Revisiting the Community Engagement Dialogue of The South African Cape Coloured Corps
SA Cape Corps Memorial Hall 27 Petunia Rd, Cape Town, Western Cape The community engagement dialogue was organized by Dr Danille Elize Bester (nee Arendse) that is currently funded [...]
Dialogues Across Violent Histories: Indigenous Arts and Social Cohesion
Presented in partnership with the Australian High Commission to South Africa Dialogues Across Violent Histories was a first of its kind creative project that explores the critical role that [...]
The Afterlife of Apartheid’s Immorality Act
Between 1950 and 1985, tens of thousands of South Africans were arrested for contravening the Immorality Act (1950) that prohibited extramarital heterosex between whites and blacks and was extended [...]
Prof Gabeba Baderoon delivers the Fifth Stellenbosch University Annual Africa Day Lecture
“We need to claim the space of the university because it is a collective treasure to us all. The university itself becomes enriched when it recognises all who belong. [...]
Physical Education from Volksuniversiteit to Forward Together
The Making of a Nationalist Science at Stellenbosch University, 1935-2019 In this presentation, Dr Anell Stacey Daries offers a nuanced dissection of the rise and development of physical education, [...]
Whose side are we on? The University’s Moral Responsibility for Social Transformation
Professor John D Brewer recently delivered a series of seminars, a public lecture and engaged in exploratory discussions, at our Centre, which focused on several important topics. These topics [...]
Masterclass | Shirley Anne Tate in conversation with Dennis Francis
In this instalment of the masterclass, Professor Dennis Francis is in conversation with Professor Shirley Anne Tate discussing decoloniality, intersectionality as a framework and anti-racist interventions in higher education. Prof [...]
“The Sound of Children Screaming Has Been Removed”: Conundrums of Silence and Violence
Presenter: Professor Anthony Collins Date: 9 February 2023 The words "The sound of Children Screaming has been removed," were an editor’s note attached to a video, published by the Austin [...]
AVReQ 2023 Orientation Week
AVReQ hosted its 2023 Orientation Week from 6 to 10 February to welcome new Masters students and post-doctoral candidates to the centre. As part of our welcome week, a [...]
Welcome to AVReQ Professor Azrini Wahidin
Professor Azrini Wahidin from the University of Warwick, Department of Sociology, is currently being hosted by the Centre for the Study of the Afterlife of Violence and the Reparative Quest [...]
With(Out) the Silver Spoon: Collaborative Making as Liberatory Memory Work for Coloured Communities
Presenter: Mishkah Abrahams In this presentation Mishkah Abrahams will reflect on how the spoon acts as “vibrant matter” for thinking through the entanglement of food and its attendant rituals as [...]
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 [...]