Of Motherhood and Melancholia: Notebook of a Psycho-ethnographer. Lou-Marié Kruger. Pietermaritzburg: University of KwaZulu-Natal Press, 2020. 382 pp. ISBN 9781869144340. In Of Motherhood and Melancholia, psychologist Lou-Marié Kruger sets out to give an account of the complex realities and lived experiences of low-income mothers in post-apartheid South Africa. The book [...]
The country is marred by sexual and gender-based violence, and reportedly has some of the world's highest rates of assault and sexual violence. Sexual and gender-based violence have been shown to be associated with men's domination of women and other men. In 2019, President Cyril Ramaphosa described gender-based violence as [...]
Podcast. Adolescence. This podcast was recorded as part of the series of podcasts that explores the question of adolescence in African contexts. The podcasts are part of the ongoing work of the 5-year, UK Research and Innovation Global Challenges Research Fund Hub, Accelerating Achievement for Africa's Adolescents, hosted by the [...]
The Department of Psychology was privileged to host Prof Peter Muris (Professor of Developmental Psychopathology at Maastricht University) for a research visit in March 2019. Prof Muris has been appointed as Professor Extraordinary at the Department of Psychology, Stellenbosch University, since 2015. In 2018 this position has been renewed for [...]
Vanaf die Voorsitter se stoel Die Universiteit Stellenbosch is vanjaar 100 jaar oud. In 1919, een jaar na die stigting van die US, word begin met ʼn Departement Sielkunde. Dit is voorafgegaan deur ʼn afdeling vir Logika en Sielkunde wat reeds in 1917 by die ou Victoria College begin is. [...]
Swartz, L., Kagee, A., Lesch, A. & Newman, P.
The Graduate School for Arts and Social Sciences is a HOPE Project initiative in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at Stellenbosch University to strengthen and advance doctoral training and scholarship in Africa. More than 180 doctoral students from 18 African countries, including South Africa, have enrolled in this [...]
Vanaf die Voorsitter se stoel In ʼn Departement met 19 akademiese en vyf ondersteuningspersoneel gebeur daar baie dinge. In die eerste instansie is daar studente wat op verskillende vlakke van geletterdheid is en uiteenlopende akademiese behoeftes het. Vanjaar het ons ongeveer 1 100 eerstejaars, 750 tweedejaars en 600 derdejaars. In [...]
Our world is becoming increasingly complex and intolerant of social difference. Schools and especially teachers have a significant role to play in creating opportunities for children and adolescents to engage in dialogue and to affirm the value of difference in themselves and others, writes Prof Ronelle Carolissen, associate professor of [...]
