Workshop: Globafrica: Reconnecting Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa and the World prior to Euorpean Imperialism. 13 March 2017 09:00-16.15 – IFAS Conference Room, 62 Juta Street, Braamfontein...
Monday 20 February 2017, 15:00 Wiser Seminar Room, 6th Floor • Richard Ward Building • East Campus, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg Living by the Gun...
Available from February 10, 2017 at 12:00 am to April 11, 2017 at 11:59 pm The early explorers of the late nineteenth century attributed the...
THURSDAY, 12 JANUARY 09.45 Alina Payne: Director’s Welcome and Introductions 10.00 Suzanne Blier, Alina Payne & Gerhard Wolf: Introduction to the seminar, followed by discussion...
Monday 28 November 2016, 10:00 IFAS-Research Conference Room, 62 Juta Street, 1st floor, Braamfontein, Johannesburg ________________________________________ What the objects tell us: interaction, integration, and innovation...
LE STUDIUM Institute for Advanced Studies is pleased to inform you that the call for applications of the Smart Loire Valley Programme* – Campaign 2017...
Invitation HSRC Seminar Series, in partnership with the Institute for Humanities in Africa, UCT, the Wits History Workshop, IFAS and NIHSS Defeating Apartheid: Cuba in...
Tuesday 22 November 2016, 11:00 IFAS-Research Conference Room, 62 Juta Street, 1st floor, Braamfontein, Johannesburg The state, markets and access to medicines Charlotte Pelletan (LAM)...
14-16 November 2016 – IFRA Nairobi Workshop, ANR GlobAfrica Early diffusion of American and Asian plants in Central Africa The objectives of this workshop are in...
THE POLITICS OF ARMED STRUGGLE IN SOUTHERN AFRICA 23-25 November 2016, University of the Witwatersrand (Venue: John Moffat Building and Extension Building, East campus) PROGRAMME...
Un ou deux postes pour des recherches doctorales ou post-doctorales sont à pourvoir à l’Institut Français d’Afrique du Sud (IFAS-Recherche). L’IFAS-Recherche est un Institut français...
À partir d’approches disciplinaires variées, les études de cas réunies dans cet ouvrage offrent une plongée dans le microcosme librevillois, en s’attachant à examiner les...
A Pan-African space in Cape Town? The Chimurenga archive of Pan-African festivals Tuesday 15 November 2016, 11:00 IFAS-Research Conference Room, 62 Juta Street, 1st floor,...
International Conference “Circulations: the (un)making of Southern Africa beyond and across borders” Johannesburg, 3-4 November 2016 Venue: French Institute of South Africa (IFAS), 62 Juta Street,...
L’InSHS ouvre un appel à candidature pour attribuer quatre contrats doctoraux de 36 mois. L’objet de l’appel est d’examiner des dossiers soumis par un encadrant...
Dans le cadre du soutien à la mobilité internationale et en appui au développement des projets scientifiques à dimension internationale, l’InSHS propose aux chercheurs, enseignants-chercheurs et...
CALL FOR FUNDING 2017 M.A. – DOCTORAL – POST-DOCTORAL STUDENTS – SENIOR RESEARCHERS The French Institute of South Africa-Research (IFAS-Research) has a regional mandate covering...
1er séminaire archéologique bilatéral de l’USR 3336 UMIFRE 24 de Nairobi, UMIFRE 25 de Johannesburg “East and South Africa from an archaeological perspective” – Org....
Symposium to launch the Franco-Mozambique Association for Social and Human Sciences! From October 10th to October 12th in #Maputo with Associação Franco-Moçambicana de Ciências Humanas e...
10 October 2016, Salle des Conférences, 9h-17h00 CERI-Sciences Po In partnership with Center for International Studies (CERI)-Sciences Po, London School of Economics and Political Science...
Wednesday 21 September 2016, 09:00 –14:45 Conference with our new CNRS-Researcher, Laurent Bruxelles VENUE: Cate Druce Lecture Room, Evolutionary Studies Institute (ESI), Wits University...
Respondents Achille Mbembe – Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research Richard Pithouse – Rhodes University Srila Roy – University of the...
The Trust for African Rock Art (TARA) based in Nairobi, is dedicated to preserving and raising awareness of Africa’s rich rock art heritage. We...
Revisiting the History of Capitalism Centre for Indian Studies in Africa (CISA), Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung (RLS) and the Johannesburg Institute for Advanced Study (JIAS) 14 & 15...
The Institutionalization of Xenophobia in the contemporary South African State Officials’ practices towards African Immigration in high schools of Johannesburg and police stations of...
In July 2016, South Africa will commemorate the Centenary of the WWI Battle of Delville Wood, when 3 200 troops of the South African...
The Ideological Scramble in Africa How the Dream of African Development shaped a Continental Cold War (1945-1966) Frank Gerits NRF/ University of Free...
The French Institute of South Africa and the Institute for Humanities in Africa are convening an international conference on the links established between Cuba...
#19 of the IFAS Research Newsletter is now available online: In this issue, you will find a special focus on Namibia. Updates on...
1er séminaire archéologique bilatéral – 2016 USR 3336 : UMIFRE 24 de Nairobi, UMIFRE 25 de Johannesburg East and South Africa from an archaeological perspective Org....
CfP: International Conference “Circulations” The (un)making of Southern Africa beyond and across borders Johannesburg, 3-4 November 2016 While transnational approaches have flourished in history and...
