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04 August 2021
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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.
Staff and their children among proud graduates
2013-04-19
19 April 2013- Dean of the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, Prof Neil Heideman’s son O’Ryan received a BA degree. O’Ryan’s mom, Estelle Heideman is the Director of the Health and Wellness Centre. O’Ryan’s graduation ceremony was made even more special when his dad – instead of the Registrar, Dr Derek Swemmer – draped his graduation sash around his shoulders.
- Chairperson of the Department of Consumer Science, Prof Hester Steyn’s two daughters Sanet and Constanze both received their degrees cum laude. Constanze (left) obtained a BA Music degree and Sanet a BA Honours in English. Sanet recently received an Erasmus Mundus scholarship and she leaves in August for Groningen in the Netherlands where she will study for her master’s degree.
- Faculty Manager at the Faculty of Law, Adri Kotzé’s daughter Adéle received a BA Communication degree cum laude. Adéle is currently busy with her honours in Afrikaans and Dutch.
- Secretary of the Department Chairperson: Plant Sciences, Nelmari Janse van Rensburg received a BEd Pre-school and Foundation Phase degree.