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11 08, 2021

Book Launch: COVID Diaries is ‘an archive of women’s voices’ amid the pandemic

2021-08-18T13:03:46+02:00

Two Stellenbosch University (SU) academics are the driving forces behind a new book containing a collection of 35 creative essays through which various South African women describe how the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic impacted their work and family lives, mental wellbeing and coping skills. Contributions were received from [...]

Book Launch: COVID Diaries is ‘an archive of women’s voices’ amid the pandemic2021-08-18T13:03:46+02:00
10 08, 2021

PODCAST: The World as It Could Be: African Psychology for the Inferiorised

2021-08-30T11:13:32+02:00

The ACUSAfrica podcast shares content around Advancing Critical University Studies. “The second episode captures the presentation given by Professor Kopano Ratele on the 17th of May 2018 entitled "The World as It Could Be: African Psychology for the Inferiorised” as part of the Ukutshintshwa kweendlela/[Re] Directions seminar series. This series [...]

PODCAST: The World as It Could Be: African Psychology for the Inferiorised2021-08-30T11:13:32+02:00
4 08, 2021

PsySSA 2021 Webinar Series 1 – Freedom Looks Like This Here

2021-08-30T11:26:29+02:00

In this presentation Prof Ratele shared and expanded on his thoughts on psychological freedom contained in his book, The World Looks Like This From Here: Thoughts on African Psychology. PsySSA 2021 Webinar Series – Troubling Psychology in Troubled Times

PsySSA 2021 Webinar Series 1 – Freedom Looks Like This Here2021-08-30T11:26:29+02:00
3 08, 2021

By the Fading Light – Bringing to life the texture of the time

2021-08-23T21:13:48+02:00

Ashraf Kagee's book deals with the underlying issues of apartheid, class divisions and sexual violence; but it also has cadences of ‘lightness’ in that so much of it is told with astute humour. https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2021-08-03-by-the-fading-light-bringing-to-life-the-texture-of-the-time/

By the Fading Light – Bringing to life the texture of the time2021-08-23T21:13:48+02:00
27 07, 2021

SA faces particular structural barriers to behavioural change amidst pandemic​​

2021-08-31T10:38:36+02:00

As the COVID-19 infection rate accelerates at an alarming pace in South Africa, an article authored by two academics at Stellenbosch University (SU) warns that adherence to lockdown rules in conditions where citizens live without secure and paid work may be difficult without addressing the country's particular structural barriers to [...]

SA faces particular structural barriers to behavioural change amidst pandemic​​2021-08-31T10:38:36+02:00
14 07, 2021

Acclaimed scholar joins SU’s ranks

2021-08-23T10:17:47+02:00

The internationally and nationally acclaimed scholar, Prof Kopano Ratele, joined the Department of Psychology in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at Stellenbosch University (SU) recently. He is the former Director of the South African Medical Research Council Men, Injury and Violence Research Unit and Professor at the University [...]

Acclaimed scholar joins SU’s ranks2021-08-23T10:17:47+02:00
1 06, 2021

SU researcher receives prestigious Fulbright Research Scholarship

2022-03-29T15:21:53+02:00

“I am more than delighted. This is definitely the most prestigious (and competitive) award that I have secured in my career." This is how Prof Ronelle Carolissen from the Department of Educational Psychology at Stellenbosch University reacted upon hearing the news that she has been chosen as a Fulbright South [...]

SU researcher receives prestigious Fulbright Research Scholarship2022-03-29T15:21:53+02:00
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