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Sociology
Sociology provides invaluable insights about the continuous interplay and reciprocal influence between society’s historical and existing social structures and individual agency. It helps us to understand human behaviour and identify constructive and destructive patterns in behaviour. Furthermore, it deepens the understanding of the…http://humanities.nwu.ac.za/social-transformation/history
History
History involves the study of the past and how we narrate and debate the past, as well as the impact of the past on the present. As one of the oldest university disciplines, history has shaped debates around the origins and genealogies of nationalism, capitalism, migration, colonialism, and other key forces that shape our world. We study…http://humanities.nwu.ac.za/centre-text-technology/language-technology-honours
Language Technology Honours
HONOURS IN LANGUAGE TECHNOLOGY Discover the potential of an Honours degree in Language Technology in the dynamic field of computational linguistics. Contribute to diverse language integration, specialising in South African languages, and expand your machine learning and linguistics expertise. Join this niche…http://humanities.nwu.ac.za/nwu-emelten-ssrec/ethics-application-and-committee-information
Ethics Application and Committee Information
[accordion collapsed] TOR & SOPs Terms of Reference The terms of reference (TOR) document provides guidelines and a minimum standard for the North-West University Education, Management and Economic Sciences, Law, Theology, Engineering and Natural Sciences-Social Sciences Research Ethics Committee’s (NWU-EMELTEN-SSREC) operational…http://humanities.nwu.ac.za/nwu-emelten-ssrec/ethics-training
Ethics Training
Research ethics training of researchers (Principal investigators, supervisors/promoters, co-supervisors/co-promotors, Master’s and PhD students and other research team members) has become a requirement of the Department of Health and the National Health Research Ethics Council (NHREC) and proof of formal research ethics training received…http://humanities.nwu.ac.za/nwu-emelten-ssrec/consultation
Consultation
The NWU-EMELTEN-SSREC Office offers consultation services to researchers (academic staff members and Master’s and Doctoral students) to assist them with the preparation and submission of research ethics applications. Contact Ethics-EMELTEN@nwu.ac.za for enquiries and consultations.http://humanities.nwu.ac.za/nwu-emelten-ssrec/contact-us
Contact Us
Prof Erhabor Idemudia NWU-EMELTEN-SSREC Chairperson E-mail: Erhabor.Idemudia@nwu.ac.za Telephone: 018 389 2899 Ms Precious Nale NWU-EMELTEN-SSREC Administrator Email: Precious.Nale@nwu.ac.za Telephone: 018 285 2154. Physical Address: Room G24 Faculty of Humanities (Building F4)…http://humanities.nwu.ac.za/humanities/faculty-spesific-days-and-orientation
Faculty spesific days and orientation
[accordion] Have questions regarding you programme? School specific information and orientation sessions NB Please bring your Proof of regsitration with you! School of Communication Vanderbijlpark Campus - 17 Feb @10-12:30 in Building A15 (old building 31) Potchefstroom Campus - 17…http://humanities.nwu.ac.za/vinco/stairways-and-ruins-exhibition
Stairways and Ruins Exhibition
List of artists and artworks Opening night images Contact Andrew Lamprecht’s curatorial statement "This exhibition emerges from the chaotic and tragic reality of Covid-19 and lockdown; additionally we face the looming climatic crisis that engulfs our news everyday, not to mention a possibility of global war we have not…http://humanities.nwu.ac.za/essay-competition
School of Philosophy Essay Competition
The Philosophy Essay Prize is an annual competition run by the School of Philosophy at North-West University. In order to enter, you have to be a student in our department, or a student enrolled for an “Understanding the World” module.The competition has two categories: Undergraduate and Postgraduate. In each category, three prizes…http://humanities.nwu.ac.za/school-philosophy-essay-competition-previous-winners
School of Philosophy Essay Competition previous winners
NB! Disclaimer: The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed in each essay belongs solely to the author (student) of that essay and does express that of the North-West University or any employer thereof.Copyright remains with the author (student) of an essay. No part of any essay may be reproduced without written permission from the author…http://humanities.nwu.ac.za/afrocentric-governance-public-affairs/afrocentric-governance-public-affairs
Afrocentric Governance of Public Affairs
[accordion] Welcome message Chapter 13 of the National Development Plan of South Africa refers to the need for building a capable developmental state to fight against the triple challenges of poverty, inequality and unemployment (National Planning Commission, 2011). The same chapter laments poor capacity for craft competence…http://humanities.nwu.ac.za/languages/ICAME44
ICAME44
The 44th annual conference of the International Computer Archive of Modern and Medieval English is hosted by the North-West University in Vanderbijlpark, South Africa, from 17 to 21 May 2023. The conference format will be hybrid, with on-site and on-line participation possible. The conference theme is “English going places, Corpora…http://humanities.nwu.ac.za/music/indigenous-terminology