Inaugural Lectures
An inaugural lecture is a formal event for newly appointed professors or those who have been promoted to full professor. They have to present the lecture within a year of their appointment or promotion. These lectures are held throughout the year in hybrid format, i.e., in person and virtually.
The lectures offer these professors the opportunity to share their knowledge, scientific discoveries and even personal journeys in their respective fields with the public and the academic community. Colleagues, family members and other interested parties are also invited to attend these inaugural lectures.
Upcoming Lectures
Prof Thulani Makhalanyane
Unveiling the hidden world within us: What environmental microbiomes can teach us about ourselves
Find out more »Prof Francesco Petruccione
The adjacent quantum: Bridging theory and technology for a quantum future
Find out more »Prof Lambert Engelbrecht
Five elephants in the room of social work: An autoethnographic meta-analysis
Find out more »Pieter Fourie
The lie through which we tell the truth
Find out more »Past Lectures
Prof Stephen Matope
Additive manufacturing a game changer in advanced manufacturing engineering
Find out more »Stellenbosch, Western Cape 7605 South Africa
Prof Theo Broodryk
Reflecting on 30 years of class action in South Africa: a people inured to hardship, but not to collective redress?
Find out more »Stellenbosch, Western Cape 7600 South Africa
Prof Christie Dorfling
Hydrometallurgical extraction of metals from primary and secondary resources
Find out more »Stellenbosch, Western Cape 7605 South Africa
Prof Sara Grobbelaar
Creating our shared future: Innovation for inclusive development
Find out more »Stellenbosch, Western Cape 7605 South Africa
Prof Frank Tanser
The rise (and fall?) of South Africa’s HIV epidemic: a personal perspective
Find out more »Stellenbosch, 7600 South Africa
Prof Rulof Burger
From data to discovery: the role of economists in the era of machine learning
Find out more »Stellenbosch, Western Cape 7600 South Africa
Prof Anél du Plessis
Divining the impact of climate change on the future of urban law in South Africa
Find out more »Stellenbosch, Western Cape 7600 South Africa
Prof Catherine du Toit
Crime fiction in a period of consequence. Climate change and the limits/limitations of literature. / La Fiction policière dans une époque lourde de conséquences. Changement climatique et limites/limitations de la littérature.
Find out more »Stellenbosch, 7600 South Africa
Prof Phillip Strydom
‘The perfect steak’ – are we there yet?
Find out more »Stellenbosch, 7605 South Africa
Prof Emanuel Bylund-Spångberg
Language diversity and the human mind
Find out more »Stellenbosch, Western Cape 7600 South Africa
Prof Donita Africander
Improving women’s health: insights into contraceptives and menopausal hormone therapy
Find out more »Prof Herman Wasserman
Making media matter: on truth, dignity, and love
Find out more »Prof Carine Smith
Experimental Medicine: arriving at the BOOST theory
Find out more »Prof Yin-Zhe Ma
Unravelling the mysteries of the Universe
Find out more »Prof Tina Steiner
Narratives of migration: an alphabet from Africa
Find out more »Prof Nando Ferreira
Travels and transformations: Stories in limb reconstruction
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