Rock Art from Southern Africa Renaud Ego Wits University Press, Johannesburg, 2019, 326 p. Why were depictions of animals a crucial trigger for the birth of art? And why did animals dominate that art for so long? In order to answer these questions, Renaud Ego examined some of the world’s...

Appel à candidatures – Contrats doctoraux avec mobilité internationale 2019 Le CNRS et l’Institut des Sciences Humaines et Sociales (InSHS) ouvrent un appel à proposition de sujet de thèse pour l’attribution de quatre contrats doctoraux de 36 mois avec mobilité internationale, qui débuteront au 1er octobre 2019. L’appel est ouvert...

Les parcs nationaux dans les métropoles des pays émergents In short The ANR UNPEC project was initated in 2012 to assess in which way urban national park management methods were indicative of the level, dynamics and forms of emergence in the following cities: Cape Town, Mumbai, Nairobi and Rio de...

Rock Art of hunter-gatherers in the Southern African Later Stone Age: apparition, filiations and ruptures in the Matobo (Zimbabwe) In short For the very first time, a French-Zimbabwean mission conducts prehistoric explorations in Zimbabwe. The idea of conducting further research in the Matobo hills originated during an April-May 2016 mission...

The Quest for Naturbanity Frédéric Landy (ed.) Singapore, Springer Singapore, 2018, XXI, 329p. This important volume focuses on the sensitive issue of interrelationships between national parks situated near or within urban areas and their urban environment. It engages with both urban and conservation issues and compares four national parks located...