Workshop Southern Republicanism. Republican experiences in the South Atlantic April 12th, Buenos Aires (9.30am-6pm) Museo Roca Vicente López 2220 Programme Morning (9.30am-12.45am) Guillermo Wilde (UNSAM-CONICET)...
Motivations, Organization and Stakes of Craft Sale in South Africa A case study in Port-Elizabeth Alicia Renard Université Lille 1 This presentation will be an...
How does a picture act ? The power of images in San’s rock paintings from South Africa and Namibia, through examples of therianthropes and...
The Southern African City Studies Conference will be held in Durban in March 2016. City studies require multifaceted and collaborative approaches to address the...
Matérialité du manuscrit: (re)collections Programme de l’atelier Jour 1: Mardi 29 mars 2016 9:00- Mot de bienvenue et ouverture Conférence publique: 9:15- Houari Touati...
South Africa’s military deployment in the DRC The privatization of a Foreign Policy Robin Gastaldi Paris 1 Panthéon – Sorbonne Discussant: Anthony Bizos (University...
Conference ANTI-APARTHEID MOVEMENT HILARY TERM, MARCH 11–12, 2016 Jointly hosted by the European Studies Centre, St Antony’s College and the Maison Française d’Oxford • •...
The Steve Biko Lectures in Philosophy 16 February 2016 13:00 – 16:00 – Madibeng Building, University of Johannesburg Robert Bernasconi Pennsylvania State University Respondents:...
Pentecostalism and Democracy in Kayamandi A contribution to the debate about relations between religion and politics Thibaut Dubarry EHESS-IMAF The point of departure...
La 3e rencontre des Jeunes Chercheur.e.s en Etudes Africaines (JCEA) s’inscrit dans la continuité d’une démarche initiée en 2013. Comme lors des éditions précédentes, il s’agit de...
Le 27 janvier, le Quai d’Orsay propose avec l’Institut français une expérience inédite : La Nuit des idées. Intellectuels, artistes, architectes prendront la parole pour...
Lecture Economies de Papier et Papiers de l’Economie: Esquisse comparative sur la place de l’écrit dans l’histoire commerciale. Ghislaine Lydon Lundi 7 décembre, salle...
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International Conference Cuba & Africa Engagements, Circulations and Racial Representations 23-24 May 2016 The Institute for Humanities in Africa (HUMA) University of Cape Town,...
Programme : Brochure Conference Nov 17 2015
Preliminary notes for an ethnography of itinerancy in Cape Town South Africa Chloé Faux EHESS The point of departure for this project is the conundrum...
“Temps et pouvoir dans la ville” le vendredi 04 décembre 2015 à 14h00. Devant un jury composé de : Marie-Hélène Bacqué (marraine de l’HDR,...
Appels à candidatures 2016 – IFAS – Recherche Call for applications 2016 – IFAS-Research Pour l’année 2016, l’IFAS finance : un ou deux postes de...
International Conference “A Luta Continua, 40 years later”: Entangled Histories and Legacies of Empire in Southern Africa Date: 5-6 November 2015 New Venue: French Institute of...
In the framework of the celebration of the 20 anniversary of the French-South African cooperation in archaeology, the French Institute of South Africa (IFAS) in...
Forms across the Global Village Exposures and Exhibition For and From Makwacha (Democratic Republic of Congo) Manon Denoun (EHESS) Makwacha’s case-study and...
Incarceration and the (re)making of race The Coloured community in South Africa Lucile Pouthier Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée University Discussant : Kelly Gillespie (Department of Anthropology/ University...
4 – 14 September 2015, University of Cape Town Organized by: Zukunftsphilologie, Forum Transregionale Studien, Max Weber Stiftung – Geisteswissenschaftliche Institute im Ausland, University of...
By Federico Navarete, Historian and Anthropologist at the Instituto de Investigaciones Históricas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México This lecture will explore the complex relations...
Call for Papers The 24th annual conference of the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading & Publishing (SHARP) will be held in Paris, France from Monday 18...
The Nelson Mandela Foundation is pleased to announce that French economist Thomas Piketty will deliver the 13th Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture on 3 October 2015....
Monday, 17 August, 2015 – 15:00 Venue: WISER Abstract: “Phoenix rising” read the title to the editorial of a 2008 publication of Universo, the Angolan...
The Centre for Indian Studies in Africa (established in 2010) announces Masters by dissertation and PhD Fellowships funded by the Mellon Foundation on interdisciplinary and...
Ricardo is Associate Professor in Comparative Politics (African Politics) at the Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford, Official Fellow of St...
“The resistance might be joyful” a study of Zambezia’s political identity through Carnival and Elections in Quelimane district Mélina Revuelta (Sciences Po Bordeaux) ...
Association of Southern African Professional Archaeologists (ASAPA) Biennial Conference Harare – 1-3 July 2015 Programme of the Conference Theme: Towards an interdisciplinary framework for southern African...
Johannesburg Workshop in Theory and Criticism – 29 June-8 July Programme events Invitation to public events of the Johannesburg Workshop in Theory and...
ECAS 2015 : Néo MUYANGA at “AFRICA ACTS” A composer, librettist and musician, Neo Muyanga creates sonic spaces and installations that meld opera, cantatas, electronic...
