{"id":240,"date":"2017-11-02T16:54:53","date_gmt":"2017-11-02T14:54:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/?page_id=240"},"modified":"2026-10-06T09:41:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T07:41:08","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>[English version below]<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal wp-block-paragraph\"><span lang=\"FR\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"><strong>L&#8217;IFAS-Recherche<\/strong> (UMIFRE 25, MEAE\/CNRS \u2014 Institut fran\u00e7ais d\u2019Afrique du Sud), cr\u00e9\u00e9 en 1995 et bas\u00e9 \u00e0 Johannesburg, est une UMIFRE, plac\u00e9e sous la tutelle du minist\u00e8re de l&#8217;Europe et des Affaires \u00e9trang\u00e8res, du CNRS (Centre national de la recherche scientifique) et du minist\u00e8re de l&#8217;Enseignement Sup\u00e9rieur et de la Recherche.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal wp-block-paragraph\"><span lang=\"FR\">L&#8217;IFAS-Recherche a pour mission d&#8217;initier, de soutenir et de r\u00e9aliser des projets de recherche en sciences humaines et sociales, en lien avec ses nombreux partenaires en Afrique australe, en France et en Europe. Son activit\u00e9 s&#8217;exerce dans le cadre de son mandat r\u00e9gional, qui comprend douze pays : Afrique du Sud, Angola, Botswana, Congo, R\u00e9publique d\u00e9mocratique du Congo, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibie, Zambie, Zimbabwe. &nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal wp-block-paragraph\"><span lang=\"FR\">\u00c0 la fois laboratoire de recherche et plateforme d&#8217;appui institutionnel et logistique \u00e0 la recherche, il soutient particuli\u00e8rement les jeunes chercheur\u00b7ses et les projets de coop\u00e9ration scientifique bilat\u00e9rale ou multilat\u00e9rale.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">L\u2019IFAS-Recherche organise ses activit\u00e9s autour de <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/research\/research-areas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trois axes principaux<\/a>&nbsp;:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u00a0Axe 1 : Arch\u00e9ologie et pr\u00e9histoire en Afrique australe ;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u00a0Axe 2 : M\u00e9moires, patrimoines, histoire de l\u2019art et histoire (m\u00e9di\u00e9vale, moderne et contemporaine) des soci\u00e9t\u00e9s de l\u2019Afrique australe ;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u00a0Axe 3 : Dynamiques contemporaines\u202f: mutations sociales, politiques, culturelles, urbaines, et \u00e9conomiques en Afrique asutrala. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">L\u2019IFAS-Recherche&nbsp;fait \u00e9galement partie du r\u00e9seau du GIS (Groupement d\u2019int\u00e9r\u00eat scientifique) \u00ab <a href=\"http:\/\/etudes-africaines.cnrs.fr\/\">\u00c9tudes africaines en France<\/a>&nbsp;\u00bb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a title=\"https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/about-us\/researchers\/\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/about-us\/researchers\/\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"8\"><span lang=\"FR\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">&gt; Retrouvez ici la liste de nos chercheur<\/span>\u2027<span lang=\"FR\">ses et de nos allocataires<\/span><\/a><span lang=\"FR\">.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/UMIFRE_depliant-web.pdf\">&gt; Plus d&#8217;informations sur le r\u00e9seau des UMIFRE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Accord-2021-MEAE-MESRI-relatif-aux-UMIFRE.pdf\">&gt; Accord interminist\u00e9riel sur le pilotage strat\u00e9gique des UMIFRE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/R\u00e8glement-des-conseils-scientifiques-et-strat\u00e9giques-des-UMIFRE.pdf\">R\u00e8glement des conseils scientifiques et strat\u00e9giques des UMIFRE<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>IFAS-Research<\/strong>, established in 1995 in Johannesburg, is one of the French Research Institutes Abroad (UMIFRE), &nbsp;under the joint supervision of the French ministries for Europe and Foreign Affairs, for Higher Education and Research, and the CNRS (French National Centre for Scientific Research).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The mission of IFAS-Research is to initiate, support and carry out research projects in the social sciences and humanities, in conjunction with its many partners in southern Africa, France and Europe. Its activity is carried out within the framework of its regional mandate, which includes twelve countries in southern Africa: Angola, Botswana, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"x_elementToProof wp-block-paragraph\">As both a research laboratory and an institutional and logis\u00adtics support platform for research, it particularly supports young researchers and bilateral or multilateral scientific cooperation projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">IFAS-Research organizes its activities around <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/research\/research-areas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">three main research areas<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Area 1: Archaeology and Prehistory in Southern Africa;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Area 2: Memories, heritage, art history, and the history (medieval, modern, and contemporary) of societies in Southern Africa\u00a0;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Area 3: Contemporary Dynamics: Social, Political, Cultural, Urban, and Economic Changes in Southern Africa.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">IFAS-Research is also part of the academic network <a href=\"http:\/\/etudes-africaines.cnrs.fr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Groupement d&#8217;Int\u00e9r\u00eat Scientifique des \u00e9tudes africaines en France (GIS)<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/about-us\/researchers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&gt; Find here the list of our researchers and grant recipients<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/UMIFRE_depliant-ENG.pdf\">&gt; More information on the UMIFRE network<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Accord-2021-MEAE-MESRI-relatif-aux-UMIFRE.pdf\">&gt; Interministerial agreement on the strategic steering of the UMIFRE network<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/R\u00e8glement-des-conseils-scientifiques-et-strat\u00e9giques-des-UMIFRE.pdf\">&gt; Rules of the scientific and strategic councils of the UMIFRE network<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/za.ambafrance.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/logo-ambassade-web2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6258\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"296\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/CNRS-300x296.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/CNRS-300x296.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/CNRS-768x757.png 768w, https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/CNRS.png 875w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.umifre.fr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"340\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/logo-umifre-720x340.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/logo-umifre-720x340.png 720w, https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/logo-umifre-720x340-300x142.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[English version below] L&#8217;IFAS-Recherche (UMIFRE 25, MEAE\/CNRS \u2014 Institut fran\u00e7ais d\u2019Afrique du Sud), cr\u00e9\u00e9 en 1995 et bas\u00e9 \u00e0 Johannesburg, est une UMIFRE, plac\u00e9e sous la tutelle du minist\u00e8re de l&#8217;Europe et des Affaires \u00e9trang\u00e8res, du CNRS (Centre national de la recherche scientifique) et du minist\u00e8re de l&#8217;Enseignement Sup\u00e9rieur et de la Recherche. 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