Public Events

Bush Wars', Citizens and Healing: Mediations of Violence in South Africa and Rwanda

Friday, 22 October, 2010 - 14:30

Bush Wars', Citizens and Healing: Mediations of Violence in South Africa and Rwanda Speakers incl

Fernando Pessoa, Poet of Two Languages and Many Masks

Tuesday, 19 October, 2010 - 14:30

Fernando Pessoa, Poet of Two Languages and Many Masks Dr.

Bush of Ghosts

Friday, 15 October, 2010 - 14:30

Bush of Ghosts chrome://editor/content/blanks/PDF%20Files/JohnLiebenberg.pdf">John Liebenberg 

Local Economies

Wednesday, 15 September, 2010 - 14:30

Local Economies Consumption, Enterprise, Insurance, Indebtedness and Gambling in Perpsective chro

DISTRICT 9

Friday, 28 May, 2010 - 14:30

DISTRICT 9 Speakers include: Liz Gunner (WISER) ‘District 9’: The Fascination of the Local Fantas

J.M. Coetzee’s Summertime

Tuesday, 18 May, 2010 - 14:30

J.M.

Book Launch and Conversation

Tuesday, 11 May, 2010 - 14:30

Book Launch and Conversation Elleke Boehmer’s Sharmilla, and other Portraits David Medalie’s The

Intertextuality, Violence and Memory in Yizo Yizo Youth Drama

Friday, 7 May, 2010 - 14:30

Intertextuality, Violence and Memory in Yizo Yizo Youth Drama Muff Andersson Panelists: Bheki Pet

Screening of a documentary, Cemetery State

Saturday, 10 April, 2010 - 14:30

Screening of a documentary, Cemetery State directed by Filip de Boeck, Institute for Anthropologi

A Glass Brimming Over: The Failed Rural White Rebellion of 1914 in Rustenburg and Marico

Thursday, 25 March, 2010 - 14:30

A Glass Brimming Over: The Failed Rural White Rebellion of 1914 in Rustenburg and Marico John Hig

Winning the Peace, Claiming the Future for the Past: Agrarian Elites and Collective Violence, 1900-1938

Thursday, 18 March, 2010 - 14:30

Winning the Peace, Claiming the Future for the Past: Agrarian Elites and Collective Violence, 190

Religious Pluralism in Post-Apartheid South Africa

Friday, 26 February, 2010 - 14:30

Religious Pluralism in Post-Apartheid South Africa Nomboniso Gasa, Independent and Gender Analyst

Deconstructing invisibility: Race and Politics of Visual Culture in Brazil

Friday, 19 February, 2010 - 14:30

Deconstructing invisibility: Race and Politics of Visual Culture in Brazil Julio Tavares (Univers

Politics of Space and Affectivity in Hong Kong Chinese Cinema

Friday, 12 February, 2010 - 14:30

Politics of Space and Affectivity in Hong Kong Chinese Cinema Ackbar Abbass (University of Califo

Overcoming Apartheid in Palestine

Tuesday, 9 February, 2010 - 14:30

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

Writing on the margin from the margin: Sinclair Beiles

Tuesday, 10 November, 2009 - 14:30

Writing on the margin from the margin: Sinclair Beiles “Who was Sinclair Beiles?” Gary Cummiskey,

Fraught families: four novelists in conversation

Friday, 9 October, 2009 - 14:30

Fraught families: four novelists in conversation

Boubacar Boris Diop

Thursday, 17 September, 2009 - 14:30

Boubacar Boris Diop http://wi

Ways Of Staying

Thursday, 28 May, 2009 - 14:30

Ways Of Staying Kevin Bloom discusses his book With Rian Malan, Ashlee Polatinsky, Jonathan Hyslo

Load Shedding

Wednesday, 29 April, 2009 - 14:30

Load Shedding Edited by Liz McGregor and Sarah Nuttall

entanglement

Thursday, 2 April, 2009 - 14:30

entanglement Literary and cultural reflections on post-apartheid Published by Wits University Pre

Johannesburg – The Elusive Metropolis edited by Sarah Nuttall and Achille Mbembe

Wednesday, 25 February, 2009 - 14:30

Johannesburg – The Elusive Metropolis edited by Sarah Nuttall and Achille Mbembe Main Speakers: N

The Credit Crunch: how it came about and can we escape it?

Thursday, 12 February, 2009 - 14:30

The Credit Crunch: how it came about and can we escape it?

