Dear Humanities Colleagues

Faculty Achievements!

• Jonathan Okeke Chimakonam (Philosophy) hosted a Postgraduate Research Workshop on Decolonial Methods in the Humanities, in collaboration with The Conversational Society of Philosophy and funded by NIHSS.
• Karen Harris (Historical and Heritage Studies) has been appointed by SANParks as a member of the Advisory Committee for the ‡Khomani San Cultural Landscape Interpretation Centre.
• Mia le Roux (Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology) hosted a Reading Day at Confidence College in collaboration with the Gauteng branch of the Literacy Association of South Africa.
• Thula Simpson (Historical and Heritage Studies) published the book History of South Africa: From 1902 to the Present.

Appearances on Media Platforms

• Charne Lavery (English) was interviewed on 702 about the recent Nobel prize award to Abdulrazak Gurnah.
• Marc Wegerif (Anthropology and Archaeology) was interviewed on ENCA TV and China Global Television Network (CGTN) about recent research on black farmers and the impact of Covid-19.

Conference Presentations

• Chris Nshimbi (Political Sciences) presented the paper Making multilateralism really inclusive: Unlearning recent advancements for migrants and people in the informal economy at the Planetary governance for a sustainable recovery: Next generation multilateralism conference.
• Glen Ncube (Historical and Heritage Studies) presented the paper Of Research and Paroxysm: Reflections on Challenges Encountered in Conducting Urgent Community Research Planned Before, But Executed During the Covid-19 Pandemic Context. The seminar was hosted by the Centre for Evaluation Science at Lupane State University, Zimbabwe.
• Jonathan Okeke Chimakonam (Philosophy):
  • presented the lecture Decoloniality: Background and Prospects for Research at the Postgraduate Research Workshop on Decolonial Methods in the Humanities;
  • presented the lecture Ezumezu Logic: Decolonial and Interdisciplinary Foundations at the Postgraduate Research Workshop on Decolonial Methods in the Humanities.
• Karen Harris (Historical and Heritage Studies) presented the paper Touring with History: the past in the present at the Department of Tourism’s Online Lecture Series for Tourist Guides.
• Marc Wegerif (Anthropology and Archaeology) presented the paper Youth, Land Rights and Land Policy in Africa at the Second International Youth and Land Conference.
• Charlene Carbonatto (Social Work and Criminology) presented the paper HIV and substance abuse at the Substance Awareness Webinar, Weskoppies Hospital.

Publications on academic platforms

• Robyn Moore with Shakila Dada, Alecia Samuels (CAAC) and Mohammad Naushad Emmambux published the article Food Nutrition and Security in persons with disabilities: A Scoping review in Global Food Security. 
• Christopher Isike (Political Sciences):
  • published the article Change what South African men think of women to combat their violent behaviour on The Conversation;
  • with Rudra Pradhan published Time ripe for an alternative world order as old global institutions struggle with Taliban-like challenges on Firstpost (India).
• Danolien van den Berg (Historical and Heritage Studies) published an article on the success of the Newsbank digital collection.
• Isabelle McGinn (Tangible Heritage Conservation) with Mary Minicka published the Editorial in the Special Edition of Samantics on Disaster Management (see attachment).
• Marc Wegerif (Anthropology and Archaeology):
  • with Ayanda Madlala, Nkanyiso Gumede and Ruth Hall, published the article Corporate interests calling the shots at UN Food Systems Summit on The Daily Maverick;
  • with Ruth Hall, published the opinion piece State must dish up food policies that benefit the hungry, not the greedy on BusinessDay;
  • published the article The impact of COVID-19 on black farmers in South Africa on The Conversation.
• Mia le Roux and Salomé Geertsma (Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology) published the article Literacy Enhancement project in collaboration with the World Literacy Foundation and Sun Books in the University's Unit for Community Engagement Newsletter: Spring 2021, Lentsu La Sechaba.
• Willie Burger (Afrikaans) published the review article Simoelégri: stad van onrus deur Jaco Fouché on LitNet.

Scheduled Events

• The Department of Historical and Heritage Studies will host the virtual book launch of Thula Simpson’s recent publication History of South Africa: From 1902 to the present (Penguin, 2021). The discussant will be Saul Dubow, Professor of History at Cambridge University. The event will take place on 25 October at 16:00. RSVP.
• Political Sciences Departmental Seminar: Resocializing boys to end violence against girls in South Africa will take place on 25 October at 14:00. RSVP.
• Corinne Sandwith Inaugural Lecture: The Social Lives of Print: Circuits, Citation and Public Debates will take place on 26 October at 18:00. RSVP.
• The 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.
• Call for Papers for the hybrid conference on Transnational Contact Zones: African and South Asian Sexualities and Genders which will take place on 26- 28 July 2022. The first submission deadline is 30 November 2021. Click here to submit your abstract and here to view the advert.

My congratulations to all our colleagues!