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Events
Black Zion: the story of Africa's Black Jews, by Prof Tudor Parfitt
06 Feb
Bible, race & the evolution of black Jews in America & Africa, by Prof Tudor Parfitt
07 Feb
Jewish choral music through the ages, by Dr Stephen Muir
14 Feb
16th Annual IEASA Conference
29 Aug - 01 Sep
HUMANITIES IN THE NEWS
Saturday, 28 January 2012
Honorary doctorate for Burton and Potter
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December's recipients of honorary doctorates are no strangers to UCT. Mary Burton, though better known for her long association with human-rights organisation the Black Sash, is a familiar face around campus, whether serving on UCT Council or attending or speaking at a university meeting. Honour for top historian
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Whether in education or the media, civil society or politics, historian Professor Richard 'Dick' van der Ross has played a crucial role in improving South Africa since he graduated from UCT in 1940. Marine science prizes for duo
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It's not often that a humanities student and a science student walk away with prizes from the same conference. But that's exactly what master's students Philile Mbatha and Mayra Pereira did at a Symposium held in Mombasa, Kenya recently. Plea for interpreters shouldn't fall on deaf ears
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Lisle Lourens is in line to become the first person with a hearing impairment to graduate from the Advanced Certificate of Education (ACE) course offered by UCT's Schools Development Unit (SDU). Hebrew class a melting pot of cultures
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Great things happen when you throw a highly diverse group of students into a small language class. HUMA names first four docs
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In a milepost step, UCT's Institute for Humanities in Africa (HUMA) has recruited its first doctoral researchers. Justin Brown, Bianca Camminga, Sarai Chisala and Safiyya Goga have now joined HUMA, which was launched last year with the aim of "fostering interdisciplinary academic research, promoting the next generation of scholars and driving critical public debate".
EDP students celebrate progress
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Extended Degree Programme students celebrated their first successful year at UCT at a function held for them recently. Famed scholars present training programme
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Visiting scholars Professors Francis Fukuyama and Roger Leeds are presenting a training programme at UCT about the role of public policy in private sector development. Participants include high-level government officials in economic development and strategic leaders from the business community. Former VC's poem continues to inspire
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Be Gentle a short poem by former vice-chancellor Professor Njabulo S Ndebele, first published in 1971, has been transcribed and mounted in UCT's Postgraduate Centre and Funding Office. Tributes for Reuben Chirambo
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The Faculty of Humanities mourns the passing of Dr. Reuben Chirambo a gifted teacher and friend. He passed away last Thursday evening (6 October 2011) after a short battle with cancer. Tributes have been pouring in from his colleagues and friends from all over the world.
Youth key in nation-building - Manuel
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The chairperson of the National Planning Commission (NPC), Minister Trevor Manuel, called on UCT students to join "the cadres involved in problem solving" by taking part in the commission's brain-storming. Addressing students at UCT on 15 September, Manuel noted that it was important to get more young people involved in planning the country's future as many of them would be in decision-making positions in years to come.
Top performers make Dean’s merit list
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The ‘best and brightest’ amongst the Faculty of Humanities’ final year students attended the Dean’s Merit List function recently. The annual event is in recognition of consistent academic excellence and serves to promote postgraduate studies amongst a particularly talented pool of students. Well-known Anthropologist visits UCT
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World renowned scholar, Professor Akhil Gupta, will be visiting the Department of Social Anthropology from mid August to mid September this year. He is visiting UCT as an A.W. Mellon Visiting Fellow and whilst in South Africa, he will present a public lecture entitled "Is India's Growth Sustainable? The Paradoxes of Progress". He will also deliver a keynote address at the annual Conference of Anthropology Southern Africa. African Languages & Literatures hosts visiting scholar
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Dr Itai Muwati, Head of African Languages & Literatures at the University of Zimbabwe, is currently visiting UCT on a Visiting Scholars’ Fund. His stay forms part of a month-long collaborative teaching and research exercise between the two institutions.
Madiba inspires staff member
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Inspired by last year’s Mandela Day initiative, in which Humanities staff collected toys for both the Red Cross children’s hospital and the Langa Children’s Home, Shireen Weber and her family have since started their own community outreach project. Humanities honour Mandela's Birthday
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Every year, the Faculty of Humanities celebrates Madiba’s birthday by extending a helping hand to a community in need. This year, staff spent Friday the 15th of July making sleeping bags for Cape Town’s homeless as well as collating boxes of children’s colouring books and crayons. Grade 11 learner gets a taste of student life
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Aspiring Humanities student, Mzoxolo Sitoto, experienced a taste of student life when he networked with students and SRC representatives at a function held at Leo Marquard residence. 
