#UPGraduation2023: UP awards renowned archivist with an honorary doctorate

Posted on May 15, 2023

UP recently conferred an honorary doctorate on Nelson Mandela Foundation archivist Dr Verne Sheldon Harris who highlights the work of archive as “work that reaches insistently for the just society of our dreams”.

UP Museums launch Artology exhibition

Posted on April 28, 2023

A new exhibition entitled 'Artology': Selected Works from UP Museums Collection is now on at the Javett-UP Art Centre.

UP EXPERT OPINION: Soyinka’s horseman rides onto global stage

Posted on December 06, 2022

Professor Adekeye Adebajo reflects on the Nigerian film "Elesin Oba" (The King’s Horseman), which was released on Netflix in October 2022 to widespread acclaim.

UP Fellow shines at the South African Literature Awards

Posted on November 08, 2022

Dr Nokuthula Mazibuko Msimang shares the award with acclaimed feminist poet Lebo Mashile. Legendary writer and publisher Muthobi Mutloatse and writer Vusi Mchunu were awarded lifetime achievement awards.

International Jazz Day – A call for global peace and unity

Posted on April 29, 2022

"It seems fitting that the Freedom Day celebrations in SA will be followed by International Jazz Day celebrations,” writes Giné Gebhardt of UP’s Faculty of Humanities as she highlights some of the events being held to mark the day.

UP EXPERT OPINION: Sidney Poitier was Hollywood’s first black superstar

Posted on January 25, 2022

“Even by the illusory standards of the fabled ‘American dream’, Sidney Poitier’s success was an improbable fairy tale,” writes Prof Adekeye Adebajo who has joined UP as a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship.

Celebrating Dolly Rathebe, South Africa’s original black woman superstar

Posted on December 17, 2021

Dolly Rathebe’s bold occupation of public spaces and her proudly African, slick city diva image made her the darling of movie and music lovers all over Africa, writes UP Artist in Residency Dr Nokuthula Mazibuko Msimang.

UP arts student and malaria institute collaborate on a project to impart health-focused messages

Posted on November 29, 2021

“The impact of art on a scientific topic is creating new opportunities to make research more accessible.” – Prof Tiaan de Jager of the UP Institute for Sustainable Malaria Control.