2019 Inaugural Lectures
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Prof Gert van Zyl
21 May 2019
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
Department of Medical Virology
Along a meandering road: Highlights and lessons in medical virology
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Prof Lou-Marie Kruger
23 May 2019
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Department of Psychology
Love in a time of violence: of caring and of shame
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Prof Coenie Koegelenberg
3 June 2019
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
Department of Pulmonology
The significance of sound: Learning through listening
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Prof Christo Thesnaar
12 June 2019
Faculty of Theology
Department of Pastoral Care
Divine discomfort: A relational encounter with multi-generational and multi-layered trauma
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Prof Reinette (Oonsie) Biggs
5 August 2019
Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences
Department of Economics
Resilience: An approach to navigating towards more just and sustainable futures in the Anthropocene
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Prof Ingrid Woolard
7 August 2019
Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences
Department of Economics
Mind the gap: Income inequality in post-apartheid South Africa
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Prof Guangling Liu
13 August 2019
Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences
Department of Economics
Macro-prudential policy and financial stability: Generic versus sector-specific rules
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Prof Deon de Bruin
19 August 2019
Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences
Department of Economics
Measurement in Industrial Psychology: Advances in theory and practice
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Prof Ronelle Burger
20 August 2019
Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences
Department of Economics
Amplifying the voices of our communities
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Prof Zurab Janelidze
3 September 2019
Faculty of Science
Department of Mathematics
Formulas and forms in categorical algebra
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Prof Catharine Esterhuysen
12 September 2019
Faculty of Science
Department of Chemistry
Intermolecular interactions: Insight into chemical properties
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Prof André De Villiers
12 September 2019
Faculty of Science
Department of Chemistry
New dimensions in chromatographic separations
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Prof Jonathan Jansen
16 September 2019
Faculty of Education
Department of Education
From ‘die sedelike toestand van die kleurling’ to ‘the cognitive functioning of coloured women’: A century of research on coloured people at Stellenbosch University
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Prof Guven Akdogan
18 September 2019
Faculty of Engineering
Department of Process Engineering
Matte to metal: Understanding the intricacies of PGM processing
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Prof Cara Schwarz
18 September 2019
Faculty of Engineering
Department of Process Engineering
Phase equilibria of fluid phase systems
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Prof Razeen Davids
30 September 2019
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
Division of Nephrology
Physiology, epidemiology and e-learning – the adventures of a nephrologist
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Prof Taryn Young
10 October 2019
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Influencing the evidence ecosystem – a reflection
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Prof Dirk de Villiers
28 October 2019
Faculty of Engineering
Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Surrogate-based optimisation of microwave devices
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Prof Matthys Botha
28 October 2019
Faculty of Engineering
Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Computational electromagnetics for high-frequency engineering
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Prof Alex Valentine
7 November 2019
Faculty of Science
Department of Botany and Zoology
Phosphate deficiency in legume nodules
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Prof Thuli Madonsela
11 November 2019
Faculty of Law
Chair in Social Justice
Judicial review through a social justice lens