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SEMINAR: Teaching Social Theory in South African Sociology

SEMINAR: Teaching Social Theory in South African Sociology

2021 Seminar Series.THURSDAY 22 April 2021. 1.00pm - 2.30pm This roundtable brings together scholars teaching theory in Sociology at five universities. It offers reflections on both the content and the form of teaching theory in and from contemporary South Africa....

SEMINAR: Celebrating Rob Pattman

SEMINAR: Celebrating Rob Pattman

2021 Seminar Series. THURSDAY 8 April 2021. 1.00-2.30pm Rob retired after 10 years at Stellenbosch and a long career in Southern Africa and the UK. This event celebrates his scholarly interventions as a researcher, teacher, mentor and colleague. Featuring Rob’s...

APPOINTMENT: Dr Khayaat Fakier

APPOINTMENT: Dr Khayaat Fakier

From 1 September 2021 Dr Khayaat Fakier will hold the Prince Claus Chair (PCC) for a period of two years at the International Institute of Social Studies (ISS), part of Erasmus University Rotterdam. Her thematic focus will be ‘Putting care at the center of equity and...

OP-ED: What’s needed to boot GBV out of the military

OP-ED: What’s needed to boot GBV out of the military

By Lindy Heinecken. First published in the Mail & Guardian on 19 March 2021 (page 26). Transformation in how SANDF personnel are socialised into becoming soldiers will happen when women and men assertively reject the expected mimicry of masculinity. CLICK DOWNLOAD...

Scholarships and Bursaries: 2021

Scholarships and Bursaries: 2021

The Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology at Stellenbosch University is delighted to announce the following Scholarships and Bursaries: Honours 2021: Indexing Transformation Scholarships at R85000. Apply with your academic record and a paragraph- length...

Indexing Transformation Seminar: Scales of Justice

Indexing Transformation Seminar: Scales of Justice

Dear Colleagues,Please join us on the 15th of October for our following Indexing Transformation Seminar. Ruchi Chaturvedi is presenting a seminar titled ‘Scales of Justice’ seeking to answer the question of what a more democratic form of...

Exhibition: Letters of Stone

Exhibition: Letters of Stone

The exhibition "Letters of Stone" tells the story of the fate of the Jewish Robinski family, based on the research of Steven Robins. Thursday 21 February 2019. 19h00.Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre1 Duncombe Road, Forest Town