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Drama for Life calls for proposals for the 2012 DFL Africa Research Conference
May 18, 2012
The University of Pretoria’s Drama Department in association with the University of the Witwatersrand’s Drama for Life Programme will host the fifth annual Africa Research Conference in Applied Drama and Theatre entitled ‘Applied Drama as Social Intervention in Conflict and Post-Conflict Contexts’ running from 16-17 November 2012 on the University of Pretoria’s main campus. Proposals can be submitted now!
Drama for Life collaborates with famous photographer Gideon Mendel
May 16, 2012
Drama for Life proudly announces their collaboration with renowned photographer Gideon Mendel in his project Through Positive Eyes.
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Huge media response to Pieter-Dirk Uys public lecture
On April 23 DFL patron Pieter-Dirk Uys gave a public lecture at the Great Hall at Wits University in which he encouraged the South African youth to get involved in politics and to stand up against corruption and injustice. The lecture ‘You ANC nothing yet - on the road to Mangaung’ was followed by a huge media response.
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Drama for Life (DFL) is a special programme at the Dramatic Arts Division of Wits School of Arts. Since its official launch in 2008, Drama for Life hosted more than 80 scholars from 17 African countries.
Drama for Life offers Advanced Diploma, Honours, Masters, Post Graduate Diploma and PhD programmes that build capacity in HIV and AIDS Education, Activism and Therapy, Human Rights and Social Justice, Peace Building, Transformation and Diversity Management and Environmental Sustainability through Applied Drama and Theatre Studies.
The Drama for Life Programme attracts outstanding performers, drama and theatre practitioners, teachers, lecturers and researchers, theatre and film writers, film makers, performing arts managers and arts heritage researchers.
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