Posted on November 14, 2019
House Humanities is proud to present 3 awards received on the 7th of October 2019 from the Department of Student Affairs for Outstanding Achievement as a Faculty House.
Posted on November 13, 2019
The great apes, including humans, gorillas, chimpanzees, bonobos and orangutans, are very intelligent. But how does the intelligence of living great apes, such as Koko the gorilla, compare with our 3 million-year-old relatives, such as “Lucy” the Australopithecine?
Posted on November 11, 2019
Decolonisation, the preservation of South African languages and culture, and a condemnation of xenophobia were the dominant themes at an event held recently at the University of Pretoria (UP) to commemorate Heritage Month.
Posted on October 25, 2019
Professor Mogobe Ramose took guests on an epistemological tour of former prime minister of the Union of South Africa Jan Smuts, and related this to post-apartheid South Africa, highlighting the need for continued insistence on the role of justice and ethics in contemporary South Africa.
Posted on October 25, 2019
The Heritage and Cultural Tourism honours students in Department of Historical and Heritage Studies who manage University of Pretoria Campus Tours (UPCT) hosted a “Walk Back in Time” on 17 October 2019.
Posted on October 08, 2019
October 2019 is University Social Responsibility Month. As part of an awareness-raising process, we invite you to take a photograph that illustrates you (or your team) being socially responsible and enter the University Social Responsibility Photo Competition. This can be campus operations,...
Posted on September 30, 2019
Research has revealed that young people aged 15-24 are the most vulnerable in the South African labour market, with unemployment figures for this group sitting at 55.2% in the first quarter of 2019.
Posted on September 25, 2019
In celebration of the University of Pretoria’s (UP) Faculty of Humanities’ centenary, the Academy of Science of South Africa’s Humanities Lecture was used as a platform to determine the importance of the archive in mapping out history.
Posted on September 25, 2019
Earlier this year, 17 African countries presented their progress on reaching the Sustainable Development Goals at the UN. There was some good news and progress. But it’s clear that radical interventions are still required if countries on the continent are to achieve these ambitious global...
Posted on September 24, 2019
The Javett Art Centre at the University of Pretoria (Javett-UP) opened its doors to the public on Tuesday, 24 September.
Posted on September 20, 2019
At a time when the arts are claiming their rightful place among the most sought after 4IR subjects – what we refer to as STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Mathematics) – we are thrilled to be opening the Javett-UP Art Centre on our South Campus.
Posted on September 19, 2019
UP has been ranked among the top four universities in South Africa in terms of graduate employability, according to the 2020 QS Graduate Employability Survey that was released on Thursday. UP also improved its global ranking significantly and is now ranked within the 251-300 band, compared to the...
Posted on September 18, 2019
The life of anti-apartheid activist and author Nadine Gordimer was commemorated at the 2019 edition of the Nadine Gordimer Lecture by human rights activist and writer Dr Per Wastberg.
Posted on September 17, 2019
The University of Pretoria, in collaboration with Radio 702, invites you to A World of Answers. 702’s Aubrey Masango will be in conversation with Professor Stephanie Burton, Professor Bernard Slippers and Professor James Ogude talking about Building a Future Africa Campus and what it means...
Posted on September 13, 2019
In a recent survey conducted by UNESCO, UP's, Department of Historical and Heritage Studies ranked among the top tertiary education institutions in southern Africa for its continued promotion of intangible cultural heritage on a local, national, continental and international level.
Posted on July 16, 2019
Twelve students from six University of Pretoria (UP) faculties were selected to represent the University at the third Southern African Regional Students and Youth Conference on sexual and reproductive health and rights in Lusaka, Zambia, from 10 to 13 July.
Posted on June 26, 2019
Dr Nisa Paleker, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Historical and Heritage Studies, was recently interviewed as part of a documentary screened on Al Jazeera
Posted on June 05, 2019
On 29 May Professor Emeritus Fransjohan Pretorius of the Department of Historical and Heritage Studies was awarded the Jan H Marais Prize at a special function held in Stellenbosch.
Posted on June 05, 2019
On Saturday 1 June 2019 the Department of Historical and Heritage studies held its annual Honours Research Report Colloquium in the Auditorium and Postgraduate Commons in the Library.
Posted on May 31, 2019
Today, we gather to celebrate the 90th birthday of a remarkable person. It is our privilege to honour one of Cape Town’s most independent creative spirits, an abiding dissident. From the vantage point of South African literature, we recognise one of the more persistent voices for social and...
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