This consensus study aims to examine the present status and role of the Humanities in South Africa and to suggest ways to strengthen and advance the contribution of the Humanities to national life and development in South Africa.

RESOURCES

• Reforming the Humanities Ph.D.  (Mellon Report)
• A sputnik moment? The Natural Sciences and Humanities. An interview with Edward L. Ayers (South African Journal of Science, July/August 2009)
• Nzimande: African languages under threat (11 September, 2009; Mail and Guardian)
• The human factor (an interview with Blade Mzimande, 22 February, 2010; Mail and Guardian)
• Heather Jacklin and Peter Vale’s Re-imagining the Social in South Africa (18 September, 2009; UKZN Book Press blog)
• Scientists may gloat, but an assault is under way against the arts (an article by Simon Jenkins, 25 March, 2010; The Guardian)
• The Nairobi Report: Frameworks for Africa-UK Research Collaboration in the Social Sciences and Humanities (from the British Academy and The Association of Commonwealth Universities)
• The Market Colonization of Intellectuals (6 April, 2010 written by Lewis R. Gordon; published in truthout)
• How is Innovation Taught? – On the Humanities and the Knowledge Economy (from the Tomorrow’s Professor Blog, posted 27 April, 2010)
• Past, Present and Future: The Public Value of the Humanities & Social Sciences (Royal Academy)
• What are universities for? (7 May 2010, written by Keith Thomas; published in TLS)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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