{"id":8204,"date":"2015-10-30T10:22:20","date_gmt":"2015-10-30T14:22:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/?p=8204"},"modified":"2026-09-08T16:53:16","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T20:53:16","slug":"susanne-klausen-on-witnessing-south-africas-feesmustfall-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/2015\/susanne-klausen-on-witnessing-south-africas-feesmustfall-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"Susanne Klausen on Witnessing South Africa\u2019s #FeesMustFall Campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Susanne Klausen on Witnessing South Africa\u2019s #FeesMustFall Campaign\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prof. Susanne Klausen is currently conducting research in South Africa. In so doing, she&nbsp;has been a witness to&nbsp;South Africa\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/feesmustfall?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Ehashtag\" target=\"_blank\">#FeesMustFall <\/a>campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a blog for <a href=\"http:\/\/activehistory.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\">Active History<\/a>&nbsp;Dr. Klausen remarks on the importance of history to the student movement for free education, which&nbsp;began October 21.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">See <a href=\"http:\/\/activehistory.ca\/2015\/10\/history-in-the-making-south-africas-feesmustfall-campaign\/#more-17385\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> to read more of Dr. Klausen\u2019s observations about #FeesMustFall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/people\/susanne-m-klausen\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dr. Klausen<\/a> is an associate professor in the Department of History, cross-appointed to the Institute of African Studies, with research interests in modern South Africa, nationalism and sexuality, and the politics of reproduction and fertility control. She is the author of&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/ukcatalogue.oup.com\/product\/9780199844494.do\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Abortion Under Apartheid: Nationalism, Sexuality, and Women\u2019s&nbsp;Reproductive Rights in&nbsp;<\/em><\/a><i><a href=\"http:\/\/ukcatalogue.oup.com\/product\/9780199844494.do\" target=\"_blank\">South Africa<\/a>&nbsp;<\/i>(Oxford University Press, Sept. 2015) and&nbsp;<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.palgrave.com\/page\/detail\/race-maternity-and-the-politics-of-birth-control-in-south-africa-191039-susanne-m-klausen\/?isb=9781403934529\" target=\"_blank\">Race, Maternity, and the Politics of Birth Control on South Africa<\/a>&nbsp;<\/em>(Palgrave MacMillan, 2004), and was a collaborator in the republications of Maud Graham\u2019s&nbsp;<em>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.uap.ualberta.ca\/titles\/108-9781772120462-canadian-girl-in-south-africa\" target=\"_blank\">A Canadian Girl in South Africa<\/a><\/em> (Alberta University Press, 2015).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prof. Susanne Klausen is currently conducting research in South Africa. In so doing, she&nbsp;has been a witness to&nbsp;South Africa\u2019s #FeesMustFall campaign. In a blog for Active History&nbsp;Dr. Klausen remarks on the importance of history to the student movement for free education, which&nbsp;began October 21. See here to read more of Dr. Klausen\u2019s observations about #FeesMustFall. 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