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Humanities by numbers

17 June 2014
Humanities by Numbers

6000 students 43 countries represented in the student body 75% undergraduates 25% postgraduates

6 schools:
  • School of Languages & Literatures
  • Michaelis School of Fine Art
  • School of Education
  • School for African & Gender Studies, Anthropology & Linguistics (AXL)
  • School of Dance
  • South African College of Music
 10 academic departments:
  • Drama
  • English Language & Literature
  • Historical Studies
  • Philosophy
  • Political Studies
  • Psychology
  • Religious Studies
  • Social Development
  • Sociology
  • Centre for Film & Media Studies
 15 research centres and institutes:
  • African Gender Institute
  • Centre for African Studies
  • Children's Institute
  • Research Institute for Christianity & Society in Africa
  • Institute for Comparative Religion in Southern Africa
  • Centre for Contemporary Islam
  • Centre for Creative Writing
  • Institute for Humanities in Africa (HUMA)
  • Institute for Intercultural & Diversity Studies
  • Isaac & Jessie Kaplan Centre for Jewish Studies & Research
  • Centre for Curating the Archive (formerly known as the Lucy Lloyd Archive & Resource Exhibition Centre)
  • Centre for Rhetoric Studies
  • Centre for Social Science Research
  • Library and Information Science Centre

72 NRF-Rated Researchers
  • 5 As
  • 26 Bs
  • 34 Cs
  • 6 Ys
  • 1 L
 4 South African Research Chairs (SARCHI)
  • Prof Carolyn Hamilton
  • Prof Rajend Mesthrie
  • Prof Abdulkader Tayob
  • Prof Lungisile Ntsebeza
 2 AW Mellon Research chairs
  • Dr Matthias Brenzinger
  • Prof Fiona Ross
 27 winners of the prestigious Distinguished Teacher Award since the award's inception in 1981 have come from humanities

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