UCT Faculty of Humanities

Happy Holidays

Professor Elena Moore of the Department of Sociology at UCT delivered her inaugural lecture on 4 March, titled: “Who Cares? The Directions of State–Family Relationships in Changing Times”. Read more: qr.codes/etlHhd

Associate Professor Rethabile Possa has been a leading voice in residence-based education on consent, accountability and healthy relationships to create awareness against GBV among students. Read more: qr.codes/A5aYUl

UCT VC Professor Mosa Moshabela invites members of the university community and the public to the first UCT Inaugural Lecture of the year to be delivered by Professor Elena Moore on Wednesday, 4 March 2026 at 17:30 SAST at the New Lecture Theatre on upper campus. Read more: qr.link/TBxnfW

First-year students from the Faculty of Humanities who have received and accepted firm offers to study at UCT in 2026 will register from 30 January 2025. All students registered for undergraduate humanities programmes require two levels of curriculum review in order to finalise their registration. View more information about the Faculty of Humanities registration programme: qr.codes/9e3C0g View the Faculty of Humanities first-year student orientation programmes: qr.codes/dgMhkT Contact the faculty for all registration and orientation queries: hum-ugrad@uct.ac.za #UCTFirstYearRegistration2026 @ucthumanities

Create work that moves people. Theatre, dance, movement, writing and performance come together at UCT’s vibrant Centre for Theatre, Dance and Performance Studies — helping you grow as an artist and storyteller. Whether you want to perform, choreograph, direct or shape new forms of performance, UCT gives you the foundation to build a meaningful and imaginative career in the arts. Your stage is waiting. #ChooseUCT

Make art that speaks for you. Whether you dream of exhibiting, curating, teaching, designing or building a creative practice of your own, studying Fine Art at UCT gives you the skills, mentorship and space to grow. Explore your ideas, refine your technique and join a community where imagination becomes work that resonates. Start shaping the art you want to see in the world. #ChooseUCT

Shape conversations that influence the world. A political studies degree from UCT opens doors into diplomacy, journalism, policy work, government, NGOs, research, consulting and advocacy. Whether you want to drive social change, analyse global trends or help build stronger institutions, this programme gives you the tools to do it with clarity and confidence. Your impact starts here. #ChooseUCT

.@UCT_news advances its commitment to access, inclusivity & social justice through the launch of the multilingual, open-access book ‘Advancing Social Justice Through Curriculum Realignment: Centring Scholarly Communication in LIS Curricula’: bit.ly/4p2N379. #UCTResearch

Discover a world of language and culture. The UCT School of Languages and Literatures offers students the opportunity to engage with global and African languages, supported by substantial research and international partnerships. Dedicated programmes in isiXhosa, Sesotho and Swahili provide a learning experience rooted in relevance and connection. Explore the richness of African languages and the stories they carry. UCT’s first-year firm offers for admission next year will be made in January 2026. #ChooseUCT

#AtayaSeminar with Minga Kongo (@huma_africa) on | Technoscapes: Exploring the Intersection of Social Relations and #Water Scarcity in the Age of AI-Driven #DataCentres in #SouthAfrica | 27 November | 13:00 SAST Participating online? @92454335-564e-4ccf-b0b0-24445b8c03f7" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">events.teams.microsoft.com/event/3960f817…

#AtayaSeminar with Antonádia Borges (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, #Brazil & HUMA Visiting Research Fellow) on | Academic Plantation, Whiteness and Epistemic Supremacy ⏰ 20 November | 13:00 SAST 📍 HUMA Seminar Room Attending online? Register: lnkd.in/etGCwpKD

Congratulations to HoD Prof Adam Haupt for his induction into the Academy of Science of South Africa. ASSAf honours individuals who have made rich contributions to research and scholarship in their fields. This is one of the highest accolades a South African academic can achieve!

📹 #AtayaSeminar Recording Available | #DDT Relations Tracing the chemical alterlife of #malaria control in #SouthAfrica with Tessa Moll (Research Fellow, Department of #Anthropology, @UCT_news) 🔗 youtu.be/SeYNurc5sUg

📖 [New Publication] "#Ventilators" essay entry by #HUMATeam @divinefuh, @FannyChabrol, and Amina Soulimani in "The Matter of Hospitals: An Alphabetical Investigation" edited by Anna Harris. 📚 On open access: library.maastrichtuniversity.nl/resources/maas…

𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐭 ‼️ #𝐂𝐀𝐒𝐒𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 📅 𝐓𝐮𝐞𝐬, 𝟏𝟏𝐭𝐡 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 ⏰ 𝟏𝟑𝐡𝟎𝟎 - 𝟏𝟒𝐡𝟑𝟎 𝐩𝐦 𝐑𝐒𝐕𝐏: 𝑛𝑜𝑚𝑎-𝑎𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑘𝑎.𝑚𝑎𝑠𝑒𝑡𝑖@𝑢𝑐𝑡.𝑎𝑐.𝑧𝑎 @UCT_news @SOAS @UCT_Research @ucthumanities

#AtayaSeminar with Tessa Moll ( @UCT_news) on | DDT Relations: Tracing the chemical alterlife of #malaria control in #SouthAfrica | Monday 10 November - 13:00 SAST 🔴 Attending online? Register here: @92454335-564e-4ccf-b0b0-24445b8c03f7?fbclid=IwY2xjawN6m0pleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFialdaSDRpNHhvN28yMHpCc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHhTNr9qKJZ8tJT3XtkgpqBP9RoIDdgfKtvs2IhjbUG5I7E8SYWSmfX9tFcGH_aem_sDtHfVhcrI3_1AS71lVrzg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">events.teams.microsoft.com/event/7904d257…

At #BeyondBinaries: Global Circuits of Influence, Exchange & Knowledge Production Workshop organised by @SOSSWits & @ird_fr, @huma_africa Director @divinefuh invoked the allegory of the tokoloshe to illustrate how coloniality haunts #Africanscholarship 🔗wits.ac.za/news/latest-ne…

At the VII #CopeneSUL in Brazil, @huma_africa Director @divinefuh delivered his lecture "The Challenge of Africa's Diaspora" emphasising that Africa and its #diaspora need to resolve their relationship in order to achieve #epistemicfreedom.

“Work hard. Believe in yourself. The sky is not the limit – it’s just the start.” - Ntokozo Makhaza, BSocSc in Psychology student. Share your #MondayMotivation with us.