecturer in the Afrikaans department and later Registrar. In 2000 he was appointed vice-rector of the [[University of Stellenbosch]] and Professor in the [[Stellenbosch Drama Department]]. | Studied at the [[University of the Western Cape]], where he became a lecturer in the Afrikaans department and later Registrar. In 2000 he was appointed vice-rector of the [[University of Stellenbosch]] and Professor in the [[Stellenbosch Drama Department]]. | ||
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+ | His daughter, [[Cherice Smith]], studied drama at Stellenbosch. | ||
With a close personal relationship to [[Adam Small]] and the performing arts in the Cape Flats, he was intimately involved with the movement of so-called "coloured" writers to identify with black consciousness movement and sought to assess the contribution of black writers to [[Afrikaans]] literature. He was one of the Organisers of the seminal conference on ''Black Writers in Afrikaans'', held at the [[University of the Western Cape]] in the 1980s and his doctoral thesis focused on and analyzed the role of black writers and the many theatre companies active in the theatre of the so-called "Cape Flats". A shorter version of the study was published in 1990 entitled ''Toneel en Poltiek'' and remains one of the few really significant documents in this field. | With a close personal relationship to [[Adam Small]] and the performing arts in the Cape Flats, he was intimately involved with the movement of so-called "coloured" writers to identify with black consciousness movement and sought to assess the contribution of black writers to [[Afrikaans]] literature. He was one of the Organisers of the seminal conference on ''Black Writers in Afrikaans'', held at the [[University of the Western Cape]] in the 1980s and his doctoral thesis focused on and analyzed the role of black writers and the many theatre companies active in the theatre of the so-called "Cape Flats". A shorter version of the study was published in 1990 entitled ''Toneel en Poltiek'' and remains one of the few really significant documents in this field. |
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Julian Smith (19**-) is an academic and theatre historian.
Biography
Studied at the University of the Western Cape, where he became a lecturer in the Afrikaans department and later Registrar. In 2000 he was appointed vice-rector of the University of Stellenbosch and Professor in the Stellenbosch Drama Department.
His daughter, Cherice Smith, studied drama at Stellenbosch.
With a close personal relationship to Adam Small and the performing arts in the Cape Flats, he was intimately involved with the movement of so-called "coloured" writers to identify with black consciousness movement and sought to assess the contribution of black writers to Afrikaans literature. He was one of the Organisers of the seminal conference on Black Writers in Afrikaans, held at the University of the Western Cape in the 1980s and his doctoral thesis focused on and analyzed the role of black writers and the many theatre companies active in the theatre of the so-called "Cape Flats". A shorter version of the study was published in 1990 entitled Toneel en Poltiek and remains one of the few really significant documents in this field.
Sources
Stellenbosch University Library catalogue.
Van Zyl, Wium 2006.
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