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Sport and Nation Seminar (Co-hosted by The Jaap Durand Chair and The Faculty of Community and Health Sciences at UWC) The Jaap Durand Chair and the Department of Sport, Recreation and Exercise Science at the University of the Western Cape will be hosting the seminar. It proceeds from the premis...

Plate Offering - 2026 Academic Year Programme for Lay Theological Education Department of Religion and Theology 2026 What is the purpose of this programme? This programme provides theological training at a tertiar...

UWC academic elected to the World Council of Churches The University of the Western Cape (UWC) is proud of senior lecturer Dr Teddy Chalwe Sakupapa, who has been elected as a Vice-Moderator of the World Council of Churches' Com...

Apply now: DVC: Research and Innovation Postgraduate Bursary The call for applications for the DVC: Research and Innovation Postgraduate Bursary is now open. PURPOSE The aim of the DVC: Research and Innovation Postgraduate Bursary i...

UWC and three partner universities host Spring School focusing on transformative religion The University of the Western Cape (UWC), along with three partner universities, is hosting a Spring School which focuses on transformative religion. UWC collaborated with...

Book launch: Selfless Revolutionaries by Prof Allan Boesak The Office of the DVC: Academic (in collaboration with the Centre for Performing Arts, the Theology Department and African SUN Media) is hosting Prof Allan Boesak for the launch...

The Annual Belhar Confession Lecture The Department of Religion and Theology, in partnership with The Belhar Trust, presents the Annual Belhar Confession Lecture to be delivered by Professor Thias Kg...

Lecture Series: "Religion and Sustainable Development in the Digital Age - Before, During and After the Corona Crisis" Please find the programme for a forthcoming lecture series titled "Religion and Sustainable Development in the Digital Age - Before, During and After the Corona C...

UWC Scholars in an International Research Training Group for Transformative Religion A team of scholars from the University of the Western Cape (UWC) will form part of a new “ambitious, high-flying and prestigious” international research training gro...

Webinar: Religious "Software" Supporting and Maintaining the Occupation in Palestine Prof. Sarojini Nadar, the Desmond Tutu SARChI Chair in Religion and Social Justice, is pleased to offer a webinar titled Religious "Software" Supporting and Maintainin...

UWC Faculty of Theology Alumni Reunion As one of the first established faculties in UWC’s history, the Faculty of Theology will be commemorating its long-standing legacy with the University with a virtual reuni...