Paul Landau
Biographic Data
| ID | 246032 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Paul Landau |
| GIVEN NAMES | Paul |
| FAMILY NAME | Landau |
| SIGNATURE | LANDAU P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Maryland, Fellow, University of Johannesburg |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 28 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Visualizing Empire in Africa: Postage Stamps and Stationery Letterheads as Sites of Affiliation and Subversion
Before the website and the text emoji, the postage stamp and the letterhead adorned written communications. The expansion of the post created a system in which the British Empire (like other states and empires), through these forms, was lent visual presence. Here, an historian and an archaeologist investigate the tableaux of this mundane imperial optic. Increasing literate agency, commerce, and tourism placed stamps and printed letterheads throug…
The Illumination of Christ in the Kalahari Desert
Towards the end of the year 1920 the Kanye Church had completed its preparations to send me to visit the Churches at Lehututu. That place lies in the Kalahari Desert about 300 miles West of Kanye and just beyond what is known as “The Thirst Belt”. It was arranged that one of the Kanye Elders named Peco, who had been there on several occasions, should accompany me, also the Rev. T[sibalala] S. Maalane, Native Minister of Moshupa.
The work of representing the exiled revolutionaries
Stephen Davis here begins the difficult work of re-evaluating the post-1962 anti-apartheid fight. He is not the first to complain of the leaden paradigm depicting heroes and stages of struggle, cul
The People’s Paper: A centenary history and anthology of Abantu-Batho
The Cambridge History of South Africa
Coming fifteen years after South Africa's achievement of majority rule, this book takes a critical and searching look at the country's past. It presents South Africa's past in an objective, clear, and refreshing manner. With chapters contributed by ten of the best historians of the country, the book elaborately weaves together new data, interpretations, and perspectives on the South African past, from the Early Iron Age to the eve of the mineral …
Honour as a Positive Value: A U-turn in Spirit from The African Poor
Extracted from text ... 149 HONOUR IN AFRICAN HISTORY Honour as a Positive Value: A U-turn in Spirit from The African Poor PAUL LANDAU University of Maryland Most historians of Africa, if not of South Africa, are familiar with John Iliffe's publications. Beginning with East Africa and specifically Tanganyika, his domain soon enlarged to include the continent as a whole (with one return to East Africa, via the history of medicine). Iliffe is a lum…
The London Missionary Society in Southern Africa, 1799-1999: Historical Essays in Celebration of the Bicentenary of the LMS in Southern Africa
Compiled to mark the bicentenary of the London Missionary Society in Southern Africa, this volume provides an assessment of the work and legacy of the Society, which played a critical role in the politics and societies of the subcontinent and whose leading figure like David Livingstone, Robert Moffat, and John Philip were major historical actors in their day. Contributors include John de Gruchy, Christopher Saunders, Steve de Gruchy, Andrew Ross,…
"Religion" and Christian Conversionin African History: A New Model
This article reviews recent scholarship on African religion and argues that, while much has been accomplished, historians have inherited a problematic view of the processes that they have investigated. They have unknowingly adopted evangelical ideas, in the form of written words and concepts that they wrongly assume have maintained consistent meanings down through the decades. Because missionaries' translations have been taken in this way as accu…
The Illumination of Christ in the Kalahari Desert
Research Article| January 01 1994 The Illumination of Christ in the Kalahari Desert Paul Landau Paul Landau Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Representations (1994) 45: 26–40. https://doi.org/10.2307/2928601 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Sit…
"Religion" and Christian Conversionin African History: A New Model
This article reviews recent scholarship on African religion and argues that, while much has been accomplished, historians have inherited a problematic view of the processes that they have investigated. They have unknowingly adopted evangelical ideas, in the form of written words and concepts that they wrongly assume have maintained consistent meanings down through the decades. Because missionaries' translations have been taken in this way as accu…
The Illumination of Christ in the Kalahari Desert
Research Article| January 01 1994 The Illumination of Christ in the Kalahari Desert Paul Landau Paul Landau Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Representations (1994) 45: 26–40. https://doi.org/10.2307/2928601 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Sit…
"Religion" and Christian Conversionin African History: A New Model
This article reviews recent scholarship on African religion and argues that, while much has been accomplished, historians have inherited a problematic view of the processes that they have investigated. They have unknowingly adopted evangelical ideas, in the form of written words and concepts that they wrongly assume have maintained consistent meanings down through the decades. Because missionaries' translations have been taken in this way as accu…
The London Missionary Society in Southern Africa, 1799-1999: Historical Essays in Celebration of the Bicentenary of the LMS in Southern Africa
Compiled to mark the bicentenary of the London Missionary Society in Southern Africa, this volume provides an assessment of the work and legacy of the Society, which played a critical role in the politics and societies of the subcontinent and whose leading figure like David Livingstone, Robert Moffat, and John Philip were major historical actors in their day. Contributors include John de Gruchy, Christopher Saunders, Steve de Gruchy, Andrew Ross,…
Honour as a Positive Value: A U-turn in Spirit from The African Poor
Extracted from text ... 149 HONOUR IN AFRICAN HISTORY Honour as a Positive Value: A U-turn in Spirit from The African Poor PAUL LANDAU University of Maryland Most historians of Africa, if not of South Africa, are familiar with John Iliffe's publications. Beginning with East Africa and specifically Tanganyika, his domain soon enlarged to include the continent as a whole (with one return to East Africa, via the history of medicine). Iliffe is a lum…
The Cambridge History of South Africa
Coming fifteen years after South Africa's achievement of majority rule, this book takes a critical and searching look at the country's past. It presents South Africa's past in an objective, clear, and refreshing manner. With chapters contributed by ten of the best historians of the country, the book elaborately weaves together new data, interpretations, and perspectives on the South African past, from the Early Iron Age to the eve of the mineral …
The People’s Paper: A centenary history and anthology of Abantu-Batho
The work of representing the exiled revolutionaries
Stephen Davis here begins the difficult work of re-evaluating the post-1962 anti-apartheid fight. He is not the first to complain of the leaden paradigm depicting heroes and stages of struggle, cul
The Illumination of Christ in the Kalahari Desert
Towards the end of the year 1920 the Kanye Church had completed its preparations to send me to visit the Churches at Lehututu. That place lies in the Kalahari Desert about 300 miles West of Kanye and just beyond what is known as “The Thirst Belt”. It was arranged that one of the Kanye Elders named Peco, who had been there on several occasions, should accompany me, also the Rev. T[sibalala] S. Maalane, Native Minister of Moshupa.
Visualizing Empire in Africa: Postage Stamps and Stationery Letterheads as Sites of Affiliation and Subversion
Before the website and the text emoji, the postage stamp and the letterhead adorned written communications. The expansion of the post created a system in which the British Empire (like other states and empires), through these forms, was lent visual presence. Here, an historian and an archaeologist investigate the tableaux of this mundane imperial optic. Increasing literate agency, commerce, and tourism placed stamps and printed letterheads throug…
History (6 works) · African history and culture analysis (3 works) · African history and culture studies (3 works) · Ancient history (3 works) · Art (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · South African History and Culture (3 works) · African cultural and philosophical studies (2 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works)