Seminars

Doing the Intellectual History of Colonial India

Monday, 23 April, 2012 - 15:00
Presented by: 
Dilip
Menon

South Asian history after the subaltern moment has moved to a writing of the intellectual history of colonial India.

From Drug Safety to Drug Security

Monday, 16 April, 2012 - 15:00
Presented by: 
Julia
Hornberger

The fight against counterfeit medication has precipitated a shift from ‘drug safety’ to ‘drug security’. In examining that shift, this project inquires into the unfolding of a logic that aims at ‘securing’ health.

Circulation, Visual Forms and the Public Life of Ideas

Monday, 26 March, 2012 - 15:00
Presented by: 
Rory
Carolyn
Litheko
Bester
Hamilton
Modisane

On 6 August 2009 the then national Minister of Arts and Culture, Lulu Xingwana, was supposed to open Innovative Women: 10 Contemporary Black Women Artists, an art exhibition that her ministry had funded to the tune of R300,000.

Hospitality without hosts: Mobility and communities of convenience in Africa's Urban estuaries

Monday, 19 March, 2012 - 15:00
Presented by: 
Loren
Landau

New  immigrants  and  the  recently  urbanised  increasingly  co-occupy  estuarial  zones
loosely  structured  by  state  social  policy  and  hegemonic  cultural  norms.  In  these
zones,  hyperdiversity,  transience  and  transgressions  are  becoming  the  norm.  Amid

The Folds of Empire: Gandhi and Print culture in the Indian Ocean world

Monday, 12 March, 2012 - 15:00
Presented by: 
Isabel
Hofmeyr

In one of his many memorable phrases, Benedict Anderson describes imperialism as a process of “stretching the tight skin of nation over the gigantic body of empire” (86). To Mohandas Gandhi, a reluctant nationalist at best, this sentiment would have seemed back to front.

'This sinister business in babies' - The perils of baby-farming scandals and Infant Life Protection Legislation, 1890-1930

Monday, 5 March, 2012 - 15:00
Presented by: 
Prinisha
Badassy

For much of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the image of baby-farming as an opportunistic and deceitful way to dispose of an unwanted child was a typecast that prevailed in many parts of the world.

Locating the Indian Ocean: Thoughts on the Historical Reconstitution of Space

Friday, 5 November, 2010 - 14:30

Locating the Indian Ocean: Thoughts on the Historical Reconstitution of Space Jeremy Prestholdt (

The Threefold Meaning of Prophetic Hope – An Interpretation of Contemporary Humanist Philosophy

Thursday, 23 September, 2010 - 14:30

The Threefold Meaning of Prophetic Hope – An Interpretation of Contemporary Humanist Philosophy S

Prosuming Conservation: Producing / Consuming Nature and the Material Base of Speculative Capitalism

Thursday, 26 August, 2010 - 14:30

Prosuming Conservation: Producing / Consuming Nature and the Material Base of Speculative Capital

Soccer and Social Change

Wednesday, 14 April, 2010 - 14:30

Soccer and Social Change Klaus Theweleit (University of Freiburg) Achille Mbembe (WISER) Abebe Ze

Work colonies for white men and the historiography of apartheid

Friday, 2 April, 2010 - 14:30

Work colonies for white men and the historiography of apartheid Neil Roos (University of Pretoria

The Road, the Song and the Citizen: Singing after Violence in KwaZulu-Natal

Wednesday, 31 March, 2010 - 14:30

The Road, the Song and the Citizen: Singing after Violence in KwaZulu-Natal Liz Gunner (WISER) ch

Humanities Graduate Centre Keywords/Keythinkers Series 2010

Friday, 26 March, 2010 - 14:30

Humanities Graduate Centre Keywords/Keythinkers Series 2010 Focus on Foucault: lunchtime lectures

Conflict transformation through dialogue in Africa

Saturday, 20 February, 2010 - 14:30

Conflict transformation through dialogue in Africa Dereje Wordofa (American Friends Service Commi

AIDS, Sex and Culture: memory and power in contemporary South Africa

Wednesday, 10 February, 2010 - 14:30

AIDS, Sex and Culture: memory and power in contemporary South Africa Ida Susser (CUNY Graduate Ce

The Contagion of Witness: between Postcolonialism and Holocaust Memory

Wednesday, 30 September, 2009 - 14:30

The Contagion of Witness: between Postcolonialism and Holocaust Memory Louise Bethlehem The Hebre

Mapiko: Dancing Masks and Socialism in Mozambique

Thursday, 10 September, 2009 - 14:30

Mapiko: Dancing Masks and Socialism in Mozambique Paolo Israel   (Centre for Humanities Research,

Mounting Queen Victoria: Curating Cultural Change

Wednesday, 26 August, 2009 - 14:30

Mounting Queen Victoria: Curating Cultural Change Dr. Steve C.

