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04 August 2021
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Story Rulanzen Martin
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The Centre for Gender and Africa Studies is proud to host Prof Gabriele Griffin from Uppsala University as the speaker for the 2021 Biennial Humanities and Gendered Worlds Lecture.
Date: 11 August 2021
Time: 18:00
Platform: Vimeo
More about our speaker:
Prof Griffin is from Gender Research at Uppsala University, Sweden. She is the coordinator of the Nordforsk-funded centre of excellence, Nordwit, and editor of the ‘Research Methods for the Arts and Humanities’ series (Edinburgh University Press). Her research interests centre on contemporary women’s writing; women’s cultural production; feminist theatre; and writing diaspora. She has also written extensively on women’s/gender studies as a discipline, as well as on research methods. She has co-ordinated EU-funded research on more sociological topics, such as women’s employment and methodological issues.
Gauteng business community experiences UFS
2010-09-23
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Prof. Matie Hoffman from the Department of Physics of the UFS, presenting at the Boyden Observatory to a group of business executives from Gauteng, during their recent visit to the university.
Photo: Gerhard Louw
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The University of the Free State’s (UFS) Corporate Liaison Office recently hosted a group of eleven business men and women from the private sector in Gauteng on its Main Campus in Bloemfontein. The purpose of the campus visits, which are held two to three times a year, is to give representatives from the corporate sector the opportunity to get to know the UFS first-hand and to help build the brand of the university as a national asset.
During their visit the group of business men and women, amongst others, met with faculty members, they enjoyed a networking session with UFS staff at the Oliewenhuis Art Museum, visited the Unit for Students with Disabilities as well as the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health.
The day ended at the Boyden Observatory where a feedback session was facilitated by Prof. Jonathan Jansen, Rector and Vice-Chancellor, and Prof. Ezekiel Moraka, Vice-Rector: External Relations. After this opportunity where the visitors discussed their experience of the UFS, the day came to an end with a presentation on: The African skies: Stories and science by a Ph.D. candidate from the Department of Physics, Mr Bosco Oruru. One of the highlights of the evening included a sighting of the Hubble Telescope in the sky over Bloemfontein and observing the moon and Venus through one of the Boyden telescopes.
The visitors left with new insights and a great appreciation for the contribution of the UFS to education, research and community service in South Africa.