Posted on March 20, 2024
In a recent seminar hosted by UP's Department of Political Science Dr Mariel Reiss took a closer look at the human rights architecture of regional organisations.
Posted on March 20, 2024
On the 12th of March, the Ocean Regions Programme (ORP) in the Department of Political Sciences hosted a roundtable discussion on a “BRICS-infused world order”. This discussion featured a presentation by Sanusha Naidu, a senior researcher at the Institute for Global Dialogue (IGD),...
Posted on March 12, 2024
The theme of International Women’s Day, "Invest in Women: Accelerate Progress," implies material growth. Ashley Montagu argues for prioritizing empathy and cooperation over aggression. Women like HRH Reema bint Bandar Al Saud advocate for empathy's importance. Conflicts often stem from...
Posted on March 11, 2024
Dr Quraysha Ismail Sooliman sheds light on the Arab leadership's response to the Gaza crisis, highlighting ingrained colonial thinking affecting Arab states' actions and calls for critical thinking amidst media influence.
Posted on February 12, 2024
The assertion of freedom in democracies comes into question when it necessitates conformity or silent submission to imposed norms, writes UP's Dr Quraysha Ismail Sooliman.
Posted on February 09, 2024
In the year 2023, distinguished lecturers from the Department of Political Sciences achieved noteworthy recognition by prominently featuring on both local and international media platforms, as well as successfully contributing to esteemed academic publications. Heartfelt congratulations are...
Posted on January 26, 2024
"The sustainability and moral authority claimed by most Western states are intricately tied to a narrative built on the perpetuation of violence grounded in falsehoods," writes Dr Quraysha Ismail Sooliman.
Posted on January 04, 2024
On the 6th of November 2023, the Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria, in collaboration with the Embassy of Ukraine, hosted a public lecture on "Re-centering the Role of Diplomacy in a Fragmented World Order". This thought-provoking discourse interrogated the complexities of...
Posted on December 11, 2023
University of Pretoria (UP) student Curtleigh Alaart’s drafted policy suggestions, which sought to address the challenges that many young people face globally, saw him shining bright during the Group of Twenty (G20) Summit hosted in India earlier this year.
Posted on November 29, 2023
There is a new generation of humans that is moving beyond these dichotomies and hatred. They are not confined to, nor trust, the mainstream media anymore. They like to question. They want both sides of the story and they are connected.
Posted on November 27, 2023
The right to water, recognised as derived from the right to an adequate standard of living, is severely compromised in occupied Palestine.
Posted on November 22, 2023
The Ocean Regions Programme in the Department of Political Sciences at the University of Pretoria hosted its second Ocean Regions colloquium, Ocean Regions in an Era of Global Transformation, on 20-21 November 2023. The colloquium brought together academics, researchers and practitioners from...
Posted on November 15, 2023
The argument that Israel needs to kill civilians by the thousands to eradicate Hamas rests on a flawed assumption – that the complete elimination of Hamas is the sole path to peace, says Dr Quraysha Ismail Sooliman.
Posted on October 26, 2023
The violence unfolding in Gaza may be the first genocide in history to be live-streamed on social media, writes Dr Quraysha Ismail Sooliman of the Department of Political Sciences.
Posted on October 24, 2023
On the 24th of October 2023, the second-year International Relations Students at the University of Pretoria participated in the annual Model United Nations (MUN). The MUN is a compulsory component of the second-year curriculum and students need to submit position papers in advance. The position...
Posted on October 20, 2023
Despite the efforts by many media outlets to blame the Palestinian victims for their resistance, there is a growing body of strong, ethically committed and fearless journalists challenging disinformation, writes Dr Quraysha Ismail Sooliman.
Posted on October 13, 2023
"Hamas and the others, such as the ANC in the past, are not terrorist organisations but liberation movements," writes Dr Quraysha Ismail Sooliman, a researcher in the Department of Political Sciences at UP.
Posted on September 01, 2023
Professor Adekeye Adebajo unpacks his recently published Global Africa: Profiles in Courage, Creativity and Cruelty, which contains 100 essays written over the last three post-apartheid decades.
Posted on May 08, 2023
“Typically, 80% of funding for UN peacekeeping missions goes directly to support the needs of the operations, not to rebuilding war-torn countries to sustain peace,” says UP’s Prof Adekeye Adebajo, warning that this must be remedied urgently.
Posted on April 04, 2023
On 23 March 2023, the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Pretoria in collaboration with the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) hosted the launch of the book, The Texture of Dissent: Defiant Public Intellectuals in South Africa (2022) at the Javett-UP Arts Centre.
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