The Steve Biko Lectures in Philosophy 16 February 2016 13:00 – 16:00 – Madibeng Building, University of Johannesburg Robert Bernasconi Pennsylvania State University Respondents: Abraham Olivier – University of Fort Hare Zinhle Mncube – University of Johannesburg Is racism parasitic on the concept of race? Or is the reverse true? Is the concept of […]
A contribution to the debate about relations between religion and politics French Institute Seminars in Humanities (FISH) 9 February 2016 15:00 – IFAS Conference Room, 62 Juta Street, Braamfontein Thibaut Dubarry EHESS-IMAF The point of departure for this research is a theoretical aim: analyzing the complex dialectic between religions and politics. That’s why we […]
French Institute Seminars in Humanities (FISH) 19 November 2015 15:00 – IFAS Conference Room, 62 Juta Street, Braamfontein Chloé Faux EHESS The point of departure for this project is the conundrum of geography, “not [as] a location but a situated knowledge” (Rogoff 2010). Formally, in studies of migration, the pathways followed are privileged over […]
International Conference 5 & 6 November 2015 French Institute of South Africa 1st floor, 62 Juta Street, Braamfontein (Please note that the venue has changed to IFAS – 62 Juta Street, Braamfontein) > Conference website Contact: Caio Simões de Araújo International History Department, Graduate Institute, Geneva caio.simoes@graduateinstitute.ch
12-16 October 2015 Johannesburg The 20th anniversary of the Franco-South African cooperation in archaeology is the occasion to celebrate the diversity and the richness of this partnership of scientific excellence. A series of scientific and cultural events will take place during the week of the 12th October 2015, from the vitality of paleontology to the […]
For and From Makwacha (Democratic Republic of Congo) French Institute Seminars in Humanities (FISH) 05 October 2015 11:00 – IFAS Conference Room, 62 Juta Street, Braamfontein Manon Denoun Sciences Po Bordeaux Makwacha’s case-study and the related practice of kushingula conveys key elements to understand contemporary communication stakes and informs me to call for sensual […]
The Coloured community in South Africa French Institute Seminars in Humanities (FISH) 08 October 2015 16:00 – IFAS Conference Room, 62 Juta Street, Braamfontein Lucile Pouthier Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée University Discussant : Kelly Gillespie (Department of Anthropology/ University of the Witwatersrand) This presentation aims at showing the dynamic ties that link the prison institution, […]
The Nelson Mandela Foundation is pleased to announce that French economist Thomas Piketty will deliver the 13th Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture on 3 October 2015. Thomas Piketty is Professor of Economics at the Paris School of Economics. He is the author of numerous articles published in journals such as the Quarterly Journal of Economics, the […]
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 Winter Academy is conceptualized and […]
A study of Zambezia’s political identity through Carnival and Elections in Quelimane district French Institute Seminars in Humanities (FISH)17 July 2015 10:00 – IFAS Conference Room, 62 Juta Street, Braamfontein Mélinda RevueltaSciences Po Bordeaux On the basis of identity as a socially and historically constructed narrative, the fabrication of a Mozambican identity to suit […]
