Please scroll down to find the following important information (links in blue):

• Faculty Calender for 2014 (Updated information)
• Information Manual
• Nomination of external examiners
• Application for approval of external work
• Application for conference funding
• Tips on your research career (including publication guidelines)
• Application for Skills Levy funding 
• Technical support (Audio Visual): Humanities Building

Faculty Calendar (Updated information)
Tracey Andrew ([email protected]; x4850)
Faculty Calendar
Note the changes in red. Please submit any changes to Tracey.

Information Manual (Humanities)
([email protected]; x2416)
New personnel (permanent or with long contracts) each receive a manual during an introduction session to Faculty Management. However, the complete manual, which is regularly updated, is available for everybody in Humanities at the following address on the I drive: I:\Share\Humanities\Information Manual_HUM. Should the I drive not be visible on your PC, please approach IT Helpdesk to assist you.

Nomination of external examiners
Will Maheme ([email protected], x4853)
Please forward the nomination form to Will Maheme at least 2 months before the start of the examinations.  At the request of the Dean, also please use this checklist for your records.

Application for approval of external work
Lorraine Malope ([email protected]; x4855)
The documentation is available on http://www.up.ac.za/services/personnel/policies/MH6E.html
For the regulation, click on 'External Work: Regulation' of the relevant category under which you resort and, if still in doubt whether you should apply, rather do so. For the application form, click on 'External Work: Application form' of the relevant category under which you resort.

Application for conference funding
We will no longer process applications for funding for conferences, hosting of conferences, and receiving of visiting scholars on an ad hoc basis in the Faculty of Humanities.

As from this year, we will have three deadlines for applications, namely mid-March, beginning May and end July.

2014's deadlines:

~ 1st round: 17 March

~ 2nd round: 5 May

~ 3rd round: 31 July

With the first round, we will allocate 18% of the total amount of money in the Conference Fund, with the second round 52%, and with the third and last round of the year, the last 30%.

a) Application for funding for CONFERENCE ATTENDANCE
Aretha Schultz ([email protected]; x2416)
The Faculty of Humanities has a Conference Fund to assist researchers who want to attend local and international conferences. Researchers will have to prove that they do not have access to any alternative funds. The criteria are set out on the first page of the application form.

Application form;CV template; Report template
PLEASE NOTE: An electronic version of the application and supporting documentation with the relevant signatures, all scanned into one PDF document, should be submitted to [email protected] before the relevant deadline. NO late applications will be considered.

b) Application for funding for HOSTING A CONFERENCE
Aretha Schultz ([email protected]; x2416)
The Faculty of Humanities has a Conference Fund to assist departments in hosting conferences. The criteria are set out on the first page of the application form. 
Application form (which includes the Report template)
PLEASE NOTE: An electronic version of the application and supporting documentation with the relevant signatures, all scanned into one PDF document, should be submitted to [email protected] before the relevant deadline. NO late applications will be considered.

c) Application for funding for VISITING INTERNATIONAL SCHOLARS
Aretha Schultz ([email protected]; x2416)
The Faculty of Humanities has a Conference Fund to assist departments that want to invite international scholars to visit the Faculty of Humanities. The criteria are set out on the first two pages of the application form. 

Application form(which includes the Report template)
PLEASE NOTE: An electronic version of the application and supporting documentation with the relevant signatures, all scanned into one PDF document, should be submitted to [email protected] before the relevant deadline. NO late applications will be considered.