Posted on June 11, 2021
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Posted on June 08, 2021
Nerina Bosman (Afrikaans) and Elsabé Taljard (African languages) published an article "A Cross-Linguistic Study of BLOOD Metaphors in Afrikaans and Northern Sotho" in Language Matters 52/1.
Posted on June 08, 2021
Hein Willemse (Afrikaans) comments in his newspaper column on the German government's recent decision to recognise the mass killing of the Hereros and Namas in the beginning of the 20th century as "genocide".
Posted on June 07, 2021
“A complete paradigm shift around food safety is required for Africa.” – Austin Pinkerton of UP’s Political Sciences Department on why low-income nations bear the brunt of food-borne risks.
Posted on June 03, 2021
Former migrant labour societies of Southern Africa have their respective historical lineages, characterised by blurring lines between the rural and urban. The mediating role of this long history, together with debates about semi-proletarianisation, agriculture, transformation and the future of...
Posted on May 31, 2021
The University of Pretoria Campus Tours (UPCT) proudly presented International Museum Day (IMD) on 18 May 2021. Although Museum Day is a regular annual event on the University of Pretoria (UP) calendar, this was the first time the event was held on a virtual platform.
Posted on May 31, 2021
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Posted on May 26, 2021
Nine top-performing UP graduates have been awarded the Vice‐Chancellor and Principal's medal for their consistently excellent performance through their undergraduate studies.
Posted on May 24, 2021
Abraham H de Vries received an honorary doctorate from UP on the recommendation of the Afrikaans Department.
Posted on May 19, 2021
The destruction of cultural heritage is always devastating to watch and when the University of Cape Town’s Library and Jagger Reading Room was severely damaged due to a runaway veld fire, it hit home―this could happen to the University of Pretoria too and would we get assistance then?
Posted on May 17, 2021
Digital Culture and Media’s Dr Karli Brittz has won the award for best Digital Humanities Visualisation in the recently announced Humanities and Social Science Awards for 2021.
Posted on May 17, 2021
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Posted on May 14, 2021
The French Films on UP Campus film festival themed Transnational Encounters will run from 17 – 28 May 2021.
Posted on May 13, 2021
The University of Pretoria is now ranked the number-one education institution in design by the Loeries.
Posted on May 13, 2021
Humans are resilient and have adapted to sudden and unexpected events such as COVID-19. And, as is characteristic of our work, the Department of Social Work and Criminology responded quickly and shifted our academic course work and practical community work to virtual platforms.
Posted on May 12, 2021
The University of Pretoria’s (UP) revived Unit of Creative Writing graduated three of its PhD students during the autumn 2021 graduation ceremonies. Drs Barbara Adair, Angel Dionne and Florence Ndiyah successfully completed the programme under the supervision of Professor David Medalie,...
Posted on May 06, 2021
Congratulations to the 10 UP academics and researchers who won big at the recently announced Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns (South African Academy for Science and the Arts) annual awards.
Posted on May 03, 2021
As the world is facing a severe pandemic in the form of the COVOID-19, another threat, which is potentially as dangerous, is lurking in the shadows.
Posted on May 03, 2021
Internationally renowned jazz musician Abdullah Ibrahim and ‘Generations’ creator Mfundi Vundla had honorary doctorates conferred on them in Music and Literature respectively.
Posted on May 03, 2021
Playwright Athol Fugard, politician Aziz Pahad and author Dr Abraham De Vries had honorary doctorates in Literature conferred on them in a virtual ceremony on 30 April.
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