A three-day meeting at UCT on the contested politics of 'culture' in July had all the markings of your typical international scholarly gathering - papers were presented, questions were posed, discussions were had, email addresses were swapped. But, more than that, the occasion also marked UCT's debut as host of a Worldwide Universities Network (WUN) event. Read more...

UCT and Penn State University recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding in Shanghai, China. The setting may not be as unlikely as it first appears - universities from across the globe were represented at a meeting (and AGM) of the Worldwide University Network (WUN). Read more...

Associate Professor Kirsten McKenzie from the History Department at Sydney University visited the Department for three weeks in March-April 2011. Kirsten was a student at UCT before moving to Australia, and is now a leading advocate of transnational histories of the British Empire in the early-mid 19^th century. Read more...

The first meeting of the ThunderKAT project was held at Arniston (South Africa) from 19-21 April 2011. ThunderKAT is the MeerKAT Large Survey Project on transient radio (synchrotron) emission associated with accretion and explosive events. Read more...

Dr Linda Ronnie from the Graduate School of Business, University of Cape Town, visited the Department in September to work with Paul Wakeling on a project comparing the motivations and educational backgrounds of MBA students in South Africa and the UK. Read more...