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Stellenbosch Talks - Professor Sibu Moyo and Dr Yumi Omori

In 2022, Stellenbosch University and the University of Warwick signed an agreement with the aim of combining expertise and engaging in collaborative activities. Through this initiative we will once again welcome Professor Sibu Moyo, Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Research, Innovation and Postgraduate Students to our campus. Professor Moyo will be joined by Dr Yumi Omori, a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Stellenbosch's Centre for the Study of Afterlife of Violence and the Reparative Quest.

On 11 and 13 February, both Professor Moyo and Dr Omori will present talks for Warwick staff and students; see full talk details and abstracts below. Please register at the bottom of the page to attend.

Stellenbosch University is a research-intensive university, located within the Western Cape, South Africa, and is ranked 2nd in Africa according to the Times Higher Education World University Rankings.

With a history of more than a 100 years, the University has reaffirmed this position in 2024 as a leading center of academic excellence, innovation, engagement, and has achieved significant milestones over various domains of research and innovation.

Towards Transformative People Centred Partnerships: Perspectives from South Africa

Professor Sibu Moyo, Deputy Vice-Chancellor Research, Innovation and Postgraduate Studies, Stellenbosch University

11 February, 1:30pm-2:30pm, Zeeman B3.03

The presentation will focus on lessons learnt and perspectives from an executive leadership point of view based on lived experiences both in the workplace, different communities and the dilemma of transformation and what that means in terms of institutional culture and diversity. How does this contribute to building a sense of an academic community? How does position, power and voice play out in different academic spaces? How can we as leaders lead in complex environments and create safety nets for everyone to thrive and perform at their best?

Stellenbosch University and University of Warwick have had a long partnership and part of the talk will share examples of how we are building and strengthening our connections and partnership. Sustainability still remains critical for both organisations and how can we continue to make it possible for our institutions to perform better and create enabling spaces in a “VUCA” world.

The Power of Ordinariness: Everyday Life Peacebuilding by Mothers During and After the Northern Ireland Conflict

Dr Yumi Omori, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Centre for the Study of Afterlife of Violence and the Reparative Quest, Stellenbosch University

13 February, 3:15pm-4:45pm, FAB 5.03

In this lecture, the presenter discusses the importance of listening to so-called ‘ordinary’ people in peace and conflict research, drawing on key discussions in her recently published book Everyday Life Peacebuilding and Family: Motherhood During and After ‘The Troubles’.

The book offers a new approach to studying war and peace by foregrounding motherhood in times of conflict and peace processes from a sociological perspective. Through qualitative research resting on individual and focus group interviews with 55 mothers who had lived through the Northern Ireland conflict, the book examines the gendered nature of coping with conflict and its aftermath in peace processes. Drawing on the idea of everyday life peacebuilding, it discusses how the family is located in the processes of social transformation in conflict-affected societies, and illuminates that mothers play central yet largely unnoticed roles in maintaining and restoring sociability in a conflict-affected society. The book illustrates that mothers have been hidden and underappreciated ‘everyday peacebuilders’, as well as hidden and trivialised victims of the conflict.

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