UCT Inaugural Lecture: Professor Romy Parker
Professor Romy Parker will deliver her Inaugural Lecture, titled “Pain Management to Reduce Suffering in South Africa”, at 17:00 SAST on 8 June 2023.
UCT Inaugural Lecture: Professor Kirsty Donald
Professor Kirsty Donald presented a lecture titled “Context matters: Risk and resilience in early childhood brain development”. The lecture recording is now available.
UCT Inaugural Lecture: Professor Mark E Engel
Professor Mark E Engel will deliver his Inaugural Lecture, titled “We are here too – Contributing African Strep A research towards eliminating Rheumatic Heart Disease,” at 17:00 SAST on 3 August 2023.
UCT Inaugural Lecture: Professor Edina Sinanovic
Professor Edina Sinanovic will deliver her Inaugural Lecture, titled “Getting the most out of life – Understanding the opportunity cost of your decisions” at 17:00 SAST on 18 September 2023.
UCT Inaugural Lecture: Professor Salome Maswime
Professor Salome Maswime will deliver her Inaugural Lecture, titled “From caesarean section-related complications to global surgical systems strengthening”, at 17:00 SAST on 12 July 2023.
UCT Inaugural Lecture: Professor Lydia Cairncross
Professor Lydia Cairncross will deliver her Inaugural Lecture, titled “From Endocrine Surgery to Access to Care - the Imperative for Health Equity Action in Academic Medicine” at 18:00 SAST on 2 November 2023.
UCT Inaugural Lecture: Professor Michael Held
Professor Michael Held will deliver his Inaugural Lecture, titled “Right Down to the Bone - Orthopaedic Training and Education” at 18:30 SAST on 16 November 2023.
UCT Inaugural Lecture: Professor Lebogang Ramma
Professor Lebogang Ramma will deliver his Inaugural Lecture, titled “Hearing the Call - Trading Epistemic Curiosity for Contextual Relevance in Audiology.” at 17:30 SAST on 1 February 2024.
Valedictory Lecture: Professor Ntobeko Ntusi
[Venue Change] Professor Ntobeko Ntusi will deliver his Valedictory Lecture, titled “Leading in complexity – Reflections from a Chair of Medicine”, at 18:00 SAST on 22 May 2024.
Mr Jacques Rousseau
Jacques Rousseau teaches critical thinking and ethics in UCT’s School of Management Studies, and is the chairperson of the Free Society Institute, a secular humanist non-profit organisation. He has been on the academic staff since 2001, during which time he has chaired the Academic Freedom Committee, and has also served, or is serving, on various committees including Senate and the Senate Executive Committee.