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3 05, 2023

Ronelle Carolissen: Short reflection on a scholarly visit to Pacifica Graduate institute

2023-05-03T13:32:22+02:00

During the week of 20 February, I was privileged to spend the week at Pacifica Graduate Institute as a visiting scholar. I had always wanted to experience first-hand what a programme that integrates psychologies of liberation, critical community inquiry, Indigenous Psychologies, and psychoanalytic traditions, may look like. I was therefore [...]

Ronelle Carolissen: Short reflection on a scholarly visit to Pacifica Graduate institute2023-05-03T13:32:22+02:00
13 04, 2023

14 April – Breaking Boundaries @BMRI – geleentheid vir alumni

2023-04-13T10:00:48+02:00

Die Universiteit Stellenbosch se Fakulteit Geneeskunde en Gesondheidswetenskappe nooi alumni om ons Breaking Boundaries @BMRI-geleentheid by te woon. Dit is 'n onafhanklik-georganiseerde byeenkoms wat deel uitmaak van die inwyding van ons wêreldklas Biomediese Navorsingsinstituut op die Tygerberg-kampus. Breaking Boundaries @BMRI word deur die Fakulteit se bestuurspan aangebied en is daarop gemik om jou te betrek [...]

14 April – Breaking Boundaries @BMRI – geleentheid vir alumni2023-04-13T10:00:48+02:00
14 03, 2023

Universiteitseminaar: Die US, rassisme en die toekoms

2023-03-14T12:58:50+02:00

Chair of the psychology department and member of African Thought, Desmond Painter, published this article on racism at Stellenbosch University which can be accessed here: Universiteitseminaar: Die US, rassisme en die toekoms. An English translation by Sean Jacobs can be accessed here: A fundamental reimagining of who we are.

Universiteitseminaar: Die US, rassisme en die toekoms2023-03-14T12:58:50+02:00
9 03, 2023

Book Review: Why Men Hurt Women and Other Reflections on Love, Violence and Masculinity

2023-03-09T17:40:38+02:00

Why Men Hurt Women and Other Reflections on Love, Violence and Masculinity by Kopano Ratele Publication Date: 1st Sep 2022 Publisher: Wits University Press This book seeks to imagine the possibility of a more loving masculinity in a society where structural violence, failures of government and economic inequality underpin much of [...]

Book Review: Why Men Hurt Women and Other Reflections on Love, Violence and Masculinity2023-03-09T17:40:38+02:00
9 01, 2023

Book Review: How I Lost My Mother – A Story of Life, Care and Dying

2023-01-09T09:13:06+02:00

Does life writing offer opportunities to reveal something about the nature of care? Leslie Swartz’s award-winning book, How I Lost My Mother (2021), illuminates many insights about the nature of care. The book tells, among other things, the circuitous route by which this prominent South African, Jewish psychologist came to [...]

Book Review: How I Lost My Mother – A Story of Life, Care and Dying2023-01-09T09:13:06+02:00
10 11, 2022

Making space for the unusual: A career in disability studies

2022-12-06T15:51:27+02:00

One day, long after A-rated researcher Prof Leslie Swartz of Stellenbosch University’s (SU’s) Department of Psychology has retired, a practical symbol of his dedication to the disability cause will remain: an elevator in the Krotoa Building on the main campus. Swartz first started advocating for better wheelchair access to the [...]

Making space for the unusual: A career in disability studies2022-12-06T15:51:27+02:00
10 10, 2022

News 24: Where do we begin in making mental health and wellbeing a global priority for all?

2022-10-10T08:49:54+02:00

Prioritising mental health is becoming more important than ever in the face of ongoing global health such as economic and social inequalities but addressing these problems can also make finding solutions seem like an insurmountable task, writes Bronwyne Coetzee and Maria Loades. Read full article here: https://www.news24.com/news24/opinions/columnists/guestcolumn/opinion-where-do-we-begin-in-making-mental-health-and-wellbeing-a-global-priority-for-all-20221010

News 24: Where do we begin in making mental health and wellbeing a global priority for all?2022-10-10T08:49:54+02:00
7 09, 2022

Doctoral and postdoctoral candidates – call for applications 2022

2022-09-07T17:01:57+02:00

Stellenbosch University- Department of Psychology Doctoral and Postdoctoral Fellowships: Multilingualism in providing quality mental health care to migrants – needs, resources and practices. We invite applications for doctoral and postdoctoral fellowships under the auspices of this international study – we are part of a consortium with partners in Germany, the [...]

Doctoral and postdoctoral candidates – call for applications 20222022-09-07T17:01:57+02:00
13 12, 2021

PhD study aims to bring prominence to palliative care and spiritual care work

2021-12-13T16:37:08+02:00

When Dr Ronita Mahilall, Chief Executive Officer of St Luke’s Combined Hospices in Cape Town, lost her beloved husband and son 14 years ago, she searched for answers to her questions about life, death and what happens after we die. A devout Hindu, she became increasingly fascinated with spirituality and [...]

PhD study aims to bring prominence to palliative care and spiritual care work2021-12-13T16:37:08+02:00
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