Dr Ronita Mahilall professional training is in the Social Sciences: Social Work. She has a Masters in Social Science from UNISA and a PhD in Psychology from Stellenbosch University. She was offered a 2-year post-doc fellowship at National Institute of Health (NIH), in...

US Drama Department Presents: Atrocious Incarnation Two scientists. Two secrets. Two sides. In a wartime laboratory where logic meets lunacy, our brilliant buffoons discover consciousness can be bottled, transferred, and thoroughly botched. Armed with tin-can...

US Drama Department Presents: Cantos of a Life in Exile Cantos of a Life in Exile Winner of the 2024 Standard Bank Silver Ovation Award Cantos of a Life in Exile is a powerful and deeply moving solo show that blends storytelling, poetry, and song—drawing from the rich...

A first-of-its-kind Summit on Information Integrity featuring leading researchers, policy activists, industry roleplayers and media practitioners was hosted this week by the Centre for Information Integrity in Africa (CINIA) to address pressing issues facing the...

The concluding four lectures by Ari Sitas will again be delivered across two sessions. They continue the search for a way into music through words, and through examples of musical works that have grappled with the horrors of history while asserting a sense of...

The Africa Open Institute In association with Prof Lou-Marie Kruger, Helene Van Aswegen of the Book Workshop & UNISA Press’s Flame Series Invites you to the launch of PASSAGEWORKS Ari Sitas’ genre-busting “book” It is to be launched by William Kentridge and Sarah...

The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Social Impact Committee Invites you to a lunch hour seminar By Danell Herbst-Muller: Teaching in Context: A reflective Journey of Purpose, Practice, and Partnership Date: Wednesday, 6 August 2025 Venue: Room 3002, Department of...

Shut Up & Write is open to everyone, including staff, postdoctoral researchers, students, academics, and creatives. Attendance is completely free, with no need to RSVP. Additionally, participation is flexible, with no obligation to attend every session or stay for...

How do we understand time, especially those cosmological and geological temporalities that far exceed our own human lives? In answer to this question, the exhibition Followed by Nine Zeros: Experiments in Deep Time explores our understanding of time and scale,...

The Winter’s Tale by William Shakespeare 2025 @The Adam Small Theatre Complex -   Auditorium Stellenbosch Drama students will soon be performing a freshly minted production of The Winter’s Tale. A large, diverse, and talented cast will be tackling one of Shakespeare’s...

By Desmond Thompson Women’s Month is usually a time to reflect on South Africa’s progress in addressing gender issues, and on how much remains to be done. But now, as the country turns to celebrating Heritage Month, two postgraduate researchers in the Faculty of Arts...

The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Stellenbosch University in collaboration with St Edmund's College, University of Cambridge, is hosting the Research Engagement Dialogue Series (REDS2) “Peace starts with Children: Developing a mindset of Interdependence” Join...

You are warmly invited to the 2025 Theatre Showcase, an annual celebration of the creative spirit and diverse talent nurtured within our Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. The showcase forms part of Stellenbosch University's Homecoming Weekend for alumni, which...