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Invitation to a meeting of the UFS Convocation on 1 February 2020

14 January 2020 | Story Lacea Loader

Notice is hereby given of a meeting of the Convocation of the University of the Free State (UFS) to deal with the following matters:

Address by the outgoing President.
Address by the Rector and Vice-Chancellor.
Address by the Registrar.
Election of the President and Vice-President of the Convocation.
Address by the elected President.
Representatives of the Convocation on the Executive Committee of the Convocation.
Vote of thanks by the Vice-President.

Date: 1 February 2020
Time: 09:00
Venue: Equitas Auditorium, UFS Bloemfontein Campus

NOMINATIONS FOR THE POSITIONS OF PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE CONVOCATION, please visit https://www.ufs.ac.za/alumni/alumni-home/convocation/convocation-president

For any enquiries, please contact Mr Nikile Ntsababa, Registrar of the UFS, at Registrar@ufs.ac.za

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Writer Etienne van Heerden to explore the politics of memory

2013-09-12

Prof Van Heerden

Dialogue between Science and Society (DbSS) presents The Politics of Memory, a Personal Narrative by Professor Etienne van Heerden, Hofmeyr Professor at the School of Languages and Literatures (University of Cape Town).

Respondents: Stuart Taberner, Professor of Contemporary German Literature, Culture and Society (University of Leeds) and André Wessels, Senior Professor, Department of History (University of the Free State).

This event is part of the project Contemporary German and Afrikaner Cultural Responses to Issues of Trauma, Reconciliation and Reparation, funded by the British Academy. The UFS partners on this project are Dr’s Cilliers Van Den Berg, Johann Rossouw and Prof Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela. They are co-organising the event with the DbSS Lecture Series.

In his paper, Prof Van Heerden will discuss Afrikaner literature about past and present historical events and how to negotiate the place of literature in a post-apartheid South Africa.

Date: Thursday 12 September 2013
Time: 12:00
Venue: Business School Auditorium, University of the Free State
RSVP to Gerald Makamba: makambagerald@gmail.com

Light refreshments will be served.

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