Virgil Slade
Virgil SladeAssistant Professor of History
Joined faculty in 2018
Ph.D. – University of Minnesota, Department of History (2020)
M.A. – University of the Western Cape, Department of History (2010)
B.A. Honour’s – University of the Western Cape, Department of History (2006)
B.A. – University of the Western Cape, Departments of History and Psychology (2004)
Contact Information
Henry HouseEmail: vslade@hws.edu
Scholarly Interest
- Critical Race Theory
- Postcolonial Theory
- Sport and Social Change
Courses Taught
Africa: From Colonialism to Neo-colonialism
Early Africa and its Global Contacts
Introduction to Africana Studies: The African Experience
Lives of Consequence
Pandemics, Race, and Settler Colonialsm
Soccer: Around the World with the Beautiful Game
South Africa in Transition
The Invention of Africa
Unfreedoms and the Problem of Race