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African Trust Infrastructures : Call for Doctoral Fellowship Applications

Submitted by Keith Breckenridge on 10 September, 2026 - 10:01

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With generous support from Standard Bank for the second phase of the African Trust Infrastructure

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New book announcement | Postcolonial Air and Atmospheres: Elemental Life and Environmental Crisis edited by Sarah Nuttall and Isabel Hofmeyr

Submitted by WiSER Admin on 18 September, 2026 - 09:03

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Saturday, 31 October, 2026 - 17:00

New book announcement

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Health Humanities workshop

Submitted by WiSER Admin on 7 September, 2026 - 12:22

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Avian Encounters: Bird/Human Relations : New Seminar Series, July-October 2026

Submitted by WiSER Admin on 9 June, 2026 - 08:49

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Avian Encounters: Bird-Human Relations Upcoming Sessions

Submitted by WiSER Admin on 1 September, 2026 - 09:09

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Avian Encounters: Bird/Human Relations Session with James Webb | October 19, 4-5pm SAST

Submitted by WiSER Admin on 13 October, 2026 - 08:55

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REMINDER | Avian Encounters: Bird/Human Relations Session with Chevonne Reynolds, Koi Pillay and Matt Noakes | October 12, 4-5pm SAST

Submitted by WiSER Admin on 12 October, 2026 - 09:02

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Avian Encounters: Bird/Human Relations Session with Chevonne Reynolds, Koi Pillay and Matt Noakes | October 12, 4-5pm SAST

Submitted by WiSER Admin on 2 October, 2026 - 09:50

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Avian Encounters: Bird/Human Relations Session with Simon van Schalkwyk | October 5, 4-5pm SAST

Submitted by WiSER Admin on 28 September, 2026 - 19:15

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Avian Encounters: Bird/Human Relations Session with Tinashe Mushakavanhu | September 28, 4-5pm SAST

Submitted by WiSER Admin on 22 September, 2026 - 08:57

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Avian Encounters: Bird/Human Relations Session with Ryan Bishop | September 21, 4-5pm SAST

Submitted by WiSER Admin on 11 September, 2026 - 12:25

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Avian Encounters: Bird/Human Relations Session with Ryan Bishop | September 21, 4-5pm SAST

Submitted by WiSER Admin on 11 September, 2026 - 12:13

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Avian Encounters: Bird/Human Relations Session with Ryan Bishop | September 21, 4-5pm SAST

Submitted by WiSER Admin on 15 September, 2026 - 09:25

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Avian Encounters: Bird/Human Relations Session with Philip Miller | September 14, 4-5pm SAST

Submitted by WiSER Admin on 8 September, 2026 - 16:44

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20 YEARS OF FACES AND PHASES - Opening event and Exhibition | 8 September | 5pm | WiSER

Submitted by WiSER Admin on 3 September, 2026 - 12:38

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INVITATION: Pro VC Lecture by Professor Carlos Lopes - 2 Sept - 1pm - WiSER

Submitted by WiSER Admin on 26 August, 2026 - 12:19

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INVITE | Avian Encounters: Bird/Human Relations Session with Madhumita Lahiri | August 31, 4-5pm SAST

Submitted by WiSER Admin on 25 August, 2026 - 07:25

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After Memory: Dementia Narratives in and from the Global South

Submitted by WiSER Admin on 3 June, 2026 - 10:44

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Call for Papers | Special Issue (2027)

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INVITE | Avian Encounters: Bird/Human Relations Opening Session with Nancy Jacobs | July 27, 4-5pm SAST

Submitted by WiSER Admin on 20 July, 2026 - 10:59

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Queering the Archive: Indenture Aesthetics and South African Blackness | Jordache A. Ellapen

Submitted by WiSER Admin on 6 May, 2026 - 11:27

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WiCDS Wednesday, 13 May. 'Sociology Hesitant: Du Bois and the multiple consciousnesses of being Black'

Submitted by WiSER Admin on 7 May, 2026 - 14:48

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Seminar by Isabel Hofmeyr and Lucy Graham | RE-READING CAMỐES | OCEAN WORLDS, CONTACT AND THE INDIAN OCEAN FROM SOUTHERN AFRICA

Submitted by WiSER Admin on 5 May, 2026 - 09:00

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African Trust Infrastructures : Call for Doctoral Fellowship Applications

Submitted by Keith Breckenridge on 16 December, 2025 - 09:56

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Post-Doctoral Fellowship Applications

Submitted by Keith Breckenridge on 16 December, 2025 - 10:49

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Friday, 20 February, 2026 - 23:00

WISER invites applications for two-year post-doctoral fellowships to be awarded

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INVITE | FINAL Conversations on Water | Roundtable on Water Futures

