Dear Humanities Colleagues
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:
- Prof Tawana Kupe confirmed a long-standing partnership with the South African Women Dialogue, the article appeared on the UP Website
- Roland Henwood (Political Sciences) was interviewed on RSG about the DA Leadership race and on SAFM on the political crisis in Belarus
- Siona O’Connell and Nadia Kamies (History) published an article “No doubt 16th Century slavery shaped apartheid South Africa” (correction published referring instead to 17th Century slavery) in The Pretoria News, The Mercury and the Cape Times
- Juan Bornman (CAAC) published “The Voice that helps the silent” in the Pretoria News, “Women with disabilities are being ‘given a voice’ in the Cape Argus, “Women with disabilities suffer more abuse if voices unheard” in the Sowetan, on the Good Things Guy website the article was titled ”Voice for the voiceless: How a ground-breaking communication tool helps get legal justice for abused women who can’t speak”, it also appeared on the UP website, and she was interviewed on the RSG, Metro FM, and on SAfm
- Kerstin Tonsing and Juan Bornman’s (CAAC) efforts to assist a speech-impaired teen testify were also discussed in a separate article on the Faculty’s website
- Ben Schoeman (School of the Arts) and Tessa Uys’ Beethoven 250 Piano Duo Project was profiled on the Faculty website
- Cori Wielenga’s (Political Sciences) article titled “Women traditional leaders could help make sure the pandemic message is heard” appeared in The Conversation
- Edwin Smith (Historical and Heritage Studies, Manager: Campus Operations (Mamelodi), Head of Residence: Tuksdorp) published “Lockdown shines a light on our history” on the M&G’s Thought Leader platform
- Alf Nilsen (Sociology) appeared on SAfm to talk about “India’s Kashmir rights group has called India’s internet ban as “Digital Apartheid” and his piece co-authored with Karl von Holdt was translated into Portuguese and appeared on the Brazilian site Outras Palavras
- Henning Melber (Political Sciences) published his article on “Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi: a reappraisal of his fight against apartheid” in The Conversation
- Faheema Mahomed-Asmail (Speech Language Pathology and Audiology) was profiled in the Tukkievaria with an article on “The issue of gender-based violence is at the heart of human rights”
- Zamile Khuzwayo (School of the Arts) was also profiled in the Tukkievaria in a Q&A feature
- Pierre Brouard and Vuyisa Mamanzi’s (CSA&G) article saying “It’s time for a (trans)formation that liberates trans, gender-diverse, and all people” appeared on the UP website
- Linda Eskell-Blokland (Student Counselling Unit) published an opinion article on “Blessers and Blessees: Rooted in history?”
- Andrea du Toit’s (Political Science) article profiling Tim Forssman’s “Bones and Stones – the latest buzz in archaeology” appeared on the Faculty website
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Please remember that the following events are scheduled to take place:
- Johan Thom (School of the Arts) and a number of UP Fine Arts staff and students are exhibiting at the Turbine Art Fair between 28 August – 2 September.
- Prof Tawana Kupe and Marystella Simiyu will participate in a webinar on “Academic integrity in the age of misinformation” on 31 August 2020 from 10:00-11:00. Click here to register
- Molly Brown (English) will be moderating the Mind-Altering Books 2020 webinar that will feature Prof Kupe, Prof Elsabe Schoeman, Prof Fraser McNeill and Dr Nedine Moonsamy. Click here to register.
- The USAf Teaching and Learning Strategy Group will be hosting a webinar on “Unsettling Paradigms in the Fault Lines of Change: Re-imagining a Curriculum” on 7 September 2020 from 10:00-12:30 via Zoom. The programme is attached for your information and you can click here to register
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