News archive
The news archive for the UCT Department of English. The articles are listed from latest to oldest.
March 2021
Associate Professor Nadia Davids wins UCT Creative Art Works Award - 19 Mar 2021 - 18:15
February 2021
Virtual Event: Childhood in Contemporary Diasporic African Literature BOOK LAUNCH - 17 Feb 2021 - 11:30
September 2020
Online Event: African Feminisms 2020 - 7 Sep 2020 - 14:00
August 2020
July 2020
Webinar to unpack racism and inequality amid COVID-19 - 13 Jul 2020 - 13:15
March 2020
In memoriam: Professor Harry Garuba - 3 Mar 2020 - 12:00
February 2020
Barbara Boswell hosts Professor Elleke Boehmer's book launch - 28 Feb 2020 - 12:00
Hedley Twidle participated in the Bergen Literary Festival in Norway - 28 Feb 2020 - 12:00
Sandra Young, keynote speaker at the University of Bayreuth in Germany - 28 Feb 2020 - 12:00
December 2019
End of year party 2019 - 6 Dec 2019 - 12:30
October 2019
Postgraduate Conference 2019 - 31 Oct 2019 - 10:15
Applications open for the Konstantin Sofianos Scholarship - 22 Oct 2019 - 12:15
August 2019
Dr Polo Moji co-edits new publication on the study of blackness in contemporary Europe - 28 Aug 2019 - 10:15
May 2019
March 2019
Event: Andrew van der Vlies in conversation with Erica Lombard at UCT on 4 April - 27 Mar 2019 - 13:30
February 2019
Book launch: The Zulus of New York, by Zakes Mda. In conversation with Nadia Davids - 21 Feb 2019 - 11:00
November 2018
Dr Mandisa Haarhoff at Northwestern University - 29 Nov 2018 - 10:45
September 2018
Black Archives and Intellectual Histories Seminar Series - Archive in the Wake - 25 Sep 2018 - 09:45
August 2018
Associate Professor Barbara Boswell's interview for the Cheeky Natives Podcast - 31 Aug 2018 - 09:45
Professor Carrol Clarkson wins UCT Meritorious Book Award - 27 Aug 2018 - 14:30
TB Davie pre-lecture dinner - 21 Aug 2018 - 11:15
Black Archives and Intellectual Histories - 6 Aug 2018 - 10:45
June 2018
The Department celebrates the graduation of two of our PhD students this month - 27 Jun 2018 - 12:45
March 2018
November 2017
The Afrows Anthology – Propelling Young Black Writers - 22 Nov 2017 - 12:00
Hedley Twidle's new book Firepool: Experiences in an Abnormal World - 9 Nov 2017 - 13:15
March 2016
Talking the WALK with Dr Barbara Boswell - 23 Mar 2016 - 12:45
Welcome new Postgradute Students - 23 Mar 2016 - 11:30
International Journal of Arts and Humanities in Higher Education - 23 Mar 2016 - 11:15
Professor Imraan Coovadia - 23 Mar 2016 - 10:00
January 2016
Posgraduate conference 2016 - 19 Jan 2016 - 16:00