Chief Albert Luthuli Research Chair
RDP of the soul: Recentring the church’s role in society
Maybe it is time to dismantle the “traditional pulpit” so that church leaders are right in the centre among the people and not detached from everyday realities and voices. This was one of the thought-provoking messages at a symposium hosted by the Chief Albert Luthuli Research Chair during Unisa’s Research and Innovation Week. Read more
Morehouse College Oprah Winfrey Fellows hosted at Unisa
The university's Chief Albert Luthuli Research Chair recently hosted Morehouse College Oprah Winfrey Fellows and Unisa students at the Unisa Library for a transformative dialogue on the various forms of global crises and how they affect academic spaces. Read more
Inyathi: Theorising South African Women's Intellectual Legacies
To celebrate African women scholars, activists and artists, and to support and build on women’s collective cultural inheritance, Unisa's Department of Leadership and Transformation recently held a thought-provoking book discussion on Inyathi Ibuzwa Kwabaphambili: Theorising South African Women’s Intellectual Legacies. Read more
New open access book unveils The Faces and Phases of Inkosi Albert Luthuli
Unisa Press has published The Faces and Phases of Inkosi Albert Luthuli, an open-access book edited by Prof Puleng Segalo and Dr Tinyiko Chauke. The book explores Luthuli's legacy and its relevance to today's social and political challenges, urging readers to reflect on ongoing injustices in South Africa. Read more
Reliving Luthuli: Reflecting on the past to reimagine the future
Speaking at Unisa's 5th Chief Albert Luthuli Research Chair Founders Lecture themed "Pan-Africanism: revisiting (looking back) and reimagining (looking forward)", Prof Puleng Segalo said the chair is deliberate in embarking on projects that attend to the revisiting and retelling of African stories. Read more
Unisa @ 150: Historic transformative research charter launched
Speaking at the launch of a new Africa Charter for advancing transformative research collaborations between Africa and the rest of the world, Prof Puleng LenkaBula, Unisa Principal and Vice-Chancellor, said that the ambitious initiative creates a platform to reframe collaborations in the spirit of mutual respect among and shared aspirations of participants. Read more
Chief Albert Luthuli Research Chair hosts Oprah Winfrey Morehouse College fellows on robust dialogue
Attended by South African students and emerging scholars from Unisa, the Chief Albert Luthuli Research Chair recently hosted the Oprah Winfrey Morehouse fellows from the United States of America, marking the first of such student-focused education and cultural exchange event hosted by the Research Chair since its inception in 2021. Read more
Examining the illusion of freedom
One of the many strong messages shared at a recent symposium hosted by Unisa's Chief Albert Luthuli Research Chair, themed Women, peace and security, was that South Africans should stop being silent about the nightmares that confront them, and that both young and old should fight for true emancipation. Read more
Unisan earns two international affiliation appointments
Prof Puleng Segalo has recently earned two appointments, namely, the 2023 African Affiliate Fellow by the Kansas African Studies Center (University of Kansas, US) and the 2023 Research Associate by the Institute of African Studies (University of Ghana). Read more
Women's role towards a global peace agenda
Unisa recently held the 4th Chief Albert Luthuli Research Chair Founder's Lecture, which significantly highlighted the stark rates of gender inequality and patriarchy being paramount to society's social ills to the detriment of women. Read more