Achille Mbembe (WISER) presents three lectures on
Firoz Cachalia, Boyane Tshehla & Graeme Simpson will speak at the launch of 'Everyday Policin
Internal Democracy in the ANC - William Gumede will speak about his new book on Thabo Mbeki.
The first series of Public Encounters: CRIME TALKS - 'Public Encounters' around Crime and Crimina
WISER invites you to the first in the series of: OUTRAGEOUS: Public speech and its limits IN PRIN
Black Nationalism and the Limits of Racial Freedom Prof.
Facing Up to Race: Equity, Diversity and the Idea of the University A Vice Chancellor’s Lecture S
Concepts of Transformation and the Social Structure of South Africa Mr .
White Power, Black Politics and Affirmative Action in the Post-Apartheid University Prof.
Equity and Development in Higher Education: Two sides of the same coin? Prof.
Non-Racialism and the Idea of a Transformed University Deans' Forum
Equal Protection, Racial Redress and Non-Discrimination: Can They Be Reconciled?
Equity and Justice in Transforming Society Prof.
Re-imagining South African Higher Education in the Image of a Liberated South Africa Prof.
Transforming South African Society: Theory, Practice and Prospects Saki Macozoma (Chairman of STA
Round Table. Chair: Mondli Makanya, Editor, Sunday Times. Participants: Prof.
What was at stake in the Zuma trial?
Bronx-Barbes Eliane de Latour
Birds of Heaven Eliane de Latour
Family Matters: Rethinking Jewish History in South Africa Professor Shula Marks (University of Lo
GANDHI IN HIS TIME AND OURS PUBLIC LECTURES IN COMMEMORATION OF THE 100th ANNIVERSARY OF SATYAGRA
Workshop on Radio and the Pulse of the Times This workshop aims to bring together radio practitio
African Development in the 20th Century Prof.
African Development in the 21st Century Prof.
Crime in our time Panel 1: Why has Crime become the Post-apartheid Malaise?
Afternoon Panel on the fiction of Amitav Ghosh Speakers include: Isabel Hofmeyr Pamila Gupta Mich
Africa Present(s): Art Commentaries Third Africa Remix Panel
At RISK: Writing On and Over the Edge of South Africa Edited by Liz McGregor and Sarah Nuttall
The Prison: A Sign of Democracy? Angela Davis
Black Intellectual Traditions and Democratic Thought A Memorial Lecture by Achille Mbembe (WISER,
Launch of book: The Security-Development Nexus: Expressions of Sovereignty and Securization in SA
Thabo Mbeki: The Dream Deferred Mark Gevisser The Great Hall, Wits University
Does the TRC Still Matter?
Panel discussion to mark the publication of Elleke Boehmer’s Nelson Mandela.
Panel discussion to mark the launch of Steffen Jensen’s new book, Gangs, politics and dignity in
THE SENTIMENTAL BASES OF HUMAN RIGHTS: SYMPATHY, RESENTMENT, AND SOCIAL SUFFERING IN THE MODERN W
Angola Today: disillusion, diamonds & fear Speakers: Rafael Marques - Angolan journalist Lara
Housing and Hope Prof Arjun Appadurai (New School, New York) Respondent: Dr Lindiwe Sisulu (Minis
Ondjaki Aspects of contemporary Angolan prose: from writers to narratives & The Exhibition: N
The Credit Crunch: how it came about and can we escape it?
Johannesburg – The Elusive Metropolis edited by Sarah Nuttall and Achille Mbembe Main Speakers: N
entanglement Literary and cultural reflections on post-apartheid Published by Wits University Pre
Load Shedding Edited by Liz McGregor and Sarah Nuttall
Ways Of Staying Kevin Bloom discusses his book With Rian Malan, Ashlee Polatinsky, Jonathan Hyslo
Boubacar Boris Diop http://wi
Fraught families: four novelists in conversation
Writing on the margin from the margin: Sinclair Beiles “Who was Sinclair Beiles?” Gary Cummiskey,
Overcoming Apartheid in Palestine Saree Makdisi (English, University of California, Los Angeles)
Politics of Space and Affectivity in Hong Kong Chinese Cinema Ackbar Abbass (University of Califo
Deconstructing invisibility: Race and Politics of Visual Culture in Brazil Julio Tavares (Univers