Hermann Giliomee

Hermann Giliomee is an author of historical and political studies, former professor of Political Studies at the University of Cape Town (1983–2002), President of the South African Institute of Race Relations (1995–1997) and Extraordinary Professor of History at the Stellenbosch University.

He co-founded Die Suid-Afrikaans, an Afrikaans journal of opinion in 1984. Giliomee was a regular columnist for the Cape Times, The Rand Daily Mail and other periodicals from 1980 to 1997 and is writing a political column for the Afrikaans morning newspapers Die Burger, Beeld and Volksblad.

Books by Hermann Giliomee Ethnic power mobilized – Can South Africa change ? (Co-author: Heribert Adam), Yale University Press, 1979 Die Kaap tydens die eerste Britse bewind, 1795–1803, 1971 The parting of the ways, 1982 Up against the fences, 1985 The Shaping of South African Society 1652–1840, 1988 From apartheid to nation-building, 1989 Negotiating South Africa's future, 1989 The Bold experiment, 1994 The awkward embrace, 1999 Kruispad, 2001 The Afrikaners: biography of a people, 2003, , University of Virginia Press / Tafelberg Publishers; expanded and updated edition, 2010, Die Afrikaners: `n Biografie, 2004 'n Vaste plek vir Afrikaans (Co-author: Lawrence Schlemmer), Protea Boekhuis, 2006 Nog altyd hier gewees – Die storie van 'n Stellenbosse gemeenskap, Tafelberg, 2007 New History of South Africa, , both Co-editor: Bernard Mbenga, 2007, 464 pp, 600 illustrations Nuwe geskiedenis van Suid-Afrika,