Category: Conferences
Conversation about Chris McGregor’s music – 17 October 2024
Thursday, 17 October 2024 | 02:30pm – 04:30pm IFAS-Research | French Institute,1st floor, 62 Juta Street, Braamfontein [English version below] Inscrivez-vous ici, avant le lundi 14 octobre. Chris McGregor était un pianiste, arrangeur, compositeur et chef d’orchestre qui joua un rôle important dans le jazz moderne sud-africain de la fin des...
Rock Art Paint Explorations: MATOBART experimental archaeology workshop – 15-17 October 2024
Tuesday 15 October | IFAS, 62 Juta Street, Braamfontein Wednesday 16 & Thursday 17 October | Origins Centre & Wits Archaeology Department, Wits University [English version below] Événement gratuit, mais l’inscription est nécessaire via ce lien, avant le mercredi 09 octobre. L’IFAS-Recherche et l’Origins Centre (Wits University) vous invite à...
From the Pleistocene into the Holocene – Friday 27 September 2024
Renewed archaeological studies at the transition in southern Africa. September 27, 2024 | 8:30 for 9:00am – 12:30pmIFAS-Research, 1st floor | 62, Juta Street, Braamfontein [English version below] Inscrivez-vous ici, avant le mercredi 25 septembre. Dans le cadre de la préparation d’un volume spécial dédié à la transition Pléistocène/Holocène telle...
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...
Colloque international BrAIn Evolution, 22-23 novembre | International Conference BrAIn Evolution, November 22-23
🧠 Colloque International BrAIn Evolution: Palaeosciences, Neuroscience & Artificial Intelligence 🌐 📅 Dates : 22 et 23 novembre 📍 Lieu : IFAS, 62 Juta Street, Braamfontein L’IFAS-Recherche, en collaboration avec les chercheuses Amélie Beaudet et Caroline Fonta du projet EndoMap, organise un Colloque International BrAIn Evolution. Cette conférence mettra en...
Joint Talk & Book Launch at the Westridge Library, Mitchell’s Plain, 22 August
Where does history lie?From Remembering D6 to Writing a History of Mitchell’s Plain. Ludmila Ommundsen Pessoa and Yazeed Kamaldien will present their complementary latest works and exchange views with the audience in this joint talk at the Westridge Library, Simonsig Avenue, Cape Town, on Tuesday, 22 August at 10:30 am....
Transitions in south-east Africa and the Middle East at the end of the 18th century | 30 January – 2 February 2023
What was NEW? Frictions forces of the contemporaneity Southern Africa and the Middle East. NEW (International Emerging Action) IFAS-Research, IFPO (Institut Français du Proche-Orient) and Archive and Public Culture Research Initiative (University of Cape Town) are pleased to organise a conference on transitions in south-east Africa and the Middle East...
International conference | Weaving histories from below in the Global South: Needlework, Gender, and Empowerment | 2-3 November
IFAS-Research is pleased to present its international conference Weaving histories from below in the Global South: Needlework, Gender, and Empowerment, on the 2nd and 3rd of November. This event will bring together researchers from several disciplinary backgrounds (history, art history, anthropology, sociology, economics) around the theme of women’s textile production....
Conference: News from the Past − The Stone Age in Zimbabwe
18 October 8:55 – 15:45 | Johannesburg L’IFAS-Recherche a le plaisir d’organiser le colloque News from the Past. The Stone Age in Zimbabwe. Des chercheurs et chercheuses de l’université du Zimbabwe, de l’université du Witwatersrand, de l’université de Toulouse − Jean Jaurès, de l’université du Cap et de l’université d’Algarve présenteront les...
Territories of migration: Refugees in Space and Time
Questioning migrant experiences and testimonies from Sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East A one-day conference gathering specialists of Sub-Saharan Africa and of the Middle-East In the study of the current refugee crisis, the UNHCR highlights two great areas of departure: the Middle East and Central Africa. Cities such as Johannesburg...