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Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu will make a rare stage appearance at the 10th annual Stellenbosch International Chamber Music Festival (SICMF) in July 2013. The esteemed Nobel Peace Prize-winner will be the narrator in a work by the South African composer Péter Louis van Dijk. Tutu has retired from public appearances but has made an exception [...]

Professor Birthe Loa Knizek, a clinical psychologist at the Faculty of Nursing, University College of Sør-Trøndelag (Norway), will present a seminar at the Department of Psychology about Moral discourses among Ugandan mental health workers on suicide and suicidal individuals. Suicidal behavior is still criminalized in Uganda. Religious and cultural norms condemn suicidal behavior and suicidal people to a [...]

Biochemistry Forum: MSc Progress Lecture Student: Sunette Klopper Title: Cloning and functional charaterization of thiol disulfide interchange system proteins from Staphylococcus aureus Supervisor: Prof E Strauss Date: Thursday 18 April 2013 Time: 13:00 Venue: Biochemistry Seminar Room A111, JC Smuts Building, Stellenbosch Enquiries: Prof Amanda Swart on 021 8085864 or acswart@sun.ac.za

Learners from several high schools in Stellenbosch, Somerset West and surrounding areas have been selected to receive specialised training through the South African Mathematics Foundation’s Siyanqoba regional olympiad training programme, hosted by Stellenbosch University’s Department of Mathematical Sciences. Funded by the Department of Science and Technology, the aim of the programme is to reach learners [...]

You are hereby invited to attend the fourth public STIAS lecture of 2013. This presents an opportunity to academics, researchers and students at SU and in the Western Cape, as well as members of the public, to learn more about the work of STIAS fellows. On this occasion Prof Ian Hacking, Professeur honoraire, Chaire de philosophie [...]

The Language Service, a unit of the SU Language Centre, launched its updated Afrikaans style guide at the end of last year. The Stylgids as it is called contains guidelines on Afrikaans usage and is aimed particularly at editors and translators doing work for the Language Centre or the University. It could be handy to anyone [...]

The Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns (South African Academy for Science and Art) will honour a good number of academics from Stellenbosch University (SU). Two award ceremonies will take place – in Pretoria (27 June) and in Stellenbosch (13 September) respectively. Those honoured from SU are Prof Eugene Cloete, Vice-Rector: Learning and Teaching; Prof [...]

The Rector, Prof Russel Botman, is currently in the USA to receive the Abraham Kuyper Prize for Excellence in Reformed Theology and Public Life and to meet with alumni in New York. He will be back in the office on 23 April. Prof Julian Smith is serving as acting Rector.

Prof Heidi Hjelmeland, a professor of Health Science at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim as well as Senior Researcher at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health in Oslo, Norway, will present a seminar at the Department of Psychology with the title: What is the meaning? Suicidal behaviour as communication. Prof Hjelmeland has [...]

You are hereby invited to the third Stellenbosch Forum Lecture of the year. The Stellenbosch Forum lecture series was started in 1990 and provides regular opportunities to staff and students at SU, as well as interested people from the public, to learn more about the relevant, world-class research that is being done at SU. Researchers [...]

Speaker: Prof Jeremy Seekings, Centre for Social Science Research, UCT Topic: The politics of job destruction in the clothing industry: Capital, labour and state in post-apartheid South Africa Date: 19 April 2013 Time: 12:15 – 13:30 Venue: Room 648, Arts & Social Sciences Building Contact: Derica Lambrechts, 808 2476, derica@sun.ac.za

Speaker: Prof Estian Calitz (Stellenbosch University) Topic: The accuracy of fiscal projections in South Africa Date: Monday 22 April 2013 Time: 12:00-13:00 Venue: CGW Schumann Building, Second floor, Room 207B Contact person: Carina Smit (carina@sun.ac.za)

The Science Teaching and Learning Discussion Forum, led by Prof Ingrid Rewitzky, would like to invite you to the following seminar by Prof Judy Paterson from the Department of Mathematics at University of Auckland in New Zealand on Monday 22 April 2013. Venue: Den Bosch Time: 13:00 – 14:00 Date: 22 April 2013 Prof Paterson [...]

A Pilates course will be presented by the Department of Sport Science on the following dates: 27 April: 08:30-17:00 28 April: 09:00-13:00 30 April: 17:00-19:00 7 May: 17:00-19:00 11 May: 08:30-17:00 12 May: 08:30-13:00 25 July: 19:00-20:30 (Exam) The course will empower you to understand the basic Pilates principles that Joseph Pilates developed nearly a [...]

Speakers: Prof C Gerber, Prof S Viviers and Prof P Erasmus (Stellenbosch University) Topic: Postgraduate research training: Are we really succeeding? Date: 19 April 2013 Time: 12:00-13:00 Venue: R716 Schumann building Contact person: Nadia Mans-Kemp at nadiamans@sun.ac.za