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Undergraduate sociology and social anthropology modules are taken as part of a degree programmes; each programme prescribes the specific modules…
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Postgraduate studies in Sociology or Social Anthropology at Stellenbosch embed students in a community of scholars who are critical, enthusiastic and supportive of each other…
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Sharing the outcomes of Prince Claus Chair project ‘Connecting with care’
At the conclusion of Professor Khayaat Fakier’s two-year appointment as Prince Claus Chair (2021-23),...
OP-ED: The Myth of the Apolitical Commission, by Claire-Anne Lester
“In response to the Johannesburg fire disaster, the South African government has announced a ‘politically...
SU Hosts Transformative Conference for Mellon Foundation-funded “Indexing Transformation” Programme
Stellenbosch University’s (SU) Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology recently concluded a...
Indexing Transformation Conference, Mont Fleur, 23-25 August
Final Programme Wednesday 23 August 10.30 Arrival and coffee 11.00-11.30 Steven...
Shaka Keny Bob wins the South African Sociological Association Student Essay Competition 2023
Public space and informal employment. The contribution of women-led solidarity movements in promoting decent...
SEMINAR: The Work of Repair: Capacity after Colonialism in the Timber Plantations of South Africa
2023 SEMINAR SERIES: Thursday 8 June, 13:00-14:30 (SAST)Room 401, Arts and Social Sciences Building, SU The...
SEMINAR: African Franchise and the making of anti-colonial Blackness in colonial South Africa, 1874-1890
2023 SEMINAR SERIES: Thursday 30 March, 13:00-14:30 (SAST)Room 401, Arts and Social Sciences Building, SU...
SEMINAR: Sex and the Village: Theorizing the Rural through Scandal in Himalayan India
2023 SEMINAR SERIES: Thursday 23 March, 13:00-14:30 (SAST)Room 401, Arts and Social Sciences Building, SU...
SEMINAR: Evidence Building in Ethnographic Research (But the Data is Dubious)
2023 SEMINAR SERIES: Thursday 2 March, 13:00-14:30 (SAST) Room 401, Arts and Social Sciences Building, SU...
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