Message from the Head of Department, Prof Ntsikelelo Breakfast
Welcome to the Department of History and Political Studies, which offers a range of internationally recognized academic qualifications. The department provides various academic offerings in History and Political Studies. The academics in the department are experts in various areas. Qualifications in these fields (History and Political Studies) have a potential to put our students on the map, locally and internationally. Both academic disciplines are rooted in critical thinking and the logic of argumentation. Further, our academic qualifications are designed to equip our students to understand the relationship between the powerful and powerless, social ills, and promote social justice. We are in an active and ongoing intellectual process as a department to transform our curriculum and promote both decolonisation and Africanisation. The latter is aligned to the vision of the Faculty of Humanities Revitalisation project and ‘Vision 2030’ at Nelson Mandela University.
Nelson Mandela University’s Centre for Women and Gender Studies (CWGS) and the DSF-SARChI Chair in African Feminist Imagination welcome visiting Professors Yolande Bouka of Queen's University, Canada, and Darlene Miller from the University of South Africa (UNISA).
Mandela University’s Dr Johannes Sibeko, newly elected Vice-President of the Digital Humanities Association of Southern Africa (DHASA), was recently invited to a landmark workshop at the Xplanatorium Herrenhausen in Hannover, Germany, joining 27 thought leaders from 16 countries.
On 18 February, Nelson Mandela University hosted a commemoration of International Mother Tongue Day with students, academics and community members gathered to reflect on the role of mother tongues in a rapidly evolving digital society.
Earlier this month, Nelson Mandela University and the Eastern Cape Development Corporation (ECDC) met to advance implementation plans under their strategic partnership aimed at accelerating economic development and expanding opportunities for young people in the Eastern Cape.