Seminars

Now You See It, Now You Don't: Josephine Baker's Films of the 1930's and the Problem of Color

Thursday, 24 May, 2007 - 14:30

Now You See It, Now You Don't: Josephine Baker's Films of the 1930's and the Problem of Color Pro

Legal Pluralism, Decentralization and Conflict in the Sahel

Wednesday, 24 October, 2001 - 14:30

Legal Pluralism, Decentralization and Conflict in the Sahel Gerti Hesseling  (University of Leide

The Hurting Race: Cotton Pub (Hillbrow), Nunos (Melville) and Psychology (Wits)

Tuesday, 24 October, 2006 - 14:30

The Hurting Race: Cotton Pub (Hillbrow), Nunos (Melville) and Psychology (Wits) Kgamadi Kometsi (

Democracy and its discontent: Vigilantism, sovereignity and human rights in South Africa

Tuesday, 25 April, 2006 - 14:30

Democracy and its discontent: Vigilantism, sovereignity and human rights in South Africa Lars Buu

Writing the City: Four Post-Apartheid texts

Tuesday, 25 February, 2003 - 14:30

Writing the City: Four Post-Apartheid texts Liz Gunner (University of Natal)

Francophone African literature: the language issue.

Tuesday, 25 July, 2006 - 14:30

Francophone African literature: the language issue.

Globalisation and new social identities: A jig-saw puzzle from Johannesburg

Tuesday, 26 April, 2005 - 14:30

Globalisation and new social identities: A jig-saw puzzle from Johannesburg Peter Alexander (Soci

City Forms and Writing the 'Now' 'in South Africa

Tuesday, 26 August, 2003 - 14:30

City Forms and Writing the 'Now' 'in South Africa Sarah Nuttall (WISER, University of the Witwate

Memory, Justice, Inclusion

Thursday, 20 June, 2002 - 14:30

Memory, Justice, Inclusion Charles Taylor (McGill University) Co-sponsored by the Department of p

Thinking the relevance of the state - A literary view?'

Friday, 20 June, 2003 - 14:30

Thinking the relevance of the state - A literary view?' Isabel Hofmeyr (African Literature, Unive

Memory and Counter-memory'

Saturday, 20 March, 2004 - 14:30

Memory and Counter-memory' Johannes Fabian

Patient Trouble: Reflections on a South African Medical Ethics

Tuesday, 20 March, 2007 - 14:30

Patient Trouble: Reflections on a South African Medical Ethics Hillel Braude (University of Chica

Religion and Migrant Labour

Friday, 20 May, 2005 - 14:30

Redeeming the Failed Promise of Democracy in Eritrea: From Liberation to Repression

Friday, 20 May, 2005 - 14:30

Redeeming the Failed Promise of Democracy in Eritrea: From Liberation to Repression Dan Connell (

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)  <

Dissenting white writings on Johannesburg in the 1980s

Friday, 20 October, 2006 - 14:30

Dissenting white writings on Johannesburg in the 1980s Irikidzayi Manase (University of Kwazulu-N

The Regulation of the Urban African Family in South Africa in the 1930s and 1940s

Tuesday, 3 August, 2004 - 14:30

The Regulation of the Urban African Family in South Africa in the 1930s and 1940s Deborah Posel (

How to be a 'real' gay: contested identities in small-town South Africa

Friday, 3 August, 2007 - 14:30

How to be a 'real' gay: contested identities in small-town South Africa Graeme Reid (WISER, Wits

“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

Portuguese Maritime Exploration and the African in-Between

Wednesday, 3 May, 2006 - 14:30

Portuguese Maritime Exploration and the African in-Between Prof.

Science, conservation and apartheid: South Africa's national parks, c.1948-c.1960

Thursday, 3 May, 2007 - 14:30

Science, conservation and apartheid: South Africa's national parks, c.1948-c.1960 Jane Carruthers

History and Social Memory: Some Problems in their Relationship

Friday, 3 September, 2004 - 14:30

History and Social Memory: Some Problems in their Relationship Chris Wickham (Professor of Histor

Bodiographies: Writing the Body and the Self

Wednesday, 21 August, 2002 - 14:30

Bodiographies: Writing the Body and the Self Sarah Nuttall WISER, University of the Witwatersrand

Ma-slaan-pa dockets': Policing domestic violence

Tuesday, 21 August, 2007 - 14:30

Ma-slaan-pa dockets': Policing domestic violence Julia Hornberger (WISER, Wits University)

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

Constituting Democracy: A Sociological Study of Constitution-making in South Africa in the 1990s

Tuesday, 21 May, 2002 - 14:30

Constituting Democracy: A Sociological Study of Constitution-making in South Africa in the 1990s

From Hubris to Chaos: The Makings of the Bewysburo and the end of Documentary Government

Tuesday, 21 May, 2002 - 14:30

From Hubris to Chaos: The Makings of the Bewysburo and the end of Documentary Government Keith Br

Non-violent men in violent communities: Negotiating the head and the neck

Wednesday, 21 May, 2003 - 14:30

Non-violent men in violent communities: Negotiating the head and the neck Tina Sideris WISER

Rewriting Twentieth-Century South Africa: General History in a Post-Apartheid Era

Wednesday, 21 November, 2001 - 14:30

Rewriting Twentieth-Century South Africa: General History in a Post-Apartheid Era William Beinart

Deconstruction: Philosophy or literary theory?

Tuesday, 21 October, 2003 - 14:30

Deconstruction: Philosophy or literary theory?

The Globe in the Text: Notes towards a Transnational History of the Book 

Tuesday, 21 October, 2003 - 14:30

The Globe in the Text: Notes towards a Transnational History of the Book  Isabel Hofmeyr (African

Globalisation and the African City: Touba, Abidjan, Durban

Tuesday, 21 September, 2004 - 14:30

Globalisation and the African City: Touba, Abidjan, Durban Bill Freund (University of Kwazulu-Nat

Transplants and Transients: Nativism, Nationalism, and Migration in the Inner-City Johannesburg

Tuesday, 22 August, 2006 - 14:30

Transplants and Transients: Nativism, Nationalism, and Migration in the Inner-City Johannesburg L

Zulu xenophobia, Kgatla conspiracies & Pedi plots: Transvaal Native Congress politics in the 1930s

Tuesday, 22 February, 2005 - 14:30

Zulu xenophobia, Kgatla conspiracies & Pedi plots: Transvaal Native Congress politics in the

The Road to Queenstown: A Chapter from a Biography of Todd Matshikiza

Tuesday, 22 July, 2003 - 14:30

The Road to Queenstown: A Chapter from a Biography of Todd Matshikiza John Matshikiza (WISER, Uni

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

Military Slaves and the Making of Ethnic Identity: The Case of Chikunda

Wednesday, 22 May, 2002 - 14:30

Military Slaves and the Making of Ethnic Identity: The Case of Chikunda Allen Isaacman (Universit

Suburbs on the veld, modern and postmodern

Tuesday, 22 May, 2007 - 14:30

Suburbs on the veld, modern and postmodern Alan Mabin (Architecture & Planning & CUBES, W

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

Money in the making of world society

Tuesday, 17 April, 2007 - 14:30

Money in the making of world society Keith Hart (Anthropology, Goldsmiths University of London) <

Theorizing the Contemporary World: Robert Brenner, Giovani Arrighi, David Harvey

Friday, 17 August, 2007 - 14:30

Theorizing the Contemporary World: Robert Brenner, Giovani Arrighi, David Harvey Moishe Postone (

IMIFANEKISO: Photographic portraits from mid-nineteenth century in Natal : the work of Dr R.J. Mann

Tuesday, 17 February, 2004 - 14:30

IMIFANEKISO: Photographic portraits from mid-nineteenth century in Natal : the work of Dr R.J.

Does China have an apartheid pass system?

Tuesday, 17 September, 2002 - 14:30

Does China have an apartheid pass system?

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

Split Screen: 'Local' and 'Diasporic' Film in the Anglophone Caribbean

Thursday, 18 July, 2002 - 14:30

Split Screen: 'Local' and 'Diasporic' Film in the Anglophone Caribbean Jane Bryce (University of

The international context of South Africa's 'experiment in social medicine' in the mid-twentieth century

Tuesday, 18 July, 2006 - 14:30

The international context of South Africa's 'experiment in social medicine' in the mid-twentieth

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