Head of Centre

Academic Staff

Research Manager

• Dr Maurits van Bever Donker
  Qualifications: BA (Hons), MA (UWC), PhD (Minnesota)

Senior Researchers

• Professor Suren Pillay
  Qualifications: BA (Hons), MA (UWC), MPhil, PhD (Columbia University)
• Professor Premesh Lalu
  Qualifications: BA (Hons), MA (UWC), PhD (University of Minnesota)

Senior Professor / DST/NRF SARChI Chair in Visual History & Theory

• Professor Patricia Hayes - NRF B-rated Researcher (2021-2026)
  Qualifications: BA (Hons) (Oxon), PhD (Cambridge)

AW Mellon Chair of Aesthetic Theory and Material Performance

• Professor Jane Taylor
  Qualifications: BA (Hons), MA (UCT), PhD (North Western, Illinois)

Extraordinary Professor

• Professor David Scott
  Qualifications: BSc (Hons) (Univ of the West Indies), MA, PhD (New York)

Next Generation Researchers

• Dr Ross Truscott
  Qualifications: BA (Hons) (NMMU), MA (UWC), PhD (UFH)
• Dr Lwando Scott
  Qualifications: BA (NMMU), BSc (Hons) (UCT), MSc (St Cloud Univ), PhD (UCT)
• Dr Valmont Layne
  Qualifications: BA (Hons), MA (UCT), PhD (UWC)

Convener of International and National Partnerships

• Ms Michelle Smith
  Qualifications: BA (Hons) (Rhodes), MA (UFH), PhD (UFH)

Administrative Staff

Administrative officers

• Ms Lameez Lalkhen
  Qualification: BAdmin (UWC)
• Ms Micaela Felix