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Queer Centres and Peripheries Dennis Altman Professor of Politics, Latrobe University
Culture(s) of the African National Congress of South Africa - exile and prison experiences Raymon
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The Unreason of the Law Jean & John Comaroff University of Chicago
German Intellectuals and Nineteenth/early Twentieth Century South Africa Sara Pugach
Ethnographies of the Post Colonial State Thomas Blom Hansen (University of Edinburgh)
Scandal in the Colonies: Sydney and Cape Town, 1820-1850 Kirsten McKenzie (History, University of
Sightings / Site-ings of the African City
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The Play of Race in a Field of Urban Desire: Soccer and Spontaneity in Rhodes Park, Johannesburg
Early history of the African National Congress (ANC) Underground: From the M-Plan to Rivonia Raym
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Reframing remembrance: The politics of the centenary commemorations of the South African War of 1
Maternity Matters: The Politics of Hospitalized Childbirth in South Africa, 1900 to 1960 Catherin
South Africa in the Global Knowledge Economy: Structural irrelevance or successful new missions f
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Soccer and Social Change Klaus Theweleit (University of Freiburg) Achille Mbembe (WISER) Abebe Ze
Re-membering/Re-visioning/Re-connecting: Ngugi wa Thiong'o and Ayi Kwei Armah come to Nairobi Dr
South Africa's role in Africa and for the development of the African Agenda Stephen Gelb
Not By Genes Alone: How Culture Transformed Human Evolution Professor Peter J.
Editing Herman Charles Bosman Craig MacKenzie (English, Rand Afrikaans University)
Moralising security: 'corrections' and the post-apartheid prison Kelly Gillespie (University of C
Sports Boycott and Cricket: South Africa's Exclusion from Test Match Cricket, 1970-1971 Bruce Mur
Embodied History: Uniqueness and Exemplarity of South African AIDS Didier Fassin (University of P
Thinking the Impossible: Elements of a Critique of Political Liberalism in Southern Africa Michae
Power, 'Partnerships' & Social Change: Creating contexts that enable HIV prevention Cathy Cam
Impossible Representations: Pentecostalism, Video and Video Technology in Ghana Birgit Meyer Rese
Sweet dreams, diamond ladies and golden money: An ethnography of numbers running in Soweto Detlev
The dead and the territory: a complex relationship Dr Renato Cymbalista (Coordinator of Urbanism,
Flows of 'sexual substance' and representation of the body in South Africa Robert Thornton Univer
The Role of Local Authorities in the Emergence of Group Areas and Modern Townships on the East Ra
Nudity and Morality: Legislating Women’s Bodies and Dress in Nigeria Bibi Bakare-Yusuf (Independe
Infrastructure and Modernity: Scales of Force, Time and Social Organisation in the History of Soc
Shifting Fields: Imagining Literacy Renewal in Itinerario and Drum Stefan Helgesson
Body and Voice in South Sotho Rape Testimonies Puleng Hanong
Biometric Government in the New South Africa Keith Breckenridge (History, University of Natal)
Religion’s place in the various Academic Disciplines An interdisciplinary panel discussion with:
John Stremlau (International Relations, University of the Witwatersrand)
The origins of the South African War: Reflections on the political economy Stanley Trapido (Linco
The genes talk back: biological versus psychoanalytic accounts of the origins of homosexuality S
Worlds of Power: Religious Thought and Political Practice in Africa Stephen Ellis (Brussels) and
Grounding 'globalisation from below': 'Global citizens' in local spaces' Steven Robins (Departmen
Gendered Endings: Narratives of Sexuality and Suicide in the South African Lowveld Isak Niehaus
Malawians in Johannes-burg: Organising Informal Trade & Migration in a Liberalising Environme
Rac(e)ing Crime and Poverty into the Present: The State, Colouredness, and Correctional Instituti
Three literary meditations on Hindu-Muslim violence in postcolonial India Suvir Kaul (University
Writing on Witchcraft in Times of AIDS Adam Ashforth (Advanced Center for Social Research, Prince
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Functional' and 'Dysfunctional' Communities: A View on the State from the Vantage of 'Development