Ondjaki

Tuesday, 16 September, 2008 - 14:30

Ondjaki Aspects of contemporary Angolan prose: from writers to narratives & The Exhibition: N

Housing and Hope

Thursday, 28 August, 2008 - 14:30

Housing and Hope Prof Arjun Appadurai (New School, New York) Respondent: Dr Lindiwe Sisulu (Minis

Angola Today: disillusion, diamonds & fear

Wednesday, 6 August, 2008 - 14:30

Angola Today: disillusion, diamonds & fear Speakers: Rafael Marques - Angolan journalist Lara

THE SENTIMENTAL BASES OF HUMAN RIGHTS: SYMPATHY, RESENTMENT, AND SOCIAL SUFFERING IN THE MODERN WORLD

Friday, 1 August, 2008 - 14:30

THE SENTIMENTAL BASES OF HUMAN RIGHTS: SYMPATHY, RESENTMENT, AND SOCIAL SUFFERING IN THE MODERN W

Panel discussion to mark the launch of Steffen Jensen’s new book, Gangs, politics and dignity in Cape Town

Wednesday, 23 July, 2008 - 14:30

Panel discussion to mark the launch of Steffen Jensen’s new book, Gangs, politics and dignity in

Panel discussion to mark the publication of Elleke Boehmer’s Nelson Mandela.

Thursday, 19 June, 2008 - 14:30

Panel discussion to mark the publication of Elleke Boehmer’s Nelson Mandela.

Thabo Mbeki: The Dream Deferred

Tuesday, 13 November, 2007 - 14:30

Thabo Mbeki: The Dream Deferred Mark Gevisser The Great Hall, Wits University

Launch of book: The Security-Development Nexus: Expressions of Sovereignty and Securization in SA

Thursday, 27 September, 2007 - 14:30

Launch of book: The Security-Development Nexus: Expressions of Sovereignty and Securization in SA

Black Intellectual Traditions and Democratic Thought

Thursday, 13 September, 2007 - 14:30

Black Intellectual Traditions and Democratic Thought A Memorial Lecture by Achille Mbembe (WISER,

The Prison: A Sign of Democracy?

Thursday, 30 August, 2007 - 14:30

The Prison: A Sign of Democracy? Angela Davis

At RISK: Writing On and Over the Edge of South Africa

Wednesday, 29 August, 2007 - 14:30

At RISK: Writing On and Over the Edge of South Africa Edited by Liz McGregor and Sarah Nuttall

Africa Present(s): Art Commentaries

Thursday, 23 August, 2007 - 14:30

Africa Present(s): Art Commentaries Third Africa Remix Panel

Afternoon Panel on the fiction of Amitav Ghosh

Friday, 27 July, 2007 - 14:30

Afternoon Panel on the fiction of Amitav Ghosh Speakers include: Isabel Hofmeyr Pamila Gupta Mich

Crime in our time

Thursday, 26 July, 2007 - 14:30

Crime in our time Panel 1: Why has Crime become the Post-apartheid Malaise?

African Development in the 21st Century

Thursday, 17 May, 2007 - 14:30

African Development in the 21st Century Prof.

African Development in the 20th Century

Thursday, 10 May, 2007 - 14:30

African Development in the 20th Century Prof.

Workshop on Radio and the Pulse of the Times

Friday, 27 October, 2006 - 14:30

Workshop on Radio and the Pulse of the Times This workshop aims to bring together radio practitio

GANDHI IN HIS TIME AND OURS

Friday, 22 September, 2006 - 14:30

GANDHI IN HIS TIME AND OURS PUBLIC LECTURES IN COMMEMORATION OF THE 100th ANNIVERSARY OF SATYAGRA

Family Matters: Rethinking Jewish History in South Africa Professor Shula Marks

Wednesday, 16 August, 2006 - 14:30

Family Matters: Rethinking Jewish History in South Africa Professor Shula Marks (University of Lo

Birds of Heaven

Thursday, 22 June, 2006 - 14:30

Birds of Heaven Eliane de Latour

Bronx-Barbes

Wednesday, 21 June, 2006 - 14:30

Bronx-Barbes Eliane de Latour

What was at stake in the Zuma trial?

Tuesday, 6 June, 2006 - 14:30

What was at stake in the Zuma trial?

Round Table

Friday, 26 May, 2006 - 14:30

Round Table. Chair: Mondli Makanya, Editor, Sunday Times. Participants: Prof.

Transforming South African Society: Theory, Practice and Prospects

Thursday, 25 May, 2006 - 14:30

Transforming South African Society: Theory, Practice and Prospects Saki Macozoma (Chairman of STA

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