History Education

This project examines how South Africa's "born free" generation are learning about apartheid in school. More broadly, it asks about how histories of racial oppression are dealt with in contexts of diversity as well as how racism is reconfigured in the era of civil liberties.

Publications:

BOOK

Teeger, Chana. 2024. “Distancing the Past: Racism as History in South African Schools” New York: Columbia University Press.

ARTICLES and CHAPTERS

Teeger, Chana. 2023. “(Not) Feeling the Past: Boredom as a Racialized Emotion.” American Journal of Sociology 129(1): 1-40.

doi: https://doi.org/10.1086/725803

Lead article
Outstanding Published Article Award, Peace War and Social Conflict Section, American Sociological Association
Featured in Contexts and Behavioral Scientist Magazine

Teeger, Chana. 2015. “‘Both Sides of the Story’: History Education in Post-Apartheid South Africa.” American Sociological Review 88(6): 1175-1200.

doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/0003122415613078

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Recent Contributions Award, Sociology of Emotions Section, American Sociological Association
Best Scholarly Article Award, Human Rights Section, American Sociological Association
Honorable Mention, Clifford Geertz Award for Best Article, Culture Section, American Sociological Association
Featured in Mail & Guardian, Daily Maverick, The Society Pages

Teeger, Chana. 2015. “Ruptures in the Rainbow Nation: How Desegregated South African Schools Deal with Interpersonal and Structural Racism.” Sociology of Education 88(3): 226-243.

doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/0038040715591285

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Teeger, Chana. 2018. “Transformation as a Matter of State Rather than Degree: Thinking Beyond School Desegregation,” pp. 523-540 in Rob Pattman and Ronelle Carolissen (Eds.) Transforming Transformation in Research and Teaching at South African Universities. Stellenbosch: SUN Press.

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