Projects

Dogon Muslims and “pagan” saints are key figures emblematic of the dramatic social transformations Mali has witnessed since the mid-20th century. They are also often alleged to be oxymorons, that is,...

The project has as its goal to advance a comparative law analysis between Colombia and South Africa in terms of legal interventions to counteract or prevent environmental destruction and its particular...

Breast cancer is the most prevalent cancer among women worldwide. The complexity and intricacies of the tumor microenvironment (TME) play a pivotal role in the progression and development of this disease....

Any serious study of the Indic ideas of freedom must begin with acknowledging the centrality accorded to order in a polity. This preoccupation is underlined by the supremacy of the `kingly duty-punishment’...

Gender based violence and sexual violence in specific have reached unprecedented levels in countries in the Global North and South. Feminist scholarship and activism have contributed to different theories...

Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML) is an aggressive type of blood cancer that requires life-long therapy. However, in most Low and Middle Income Countries, including the majority of Africa, long-lasting treatment...

Over 1.3 million women are each year diagnosed with one of three major gynecologic cancers, ovarian  cancer, endometrial cancer or cervical cancer. The burden of these cancers is increasing worldwide, ...

Higher education globally is undergoing significant transitions due to increasing levels of diversity amongst student populations. This requires universities to adapt their teaching and learning practices...

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of mortality and amounts to about a third of all global deaths. Decline of death rates for CVDs is faster in high-income compared to low- and middle-income...

The project is a comparative study of the South African-born, now Australian writer J.M. Coetzee in his post-2000 or Australian phase. The discussion of his millennial writing—novels, essays, sketches,...

The proposed project looks into the activities of the Instituut vir Volksmusiek at Stellenbosch University. The institute was set up in 1960 at Jan Bouws’ arrival in South Africa and was abandoned on...

This project consists in writing a monograph about the irreducible and pervasive complexity of the natural world (the biological world, in particular), and about the importance of becoming increasingly...