Book Launch: Afterburn: War Stories (2023) by Dr Stephen Symons

Posted on June 15, 2023

War and armed conflict has cost hundreds of millions of lives since the first civilisations. In his latest publication, Afterburn: War Stories (2023), Dr Stephen Symons confronts this subject of conflict through a grassroots approach without romanticising the horrific act of war. By portraying...

A Gift to all Mothers – Umalusi (The Shepherd)

Posted on May 15, 2023

On Tuesday, 9 May ESI Press and the Faculty of Humanities launched Edwin Smith’s second collection of poems, Umalusi (The Shepherd). The collection, which consists of 32 poems written in both Xhosa and English, is an ode to Smith’s mother who passed away on the 9th of May in 2010....

UP presents at Annual Department of Tourism Research Seminar

Posted on April 19, 2023

DHHS presents "Domestic Tourism Remodeling Model" that reimagines the "status quo" at National Tourism Seminar

HOD presents at International Tourist Guide Day celebrations in the Northern Cape

Posted on April 17, 2023

The Indigenous Story Tellers a “new touristic layer” and “novel experiential dimension” to the holistic tourism value chain (demand and supply). International Tourist Guide Day celebrations presentation by Prof. Karen Harris.

ARCHIVES of COVID-19: UP Recollections and Reflections - A CHRONICLE OF OUR RESILIENCE

Posted on April 04, 2023

The first COVID-19 pandemic lockdown in South Africa began on 26 March 2020. Over the past three years, isolation, anxiety and loss seemed to have spread just a quickly as the disease itself. On 1 March 2020, South Africa recorded its first COVID-19 infection and since then the country has seen...

DHHS Hosts Second Annual Postgraduate Workshop

Posted on March 27, 2023

The Department of Heritage and Historical Studies (DHHS) held a Postgraduate Workshop on Saturday, the 25th of March, 2023.

Youth Advocacy Festival Comes to UP

Posted on March 13, 2023

The Humanities Faculty in collaboration with Engage South Africa and with support from the High Commission of Canada in South Africa, hosted the Youth Advocacy Festival on the 17 and 18 February 2023. The Festival took place at the Javett-UP Art Centre and on UP’s Hatfield Campus. The Youth...

Small Souls: The Greatest Gift

Posted on November 30, 2022

Stephen Symons’ latest collection of poems titled Small Souls was launched on 28 November 2022 at the Gardens Centre in Cape Town, where he was in conversation with Professor Kelwyn Sole (Department of English Literary Studies, UCT). Karina Szczurek (author and founder of Karavan Press)...