Ethnographic examples from Ethiopia A public lecture by Jessie Cauliez as part of the Public Lecture Series Rock Art & Symbolic Expression. A Southern Africa – France Dialogue Thursday 26 July 2018 13:15 | Origins Building, Wits University Origins Bldg, Origins lecture theatre, room 105 | Wits University Jessie Cauliez is a prehistorian archaeologist. She is a […]
From final to ceramic LSA in the Limpopo basin A public lecture by Iris Guillemard & Karim Sadr as part of the Public Lecture Series Rock Art & Symbolic Expression. A Southern Africa – France Dialogue 13.15 | Origins Building, Wits University Origins North Building, Origins Lecture Theatre, Room 105, first floor, Wits University, West Campus, Corner of Yale […]
The case of sacred sites in Hwange District (Zimbabwe) Building on her research experience, Zénaïde Dervieux will discuss the way that Hwange District ethno-linguistic groups use toponymic knowledge to assert their claims on specific territories, and she will focus on what this knowledge tells of the underlying dynamics at play between these groups. The discussion will be […]
An IFAS-Research seminar Researchers Jeanne Bouyat (CERI, SciencesPo | CUBES, Wits University | InSHS, CNRS) and Léo Fortaillier (LaSSP, Sciences Po Toulouse | University of the Western Cape) will mobilize their research experience to discuss the place of migration and xenophobia in South African township high schools. 18 June 2018 | 15:00 to 16:30 IFAS-Research […]
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 lecture will discuss Prof. David Lewis-Williams’ […]
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 3B,Upper Campus Programme […]
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 of the programme. 6-8 […]
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, Johannesburg Décio José Dias […]
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 the School of Geography, Archaeology […]
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 his research efforts on the […]
