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[Watch] The interdisciplinary workshop ‘WE NEED NEW NAMES On Cultures of Care and Difficult Knowledge in Southern African University Museums’ took place at Stellenbosch University in April 2025
During her book launch, Dr Yumi Omori engaged in compelling discussions about how the everyday practices and reasoning processes of ordinary women contribute to peacebuilding in divided societies.
Drawing on his recently published book, Monotheism and Peacebuilding, Prof John Brewer engaged with the complex interplay between faith, violence, and human behaviour reflecting on “why do people kill and die for religion.” Facilitated [...]
Dr Anell Stacey Daries delivered a provocative lecture on the intersections of physical education, nationalism, and the body, focusing on the role of the Physical Training Battalion in shaping ideals of citizenship in mid-twentieth-century [...]
We had the honour of hosting Professor Jacqueline Rose and welcoming Professor Vasti Roodt, the newly appointed Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, to a conversation that wrestled with the emotional, [...]
In a time of relentless violence, what does it mean to bear witness? This was the central question explored in a compelling conversation between Prof Jacqueline Rose and Prof Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela. Their discussion, rooted [...]
The panel discussion, moderated by Prof Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela, brought together an esteemed group of scholars and practitioners to explore the layered dimensions of witnessing and witness-bearing. The conversation unfolded with a deep interrogation of [...]
In November 2024, The Africa Institute (GSU) in Sharjah, UAE, hosted our postdoctoral fellows for a scholarly and cultural immersion programme. This new partnership was spearheaded by Professor Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela, SARChI Chair in Violent [...]
Stellenbosch University Museum hosted a profoundly moving screening of Ntombikayise Kubheka – The Bones of Memory on Wednesday, 6 November 2024, as part of AVReQ’s ongoing series reflecting on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission [...]
Prof Gobodo-Madikizela and the AVReQ team honoured with the Vice-Chancellor’s and Deputy Vice-Chancellor’s Special Recognition Award for 2024.
