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UJ Philosophy: #132 worldwide, #2 in Africa, #2 in the Global South, #1 UJ department!
Stellenbosch #130, Johannesburg #132, Cape Town #134, KwaZulu-Natal #184
The only 4 philosophy departments to rank in Africa.
Stellenbosch #130, Johannesburg #132, Cape Town #134, KwaZulu-Natal #184
The only 4 philosophy departments to rank in Africa.
Welcome to the Home of Critical and Ethical Thinking!
We teach people to think
- In a world of info-overload and robot panic
- In ways relevant to our African context
- Drawing on our diverse identity
- In three major philosophical traditions – African, Continental, and Analytic
UJ Philosophers know how to teach
- Prof Catherine Botha: UJ VC’s Distinguished Award for Excellence in Teaching 2020
- Ms Dimpho Maponya: UJ Faculty of Humanities Award for Most Promising Lecturer of 2020
- Dr Asheel Singh: UJ Faculty of Humanities Award for Best Post-Graduate Teacher of 2020
Forthcoming Events
Thursday 17 August 2023 at APK Library (Nadine Gordimer Auditorium, Level 5) at 15:30pm: Professor Alex Broadbent
Wednesday 23 August 2023 at the Humanities Common Room, APK (C-Ring 319) at 11:20am: Dr Pieter Streicher
Wednesday 13 September 2023 at the Humanities Common Room, APK (C-Ring 319) at 11:20am: Mr Edmund Ugar
Wednesday 11 October 2023 at the Humanities Common Room, APK (C-Ring 319) at 11:20am: Dr Siseko Kumalo
Wednesday 18 October 2023 at the Humanities Common Room, APK (C-Ring 319) at 11:20am: Professor Andrew Gregory
Visitors
- Prof Lewis Gordon (Uni of Connecticut) is a visiting professor specialising in Africana Philosophy.
- Prof Nancy Jecker (Uni Washington) is a visiting professor specialising in Bioethics and a Fulbright U.S. Scholar for 2021/22.
- Prof Darrel Moellendorf (Goethe University) is a distinguished Visiting Professor spacialising in Political and philosophy and a Fulbright U.S. Scholar for 2021/22.