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 services, resources, recreational and spiritual […]
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) … Friday 13 September 2019 […]
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. While research intensified in inter-tropical […]
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 world, speaking of “social cohesion” […]
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 it effective? This book explores […]
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 105 Giulia Ricci has raised […]
A public lecture by Adelphine Bonneau as part of the Public Lecture Series Rock Art & Symbolic Expression. A Southern Africa – France Dialogue. Thursday 6 December 2018 18.00 for 18.30 | Origins Centre Museum Wits University, West Campus, Corner of Yale Road & Enoch Sontonga Ave, Johannesburg > RSVP > Join the Facebook event The Later […]
The mutation of a model from the upper class to the middle class Organised by Karen Lévy (Université Paris Nanterre) & Federica Duca (PARI) The circulation of the urban model referred to as gated communities contributes to the challenge of understanding contemporary urban spaces all over the world. The multiplication at big scale of low-cost […]
“Grey governance”, structuring inequalities and institutionalisation of cooperation on transboundary rivers in Southern Africa A seminar by Paul-Malo Winsback Chair: Magalie Bourblanc (GovInn / Ceepa / University of Pretoria/ CIRAD UMR G-EAU / Université de Montpellier) Discussant: Michela Marcatelli (Department of Geography, Environmental Management and Energy Studies / University of Johannesburg) 1 Tuesday 6 November […]
Urban change and narratives of difference along a ‘Chinese’ street in suburban Johannesburg A joint seminar IFAS-Recherche / University of the Witwatersrand by Romain Dittgen & Gerald Chungu 1 Tuesday 6 November 2018 12:30 | African Centre for Migration and Society (ACMS) – University of the Witwatersrand ACMS Seminar Room 2163, South East Wing, Second […]