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Archives: 2011
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The Prince of Wales - 5 November
Climate change and the environment
Sound: Introduction by the VC; Full speech (9.52 mb)
Text of the full speech
Prof Lorna Martin - 26 October
"No woman no cry" - A journey into forensic pathology services & violence against women in SA
Inaugural lecture
Sound: Full speech (18.0 mb); Extract
Prof Anton Zeilinger - 25 October
Quantum games & quantum information
Vice-Chancellor's Open Lecture
Sound: Full speech (23.6 mb); Extract
Prof Nicola Illing - 19 October
Evo-devo - Clues to morphological & functional diversity in bats & resurrection plants
Inaugural lecture
Sound: Full speech (17.6 mb); Extract
Prof Wayne Derman - 5 October
My extraordinary journey in medicine
Inaugural lecture
Sound: Full speech (19.2 mb); Extract
Prof Colin Tredoux - 28 September
Pragmatic psychology & the perils of eyewitness identification
Inaugural lecture
Sound: Full speech (20.0 mb); Extract
Prof Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak - 27 September
The Tradition of Critique & Feminist Writing
Inaugural lecture
Sound: Full speech (20.2 mb); Extract
Prof Nigel Worden - 21 September
The Global Cape: Breaking the boundaries of the early Cape Colony
Inaugural lecture
Sound: Part 1 (16.3 mb); Part 2 (3.58 mb)
Prof Pierre de Vos - 14 September
The past is unpredictable: race, redress & remembrance in the SA constitution
Inaugural lecture
Sound: Full speech (17.8 mb); Extract
Sir Sydney Kentridge - 12 September
Evil under the sun: The death of Steve Biko
Steve Biko Memorial Lecture
Sound: Full speech (17.1 mb); Extract
Prof Eric Wood - 7 September
The Art of Value Creation
Inaugural lecture
Sound: Full speech (15.8 mb); Extract
Maria Ramos - 2 September
The state of the global economy and its impact on South Africa
Sound: Full speech (11.8 mb); Q&A
A moral imperative to speak: What does civic responsibility mean in our troubled times? - 24 August
Hosted by the Living Reconciliation Forum
Sound: Part 1; Part 2; Part 3; Part 4 (Q & A session)
Archbishop Desmond Tutu - 23 August
Addressing UCT students in a lecture on social change
Sound: Full speech (9.39 mb); Q&A
Prof Harald Winkler - 17 August
Climate change mitigation in the context of development
Inaugural lecture
Sound: Full speech (16.5 mb); Extract
Prof Nadine Strossen - 04 August
Post-9/11Threats to Academic Freedom
TB Davie Memorial Lecture
Sound: Full speech (4.37 mb); Extract
Uses and Abuses of Culture - 21 & 22 July
Worldwide Universities Network (WUN) meeting hosted by the Institute of Humanities in Africa (HUMA)
Dr Ismail Serageldin - 25 July
Universities & the Unfolding Knowledge Revolution
Vice-Chancellor's Open Lecture
Sound: Full speech (19.0 mb); Extract
Prof Raewyn Connell - 20 July
Intellectuals in the 21st century world
Vice-Chancellor's Open Lecture
Sound: Full speech (28.7 mb); Extract
Michelle Obama - 23 June
Address and Q & A session at UCT with 50 learners from five local high schools
Sound:
VC Dr Max Price: Welcome
Michelle Obama: Full speech
Q & A session (moderated by Dr Mamphela Remphele)
Africa Day 2011 - 25 May
The story of Africa in the post-colonial African University
Panel discussion chaired by acting vice-chancellor Professor Thandabantu Nhlapo
Sound: Full speech (43.4 mb)
Prof Willem Hanekom - 4 May
Vaccines to prevent TB
Inaugural lecture
Sound: Full speech (17.9 mb); Extract
Powerpoint presentation
Prof Mohamed Fareed Jeebhay - 20 April
From Farm to Fork - A Fishy Story of Allergy and Asthma
Inaugural lecture
Sound: Full speech (19.1 mb); Extract
Monday Paper article
Sir David Attenborough - 13 April
Alfred Russel Wallace and the Birds of Paradise
Vice-Chancellor's Open lecture. Speaker introduced by VC Dr Max Price
Full speech (15 mb); extract
Sir Howard Davies - 29 March
Financial crisis - How is to blame?
Vice-Chancellor's Open lecture. Speaker introduced by VC Dr Max Price
Full speech (17 mb); extract
Dr Francis S Collins & Sir Mark Walport - 3 March
Genomics and global health in 2011 and From Genes to Health
Vice-Chancellor's Open Lecture. Speakers introduced by VC Dr Max Price
Dr Francis S Collins' Full speech (15.6 mb); extract
Sir Mark Walport's Full speech (11.7 mb); extract
Launch of UCT Transformation Month - 2 March
Speakers: UCT Chair of Council, the Most Reverend Njongonkulu Ndungane; VC Dr Max Price; DVC Prof Crain Soudien and Dr. Pregaluxmi Govender, Commissioner of the South African Human Rights Commission
Full speech (13.7 mb); extract
Prof Karen Sliwa - 16 February
Capturing and Preserving the 'Heart' of Africa
Inaugural lecture
Sound: Full speech (15.4 mb); Extract
Monday Paper article
Naledi Pandor (Minister of Science & Technology) - 1 February
Keynote address at the Centres of Excellence Symposium
Full speech (7.16 mb); extract
Prof Edgar Pieterse - 26 January
A lecture on African urbanisation at the London School of Economics (LSE)
Full speech (17.8 mb); extract
Alec Erwin - 17 January
A 'developmental state' - the challenges ahead
A lecture series delivered at the UCT Summer School
Full speech (19.3 mb); extract
