The news archive for the UCT Department of English.  The articles are listed from latest to oldest.

October 2019

Postgraduate Conference 2019 - Thu, 10/31/2019 - 10:15

August 2019

Hedley Twidle launches Experiments with Truth: Narrative Non-Fiction and the Coming of Democracy in South Africa - Wed, 08/28/2019 - 10:45
Dr Polo Moji co-edits new publication on the study of blackness in contemporary Europe - Wed, 08/28/2019 - 10:15

May 2019

Public event: Shakespeare and Social Justice panel discussion and book launch, 18 May 2019 - Thu, 05/16/2019 - 10:15
Shakespeare and Social Justice keynote address by Professor Ayanna Thompson: 5pm, 16 May 2019 - Wed, 05/15/2019 - 11:30

March 2019

Event: Andrew van der Vlies in conversation with Erica Lombard at UCT on 4 April - Wed, 03/27/2019 - 13:30
English Honours students Daniela Friedman and Tasneem Allybokus have been made interns at PEN SA - Wed, 03/27/2019 - 11:30

February 2019

Book launch: The Zulus of New York, by Zakes Mda. In conversation with Nadia Davids - Thu, 02/21/2019 - 11:00
Institute for Creative Arts Book Launch - Acts of Transgression: Contemporary Live Art in South Africa - Fri, 02/15/2019 - 12:30

November 2018

Dr Mandisa Haarhoff at Northwestern University - Thu, 11/29/2018 - 10:45
Associate Professor Nadia Davids' play At Her Feet returns to the Baxter Golden Arrow Studio from 22 November to 8 December 2018 – for the first time in 14 years - Mon, 11/19/2018 - 11:00
Associate Professor Barbara Boswell has been awarded the coveted Debut Award for South African Writing in English from the University of Johannesburg for her novel Grace - Mon, 11/12/2018 - 12:00

September 2018

Black Archives and Intellectual Histories Seminar Series - Archive in the Wake - Tue, 09/25/2018 - 09:45
Barbara Boswell’s novel, Grace has been shortlisted for the UJ Debut Literary Prize for South African Writing in English - Thu, 09/13/2018 - 12:45
Black Archives and Intellectual Histories - Embodied Epistemes: Disappearance and the Archive - Thu, 09/13/2018 - 11:15

August 2018

Associate Professor Barbara Boswell's interview for the Cheeky Natives Podcast - Fri, 08/31/2018 - 09:45
Professor Carrol Clarkson wins UCT Meritorious Book Award - Mon, 08/27/2018 - 14:30
TB Davie pre-lecture dinner - Tue, 08/21/2018 - 11:15
Black Archives and Intellectual Histories - Mon, 08/06/2018 - 10:45

June 2018

The Department celebrates the graduation of two of our PhD students this month - Wed, 06/27/2018 - 12:45
Assoc. Prof. Harry Garuba’s poem gets published as the poem of the week in the Guardian newspaper - Wed, 06/13/2018 - 12:30

March 2018

Assoc. Prof. Nadia Davids' play What Remains received 5 awards at the 2018 Fleur du Cap awards - Mon, 03/19/2018 - 11:30

November 2017

The Afrows Anthology – Propelling Young Black Writers - Wed, 11/22/2017 - 12:00
Hedley Twidle's new book Firepool: Experiences in an Abnormal World - Thu, 11/09/2017 - 13:15

March 2016

Talking the WALK with Dr Barbara Boswell - Wed, 03/23/2016 - 12:45
Welcome new Postgradute Students - Wed, 03/23/2016 - 11:30
International Journal of Arts and Humanities in Higher Education - Wed, 03/23/2016 - 11:15