September 25, 2025
From Struggle to Scholarship: The PhD Journey of Dr Keolebogile Mbebe
Among the 169 doctoral degrees conferred during UP’s Spring graduations, Dr Keolebogile Mbebe (38), a lecturer in Philosophy in the Faculty of Humanities, was...
February 18, 2025
Some recent honours that UP Philosophy staff have received:
Ms Keo Mbebe, Humanities Teaching Excellence Award, 2023 Dr John Sanni, Research Fellowship from the Centre for Intercultural Studies at Tübingen University...
September 18, 2023
#UPGraduation2023: UP student becomes the first African woman from Botswana to get a PhD in philosophy
Dr Doreen Sesiro, philosophy lecturer at the University of Botswana, is among the remarkable graduates who walked the stage during the University of Pretoria's...
November 04, 2022
Top scholars honoured at the University of Pretoria’s annual Academic Achievers’ Awards
The University of Pretoria’s (UP) top academics took centre stage at the 22nd Annual Academic Achievers’ Awards held recently, where the University celebrated...
October 21, 2021
Dr Mpho Tshivhase has recently taken up a Fellowship at Stanford University’s Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences in the United States
Dr Mpho Tshivhase has recently taken up a Fellowship at Stanford University’s Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences in the United States Mpho...
October 21, 2021
Prof Thaddeus Metz publishes new book titled A Relational Moral Theory: African Ethics in and beyond the Continent (Oxford University Press 2021)
Prof Thaddeus Metz publishes new book, titled A Relational Moral Theory: African Ethics in and beyond the Continent (Oxford University Press 2021) A Relational...
September 17, 2020
UP Philosophy's Dr Mpho Tshivhase honoured with Institute of People Management’s CEO Award
University of Pretoria (UP) lecturer and trailblazer Dr Mpho Tshivhase has been awarded the CEO’s Award by the Institute of People Management (IPM) after making...
June 08, 2020
UP Philosophy professor elected chair of UNESCO expert group
UP Philosophy's Professor Emma Ruttkamp-Bloem has been elected chair of UNESCO expert group crafting global standard on ethics of artificial intelligence. The...
August 14, 2017
The First Bilateral Summer School on Foundation Myths successfully concluded at Konstanz University
Within the framework of cooperation between the MA programme "African-European Cultural Relations" at the University of Pretoria and the MA course "Cultural...
October 05, 2016
Aristotle Colloquium 2016
“In celebrating Aristotle, we are celebrating our own spirit of inquiry - that most uniquely and quintessentially human trait - the desire to know." These are...