Januarie January 2015 Affirmative Action: A View from the Global South Ockert Dupper & Kamala Sankaran (Editors) Published by SUN MeDIA Stellenbosch as the seventh volume in the STIAS Series, this publicaon provides insight into a range of aspects of the affirmave acon policies in seven countries from Africa, Asia, South America and the Middle East. In addion to these naonal perspecves, important theorecal concepts and internaonal developments on affirmave acon are explored. War and Society: Participation and Remembrance South African black and coloured troops in the First World War, 1914-1918 – Albert Grundlingh In this book, published by SUN MeDIA Stellenbosch, Professor Grundlingh draws upon a wide range of sources to reflect anew upon South African parcipaon in the First World War, and parcularly the role played by South African black and coloured parcipants in the conflict. In addion, the remembrance of the SS Mendi disaster in 1917 and its subsequent mythological dimensions are assessed, as are the noons of a presumed Cape Corps military tradion. Surfers van die Tsunami – Navorsing en Inligngstegnologie binne die Geesteswetenskappe Burgert A. Senekal & Susan Brokensha Uitgegee deur SUN MeDIA Bloemfontein, Surfers van die Tsunami “besin oor die groot verskuiwing wat in die afgelope paar dekades plaasgevind het in die wyse waarop inligng versamel, ontleed, aangebied en versprei word. Terwyl die nuwe tegnologie reeds in die natuurwetenskappe wyd gebruik word, staan die geesteswetenskappe volgens die outeurs nou eers aan die begin van ’n groot omwenteling. Die boek bied ’n diepgaande oorsig van internasionale kennis en literatuur – metodes en voorbeelde van teksontginning word deeglik bespreek.” – Prof JH Kroeze, UNISA Continued on page 2 Other tles in the STIAS Series: Dancing with Doctoral Encounters – Democrac educaon in moon Yusef Waghid Published by SUN MeDIA Stellenbosch, this book offers an exposion of Professor Waghid’s professional encounters with doctoral candidates. In reflecng upon his supervision of these candidates – individuals, each with their own ideas – Prof Waghid likens these unique relaonships to a dance. Through capturing the moments in each of his dances with these students, he specifically focuses on the noon of a democrac encounter in relaon to student supervision, highlighng aspects of democrac educaonal theories that have inspired the encounters.