Dr. Mutaru, one of this department's former PhD students, will give his first Evans-Pritchard lecture titled 'Witchcraft "Witch Camps", and Social Life in Northern Ghana'. The lecture will take place on the 30th of April at 4pm. The teams link is on this...

Due to some technical difficulties experienced by applicants in December and early January the deadline for submission of applications for the lecturer post  (LSW17/313/1123) has been extended to 18 January.  The deadline for the senior lecturer post (LSW17/314/1123)...

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We, members of the Stellenbosch University community, note with deep concern the ongoing massacre and continued mass displacement of the population of Gaza by the Israeli military since 7 October. We are appalled by the mass murder of innocent civilians and are...

This is a photo from the recent seminar launching Christi van der Westthuizen's edited volume "Routledge Handbook on Critical Whiteness Studies", Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology, 19 October 2023 Pictured: Khayaat Fakier (Seminar Chair), Lwando Scott...

At the conclusion of Professor Khayaat Fakier’s two-year appointment as Prince Claus Chair (2021-23), Professor Wendy Harcourt, host of the PCC, and Dr Agustina Solera, postdoctoral researcher of the PCC, visited the University of Stellenbosch in South Africa...

“In response to the Johannesburg fire disaster, the South African government has announced a ‘politically free’ commission of inquiry. But there is no such thing.” https://africasacountry.com/2023/09/the-myth-of-the-apolitical-commission

Stellenbosch University’s (SU) Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology recently concluded a significant three-day conference, marking the culmination of the “Indexing Transformation” programme, a groundbreaking endeavour funded by the Mellon Foundation. The...

Public space and informal employment. The contribution of women-led solidarity movements in promoting decent work and social dialogue in South Africa This paper draws inspiration from the Self-Employed Women’s Association, widely cited in labour studies literature as...

Stellenbosch University aims to become Africa's leading research-intensive university, globally recognised as excellent, inclusive and innovative, where we advance knowledge in service of society. ​Full and Partial Scholarships are available based on criteria...

Project Title: Gender, Sexualities & Education Scope of Research: The research relates to gender, sexuality and schooling, examining how educational practices, discourses, and structures normalise cisheteronormativity, along with how these are resisted within...