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Faculty of Humanities

Welcome to the Faculty of Humanities

The Faculty of Humanities is one of the most comprehensive Humanities Faculties in the country with 18 different academic departments and two teaching units. The faculty is committed to sustaining critical intellectual enquiry and makes a significant contribution to the development of South Africa’s human resource capacity by delivering knowledgeable graduates on both undergraduate and postgraduate level with excellent qualifications in languages, basic and applied social sciences and the arts.
 

News

German-African Network of Alumni and Alumnae Summer School - 22/05/2013
From Department of Modern European Languages

The University of Pretoria has the pleasure to announce that the Department of Modern European Languages will be hosting a German-African Network of Alumni and Alumnae (GANAA) Summer School on "Practising Multilingualism in (Higher) Education in Africa".

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World Kangaroo Mother Care Day celebrated by final year students - 21/05/2013
From Department of Communication Pathology

Staff and students from the Department of Communication Pathology at the University of Pretoria are involved in one of the most important evidence-based interventions for preterm and low birth weight babies in the world. The final year students are participating in Kalafong Hospital as audiologists and speech-language therapists in this very effective neonatal method to care for preterm and low birth weight babies.

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Launching iPad Conversation Group - 20/05/2013
From Department of Communication Pathology

The UP Conversation group recently launched the use of iPad's as part of their group therapy sessions.

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PolSci tutor selected for International Scholar Laureate Programme - 20/05/2013
From Department of Political Sciences

Ms Iris Nxumalo, a third-year student and tutor in the Department of Political Sciences, has been selected as part of the International Relations and Diplomacy Delegation to attend the ISLP programme in China in June.

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Opinion: Russia ‘rediscovers’ Africa after a decade of neglect - 20/05/2013
From Department of Political Sciences

In contrast with the Soviet past, Russia is entering Africa without the driving force of an ideological obsession, writes Political Sciences Extraordinary Professor Gerrit Olivier in Business Day.

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