Graduate School
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
The Assemblies · 2026
Waiting · an Assembly
Nobody signs a delay.
A refusal has an author, a date and a reason. A delay has none. Eight papers, one Assembly, on the theme of waiting.
Monday9 November 09:00 – ±17:00 2026 · Stellenbosch
The venue is the Lecture Hall in the Department of Journalism.
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Waiting in administrative & immigration law
June Luna
Admitted Attorney of the High Court
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II
Racing against time / waiting en route
Dr Bo Lyu
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III
I wait for “Noman”: Homer’s Penelope and the heroism of staying behind
Dr Louise-Mari Muller
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IV
Waiting to Be Named: Forensic Facial Depiction, Human Identification and the Time Between
Dr Elysia Greenway
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The infrastructure does not wait: managed incompleteness and ecological harm in South Africa’s renewable energy frontier
Dr Stephanie Borchardt
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VI
Wait in the Universe; Wait and chances in life
Prof. Yin-Zhe Ma
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VII
To wait or not to wait? ‘Patience’ as a form of self-denial in Jeanne Benameur’s La patience des traces (2022)
Jaco du Plooy
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VIII
Love deferred
Prof. Catherine Du Toit
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Mysterious food will be supplied. Kindly indicate your allergies, if any.
Convened by Dr Bo Lyu · Modern Foreign Languages · bo@sun.ac.za