Past Events

These are the events hosted at WISER. Other events and press notices are here.

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# Date Title Event Type WISER Research Theme
57 Aug 28 INVITE | Water Conversations by Kevin Harding and Simone Dahms-Verster | 28 Aug | 1pm Public Events Environmental Humanities
56 Aug 27 Book discussion by Julia Tischler on Cultivating Race Book Launches Knowledge Futures
55 Aug 26 WISER Lunchtime Seminar | Estefanía Bournot on Extractive Zones and the Last Utopia Seminars Knowledge Futures
54 Aug 25 Trustless Money : the virtues, limits and dangers of crypto currencies Seminars Trust
53 Aug 25 Book discussion by Rosalind C. Morris Book Launches Knowledge Futures
52 Aug 18 ‘It has changed our lives completely in such a short time!’: Infrastructural relations and the ‘citizen turned private s Seminars Trust
51 Aug 11 Beyond Mont Pèlerin: South African Physicist Bankers in a World Without Money Seminars Trust
50 Aug 4 Bankers' Trust : How Social Relations Avert Global Financial Collapse Seminars Trust
49 Aug 2 Walkabout | The Secret Lives of Plants Advertisements Environmental Humanities
48 Jul 31 Water Conversations by Tracy-Lynn Field and Heidi Richards Seminars Environmental Humanities
47 Jul 28 Making a Life: Young Men on Johannesburg’s Urban Margins Seminars Trust
46 Jul 26 Exhibition Opening and Lecture by Isabel Hofmeyr Advertisements Environmental Humanities
45 Jun 26 Water Infrastructures by Precious Biyela and Mucha Musemwa | 29 May | 1pm Advertisements Environmental Humanities
44 Jun 26 Interdisciplinary Conversations on Water series | Upcoming Sessions Public Events Knowledge Futures
43 Jun 11 The Bitcoin Revolution : the Paypal Mafia and the transformation of trust in the Trump presidency Seminars Trust
42 Jun 2 ‘Plant Lives: Critical Plant Humanities – Conversations from the Global South’ Public Events Environmental Humanities
41 Jun 2 INVITE | Plant Lives by Luciano Concherio San Vicente on Among Ahuehuetes, Lawn Grass, and Spanish Moss Seminars Environmental Humanities
40 Jun 2 Plant Lives - Critical Plant Humanities - Conversations from the Global South Advertisements Environmental Humanities
39 Jun 2 News from the Plant Lives Seminar Series Seminars Environmental Humanities
38 May 28 Bird's Milk : “Unblocking” Identity and Documentary Citizenship Seminars Trust
37 May 28 TBC Seminars Trust
36 May 26 Plant Lives by Nokwanda Makunga on Current perspectives on an emerging formal natural products sector in South Africa | Public Events Environmental Humanities
35 May 21 Digital identification in Jamaica Seminars
34 May 19 Plant Lives - Riley Snorton On the Resurgence of Pioneer Species Public Events Knowledge Futures
33 May 12 Plant Lives - Luvuyo Wotshela on Existing with the Multi-purpose Plant | 12 May | 4pm (Jhb time) Public Events Digital Humanities
32 May 12 Plant Lives - Luvuyo Wotshela on Existing with the Multi-purpose Plant Public Events Environmental Humanities
31 May 8 Techbros and Big Daddies Public Events Trust
30 May 5 The Quest for the Plant Script Seminars Environmental Humanities
29 Apr 30 Problematizing Privacy and Surveillance from the Streets of Delhi Seminars Trust
28 Apr 23 The DPI Approach: Infrastructuring Indian vision of Development Seminars Trust
27 Apr 14 INVITE | Plant Lives - Stephané Conradie on Transferred matter | 14 April | 4pm Public Events Environmental Humanities
26 Apr 9 LUNCH TIME SEMINAR | Purchasing power as a promise : Anthropological views on « purchasing power » Seminars Trust
25 Apr 7 Plant Lives - Haripriya Ranganon on Recombinant Landscapes and Biogeographical Knowledges Public Events Environmental Humanities
24 Mar 27 Interdisciplinary conversations on Water | Water Extraction | 27 March | 1pm | WiSER Seminar room Public Events Environmental Humanities
23 Mar 26 Trust as a decision under ambiguity: Does race matter? Seminars Trust
22 Mar 24 The Northern Cape Phytosphere, Artisanal Mining, and Multispecies Remediation in Eureka Seminars Environmental Humanities
21 Mar 19 Citizenship and Genocide Cards : IDs, Statelessness and Rohingya Resistance in Myanmar Seminars Trust
20 Mar 17 Plant Lives - Ruth Sacks on Behind Johannesburg: Plants and Possible Futures Public Events Environmental Humanities
19 Mar 12 Trusting public? Preliminary thoughts on urban seclusion, trust and public space Seminars Trust
18 Mar 10 Plant Lives - Yota Batsaki on "The Plant at the End of the World: Invasive Species in the Anthropocene" | 10 Seminars Environmental Humanities
17 Mar 6 What is South African about the Paypal Mafia? Public Events Trust
16 Mar 6 Interdisciplinary conversations on water Public Events Environmental Humanities
15 Mar 5 Reparative histories, the welfare state, and the future of income assistance for working-age adults in South Africa Seminars Trust
14 Mar 3 Plant Lives - Molemo Moiloa and Nare Mokgotho on Return and Recovery in the land practices of Bakoni, a soundscape Public Events Environmental Humanities
13 Mar 3 INVITE | Plant Lives - Molemo Moiloa and Nare Mokgotho on Return and Recovery in the land practices of Bakoni, a sounds Seminars Environmental Humanities
12 Feb 26 On ID, Solidarity and Resistance Seminars Trust
11 Feb 25 Apartheid after South Africa Public Events Knowledge Futures
10 Feb 25 Apartheid after South Africa with Achille Mbembe and Mbuyiseni Ndlozi | 25 Feb | 6pm Advertisements Knowledge Futures
9 Feb 24 REMINDER | Plant Lives - Banu Subramaniam on Queering Global Flora | 24 Feb | 4pm (Johannesburg time) Public Events Environmental Humanities
8 Feb 24 Queering Global Flora: Plant Worlds and the Afterlives of Empire Public Events Environmental Humanities
7 Feb 18 Your History with Me: The Films of Penny Siopis Advertisements Governing Intimacies
6 Feb 17 Plant Lives by Isabel Hofmeyr Advertisements Environmental Humanities
5 Feb 14 Reading and Discussion with Jacqueline Rose | 14 Feb | 12 noon Public Events Knowledge Futures
4 Feb 13 Public Discussion on Deciphering the Present | 13 Feb | 6pm Advertisements Knowledge Futures
3 Feb 11 Putting Race in its Place Seminars Locations of African Critical Theory
2 Feb 11 Cutting race down to analytical size: UK edition Seminars African Futures, Locations of African Critical Theory
1 Feb 1 New Seminar Series 2025: Plant Lives - Critical Plant Humanities - Conversations from the Global South Seminars Environmental Humanities