Francis Nyamnjoh

Francis Nyamnjoh delivering his STIAS lecture The toppling of the Rhodes statue at the University of Cape Town (UCT) – like its erection in the first instance –was driven by a winner-takes-all logic, and not a need to conduct real conversations about substantive issues, Prof Francis B Nyamnjoh, a fellow of the Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (STIAS), argued on Tuesday (14 April 2015).

Heribert Adam, Kogila Moodley and Breyten Breytenbach with a copy of Imagined Liberation at the STIAS book launch 5 March 2014.

Background At its annual two day meeting in March 2016 the STIAS Academic Advisory Board had an in-depth discussion about the landscape of South African higher education in a global context, following lead-in presentations by Professors Bert van der Zwaan (Utrecht University) and Shireen Hassim (University of the Witwatersrand).

STIAS today announced the launch of a new project among its long-term research themes.

STIAS is calling for expressions of interest in its youngest research theme University and Society: Disruption, Discourse and New Directions.

The Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (STIAS) has been invited to join a group of international institutes for advanced study known by the acronym SIAS – Some Institutes for Advanced Study.

National Identity and State Formation in Africa.