JIAS Advisory Board

Members of the JIAS Advisory Board are drawn from various academic disciplines and sectors of society from South Africa and abroad. They include physicists, engineers, mathematicians, historians, novelists, poets, social scientists, and business and social entrepreneurs.

  • Kgalema_Motlanthe_JIAS

    Mr. Kgalema Motlanthe

    Former President of the Republic of South Africa

  • Letlhokwa_Mpedi_JIAS

    Prof Letlhokwa Mpedi

    Vice-Chancellor and Principal University of Johannesburg

  • Refilwe_Nancy_Phaswana_Mafuya_JIAS

    Prof Refilwe Nancy Phaswana-Mafuya

    DVC Research & Innovation University of Johannesburg

  • Prof Victoria Graham

    Senior Director Strategic Initiatives & Administration, University of Johannesburg

  • Prof_Wale_Adebanwi_JIAS

    Prof Wale Adebanwi

    Presidential Penn Compact Professor of Africana Studies University of Pennsylvania

  • Joanna_Newman_JIAS_Board

    Prof Joanna Newman

    Provost/Deputy Vice Chancellor SOAS University of London

  • Emmanuel_Akyeampong_JIAS

    Prof Emmanuel Akyeampong

    Director of the Harvard University Center for African Studies

  • Chris_Brink_JIAS

    Prof Chris Brink

    Emeritus Vice-Chancellor Newcastle University, UK

  • Prof Antjie Krog

    University of the Western Cape

  • Prof Jong-Dae Park_JIAS_BOARD

    Prof Jong-Dae Park

    Yonsei University South Korea

  • victoria_collis-buthelezi

    Prof Victoria J. Collis-Buthelezi

    JIAS Director

  • Tsitsi_Dangarembga_JIAS

    Ms. Tsitsi Dangarembga

    Writer