Category: Events
The History of Urban Cultures in Southern Africa
Matthieu Rey (CNRS, IFAS-Research), Sophie Dulucq (IFAS-Research), and Noor Nieftagodien (Wits History Workshop, University the Witwatersrand) are currently preparing the co-edition of a special issue devoted to the history of urban cultures in Southern Africa (19th-20th centuries) for the Revue d’Histoire contemporaine de l’Afrique. This volume will gather papers insisting on the relationships between a specific place and stage – cities and...
Announcement due to the current situation – COVID-19
Announcement due to the current situation – COVID-19 Dear friends of IFAS-Research, Due to the current situation, and in light of the latest announcements, IFAS-Research is taking the necessary measures to follow all advices and regulations. Therefore, we regret to inform you that all our events are cancelled until further...
Live event – MUSIC FOR LIBERATION
An evening of debate and music dedicated to musical movements and countercultures in Southern Africa. > Saturday 28 March | 6pm – 2am > Keleketla! Library, Troyeville, Johannesburg In 2020, IFAS-Research will explore the various musical movements born in reaction to, or in resonance with the social and political realities...
Special event with Professor Henry Laurens from the Collège de France
The Eastern Question (19th-21st centuries): Foreign powers and local actors > Thursday 5 March | 1:30 – 3:30 pm > Humanities Graduate Seminar Room, Humanities Building, Wits University Within the framework of the agreement between the Collège de France and the University of Pretoria, IFAS Research (French Institute of South...
Photo exhibition at the AMEC centre
Home in Exile: Life in Zaatari Refugee Camp > Wednesday26 February 2020 | 6:00 – 8:00 pm > Otto Street Illovo, Sandton, 2196 In the current refugee crisis, the UNHCR has highlighted two great areas of departure: the Middle East and Central Africa. Cities such as Johannesburg emerged from massive transfers...
Reclaiming Waste
Exploring social and environmental challenges International Conference > Tuesday 5 November | 8:30 – 15:30 > Wednesday 6 November | 8:30 – 14:00 > IFAS-Recherche, 62 Juta Street, Braamfontein, Johannesburg, Conference Room (1st floor) The waste crisis is a global reality, whether in Northern or Southern countries, meanwhile societies face...
Sharing rivers beyond fences and boundaries
A joint-seminar IFAS-Recherche | University of Mpumalanga Seminar organised by Nicolas Verhaeghe (Mosaiques/Université Paris-Nanterre), the University of Mpumalanga, the Université Paris Nanterre and IFAS-Research > Tuesday 12 November 2019 | 10:00 – 13:00 > University of Mpumalanga, Nelspruit, Building 6 – Boarding room African rivers provide a wide range of...
Around the Fire
Fire and its uses, from MSA to LSA in South Africa: palaeoenvironments, fuel management, heat treatments and symbolic use of fire International workshop Organised by CEPAM, Evolutionary Studies Institute and IFAS-Recherche Event coordinator: Marion Bamford (ESI), Guillaume Porraz (ARSCAN, CNRS), Chrissie Sievers (GAES), Elysandre Puech (ESI/Wits/CEPAM) and Isabelle Théry-Parisot (CEPAM/CNRS)...
The “Lupemban puzzle” or the difficulty of western tropical African Middle Stone Age research
A joint-seminar IFAS-Recherche | School of Geography, Archaeology and Environmental Studies Thursday 18 July 2019 13:15 | Origins Building, Wits University, Archaeology Seminar Room (Room 212) Hunter-gatherers groups ability to adapt to tropical rainforest in the Paleolithic has been, and to a certain extent, still is a matter of debate....
Social Cohesion in South Africa
Scientifically engaging with a buzzword International Symposium Organised by IFAS-Recherche, Laboratoire des Sciences Sociales du Politique, Sciences Po Toulouse and the Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology, Stellenbosch University Event Coordinator: Léo Fortaillier (Science Po Toulouse/LaSSP/UWC) In South Africa, one of the most (or the most) unequal country in the...