Category: Events
Transitions in south-east Africa and the Middle East at the end of the 18th century | 30 January – 2 February 2023
What was NEW? Frictions forces of the contemporaneity Southern Africa and the Middle East. NEW (International Emerging Action) IFAS-Research, IFPO (Institut Français du Proche-Orient) and Archive and Public Culture Research Initiative (University of Cape Town) are pleased to organise a conference on transitions in south-east Africa and the Middle East...
International conference | Weaving histories from below in the Global South: Needlework, Gender, and Empowerment | 2-3 November
IFAS-Research is pleased to present its international conference Weaving histories from below in the Global South: Needlework, Gender, and Empowerment, on the 2nd and 3rd of November. This event will bring together researchers from several disciplinary backgrounds (history, art history, anthropology, sociology, economics) around the theme of women’s textile production....
Online Seminar: Researching institutional xenophobia at school in South Africa
12 October 15:30 Jeanne Bouyat, chercheuse invitée à IFAS-Recherche et postdoc au Centre for Education Rights and Transformation (CERT) de la Faculté d’éducation de l’université de Johannesburg, présentera un séminaire en ligne sur la xénophobie institutionnelle à l’école en Afrique du Sud. Sa thèse explore la façon dont la xénophobie...
Conference: News from the Past − The Stone Age in Zimbabwe
18 October 8:55 – 15:45 | Johannesburg L’IFAS-Recherche a le plaisir d’organiser le colloque News from the Past. The Stone Age in Zimbabwe. Des chercheurs et chercheuses de l’université du Zimbabwe, de l’université du Witwatersrand, de l’université de Toulouse − Jean Jaurès, de l’université du Cap et de l’université d’Algarve présenteront les...
Archives and Democracy Session | October 7 | IFAS
On October 7th, the French Institute of South Africa will organise an in-person session on Archives and Democracy in South Africa, in the framework of the “Paths to Democracy” Forum. The session, divided into two panels, will discuss the links between archives and democracy, especially the problem of free access...
Appel à communications/ Call for Papers
Colloque/ ConferenceWeaving Histories from Below in the Global SouthNeedlework, Gender, and Empowerment in Southern Africa Johannesburg 2-3 November 2022 IFAS-Recherche/ IFAS-ResearchEn partenariat avec le département d’histoire de l’université du Witwatersrand/ In partnership with the History Department, Wits University L’ambition de la conférence Weaving Histories from Below est d’étudier comment la...
Exposition Homère et l’Océan Indien/ Exhibition Homer and the Indian Ocean
Carla Bocchetti, chercheuse associée à l’IFAS-Recherche, organise du 15 au 30 juin une exposition sur Homère et l’océan Indien au Centre Culturel Franco-Mozambicain (CCFM) à Maputo. L’exposition a ouvert ses portes avec succès la semaine dernière. Le but de cette exposition “Homère et l’océan Indien” est de décentrer le regard sur L’Odyssée – texte...
Book Launch
Wits University Press, the Wits History Workshop and IFAS-Research are organising on the 6th of May the book launch of “Cuba and Africa, 1959–1994: Writing an Alternative Atlantic History”, edited by A. Delmas, G. Bonacci & K. Argyriadis. To register on Zoom click here.
Informality in Times of Covid-19 – The Impact of the 2020 Pandemic on Vulnerable Workers in South Africa
Journée d’étude/ Seminar November 19th, 2020 13:30 – 17:00 On the 19th of November, the French Institute will organise a seminar as part of the “Informality and Covid-19 in South Africa” project launched a few months ago by IFAS-Research. The main results of this research will be presented and discussed....
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...