Prof Coenie Koegelenberg (middle) from the Division of General Internal Medicine in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS) delivered his inaugural lecture on Monday, 3 June. The title of his address was The significance of sound: Learning through listening. Also at the lecture were Profs Wim de Villiers, Rector and Vice-Chancellor, and Jimmy Volmink, Dean of the FMHS. Photo: WILMA STASSEN.

Op Donderdag 23 Mei het prof Lou-Marie Kruger van die Departement Sielkunde in die Fakulteit Lettere en Sosiale Wetenskappe haar intreerede, getiteld Love in a time of violence: Of caring and of shame, gelewer. Saam met Kruger by die geleentheid was proff Anthony Leysens, Dekaan van die Fakulteit Lettere en Sosiale Wetenskappe, en Stan du Plessis, Uitvoerende Bedryfshoof. Foto: STEFAN ELS

On Wednesday 12 June, Prof Christo Thesnaar (middle) from the Department of Practical Theology and Missiology in the Faculty of Theology delivered his inaugural lecture. He spoke about Divine discomfort: A relational encounter with multi-generational and multi-layered trauma. With Thesnaar at the lecture were Profs Reggie Nel, Dean of the Faculty of Theology, and Stan du Plessis, Chief Operating Officer. Photo: ANTON JORDAAN

Prof Reinette (Oonsie) Biggs (middle), from the School of Public Leadership in the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences and incumbent of the DST/NRF Research Chair in Social-Ecological Systems and Resilience, delivered her inaugural lecture with the title Resilience: An approach to navigating towards more sustainable futures in the Anthropocene, on 5 August 2019.  With her on the photo are Prof Eugene Cloete, Vice-Rector: Research, Innovation and Postgraduate Studies and Prof Ingrid Woolard, Dean of the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences.  Photo: Anton Jordaan

Prof Ingrid Woolard (middle) , Dean of the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, delivered her inaugural lecture entitled Mind the gap: Income inequality in post-apartheid South Africa on 7 August 2019. With her on the photo are Prof Nico Koopman, Vice-Rector: Social Impact, Transformation and Personnel and Prof Stan du Plessis, Chief Operating Officer of Stellenbosch University.  Photo: Anton Jordaan

Prof Deon de Bruin (middle), a professor of Industrial Psychology at Stellenbosch University, delivered his inaugural lecture with the title Measurement in Industrial Psychology: Advances in theory and practice, on 19 August 2019.  With him on the photo is Prof Ingrid Woolard, Dean of the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences and Prof Eugene Cloete, Vice-Rector: Research, Innovation and Postgraduate Studies at SU. Photo: Anton Jordaan

Prof Ronelle Burger (middle), a professor of Economics at Stellenbosch University, delivered her inaugural lecture with the title Amplifying the voices of our communities, on 20 August 2019.  Prof Burger’s research examines why vulnerable communities receive such poor public services.  With her on the photo are Professors Ingrid Woolard, Dean of the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences and Wim de Villiers, Rector and Vice-Chancellor of Stellenbosch University. Photo: Anton Jordaan

Prof Zurab Janelidze (middle), a professor of Mathematics in the Department of Mathematical Sciences at Stellenbosch University, delivered his inaugural lecture with the title Formulas and forms in categorical algebra, on 3 September 2019.  With him on the photo are Prof Louise Warnich, Dean of the Faculty of Sciences and Prof Eugene Cloete, Vice-Rector: Research, Innovation and Postgraduate Studies.  Photo: Anton Jordaan

Prof Catharine Esterhuysen (second from left) and Prof André de Villiers (third from left) both delivered their inaugural lectures on 12 September 2019.  Prof Esterhuysen’s lecture was titled Intermolecular interactions: Insight into chemical properties and Prof de Villiers’s lecture was titled New dimensions in chromatographic separations.  With them on the photo are Prof Nico Koopman, Vice-Rector: Social Impact, Transformation and Personnel and Prof Louise Warnich, Dean of the Faculty of Science. Photo: Anton Jordaan

Prof Jonathan Jansen (second from left), delivered his inaugural lecture titled From ‘die sedelike toestand van die kleurling’ to ‘the cognitive functioning of coloured women’: A century of research on coloured people at Stellenbosch University on 16 September 2018.  With him on the photo is Prof Nico Koopman, Vice-Rector: Social Impact, Transformation and Personnel, Prof Mbulungeni Madiba, Dean of the Faculty of Education and Prof Eugene Cloete, Vice-Rector: Research, Innovation and Postgraduate Studies. Photo: Anton Jordaan

Prof Cara Schwarz (second from left) and Prof Guven Akdogan (third from left) both delivered their inaugural lectures on 18 September 2019.  Prof Schwarz’s lecture was titled Phase equilibria of fluid phase systems and Prof Akdogan’s lecture was titled Matte to metal: Understanding the intricacies of PGM processing.  With them on the photo are Prof Wikus van Niekerk, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Prof Eugene Cloete, Vice-Rector: Research, Innovation and Postgraduate Studies. Photo: Anton Jordaan

Prof Razeen Davids (middle) delivered his inaugural lecture, titled Physiology, epidemiology and e-learning – the adventures of a nephrologist  on 30 September 2019.  With him on the photo are Prof Stan du Plessis, Chief Operating Officer and Prof Jimmy Volmink, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences. Photo: Hermien Nel

Prof Taryn Young (middle) delivered her inaugural lecture, titled Influencing the evidence ecosystem – a reflection on 10 October 2019.  With her on the photo are Prof Jimmy Volmink, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences and Prof Stan du Plessis, Chief Operating Officer. Photo: Wilma Stassen