Posted on May 25, 2020
The Humanities for the Environment (HfE) programme at the Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship, the University of Pretoria, invites applications for a postdoctoral fellowship commencing in the second half of 2020 or at the start of 2021.
Posted on April 28, 2020
Pretoria, 22 April 2020 – The Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship at the University of Pretoria is collaborating with the University of Texas Humanities Institute in a grant awarded by the Consortium of Humanities Centers and Institutes (CHCI), located at the University of Wisconsin...
Posted on April 01, 2020
At the start of 2020, Director of the Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship, Professor James Ogude, was awarded an A-2 rating by the National Research Foundation (NRF).
Posted on March 11, 2020
Two highly respected University of Pretoria academics, Professor Jean M-S Lubuma and Professor James Ogude have been awarded A-2 ratings by the National Research Foundation (NRF), bringing UP’s total number of scientists in this category to 16.
Posted on December 10, 2019
Professor Frans Swanepoel, Fellow at the Centre for Advancement of Scholarship and Director: International Strategic Partnerships, was recently honored by RUFORUM during its 15th AGM in Ghana for his significant contributions in pursuit of excellence in higher education in Africa and creating...
Posted on December 02, 2019
Marc Wegerif, of the Human Economy Programme within the Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship at University of Pretoria, was presenting at the 2019 Conference on Land Policy in Africa (CLPA) in Abidjan Cote d’Ivoire on 28 th November 2019. The theme of the CLPA was “Winning the...
Posted on October 26, 2019
Professor Tawana Kupe, Vice-Chancellor and Principal of UP, recently visited Wageningen University & Research in the Netherlands as part of a tour of several European universities.
Posted on September 24, 2019
The Javett Art Centre at the University of Pretoria (Javett-UP) opened its doors to the public on Tuesday, 24 September.
Posted on September 18, 2019
The life of anti-apartheid activist and author Nadine Gordimer was commemorated at the 2019 edition of the Nadine Gordimer Lecture by human rights activist and writer Dr Per Wastberg.
Posted on September 13, 2019
Seven UP academics received prestigious awards from the National Research Foundation (NRF) on Thursday, 12 September 2019, for their contribution to knowledge creation and dissemination.
Posted on July 10, 2019
On 13 June 2019, the Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship hosted Dr Bongani Ngqulunga, the Director of the Johannesburg Institute for Advanced Studies (JIAS) and award-winning author of "The Man Who Founded the ANC: A Biography of Pixley ka Seme". Dr Ngqulunga spoke about how he came upon...
Posted on July 09, 2019
On 4 June 2019, the Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship hosted the inaugural seminar of its #foodtalks seminar series. The series will focus on bringing together leading thinkers and practitioners in the food sector to share knowledge and create a space to talk about the hindrances and the...
Posted on July 02, 2019
Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship research fellow, Professor Robin Crewe, won the Contribution Over a Lifetime Award at the 2018/2019 National Science and Technology Forum (NSTF-South32) Awards function, held at Emperors Palace, Johannesburg on 27 June 2019.
Posted on June 21, 2019
From 28 to 31 May 2019, the Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship hosted a group of local and international scholars to discuss Extraction and the Environment in colloquium dedicated to using the environmental humanities as a way to engage the phenomenon of extraction in a variety of forms,...
Posted on June 20, 2019
On Friday, 24 May 2019, the Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship was honoured to have Professor Mashudu Tshifularo, the Head of the Ear Nose and Throat (Otorhinolaryngology) Department at the University of Pretoria, present on his ground breaking surgery to transplant damaged middle ear...
Posted on June 11, 2019
On 9 May 2019, the Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship hosted a seminar which was led by Professor David Luka Mosoma, the former Deputy Chairperson of the Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religions and Linguistic Communities (CRL Commission). In his...
Posted on May 30, 2019
The Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship at the University of Pretoria and the Consortium for Humanities Centres and Institutes (CHCI) based at the University of Wisconsin are co-sponsoring a colloquium, which aims to bring together researchers working in the broad area of environmental...
Posted on April 23, 2019
On Tuesday 16 April 2019, the Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship was honoured to host an #Elections2019 seminar on: “What and who may have the greatest impact on the 2019 South African Elections?”.
Posted on March 18, 2019
The Centre for the Advancement of scholarship is pleased to announce the publication of the third book on the meaning and value of Ubuntu in human and social in Africa. The book was completed in 2018 and published in 2019.
Posted on March 12, 2019
The Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship is pleased to announce that Professor Tinyiko Maluleke, a Senior Research Fellow at the CAS, has been appointed as the Deputy Director of our Centre with effect from 01 March 2019 for a period of two years.
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