PERSONAL

Currently Professor and Head of Geography at the University of Pretoria.

Matriculated : Grey College, Bloemfontein University Education: University of Cape Town BSc (Geology and Geography) 1958

BSc(Hons) Geography 1959

Teaching Diploma 1960 MSc (with distinction) in Urban Geography 1967

University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg Ph.D. (in Urban Geography) 1975

AWARDS

Title of Professor Emeritus conferred by the University of the Witwatersrand in 1998

Elected a Fellow of the South African Geographical Society in 1979

Visiting Fellow (holder of the Wits University Council Fellowship) at University of Sheffield 1976-1977

British Academy Visiting Professor to England in 1989

Visiting Scholar (Short Term) at the Center for Advanced Studies, New York University, in their Divided Cities Program in 1998.

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

Two years as a school teacher in England in 1960s

Lecturer in Geography at Rhodes University 1963-1964

Lecturer in Geography at University College of Swansea in Wales 1964-1965

Lecturer in Geography University of Cape Town 1965-1970

Senior Lecturer in Geography, University of the Witwatersrand 1970-1975

Reader and Associate Professor at Wits 1976-1977

Professor and Holder of the Chair of Human Geography at Wits 1977-1998

Professor of Geography at University of Pretoria 1999-

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE AT UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND

Head of the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies from 1979-1985 and 1987-1993

Dean of the Faculty of Education 1981-1982

Dean of the Faculty of Arts 1983-1984

Member Executive Committee Faculty of Science 1980

Chair of the Earth Sciences Committee 1980

Member of the University Council 1994-1996

Member of the Finance Committee 1994-1996

Member of the Senate Research Committee 1991-1998

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE WITH THE SOUTH AFRICAN GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY

Member of the Council 1970-1993

President 1980-1981

Co-Editor of the South African Geographical Journal 1973-1982

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Various aspects of urban geography including a period from 1978-1987 when research was focused on Johannesburg's hawkers, past and present, and on the general urban geography of Johannesburg from 1980 to the present.

PUBLICATIONS

Two books on aspects of Urban Geography (one translated into Spanish), joint authorship of a school textbook, and just over 60 papers in learned journals and/or books and conference proceedings.

Currently editing a manuscript that I have written provisionally entitled Johannesburg 1986-1998: the Unfolding Geography of South Africa's Premier Metropolis. It was commissioned by the publishing house of John Wiley as part of their World Cities Series.

HOBBIES

Heraldry, history of France during the Second Empire, and working border collies.

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Citizenship: South African

Speaks and Writes: English

E-Mail: KBeavon@nsnper1.up.ac.za