Forthcoming events in the Trust programme

Monday, 30 September, 2024 - 16:00

Presented by: 

Kevin
Donovan

Decolonization in East Africa was more than a political event: it was a step toward economic self-determination. In this innovative book, historian and anthropologist Kevin P.

Monday, 16 September, 2024 - 16:00

Presented by: 

Deborah
James

This project involved a partnership between the London School of Economics (LSE), human rights NGO Black Sash, Stellenbosch University Law Clinic (SULC), and the National Finance Ombud Scheme South Africa (NFOSA - formerly the Office of the Credit Ombud).

Monday, 9 September, 2024 - 16:00

Presented by: 

Wendy
Willems

The notion of the ‘public sphere’ remains one of the key concepts in the field of media and communications studies.

Monday, 26 August, 2024 - 16:00

Presented by: 

Richard
Steyn

[ This is an on-line seminar; please

Monday, 19 August, 2024 - 16:00

Presented by: 

Keith
Breckenridge

[ This is an on-line seminar; please

Monday, 12 August, 2024 - 16:00

Presented by: 

John Keith
Hart

[ This is an on-line seminar; please

Monday, 5 August, 2024 - 16:00

Presented by: 

Tunde
Okunoye

Nigeria commenced enrolment to its national identity program in 2007, and enrolment numbers as of July 2023 stands at 101.6 million.

Monday, 29 July, 2024 - 16:00

Presented by: 

Ngala Chome
& Justin Willis

Asked why they intended to vote for William Ruto in Kenya’s 2022 presidential election, many people in central Kenya had a simple answer: ‘we owe Ruto a debt’.

Monday, 13 May, 2024 - 16:00

Presented by: 

Peter
Geschiere

I hope to explore the confrontation between on the one hand efforts of the postcolonial state to create a biometric citizen and, on the other the implications of local visions of the person as double, incomplete etc.; these local views can be summarized as ‘witchcraft’, bu

Unified Theory of Trust | Waqf and the Islamic Law of Trust

Thursday, 25 April, 2024 - 14:00

Keith Breckenridge with commentary from Ayesha Omar

Monday, 15 April, 2024 - 16:00

Presented by: 

Georges
Eyenga

This article analyzes how individuals react to the age barriers established by the state for access to public service in Cameroon.

Monday, 18 March, 2024 - 16:00

Presented by: 

Rike
Sitas et al

[ Please register on Zoom in advance of this event. ]

Monday, 4 March, 2024 - 16:00

Presented by: 

Ranjit
Singh

[ Please register on Zoom in advance of this event. ]

Monday, 19 February, 2024 - 16:00

Presented by: 

Marine
al Dahdah

[ Please register on Zoom in advance of this event. ]

WISER | African Trust Infrastructures | Part-time Doctoral Applications

Thursday, 1 February, 2024 - 00:00

Over the last twenty years WiSER has established itself as the leading interdisciplinary research

Interdisciplinary Research Webinar on Population Registers, Ethics and Human Rights

Tuesday, 10 October, 2023 - 16:00

WISER, in collaboration with the IUSSP, IIGH and ISER, invite you to join us for a panel discussi

Monday, 18 September, 2023 - 16:00

Presented by: 

Simon
Hull

Secure land and natural resource rights are key ingredients for rural transformation, social inclusion, and the realization of the Sustainable Development Goals.

Monday, 11 September, 2023 - 16:00

Presented by: 

Tara
Weinberg

In the early 20th century, groups of black land buyers purchased land in the Transvaal with the intention of farming on a large scale.

Monday, 4 September, 2023 - 16:00

Presented by: 

Romesh
Silva

This is a hybrid seminarPlease join us in the WISER seminar room or register for the session in advance of the meeting at : 

Monday, 28 August, 2023 - 16:00

Presented by: 

Polly
Pallister-Wilkins

This is an on-line seminarPlease, register for the session in advance of the meeting at : 

Land, debt and trust in the making of biometric capitalism

Thursday, 24 August, 2023 - 12:30
Ataya, HUMA Interdisciplinary Seminar Series, University of Cape Town
Monday, 21 August, 2023 - 16:00

Presented by: 

Sean
Redding

This is an on-line seminarPlease, register for the session in advance of the meeting at : 

Monday, 7 August, 2023 - 16:00

Presented by: 

Andries
du Toit

This is a hybrid seminar.  We will meet in the WISER seminar room and host participants on-line.  On-line participants should, please, regis

Appointment | Researcher | Trust Infrastructures

Friday, 21 July, 2023 - 00:00

WISER seeks to appoint a Researcher on a three year contract renewable

Thursday, 8 June, 2023 - 10:00

Presented by: 

Janet
Roitman

Platform economies are depicted as the foundation for a new era of economic production. This transpires through the incorporation of digital technologies and algorithmic operations into the heart of economic and financial practices.

Monday, 22 May, 2023 - 16:00

Presented by: 

Joel
Pearson

This article considers the changing role of a local municipality in the political economy of the Waterberg region of Limpopo.

Monday, 15 May, 2023 - 16:00

Presented by: 

Polly
Pallister-Wilkins

This paper explores how processes of white supremacy and racialisation coalesce in governing differential im/mobilities in mid-Twentieth Century African Trusts administered by the British under the League of Nations Mandate System and later UN Trusteeship Council.

Monday, 8 May, 2023 - 16:00

Presented by: 

Keren Weitzberg &
Radha Upadhyaya

This paper charts the rise of digital credit in Kenya. It highlights the data on evidence on the problems of digital credit, including the high cost of credit, overindebtedness, and unfair blacklisting.

Monday, 24 April, 2023 - 16:00

Presented by: 

Clovis
Bergere

This paper examines digital media contents created by young Guineans on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube which all foreground literacy as a site of generational contention and struggle.

Invitation | Building trust after the African polycrisis | People, Energy, Climate and Finance

Wednesday, 15 March, 2023 - 16:00

Can African Finance build pathways out of the African Polycrisis : Join Adam Tooze, Patrick Mweheire and Sim Tshabalala in discussion with Hlonipha Mokoena

Monday, 13 March, 2023 - 16:00

Presented by: 

Cecilia
Passanti
& Marie-Emmanuelle
Pommerolle

Monday, 6 March, 2023 - 16:00

Presented by: 

Ricardo
Soares de Oliveira

One of the key features of today's global economy is an ‘offshore world’ of financial structures, institutions and techniques designed to provide secrecy, asset protection and tax exemption.

Monday, 27 February, 2023 - 16:00

Presented by: 

Gustav
Kalm

Simandou mountain chain in Guinea contains the biggest unexploited high-quality iron ore reserves in the world.

African Trust Infrastructures : Call for Doctoral Fellowship Applications

Friday, 20 January, 2023 - 18:00

Over the last twenty years WiSER has established itself as the leading interdisciplinary research

Bhalisa 3 | Cambridge | Panels

Tuesday, 19 March, 2019 - 23:30

See the list of panels below.