Posted on October 31, 2025
History, Heritage and Cultural Tourism postgraduate research shines at the University of Pretoria, Faculty of Humanities Postgraduate Conference
Posted on October 31, 2025
The Department of Historical and Heritage Studies and the University of Pretoria Campus Tours co-host the National Department of Tourism Research Seminar
Posted on October 30, 2025
In Memoriam: Eddie Michel
Posted on October 29, 2025
University of Pretoria Tourism Degree Campus Tours Students Going Green at Future Africa Campus
Posted on October 02, 2025
UP is home to more than 200 jacaranda tree specimens.
Posted on September 30, 2025
UP master’s student Motlatjo Mogoboya explores how women use needle and thread to confront social and economic challenges
Posted on September 26, 2025
When most people think of tourism in South Africa, the images that come to mind are game drives at the Kruger National Park, the warm beaches of Durban or Cape Town’s majestic Table Mountain. For University of Pretoria master’s student Louisa Jordaan, the picture looks a little...
Posted on September 26, 2025
Tourism Month reminds us that communities are at the heart of South Africa’s unique travel experiences. But while community-based tourism (CBT) has long promised empowerment and inclusion, many projects have struggled to deliver lasting impact.
Posted on September 19, 2025
UPCT Celebrates Heritage Month in South Africa
Posted on August 13, 2025
Design Sprint by Tourism Hons students at the University of Pretoria illustrates innovative solutions for Future Sustainable Tourism
Posted on August 04, 2025
UP Community Combats Food Insecurity during Giving Month Campaign
Posted on July 28, 2025
UP's Department of Historical and Hertiage Studies hosts Rutgers University-New Brunswick's Graduate School of Education in an international exchange that equips emerging scholars with a better understanding and appreciation of the differences and similarities between their societies
Posted on July 23, 2025
The University of Pretoria's Department of Historical and Hertiage Studies makes a strong showing at the Historical Association of South Africa's biennial conference
Posted on July 10, 2025
The students of NYU Abu Dhabi were taken on a tour of the Mapungbwe Collection
Posted on June 17, 2025
Hertiage and Cultural Tourism Student Showcase Academic Excellence through Community-Based Tourism
Posted on June 11, 2025
Honours student breaks boundaries with research into Dark Tourism
Posted on May 31, 2025
A DHHS PhD Candidate and UP Museums Interpretive Officer shines a Ghana Workshop on History, Heritage, and the Tourist Sector in Sub-Saharan Africa
Posted on May 30, 2025
Matikoe Matsoso, from Lesotho, is the first black African woman to earn a PhD in Heritage and Cultural Tourism at UP. Her research, supervised by Prof Karen Harris, focuses on gender exploitation in the sector. A former heritage professional and honours cum laude graduate, she aims to advance...
Posted on May 23, 2025
Meet UP doctoral candidate Dr Daluxolo Mbebe, a historian and pastor who completed his PhD in just two years. “You cannot second-guess yourself into success,” he says.
Posted on May 23, 2025
"History" and "Heritage and Cultural Tourism" Honours Students showcase a diversity of research topics at postgraduate colloquium
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