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#shoot4purpose and the Faculty of Humanities create space for women to tell their stories through photography At the Iyatsiba Lab in Woodstock, the Faculty of Arts and Humanities has opened its doors to #shoot4purpose, an organisation that walks alongside women who have lived through ha...

Rev. Prof. Teddy Chalwe Sakupapa: An Ecumenical Scholar committed to the public role of religion and theology As Rev. Prof. Sakupapa bids farewell to the University of the Western Cape (UWC) to take up a global leadership role with the World Council of Churches (WCC), he leaves behind a...

Distinguished Lecture: SLOW POISON Mahmood Mamdani in Conversation with Ari Sitas & Paolo Israel &n...

2026 - CARE ETHICS RESEARCH CONSORTIUM (CERC) Conference Conference Theme: Reconfiguring Relations: Political, Ecological, and Cultural Korea University Seoul, South Korea June 25-27, 2026 The Care Ethics Research Consortium (CE...

OPEN DAY - Postgraduate Study in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at the University of the Western Cape The University of the Western Cape (UWC) is a prominent research-led university in South Africa, with a proud history rooted in the Cape Town community. (For further information...

The Faculty of Arts and Humanities is the second runner-up in the Overall Research Output Research Recognition Award. The faculty was placed second at the 2024 Research Recognition Award ceremony for producing the second highest number of publications across all seven faculties at UWC.

Prof Johathan Jodamus of the Department of Religion & Theology is the recipient of the Georg Forster Fellowship of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in Germany. This highly sought after award will allow Prof Jodamus to conduct fully funded extended research over a number of years at the University of Bamberg.

Geography Research Fellow, Dr Tinashe Kanosvamhira, receives prestigious award. Dr Tinashe Kanosvamhira, an affiliated Research Fellow in the Department of Geography, Environmental Studies & Tourism, was the winner of the prestigious Society of Sou...

Prof Christopher Stroud, Emeritus Linguistics Professor, proves his world-class researcher standing Prof Christopher Stroud, Emeritus Professor of Linguistics and former Director of the Centre for Multilingualism and Diversities Research, is amongst the world's top 2% most...

Prof Premash Lalu, Senior Researcher at the Centre for Humanities Research, brings honour to the faculty. Prof Lalu achieves the great distinction of being invited to deliver the third annual Bram Fischer Memorial Lecture at the University of the Free State in November 2024.

Prof Sisanda Nkoala, Lecturer in the Linguistics Department and holder of the Chair in Media Inclusion and Diversity, achieves two rare achievements in 2024. Prof Nkoala was the first runner-up in the Distinguished Young Women Researchers in the Humanities and Social Sciences category for her "outstanding contribution to buildin...

UWC takes the lead in Forensic Linguistics studies Forensic Linguistics is a relatively new discipline in South Africa. It is an interdisciplinary study that lies at the intersection of law, language, police science, criminology...

UWC Professor Assumes Chairmanship of the South African Language Practitioners Council The University of the Western Cape’s (UWC) Professor Monwabisi Ralarala has been appointed as the Chairperson of the South African Language Practitioners Council, reinforc...

Arts & Humanities: Virtual Dean's Merit Awards Ceremony The Dean cordially invites you to join the Faculty of Arts & Humanities online event to honour our students who have attained a place on the Dean's Merit List for 2022. ...

Call for papers: 8th International Conference on Multicultural Discourses

The Charlotte Maxeke-Mary Robinson Irish South Africa Research Chair launched The historic inauguration of the Charlotte Maxeke-Mary Robinson Irish South Africa Research Chair hosted by the Centre for Humanities Research (CHR) at the University of the Wes...