Category: Workshops & Seminars
“The Mind in the Cave”
The book behind explaining Lascaux A public lecture by Sam Challis as part of the Public Lecture Series Rock Art & Symbolic Expression. A Southern Africa – France Dialogue Thursday 28 June 2018 18.00 for 18.30 | Sci-Bono Discovery Centre Sci-Bono Discovery Centre Auditorium, Miriam Makeba St & Helen Joseph Street, Newtown, Johannesburg The...
Cities, Geo-Technologies and Data-Driven Urbanism
An International Workshop at the University of Cape Town This workshop is organised in a partnership with IFAS-Research, the National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), IFRA Nairobi, Sorbonne Université Paris 1 Panthéon’s PRODIG and the African Centre for Cities. Monday 11 June | 8.30 to 16.45 R.W.James building,Corner University Avenue & Madiba Circle, Room...
Practices of the State in Urban Governance
An international workshop on the practices of the state in urban governance As part of Wits University — School of Architecture and Planning’s “Practices of the State in Urban Governance” project, the Centre for Urbanism and Built Environment Studies (CUBES) will host an international three-day workshop to consolidate the key findings...
100 years of rock art research in Mozambique
Challenges for the interpretation of Southern African prehistory Public lecture by Décio Muianga as part of the Public Lecture Series Rock Art & Symbolic Expression. A Southern Africa – France Dialogue Thursday 14 June 2018 18:00 for 18:30 | Sci-Bono Speak2AScientist Sci-Bono Discovery Centre Auditorium, Miriam Makeba St & Helen Joseph Street, Newtown,...
Geological and Geomorphological Research at the Cradle of Humankind – Sterkfontein Caves
An IFAS-Research / University of Pretoria Seminar by Laurent Bruxelles (Inrap | CNRS) 23 May 2018 | 14:30 University of Pretoria Department of Geology, Mineral Sciences Bldg., Lombaard Hall Dr. Laurent Bruxelles is a geomorphologist and geoarchaeologist at INRAP (Institut National de Recherches Archéologiques Préventives), is associated to...
Lascaux: Why a cave became a sanctuary
Public lecture by David Lewis-Williams as part of the Public Lecture Series Rock Art & Symbolic Expression. A Southern Africa – France Dialogue Wednesday 23 May 2018 18:00 for 18:30 | Origins Centre Museum Wits University, West Campus, Corner of Yale Road &, Enoch Sontonga Ave, Johannesburg Professor Emeritus David Lewis-Williams focused...
To be or not to be
A look at the place of Zimbabwean rock art in Southern Africa Public lecture by Ancila Nhamo Katsamudanga as part of the Public Lecture Series Rock Art & Symbolic Expression. A Southern Africa – France Dialogue Wednesday 16 May 2018 18:00 for 18:30 | Sci-Bono Speak2AScientist Sci-Bono Discovery Centre Auditorium, Miriam Makeba St...
Cold Animals, Vibrant Images
Lascaux and Stone Age Rock Art in Europe Public lecture by Camille Bourdier as part of the Public Lecture Series Rock Art & Symbolic Expression. A Southern Africa – France Dialogue Tuesday 15 May 2018 18:00 for 18:30 | Origins Centre Museum Wits University, West Campus, Corner of Yale Road &,...
Cape Town Harmonies
Memory, Humour & Resilience Tuesday 10 April 2018 14:00 – 15:30 – Centre for Humanities Research, University of Western Cape Thursday 12 April 2018 16:00 – 18:00 – College of Music, University of Cape Town Armelle Gaulier (LAM-Bordeaux) Cape Town Harmonies : Memory, Humour & Resilience proposes an analysis of...
The Visionary Animal | An Insight into San Rock Art
‘Visuality’ as a source of understanding San rock art from southern African countries Public lecture by Renaud Ego Wednesday 4 April 2018 18:30 – Alliance Française of Cape Town Thursday 5 April 2018 18:00 – Origins Centre, Wits University The interpretation of San rock art has been instructed...