Dear Humanities Colleagues 

Faculty Achievements!
 • Karli Brittz (School of the Arts) won the award for best Digital Humanities Visualisation from the Humanities and Social Science Awards for 2021 

Appearances on Media Platforms

 • Innocent Pikirayi (Deputy Dean, Anthropology & Archaeology): • Delivered the lecture Decolonising Archaeological Practice Beyond Community Engagement: towards a theory of the future at the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge • Involved in the project Rewriting World Archaeology of the Global South and will mentor emerging/early career researchers (ECR) to publish in top journals in archaeology and will participate in the British Academy Writing Workshops 2021 sponsored by the UK Government’s Global Challenges Research Fund. •  Media coverage of the Faculty’s graduation ceremonies: 

• Abraham de Vries, UP Honorary Degree recipient, was interviewed by Wium van Zyl for Voertaalin the article Suid-Afrikaanse skrywer Abraham H de Vries ontvang in eredoktosgraad in die lettere 

• Roland Henwood (Political Science) has given several interviews on: • RSG about the case against ANC Secretary General Ace Magashule and Cyril Ramaphosa’s appearance and testimony at the State Capture Commission, China’s changing role on the world stage and on the EU’s decision to focus its trade efforts on India • SAFM on the latest developments around Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny • Pretoria FM about the ANC’s step aside resolutions, events surrounding ANC Secretary General Ace Magashule’s suspension, outcomes of the ANC NEC meeting and Magashule’s court application contesting his suspension 

•  Alf Nilsen (Sociology) was interviewed on SAFM about India’s handling of the pandemic, where over 295 000 people have now died from COVID-19 

•  Isabelle McGinn (School of the Arts) published articles in: • The Conversation with Gerhard de Kamper on How we proved a Rembrandt painting owned by the University of Pretoria was a fake • Faculty Website with Laura Esser, Daniele Knoetze, Jabulile Ntuli and Henry Nakale on Compelled to Act: UP’s Tangible Heritage Conservation Programme Helps Colleagues at UCT 

• Gabi Ngcobo (Javett Art Centre at the University of Pretoria) was profiled as one of 25 Curators Shaping the Art World Today in ARTnews 

• Hein Willemse (Afrikaans) published: • Commentaries in his regular column on Netwerk24.com on Parliament speaker Thandi Modise’s animal cruelty court case and the current conflict in Israel and Gaza • Wrote a tribute to the ANC uMkhonto we Sizwe combatant Cecyl Esau that was published on Littnet • Interviewed by MGT Live on the history and perceptions of the Afrikaans. • CAAC was featured, amongst others, in the #Activated Series on SABC 2 which explores the human rights of people living with disabilities 

• Christiaan Bezuidenhout and Harriét Klopper (Social Work and Criminology) contributed to the article Concerns raised over Worsening DNA backlog published in The Citizen 

• Harriét Klopper (Social Work and Criminology) also commented on the implications of a fake kidnapping for an article in The Citizen titled ‘Attention-seeking’ woman arrested for fake kidnapping released on bail 

• Leanne Jordaan (Social Work and Criminology) contributed to the article Dis Snaaks Mamma: So ontwikkel jou kind se humorsin in Lig Tydskrif 

• Eddie Michel (Historical & Heritage Studies) hosted a virtual seminar on You haven’t been too horrible to us recently – Lyndon B Johnson and apartheid South Africa 

• Willie Burger (Afrikaans) wrote a review of ‘n Hart so groot soos ‘n vuis by PP Fourie on Littnet 

• Nhlanhla Mnisi (African Languages) hosted a virtual seminar on Translating Citizen Science Tools: Potential, Challenges and Future Directions 

Publications on academic platforms

 • Christopher Nshimbi (Political Sciences) together with Ernest Aniche and Innocent Moyo published the article Interrogating the nexus between irregular migration and insecurity along ‘ungoverned’ border spaces in West Africa in the African Security Review 

• Leon Mwamba Tshimpaka and Christopher Nshimbi (Political Sciences) together with Innocent Moyo have published the new book Regional Economic Communities and Integration in Southern Africa: Networks of Civil Society Organizations and Alternative Regionalism with Palgrave Macmillan 

• Lufuno Sadiki and Francois Steyn (Social Work & Criminology) published the article Sticky Floors and Glass Ceilings: Transformation of a Criminology Journal in Post-Apartheid South Africa in the Journal of Criminal Justice Education 

Scheduled Events 

1.  Charles van Onselen (Historical & Heritage Studies) will present the lecture Booking the thesis: Turning postgraduate research into a monograph on 7 June 2021 between 15:00-17:00. Click here to attend. 

2.    UP Archives has launched the “Recollecting COVID-19 – 365 days under lockdown” competition. Entries can be submitted to UP Archives with your name, student / personnel number, degree / faculty / support service department and contact details.  

3.  Tangible Heritage Conservation programme (School of the Arts) will host the Global Consortium for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage’s annual meeting between 28-29 October 2021. 

My congratulations to all our colleagues!