Welcome to AVReQ

The Centre for the Study of the Afterlife of Violence and the Reparative Quest (AVReQ) is established to fulfil the goals of the South African Research Chair in Violent Histories and Transgenerational Trauma. It aims to bring conceptual clarity to the concept of violence and its consequences in the lives of victim and survivor groups on the one hand, and perpetrators and their descendants on the other. As an interdisciplinary project, we will take an intersectional approach and engage with the physical and structural aspects of violence, as well as the more insidious and symbolic forms of its expression that manifest in dynamic ways.

Governing Board

Prof. Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela
Prof. Pumla Gobodo-MadikizelaDirector | SARChI Chair in Violent Histories and Transgenerational Trauma
Dr. Anthea Lesch
Dr. Anthea Lesch(Chair of the Governing Board) Senior Lecturer, Stellenbosch University in Psychology Department
Prof. Juliana Claassens
Prof. Juliana Claassens(Deputy Chair) Old and New Testament Faculty Member, Stellenbosch University
Prof. Vasti Roodt
Prof. Vasti RoodtDean's Office Stellenbosch University, Arts and Social Sciences Faculty, Stellenbosch University

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