Blogs

Launch of Changing Space, Changing City: Johannesburg after Apartheid

Submitted by Sarah Emily Duff on 26 February, 2015 - 08:54

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

Jonny Steinberg on returning to Johannesburg

Submitted by Sarah Emily Duff on 19 February, 2015 - 10:13

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

The Mail and Guardian reports on our first WISH seminar of 2015

Submitted by Sarah Emily Duff on 18 February, 2015 - 10:55

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

The Extraordinary Life of Neo Muyanga

Submitted by Sarah Emily Duff on 13 February, 2015 - 11:53

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

Call for applications - 2015 JWTC: Bios, Techne and the Manufacture of Happiness

Submitted by Sarah Emily Duff on 3 February, 2015 - 11:02

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.

CFP: 9th Biennial Conference of the International Society of Critical Health Psychology, 12-15 July 2015

Submitted by Sarah Emily Duff on 30 January, 2015 - 16:44

International Society of Critical Health Psychology (ISHCP)

9th Biennial Conference

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

Achille Mbembe interviewed by Le Monde

Submitted by Sarah Emily Duff on 29 January, 2015 - 10:33

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

Makhosazana Xaba on Jacob Dlamini's 'Askari'

Submitted by Sarah Emily Duff on 27 January, 2015 - 09:33

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.

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