Department of

Sociology and Social Anthropology

Generative AI and the Humanities

by | Sep 21, 2024 | News

Thursday, 26 September 2024, 13:00-14:30; Join the meeting online: https://bit.ly/AI-Seminar3 Ava van Huyssteen and Lennox Olivier First presentation: Generative AI in the Faculty of Arts and Social SciencesLarge language models (LLMs) constitute a new generation of...

Dr Saibu Mutaru to present Evans-Pritchard lecture.

by | Apr 30, 2024 | News

Dr. Mutaru, one of this department’s former PhD students, will give his first Evans-Pritchard lecture titled ‘Witchcraft “Witch Camps”, and Social Life in Northern Ghana’. The lecture will take place on the 30th of April at 4pm. The teams...

Lecturer post: deadline extended until 18 January

by | Jan 15, 2024 | News

Due to some technical difficulties experienced by applicants in December and early January the deadline for submission of applications for the lecturer post  (LSW17/313/1123) has been extended to 18 January.  The deadline for the senior lecturer post (LSW17/314/1123)...