Which benefits for South Africa and Africa? 15 October 2008 South African Institute of International Affairs Jan Smuts House, East Campus, University of the Witwatersrand   The French Institute of South Africa, the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung and the South African Institute of International Affairs will host a one-day conference entitled “The […]

Southern African Perspectives 17-19 June 2008 – Polokwane 20 June 2008 – Pretoria   The search for forms of governance adapted to the different development aspirations and requirements of contemporary Africa raises, in almost every domain, the question of power legitimacy, between tradition and modernity, between what is local and national or regional, between administrative […]

International Colloquium 17 March 2008 – 19 March 2008 Seminar Room, South West Engineering Building, Wits University   Focus areas Rethinking Belonging: Community, Ethnicity and Nationality New Migrations, New Methods? Southern Africa as an Experimental Lab Who Calls the Shots? Migration Research Agenda Setting in Southern Africa Looking into the ‘Black Box’ of Migration Policy-Making […]

Islam, Democracy and Public Life in South Africa and France 3-5 September 2007 Wiser – Wits University   The programme entitled ‘Muslim Cultures’ which includes a research seminar on ‘Islam, Democracy and Public Life in South Africa and France’, the projection of a film and a documentary (Samia by Philippe Faucon and The Malawian Kiss […]

On the making of African prehistoric archaeology in the first half of the XXth century 23-25 August 2006 Origins Centre, Johannesburg > Programme   The international conference on “Henri Breuil in Africa – On the Making of African Prehistoric Archaeology in the First Half of the 20th century » took place from the 23rd to […]

Decentralisation, ward councillors and civil society in post apartheid cities 20-21 November 2006 University of the Witwatersrand, JHB   Flowing from a research programme on political participation and local democracy, supported by IFAS through the transversal programme “Democratic Transformations in emerging countries”, a two-day colloquium on “The place of participation in a democratising South Africa: […]

What partnerships for Peace and Development 20-21 June 2005 Institute for Security Studies   Issues on development and sustainable development on the African continent are eminently linked to peace and security problems. The millennium goals adopted in the resolution of the United Nations General Assembly of the 8th of September 2000, known as the ‘Millennium […]

Transcultural work in post-colonial African literatures 3-5 November 2005 University of Johannesburg   For the occasion, the University of Johannesburg (UJ) welcomed internationally renowned researchers, critics and writers. The colloquium on African francophone literatures benefited from an important French-English interpreting facility, a first in Southern Africa.   A Pluridisciplinary Problematic, Experts from Around the World […]