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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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Fulbright scholar spends sabbatical at the UFS
2008-02-05

 

Prof. Josephine Allen, Associate professor of Policy Analysis and Management in the College of Human Ecology at Cornell University in the United States of America, and holder of a Fulbright Scholarship, will spend her sabbatical at the University of the Free State (UFS) and the University of Fort Hare. She will establish a research network of academics for discussing research, policy and strategies in the areas of gender equality, environmental sustainability, and HIV and Aids. She will mainly work in the Faculty of the Humanities and with the Centre for Health Systems Research & Development. At a contact session with her were, from the left: Prof. Engela Pretorius (Vice-Dean: Faculty of the Humanities at the UFS), Dr Aldo Stroebel (Head: Internationalisation at the UFS), and Prof. Allen.
Photo: Leonie Bolleurs

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