BA , MA (RU), PhD (Pretoria)

Biography

Dr Thapelo Tselapedi is a lecturer in the department. After being awarded the Centre for the Study of Democracy bursary, he completed his MA degree at Rhodes University which focused on political theory, social movements and local government. He formerly worked for a public interest organization in Johannesburg as a social researcher focusing on social movements in Gauteng, the North West and KZN. He also went on to work for an umbrella body of a number of NGOs, called Local Government Network (LGA), delivering constitutional literacy workshops on local government. He is a former assistant lecturer at the University of Johannesburg where he taught Introduction to Politics and South African Liberation Theories. His PhD, from the University of Pretoria, forcused on critical approaches to International Relations. 

Research interests

Africana existential philosophy
Critical theory
Decolonial studies

Specialisations

Colonial, anti-colonial and post-colonial studies in the Global South. Critical IR. Race and gender studies. 

Research Articles

Tselapedi, T (2017) Black liberation and the notion of ‘social justice’ in South Africa in NGO’s and Social Justice in South Africa and Beyond. UKZN Press. Book chapter.

Tselapedi, T (2016) Political studies: An entry into ‘social science thought’ in the South African academy. Arts and Humanities in Higher Education. Cambridge University.

Book Reviews

Book review for the Journal of Contemporary African Studies (JCAS): Reviewed the book, Popular politics and Resistance Movements in South Africa edited by William Beinart and Marcelle C. Dawson. Johannesburg, Wits University Press, 2010. (June 2013).

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