Campus highlights

Sculpture by Andrew Lord

The UCT Irma Stern Museum will be hosting Air Instruments: Mobile Iron Sculptures by Andrew Lord from Tuesday, November 28, with the opening address by David Bellamy at 18h00. Enjoy a walkabout with the artist on Saturday, December 2, at 11h00. The exhibition closes Saturday, January 7.

Guardian back for second season

Guardian of the Flame, featuring Jazzart Dance Theatre and some of the country's most accomplished musicians and singers, returns to the Artscape stage this month after a sell-out season in 2005.

Guardian features Sibongile Khumalo, Tina Schouw, Neo Muyanga, Tandile Mandela, Heather Mac, Tshepo Mngoma, Savitri Naidoo and Stella Magaba in a showcase of music and dance.

Jazzart's artistic director, Alfred Hinkel, believes the combination of leading local musicians working together with Jazzart's dancers is the catalyst for artistic creativity.

"The inclusion of Tandile Mandela's 13-piece African orchestra, further extends the potential for creative links between traditional African music and musicians and contemporary jazz musicians and instruments."

It runs at the Artscape Opera House from November 29 to December 2. Bookings can be made through Computicket or Artscape's Dial-A-Seat. For more information visit www.jazzart.co.za.

Fellowships on offer

Applications are open for the Harvard-UCT Mandela Fellowships, established through the support of the Andrew W Mellon Foundation of New York. Through facilitating periods of study and research by UCT academic staff at Harvard's WEB Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research, these awards strengthen connections between the institute and UCT, and advance research in the field of higher education in South Africa. Applications can be made through the Centre for Higher Education Development (Office of the Dean). Applicants must demonstrate how their research will contribute to the ongoing development of teaching and learning in South African higher education.

To be eligible, applicants must have been awarded the PhD degree at the time of application, and have permanent or T3 posts at UCT. For more information please contact Kathy Erasmus at the Centre for Higher Education Development, Hlanganani Building. The closing date is December 15.