UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND, JOHANNESBURG

Faculty of Humanities Research

Faculty of Humanities - Research Vision and Mission:

  • To produce research of the highest quality, ensuring that the Faculty retains and enhances its reputation as one of the leading centres for research and graduate studies in Africa
  • To encourage and enable all academic staff to be research active
  • To produce research of a pure or theoretical nature that contributes to the fundamental understanding of the disciplines in the humanities
  • To produce research of an applied nature that contributes to the solution to problems in the Southern African region particularly, and the continent more generally
  • To produce a culture of intellectual interest and engagement and a community of scholars dedicated to the development of knowledge and the rational appraisal of ideas, and ready to use their intellectual skills and expertise to engage in debate in the public domain
  • To help produce the next generation of researchers through the prioritising of graduate studies and through the commitment to developing research capacity amongst young or new members of staff and graduate students

Call for Applications

Competitive Programme for researchers

University closing date 11 July 2011.
All enquiries to Ms W Bala on 011 717 1236, or Waheeda.Bala@wits.ac.za

University closing date 4 July 2011
All enquiries to Ms W Bala on 011 717 1236, or Waheeda.Bala@wits.ac.za

Scholarships

Swiss Government scholarships for University Fine Arts and Music School for foreign students

Each country has its own application deadline. Usually it is around October or November. Please get in contact with the Swiss Diplomatic Representation in your home country in order to know their application deadline.

FRC Call for Applications

Visiting Scholars
Mellon Fellowships for Distinguished Visiting Scholars

Staff
Mellon Research and Publication Support for Younger Scholars on Wits staff
Mellon Research and Publication Support for Younger Scholars on Wits staff Application form

 

 

News

The Vice-Chancellor's Research Award

Nominations are invited for the 2011 Vice-Chancellor’s Research Award, the University’s most prestigious award for research. The purpose of the award is to stimulate research and research related scholarly activities by acknowledging and rewarding a quite exceptional worker who has been engaged in research and more general scholarly activity at the University. The award is open to all full-time academic staff of the University, whose age on 31 December 2011 will be not less than 38 and not more than 65. Submissions may be received from individuals (self-nominations), or from Deans, Academic Heads of School or from Directors/Leaders of URC-recognised research entities. To facilitate the rapid solicitation of referees’ reports, applications should be made in electronic form only (MS Word or PDF) to Iain.burns@wits.ac.za. The closing date for electronic applications to be received at the Research Office is Friday, 5 August 2011 at 17:00. Applications will be considered by the Fellowships Committee on the afternoon of 19 September 2011. Short-listed applicants will be requested to make themselves available for interview in the University at that time. Enquiries: Iain.burns@wits.ac.za. Click here for more on eligibility and award value. 

Major Equipment purchases 2012 

Major Equipment Purchases for 2012, including those co-funded via NRF National Equipment Programme (NEP/NNEP). Please click here and read the attached document carefully. To view the NEP/NEPP call click here. All enquiries to Iain Burns on (011) 717-1231 or email Iain.Burns@wits.ac.za