Category: Events
African Meeting Process for Debate and Proposals on Governance in Africa
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...
The State of International Migration Studies in Southern Africa
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...
Muslim Cultures
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...
Henri Breuil in Africa
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...
The place of participation in a democratising South Africa
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...
France – 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...
From Bambara to migrant writers
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,...