Paul Landau

Professor Paul Landau is based in the History Department at the University of Maryland at College Park, and has published numerous articles and books on southern Africa’s history, including The Realm of the Word (1995) and Popular Politics in the History of South Africa, 1400 to 1948 (2010), both of which were finalists for the Herskovits Prize. His previous work has thrown light on literacy, religion and politics, and he is currently in the midst of drafting a manuscript about Nelson Mandela and revolutionary mobilization (1959-64).