Category: Other Events
Book launch – Visionary Animal. Rock Art from Southern Africa
Why were depictions of animals a crucial trigger for the birth of art? And why did animals dominate that art for so long? In order to answer these questions, Renaud Ego examined some of the world’s finest rock art, that of the San of southern Africa. Visionary Animal is the...
Middle Class Life : the Repetition of the Model in the Townhouse Complexes
Middle Class Life : the Repetition of the Model in the Townhouse Complexes An exhibition by South African and international photographers Nocebo Bucibo | Lisa King | Melissa Bennet | Mack Magagane | Michelle Monareng | Shogan Naidoo | Musa Nxumalo | Natalie Payne | Paul Samuels | Bianca van...
Ph.D. defense/Soutenance de thèse – Une ville moyenne pour des classes moyennes
Une ville moyenne pour des classes moyennes ? Discours et acteurs de la fabrique urbaine. Une étude du cas de Johannesburg, un détour comparatif par New Delhi. Karen Lévy (Université Paris Nanterre). Sous la direction de Philippe Gervais-Lambony (Université Paris Nanterre / UMR LAVUE). La soutenance aura lieu le 19...
100 Years of Memory
South Africa and WWI In July 2016, South Africa will commemorate the Centenary of the WWI Battle of Delville Wood, when 3 200 troops of the South African Infantry Brigade arrived on the battlefield of Delville Wood in the department of La Somme (France). This battle became one of...
Winter Academy: World Scripts
Concepts and Practices of Writing from a Comparative Perspective 4 – 14 September 2015, University of Cape Town Organized by: Zukunftsphilologie, Forum Transregionale Studien, Max Weber Stiftung – Geisteswissenschaftliche Institute im Ausland, University of Cape Town, French Institute South Africa Convened by: Members of the Zukunftsphilologie Collegium The...