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 […]
Perspectives on Social State Institutions and Othering in Southern Africa and Western Europe Edited by Jeanne Bouyat, Amandine Le Bellec, Lucas Puygrenier. 2024, Palgrave Macmillan Cham https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-59659-9 Book launch Tuesday, 29 July 10am – 12pm Boardroom of Cottage 3, Research village, University of Johannesburg & Online (the Zoom meeting link will be sent the day […]
23-25 April 2025 Humanities Graduate Centre, University of the Witwatersrand RSVP here Enquiries: towardsapartheidstudies@gmail.com Samukelo Ndlovu, Qhawekazi Mahlalela and Rheyna Pattni – the Critical Apartheid Studies Group of the University of the Witwatersrand – are pleased to invite you to the conference “The Body is Present: Rethinking the Afterlives of Violence and Legacies of Oppression”, […]
Tuesday, 15 April 2025 | 9:00am – 4:30pm IFAS-Research | French Institute,1st floor, 62 Juta Street, Braamfontein RSVP here, before Sunday, 13 April. IFAS-Research, Dr Duduzile Ndlovu (University of Johannesburg), Dr Dostin Lakika (University of the Witwatersrand & IFAS-Research), Prof. Ingrid Palmary (University of Johannesburg) and Prof. Lorena Nunez Carrasco (University of the Witwatersrand) have the […]
Tuesday, 8 April 2025 | 9:30am – 4:30pm | French Institute, 62 Juta Street, Braamfontein – Public event Wednesday, 9 April 2025 | 9:30am – 4:30pm | Workers’ Museum, 52 Rahima Moosa Street, Newtown – Closed workshop [Version française ci-dessous] RSVP here before Wednesday, 2nd of April. IFAS-Research, IFRA-Nigeria, the Wits History Workshop (University of the Witwatersrand), […]
Restitution? – From artefact to land, searching for identity. Monday, 7 April 2025 | 5:30 for 6:00pm Alliance Française Durban, 22 Sutton Crescent, Morningside RSVP is essential: email admin@durban.alliance.org.za or call +27 31 312 9582 IFAS-Research and the Alliance Française of Durban are pleased to invite you to the screening of Restitution?, a documentary by […]
Durban from the Coastline. An anthropological, artistic and environmental approach of Durban coastline and beaches. Thursday, 3 April 2025 | 5:30pm for 6:00pm Alliance Française Durban, 22 Sutton Crescent, Morningside RSVP is essential: email admin@durban.alliance.org.za or call +27 31 312 9582 IFAS-Research and the Alliance Française of Durban are pleased to invite you to a […]