Lecturer (Sociology)
Room: NW 926
Phone: 0121 204 3810
E-Mail: c.h.bolsmann@aston.ac.uk
Educational Qualifications
- Postgraduate Professional Certificate in Learning an Teaching in
Higher Education. Aston University, United Kingdom. (2007)
- PhD in Sociology, University of Warwick, United Kingdom (2006):
- ‘Trade
Union Internationalism and Solidarity in the Auto Industry: Fighting
Apartheid and Engaging with Globalisation.’ Supervisors: Prof. Simon
Clarke and Prof Tony Elger. External Examiner: Prof. Richard Hyman (LSE)
- MA Industrial Sociology, University of Pretoria, South Africa (2000)
- BA (Honours) Industrial Sociology, University of Pretoria, South Africa (1995)
- BA Political Science, University of Pretoria, South Africa (1994)
Teaching Responsibilities
- Final year Sociology of Work and Society
- Second year Modern Organisations and Change
- First year Global Society
- Final Year Research projects
Research Interests
- The transformation and marketisation of higher education.
- Football and identity in post-apartheid South Africa.
- Trade unions and internationalism.
Membership of Professional Organisations
- International Sociological Association
- British Sociological Association
- South African Sociological Association
- North American Society for Sports History
Other Responsibilities:
- Admissions Officer School of Languages and Social Sciences
- Chair Staff Student Consultation Committee
Publications
Books
- Bolsmann, C. and Alegi,
P. (eds.) (Forthcoming April 2010). South Africa and the Global Game:
Football, Apartheid and Beyond. Routledge.
Refereed Journal Articles
- Bolsmann, C. (Forthcoming January 2010). ‘White Football in South
Africa: Empire, Apartheid and Change, 1892-1977’. Soccer and Society,
Vol. 11, Nos. 1&2. ISSN 1466-0970
- Bolsmann,
C. and Alegi, P. (Forthcoming January 2010). ‘Introduction’. Soccer and
Society. Vol. 11, Nos. 1&2. ISSN 1466-0970
- Bolsmann, C. (forthcoming). ‘Contesting Labour Internationalism: The
‘old’ trapped in the ‘new’ in Volkswagen’s South African plant’. Labor
Studies Journal, ISSN 0160-449X
- Bolsmann, C.
and Brewster, K. (Forthcoming 2009). ‘Mexico 1968 and South Africa
2010: Development, Leadership and Legacies’. Sport in Society. Vol. 12,
No. 10. pp. 1276-1289. ISSN 1743-0437.
- Bolsmann, C., Ignatowicz, A. and Miller, H. 2009. ‘Students
Interviewing Students: The Aston-Hong Kong Project,’ Enhancing Learning
in the Social Sciences, Vol. 2, No. 1. pp: 1-23. ISSN: 1756-848X
- Bolsmann, C. and Miller, H. 2008. ‘International Student Recruitment:
South African Rationales’ Journal of Higher Education in Africa. Vol.
6, Nos. 2&3, pp: 211-231. ISSN 0851-7762.
- Bolsmann, C. and Miller, H. 2008. ‘International Student Recruitment
to Universities in England: Discourse, Rationales and Globalisation’ in
Globalisation, Societies and Education. Vol. 6, No. 1, pp: 75-88. ISSN
1476-7724
- Bolsmann, C. 2007. ‘Trade Union
Internationalism and Solidarity in the Struggle against Apartheid: A
Case study of Volkswagen’ in Historical Studies in Industrial
Relations, Vol. 23/24, pp: 103-124. ISSN 1362-1572
- Bolsmann, C. 2007. ‘La solidaridad y el internacionalismo sindical en
la lucha contra el apartheid: el contacto sindical entre trabajadores y
dirigentes en la industria automotriz’ in Estudios de Asia y Africa,
132, Vol. 42(1), pp: 143-178. ISSN 0185-0164
- Bolsmann, C. and Parker, A. 2007. ‘Soccer, South Africa and Celebrity
Status: Mark Fish, Popular Culture and the Post-Apartheid State’ in
Soccer and Society, Vol. 8, No. 1, pp: 109-124. ISSN 1466-0970
- Bolsmann, C. 2006. ‘Review Essay on Peter Alegi, Laduma! Soccer,
Politics and Society in South Africa’ in Soccer and Society, Vol. 7,
No. 2-3, pp: 292-299. ISSN 1466-0970
- Bolsmann,
C. 2003. ‘Labour Internationalisms and Globalization: Review Article’
in Society in Transition, Vol. 34, No. 2, pp: 350-369. ISSN 1028-9852
- Bolsmann, C., van der Walt, L., Johnson, B. and Martin, L. 2003.
‘Globalisation, the Market University and Support Service Outsourcing
in South Africa: Social Struggle, Convergence and Difference,
1994-2001’ in Society in Transition, Vol. 34, No. 2, pp: 272-294. ISSN
1028-9852
- Bolsmann, C. and Uys, T. 2001.
‘Pre-empting the Challenges of Transformation and Marketisation of
Higher Education: A Case Study of the Rand Afrikaans University’ in
Society in Transition, Vol. 32, No. 2, pp: 173-185. ISSN 1028-9852
Book Chapters
- Bolsmann, C. (Forthcoming 2010). ‘Mexico 1968
and South Africa 2010: Sombreros and Vuvuzelas and the Legitimisation
of Global Sporting Events’ in Brewster, K. Reflections on Mexico 1968,
Blackwell-Wiley.
