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College of Human SciencesResearch Focus AreasAfrican LanguagesAfrican Languages and the Macro-EnvironmentAfrican Languages LinguisticsAfrican Languages Literature (Traditional and Modern)Children’s LiteratureComputational MorphologyFolkloreLanguage Planning and Language PolicyOnomasticsTerminology and LexicographyTranslation and InterpretationAfrikaans & Theory of LiteratureAfrikaans LiteratureAfrikaans Literature (Prose and Poetry)South African DramaContemporary Drama and Theatre StudiesDrama and Theatre SemioticsChildren’s and Youth LiteratureAfrikaans Gay LiteratureQueer StudiesCultural StudiesLiterary NonfictionLiterary HistoriographyLiterature and Knowledge SystemsEcocriticismCreative WritingAfrikaans LinguisticsDocument DesignBehaviour Change CommunicationCognitive SemanticsLexicographySociolinguisticsForensic LinguisticsLanguage PerformanceTheory of LiteratureGenre TheoryGeneral Literary TheorySouth African Literary StudiesPost ColonialismComparative LiteratureCultural StudiesAnimal StudiesEcocriticismThe Work of JM CoetzeeThe Indian DiasporaBollywood CinemaChildren's LiteratureCreative WritingArt History & Visual Arts & MusicologyMusicologyPhilosophy, especially as related to Embodiment and CognitionJazz StudiesMusic in South AfricaPhenomenology of PerformanceLearning TheoryImprovisationCritical TheoryPhilosophy of MindSemioticsPhenomenologyMusic Cognition and PerceptionAfricanist EthnomusicologyHistorical MusicologyMusic EducationAfrikaans Music in Twentieth Century South AfricaJewish Music in Twentieth Century South AfricaSouth African Art Music Composition and PracticeComposition, with a specific focus on Classical Instrumental Music and Popular Forms including Rock and Electronic MusicTheory of Film MusicVisual ArtsAfrican Art and Cultural HistoryVisual Narratives of Cultural Capital and HeritageArt Education, Curriculum and Professional Development in Visual ArtEvolution of CultureTheory Of MindCategorizationPattern RecognitionNarratives and Framed NarrativesSimulationNeurosciencePosthumanismEsoteric SymbolismGreco-Roman MythologyComics StudiesAnimationDrawingDigital and New Media ArtIntermedia PracticeThe Porosity of Boundaries between Digital and Analogue Arts, Transmedia Narratives, Process-Driven ArtContemporary Painting, Drawing and Installation, Collaborative Art ProjectsThe Aesthetics of the SublimePractice-Led Research, Curatorship and Professional Exhibition PracticeSite-Specific Art PracticesArt in the Urban / Public DomainSpace / Place / SiteVideo Art as Catalyst for Traumatic and Dissociative MemoryVideo Art in South AfricaAltermodernismPostmodernismVideo InstallationsInteractive ArtInternet ArtDigital ManipulationInstallation ArtArt HistorySeventeenth-Century Netherlandish ArtEarly Modern Art in EuropeAfrican ArtPost-Structural Perspectives on Modern and Postmodern Art and CultureThe Relationship between Language and Artistic ImagesThe Relationship between Metaphoric and Literal Language in Art AnalysisArtistic EmbodimentArt and HumourEveryday AestheticsEnvironmental AestheticsSouth African Art and Cultural HistoryArt as Social-Critical Practice (Ideology)Urban and Consumer CultureThe Fl?neurWomen and the CitySurveillance and the GazeInteractive artGender StudiesIdeology in Visual CultureSouth African ArtContemporary ArtArt GallerySouth African Contemporary Art CollectionsArt Acquisition PoliciesArt CuratingCulture Industry and ProductionParticipatory Practices in MuseumsArt EducationContract supervisorsIdentity PoliticsContemporary Performance ArtTrans-HumanismFetishismNeurotheology – Rituals and Pain as Mediators of Psychophysical Healing ResponsesNeo-Baroque AestheticsPhenomenologyHermeneuticsAltermodernismContemporary Art-Making – Collaborative Community Art Projects, Installation Art and SculptureAll Fields of PhotographyQuantitative Research in the Areas of:JazzMusic EducationMusic and MedicineMusic and PsychologyCommunity Music OutreachDrawingPrintmakingAlternative Photography ProcessesLabour Intensive InstallationsCommunication ScienceOrganisational CommunicationOrganisational and Media CommunicationCommunication Science in MediaEnglish StudiesAcademic Literacy and Multidisciplinary Language SupportAfrican LiteratureAfrican-American LiteratureAfrican Women’s WritingAmerican LiteratureAutobiography (Self-Writing)Black Atlantic Studies and Revisionist Migrant Cultural Transnationalism in the Wake of GlobalizationChildren’s LiteratureChristianity / Religion and LiteratureComparative Literature (English-French)Creative WritingCultural StudiesDevelopment EducationDiaspora and Literary-Historical Study of Representations of Genocide in African LiteratureDiscourse AnalysisEmbodied MemoryEnglish as Medium of Instruction in Multilingual SocietiesEnglish Language StudiesEnglish Language Teacher EducationEnglish Teaching / English in EducationFemale Writers of the Romantic and Victorian PeriodFeminist Speculative FictionFeminist TheoryFilm, MediaFolklore, Fairy Tales and MythGender and HIV / and Migration / and Language ImpactGender Studies and Women’s WritingGothic FictionHarlem RenaissanceHistoriography and Literary History of Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Natal; Iconography and Representation of the Irish Wolfhound in Text and Visual Media, c.1750-PresentLanguage and PowerLanguage Ideologies and PowerLanguage, Literacies and IdentityLanguage SocialisationLiteracies in GeneralLiteracy in ESLLiterature and LanguageLiterature / Language InstructionLiterary Representations of Terrorism & Racial Profiling in Popular CultureLiterary TheoryModernismMultilingualismNineteenth-Century WritingOld English and Middle English / Medieval StudiesOnline Learning (and Mobile Learning)OnomasticsPoetryPopular CulturePostcolonialismProgramme EvaluationPromoting Accuracy in Written English for the Work EnvironmentPsychoanalytical Readings of Fantastic FictionQueer TheoryReading and Writing Skills (Education)Renaissance WritingRepresentations of Violence in South African LiteratureRomanticsScience FictionSociolinguisticsSouth African LiteratureSystemic Functional LinguisticsTEFLTESOL(Trans)Cultural MemoryTrauma and TestimonyTwentieth Century LiteratureVictorian LiteratureInformation ScienceArchival ScienceArchives and Records ManagementDiplomaticsDigital Records ForensicBibliometrics, Infometrics and WebometricsSocial InformaticsInformation SourcesChildren's Literature and ServicesLibrary and Information Science Education and TrainingCurrent Trends in LIS (Library and Information Science)Library and Information Sciencee-Records and e-GovernmentIndigenous Knowledge SystemsInformation Access, Information Use, Information Behaviour and Information SeekingUser Studies and User EducationInformation for Development and ChangeInformation and Society / CultureInformation SocietyInformation Literacy and Family LiteracyInformation Organisation, Representation and RetrievalInformation DisseminationInformation Law, Ethics and PhilosophyInformation and Knowledge ManagementPolitical Economy of InformationLibraries and Information Centres or Agencies (School, Public, Academic, Private, National and Provincial Libraries)Research Trends in LISInfopreneurshipICTs in Library and Information ScienceLinguistics & Modern LanguagesGeneral linguisticsSociolinguisticsApplied Linguistics (i.e. Second Language Learning and Teaching)Reading / LiteracyTranslation StudiesFrench Literature and Language Portuguese Literature and LanguageAnthropologyCritical AnthropologyCultural HeritageCultural Resource ManagementDecolonial EpistemologiesEarthen ArchitectureEducational AnthropologyEthno-archaeologyFeminist AnthropologyMedical AnthropologyOrality StudiesPerformance StudiesRitualSex and GenderThe Anthropology of DevelopmentThe Anthropology of OrganisationsThe Anthropology of Space and PlaceUrban AnthropologyUrban ParksArchaeology19th- and 20th-Century Material Culture StudiesArchaeological Heritage ManagementArchaeologies of ConflictArchaeologies of IdentityArchaeologies of Slavery and the Slave TradeArchaeozoology / Archaeofaunal StudiesThe Archaeology of Food and FoodwaysColonial Frontiers and Culture Contact StudiesHistorical Archaeology, with a focus on Southern and West AfricaLandscape ArchaeologyMission ArchaeologyPre-Colonial (Iron Age) Farming Societies in Southern AfricaEarly State Formation in Southern AfricaThe Comparative Use of Written, Oral & Archaeological SourcesThe Middle and Later Stone Age in Southern AfricaBiblical & Ancient StudiesEarly Christianity: Origins of Early Christianity; Historical Jesus Research; The Jesus movement; Pauline Writings; Johannine Writings; ApocalypticismAspects of Greek and Roman Culture with Specific Reference to Early Christianity; Greco-Roman ReligionsChristian SpiritualityBiblical SpiritualityThe Old Testament and Christian SpiritualityPost-Secularism in the Third MillenniumThe Patriarchs and the PentateuchTheory of SpiritualityThe Bible and Faith Trends in the Global 