Conversation on “Pandemic Practices in Heritage Management”

Posted on September 25, 2020

SAHRA and DHHS hosted its third annual collaborative Heritage Month seminar to reflect on adapted practices in the Heritage and Tourism sectors as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic and resultant lockdowns.

‘Heritage Day must acknowledge the trauma of the dispossessed’

Posted on September 24, 2020

This pandemic has revealed the deep fault lines in democratic South Africa, but, equally, it has opened up a crucial opportunity to think deeply about who we are and how we have come to be here.

Heritage Day 2020 – Message from the Vice-Chancellor and Principal

Posted on September 23, 2020

Heritage Day on 24 September is an opportunity to celebrate the unique and diverse histories and cultures which have come to form the basis of South Africans’ post-apartheid national identity.

UP’s Library Services Department and Humanities Faculty host Mind-Altering Books webinar

Posted on September 15, 2020

The Department of Library Services and the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Pretoria (UP) recently hosted the annual Mind-Altering Books webinar. The event is typically held in recognition of National Book Week, which runs from 2 to 8 September annually, and is hosted to inculcate a...

UP and University of Leeds collaborate on digital project to teach kids about COVID-19

Posted on August 18, 2020

The University of Pretoria (UP) and the University of Leeds are working together on a project to determine if children between eight and 12 years old can learn about COVID-19 through a storybook and/or by playing an online game.

Theatre in the time of COVID-19: Should the show go on?

Posted on August 12, 2020

The cultural and creative industries sector has, undoubtedly, been hit the hardest by the pandemic. In fact, UNESCO called the situation a “cultural emergency” on a global scale.

Two universities, two continents, 150 individual submissions: Video of virtual choir connects continents

Posted on August 09, 2020

The UK’s Barnsley Youth Choir and the University of Pretoria’s Tuks Camerata have proven that distance and even a global pandemic can’t stop them from singing together.

Three UP community members selected as semi-finalists in Miss South Africa pageant

Posted on July 03, 2020

One University of Pretoria (UP) student and two UP graduates are among the 15 women in the running towards becoming Miss South Africa 2020. Fourth-year Law student Matsepo Sithole (21), UP Social Sciences graduate Shudufhadzo Musida (23), and UP MBChB graduate Dr Karishma Ramdev (25) have all...