Announcements

Thursday, 1 February, 2024 - 00:00

Keith Breckenridge

Over the last twenty years WiSER has established itself as the leading interdisciplinary research institute in the Humanities and Social Sciences on the African continent. From 2023, with generous support from Standard Bank, the Institute more

Thursday, 1 February, 2024 - 00:00

Sarah Nuttall


Thursday, 30 November, 2023 - 12:00

Richard Rottenburg

Dear Friends, We are thrilled to let you know about the publication of the first volume of the open access book series, Translating Technology in Africa. Volume 1: Metrics | Brill.   The book series is a multi-year more

Thursday, 30 November, 2023 - 16:30

Laura Phillips

Call for MA Scholarship Applications “Currencies, Colonial Economies, and the Making of South African State: Studying Economic History in South Africa” (CRP22/1090) has opened a call for two fully funded MA scholarships at the more

Sunday, 31 December, 2023 - 12:00

Sarah Nuttall

  WiSER and the Oceanic Humanities for the Global South projectare pleased to announce the publication of Reading for Water: Materiality and Method (Routledge, 2023).  The book, edited by Isabel Hofmeyr more

Thursday, 1 October, 2026 - 00:00

Keith Breckenridge

Over the last twenty years WiSER has established itself as the leading interdisciplinary research institute in the Humanities and Social Sciences on the African continent. From 2023, with generous support from Standard Bank, the more