Posted on October 07, 2020
On 26 August 2020, a young person with Down syndrome tragically lost his life in a shooting incident close to his home in Eldorado Park, near Johannesburg. Nathaniel Julies was fatally shot while police investigated a robbery in his street. He was simply a bystander and did not understand when...
Posted on October 06, 2020
According to Bob Williams, who uses augmentative and alternative communication (AAC), ‘the silence of speechlessness is never golden. We all need to communicate with each other – not just in one way, but in as many ways as possible. It is a basic human need, a basic human right. And...
Posted on October 03, 2020
The short documentary film In Gods Naam premièred on 27 September 2020. The 26-minute documentary, directed by Dr Siona O’Connell, takes a closer look at the role that the Dutch Reformed Church (NGK) played in endorsing the apartheid policy of the National Party. The film also investigates...
Posted on October 02, 2020
Please join me in congratulating our colleague Carlos Tirado Taipe (Ancient and Modern Languages and Cultures) who graduates with his PhD this week!
Posted on September 30, 2020
“The decolonisation of the humanities curriculum in South Africa is a process, not an event,” said Professor Vasu Reddy, Dean of the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Pretoria (UP), speaking at a recent webinar titled Unsettling Paradigms in the Fault Line of Change:...
Posted on September 28, 2020
Despite the mid-week holiday, I am very grateful to see that a number of our colleagues have appeared on a variety of platforms, especially TV, this week. Here are this week’s highlights:
Posted on September 25, 2020
The Department of Political Sciences at the University of Pretoria (UP) recently hosted a panel discussion that assessed the impact of COVID-19 on the broader decolonial project. The conversation focused on five key change markers: positionality, intersectionality, fair representation,...
Posted on September 25, 2020
As 2020 progresses and the world adapts to the unusual circumstances presented by a global pandemic, the Department of Historical and Heritage Studies (DHHS) and the South African Heritage Resources Agency (SAHRA) reflected on the unique challenges faced by heritage practitioners and the...
Posted on September 24, 2020
This pandemic has revealed the deep fault lines in democratic South Africa, but, equally, it has opened up a crucial opportunity to think deeply about who we are and how we have come to be here.
Posted on September 21, 2020
The thought of having our memories erased and being unable to recognise the people we cherish would elicit fear in most individuals. For adults with a dementia diagnosis, this fear is magnified ¬– even more so for those closest to them.
Posted on September 19, 2020
Despite a very busy week, I am very grateful to see that a number of our colleagues have appeared on a variety of platforms this week. Here is our latest list of highlights:
Posted on September 15, 2020
The Department of Library Services and the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Pretoria (UP) recently hosted the annual Mind-Altering Books webinar. The event is typically held in recognition of National Book Week, which runs from 2 to 8 September annually, and is hosted to inculcate a...
Posted on September 11, 2020
I am very pleased to see that a number of colleagues have appeared on various platforms this week. Our latest list of highlights feature:
Posted on September 10, 2020
Here are the NewsClips for the week:
Posted on September 04, 2020
On Friday 4 September amidst the restrictions of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department of Historical and Heritage Studies (DHHS) held a virtual event to connect with their students and to celebrate their achievements of 2019.
Posted on September 04, 2020
It is with heartfelt sadness that we pay homage to our dear colleague Prof Eric Rycroft, musician par excellence, conductor of many orchestras throughout South Africa, including our very own UPSO (2003–2015). Many of us had the privilege of playing under his baton over the years and we...
Posted on August 31, 2020
This month two opinion pieces were published by researchers affiliated to the Department of Historical and Heritage Studies.
Posted on August 31, 2020
Our Faculty had a very full week with a number of our colleagues appearing across a variety of media platforms this week. Our latest list of media highlights feature:
Posted on August 27, 2020
When JK Rowling suggested that transgender (hereafter trans1) women in bathrooms could pose a threat to cisgender (hereafter cis) women and that “many health professionals are concerned that young people struggling with their mental health are being shunted towards hormones and surgery when...
Posted on August 26, 2020
To a greater or lesser extent – I’m inclined to believe greater – relationships between women and men have held economic value throughout history (as Tina Turner sang, “What’s love got to do with it?”). As such it is difficult to separate out all tinges of...
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