- Bolsmann, C. 2008. ‘Review
Essay on Peter Alegi, Laduma! Soccer, Politics and Society in South
Africa’ in Bandyopadhyay, K. and Mallick, S. Fringe Nations in World
Soccer. London: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-37822-2
- Bolsmann, C. 2006. ‘Solidarity and Identity: Volkswagen Workers in
South Africa and Germany’, in Alexander, P., Dawson, M. and Ichharam,
M. (eds.). Globalisation and New Identities: a View from the Middle.
Houghton: Jacana Press. ISBN 1-77009-239-0
- Bolsmann, C., Rugunanan, P. and Routledge, M. 2003. ‘Defining
Organisational Development: The Roots and Values of Organisational
Development’, in Moerdyk, A. and van Aardt, C. (eds.), Organisational
Development: New Methods and Models for Southern Africa. Glosderry: New
Africa Books. ISBN 1-86928 367 8
- Bolsmann, C.
2003. ‘Contemporary Theories’, in Moerdyk, A. and van Aardt, C. (eds.),
Organisational Development: New Methods and Models for Southern Africa.
Glosderry: New Africa Books. ISBN 1-86928 367 8
Other Publications
- Bolsmann, C. and Miller, H. 2008. ‘Recruiting
International Students: Rationales and Policies from South Africa’. In
Teaching in Public – the Future of Higher Education? Conference
Proceedings. Todd, M. J. and Alcala, M. pp. 15-30. ISBN 1902191366
- Bolsmann, C. 2008. Book Review – Edward Webster and Karl von Holdt,
eds. Beyond the Apartheid Workplace: Studies in Transition. H-SAfrica,
8 April.
- Bolsmann, C. 2007. ‘Looking back at VW
to Honour German/South African Union Solidarity’ in South African
Labour Bulletin, Vol. 31, No. 3, pp: 66-68. ISSN 0377-5429
- Bolsmann, C. 2007. ‘African Football’ in African Review of Books, Vol. 3(1), p: 9.
- Bolsmann, C. 2007. ‘British Academics not Scared to take Action’ in
South African Labour Bulletin, Vol. 30 No. 5, pp: 23-26. ISSN 0377-5429
- Bolsmann, C. 2007 ‘Book review - Peter Alegi, Laduma! Soccer, Politics
and Society in South Africa’ in International Journal of the History of
Sport, Vol. 24 No. 1, pp: 111-113.
- Bolsmann, C.
2003. ‘Book Review: Place, Space and the New Labour Internationalisms.’
Work Employment and Society, Vol. 17, No. 4, pp: 757-759.
- Bolsmann, C., van der Walt, L., Johnson, B. and Martin, L. 2002.
‘Globalisation and the Outsourced University in South Africa: The
Restructuring of the Supp: ort Services in Public Sector Universities
in South Africa, 1994-2001’, Centre for Higher Education Transformation
(CHET), research report.
- • Bolsmann, C., van der
Walt, L., Johnson, B. and Martin, L. 2002. ‘The Outsourced University:
A Survey of the Rise of Support Service Outsourcing in Public Sector
Higher Education in South Africa, and its Effects on Workers and Trade
Unions, 1994-2001.’ Sociology of Work Unit: University of the
Witwatersrand. pp: 1-46.
- Bolsmann, C. 2002.
‘The New Labour Internationalism’ in the Newsletter 2(1) of Research
Committee 44 of the International Sociological Association.
- Bolsmann, C., van der Walt, L., Johnson, B. and Martin, L. 2002. ‘The
Effects of Supp: ort Service Outsourcing on Workers and Trade Unions in
Public Universities in South Africa’, in South African Labour Bulletin,
Vol 26, No. 4, pp: 59-61. ISSN 0377-5429
- Bolsmann, C. 2002. ‘Book Review: We are the Poors: Community Struggles
in Post-apartheid South Africa’ Society in Transition, Vol. 33, No. 3,
pp: 470-472. ISSN 1028-9852
- Bolsmann, C. 2002.
‘Book Review: South Africa, Limits to Change: The Political Economy of
Transition’ Green Left Weekly, May 8.
- Bolsmann,
C. 2001. Deaths at the Stadium: a Different Kind of Terror’, in Debate
- Voices From the South African Left, No. 6 & 7, pp: 10-13.
- Bolsmann, C. 2001. ‘So you Want to Merge? Lessons From Recent
Mergers’, in South African Labour Bulletin, Vol. 25, No. 6, pp: 61-66.
ISSN 0377-5429
- Bolsmann, C., and Vlok, E. 2001.
‘Not Quite “Pap and Vleis”: McDonald’s in South Africa’, in South
African Labour Bulletin, Vol. 25, No. 4, pp: 61-66. ISSN 0337-5429
- Bolsmann, C. 2001. ‘The South and the North: Federations of the
ICFTU’, in South African Labour Bulletin, Vol. 25, No. 3, pp: 82-86.
ISSN 0377-5429
- Bolsmann, C. and Vlok, E. 1999.
‘The Double-Digit Strike: Examining the Dispute in the Chemical
Industry’, in South African Labour Bulletin, Vol. 23, No. 1, pp: 21-28.
ISSN 0377-5429.