WISER Seminar Papers

WISER is very pleased to host the Wits Interdisciplinary Seminar in the Humanities. The presentations for the remainder of the current academic semester are listed below. The seminar takes place every Monday during the teaching term at 3:00pm in the WISER Seminar Room. The discussion will be more productive if participants read the paper prior to the event. WISER, and its predecessor institutions the Institute for Advanced Study and the African Studies Institute, have hosted similar seminars that date back to the late 1960s. The archive of those events, and the past papers of the current semester, is available here. A printable version of the seminar schedule for the current year is available here.
  • The WISH seminar will continue to be held on-line for the foreseeable future; for the details of the Zoom meetings, please sign up for email notices at https://wiser.wits.ac.za/mail.
  • Participants must read the paper prior to the seminar.
  • The paper will typically only be available on the Friday preceding the seminar.
  • Date Author/s Title
    Monday, 29 July, 2024 - 16:00
    • Ngala Chome
    • & Justin Willis
    Debt, credit and obligation in Kenya’s 2022 elections
    Monday, 5 August, 2024 - 16:00
    • Tunde
    • Okunoye
    Carrot or Stick? Linking Nigeria’s National Identity Number (NIN) coerced enrolment with Questions of a shared Nigerian Identity
    Monday, 12 August, 2024 - 16:00
    • Keith
    • Hart
    Trust: A question of belief
    Monday, 19 August, 2024 - 16:00
    • Keith
    • Breckenridge
    The 2024 Elections as an existential crisis of trust
    Monday, 26 August, 2024 - 16:00
    • Richard
    • Steyn
    Rhodes And His Banker: Empire, Wealth And The Coming Of Union
    Monday, 9 September, 2024 - 16:00
    • Wendy
    • Willems
    Racialised Publics: Coloniality, Technology and Imaginaries
    Monday, 16 September, 2024 - 16:00
    • Deborah
    • James
    Collaborations to curb involuntary indebtedness among welfare grant recipients
    Monday, 30 September, 2024 - 16:00
    • Kevin
    • Donovan
    The Moneychanger state
    Monday, 7 October, 2024 - 02:00
    • Rodney
    • Ehrlich
    The Qhubeka, Tshiamiso and Asbestos Relief Trusts (tbc)
    Monday, 21 October, 2024 - 16:00
    • Michelle
    • Spektor
    Biometric Statecraft, Policing, and Fingerprint Technology in Palestine/Israel, 1920-1948