Public Events

WiSER, the Centre for Indian Studies in Africa (CISA) and the Centre for Development and

WiSER invites you to a seminar by

A new series:  WiSER and Wits Press Book Talks

This workshop will review the most valuable online repositories of South African resource materia

A talk by anthropologist Crystal Biruk, from Oberlin College.

Venue:  WISER seminar room.

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The Centre for Indian Studies in Africa (CISA) and WISER invite you to a seminar by David Johnson

Wits University Press and WISER Invite you to the launch of

Presented by Ina Kerner

By Sarah Maddison

In nations with a record of historical injustice, guilt about the past is deeply implicated in both efforts towards reconciliation and the construction of national identity. This is as true in notionally postcolonial nations, where past injustice is often denied or avoided, as it is in situations where conflict and injustice have been more recent, overt or visible to the rest of the world. Taking the Australian case as an example, this article considers the dimensions of historical, collective guilt, and explores the implications of that guilt for contemporary national identity in postcolonial nations. It argues that until a nation is able to deal with social psychological barriers to addressing historical injustice, it is likely to construct and maintain a narrow and defensive form of nationalism.

Overcoming Apartheid in Palestine Saree Makdisi (English, University of California, Los Angeles)

Kala Pani:  Caste and Colour in South Africa By Rehana Ebr.-Vally Department of Social Anthropolo