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SUMMARY:AFI Feminist Dialogue: “Traversing Uncharted Terrain: The Development of
a Gender Studies Programme at the University of Limpopo” with Samukezi
Mrubula-Ngwenya
DESCRIPTION:\nIn an effort to address gender-based ills\, the faculty of
humanities at the University of Limpopo in South Africa took advantage
of the new Generation of Academic Programme (nGAP) initiated by the nati
onal Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) in 2017 and appo
inted a young African female lecturer to spearhead the development of th
e Gender Studies Programme. In the same year\, the Department of Cultura
l and Political Studies asked the nGAP lecturer to teach an already exis
ting Gender Studies module to postgraduate students. In this dialogue\,
Samukezi Mrubula-Ngwenya\, Ph.D.\, shares her reflections on having to c
reate modules at the University of Limpopo to revamp a programme that wa
s no longer feasible. The two majors in this newly revised programme are
History and Gender Studies (Bachelor of Arts Gender Studies and History
). This is a three-year undergraduate programme. Mrubula-Ngwenya intends
to share and get ideas on the gender studies modules to make sure that
they are grounded in African feminism and Pan-Africanism. The envisioned
bachelor of arts degree (Gender Studies and History) will be offered fo
r the first time in 2025.\n\nSamukezi Mrubula-Ngwenya\, senior lecturer
at the University of Limpopo\, is a social justice activist who advocate
s for Lesbian\, Bisexual\, and Queer (LBQ) rights in South Africa. She h
as a doctorate in political science from the University of Limpopo\, whe
re she lectures and convenes the Gender Studies Program.\n\nFor more det
ails: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/afi_samukezi-mrubula-ngwenya/
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:In an effort to
address gender-based ills, the faculty of humanities at the University
of Limpopo in South Africa took advantage of the new Generation of Acade
mic Programme (nGAP) initiated by the national Department of Higher Educ
ation and Training (DHET) in 2017 and appointed a young African female l
ecturer to spearhead the development of the Gender Studies Programme. In
the same year, the Department of Cultural and Political Studies asked t
he nGAP lecturer to teach an already existing Gender Studies module to p
ostgraduate students. In this dialogue, Samukezi Mrubula-Ngwenya, Ph.D.,
shares her reflections on having to create modules at the University of
Limpopo to revamp a programme that was no longer feasible. The two majo
rs in this newly revised programme are History and Gender Studies (Bache
lor of Arts Gender Studies and History). This is a three-year undergradu
ate programme. Mrubula-Ngwenya intends to share and get ideas on the gen
der studies modules to make sure that they are grounded in African femin
ism and Pan-Africanism. The envisioned bachelor of arts degree (Gender S
tudies and History) will be offered for the first time in 2025.
Samukezi Mrubula-Ngwenya, senior lecturer at the University of Limp
opo, is a social justice activist who advocates for Lesbian, Bisexual, a
nd Queer (LBQ) rights in South Africa. She has a doctorate in political
science from the University of Limpopo, where she lectures and convenes
the Gender Studies Program.
For more details: https://events.la.ps
u.edu/event/afi_samukezi-mrubula-ngwenya/
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