Current Executive Committee

  • President – Menno van Zaanen (Prof) – SADiLaR
  • Vice-president – Karen Calteaux (Dr) – CSIR
  • Secretary – Oghenere Salubi (Dr) – UW)
  • Treasurer – Juan Steyn (Mr) – SADiLaR

Additional members (ordered by first name):

  • Andiswa Bukula (Ms) – South African Centre for Digital Language Resources (SADiLaR)
  • Amanda du Preez (Prof) – University of Pretoria (UP)
  • Alette Schoon (Dr) – Rhodes University (RU)
  • Brian Valoyi (Mr) – Tshwane University of Technology (TUT)
  • Franziska Pannach (Dr) – University of Groningen (RUG)
  • Ingrid Thompson (Ms) – University of Cape Town (UCT)
  • Johannes Sibeko (Dr) – Nelson Mandela University (Mandela)
  • Langa Kumalo (Prof) – University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN)
  • Lukhanyo Makhenyane (Dr) – University of Fort Hare (UFH)
  • Mmasibidi Setaka (Ms) – South African Centre for Digital Language Resources (SADiLaR)
  • Rooweither Mabuya (Ms) – South African Centre for Digital Language Resources (SADiLaR)

Previous Executive Committee

During the second National Digital Humanities workshop hosted at the NWU during April 2016 an executive committee was elected to further the constitutional aims of DHASA and start with preparations for the first Southern African Digital Humanities Conference to be hosted in Stellenbosch during January 2016

  • President – Prof Justus Roux
  • Vice-President – Karen Calteaux (CSIR)
  • Secretary – Prof Attie de Lange (NWU)
  • Additional member –  Me Ingrid Thompson (UCT)
  • Additional member – Dr Langa Kumalo (UKZN)
  • Co-opted member – Mr Juan Steyn (NWU)

Steering Committee – 2015/2016

During the first National Digital Humanities workshop hosted at the NWU during February 2015 a steering committee was appointed to prepare a draft constitution for the establishment of a Southern African digital humanities organisation. They provided feedback during the second National Digital Humanities workshop where the draft constitution was accepted and the organisation was established.

Convenor:

Prof Justus Roux: North-West University

Members:

Dr Pamela Maseko: Rhodes University

Dr Langa Khumalo: University of KwaZulu-Natal

Prof Laurence Wright: Rhodes & North-West University

Secretariat:

Research Unit for Language and Literature in the SA Context

Prof Attie de Lange

Mr Juan Steyn