Category: Events
Some Philosophical Reflections on Why the Global Fight Against Racism has Failed?
The Steve Biko Lectures in Philosophy 16 February 2016 13:00 – 16:00 – Madibeng Building, University of Johannesburg Robert Bernasconi Pennsylvania State University Respondents: Abraham Olivier – University of Fort Hare Zinhle Mncube – University of Johannesburg Is racism parasitic on the concept of race? Or is the reverse...
Pentecostalism and Democracy in Kayamandi
A contribution to the debate about relations between religion and politics French Institute Seminars in Humanities (FISH) 9 February 2016 15:00 – IFAS Conference Room, 62 Juta Street, Braamfontein Thibaut Dubarry EHESS-IMAF The point of departure for this research is a theoretical aim: analyzing the complex dialectic between religions...
Preliminary notes for an ethnography of itinerancy in Cape Town South Africa
French Institute Seminars in Humanities (FISH) 19 November 2015 15:00 – IFAS Conference Room, 62 Juta Street, Braamfontein Chloé Faux EHESS The point of departure for this project is the conundrum of geography, “not [as] a location but a situated knowledge” (Rogoff 2010). Formally, in studies of migration, the...
A Luta Continua, 40 years later
International Conference 5 & 6 November 2015 French Institute of South Africa 1st floor, 62 Juta Street, Braamfontein (Please note that the venue has changed to IFAS – 62 Juta Street, Braamfontein) > Conference website Contact: Caio Simões de Araújo International History Department, Graduate Institute, Geneva caio.simoes@graduateinstitute.ch
20 Years of Franco-South African Cooperation in Archaeology
12-16 October 2015 Johannesburg The 20th anniversary of the Franco-South African cooperation in archaeology is the occasion to celebrate the diversity and the richness of this partnership of scientific excellence. A series of scientific and cultural events will take place during the week of the 12th October 2015, from the...
Forms across the Global Village. Exposures and Exhibition
For and From Makwacha (Democratic Republic of Congo) French Institute Seminars in Humanities (FISH) 05 October 2015 11:00 – IFAS Conference Room, 62 Juta Street, Braamfontein Manon Denoun Sciences Po Bordeaux Makwacha’s case-study and the related practice of kushingula conveys key elements to understand contemporary communication stakes and informs...
Incarceration and the (re)making of race
The Coloured community in South Africa French Institute Seminars in Humanities (FISH) 08 October 2015 16:00 – IFAS Conference Room, 62 Juta Street, Braamfontein Lucile Pouthier Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée University Discussant : Kelly Gillespie (Department of Anthropology/ University of the Witwatersrand) This presentation aims at showing the dynamic ties...
Winter Academy: World Scripts
Concepts and Practices of Writing from a Comparative Perspective 4 – 14 September 2015, University of Cape Town Organized by: Zukunftsphilologie, Forum Transregionale Studien, Max Weber Stiftung – Geisteswissenschaftliche Institute im Ausland, University of Cape Town, French Institute South Africa Convened by: Members of the Zukunftsphilologie Collegium The...
The resistance might be joyful
A study of Zambezia’s political identity through Carnival and Elections in Quelimane district French Institute Seminars in Humanities (FISH) 17 July 2015 10:00 – IFAS Conference Room, 62 Juta Street, Braamfontein Mélinda Revuelta Sciences Po Bordeaux On the basis of identity as a socially and historically constructed narrative, the...
Keep your eyes on the price
Investigating the daily dynamics of property market in Cape Town to understand patterns of social change in South Africa. French Institute Seminars in Humanities (FISH) 22 June 2015 14:00 – IFAS Conference Room, 62 Juta Street, Braamfontein Julien Migozzi Université Grenoble 1/ Pacte/ Géographie-Cités As the emergence of South...