Category: Conferences
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...
Look back at our latest conference: Apartheid as Method for Worldmaking after the Empire
Reflecting on the recent conference organised by one of IFAS-Research’s 2024 grantees, Samukelo Ndlovu. From the 24th – 26th of April, academics across fields ranging from history, literature to filmmaking were convened to unpack the legacy of apartheid at the Humanities Graduate Centre at the University of the Witwatersrand for...
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...
Appel à communications/ Call for Papers
Colloque/ ConferenceWeaving Histories from Below in the Global SouthNeedlework, Gender, and Empowerment in Southern Africa Johannesburg 2-3 November 2022 IFAS-Recherche/ IFAS-ResearchEn partenariat avec le département d’histoire de l’université du Witwatersrand/ In partnership with the History Department, Wits University L’ambition de la conférence Weaving Histories from Below est d’étudier comment la...
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...