French Institute Seminars in Humanities (FISH) 28 August 2013 11:00 – Sophiatown Heritage and Cultural Centre Cnr Toby Street & Edward Road Sophiatown, Johannesburg   Charlotte Grabli PhD Candidate, “Histoire et civilisations”, EHESS Located on the fringe of the colonial cities, the Congolese and South-African townships gave rise to the most popular musical scene on […]

Integration of adaptation to climate change within the design process of urban planning projects 26 August 2013 14:00 – IFAS Conference Room, 62 Juta Street, Braamfontein   Dr. Hypatia Nassopoulos (Paris School of Engineers – EIVP) Adaptatio is a research project funded by French Ministry of Ecology. It is managed by Morgane Colombert (EIVP) and […]

Book History Seminars 14 August 2013 14:00  – IFAS Conference Room, 62 Juta Street, Braamfontein   Mauro Nobili University of Cape Town During a mission in the French Soudan dated 1911-12, the ingégnieur-agronome George de Gironcourt collected a number of manuscripts written in the Arabic language. Eventually these manuscripts were donated at the Institut de […]

How the Verenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie got its Land French Institute Seminars in the Humanities (FISH) 6 August 2013 15:00 – History Department Seminar Room, University of Johannesburg   Edward Cavanaugh   In this presentation, Edward Cavanagh will closely analyse the early policies pertaining to land of the Verenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie (VOC), and conclude with some […]

French Institute Seminars in Humanities (FISH) 15 May 2013 14:00 – IFAS Conference Room, 62 Juta Street, Braamfontein   Jonathan Benabou PhD Candidate, Muséum national d’histoire naturelle   This seminar will present research work focused on the Namibian Communal conservancies, embodiment of the national Community-Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM) programme initiated in the late 1990s. […]

Book History Seminars 13 May 2013 Graduate Centre, University of Pretoria   International Seminar co-hosted by the University of Pretoria and Oxford Brookes University Supported by the British Academy’s International Partnership and Mobility Scheme   Provisional Programme:   9:00-10:30 – Session 1: Situating Book History in (South) Africa Archie L. Dick, Dept of Information Science, […]

French Institute Seminars in Humanities (FISH) 12 April 2013 14:00 – IFAS Conference Room, 62 Juta Street, Braamfontein Lyn Wadley Honorary Professor of Archaeology – School of Geography, Archaeology and Environmental Studies – Institute for Human Evolution – University of the Witwatersrand Highlights of Research at the Middle Stone Age site, Sibudu, Kwazulu-Natal Guillaume Porraz […]

  French Institute Seminars in Humanities (FISH) 13 February 2013 14:00 – IFAS Conference Room, 62 Juta Street, Braamfontein   Thabo Ditsele (Student at Tshwane University of Technology – TUT) Perceptions of Black South African languages: A survey of the attitudes of Setswana-speaking university students toward their first language. Pierre Aycard (PHD Candidate – UCT) […]

French Institute Seminars in Humanities (FISH) 29 January 2013 14:00 – IFAS Conference Room, 62 Juta Street, Braamfontein   Elodie Escusa (Sciences-Po Bordeaux / LAM) Making One’s Way up the Social Ladder in Johannesburg, the Strategies of the Lower Middle Class and Social Trajectories. An Ethnographic Study of First-Time Home Owners in Protea Glen, Soweto. […]

CentrPol Research Project. Second Workshop 12 March 2010 9:00 – 16:00 – Room B110, Aldoel Building, Groenkloof Campus, University of Pretoria   According to the national language policy, learners in SA ought to receive instruction in their mother-tongue during the first three years of formal compulsory schooling (Foundation Phase). However, in opposition to well-researched evidence […]