Category: Workshops & Seminars
From ǂNûkhoen to Damara
Origins, identities and political structures French Institute Seminars in Humanities (FISH)8 December 2014 15:00 – IFAS Conference Room, 62 Juta Street, Braamfontein Jonathan BenabouPHD candidate, National Museum of Natural History(MNHN-CNRS-UPD Paris 7) This seminar will present research focused on the anthropological history of the ǂNûkhoen/Damara, a socio-cultural group living...
Anthropology and History. The Lower Congo Rock Art in Perspective
French Institute Seminars in Humanities (FISH)13 November 2014 14:00 – IFAS Conference Room, 62 Juta Street, Braamfontein Geoffroy HeimlichUniversity of Paris I Unlike rock art in the Sahara and southern Africa, rock art in central Africa is still widely unknown. Presently inhabited by the Ndibu, one of the Kongo...
Mozambique Elections of 15th October: What’s New?
French Institute Seminars in Humanities (FISH) 31 October 2014 14:00 – IFAS Conference Room, 62 Juta Street, Braamfontein Michel Cahen CNRS / Sciences Po Bordeaux With the FRELIMO candidate winning the elections held on the 15th of October 2014 in Mozambique, the FRELIMO is now entering its 40th consecutive...
Africanising Apartheid
White South Africa and the Quest for Post-Colonial Legitimacy French Institute Seminars in Humanities (FISH)3 October 2014 14:00 – IFAS Conference Room, 62 Juta Street, Braamfontein Jamie MillerCornell University Between 1968 and 1975, apartheid South Africa defied all expectations by reaching out energetically to independent black Africa. This article...
The Restitution of Cultural Assets and Human Remains from Ethnographic Museums
Narratives of the Past and the (Re)construction of Museum Standards and Policies French Institute Seminars in Humanities (FISH) 23 September 2014 14:00 – IFAS Conference Room, 62 Juta Street, Braamfontein Damiana Otoiu University of Bucharest & Université de Bruxelles There is today an increase in the number of requests...
Les écritures urbaines de Maputo
Lire, écrire et agir dans la rue 15 September – 15 October 2014 Centre Culturel Franco-Mozambicain, Maputo Exhibition showcasing the material collected during this research project. 17 September 2014 Université Pédagogique de Maputo Workshop on the “Ecrits urbains de Maputo“.
Salazar’s Ghosts: global colour lines, decolonizations and entangled histories of race, ca. 1960-1965
French Institute Seminars in Humanities (FISH)28 August 2014 14:00 – IFAS Conference Room, 62 Juta Street, Braamfontein Caio Simões de AraújoPHD Candidate, University of Geneva Historiographies of African decolonization have been reductive in at least two ways. First, imperial perspectives reify the geographic solidity of the Empire, paying little...
Historical Outlook on French-South African Relations (1958-1974)
French Institute Seminars in Humanities (FISH) 18 August 2014 14:00 – IFAS Conference Room, 62 Juta Street, Braamfontein Anna Konieczna Researcher at Sciences Po Paris Despite constant historiographical progress, historical research works on French foreign policy in Africa in the post-colonial period, focus almost exclusively on French interactions with...
Understanding Johannesburg: City-Wide Urban Analysis and Morphological Evolution
French Institute Seminars in Humanities (FISH)30 July 2014 14:00 – IFAS Conference Room, 62 Juta Street, Braamfontein Karen LévyResearcher at the French Institute of Urbanism (IFU) and at the French Development Agency (AFD) The metropolitan structure of Johannesburg is unique and inherited from its complex history. The urban morphology...
State Building and Mining Sector in Angola and Mozambique
French Institute Seminars in Humanities (FISH) 19 June 2014 14:00 – IFAS Conference Room, 62 Juta Street, Braamfontein Mathias de Alencastro University of Oxford In this presentation, we maintain that despite the emergence of a new politico-administrative reality in Angola, after the civil war, former authorities continue to dominate...