Convenor(s) Vernet Thomas / IMAF-Paris / Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne For most regions, scholarly accounts of the “Medieval” and “Early Modern” African pasts were often...
Convenor(s) Chouin Gérard / College of William and Mary – USA This panel brings together historians, archaeologists and anthropologists involved in research component 2 of...
“Keep your eyes on the price”: investigating the daily dynamics of property market in Cape Town to understand patterns of social change in South Africa....
Comparative workshop on the underground in liberation struggles in Africa Johannesburg, 17-19 September 2015 Nairobi 2016 (dates tbc) The History Workshop...
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The Alliance Française, the French Institute and the French Embassy are pleased to invite you to the screening of Tracking the Timbuktu Manuscripts A film...
The National Union of Mineworkers in apartheid and democracy, a South African organisational trajectory Raphael Botiveau (IFAS/ Sciences Po Aix) South Africa’s mining...
Beyond Françafrique: France outside of its traditional sphere of African influence (19th-21st centuries) Sciences Po, Paris, Centre d’Histoire, Friday 20 November 2015 The study...
Centre for Indian Studies in Africa Spirit possession as historical consciousness in Nampula city, Northern Mozambique Dr Daria Trentini Anthropology Department: Wits University The paper...
‘The Effects of Metropolitan Governance Discontinuities. A research framework and some preliminary comparative results in London, Mexico City, Paris, and Sao Paulo.’ Tuesday, 12 May...
Eskom: électricité et pouvoir en Afrique du Sud S. Jaglin et A. Dubresson Premier producteur africain d’électricité, Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd est une entreprise publique...
La troisième rencontre des Jeunes Chercheur.e.s en Etudes Africaines (JCEA) aura lieu à Paris les 14, 15 et 16 janvier 2016. Comme lors des éditions...
Photo: Thabiso Sekgala Homeland Understanding and interpreting South Africa through the eyes of her photographers Nathalie Jara (EHESS – IMAF) In order to understand...
Xenophobia among post-apartheid urban youth : voices of teenagers in local schools of Yeoville, Orlando East and Alexandra Jeanne Bouyat (Sciences Po Paris) South Africa...
WiSER Public lecture by Achille Mbembe Decolonizing the University Now Five New Directions Wednesday, 22nd April 2015 6pm The event will be live-streamed. WiSER Seminar...
The Wits Anthropology Seminar Series is pleased to present: THE AESTHETICS OF BELONGING: URBAN RECONSTRUCTION AND THE MAKING OF CITIZENSHIP IN LUANDA, ANGOLA Claudia...
Communiqué de Presse de l’Institut National de Recherches Archéologiques Préventives (Inrap): “Des chercheurs d’institutions américaines, canadiennes, sud-africaines, et françaises publient cette semaine dans la revue...
The Biometric State and Post-Colonial Citizenship: the South African origins (1850-2000) 13/04/2015 | 14h00-15h45 Sciences Po-CERI, 56, rue Jacob, 75006 Paris / Salle...
Programme mai 2015 – Lundi 5 Mai 2015, 16h-18h, salle 12, CENA, EHESS, 105 bd Raspail, 75006 PARIS : “A Comparative History of Honour and...
Stage au Lesotho sous la supervision de l’Institut Français d’Afrique du Sud (IFAS) Inventaire, traduction et numérisation du fonds missionnaire français de Morija Caractéristiques...
Maboneng, “place of light”: night discourses as a place of symbolic violence ? Chrystel Oloukoi (Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne – ENS Paris) Tuesday 24 March...
EUSA_ID is a mobility programme offering study, training and research periods in Europe for South African Master and PhD candidates and staff and provides European PhD...
Date: jeudi, 26 mars 2015 Heure: 16:00−17:30, suivi d’une collation Lieu: L1-56, Graduate Centre, Hatfield Campus, University of Pretoria RSVP: bongiwe.cwayi@up.ac.za Dans cette...
“A Community out of Empire: the French Union (1946-58) as a postcolonial experiment in multinational polity” WISH seminar at WISER from 3:00 to 4:30pm Abstract:...
Tuesday 10 March 2015, 15:00 Conference Room, 62 Juta Street, 1st floor, Braamfontein, Johannesburg In 2010, Cameroonian artist Hervé Youmbi created “Totems to Haunt Our...
First Semester/ First Quarter Thursdays 13h00-14h30 26 February “White Afrikaans Women in South Africa: Race to Respectability” Christi van der Westhuizen (HUMA, UCT)...
‘PHILOLOGY IN QUESTION’ SERIES SEMINAR IN THE SERIES “The Role of Scholars in Mauritanian History” by Elemine Ould Mohalmed Baba Moustapha (Department of History, University...
Out of Africa: Gandhi’s return to India, 1915 and onwards 27th and 28th February 2015 Humanities Graduate Centre 27th February 2015 9 AM Coffee...
The Steve Biko Lectures in Philosophy with the support of the EU Inspiring Thinkers Programme (Dis)belief in History François Hartog École des hautes...
The Steve Biko Lectures in Philosophy with the support of the EU Inspiring Thinkers Programme Towards a New Historical Condition François Hartog École des hautes...
The French Embassy in Pretoria and the South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA), with the support of the French Agency for Development (AFD),...
AFRIQUE DU SUD, BERCEAU DE L’HUMANITÉ. 20ième anniversaire de la coopération France-Afrique du Sud en paléontologie et en préhistoire Le Comité Français...
