Shula Eta Marks, OBE, FBA (born 14 October 1938, in Cape Town) is a South African-British historian and author. She is a emeritus professor of history at the School of Oriental and African Studies of the University of London. She has written at least seven books and a WHO monograph on Health and Apartheid, concerning experiences and public health issues in South Africa. Some of her current public health work involves the fight against the spread of HIV/AIDS in contemporary South Africa.
She was born Shula Eta Winokur in Cape Town and was educated at the University of Cape Town (BA) and the University of London (PhD). She also holds three honorary doctorates. She is married to Professor Isaac Marks, emeritus professor at King's College London. She has two children: Lara, a historian of medicine, and Raphael, an architect.
Lecturer in the history of Africa, Institute of Commonwealth Studies and SOAS (jointly) 1963–1976
Reader in the history of Southern Africa, 1976–84; Professor of Commonwealth history 1984–93 and Director, 1983–1993, Institute of Commonwealth Studies
Hon DLitt, University of Cape Town, 1994
Hon DSocSci, University of Natal, 1996
Professor of history of Southern Africa SOAS 1993–2001 (professor emeritus 2001–, honorary fellow 2005)
Douglas Southall Freeman professor, University of Richmond 2005
Hon DLitt et Phil, University of Johannesburg, 2012
Consultant, World Health Organization, 1977–1980
President, African Studies Association of the United Kingdom (ASAUK), 1978–1979
Chair, World University Southern African Scholarships Committee, 1981–1992
Council Society for Protection of Science and Learning (now Council for Assisting Refugee Academics (CARA)), 1983–2013 (chair 1993–2004)
Governor, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, 1988–1991
Chair, The International Records Management Trust, 1989–2004
Advisory Council on Public Records, 1989–1994
Governing Body Queen Elizabeth House Oxford, 1991–1994
Commonwealth Scholarships Commission, 1992–1998