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Translation-Transnation' 1994-2004, 10 years of literary exchangeSouth Africa - France - Netherlands

Tuesday, 30 March, 2004 - 14:30

Translation-Transnation' 1994-2004, 10 years of literary exchangeSouth Africa - France - Netherla

Chairperson:

Friday, 4 October, 2002 - 14:30

Chairperson: Professor Isabel Hofmeyr Guest Speaker: Yvonne Vera  Discussant: Dr Sarah Nuttall Sp

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

Waiting to Happen: HIV/AIDS in South Africa

Thursday, 1 April, 2004 - 14:30

Waiting to Happen: HIV/AIDS in South Africa by Liz Walker (WISER), Graeme Reid (WISER) and Morna

Equity and Development in Higher Education: Two sides of the same coin?

Friday, 5 May, 2006 - 14:30

Equity and Development in Higher Education: Two sides of the same coin? Prof.

Cheryl Carolus

Thursday, 26 February, 2004 - 14:30

Cheryl Carolus (CEO, South African Tourism) 2004 inaugural lecture in the “Public Positions” seri

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

Crime in our time

Thursday, 26 July, 2007 - 14:30

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

Round Table

Friday, 26 May, 2006 - 14:30

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

Concepts of Transformation and the Social Structure of South Africa

Thursday, 27 April, 2006 - 14:30

Concepts of Transformation and the Social Structure of South Africa Mr .

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

PUBLIC FORUM:

Thursday, 27 March, 2003 - 14:30

PUBLIC FORUM: (...continued) Imperial Reason: America's Wars of the Globalisation Age Achille Mbe

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

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

Housing and Hope

Thursday, 28 August, 2008 - 14:30

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

Ways Of Staying

Thursday, 28 May, 2009 - 14:30

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

DISTRICT 9

Friday, 28 May, 2010 - 14:30

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

Load Shedding

Wednesday, 29 April, 2009 - 14:30

Load Shedding Edited by Liz McGregor and Sarah Nuttall

PRESENTATION:

Wednesday, 22 October, 2003 - 14:30

PRESENTATION: International Law and Human Rights - A Case Study: The Apartheid reparations Law Su

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

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

Africa Present(s): Art Commentaries

Thursday, 23 August, 2007 - 14:30

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

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

Speakers:

Friday, 23 May, 2003 - 14:30

Speakers: Mia Couto and Raul Calane da Silva in conversation with Albie Sachs.

Re-imagining South African Higher Education in the Image of a Liberated South Africa

Tuesday, 23 May, 2006 - 14:30

Re-imagining South African Higher Education in the Image of a Liberated South Africa Prof.

Poetry in Motion: 100 Years of Zanzibar's Nadi Ikhwan Safa

Saturday, 23 October, 2010 - 14:30

Poetry in Motion: 100 Years of Zanzibar's Nadi Ikhwan Safa Kelly Askew (Center for African Studie

Gayness and God: Reconciling Orthodox Judaism and Homosexuality

Thursday, 24 February, 2005 - 14:30

Gayness and God: Reconciling Orthodox Judaism and Homosexuality Rabbi Steven Greenberg, drawing o

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

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

WISER invites you to the first in the series of:

Wednesday, 25 May, 2005 - 14:30

WISER invites you to the first in the series of: OUTRAGEOUS: Public speech and its limits IN PRIN

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

Black Nationalism and the Limits of Racial Freedom

Wednesday, 26 April, 2006 - 14:30

Black Nationalism and the Limits of Racial Freedom Prof.

Facing Up to Race: Equity, Diversity and the Idea of the University

Wednesday, 26 April, 2006 - 14:30

Facing Up to Race: Equity, Diversity and the Idea of the University A Vice Chancellor’s Lecture S

PUBLIC FORUM:

Thursday, 20 March, 2003 - 14:30

PUBLIC FORUM: Imperial Reason: America's Wars of the Globalisation Age Achille Mbembe WISER, Univ

White Power, Black Politics and Affirmative Action in the Post-Apartheid University

Wednesday, 3 May, 2006 - 14:30

White Power, Black Politics and Affirmative Action in the Post-Apartheid University Prof.

John Matshikiza

Thursday, 21 August, 2003 - 14:30

John Matshikiza Mad about the Media

PANEL DISCUSSION:

Thursday, 21 August, 2003 - 14:30

PANEL DISCUSSION: With Mark Sanders, author of 'Complicities' Co-hosted by WISER and the English

Bronx-Barbes

Wednesday, 21 June, 2006 - 14:30

Bronx-Barbes Eliane de Latour

Speakers:

Thursday, 22 August, 2002 - 14:30

Speakers: K Sello Duiker (author of two prizewinning novels, Thirteen Cents and The Quiet Violenc

Birds of Heaven

Thursday, 22 June, 2006 - 14:30

Birds of Heaven Eliane de Latour

African Development in the 21st Century

Thursday, 17 May, 2007 - 14:30

African Development in the 21st Century Prof.

Boubacar Boris Diop

Thursday, 17 September, 2009 - 14:30

Boubacar Boris Diop http://wi

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

Bo-Tsotsi: Youth Gangs of Soweto, 

Saturday, 18 May, 2002 - 14:30

Bo-Tsotsi: Youth Gangs of Soweto,  1935 - 1976 By Clive Glaser Department of History,  University

Equal Protection, Racial Redress and Non-Discrimination: Can They Be Reconciled?

Thursday, 18 May, 2006 - 14:30

Equal Protection, Racial Redress and Non-Discrimination: Can They Be Reconciled?

J.M. Coetzee’s Summertime

Tuesday, 18 May, 2010 - 14:30

J.M.

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