Blogs

Showdown at the Red Lion

by the winner of the prestigious Alan Paton award, the Herskovits prize and voted as author of one of the 100 best books to emerge from Africa during the 20th century,

CHARLES VAN ONSELEN

To all urbanists, thinkers about cities and those interested in Johannesburg and its development

You are invited by Prof Adam Habib,
Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of the Witwatersrand,
and Wits University Press & UKZN Press to the launch of two books

Our new colleague Jonny Steinberg writes for BuzzFeed Books on his decision to return to Johannesburg.

The Mail and Guardian reports on Allen and Bobby Isaacman's seminar on the Cahora Bassa dam and South Africa's security interests.

A profile of Neo Muyanga, WiSER's composer-in-residence, in the Mail and Guardian.

Applications to participate in this year's Johannesburg Workshop in Theory and Criticism (28 June-8 July 2015) are open. This year's theme is Bios, Techné and the Manufacture of Happiness. Click here to apply and for more information.

International Society of Critical Health Psychology (ISHCP)

9th Biennial Conference

12-15 July 2015, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
 

An extract from an interview with Achille Mbembe for Le Monde's special edition 'L'Africa, l'envol'.

PSYCHOSOCIAL STUDIES: BEYOND ACADEMIC BOUNDARIES, CONNECTING WITH POLITICS

Makhosazana Xaba - who spoke at the launch of Jacob Dlamini's Askari at WiSER - reflects on betrayal, torture, and the complexities of the anti-apartheid struggle.