Posted on July 17, 2018
On 27-28 June 2018, Dr Thula Simpson and Dr Eddie Michel from the Department of Historical and Heritage Studies at the University of Pretoria hosted a colloquium entitled ‘Rhodesia to Zimbabwe: The Diplomacy of Isolation and Liberation under UDI’.
Posted on June 27, 2018
The Department of Music at the University of Pretoria (UP), in conjunction with the Javett Foundation, is proud to announce the Javett Music Award, a new annual music award programme for young South African musicians.
Posted on June 14, 2018
University of Pretoria students have won 10 out of 20 seats in the Tshwane region to participate in this year’s Gauteng Youth Parliament sitting, which meets on 15 June from 10:00 to 14:00 to discuss issues affecting South Africa’s youth. The event will be televised on DSTV...
Posted on May 30, 2018
Willie Burger discuss Tom Wolfe and Philip Roth as well as the book "Die Dao".
Posted on May 29, 2018
Lecturers Charlene Herselman and Hannes Engelbrecht gave a presentation in Cape Town recently outlining the potential of film tourism for South Africa.
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.
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