STIAS Conversations Podcast
STIAS Conversations is a podcast from the Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study. In this series, we explore the ideas, questions, and discoveries shaping our world. Through conversations with fellows, institutional collaborators, and other contributors to the STIAS programme and initiatives, we bring you insights into what drives this creative space for the mind.
30 September 2026
STIAS Conversations Episode 6 - Traumatic intimacies
In this episode, Thando Njovane takes us into her research on trauma, decolonisation and African literature.
24 August 2026
STIAS Conversations Episode 5 - Fathers and fatherhood
According to the State of South Africa’s Fathers latest report, in 2023, only 35.6% of children lived in the same household as their biological fathers, and 40.3% lived with men who were not their biological fathers but played a fathering role.
21 July 2026
STIAS Conversations Episode 4 - Race, Genomics and the Cultural Politics of Bioethics
How do we ensure that populations represented in research reflect the diversity of humanity itself?
22 June 2026
STIAS Conversations Episode 3 - Guardians of Knowledge
In this episode, we are in conversation with sculptors Rose Namubiru Kirumira and Kobus la Grange, who transformed one of the pine trees that made way for the Wallenberg Research Centre extension building, into a symbol of knowledge, stewardship and renewal.
26 May 2026
STIAS Conversations Episode 2 - History education and the new curriculum
In this episode, we are discussing History education in South Africa. We explore the amendments proposed by the Department of Basic Education to the Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement, their significance, and why they matter.
24 April 2026
STIAS Conversations Episode 1 - Multilingualism and the Kaaps Dictionary
In this first episode, we discuss the significance of multilingualism in a democratic society before focusing on a pivotal moment, which is the introduction of a new reference resource for one of the oldest languages in South Africa.