A Southern Africa – France Dialogue At this state of research, Southern Africa can be considered as the cradle of art and symbolism, as the earliest evidence of graphic expression have been found in South African archaeological sites, dated about 80 000 – 100 000 years ago. On the one hand, thousands of rock art sites have […]
WHAT? In July 1963 anti-apartheid activists were arrested in their secret headquarters in Rivonia, near Johannesburg. Between October 1963 and June 1964, 10 defendants, including Nelson Mandela, were prosecuted during the infamous “Rivonia Trial”. It was a brutal turning point in the history of South Africa as most of the accused were sentenced to life […]
Joint seminar IFAS-Research / Wits University Wednesday 7 March 2018 13:15 – 14:15 – Room 207, 2nd floor, Robert Sobukwe Block, Wits University Matthieu Rey (IREMAM-CNRS) It is commonly accepted that the Ottoman Empire was divided up by the European powers, predominantly the French and British, at the end of the First World War. From […]
A Case Study of Madzimudzangara Rock Shelter, Ruchera and Muchinjike Caves Due to unforeseen circumstances, we had to cancel this seminar. Our apologies for the inconvenience. Joint seminar IFAS-Research / Wits University Friday 23 February 2018 13:20 – Origins Building, 2nd floor, Room 212, Wits University Happinos Marufu (SGAES / Senior Curator of Archaeology at […]
Environment Change, Urban Governance and Citadinity in Hwange Town (Zimbabwe) Joint seminar IFAS-Research / Wits University Tuesday 6 February 2018 16:00 – 17:30 – First Floor Seminar Room, John Moffat Building, Wits University Emilie Guitard (IFRA-Nigeria) The town of Hwange (Zimbabwe), founded on coal mining industry, is located on the border of the […]
Cycle de séminaires à l’EHESS – Réécrire le passé colonial : enjeux contemporains des collections de muséeOrganisé par F. Bodenstein, B. de L’Estoile, D. Otoiu, D. Poulot, L. Rincon, A. Seiderer et M. Von Oswald Séance du 11 décembre 2017 – 15.00-18.00ENS Ulm / salle 235 C, 29 rue d’Ulm, Paris – Cynthia Kros (Wits History […]
The Stone Age of Elands Bay Cave in Perspective Workshop 1 December 2017 09.00 – 16.00 – 17.00 – IFAS Conference Room, 62 Juta Street, Braamfontein Organised by Guillaume Porraz (CNRS / AnTET) & John E. Parkington (UCT) > Programme Elands Bay Cave, located on the Atlantic Coast north of Cape Town, is one of […]
Negotiating statehood, rights and services in contemporary urban South Africa Workshop 13 November 2017 10.00 – 17.00 – IFAS Conference Room, 62 Juta Street, Braamfontein Organised by Jeanne Bouyat (SciencesPo Paris / SPUG) & Rodolphe Demeestère (Paris 1/ PSUG) This workshop brings together multi-disciplinary social sciences research that takes the materiality of documentation as methodological […]
Contribution of zooarchaeology to the understanding of Human subsistence strategies Joint seminar IFAS-Research / Wits UniversityTuesday 7 November 2017 – 13:15Cate Druce Lecture Hall, ESI, Wits University Léa Feyfant (TRACES / ESI) Bushman Rock Shelter (Limpopo Province, South Africa) contains rich Later and Middle Stone Age deposits. LSA occupations at Bushman Rock Shelter (BRS) […]
Policy Workshop / GovInn Week / Pretoria 30 November 2017 – 09:00-16:00International Convention Centre, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Pretoria This workshop presents the findings from the CODESRIA‐funded research project “Justice duringtransitions”, in which fieldwork was undertaken in five countries, Burundi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Namibia and South Africa. Based on this fieldwork, the workshop […]
