PhD History - (University of the Western Cape, 2018)
MA History – Cum Laude (University of the Western Cape, 2010)
BA Education (University of Transkei (Now Walter Sisulu University), 1997)
Post Graduate Diploma in Museum and Heritage Studies – Cum Laude (University of the Western Cape, 2008)
Fields of academic interests
Public history and post-apartheid heritage
Critical heritage studies
Public arts and cultural representations
Museums and galleries
Politics of history, heritage and memory
History education
Field of Specialisation
Critical heritage studies
Public and visual history
History education
Books
Chapters in books
Madida, S. 2023. “Reflecting on post-apartheid heritage redress: from unsettled pasts to unsettled presents and uncertain futures”. In Costandius E and de Villiers G (eds), Visual Redress in Africa from Indigenous and New Materialist Perspectives. New York: Routledge. 1St Edition.
Madida, S. 2020. “Troubling statues: a symptom of a complex heritage complex.” In Nettleton A and Alufabi Fubah M (eds). Exchanging Symbols: Monuments and Memorials in Post-apartheid South Africa. Stellenbosch: Africa Sun Media.
Sambumbu, S. 2012. “Township Scenes”. InGrunebaum H & Maurice E (eds). Uncontained: Opening the Community Arts Project Archive. Cape Town: UWC Centre for Humanities Research.
Journal articles
Madida S. 2022. Two Steps Forward and One Step Back: The Nature of The South African Post-apartheid Heritage Production. Cultural History Journal, 1, 30-47.
Simpson T, Gopalan K, Madida S, Swart S. 2021. Reflections on Lockdown. South African Historical JournalSouth African Historical Journal, 73:1, At the edge of the Anthropocene: crossing borders in southern African environmental history, 25-44.
Madida, S. 2019. Book review: The House of Tshatshu: Power, Politics and Chiefs North-West of the Great Kei River, c1818-2018, by Anne K/ Mager and Phiko J. Velelo: University of Cape Town Press. 2018, African Historical Review, 51:2.
Madida, S. 2010. Reading Visual Representations of 'Ndabeni' in the Public Realms. Kronos, 36, 184-206.
Professional positions, fellowships & awards
Albert Luthuli Young Historians Award / Oral History Teacher Award, 2006
University of Michigan African Presidential Scholars (UMAPS): Visiting Scholar/Fellowship, August 2011 – February 2012
Distinguished Teacher Award, Arts Faculty, University of the Western Cape, 2012
Harvard University, Harvard-South Africa Fellowship: Visiting Fellow, August 2014 – May 2015