Posted on June 18, 2020
The Faculty of Humanities would like to extend its congratulations to Dr Antony Goedhals from the English Department for his book The Neo-Buddhist Writings of Lafcadio Hearn: Light from the East. Dr Goedhals has published before on Hearn, including ‘Revisioning Reality: Transcending Space...
Posted on June 18, 2020
The daylight murder of Mr George Floyd in a street in my hometown of Minneapolis shocked many who had previously denied that institutional racism existed in America.
Posted on June 17, 2020
Why do mothers abandon their babies? Where are the mothers’ families? Where is the biological father of the baby? A family should provide security and care, nurturance, and protection.
Posted on June 15, 2020
A number of our colleagues have appeared across a variety of platforms this past week! Here is our latest list of media highlights:
Posted on June 09, 2020
“Umntu ngumntu, ngabantu”—a person is a person through other people—is a familiar isiXhosa proverb emphasising our inherently social nature and capacity to thrive due to our interconnectedness, through relationships.
Posted on June 08, 2020
A number of our colleagues have appeared across a variety of platforms this past week! Here is our latest list of media highlights:
Posted on June 01, 2020
Global Day of Parents on 1 June is observed annually to honour parents and caregivers for their commitment to their children’s best interests. With the imposed lockdown, this caregiving role has had to extend to that of educator, which has added a new (sometimes unwelcome) angle to parenting.
Posted on May 25, 2020
The release of offenders during the COVID-19 crisis is not unique to South Africa – many countries have pardoned thousands of prisoners in order to convert prisons into medical facilities or to create social distancing.
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