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24 May 2022


The Faculty of the Humanities will be hosting a round-table dialogue on ‘Humanistic Perspectives on Student Protests in South Africa’, an important discussion on a matter that is currently in the spotlight at the UFS and other institutions nationally. Both students and staff are invited to attend in-person or virtually.


The dialogue aims to discuss ‘humanistic perspectives’ on student protests and includes, among others, the following topics:

• Dynamics of student protests
• The relationship between politics and protests
• Why protests are a challenge for the higher education secto
• Possible responses to protests by universities.


Event details

In-person venue: Equitas Auditorium
Online platform: Microsoft Teams
Date: 30 May 2022
Time: 14:00-16:15


Moderator:
Dr Grey Magaiza
 
Panellists:
Prof Francis Petersen (Rector and Vice-Chancellor
Prof Sethulego Matebesi (Department of Sociology)
Prof Nyasha Mboti (Department of Communication Science)
Prof Joy Owen (Department of Anthropology)
Prof Colin Chasi (Unit for Institutional Change and Social Justice) 
Mr Motlogeloa Moema (Student Affairs)

Opening remarks: 
Prof Chitja Twala, Vice-Dean: Faculty of the Humanities 

Closing remarks:
Prof Heidi Hudson, Dean: Faculty of the Humanities 

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Faculty of Law presents research conference
2007-06-13

 

The Faculty of Law at the University of the Free State (UFS), Rhodes University and the Potchefstroom and Mafikeng campuses of the North-West University presented a research conference on the UFS Main Campus in Bloemfontein to discuss the progress of research at the law faculties of the respective universities.

Attending the conference were, from the left: Mr Bradley Smith (organiser from the UFS Faculty of Law), Prof. Rob Midgley (Dean: Faculty of Law, Rhodes University); Appeals Court Judge Ian Farlam (guest speaker); Prof Johan Henning (Dean: Faculty of Law at the UFS); Appeals Court Judge Fritz Brand (guest speaker); Prof. Elizabeth Snyman-Van Deventer (organiser from the UFS Faculty of Law), Prof. Christa Rautenbach (Potchefstroom campus, University of the North-West) and Prof. Philip Iya (Mafikeng campus, University of the North-West).

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