« Les manuscrits anciens face aux défis de l’heure » 28 & 29, 30 janvier 2015 Centre International de Conférence de Bamako (CICB), Bamako, Mali...
Le prochain séminaire général d’histoire de l’IMAF intitulé “Temps, terrains et écritures de l’histoire en Afrique” aura lieu lundi 12 janvier, de 14h à...
Journée d’études La question des réparations au titre de l’esclavage : perspectives internationales 8 janvier 2015 Paris, Université Paris Diderot Cette journée d’études, organisée...
JOURNÉE D’ÉTUDES CubAngola : mémoires connectées Historiographie, littérature, photographie, cinéma Paris, 12 décembre 2014 Fondation Calouste Gulbenkian 39 Boulevard de la Tour-Maubourg, 75007 Paris...
Manuscrits chrétiens et islamiques d’Éthiopie : une approche comparative (XIIe-XXe siècle) 12-13 décembre 2014 Salle des Commissions, site Richelieu, Bibliothèque nationale de France 5,...
Call for applications Zukunftsphilologie Summer Academy in Cape Town The Berlin-based Forum Transregionale Studien and the Max Weber Stiftung- German Humanities Institutes Abroad in cooperation...
Dans le cadre du soutien à la mobilité internationale, l’InSHS propose aux chercheurs, enseignants-chercheurs et ingénieurs de recherche de ses unités de recherche une aide...
Post-apartheid generations. Subjectivities and engagements 6ème Conférence Européenne des Etudes Africaines , 6th ECAS Université Paris 1 (France) 8 au 10 Juillet 2015 Panel organiser:...
Luanda, 5 & 6 de Dezembro 2014 LOCAL: Mediateca de Luanda O Workshop de Estudos Urbanos em Angola é uma iniciativa proposta por duas pesquisadoras...
From ǂNûkhoen to Damara: origins, identities and political structures Jonathan Benabou (MNHN-CNRS-UPD Paris 7) This seminar will present research focused on the anthropological history of...
East African Islam and the emergence of print in the early 20th century. Prof Anne K. Bang Associate Professor, University of Bergen, Norway Senior...
Appel à contributions Colloque des UMIFRE sur l’urbanisme et le dérèglement climatique « Les politiques urbaines et de l’habitat face au changement climatique : un état des...
“Anthropology and History. The Lower Congo Rock Art in Perspective” Geoffroy Heimlich (Paris 1 University) Unlike rock art in the Sahara and southern Africa, rock art in...
Return to Thiepval: Imprinting and Erasing Memories of the First World War Tuesday 11 November at 18:00 for 18:30 Alliance française of Johannesburg ...
3-4 November 201, SAIIA – University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg The French Embassy in Pretoria and the South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA), with the support...
Call for Papers Colloquium on ‘Print Culture and Colonisation in Africa’ 28-29 May 2015, Cape Town Jointly hosted by the University of Pretoria and University of...
Slafco2014 : Esclavage en Afrique : Histoire, héritages et actualité Conférence internationale organisée à Nairobi (Kenya) les 27, 28 & 29 Octobre 2014 SLAFCO 2014 En...
Mozambique Elections of 15 October: What’s New? Michel Cahen CNRS/ Sciences Po Bordeaux With the FRELIMO candidate winning the elections held on the...
University of the Western Cape (UWC) and French Institute in South Africa (IFAS) will receive french historian Pap Ndiaye for a seminar untitled « The...
French Institute in South Africa and Center for Indians Studies in Africa (CISA) will receive french historian Pap Ndiaye for a seminar untitled “Civil Rights...
International Conference 16-17 October 2014 Protea Auditorium, School of Tourism and Hospitality, Auckland Park Bunting Road Campus, University of Johannesburg What does it mean to...
Pour l’année 2015, l’IFAS finance: • un ou deux postes de doctorant et post-doctorant : modalités et dossiers de candidatures • des terrains et des...
¿CUÁNTOS MUNDOS? Encuentros franco-mexicanos sobre Historia Global del 28 al 31 de octubre de 2014 Cuatro días combinando encuentros entre historiadores especialistas en Historia Global...
Pour 2015, l’InSHS reconduit à l’appel à candidature pour attribution de quatre contrats doctoraux de 36 mois (http://www.cnrs.fr/inshs/). En 2015, l’objet de l’appel est d’examiner...
Le 23 octobre prochain, l’Université Paris 8 décernera le titre de Docteur Honoris Causa à Achille Mbembe. Pour plus d’informations: http://www.univ-paris8.fr/Remise-du-titre-de-Docteur-Honoris,2946#.VDV_eKASraI.facebook
5th Annual Ahmed Kathrada Lecture: Achille Mbembe responds to Cyril Ramaphosa – 17 Oct – 18h30 The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation is delighted to invite you...
South African Contemporary History and Humanities Seminar Etienne Smith (International Affairs Division & Europe-Africa Program, Sciences Po, Paris) “Contested knowledge and cultural affirmation in...
The Public Affairs Research Institute (PARI) invites applications for the PARI-PSETA Scholarship Programme available for Masters Study by research at the University of the Witwatersrand....
Academic Freedom in South Africa : A public discussion of two books Thursday, 25 September, 2014 – 18:00 Nithaya Chetty, Christopher Merrett and John Higgins...