Nudity and Morality: Legislating Women’s Bodies and Dress in Nigeria

Wednesday, 12 August, 2009 - 14:30

Nudity and Morality: Legislating Women’s Bodies and Dress in Nigeria Bibi Bakare-Yusuf (Independe

Mediating Testimony: Broadcasting South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission

Wednesday, 22 July, 2009 - 14:30

Mediating Testimony: Broadcasting South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission Prof Catheri

The Politics of Football: Neighborhood clubs, youth politics and urban control in Senegal

Tuesday, 21 July, 2009 - 14:30

The Politics of Football: Neighborhood clubs, youth politics and urban control in Senegal Susann

When the “Deserving Poor” were White and the Blacks were “Cheap African Labor”:

Saturday, 18 July, 2009 - 14:30

When the “Deserving Poor” were White and the Blacks were “Cheap African Labor”: Racializing Pover

Cosmopolitan Legacies

Thursday, 4 June, 2009 - 14:30

Cosmopolitan Legacies Ania Loomba (University of Pennsylvania) Co-hosted with the Centre for Indi

Three literary meditations on Hindu-Muslim violence in postcolonial India

Tuesday, 2 June, 2009 - 14:30

Three literary meditations on Hindu-Muslim violence in postcolonial India Suvir Kaul (University

A Sign Prophetic?': Black Loyalism and the 1947 Royal Tour of South Africa

Saturday, 18 April, 2009 - 14:30

A Sign Prophetic?': Black Loyalism and the 1947 Royal Tour of South Africa Hilary Sapire (Birkbec

“Poor Men’s White: Turning the Popular into Cultural Heritage in Salvador, Bahia”

Tuesday, 3 March, 2009 - 14:30

“Poor Men’s White: Turning the Popular into Cultural Heritage in Salvador, Bahia” Mattijs van de

Francophone African literature and the critical appraisal of South African literature in France

Friday, 1 August, 2008 - 14:30

Francophone African literature and the critical appraisal of South African literature in France B

Keeping Faith with the Black Messiah: Suffering, Hope and the Cost of the Future

Thursday, 24 July, 2008 - 14:30

Keeping Faith with the Black Messiah: Suffering, Hope and the Cost of the Future Daniel Magaziner

Where can you find Xhosa Literature?

Tuesday, 15 July, 2008 - 14:30

Where can you find Xhosa Literature?

The Moment of 1989: Democratic Revolution in a global perspective

Thursday, 5 June, 2008 - 14:30

The Moment of 1989: Democratic Revolution in a global perspective Padraic Kenney (University of I

Slavery, Islam and the Construction of Race and Sex at the Cape

Thursday, 22 May, 2008 - 14:30

Slavery, Islam and the Construction of Race and Sex at the Cape Gabeba Baderoon (Penn State Unive

Child Soldiers in African Fiction

Tuesday, 20 May, 2008 - 14:30

Child Soldiers in African Fiction Mark Sanders (New York University and WISER Visiting Fellow)  <

On Zimbabwe: the arrogance of good imperialists

Friday, 16 November, 2007 - 14:30

On Zimbabwe: the arrogance of good imperialists George Shire (Central St.

An Ethnography of faith

Wednesday, 7 November, 2007 - 14:30

An Ethnography of faith Caroline Jeannerat (WISER)

Imagining and Imaging Place: Exhaustion and Creation at the Edges of Place-Making

Tuesday, 23 October, 2007 - 14:30

Imagining and Imaging Place: Exhaustion and Creation at the Edges of Place-Making Bruce Janz (Phi

Strings of Gold: Men, Mines and Markets in the World Economy

Tuesday, 16 October, 2007 - 14:30

Strings of Gold: Men, Mines and Markets in the World Economy Bernd Grewe (Konstanz University)

Deep but dicey play: The meanings of money in Soweto's popular economies

Tuesday, 9 October, 2007 - 14:30

Deep but dicey play: The meanings of money in Soweto's popular economies Detlev Krige (Anthropolo

Inter-faith dialogue in Africa: A new optimism in International Relations?

Tuesday, 28 August, 2007 - 14:30

Inter-faith dialogue in Africa: A new optimism in International Relations?

Political Theology: Recent Debate

Friday, 24 August, 2007 - 14:30

Political Theology: Recent Debate Achille Mbembe (WISER)

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