21st CenturySexuality, Spirituality and Song of SongsEarly Christian Spirituality (New Testament and the Early Church)The Hermeneutics of Early Christian SpiritualityContemporary Christian SpiritualityThe Johannine LiteratureSocio-Rhetorical Criticism as Research MethodologyEarly Christian Experiences, Devotion and DiscipleshipThe Bible and Faith Trends in Church MinistryChristian Spirituality in African ContextsChristian Spirituality in Catholic ContextChristian Spirituality in Tshwane ContextsChurch HistorySouth African Church HistoryChristianity in AfricaSouth African MethodismSouth African Church HistoryEarly Church HistoryReformationSignificance of Church History for the Modern Church and SocietyInfluence of Christianity on the South African SocietyChristian EducationHistoriographyChurch State RelationsCatholic HistoryMission, State and LandHistoriographyEarly Church HistorySouth African Church HistorySouth African Baptist HistoryQuality Assurance in Higher EducationMissiologyTheology of MissionEcumenical MissiologyContextualisationModels of Liberation TheologyIntercultural TheologyMission and TransformationMissional HermeneuticsMissiological TheoriesTheology of MissionWomen, Gender and MissionWomen’s TheologiesFaith-Based Communities and Sustainable DevelopmentUrban MinistryAfrican Renaissance and the Unity of AfricaEvangelism and Mass Media / TV BroadcastThird Wave Movement / ChristianityAfrican TheologyIntercultural Communication of the GospelMissional TheologyUrban MissionAfrican TheologyChildren and Youth MovementsAnti-Racism and ReconciliationSocial MediaEmerging and Missional ChurchTheology of MissionMission and PowerMission and UnityIntegral MissionCommunity Economic DevelopmentUrban MinistryMission and Social PolicyHistoryVarious Relevant Aspects of the Economic, Social, Cultural and Political History of South AfricaBritish HistoryGerman HistorySelect Themes from World History and Intellectual HistoryPractical TheologyYouth MinistryFaith Formation and Spiritual Development in AdolescentsThe Impact of Faith and / or Spirituality On Youth Identity Formation and DevelopmentThe Role of Family, Culture and Youth Sub-Cultures in Youth SocialisationThe Profession and / or State of Youth Work in South AfricaPastoral Care and Counsellingintegration of Psychology and TheologyMarriage and Premarital Issues and Gender Studies in African Context (Particularly Women’s Rights)Africanisation of Pastoral Care and CounsellingUnity and Injustices within Reformed ChurchesPastoral Care and CounsellingMinistry in the Context of PovertyCommunity DevelopmentChurch LeadershipManagement and AdministrationHomileticsContextual Practical Theology in AfricaChristian Faith and Moral Formation Educational PracticesLife Narrative ResearchMulticultural Teaching and LearningSpiritual and Moral LeadershipPastoral Care and CounsellingLiberation – Contextual Practical TheologyEmpirical Research in TheologyThe Methodology of Practical TheologyA Contextual Approach to Practical TheologyPractical Theology and Action TheoriesPractical Theology and Public TheologyHuman Rights and ReligionLiturgical StudiesHymnology and Church MusicReligious CommunicationHomiletics and HermeneuticsWorship and Spiritual FormationWorship and IdentityWorship and LeadershipPastoral CareThe Church's Diaconal ServiceThe Christian Ministry to the Sick in the African ContextCelebration and WorshipReligious EducationChristian Care, Human Rights, African Women and Widowhood Rites and their ConsequencesEcclesiology in African Christian PerspectiveReligious / Christian EducationSpiritual and Faith DevelopmentTheological Education in South AfricaSpirituality in the Workplace / Theological EducationMinisterial Training / Clergy FormationDiversity Issues in Christian CommunitiesPhilosophyAfrican PhilosophyCritical ReasoningPhilosophy of CulturePhilosophy of EducationEthicsApplied EthicsBioethicsEnvironmental EthicsPolitical PhilosophySocial PhilosophyAestheticsPhenomenologyEpistemologyMetaphysicsLogicHistory and Philosophy of ScienceCosmologyPhilosophy of ReligionMedieval PhilosophyValues and PhilosophyReligious StudiesAfrican Indigenous Religions and Human RightsBuddhism in South AfricaBuddhist MeditationBuddhist Religious RitualCritical Theories of Religion (Comparative and Historical, Colonial and Post-Colonial, Sociological and Anthropological)Early Christianity within its Jewish and Greco-Roman ContextsHindu MeditationHuman Rights, Constitutional Law and ReligionMadhyamaka Buddhist PhilosophyMaterial