Dr. Chris Andreas

Science Manager in the VISTRA

Project development
Acquisition of external founding
Knowledge transfer
Networking
Public relations
Support of junior researchers
Evaluation

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Chris Andreas has been science manager of the VISTRA since July 2024. He co-ordinates and supports the research activity of the institute.

from	to	Institution	Location	Occupation
07/2024	present	University of Vechta, Vechta Institute of Sustainability Transformation in Rural Areas	Vechta	Science manager
01/2019	06/2022	University of Fort Hare, Department of History	Alice and East London, South Africa	Head of Department
01/2017	12/2018	University of Fort Hare, Department of History	East London, South Africa	Deputy Head of Department
	2017	University of Oxford, Modern History Faculty	Oxford, UK	Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil) in History. Thesis title: 'The background to, and impact and management of the epizootics of lungsickness and African horsesickness in the Cape Colony, c. 1853-7'
06/2009	06/2023	University of Fort Hare, Department of History	East London, South Africa	Lecturer in history
02/2008	11/2008	University of Cape Town	Cape Town, South Africa	Visiting lecturer in history
10/2004	12/2007	University of Oxford, St Antony’s College	Oxford, UK	Doctoral studies in history
10/1996	07/2003	University of Hanover	Hanover	Studies for Magister Artium in history und political science
02/2000	12/2000	University of Cape Town	Cape Town, Südafrika	Studies for BA Honours in history

Currently no own teaching, previously lectures and seminars at University of Fort Hare and University of Cape Town in:

World history
African history
Environmental history and history of epidemics
South African regional history
International relations

03.07.2023	‘Species extinction, infrastructure development and epidemics: The changing ecology of African horsesickness in the Cape Colony, c. 1653 – 1900’ Festschrift Symposium in Honour of William Beinart, St Antony’s College, University of Oxford Oxford, UK
30.06.2022	‘Species extinction, infrastructure development and epidemics: The changing ecology of African horsesickness in the Cape Colony, c. 1653 – 1900’ Expanding Margins: South African Historical Society 28th Biannual Conference, University of Fort Hare East London, South Africa
08.03.2022	Discussant for Book Re-Launch of W. Beinart & L. Wotshela, Prickly Pear: The Social History of a Plant in the Eastern Cape, University of Fort Hare Alice, South Africa
25.06.2019	‘Imofu and ubuthi: Xhosa management and conceptualisation of lungsickness prior to the ‘Xhosa Cattle-Killing’ / ngoNongqawuse’ Trails, Traditions, Trajectories: South African Historical Society 27th Biannual Conference, Rhodes University Makhanda, South Africa
21.06.2019	‘Animal disease, Environmental Change, and People’s Responses in the 19th Century Cape’ iMpuma-Koloni Bearings: An Other Cape?, Joint Rhodes University / University of Fort Hare Workshop Makhanda, South Africa
09.11.2017	‘Preventative inoculation of cattle against lungsickness in the Cape: Local adaptations in the 19th century’ Drug Regimes in Southern Africa: Regulation and Consumption in Twentieth Century Contexts, University of Johannesburg Johannesburg, South Africa
14.09.2007	‘Animal health and local medical knowledge in an African environment - the epizootic of African horsesickness in the Cape Colony, 1854-55’ Environment, health and history, Conference of the European Association for the History of Medicine and Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine London, UK
07.06.2007	‘African horsesickness - an entomological challenge for a European animal in the Cape Colony’ Environmental connections: Europe and the wider world, Fourth Conference of the European Society for Environmental History, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Amsterdam, The Netherlands
20.04.2007	‘“A necessary cause of the Xhosa cattle-killing”? - A closer look at the lungsickness epizootic of 1853-7’ New trends in the historiography of the Xhosa cattle-killing movement, University of Cape Town Cape Town, South Africa
13.09.2006	‘Veterinary Intervention without Vets: The Management of Lungsickness in the Cape Colony and the Xhosa Chiefdoms c. 1853-7’ African Studies Association of the UK Biennial Conference, School of Oriental and African Studies London, UK
25.07.2006	‘Immunisation of cattle against lungsickness in the Cape in the 19th century: A historical example of the intercontinental transfer of an innovative technique and its local adaptation’ Knowledge and Science in Africa, Conference of the African Studies Association in Germany (VAD), University of Frankfurt Frankfurt/M.
24.09.2005	‘Dealing with Epidemic Animal Disease in Colonial and African Societies: The Case of the Lungsickness Epizootic of 1853-57 in the Cape Colony and the Xhosa Chiefdoms’ First European Congress for World and Global History, University of Leipzig Leipzig
23.06.2005	‘The Administrative and Veterinary Handling of the Lungsickness Epizootic of 1853-57 in the Cape Colony and the Xhosa Chiefdoms’ Science, Disease and Livestock Economies, St Antony’s College, University of Oxford Oxford, UK

C. Andreas, ‘Preventative Inoculation of Cattle against Lungsickness in the Cape: Informal Technology Transfer and Local Knowledge Production in the Nineteenth Century’, South African Historical Journal, 71, 4 (2019), pp. 536-559.
https://doi.org/10.1080/02582473.2019.1692897
C. Andreas, S. Boniface Davies and A. Offenburger, ‘Introduction’, African Studies 67, 2 (2008), pp. 139-141.
https://doi.org/10.1080/00020180802242517
C. B. Andreas, ‘The Spread and Impact of the Lungsickness Epizootic of 1853–57 in the Cape Colony and the Xhosa Chiefdoms’, South African Historical Journal, 53 (2005), pp. 50-72.
https://doi.org/10.1080/02582470509464889
C. B. Andreas, ‘The Discussion of the Nature and Prophylaxis of Lungsickness in the Cape Colony during the Epizootic of 1853-57’, in: Johann Schäffer / Peter Koolmees (eds.), History of Veterinary Medicine and Agriculture: Proceedings of the 33rd International Congress on the History of Veterinary Medicine in Wittenberg, Germany, 2002, pp. 43-57. ISBN: 9783936815801

2018-2022: Externeal moderator and examiner for exams and Honours research project in 3rd year BA / BA Honours history at Walter Sisulu University, South Africa
2019-2020: Peer-Reviewer for reserch funding applications to the National Research Foundation, South Africa
2007-2008: Guest editor, with Andrew Offenburger (Yale University) and Sheila Boniface Davies (University of Cambridge): Special issue on the Xhosa cattle-killing movement, African Studies 67, 2 (2008).
2006-2007: Conference convenor, with Andrew Offenburger (Yale University), in co-operation with African Studies Library and Department of Historical Studies at University of Cape Town for the conference 'New trends in the historiography of the Xhosa cattle-killing movemen' on 20th April 2007 in Cape Town, South Africa.

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