We are pleased to announce our forthcoming book launch series. The aim of the series is to create a vibrant space for critical interdisciplinary dialogue and engagement with authors whose trailblazing work is relevant to AVReQ’s intellectual agenda. The authors will discuss their books in conversation with a panel of experts and audience. We will post the dates for each of the book launches on our Events page when they become available.
Upcoming Books
Book Launch: Writing and Reading to Survive – Juliana Claassens
Writing and Reading to Survive - Biblical and contemporary trauma narratives in conversation Writing and Reading to Survive brings a number of trauma narratives from the Hebrew Bible into conversation with contemporary trauma narratives, exploring [...]
Book Launch: Black and Female – Tsitsi Dangarembga
Black and Female This paradigm shifting essay collection weaves the personal and political in an illuminating exploration of internationally acclaimed novelist Tsitsi Dangarembga's complex relationship with race and gender. At once philosophical, intimate and urgent, [...]
Book Launch: Truth and Repair – Judith L. Herman
Coming in early 2023, the South African Launch of new book by Judith Herman: Truth and Repair: How Trauma Survivors Envision Justice I am excited to share this photo with Judith Herman, pioneering scholar in [...]
Book Launch: Undoing Apartheid – Premesh Lalu
Undoing Apartheid Post-apartheid South Africa still struggles to overcome the past, not just because the material conditions of apartheid linger but because the intellectual conditions it created have not been thoroughly dismantled. The system [...]
Book Launch: The Sociology of Peace Processes – John D. Brewer
Advanced Introduction to the Sociology of Peace Processes This Advanced Introduction establishes the study of peace processes as part of the mainstream of sociology, a position consistent with the new moral re-enchantment of the [...]
Past Events
Book Launch: Queer Activism in South African Education – Dennis Francis
Date: Wednesday, 31 August 2022 For the inaugural launch in our Book Launch Series, AVReQ was honoured to host Professor Dennis Francis. For this momentous occasion, Professor zethu Matebeni (UFH) was in conversation with [...]