Book Discussion : As by Fire : the End of the South African University by Prof Jonathan Jansen
- Authors: Modise, Theodorah
- Date: 2017/07/27
- Subjects: Chinua Achebe Auditorium , UJ Library , Prof Jonathan Jansen
- Type: Presentation
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/251368 , uj:26192
- Description: INVITATION UJ SARChI Chair: African Diplomacy and Foreign Policy and the UJ Library in partnership with NB Publishers, invite you to a discussion with PROFESSOR JONATHAN JANSEN author of As by Fire: The End of the South African University DATE: 27 July 2017 TIME: 16h30 for 17h00 VENUE: Chinua Achebe Auditorium (6th Floor), APK Library, University of Johannesburg, (corner Kingsway and University Road, Auckland Park) RSVP by Tuesday 25 July 2017 to Theodorah Modise on licevents@uj.ac.za / 011 559 2264 FACILITATOR: Prof Chris Landsberg (SARChI Chair: African Diplomacy and Foreign Policy) ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Prof Jonathan Jansen is a leading South African educationist, commentator and the author of several books including the bestselling, Letters to My Children. He is the former Vice-Chancellor of the University of the Free State, where he earned a reputation for transformation and a deep commitment to reconciliation. He is married with two children. ABOUT THE BOOK: What are the real roots of the student protests of 2015 and 2016? Is it actually about fees? Why did so many protests turn violent? Where is the government while the buildings burn, and do the students know how to end the protests? Former Free State University Vice-Chancellor Jonathan Jansen delves into the unprecedented disruption of universities that caught South Africa by surprise. In frank interviews with eleven of the VCs most affected, he examines the forces at work, why the protests escalate into chaos, and what is driving – and exasperating – our youth. This urgent and necessary book gives us an insider view of the crisis, tells us why the conflict will not go away and what it means for the future of our universities.
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Public Discussion : Women Struggles in South Africa
- Authors: Modise, Theodorah
- Date: 2017/08/24
- Subjects: Women’s Continued Struggles in South Africa , • Institute of Pan African Thought and Conversation , Chinua Achebe Auditorium
- Type: Presentation
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/251249 , uj:26190
- Description: The University of Johannesburg’s (UJ) Institute for Pan-African Thought and Conversation, in collaboration with the UJ Library, invite you to a dialogue on: “Women’s Continued Struggles in South Africa” DATE Thursday 24 August 2017 TIME 17:00 – 18:30 VENUE Chinua Achebe Auditorium, 6th Floor, Auckland Park Kingsway Campus Library University of Johannesburg CHAIR Professor Shahana Rasool, Associate Professor, Head: Department of Social Work, UJ SPEAKERS Ms Colleen Lowe-Morna, Executive Director, Gender Links, Johannesburg Ms Shamillah Wilson, Independent Consultant RSVP Contact Thembeka Somtseu at tsomtseu@uj.ac.za / 011 559 7232 or Tshepo Rathebe at tsheporathebe7@gmail.com / 011 559 7232
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