Posted on May 23, 2018
The fictional characters Tweedledum and Tweedledee are known to most, but what people might not know is that Tuks got a real-life version – Thando and Tebogo – and they are indeed much faster.
Posted on May 14, 2018
The Departments of Sociology and Visual Arts in the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Pretoria (UP) welcomed and hosted anti-apartheid activist and 2018 Order of Ikhamanga honouree, Omar Badsha for the launch of his sixth and latest book, Seedtimes.
Posted on May 14, 2018
Enterprises have been the proud sponsor of the UP Campus Tours initiative for 15 years, and hopefully for many more to come.
Posted on May 14, 2018
Africa as Concept and Method: Emancipation, Decolonization, Freedom The first CHCI Africa Workshop, Addis 2019, will be held at Addis Ababa University (Ethiopia). Hosted by the Consortium of Humanities Institutes and Centers (CHCI) in collaboration with the College of Performing and Visual Art...
Posted on May 11, 2018
UP Campus Tours is holding a scavenger hunt in collaboration with the UP Museums in order to celebrate International Museum Day on 18 May.
Posted on May 09, 2018
Historian Romila Thapar was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Pretoria on 8 May 2018. Thapar, one of India’s foremost public intellectuals, was presented with the award earlier this year by the Faculty of Humanities as she is unable to travel to South Africa.
Posted on May 03, 2018
Lene Theunissen has had hearing loss for the last 21 years after contracting scarlet fever as a toddler. She spent her life surrounded by a team of allied health professionals like occupational therapists, audiologists and speech therapists.
Posted on April 30, 2018
The former swimmer graduated last week with honours in sport science.
Posted on April 23, 2018
Dickson Ajisafe has graduated with a Master’s in African and European Cultural Relations at the University of Pretoria’s Autumn Graduation Ceremony. He was also a recipient of the Erasmus Plus Scholarship to study in Europe in 2016.
Posted on April 19, 2018
Dr. Cori Wielanga reflects on peacebuilding, transitional justice and the need to develop diverse justice and norms.
Posted on April 13, 2018
South African artist William Kentridge has been awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Pretoria on 12 April. He is renowned for his animated expressionist drawings and films exploring time, the history of colonialism and the aspirations and failures of revolutionary politics.
Posted on April 05, 2018
Increasingly universities requires researchers to embark on collaborative research with local and international researchers. As the principal investigators on a National Research Foundation (NRF) and Swedish Foundation for International Cooperation in Research and Higher Education (STINT) Science...
Posted on April 04, 2018
The Academy of Medical Sciences in the UK has awarded the Newton Advanced Fellowship to Prof De Wet Swanepoel. The grant is named after Sir Isaac Newton.
Posted on April 02, 2018
Senior Lecturer, Siona O'Connell was awarded a prestigious Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS) Award
Posted on March 27, 2018
Dr. Cori Wielanga participated in the fourth of the four-part series on 'African perspectives on peace-building' series hosted by Wilton Park.
Posted on March 26, 2018
"Play with Purpose: Lessac Kinesensics in Action" was published in December 2017.
Posted on March 21, 2018
Marlie Holtzhausen offers a dynamic and insightful perspective on the debate on land reform.
Posted on March 19, 2018
Prof Lorenzo Fioramonti, Director of the Centre for the Study of Governance Innovation (GovInn) and professor in the Department of Political Sciences at the University of Pretoria (UP), was elected to the Italian Parliament under the banner of the Five Star Movement party in the country’s...
Posted on March 07, 2018
Prof Theo van Wyk, Head of UP Arts at the University of Pretoria, has been invited to perform a solo organ recital at the prestigious Westminster Abbey in London in April 2018.
Posted on February 15, 2018
The word “communication” is derived from the Latin “communicare” which means “to share” and that is exactly what Dr Ferm did in five days : presenting five expert lectures, meeting 100 students, visiting two schools for children with disability and discussing...
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