Isabel Hofmeyr
Isabel Hofmeyr | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1953 |
| Occupation | Professor Emeritus at University of the Witwatersrand |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Rhodes University School of Oriental and African Studies |
| Alma mater | University of the Witwatersrand (Hons, MA, PhD) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Literary studies Literary history |
| Sub-discipline | African literature |
| Institutions | University of Durban–Westville (1979), University of the Witwatersrand (1984–present) |
| Main interests | Postcolonialism, oral literature and oral history, print culture, textual transnationalism and circulation, Indian Ocean studies and Africa–India interaction |
| Notable ideas | Hydrocolonialism |
Christine Isabel Hofmeyr (born 1953) is a South African academic who specialises in literary studies and literary history. She is professor emeritus at the University of the Witwatersrand, where she became a professor of African literature in 1994. She is particularly well known for her work in postcolonialism and work on textual circulation, textual transnationalism, and the Indian Ocean world.