This collection considers post-apartheid developments in history writing on South Africa, viewed from the perspective of scholars involved at the cutting edge of research within the field. In the respective chapters, the contributors offer critical reflection on the theoretical and methodological aspects that guide their work. This involves them looking simultaneously backwards at the intellectual traditions on which their scholarship builds, and forwards to potential future areas of inquiry, informed by unresolved questions. In so doing, the book offers a corrective to charges that South African historiography has seen little in terms of innovation in the years since apartheid. The book highlights many new approaches that have re-shaped the field, and it situates them in the context of the extant literature. In addition to offering fresh perspectives on the traditional themes of race, class and nation, the topics addressed by contributors include histories of the environment, of women, of creative literature and the fine arts, and of South Africa's global connections and transnational entanglements. The resulting collection offers an essential resource for emerging and established scholars involved in the practice of South African historiography.