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Fellows' seminars

Follow the money: exploring scientific persona and the impact of research funding – Fellows’ seminar by Kirsti Niskanen

25 May 2020
Fellows' seminars

Uncovering the complicated politics of race and belonging underlying the use of English as a lingua franca in South Africa – Fellows’ seminar by Stephanie Rudwick

12 May 2020
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Looking for better definitions of institutional objects for the social sciences – Fellows’ seminar by JP Smit

6 May 2020

Upcoming events

27 August 2020

Compensation through Expropriation without Compensation? Constitutional Amendment, Land Reform and the Future of Redistributive Justice in South Africa

  • STIAS Conference
21 September 2020

SASCA 2020: Constitutional Identity and Constitutionalism in Africa

  • Stellenbosch Annual Seminar on Constitutionalism in Africa

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