Religion: Objects and Senses in ReligionsMetaphysical ThoughtModern Buddhist history (c. 1850 – Current)Modernism and ReligionNew Religious Movements – 19th centuryNew Religious Movements – 20th and 21st centuryPolitics of ReligionPostmodernism and ReligionReligion and Education (Policy and Curriculum Design)Religion and Gender (Media representations and religious practices)Religion and Marriage PracticesReligion Education, Human Rights and ValuesReligion, Civil Society and TechnologyReligion, Conflict and Politics (with Specialization in Gramsci Thought)Religion, Curriculum Development and TechnologyReligious HermeneuticsReligious nationalism and ViolenceRepresentations of Religion in Contemporary LiteratureResearch Methodology in Religious StudiesRitual, Ideology and PowerWestern Philosophy of ReligionArabicArabic Syntax and MorphologyModern Arabic PoetryTeaching of Arabic in a Non-Native EnvironmentTeaching of Arabic in a Non-Native EnvironmentTranslations of Arabic Religious TextsTranslations of Classical Arabic Literary TextsTranslations of Modern Arabic Religious TextsIslamic StudiesBiographies of Selected MuslimsClassical Islamic HistoryClassical Philosophy in IslamContemporary Islamic Thought, Philosophy and LawHadith – the Study of the Muslim Prophetic TraditionHistory of Islam in Southern AfricaIslam in South AfricaIslamic Banking and FinanceIslamic Doctrinal TheologyIslamic, modernity and SecularismMuslim Minorities in the WestQur’anic Commentary and ExegesisQur’anic HermeneuticsSufism (Islamic Mysticism)Development StudiesDevelopment Debates and IssuesGender and DevelopmentGovernance and DevelopmentSustainability, Development Policy, Practice and DevelopmentHuman Security and DevelopmentHealth StudiesScholarship Development in NursingScholarship of Teaching and LearningYouth and Adolescent HealthHIV and AIDSPreventive and Promotive HealthcareHealthcare for Diverse PopulationsPublic HealthPolitical SciencesAfrican PoliticsAfrican Constitutions and ConstitutionalismSelected African Electoral Systems and ElectionsSelected African Governing and Opposition Political PartiesSelected African Political Economy IssuesAfrican Political, Regional and Economic InstitutionsAfrican Political ThoughtAfrican Politics In Comparative Perspective – Selected CountriesAfrican State Building, Political Leadership and Environmental PoliticsPoliticsBlack ConsciousnessCivil SocietyConstitutional Law and PoliticsDemocracy, Democratisation and GovernanceElections, Electoral Studies and Electoral SystemsEnvironmental PoliticsEpistemology and Methodological IssuesHuman Rights IssuesHuman Security and Security IssuesNationalism and SeparatismPolitical Conflict Resolution: Theories, Transitions and Constitutional NegotiationsPolitical Parties and Party SystemsSouth African PoliticsSovereigntySports and PoliticsTransitional JusticeSeparation of PowersInternational PoliticsForeign PolicyForeign Policy of African StatesForeign Policy Decision-MakingDiplomacyInternational OrganisationsInternational Political EconomyInternational Relations TheoryMilitary CoupsNuclear EnergyEnvironmental PoliticsPolitical LeadershipSecurityPsychologyPsychology in SocietyPsychological ScienceTherapeutic PsychologyScholarly Development of Students in PsychologySocial Justice and InclusionHidden Histories of PsychologyNeuroscience and NeuropsychologyTherapeutic Contexts and Lived ExperiencesAfrican Psychologies and EpistemologiesHealth, Wellbeing and Developmental PsychologyForensic PsychologyCognitive and Experimental PsychologySociologyVulnerable, Marginalised Groups rr Populations at RiskSocial Issues / ProblemsSocial DevelopmentThe Social Work ProfessionSocial Work Education and Training in the ODL-ContextSpecific / Specialised Methods of Social Work InterventionSpecialised Fields of Social WorkResearch Approaches and Specialised Research MethodsInstitute for Gender StudiesGender And HealthHIV and genderMSM; WSWLiterary GenresScience FictionFantasyChildren’s LiteratureGothic LiteratureLiterature of the SupernaturalFolkloreFairy TalesTheoretical ApproachesGender Theories: Feminist Theory, Masculinity Studies, Queer TheoryPostcolonial Theory, Including Theories of Hybridity, The Postcolonial Subject and SubalternityResearch Institute for Theology & ReligionAfrican Christian Cultures and Religious PhilosophiesScience and ReligionEcumenical and Public TheologiesReligion, Development and Social Change ................
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