News

  • Political Sciences: New research

    Posted on August 05, 2013

    Political Sciences Extraordinary Professor Henning Melber and Research Associate Ambassador Jan Mutton have published articles in the most recent SA Foreign Policy Initiative newsletter.

  • PolSci lecturer to join prestigious international panel

    Posted on August 05, 2013

    Lorenzo Fioramonti, Associate Professor at the Department of Political Sciences and director of the Centre for the Study of Governance Innovation (GovInn), has been invited by the Rockefeller Foundation to join a panel of 20 eminent economists and develop

  • PolSci Department's internationally accredited journal available online

    Posted on July 22, 2013

    Thirty-five years after the publication of its first issue, the Strategic Review for Southern Africa has become an open access journal.

  • Opinion: EU needs to discard one-size-fits-all approach to Africa

    Posted on July 19, 2013

    Despite some muddy patches along the road, relations between South Africa and the European Union have developed into a foreign-policy success story, writes UP Political Sciences Extraordinary Professor Gerrit Olivier on Business Day's BD Alpha.

  • PolSci student on Australian research trip

    Posted on July 19, 2013

    Ms Faith Mabera, MDIPS Programme Assistant, visited the Asia Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect (AP-R2P) at the University of Queensland for research purposes during June.

  • Seminar invitation: Migration in the UAE

    Posted on July 18, 2013

    The Departments of Political Sciences and Sociology invite you to a seminar entitled "In search of Arabian Pearls: Migration experiences in the United Arab Emirates", to be presented by Cawo Abdi on 26 July.

  • Symposium Invitation: SA and the UN

    Posted on July 16, 2013

    The Department of Political Sciences invites you to a symposium on the topic of South Africa in the United Nations on Friday 19 July.

  • Mandela letters

    Posted on July 16, 2013

    During his detention in Pollsmore Prison, former President Nelson Mandela requested a publication be sent to him by the Institute for Strategic Studies, housed in the UP Department of Political Sciences.

  • Invitation: Book launch

    Posted on July 16, 2013

    The Department of Political Sciences and University of KwaZulu-Natal Press cordially invite you to the launch of Roger Southall's Liberation Movements in Power: Party and state in Southern Africa on Friday 26 July.

  • Postdoctoral opportunities: GovInn

    Posted on June 21, 2013

    The Centre for the Study of Governance Innovation (GovInn) at the University of Pretoria is currently seeking to fill two two-year postdoctoral positions.

  • Seminar: Philippine foreign policy and its implications in Southern Africa

    Posted on June 21, 2013

    The Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of Pretoria, Prof Cheryl de la Rey and the Ambassador of the Philippines, HE Mr Constancio R Vingno, Jr, cordially invite you to a seminar on Philippine Foreign Policy hosted by the University of Pretori

  • Europe and China in Africa: Common interests and/or different approaches

    Posted on June 18, 2013

    UP Political Sciences Extraordinary Professor, Henning Melber, recently published a paper for the Institute of Security and Development Policy's Asia Papers series.

  • Political Science examination script perusal

    Posted on June 14, 2013

    Political Science students will have an opportunity to peruse their examination scripts on Tuesday 25 June 2013.

  • Opinion: SA is not the

    Posted on June 12, 2013

    Most government leaders have little or no foreign-policy experience when they take office. Yet, once elected, they develop a sudden predilection for foreign policy, mostly at the cost of domestic policy. Most of them end up as failures both abroad and at

  • Political Science students on the move

    Posted on June 04, 2013

    Taymoon Altamash and Tamara Naidoo, Political Science students and members of the United Nations Association of South Africa

  • Model United Nations: Call for debaters

    Posted on May 30, 2013

    The Model United Nations South African University Conference will be hosted by the University of Pretoria Chapter of the United Nations Association of South Africa and the Department of International Relations and Cooperation on 11 and 12 July 2013.

  • Seminar invitation: Malvinas/Falkland Islands

    Posted on May 27, 2013

    The Department of Political Sciences,South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA) and the Embassy of Argentina in South Africa invite you to a seminar entitled "The Question of the Malvinas/Falkland Islands: Sovereignty Titles and the Pe

  • Launch of Centre for the Study of Governance Innovation

    Posted on May 27, 2013

    The research institution, housed in the Department of Political Sciences, was officially launched on Monday 20 May 2013.

  • Opinion: Russia

    Posted on May 20, 2013

    In contrast with the Soviet past, Russia is entering Africa without the driving force of an ideological obsession, writes Political Sciences Extraordinary Professor Gerrit Olivier in Business Day.

  • PolSci tutor selected for International Scholar Laureate Programme

    Posted on May 20, 2013

    Ms Iris Nxumalo, a third-year student and tutor in the Department of Political Sciences, has been selected as part of the International Relations and Diplomacy Delegation to attend the ISLP programme in China in June.

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