Category: Workshops & Seminars
Online Seminar: Researching institutional xenophobia at school in South Africa
12 October 15:30 Jeanne Bouyat, chercheuse invitée à IFAS-Recherche et postdoc au Centre for Education Rights and Transformation (CERT) de la Faculté d’éducation de l’université de Johannesburg, présentera un séminaire en ligne sur la xénophobie institutionnelle à l’école en Afrique du Sud. Sa thèse explore la façon dont la xénophobie...
Informality in Times of Covid-19 – The Impact of the 2020 Pandemic on Vulnerable Workers in South Africa
Journée d’étude/ Seminar November 19th, 2020 13:30 – 17:00 On the 19th of November, the French Institute will organise a seminar as part of the “Informality and Covid-19 in South Africa” project launched a few months ago by IFAS-Research. The main results of this research will be presented and discussed....
The History of Urban Cultures in Southern Africa
Matthieu Rey (CNRS, IFAS-Research), Sophie Dulucq (IFAS-Research), and Noor Nieftagodien (Wits History Workshop, University the Witwatersrand) are currently preparing the co-edition of a special issue devoted to the history of urban cultures in Southern Africa (19th-20th centuries) for the Revue d’Histoire contemporaine de l’Afrique. This volume will gather papers insisting on the relationships between a specific place and stage – cities and...
Reclaiming Waste
Exploring social and environmental challenges International Conference > Tuesday 5 November | 8:30 – 15:30 > Wednesday 6 November | 8:30 – 14:00 > IFAS-Recherche, 62 Juta Street, Braamfontein, Johannesburg, Conference Room (1st floor) The waste crisis is a global reality, whether in Northern or Southern countries, meanwhile societies face...
Sharing rivers beyond fences and boundaries
A joint-seminar IFAS-Recherche | University of Mpumalanga Seminar organised by Nicolas Verhaeghe (Mosaiques/Université Paris-Nanterre), the University of Mpumalanga, the Université Paris Nanterre and IFAS-Research > Tuesday 12 November 2019 | 10:00 – 13:00 > University of Mpumalanga, Nelspruit, Building 6 – Boarding room African rivers provide a wide range of...
Around the Fire
Fire and its uses, from MSA to LSA in South Africa: palaeoenvironments, fuel management, heat treatments and symbolic use of fire International workshop Organised by CEPAM, Evolutionary Studies Institute and IFAS-Recherche Event coordinator: Marion Bamford (ESI), Guillaume Porraz (ARSCAN, CNRS), Chrissie Sievers (GAES), Elysandre Puech (ESI/Wits/CEPAM) and Isabelle Théry-Parisot (CEPAM/CNRS)...
The “Lupemban puzzle” or the difficulty of western tropical African Middle Stone Age research
A joint-seminar IFAS-Recherche | School of Geography, Archaeology and Environmental Studies Thursday 18 July 2019 13:15 | Origins Building, Wits University, Archaeology Seminar Room (Room 212) Hunter-gatherers groups ability to adapt to tropical rainforest in the Paleolithic has been, and to a certain extent, still is a matter of debate....
Social Cohesion in South Africa
Scientifically engaging with a buzzword International Symposium Organised by IFAS-Recherche, Laboratoire des Sciences Sociales du Politique, Sciences Po Toulouse and the Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology, Stellenbosch University Event Coordinator: Léo Fortaillier (Science Po Toulouse/LaSSP/UWC) In South Africa, one of the most (or the most) unequal country in the...
Archiving in the Middle-East
A joint-seminar IFAS-Recherche | Wits University Jihane Sfeir will present the book co-edited with Christine Jungen : Archiving in the Middle-East. Friday 17 May 2019 12:00 | Humanities Graduate Seminar Room, Humanities Building, Wits University What is an archival document in the Middle-East? How to shape it, and how to make...
From late Paleolithic to early Mesolithic technologies in southern Italy
A joint-seminar IFAS-Research | Wits University Based on her research, Giulia Ricci (Université Paris Nanterre/AnTET) will talk about the evolution of technical traditions from the late Upper Paleolithic to the early Mesolithic period in southern Italy. Wednesday 27 March 2019 13:15 | Origins Building, Wits University, Origins lecture theatre, room...