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Inaugural lectures
Inaugural lectures are a central part of university academic life. These events are held to commemorate the inaugural lecturer's appointment to full professorship. The inaugural lecture provides a platform for the academic to present the body of research that they have been focusing on during their career. The lecture also provides UCT with the opportunity to showcase its academics and share its research with members of the wider university community and the general public in an accessible way.
2012 lectures
Prof Clive Gray
31 October
Moving targets. HIV & the immune system; in search of self-preservation
Inaugural lecture
Sound: Full speech (19.4 mb); Extract
Prof David Britton
17 October
Nanoscience, Nanotechnology & Nanovation
Inaugural lecture
Sound: Full speech (21.4 mb); Extract
Prof Kevin J Naidoo
3 October
The computational revolution & how it is reshaping the scientific method in chemistry & chemical biology
Inaugural lecture
Sound: Full speech (16.5 mb); Extract
Prof Jean Paul van Belle
19 September
Penguins & Suits: Perspectives on Open Source Software from a Discipline in Flux
Inaugural lecture
Sound: Full speech (20.5 mb); Extract
Prof Valerie Mizrahi
22 August
Knowing the enemy: understanding the survival & subversion strategies of mycobacterium tuberculosis
Inaugural lecture
Sound: Full speech (14.1 mb); Extract
Prof Martin Wittenberg
08 August
Economics & transformation: measurement, models, maths & myths
Inaugural lecture
Sound: Full speech (15.6 mb); Extract
Prof Jennifer Case
01 August
Every generation has its struggle: A critical realist perspective on student learning in contemporary SA
Inaugural lecture
Sound: Full speech (17.4 mb); Video
Prof Anthony Figaji
30 May
Brain/Child. Interrupted
Inaugural lecture
Sound: Full speech (16.1 mb); Extract
Prof Carolyn Williamson
23 May
HIV: Surviving under immense pressure
Inaugural lecture
Sound: Full speech (14.1 mb); Extract
Prof Bernhard Weiss
16 May
Disagreement: Its Epistemic Significance
Inaugural lecture
Sound: Full speech (16.7 mb); Extract
Prof Mark New
11 April
Squaring the circle? Climate change, development, sustainability
Inaugural lecture
Sound: Full speech (22.1 mb); Extract (20.4 mb)