Sociology and Social Anthropology at Stellenbosch

Claire-Anne Lester @Claire_Lest, PhD Candidate in our department, published the following articles: "Who will watch the watchmen?" africasacountry.com/2020/04/who-wi… "Commissions of inquiry and the role of law: towards a materialist approach" tandfonline.com/eprint/7KWSUFX… Enjoy the read!

If you were unable to attend last week’s seminar ‘Unequal exchanges in the World Language System’ presented by Dr Abram de Swaan, the video is now available for public viewing on the Indexing Transformation YouTube channel: youtube.com/channel/UC0dtM… #IndexingTransformation

Join us for Dr Fouksman's presentation, 'Who deserves social protection?: Moral logics of worth, deservingness and distribution among the South African unemployed’. Thurs the 5th of March 2020 Rm 401 Dept of Soc and SocAnth Arts and Social Science Bldg. #IndexingTranformation

Prof. Abram de Swaan from the University of Amsterdam – will present his work titled “Unequal exchanges in the World Language System and its South African subsystem”. Thurs 20 Feb Rm 401 Dept of Soc and Soc Anth Arts and Social Science Bldg. 1pm - 2:30pm #Indexingtransformation

Dr Shaheed Tayob, lecturer in Social Anthropology at Stellenbosch University, will be presenting a paper titled, 'Race, Animals and Religion: A case sacrifice, Sensory Politics and Public Space in South Africa'. Thurs 13th February 2020 1pm - 2:30pm Room 401 Arts & SocSci Bldg

Check it out! Dr Lloyd Hill's second op.ed. has been published in the Daily Maverick! Here’s the link: dailymaverick.co.za/article/2019-1… For more info about Lloyd and his work, see this link: sun.academia.edu/LloydHill

Efua Prah, lecturer in Social Anthropology at Stellenbosch University, will be presenting a seminar titled, 'The Shape of Motherhood: A political economic approach to maternal health in the Hague, Delft South Africa" Thursday 24th Oct 1pm - 2:30pm Room 401 Arts & SocSci Bldg

Prof Lindy Heinecken, HoD of Sociology and Social Anthropology at Stellenbosch University will deliver her paper titled: 'SOUTH AFRICA: MOVING FROM MILITARISATION, TO DE-MILITARISATION TO RE-MILITARISATION Thurs 10th Oct Time: 1pm - 2:30pm Room 401, Arts and SocSci bldg

And then this! The whole term's plan for the #IndexingTranformation Seminar. Hope to see you there.

Today! TRANSNATIONAL GOVERNMENTALITY & THE ‘POOR WHITE’ IN EARLY 20TH CENTURY SOUTH AFRICA Presented by Dr. Edward-John Bottomley, a journalist and an academic. Thursday 26th September 1pm - 2:30pm, Room 401 #IndexingTransformation

The next #IndexingTransformation seminar will be led by SU students! The students will present their Working Ideas about leading activism on campus against Gender Based Violence. Join us 1 - 2:30pm Venue: Room 401 Address: 4th floor of the Arts and Social Sciences Building

In case you missed any of the #IndexingTransformation seminars check them out here: youtube.com/channel/UC0dtM…

Please join us next week for our final seminar of term. Cherryl Walker, SARChI Research Chair at Stellenbosch University, will be introducing Tumi Malope & Stephanie Borchardt. Thursday 5th September 1 - 2:30pm Room 401 #IndexingTransformation

If you were unable to attend this week’s seminar on the ‘A Climate Justice Perspective on Climate Crisis: Challenges for the Deep Just Transition’ by Vishwas Satgar you may access the video on our ‘Indexing Transformation’ YouTube Channel : youtube.com/channel/UC0dtM…

Michela Marcatelli - Postdoctoral Research Fellow will deliver her paper, 'Liquid Violence, or the Politics of Responsibilisation & Dispossession in South Africa' Thursday 29th August Time: 1- 2.30pm 4th floor, Arts and Social Sciences Bldg - Room 401 #IndexingTransformation

If you've missed any of the seminars in this series, you can catch it here on our Youtube channel: youtube.com/channel/UC0dtM… #IndexingTransformation

Assoc. Prof Vishwas Satgar, of International Relations at WITS presents, 'A Climate Justice Perspective on Climate Crisis: Challenges for the Deep Just Transition' Date: Thursday 22nd August, 1 - 2.30pm Room 401 Dept. Soc and SocAnth Stellenbosch Uni #IndexingTransformation

Mark Swilling, co-director of the Centre for Complex Systems in Transition and Academic Director of the Sustainability Institute, Stellenbosch University will be presenting "Age of Sustainability: Just Transitions in a Complex World" Thursday 8th August 1pm - 2:30pm Rm401

Luca Jourdan, will be presenting a paper titled 'Anthropocene, Capitalocene & Negri’s thought'. Valerio Romitelli will present his paper titled Hegemony in & the Hegemony of Gramsci Date: Thursday 25th July Time: 1pm - 2:30pm Venue: Room 401 #Indexingtransformation

His talk entitled: Marked Objects of Special Legislation: Racial Heirarchy, the Law, and the Dialectic of Diversity offers a critical analysis of affirmative action legislation when viewed alongside a long history of race relations in America

Tomorrow (14th March 2019) we welcome Prof. Demetrius Eudell of the Department of History at Wesleyan University to Stellenbosch.