Conference: Apartheid as Method for Worldmaking after the Empire
IFAS-Research, Wits Humanities Graduate Centre and the Critical Apartheid Studies Group cordially invite you to join us for a conference at Wits University.
Theme: Apartheid as Method for Worldmaking after the Empire
Date: April 24-26, 2024
Venue: Humanities Graduate Centre, South West Engineering Building, Braamfontein Campus East, Wits University
The year 2024 marks three decades since the end of apartheid in South Africa, coinciding with the nation’s seventh general elections under democracy. The conference “Apartheid as Method for Worldmaking after the Empire” seeks to delve into the ongoing reverberations of apartheid and its impact on contemporary South African society.
We invite researchers, academics, and scholars to engage in robust intellectual discussions about apartheid as a method, theory, and praxis for reshaping various aspects of society. Topics will include its influence on nationhood, politics, race, gender, sexuality, and more. This interdisciplinary event provides a space to critically examine the legacy of apartheid, question its supposed end, and explore its contemporary meanings and deployments.