Concretions: Ghostly Echoes of the Slave Ship São José
Rabia Omar recently captivated audiences with her paper based on the story of the slave ship São José Paquete d’Africa wrecked just off the shores of Cape Town in December 1794.
AVReQ x VCD Collaborative Workshop Series
The AVReQ x VCD was a collaborative flagship workshop series for the third year Visual Communication Design students in the Visual Arts Department at SU. The VCD course, coordinated by Karolien Perold-Bull, is based [...]
Masterclass with Zethu Matebeni
Date: Thursday 1 September 2022 Time: 12:30 PM – 14:00 PM MASTERCLASS WITH ZETHU MATEBENI | The purpose of the masterclass sessions is to empower young researchers/academics and provide a unique opportunity to engage [...]
Theological roots of whiteness and the search for repair in South Africa
Professor Wyngaards presented his argument for this lecture in three parts. First, he explored one thread of how whiteness is constructed theologically. Secondly, he expanded on his own use of the language of repair [...]
AVReQ PhD Proposal Presentations
Presenters: Eva-Liisa Andima, Emmanuel Sarabwe, Nomzamo Ntombela, Alésha Bredell, Bapiwe Gobodo AVReQ held their PhD Proposal Presentation Day where our first year PhD students presented their proposals to all of us and their supervisors for feedback. The PhD [...]
Tri-telescopic Memories: A New Vision of Transgenerational Transmission of Trauma
Professor Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela explored new avenues of enquiry in intergenerational afterlives of multigenerational systematic violence and oppression. A tri-directional perspective in which memory crosses and re-crosses past, present, and future temporalities is proposed, and [...]
AVReQ Launch | Day 2 – Violent Histories: Pathways to Light
Jazz musician Mandla Mlangeni, whose father was killed by the apartheid security police engaged with an in-person audience through words and music on “Violent Histories: Pathways to Light.” Prof Stephanus Muller, Director of Africa [...]
AVReQ Launch | Day 1 – Aesthetics of Violence: The Violence of Aesthetics
The opening address for the hybrid event was made by Prof Anthony Leysens, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and moderated by Prof Tamar Garb (University College London). The panel discussion [...]