Posted on March 15, 2019
Tourism students from Rikkyo University in Tokyo, Japan were taken on a tour of the Hatfield Campus by two members of UP Campus Tours, Thando Mthimkulu and Danolien van den Berg
Posted on March 07, 2019
Professor Fransjohan Pretorius, an Emeritus Professor in the Department of Historical and Heritage Studies, published an article to The Conversation in February 2019 in response to comments made by British Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg on the South African or Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902).
Posted on February 20, 2019
Tourism Minister Derek Hanekom visited the University of Pretoria recently for a preview of the Javett-UP as construction of this new home for African art at the university’s Hatfield Campus nears completion.
Posted on February 11, 2019
Research Fellow in the Department of Historical and Heritage Studies, Dr Eddie Michel, was awarded a highly competitive Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., Fellowship by the John F. Kennedy Presidential Foundation.
Posted on February 09, 2019
Ideas around cross-border tourism, indigenous storytelling, and film tourism were the focus of a keynote address delivered at the recent World Federation of Tourist Guides Association (WFTGA) Convention by Professor Karen Harris, Head of the University of Pretoria’s Department of Historical...
Posted on November 22, 2018
“One in 10 jobs in South Africa is directly or indirectly linked to tourism,” said Gillian Saunders, Special Advisor to Minister of Tourism Derek Hanekom, at the recent postgraduate heritage and cultural tourism colloquium “Tourism, Travel and Trends”, adding that tourism...
Posted on November 20, 2018
Dr Eddie Michel, a research fellow in the Department of Historical and Heritage Studies at the University of Pretoria, was recently awarded three prestigious research grants from presidential foundations in the United States. Dr Michel will use the grants – from the Gerald R Ford, Harry S...
Posted on October 19, 2018
In celebration of Heritage Month the UP Campus Tours team conducted a tour for guests from the South African Heritage Resources Agency (SARHA) and the National Heritage Council.
Posted on September 25, 2018
Undergraduate classes in the Department of Historical and Heritage Studies include guest lectures by highly acclaimed academics and by industry leaders.
Posted on September 21, 2018
The University of Pretoria’s Department of Historical and Heritage Studies in the Faculty of Humanities recently held a seminar together with the South African Heritage Resources Agency (SAHRA) and the National Heritage Council (NHC).
Posted on September 14, 2018
The Fifth Biennial Conference of the Association for African Studies in Italy (ASAI) the theme of which was "Plural Africa. Politics, Knowledge and Social dynamics in Time and Space", invited Professor Alois Mlambo, Emeritus Professor in the Department of Historical and Heritage Studies to...
Posted on August 31, 2018
The seventh Biennial International Tourism Studies Association (ITSA) and second International Tourism Educators South Africa (TESA) Conference was held in the City of Tshwane, South Africa from 6 – 10 August 2018.
Posted on July 17, 2018
On 12 April 2018 the Department of Historical and Heritage Studies was proud to celebrate the achievements of its outstanding, top-achieving students.
Posted on July 17, 2018
On 27-28 June 2018, Dr Thula Simpson and Dr Eddie Michel from the Department of Historical and Heritage Studies at the University of Pretoria hosted a colloquium entitled ‘Rhodesia to Zimbabwe: The Diplomacy of Isolation and Liberation under UDI’.
Posted on May 31, 2018
International Museum Day was celebrated at the UP Museums during the month of May.
Posted on May 29, 2018
Lecturers Charlene Herselman and Hannes Engelbrecht gave a presentation in Cape Town recently outlining the potential of film tourism for South Africa.
Posted on May 11, 2018
UP Campus Tours is holding a scavenger hunt in collaboration with the UP Museums in order to celebrate International Museum Day on 18 May.
Posted on May 09, 2018
Historian Romila Thapar was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Pretoria on 8 May 2018. Thapar, one of India’s foremost public intellectuals, was presented with the award earlier this year by the Faculty of Humanities as she is unable to travel to South Africa.
Posted on April 02, 2018
Senior Lecturer, Siona O'Connell was awarded a prestigious Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS) Award
Posted on November 02, 2017
In a recent article in The Conversation, Dr Ian Macqueen pointed to the significance of the Timol Inquest.
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