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08 April 2020
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Story Prof Francois Vreÿ, and Prof Hussein Solomon
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The international response to the Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) as a health security threat stimulated an international response that commenced with drastic, but localised actions in China, but responses rapidly manifested in more extreme measures in the rest of the world. Amidst international efforts imposing extraordinary national and international movement restrictions and a rush to find a medical cure, two questions arise. First, how does COVID-19 as a health security threat feature within the global security debate and second, how to explain the harsh responses that one observes.
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Faculty of the Humanities presents research seminar
2009-08-03
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Pictured, from the left, are: Dr Croucamp, Dr Tania Coetzee (Programme Director) and Prof Botes.
Photo: Mangaliso Radebe |
The Programme Governance and Political Transformation in the Faculty of the Humanities at the University of the Free State recently held a two-day research seminar on the Main Campus. The first day was reserved for presentations from the Masters and Ph.D graduates of the programme while the second was for students who are currently enrolled in the programme. The guest speakers were Prof. Lucius Botes, Dean: Faculty of the Humanities, who delivered a paper on the topic: Governance and Development: The need for a scholarship of engagement and Dr. P.A. Croucamp from the University of Johannesburg who spoke on The Methodology of Quantification: Measuring Social Constructs.