Blogs

Lisa Vetten writes for Business Day.

Achille Mbembe writes for the Mail and Guardian on race and non-racialism in the ANC.

Achille Mbembe writes for the Sunday Times.

WISER invites applications for Mercator Fellowships based at the Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg in 2014 - 15. These fellowships will support three to six months of writing in residence in Halle, Germany, with a monthly stipend of €4500. If necessary, additional funding is available to provide support for child-care during the successful applicant's stay in Halle. Applications are invited from internationally-reputed researchers based on the African continent.

On 18 June, Redi Tlhabi interviewed our MA student Simphiwe Ngwane on her show broadcast on Radio 702 and 567 CapeTalk. He discussed his research on the history of South Africa's black middle class. To listen to the interview, click here.

A report, including sound clips, of our recent launch of The Cambridge Companion to Nelson Mandela.

WISER is delighted to announce that Achille Mbembe has been awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Paris 8 Vincennes.  

Founded in the aftermath of May 1968 events, Paris 8  played a pivotal role in the emergence of "French Theory" and is renowned for having been the institutional home for some of its most illustrious figures - Michel Foucault, Jean-Francois Lyotard, Jacques Lacan, Helene Cixous, Gilles Deleuze.

Keith Breckenridge tells 567 CapeTalk/Talk Radio 702’s Bruce Whitfield what history has to tell us about tax revolts.

Podcast: https://soundcloud.com/ilanga-boi-1/richard-rive-23-10-2013-mp3

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