Press Releases

Prof Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela, a Professor in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at Stellenbosch  University, was selected as the recipient of the prestigious prize, with this year marking the 20th anniversary of the Harry Oppenheimer Fellowship Award.  Prof Gobodo-Madikizela’s selection was based on her proposed project, titled “Aesthetics of Trauma,  Poetics of Repair”, and… Read more »

The Trustees of the Oppenheimer Memorial Trust are pleased to announce the recipient of the prestigious Harry Oppenheimer Fellowship Award for 2017: Professor Mark Solms of the University of Cape Town. Solms becomes the twentieth recipient of the Award since its inception and the eighth from UCT. Professor Solms is the Director of Neuropsychology in… Read more »

The Trustees of the Oppenheimer Memorial Trust are pleased to announce the recipients of the prestigious Harry Oppenheimer Fellowship Awards for 2016: Professor Lynn Morris of the National Institute for Communicable Diseases & the University of the Witwatersrand and Professor Robert Millar of the University of Pretoria. The Harry Oppenheimer Fellowship Awards were initiated in… Read more »

The Trustees of the Oppenheimer Memorial Trust are pleased to announce the recipients of the prestigious Harry Oppenheimer Fellowship Awards for 2015: Professor Xolela Mangcu of the University of Cape Town and Professor Brenda Wingfield of the University of Pretoria The Harry Oppenheimer Fellowship Awards were initiated in 2001 to commemorate the Trust’s founder and all… Read more »

Top scientist at the University of the Witwatersrand receives the Oppenheimer Fellowship Fellowship The Board of the Oppenheimer Memorial Trust is pleased to announce the recipient of the prestigious Harry Oppenheimer Fellowship Award for 2014: Professor Helen Rees of the University of the Witwatersrand. Rees becomes the fifteenth recipient of the Award since its inception and the… Read more »

Top scholar at the University of Cape Town receives the Oppenheimer Fellowship The Board of the Oppenheimer Memorial Trust is pleased to announce the recipient of the prestigious Harry Oppenheimer Fellowship Award for 2013: Professor Keertan Dheda of the University of Cape Town. Dheda becomes the fourteenth recipient of the Award since its inception and the sixth from UCT…. Read more »

Top Scholar at the University of Pretoria receives the Oppenheimer Fellowship The Board of the Oppenheimer Memorial Trust is pleased to announce the recipient of the prestigious Harry Oppenheimer Fellowship Award for 2012: Professor Robin Crewe of the University of Pretoria (UP). Crewe becomes the thirteenth recipient of the Award since its inception and the… Read more »