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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...
Rock Art & Symbolic Expression
A Southern Africa – France Dialogue At this state of research, Southern Africa can be considered as the cradle of art and symbolism, as the earliest evidence of graphic expression have been found in South African archaeological sites, dated about 80 000 – 100 000 years ago. On the one hand, thousands...
Scholar-artist partnership / The Rivonia trial audio archive and ‘the everyday’
WHAT? In July 1963 anti-apartheid activists were arrested in their secret headquarters in Rivonia, near Johannesburg. Between October 1963 and June 1964, 10 defendants, including Nelson Mandela, were prosecuted during the infamous “Rivonia Trial”. It was a brutal turning point in the history of South Africa as most of the...
Drawing a line in the sand? Another (hi)story of borders
Joint seminar IFAS-Research / Wits University Wednesday 7 March 2018 13:15 – 14:15 – Room 207, 2nd floor, Robert Sobukwe Block, Wits University Matthieu Rey (IREMAM-CNRS) It is commonly accepted that the Ottoman Empire was divided up by the European powers, predominantly the French and British, at the...
Stage communication et événementiel
Description de l’organisme L’IFAS-Recherche est une UMIFRE (Unité Mixte des Instituts Français de Recherche à l’Etranger) sous la tutelle du ministère de l’Europe et des Affaires Etrangères et du CNRS. Etabli à Johannesburg, et associé à l’institut culturel français d’Afrique du Sud, son mandat couvre une large Afrique australe. L’IFAS-Recherche...
An Archaeological Investigation of LSA sites in North Eastern Zimbabwe
A Case Study of Madzimudzangara Rock Shelter, Ruchera and Muchinjike Caves Due to unforeseen circumstances, we had to cancel this seminar. Our apologies for the inconvenience. Joint seminar IFAS-Research / Wits University Friday 23 February 2018 13:20 – Origins Building, 2nd floor, Room 212, Wits University Happinos...