Colloque « Afrique du Sud : 20 ans de démocratie contrastée?” 25-26 septembre 2014, Dijon Dijon, 25 et 26 septembre 2014 Conseil Régional de Bourgogne,...
Dans le cadre d’un partenariat de recherche scientifique entre l’École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales de Paris et l’Université Pédagogique de Maputo , l’exposition “les écritures urbaines de...
Fernand Braudel-IFER (International Fellowships for Experienced Researchers) Programme supported by the European Commission (Marie Curie Action Programme – COFUND – FP7). The Foundation Maison des...
Salazar’s Ghosts: global colour lines, decolonizations and entangled histories of race, ca. 1960-1965 Caio Simões de Araújo PHD Candidate, University of Geneva Historiographies of African...
Centre for Indian Studies in Africa (CISA), Faculty of the Humanities, the University of the Witwatersrand Postdoctoral Fellowship The Centre for Indian Studies in Africa...
Understanding Johannesburg: City-Wide Urban Analysis and Morphological Evolution Karen Lévy, Researcher at the French Institute of Urbanism (IFU) and at the French Development Agency (AFD)....
4th Global Conference on Genocide CALL FOR PAPERS University of Cape Town, 4-7 December 2014 Genocide and Mass Trauma: Rising to the Challenges of Comprehension,...
Historical Outlook on French-South African Relations (1958-1974) Anna Konieczna Researcher at Sciences Po Paris Despite constant historiographical progress, historical research works on French...
Dans le cadre d’un partenariat de recherche scientifique entre l’École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales de Paris et l’Université Pédagogique de Maputo , l’exposition “les écritures urbaines...
Le ministère des Affaires étrangères et du Développement international (DGM/DCUR/RECH) lance un appel d’offres pour la création de missions archéologiques en Afrique Sub-Saharienne, Madagascar compris. Cet...
Even in this ‘Information Age’ paper is everywhere and as a result we hardly see it. But each sheet of paper tells a story in...
The 2nd call for PhD and Master applications for the AESOP programme is open until the 15 August 2014. The AESOP project offers exchange periods:...
14th Congress of the Pan African Archaeological Association for Prehistory and Related Studies Jul 14, 2014 – Jul 18, 2014 The 14th Congress of the Pan African...
MANDELA GANDHI A legacy of peace, change and reconciliation (1869 – 2013) DIGITAL EXHIBITION AND YOUTH SUMMIT Nelson Mandela and Mahatma Gandhi lived...
WISER invites applications for Mercator Fellowships based at the Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg in 2014 – 15. These fellowships will support three to six...
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...
Bourses d’étude pour la documentation des collections 2014-2015 Appel à candidatures Le musée du quai Branly propose un programme de bourses d’étude pour la documentation...
Dans le cadre de notre partenariat sur la valorisation des Instituts français de recherche à l’étranger avec la Fondation Maison des Sciences de l’Homme, le...
29 June – 11 July 2014 Johannesburg, Mbabane, Durban, Ginsberg, Cape Town The Johannesburg Workshop in Theory and Criticism is an experiment in global conversation...
Rocks and sites: les Prés de Laure in the South East of France. History of a research program By Guillaume Porraz CNRS / UMR 7041...
The Hubert Curien Protea partnership is one of the Embassy’s flagship programmes for scientific cooperation. The 2015 Protea call for proposals is now open, with submission deadline...
When education matters. The unexpected impact of an education experiment in Mozambique on the country representation Michel Lafon CNRS-Llacan & IFAS Research Fellow –...
For the twentieth anniversary of democracy in South Africa, the French Institute of South Africa and the Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research (Wiser),...
In this issue, a special focus on archaeology. Updates on research and publications from IFAS are also available as well as the presentation of programmes,...
William Kelleher Professeur certifié. Académie d’Aix-Marseille Texts in the City: Power and Discourse Based on my Master’s thesis, this seminar is an exploration of...
Durban, South Africa 21 May 2014 to 23 May 2014 The Poverty Environment Partnership (PEP) is an informal network of development agencies, which seeks to...
Le musée du quai Branly propose chaque année des bourses doctorales et postdoctorales destinées à aider des doctorants et de jeunes docteurs à mener à...
Second Indian Ocean Heritage Conference September 29th.– October 1st. 2014 Saint-Denis, Réunion Organized by the Direction des affaires culturelles – Océan indien, l’Institut national du...
Prof Serge Salat (President: Urban Morphology and Complex Systems Institute, Paris, France) As part of the “Faces of the City” Seminar Series 11 March 2014...
Workshop co-organised by The Urban Morphology and Complex Systems Institute, Wits University and the French Agency for Development. 10-13 March 2014 The workshop will be a...
AESOP – an Erasmus Mundus program of the European Union A European and South African Partnership on Heritage and Past The AESOP call for applications...
The series of encounters co-organised by IFAS, UCT and Wits University aim at rethinking the exchanges that have been taking place between the African continent...
Fernand Braudel-IFER (International Fellowships for Experienced Researchers) Programme soutenu par la Commission européenne (Programme Action Marie Curie – COFUND – 7ème PCRD) La Fondation Maison...
Call for Papers Durban and Cape Town as Indian Ocean Port Cities: Reconsidering Southern African Studies from the Indian Ocean A conference sponsored by the...
Pretoria in/im print Textual and print cultures and text-as-image in the Capital City 8 May 2014 A one-day book history workshop hosted by the...
