Background
She was born Shula Eta Winokur in Cape Town and educated at the University of Cape Town (Bachelor) and the University of London (Doctor of Philosophy).
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She was born Shula Eta Winokur in Cape Town and educated at the University of Cape Town (Bachelor) and the University of London (Doctor of Philosophy).
Honorary Doctor of Letters , University of Cape Town, 1994.
She has written at least seven books and a World Health Organization monograph on Health and Apartheid, concerning experiences and public health issues in South Africa. Some of her current public health work involves the fight against the spread of Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome in contemporary South Africa. She also holds three honorary doctorates.
Lecturer in the history of Africa, Institute of Commonwealth Studies and SOAS (jointly) 1963-1976
Honorary DSocSci, University of Natal, 1996
Douglas Southall Freeman professor, University of Richmond 2005
Honorary Doctor of Letters et Philosophy, University of Johannesburg, 2012
Consultant, World Health Organisation, 1977-1980
President, African Studies Association of the United Kingdom (ASAUK), 1978-1979
Chair, World University Southern African Scholarships Committee, 1981-1992
Council Society for Protection of Science and Learning (now Council for Assisting Refugee Academics (CARA)), 1983-2013 (chair 1993-2004)
Governor, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, 1988-1991
Chair, The International Records Management Trust, 1989-2004
Advisory Council on Public Records, 1989-1994
Governing Body Queen Elizabeth House Oxford, 1991-1994
Commonwealth Scholarships Commission, 1992-1998
Fellow of the British Academy (Federal Bar Association), 1995
Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, 1996
7th Annual Bindoff lecture, "Rewriting South African history, or, The hunt for Hintsa"s head", Queen Mary and Westfield College (University of London), delivered 12 March 1996
Humanities Research Board 1997-1998, a Non-Departmental Government Body of the British Research Council
Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRB), 1998-2000
Vice-president, Royal African Society, 1999-
Distinguished Africanist Award, African Studies Association of the United Kingdom, 2002
Trustee, Council Member, Canon Collins Educational & Legal Assistance Trust, 2004-2014.
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