Category: Workshops & Seminars
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...
“Through the veil”: Science unveils mysteries of San rock paintings in the Drakensberg and in Botswana
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 >...
Gated Communities & Townhouse Complexes
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...
One basin, one governance ?
“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...
The spectacle versus the ordinary
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...
The mobilisation of South African data within rock arts’ ritual interpretations
A public lecture by Romain Lahaye as part of the Public Lecture Series Rock Art & Symbolic Expression. A Southern Africa – France Dialogue Tuesday 13 November 13:15 | Origins Building, Wits University Origins North Building, Origins Lecture Theatre, Room 105, first floor, Wits University, West Campus, Corner of Yale Road & Enoch...
Rock art research in Namibia
A public lecture by Alma Nankela as part of the Public Lecture Series Rock Art & Symbolic Expression. A Southern Africa – France Dialogue Thursday 25 October 2018 18.00 for 18.30 | Origins Centre Museum Wits University, West Campus, Corner of Yale Road & Enoch Sontonga Ave, Johannesburg Namibia has one of...
DREAM — “Drafting and Enacting the REvolutions in the Arab Mediterranean”
First step for a research A seminar by Leyla Dakhli This joint seminar is organised by the Centre for Social Change (University of Johannesburg) and IFAS-Research. Friday 28 September 2018 14.00 to 16.00 | Centre for Social Change University of Johannesburg, Humanities Research Village (Bunting Road Campus), House 3 ...
La mutation des Gated Communities
Des classes aisées aux classes moyennes, quand l’urbanisme sécuritaire envahit la ville Demi-journée d’études IFAS-Recherche / Université Paris-Nanterre / PARI Cette demi-journée d’études aura lieu à l’Université Paris-Nanterre pour réfléchir aux évolutions de l’urbanisme dans un contexte de montée des préoccupations sécuritaires.Cette rencontre est organisée par Karen Lévy (Université Paris-Nanterre)...