International Discussion Series: Talk with Professor Adam Habib on The Crisis in South African Universities

Date
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Event Sponsor
Bechtel International Center, Center for African Studies
Location
Bechtel International Center

Please join us for a talk on the Crisis in South African Universities with Adam Habib, Professor of Political Science, and Vice Chancellor and Principal of University of Witswatersand. He is also Chair of Universities South Africa which represents vice-chancellors and higher education in the country. In these roles, he has been working with government, students and other stakeholders to find solutions to the recent wave of protests around funding for higher education. He is the author of the best-selling book, South Africa's Suspended Revolution: Hopes and Prospects (2013, Wits University Press).

The talk will be moderated by Jonathan Jansen, former Vice Chancellor and Rector of the University of the Free State and President of the South African Institute of Race Relations. He is currently a Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University.