Gary Kynoch
Professor, Department Chair
Email: gary.kynoch@dal.ca
Phone: 902-494-3667
Fax: 902-494-3349
Mailing Address:
Room 1164, Marion McCain Building, 6135 University Ave
PO Box 15000, Halifax, NS B3H 4R2
Research Topics:PO Box 15000, Halifax, NS B3H 4R2
- South African history
- Conflict in 20th century Africa
- Urban African history
- Crime
Education
- BA (Queen’s)
- BEd (Queen’s)
- MA (HÂþ»)
- PhD (HÂþ»)
Books
- Township Violence and the End of Apartheid: War on the Reef (James Currey; Wits University Press 2018)
- We are Fighting the World: The Marashea Gangs in South Africa, 1947-1999 (Ohio University Press; University of KwaZulu-Natal Press, 2005).
Recent Articles & Essays
- ‘We get Sucked into Everybody’s Mess’: Protests and Public Order Policing in South Africa†Journal of Southern African Studies 49, 5/6 (2023).
-  “Raids, Resistance, and Retribution: South Africa’s Cato Manor Killings, 1960-61†Journal of African History 64, 3 (2023).
Teaching Fall 2024:
- HIST 2715, Locked Up: A Global History of Incarceration
Fall 2024 Office Hours:
- Wednesday 1:30 to 3:30
- or by appointment