You are invited to apply for a place in the 2014 Joint Session of The Johannesburg Workshop in Theory and Criticism and the Seminar...
The fifth issue of the bilingual online journal Justice spatiale / Spatial Justice, edited by Bernard Bret, Sophie Didier and Frédéric Dufaux, is available online...
Call for papers: Authoritarian spaces as unjust spaces? Issue coordinated by Sabine Planel, IRD This call for proposals aims at answering a double question: that...
The French Institute of Research in Africa (IFRA) is pleased to invite you to the conference Global History and Africa: SWAHILI EPIC IN A GLOBAL...
Pauline Guinard Ecole normale supérieur – Paris UMR Lavue-Laboratoire Mosaïques Can art make space public in Johannesburg? Based on my PhD thesis, this seminar...
La question agraire en Afrique du Sud : échec d’une réforme – Focales 17 Décembre 2013 – Hubert COCHET (AgroParisTech) Coordination : José TISSIER (AFD)...
L’esclavage en Afrique : histoire, héritages et actualités Conférence internationale- 27, 28 & 29 Octobre 2014, Nairobi (Kenya) Les recherches sur les esclavages connaissent depuis plus d’une...
19 décembre 2013 – Programme doctoral Histoire Melle KONIECZNA Anna Discipline : Histoire Sujet : Les relations entre la France et l’Afrique du Sud sous la présidence de Charles de Gaulle et de Georges Pompidou (1958-1974) Jury : Daniel Bach, Sue Onslow, Stanislas Parzymies, Maurice Vaïsse (directeur de thèse)...
ANR XenAfPol Closing conference: The Politics of Xenophobic Exclusion: Mobilisations, Local Orders and Violence Centre of African Studies, University of Cambridge, UK Seminar Room S1,...
L’InSHS propose aux chercheurs, enseignants-chercheurs et ingénieurs de recherche de ses unités de recherche une aide pour la réalisation d’actions de recherche à l’étranger,...
French Institute Seminars in Humanities (FISH) 4 December 2013 14:00 – IFAS Conference Room, 62 Juta Street, Braamfontein Silvia Kamanova PhD Candidate, Hussite Theological...
by Romain Dittgen PhD Candidate in Human Geography Sorbonne University in Paris (Panthéon-Sorbonne), Associate Researcher, South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA). Wednesday 27 November...
Update on the situation in Timbuktu and Mali by Dr Abdoulkadri Idrissa Maiga, Director of the Ahmad Baba Institute Library (Timbuktu) 28th...
Nous avons le plaisir d’annoncer la soutenance de thèse de Romain Dittgen en Géographie intitulée : De nouvelles formes spatiales chinoises en Afrique Une analyse...
Programme: MARDI/TUESDAY 26/11 (MÉDIATHÈQUE HÉLÈNE BERR, 70 RUE DE PICPUS, 75012 PARIS) EN COLLABORATION AVEC / IN COLLABORATION WITH PARIS BIBLIOTHÈQUES 19.00 Les villes sud-africaines....
South Africa: 20th Anniversary of Freedom and the General Elections of 2014 Overview of the Economic and Political State November 22 – Ifri, Paris...
François-Xavier Fauvelle-Aymar , Histoire de l’Afrique du Sud, Points , Paris, 2013 L’histoire de l’Afrique du Sud est hantée par les visages multiples de la domination et de la soumission....
Deadline : December 11th 2013 One or two doctoral or post-doctoral research position are vacant at the French Institute of South Africa. IFAS...
Within the framework of its research programming, the French Institute of South Africa (UMIFRE 25, USR 3336) finances certain research projects in the Human...
Séminaire de l’axe « Justice sociale, justice spatiale, conflits, nouvelles sociabilités et nouvelles identifications » du PRES Paris Lumières Journée d’étude « Participation citoyenne et Justice spatiale » 13...
The French Institute is pleased to welcome you to our next Seminar in archaeology Tuesday 29th of October, 17:00 Wine and cheese will...
EXPO-DOSSIER – 29 OCTOBRE 2013 > 30 MARS 2014 L’exposition « Afrique du Sud, l’autre pays de la Préhistoire », qui a reçu des...
We are proud to welcome CNRS Researcher Guillaume Porraz (CR2 – UMR 7041, ArScAn-AnTET)) who has been posted at the French Institute of South Africa...
Agathe Maupin is currently holding a researcher post at the South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA) in Johannesburg, and is also Research Associate at...
Carolina Milhorance de Castro: PhD Student in Political Science at the University of Brasília and CIRAD. Her research focuses on the Brazil-Africa and Trilateral Co-operation...
Mauro Nobili (University of Cape Town) Re-discovering the de Gironcourt collection of West African Arabic Manuscirpts Wednesday 14th of August 62 Juta Street, 1st...
Séminaire annuel du Master « Arts et Cultures de la Préhistoire et de la Protohistoire : Europe, Afrique » consacré à l’Afrique sous la...
WiSER is an interdisciplinary humanities research institute at Wits with a strong international profile. It was created twelve years ago to do cutting-edge research,...
The Journal of Archaeological Science is aimed at archaeologists and scientists with particular interests in advancing the development and application of scientific techniques and methodologies...
Adrien Delmas (Research director IFAS), Portuguese encounters with African written culture in the 16th century: the chronicle of Kilwa Carla Bocchetti (researcher IFRA), Depiction of...
