African Art, Black Subjectivity, and African Psychology
AVReQ Offices GG Cillie Education Building, Ryneveld Street, Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South AfricaRefusing Racialised Structures of Aesthetic or Identity Theories This conversation will discuss some of the imperatives and challenges in the name 'African art' and the epistemic and ontological issues it raises, asking what it means [...]
The Theory 101 Lecture Series: “Othered space in Über-urbanity”
Faculty of Arts and Social Science Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa“Othered space in Über-urbanity”: A Bourdieuvian analysis of the good city and the right city through the Praxis of zoning in Southern Urbanism In this instalment of the Theory 101 series, Dr Herman Geyer (CRUISE) [...]
The Afterlife of Apartheid’s Immorality Act – Enduring Legacies of the Criminalization of Interracial Desire
AVReQ Offices GG Cillie Education Building, Ryneveld Street, Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South AfricaIn 1950 the apartheid regime passed the Immorality (Amendment) Act that criminalized heterosexual desire between “Europeans” and “non-Europeans.” During the 35 years the Act was on the statute book over 19,000 South Africans, mostly [...]
AVReQ Annual Postgraduate Symposium
AVReQ Offices GG Cillie Education Building, Ryneveld Street, Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South AfricaThe AVReQ Annual Postgraduate Symposium is a premier academic event dedicated to highlighting the outstanding research conducted by our MA and PhD fellows. This symposium serves as a vibrant forum for the exchange of innovative [...]
The Body as Archive: Women as Repository of History and Memory
Stellenbosch University Museum 52 Ryneveld St, Stellenbosch, South AfricaIn reflecting on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) and on 30 years of democracy, we focus on the stories of Nomonde Calata and Seipati Mlangeni, widows of Bheki Mlangeni and Fort Calata who [...]
Stellenbosch University Vice-Chancellor’s Annual Lecture
Stellenbosch University Museum 52 Ryneveld St, Stellenbosch, South AfricaProfessor Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela and AVReQ are to present the 2024 Stellenbosch University Vice-Chancellor’s Annual Lecture to be delivered by Professor Mosa Moshabela. This series of lectures is jointly coordinated with the Centre for Collaboration in Africa (CCA) and hosted [...]
Reflecting on 30 Years of Democracy; Imam Abdullah Haron
As we commemorate 30 years of democracy in South Africa, this event is framed around the legacy of Imam Abdullah Haron. This reflective gathering will delve into the profound contributions of Imam Haron, focusing on [...]
Reparative Justice and Social Justice Scholarship, Prof Saleem Badat
AVReQ Offices GG Cillie Education Building, Ryneveld Street, Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South AfricaBased on my concerns with social justice, equity, diversity and inclusion at universities and in the wider society and with social justice scholarship, in this seminar I engage reparative justice through four vignettes. These encompass [...]
Truth be Told; Pursuing the truth in stories from the TRC
Stellenbosch University Museum 52 Ryneveld St, Stellenbosch, South AfricaTruth Be Told: Ntombikayise Kubheka – The Bones of Memory Ntombi was an anti-apartheid activist and member of the armed wing of the banned African National Congress (ANC), Umkhonto weSizwe (MK). She worked as [...]
Bearing Witness to Atrocities: A Conversation between Jacqueline Rose and Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela
AVReQ Offices GG Cillie Education Building, Ryneveld Street, Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South AfricaWhat does it mean to bear witness in a world where violence feels relentless? When speaking out leads to hostility instead of understanding, what remains of the power of testimony? In this conversation between Prof [...]
Book Launch: Everyday Life Peacebuilding and Family: Motherhood During and After ‘The Troubles’ in Northern Ireland
AVReQ Offices GG Cillie Education Building, Ryneveld Street, Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South AfricaIn this book, Dr Yumi Omori, offers a novel approach to studying war and peace by foregrounding motherhood in times of conflict and peace processes from a sociological perspective. Through qualitative research resting on individual [...]
Why do People Kill and Die for Religion? With Prof John Brewer
Hofmeyr Hall (Room 2003, Faculty of Theology) 171 Dorp St, Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South AfricaThis public lecture draws on Prof John Brewer’s recently published book, Monotheism and Peacebuilding. Brewer will address the opportunities and constraints operating on monotheistic peacebuilding, focusing on the three Abrahamic faiths, Christianity, Judaism, and Islam, [...]