Iris Berger Professor and Chair Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison M.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison B.A., University of Michigan 060H Social Sciences Department of History University at Albany, SUNY 1400 Washington Avenue Albany, New York 12222 Phone: (518) 442-5315 Fax: (518) 442-5301 iberger@albany.edu

Teaching: Undergraduate Courses: His 286: African Civilization His 287: Africa in the Modern World His 386: Race and Conflict in South Africa Graduate Courses: His 600: Colloquium on State and Society His 639/662: African Women and Social Change His 640: Seminar in Gender and Society His 662: Readings in African History His 662/639: South Africa through Life Histories and Autobiographies Select Publications: Women in Sub-Saharan Africa: Restoring Women to History, with E. Frances White (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1999) Threads of Solidarity: Women in South African Industry, 1900-1980 (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1992) Women and Class in Africa, ed. with Claire Robertson (New York: Homes and Meier, 1986) Religion and Resistance: East African Kingdoms in Precolonial Period (Tervuren, Musée Royale de l'Afrique Centrale, 1981) Select Awards/Honors: Distinguished Africanist Award, New York African Studies Association, 1997 President, African Studies Association, 1995-1996 Social Science Research Council, Research Fellowship, 1990, 1980-1981 Rockefeller Foundation (Gender Roles Program), Research Fellowship, 1987 Annual Book Award, Académie Royale des Sciences d'Outre Mer, Brussels, 1982 National Endowment for Humanities, Research Fellowship, 1986-1987, 1979-1980 Current Research Interests: Completing book manscript on South African history (Oxford University Press); ed., Journal of African History; co-ed., Encyclopedia of Women's History (Oxford University Press); research on gender, social policy and popular culture in 20th century South Africa. Full Curriculum Vitae