Patrick J. Furlong (Alma College, Alma, Michigan)

Submitted: Thurs, 21 August 2003


Patrick J. Furlong
Professor of History
Department of History
Alma College
614 W. Superior Street
Alma, Michigan 48801   USA

phone:   (989) 463-7254
fax:     (989) 463-7277
E-mail:  furlong@alma.edu



Activities: 
Member, editorial advisory board, South African Historical Journal; active
as book reviewer for variety of American and South African-based journals

Teaching interests: 
(i)  South African and (introductory) African history;  
(ii)  modern European history, including Comparative Fascism, Modern
Germany, and Europe 1914-1945;
(iii) undergraduate overseas research seminar on World War II in National
Archives, Kew, London

Current research interests: 
politics of AIDS in South Africa; Allied responses to Axis and pro-Axis
activities in South Africa during World War II; Afrikaner nationalism
(especially in 1930s and 1940s)


Recent publications:

"South Africa," in Donald and April Gordon, eds., Understanding Contemporary 
Africa (Boulder, CO and London: Lynne Rienner, 3rd ed. 2001), pp.371-407.

"The Bonds of War: The African National Congress, the Communist Party of 
South Africa and the Threat of `Fascism,'" South African Historical Journal 
36 (1997): 68-87.

(with Karen L. Ball) "From Apartheid to Development: Science Policy and the 
Politics of Race in South Africa," New Contree 45 (Sept. 1999): 117-133.

"`Ever New!'  Pragmatism and the Politics of Survival in the National Party 
1914-2000," New Contree 47 (Sept. 2000): 63-83.