Faculty of Humanities Latest News

Image Competition

Wed, 30 Aug 2023 22:00:00 GMT

Visiting Fulbright Professor coaches Humanities researchers on writing and publishing

Tue, 15 Aug 2023 22:00:00 GMT

The Faculty of Humanities hosted Weaving Words, it’s newly established writing and publishing workshop aimed at assisting early and mid-career academics to publish. The workshop was hosted on the 18th and 19th of July 2023 as part of the Faculty’s Capacity Enhancement Programme. The main coach was the visiting Fulbright Scholar at the Department of History and Political Science, Professor Benjamin Lawrance, from the University of Arizona in the United States of America.

2023 VIRTUAL JULY GLOBAL SOUTHERN FORUM

Tue, 15 Aug 2023 22:00:00 GMT

The five-day-long Virtual July Global Southern Forum took place from the 17th to the 21st of July and was co-hosted by Nelson Mandela University, Pennsylvania State University, and the University of Connecticut. The virtual format was in preparation for hosting the in-person Inaugural July Global Southern Forum at Nelson Mandela University in 2024. The theme of the Forum was “Beginning the Conversation” – an opportunity for scholars, established and emerging researchers, and students to think through important topics like the archive, creolization, global blackness, migration, and African thought in an inter-disciplinary manner.

Critical thinking key to understanding past to shape future, students told

Mon, 27 Mar 2023 22:00:00 GMT

Professor presents masterclass in African Indigenous Jurisprudence at Nelson Mandela University.

International Mother Language Day 2023

Mon, 20 Feb 2023 22:00:00 GMT

Today we celebrate International Mother Language Day - a worldwide annual observance held on 21 February to promote awareness of linguistic and cultural diversity and to promote multilingualism.

Screen Excellence Awards (SEA)

Tue, 14 Jun 2022 22:00:00 GMT

We would like to invite students from your institution to participate in the awards through submitting their work on the submission’s portal on the website.