Resume

Prof Albert Grundlingh is a graduate of the University of the Free State and was appointed at the University of South Africa in 1973 where he obtained   MA and D Litt et Phil degrees.   In 2001 he moved to Stellenbosch University as Head of the History Department and served in that capacity till 2015. He retired in 2018 and is currently an emeritus professor and chief researcher at the Centre for Sport Leadership studied at Stellenbosch University.    

Grundlingh is the author, co-author and editor of several books as well as numerous academic articles published locally and internationally.   He specialises in social and cultural history with a particular interest in war and society. His major work deals with the so-called “Handsuppers” and “Joiners” during the Anglo-Boer War of 1899-1902 and he followed this up with publications on  Black and so-called “coloured” South African troops during  the First World War. He has also written extensively on sport and society, published as “Potent Pastimes”. His work on rugby and South African society, he likes to argue, is akin to dealing with the phenomenon of war in a different format. He was an editor of the Stellenbosch centenary publication of 2018. In 2021 he has also published a biography of the politician FvZ Slabbert with the title Man on a mission.