Posted on January 04, 2024
On the 6th of November 2023, the Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria, in collaboration with the Embassy of Ukraine, hosted a public lecture on "Re-centering the Role of Diplomacy in a Fragmented World Order". This thought-provoking discourse interrogated the complexities of...
Posted on December 11, 2023
University of Pretoria (UP) student Curtleigh Alaart’s drafted policy suggestions, which sought to address the challenges that many young people face globally, saw him shining bright during the Group of Twenty (G20) Summit hosted in India earlier this year.
Posted on November 29, 2023
There is a new generation of humans that is moving beyond these dichotomies and hatred. They are not confined to, nor trust, the mainstream media anymore. They like to question. They want both sides of the story and they are connected.
Posted on November 27, 2023
The right to water, recognised as derived from the right to an adequate standard of living, is severely compromised in occupied Palestine.
Posted on November 22, 2023
The Ocean Regions Programme in the Department of Political Sciences at the University of Pretoria hosted its second Ocean Regions colloquium, Ocean Regions in an Era of Global Transformation, on 20-21 November 2023. The colloquium brought together academics, researchers and practitioners from...
Posted on November 15, 2023
The argument that Israel needs to kill civilians by the thousands to eradicate Hamas rests on a flawed assumption – that the complete elimination of Hamas is the sole path to peace, says Dr Quraysha Ismail Sooliman.
Posted on October 26, 2023
The violence unfolding in Gaza may be the first genocide in history to be live-streamed on social media, writes Dr Quraysha Ismail Sooliman of the Department of Political Sciences.
Posted on October 24, 2023
On the 24th of October 2023, the second-year International Relations Students at the University of Pretoria participated in the annual Model United Nations (MUN). The MUN is a compulsory component of the second-year curriculum and students need to submit position papers in advance. The position...
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