Beth Le Roux (University of Pretoria): The Cronje Report on Undesirable Literature and its views on crime fiction Tuesday 2nd of October, 2pm University of Pretoria
Le ministère de la Culture et de la Communication et le ministère des Affaires étrangères organisent à l’Institut national du patrimoine,...
Islands, cities, oceans: sites and routes of Afro-diasporic rhythm cultures Ananya Jahanara Kabir Professor of English Literature, King’s College, London From New...
Summary Applications are invited for three full-time postdoctoral scholars to work on the interdisciplinary project Modern Moves: Kinetic Transnationalism and Afro-Diasporic Rhythm...
In this issue, Agathe Maupin and Carolina Milhorance de Castro propose a special focus on the BRICS. Updates on research and publications from...
The 40th annual meeting of the French Colonial Historical Society (FCHS) will take place between the 25thand the 28th of June 2014, in Siem Reap,...
Castes on the African continent by Dr. Tal Tamari Tuesday, 10 September 2013, 10h00-11h00 HUMA Seminar Room, 4th Floor, Humanities Building, University Avenue, Upper Campus, UCT...
The French Institute is pleased to welcome you to our next Seminar: A Turkish network in Africa: the Gülen movement Gabrielle Angey-Sentuc, PhD Candidate, EHESS /French...
University of Cape Town 5-6 September 2013 An International Conference convened by: Dr Dmitry BONDAREV (Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures, University of Hamburg)...
Call for applications is open Access the online platform (2 September-2 October 2013 noon GMT): calls.msh-paris.fr/chercheurs Presentation : The Fondation Maison des...
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg Conference to be held on 2-4 September 2013 Between 2 and 4 September 2013, WiSER will convene three days...
International Conference “Urban dynamics and health: concepts, methods and applications”. September 11th-13th, 2013, University of Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense Urban Health is a crucial...
The Township Musical World in a Transnational Perspective: Sophiatown (1930-1960) A seminar presented by Charlotte Grabli (PhD Candidate, “Histoire et civilisations”, EHESS) Wednesday 28 August, 11:00...
A seminar presented by Dr. Hypatia Nassopoulos (Paris School of Engineers – EIVP) Monday 26th of August, 14:00 62 Juta Street, 1st...
Re-discovering the de Gironcourt collection of West African Arabic manuscirpts Mauro Nobili (University of Cape Town) Wednesday 14th of August, 14:00 62 Juta...
The Mail & Guardian in association with The Market Theatre and SAFM presents Nadine Gordimer, Adam Habib, NoViolet Bulawayo, Ronnie Kasrils, Isabel Hofmeyr, Shaun de Waal, Craig...
WISER (in collaboration with CISA and the Faculty of Humanities) is delighted to host a talk by Walter Mignolo: Spirit Return to the East:...
University of Johannesburg / French institute of South Africa Seminar Series August 6 – 3pm – History department seminar room (UJ) Edward Cavanagh: Empire’s Companies in Southern...
La Fondation Maison des sciences de l’homme offre des bourses de recherche postdoctorale en sciences humaines et sociales d’une durée de 9 mois dans le cadre...
There has been a recent increase in interest in youth and urban language phenomena around the world. Youth and urban languages are seen to...
Biennial Meeting of the Association of Southern African Professional Archaeologists (ASAPA) “Thirty Years On: Reflections and Retrospections on Southern African Archaeology Since 1983” July 3-7,...
COLONIAL EDUCATION IN AFRICA: Connecting Histories of Education Through Text, Image, Voice, Memory and Word 4-5 July 2013 at The School of Education University of...
L’InSHS ouvre un appel à candidature pour attribuer quatre contrats doctoraux de 36 mois. Toutes les disciplines des sciences humaines et sociales sont éligibles. Les...
P@lethnologie est la première revue bilingue de préhistoire en ligne (français/anglais). Cette double volonté (support numérique et bilinguisme) est au service de la plus grande...
Dans le cadre des saisons croisées France-Afrique du Sud, Shamil Jeppie et Mauro Nobili, chercheurs en poste à l’université de Cape Town et membre de...
The fifth European Conference on African Studies (ECAS 2013) will take place at the ISCTE-IUL, Lisbon, Portugal, from 27 to 29 June 2013. It...
FISH French Institute Seminars in Humanities Jonathan Benabou, PhD Candidate, Muséum national d’histoire naturelle: ”Contextualising Community Based Natural Resource management (CBNRM) in Namibia” Wednesday the...
Book History Seminars 2013 Peter McDonald (Oxford University): Book History as a Discipline Today Wednesday 3rd of April, University of Pretoria
Public Lecture, Wiser Seminar Tuesday 16th of April 2013 Joan-Pau Rubiès (Universitat Pompeu Fabrea): Travel Writing and the Origins of the Enlightenment
SLLM, the Faculty of Humanities, IFAS and WiSER invite you to a two day colloquium on Textual Commodities in Empire 10th and 11th June 2013...
Tuesday, 28 May, 2013 – 18:00 Presented by: Sarah Nuttall WiSER and the Centre for Indian Studies in Africa (CISA) invite you to the Launch...
The Multiple Truths of Asylum A Public Lecture by Professor Didier Fassin, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton. Time: 6...
The Mapungubwe Institute (MISTRA) is pleased to announce the completion of its two-year research project on the rise and decline of the Mapungubwe civilisation. MISTRA...