Submitted by WiSER Admin on 21 October, 2025 - 11:39

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INVITE | Walkabout | The Secret Lives of Plants | 6 September | 10am | Origins Centre

Submitted by WiSER Admin on 3 September, 2025 - 09:50

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Walkabout | The Secret Lives of Plants

Submitted by WiSER Admin on 28 July, 2025 - 09:13

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Saturday, 2 August, 2025 - 15:00

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Exhibition Opening and Lecture by Isabel Hofmeyr

Submitted by WiSER Admin on 18 July, 2025 - 10:02

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Saturday, 26 July, 2025 - 16:00

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Water Infrastructures by Precious Biyela and Mucha Musemwa | 29 May | 1pm

Submitted by WiSER Admin on 23 May, 2025 - 13:41

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Plant Lives - Critical Plant Humanities - Conversations from the Global South

Submitted by WiSER Admin on 3 February, 2025 - 11:33

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Your History with Me: The Films of Penny Siopis

Submitted by WiSER Admin on 17 February, 2025 - 11:57

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Plant Lives by Isabel Hofmeyr

Submitted by WiSER Admin on 7 February, 2025 - 16:57

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Monday, 17 February, 2025 - 16:00

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Public Discussion on Deciphering the Present | 13 Feb | 6pm

Submitted by WiSER Admin on 3 February, 2025 - 17:18

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Competence, Loyalty, and Control: Indirect Governance of Violence, Economy, and Religion in Africa Workshop

Submitted by WiSER Admin on 23 February, 2024 - 12:05

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Thursday, 25 July, 2024 - 17:00

24^th & 25^th July 2024

WiSER, Johannesburg

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INVITE | INTERMEDIARIES AND GOVERNANCE IN AFRICA Workshop | 14th May | 2pm

Submitted by WiSER Admin on 9 May, 2024 - 15:10

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Launch of two books by Gabrielle Hecht & Potšišo Phasha

Submitted by WiSER Admin on 3 April, 2024 - 10:22

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Mapping democratic decline, imagining democratic futures | 14-16 Feb | Pretoria

Submitted by WiSER Admin on 8 February, 2024 - 13:47

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Friday, 16 February, 2024 - 23:00

Dear Colleagues – I hope this finds you all very well.

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WISER | African Trust Infrastructures | Part-time Doctoral Applications

Submitted by Keith Breckenridge on 1 November, 2023 - 10:09

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Over the last twenty years WiSER has established itself as the leading interdisciplinary research

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Call for MA Scholarship Applications | Currencies, Colonial Economies, and the Making of South African State: Studying Economic History in South Africa

Submitted by WiSER Admin on 26 October, 2023 - 09:29

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Call for Applications | Crafting Socio-Legal Methods in Africa: Local Realities and Global Debates

Submitted by WiSER Admin on 25 October, 2023 - 09:39

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Wednesday, 15 November, 2023 - 16:00

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Advertisement: WISER Directorship

Submitted by Keith Breckenridge on 1 September, 2023 - 12:13

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Friday, 29 September, 2023 - 12:00

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Appointment | Researcher | Trust Infrastructures

Submitted by Keith Breckenridge on 3 July, 2023 - 23:25

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Friday, 21 July, 2023 - 00:00

WISER seeks to appoint a Researcher on a three year contract renewable

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African Trust Infrastructures : Call for Doctoral Fellowship Applications

Submitted by Keith Breckenridge on 15 November, 2022 - 15:09

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Friday, 20 January, 2023 - 18:00

Over the last twenty years WiSER has established itself as the leading interdisciplinary research

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Call for Applications: Population, Ethics, and Human Rights Fellowship

Submitted by Keith Breckenridge on 15 June, 2022 - 09:39

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Wednesday, 31 August, 2022 - 12:00

Deadline for applications: 31 August 2022

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Curating Africans | Decolonizing Art?

Submitted by WiSER Admin on 11 July, 2022 - 18:36

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School for Human Rights and the Environment

Submitted by WiSER Admin on 18 May, 2022 - 14:22

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Tuesday, 28 June, 2022 - 17:00

The Summer/Winter School will take place entirely online and is open and free to anyone who wants

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The WiSER Podcast | Season 5 | Episode 1

Submitted by WiSER Admin on 9 June, 2022 - 13:22

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Vampires: Pandemics & Politics

Submitted by WiSER Admin on 27 June, 2022 - 11:41

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Invitation | Literary studies, decolonization and climate-transformed scholarship | 7 June | 1pm (online)

Submitted by WiSER Admin on 3 June, 2022 - 11:03

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The History of Black Lawyers in South Africa

Submitted by WiSER Admin on 19 April, 2022 - 16:10

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