“Consent Remains a Grey Area” – Legal Academic Urges Broader Action Against SGBV in South Sudan
As South Sudan continues to grapple with sexual and gender-based violence, which remains one of the most pressing scourges in society, legal scholar Dr Akuch Kuol emphasises the need for comprehensive interventions [...]
Ex-Prisoner Leadership in Restorative Justice
Dr Allely Albert from Queen’s University Belfast introduced us to the layered complexities of ex-prisoner leadership in restorative justice in Northern Ireland. Her work focuses on the Community Restorative [...]
From Stellenbosch to Flensburg: Strengthening Global Networks for Justice and Repair
In June, AVReQ hosted a meaningful exchange with representatives of the European Wasatia Graduate School for Peace and Conflict Resolution, based at Europa University Flensburg. The meeting, held in [...]
Postgraduate Proposal Presentations: A Day of Intellectual Rigour and Community Support
On Thursday, 29 May, the AVReQ community gathered for a seminar featuring research proposal presentations by our first-year MA and PhD students. This annual event forms a core part [...]
The Treacherous Blood-Mixer: Policing White Male Desire under Apartheid
Professor Susanne Klausen’s lecture, “Policing the Desire of the Treacherous ‘Blood-Mixer’,” was a powerful examination of apartheid’s moral panic over interracial intimacy and the state’s brutal attempts to manage [...]
Prof Joel Modiri delivers the 7th Stellenbosch University Annual Africa Day Lecture
A powerful and sobering lecture by legal scholar and public intellectual Prof Joel Modiri, who headlined 7th Stellenbosch University's Annual Africa Day Lecture.
Uncovering / Recovering the Past: An Intimate Reckoning with Truth through Law and Art
On a rainy afternoon in Stellenbosch, members of the academic community gathered at the University Museum for a special event. Uncovering / Recovering the Past was not only a [...]
Ordinary Whites in Apartheid Society: Social Histories of Accommodation – Prof Neil Roos
With calm conviction and rich narrative texture, Professor Neil Roos took his audience through a layered excavation of white complicity in apartheid South Africa, drawing from his recent book [...]
Magical States and Latent Ghosts: Accountability for Apartheid-Era Crime In South Africa
In an in-house session that weaved scholarship, forensic inquiry, and human experience, Dr Robyn Gill-Leslie invited us to step into what she called the “liminal spaces” of South Africa’s [...]
Desire at the End of the White Line
In a deeply moving and intellectually rigorous talk, Dr Azille Coetzee brought to life the core questions of her recent work, Desire at the End of the White Line: [...]