The Wits History Workshop and IFAS-Research are pleased to invite you to a seminar by Dr Adrien Delmas (Sciences Po Paris), titled “From Souss to Sofala, on foot. Global histories of medieval Africa“, on Tuesday, 2 June 2026, at the Wits History Workshop (RS207, 2nd floor, Robert Sobukwe block, East Campus, Wits University). The event […]
[English version below] Le département Audio-Visuel de l’Institut Français d’Afrique du Sud et l’IFAS-Recherche ont le plaisir de vous inviter à la projection du documentaire « Afrique, sur les traces des premiers hommes », d’Anthony Binst, le mercredi 15 avril 2026, de 17h à 18h, au cinéma le Bioscope (44 Stanley, Milpark, Johannesburg). Le film […]
30 November – 06 December 2025 Sol Plaatje University Most presentations are available on COSMO-ART YouTube channel. [English version below] Organisé par le programme de recherche ANR COSMO-ART, en partenariat avec l’IFAS-Recherche, cette conférence internationale, intitulée “Gestion de l’art rupestre en Afrique australe: vers une approche cosmopolitique”, vise à explorer les défis posés par les […]
Siyanda Kobokana, a PhD student in history at the University of the Western Cape, has been in residence at the Fondation Fiminco and EUR ArTeC, in Greater Paris, from October 20 to December 20, 2025, as part of our creative research residency program, a partnership between IFAS-Research, EUR ArTeC and Fondation Fiminco. During the residency, […]
Mid-Term Meeting IRN South-Stream: Streaming platforms from the Global South. Trajectories & Transnational expansions. 27-29 October 2025 Wits Club, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg RSVP required before October 22 – Limited seats For RSVP, contact Christine Ithurbide, IRN South-Stream Project Coordinator: christine.ithurbide@cnrs.fr [English version below] L’International Research Network (IRN) South-Stream organise son colloque de mi-programme […]
Wednesday, 22 October 2025 10am (Paris & Johannesburg) Dr Duduzile Ndlovu “Whose child will I say he is?: Migrant Women’s Narratives of Being and Belonging in Gukurahundi Memory” Wednesday, 5 November 2025 10am (Paris) / 11am (Johannesburg) Dr Annie Devenish “The archive as auto/biographical expression: Reading, writing, and assembling the intersubjective self in the Phyllis […]
Saturday, 20 September, 2025 | 10.00am – 12.00pm Alliance Française de Pretoria | 99 Rivier Street Sunnyside Education, Pretoria This event is free, but RSVP is required (HERE). Join us for “Grounds of Change: Recognising South Africa’s Reclaimers,” a special exhibition and discussion at the Alliance Française de Pretoria on Saturday, 20 September, from 10h00 to 12h30. This event, organised […]
Organized by the French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD), through Laurent Vidal (Director of the joint CNRS–IRD–CIRAD office) and the University of the Witwatersrand, this 3-day conference aimed to reflect on North–South relations in the production and circulation of knowledge. During this event, Dr Annael le Poullennec, Director of IFAS-Research, addressed the epistemological […]
The Imagined New (or, What Happens When History Is a Catastrophe?) led by the Visual Identities in Art and Design Research Centre (VIAD,University of Johannesburg) and the Ruth Simmons Centre for the Study of Slavery and Justice(Brown University), is a three-part project connecting African and African Diasporic critical thought and creative practices dealing with issues […]
From September 1 to 6, 2025, the scientific team of the WomenAtWork program, of which IFAS-Research is a partner, accompanied by researchers from Stanford University, was hosted by the Wits History Workshop for the program’s summer school. Workshops and seminars as well as visits of heritage institutions, museums, and archives in Johannesburg and Soweto, guided […]
