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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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Historians invade Europe
2009-10-05
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In accordance with the University of the Free State’s policy of internationalisation, members of the Department of History have in the recent past been active on the international front. Dr Marietjie Oelofse and Mr Chitja Twala attended the Fourth International Conference on Interdisciplinary Social Sciences at the University of Athens, Greece, while Prof. André Wessels, Departmental Chairperson, attended the 35th Congress of the International Commission of Military History, which was held in the city of Porto in the north of Portugal. All these historians presented papers at these events. Pictured from the left are: Prof. Wessels, Dr Oelofse and Mr Twala.
Photo: Mangaliso Radebe |