NewsClips (25/09/2020)

Posted on September 28, 2020

Despite the mid-week holiday, I am very grateful to see that a number of our colleagues have appeared on a variety of platforms, especially TV, this week. Here are this week’s highlights:

UP hosts webinar on decolonising universities in the time of COVID-19

Posted on September 25, 2020

The Department of Political Sciences at the University of Pretoria (UP) recently hosted a panel discussion that assessed the impact of COVID-19 on the broader decolonial project. The conversation focused on five key change markers: positionality, intersectionality, fair representation,...

Conversation on Pandemic Practices in Heritage Management

Posted on September 25, 2020

As 2020 progresses and the world adapts to the unusual circumstances presented by a global pandemic, the Department of Historical and Heritage Studies (DHHS) and the South African Heritage Resources Agency (SAHRA) reflected on the unique challenges faced by heritage practitioners and the...

‘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.

World Alzheimer’s Day: UP academics on how best to support dementia sufferers

Posted on September 21, 2020

The thought of having our memories erased and being unable to recognise the people we cherish would elicit fear in most individuals. For adults with a dementia diagnosis, this fear is magnified ¬– even more so for those closest to them.

NewsClips (19/09/2020)

Posted on September 19, 2020

Despite a very busy week, I am very grateful to see that a number of our colleagues have appeared on a variety of platforms this week. Here is our latest list of highlights:

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...

NewsClips (11/09/2020)

Posted on September 11, 2020

I am very pleased to see that a number of colleagues have appeared on various platforms this week. Our latest list of highlights feature: