The History of Black Lawyers in South Africa and Beyond II

Thursday, 22 September, 2022 - 18:00

WiSER warmly invites you to an online discussion on

The History of Black Lawyers in South Africa and Beyond II: Debating Pasts and Futures On 3 August 2022, a workshop was held at WISER on the theme ‘A History of Black Lawyers in South Africa.’  This panel discussion extends the insights and questions that the workshop raised. How do we best uncover and narrate the histories of black lawyers in South and Southern African contexts, and beyond? How does this work intersect with, or pull against, issues of decolonisation and globalisation? How have black women in the legal profession confronted the barriers placed in their way? How do Africa-based debates on these issues speak to those emerging from elsewhere in the world? The panel will debate and advance these questions and research agendas.

This online panel contributes to ongoing efforts to map the pasts as well as the futures of law and society scholarship in Africa.

Speakers:

Mekonnen Firew Ayano, State University of New York at Buffalo

Thandi Matthews, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg & International Institute of Social Studies (The Hague)

Charmika Samaradiwakera-Wijesundara, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg & International Institute of Social Studies (The Hague)

Chaired and organized by

Jonathan Klaaren, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg

22nd September 2022 6pm to 7pm

Please register for this Zoom event in advance of the meetinghttps://wits-za.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcuc-uvrTwrGdA2fPp4TkHj-4qKKZTj4gNk

This session forms part of a series of discussions WiSER is hosting across the year on the theme of decolonization and the futures of  research in the African humanities and social sciences

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