About thirty leading intellectuals and a wide public including Rastafari people, from Africa and the African Diaspora, gathered in the Old Plenary Hall of the African Union...
Representing South African Cities / Conference, 27-28 November 2013 University Paris Ouest Nanterre la Défense Organised by Cultures Anglo-Saxonnes (CAS, EA 801, Toulouse) Centre de Recherche...
vendredi 17 mai 2013 à 14 h Salle Copernic, Sciences Po Bordeaux Titre de la thèse : Politiques de la nature et nature de...
The French Institute is pleased to welcome you to our next Seminar: Jonathan Benabou, PhD Candidate, Muséum national d’histoire naturelle: Contextualising Community Based Natural Resource Management...
International seminar co-hosted by the University of Pretoria and Oxford Brookes University Supported by the British Academy’s International partnership and Mobility Scheme 13 May...
Second call for applications Postdoctoral research position at the African Centre for Migration & Society, University of the Witwatersrand July 2013 – July 2015 ...
Programme Prioritaire Régional « Patrimoines, Ressources, Gouvernance » (PAREGO) Regional Priority Program « Heritage, Resources, Governance » (HEREGO) CALL FOR PROPOSALS 2013 The Regional...
Call for applications APORDE African Programme on Rethinking Development Economics 2nd to 14th of September 2013 Johannesburg, South Africa Supported by The Department of Trade...
Conference on Friday, May 17th 2013 – 9.30am to 12.30am at IFRA-BIEA Conference Room Gordon Omenya (UPPA) Carla Bocchetti (IFRA) Susan Mwangi (Kenyatta University) The...
Date: Friday 10 May 2013 Time: 9:00 – 15:30 Venue: Seminar Room, South West Engineering Building, West Campus, University of the Witwatersrand PANELISTS: Zwelinzima...
French Institute Seminars in Humanities Guillaume Porraz : “Insights into the Middle Stone Age Technology at Diepkloof, West Coast” Friday 12th of April 2013, Johannesburg
French Institute Seminars in Humanities Lyn Wadley: “Highlights of Research at the Middle Stone Age site, Sibudu, Kwazulu-Natal” Friday 12th of April 2013, Johannesburg
The French Institute of South Africa (IFAS), Wits University and UCT are organising a week of encounters between historians of the first globalisation in...
Plus à son aise, jusqu’à présent, dans le cadre national que dans le roulis marin de l’histoire globale, l’histoire du livre a négligé l’un des...
As part of the French Institute Seminars in Humanities, we would be happy to welcome you for our next event focused on Archaeology with...
Book History Seminars 2013 David Johnson (Open University): “Publishing and Imagining the Union of South Africa in 1910” Tuesday 26 February, University of Pretoria
Wednesday 3 April, University of Pretoria, IT 5-81, 14.00-15.30. Peter McDonald (Oxford University): Book History as a Discipline Today
French Institute Seminars in Humanities Thabo Ditsele (D-Tech candidate at Tshwane University of Technology – TUT): Perceptions of Black South African languages: A survey of...
French Institute Seminars in Humanities Pierre Aycard (PHD-Candidate UCT): Mixed Language Acquisition and Iscamtho, a Native Speaker’s Experience in White City Jabavu. Wednesday 13th of...
A symposium to be hosted on the 6 to 7th June 2013 by the African Centre for Migration & Society...
Exclusion, Recognition and Experience of the “Strangers From Within” in Europe: The Roma and European Construction. Lunch Time Seminars. March 19, 2013 – 12:45 – 13:45. Location: Deans...
The Embassy of France to Botswana, Special Representation to SADC, and the University of Botswana (Department of African Languages and Literature) in partnership with the...
L’Ifas et l’Université de Pretoria co-organisent tout au long de l’année académique 2013 une série de séminaires croisés en histoire du livre. A la croisée...
ÉLABORATION ET DIFFUSION DES SAVOIRS. Regards croisés Afrique – Chine 28 février 2013 Séminaire de l’ANR « Espaces de la culture chinoise en Afrique :...
Quelles sont les origines du programme UNPEC ? A l’origine, ce projet de recherche sur les liens entre aires protégées et mégalopoles a été formulé par...
French Institute Seminars in Humanities – FISH Mercredi 13 février, 14h00 62 Juta Street, 1st floor, Braamfontein, Johannesburg Thabo Ditsele (D-Tech Candidate at Tshwane...
La notion de participation figure au cœur des discours sur le développement, la bonne gouvernance et la gestion durable de l’environnement. A chaque échelle d’intervention,...
En Afrique australe, l’influence internationale et régionale, par le biais de l’élaboration de traités, de protocoles, de modèles[1], ainsi que les changements politique, économique, ont...
La nouvelle histoire globale : regards croisés sur la première mondialisation au Sud University of the Witwatersrand/University of Cape Town 15-19 Avril 2013 Descriptif du projet :...
En 2013, l’Institut français d’Afrique du Sud va lancer une série de séminaires qui permettra aux chercheurs soutenus pas l’Ifas de présenter leurs travaux en...
Over time, numerous events have given the public the opportunity to meet researchers, artists and creators so as to discover their work and share their...
About the opening of #Lascaux IV cave, with an analysis of Laurent Bruxelles, our CNRS Researcher in Sciences & Avenir journal!
5th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC STUDIES (IESE) Maputo, 19-21 September 2017 Challenges of social and economic research in times of...
