This year the Visual Arts Department at Stellenbosch University entered four projects from the Visual Communication Design (VCD) and Honours Illustration students into the Pendoring Awards, and all four students were selected as Finalists in the relevant categories:...

A top academic at Stellenbosch University's (SU) Department of Modern Foreign Languages, Dr Gibson Ncube, has just heard he has been selected for a prestigious fellowship at the University of Oxford in England. The AfOx Visiting Fellowship Programme is designed to...

Stellenbosch University's (SU) Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology recently concluded a significant three-day conference, marking the culmination of the "Indexing Transformation" programme, a groundbreaking endeavour funded by the Mellon Foundation. The...

Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy (EFCT) is one of very few relationship therapy models with evidence of effectiveness in diverse cultural contexts. However, most of this research has been conducted in North American and European contexts. Only one small pilot...

The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at Stellenbosch University (SU) proudly congratulates Shaka Keny Bob on being awarded the Best Essay Prize in the doctoral category at the 28th South African Sociological Association’s (SASA) Conference. The Conference was held...

In a heartwarming partnership between the Bachelor of Arts Student Committee (BASC) and the Disaster Unit of the Stellenbosch Municipality, a sandwich drive took place on 25 July at Stellenbosch University. With the aim to create a positive impact within their...

A South African media expert based in America has joined Stellenbosch University’s Department of Journalism as an extraordinary professor. Although he has worked abroad for most of his academic career, Prof Sean Jacobs, currently an associate professor of...

The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences is proud to announce that Dr Carina Venter, from the Department of Music, has been awarded the highly prestigious Iso Lomso Fellowship. Dr Venter, who previously held an Iso Lomso Visiting Scholar fellowship, has now...

The Department of Music at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences will be hosting the widely anticipated 2023 Stellenbosch International Chamber Music Festival (SICMF). The Festival will be held in the Endler Hall at the Stellenbosch University Conservatorium from 30...

On Friday 26 May, Samantha Cox and Greta Frieslaar - two of our Chinese Honours students at the Department of Modern Foreign Languages (MFL) - took part in the 22nd annual “Chinese Bridge” Chinese Proficiency Competition for College Students. The competition was...

“Ons moet die universiteit se ruimte opeis, want dit is ons kollektiewe skat. Die universiteit self word verryk wanneer dit almal erken wat behoort. Dit word minder en verarm wanneer dit ooreenkomstig die uitsluitingslyne leef wat oorgeërf is."...