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Seminar 2022

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Term 4: Xenophobia and Migration

14 September: Prof Evangelos Mantzaris (欧美福利100000 of Stellenbosch) 鈥淴enophobia in Durban 2015: Media and police responses鈥.

21 September: Prof Bethuel Ngcamu听 (UNISA). 鈥淭he Politics of Criminality and Xenophobia in South Africa: An Overview鈥.

28 September:听Dr Faisal Garba Muhammed听(UCT). 鈥淏etween Hostility and Humanity: Notes from Ongoing Research with Ethiopian Migrants in South Africa鈥.

5 October:听Celse Sebakwiye听(UWC).鈥淢igration and Xenophobia in South Africa: Reflections on refugees and asylum seekers鈥.

12 October: Dr Trevor Ngwane (UJ) 鈥淩ise of the African fascists? Xenophobia and the onslaught against anti-capitalist organizing in South Africa鈥.

19 October: Book launch. “Migration in Southern Africa” (Prof Pragna Rugunanan, UJ and Dr Nomkhosi Gama-Xulu, UCT). Discussant: Prof Manny Ness (欧美福利100000 of New York).

26 October:听Prof Brenda Yeoh (National 欧美福利100000 of Singapore) 鈥淭ransient migrant workers and the spatial politics of non-integration in Singapore鈥 Discussant: Prof Ingrid Palmary (UJ)

Term 3:

20 July: Prof Carlos Larrea (Universidad Andina Simon Bolivar, Quito Ecuador), Prof Joyeeta Gupta (欧美福利100000 of Amsterdam), and Prof Barbara Hoogenboom (欧美福利100000 of Amsterdam). Decarbonisation scholarship and advocacy: International best practices for climate justice.

27 July: Prof Joost Fontein (UJ, Anthropology) and Prof David Moore (UJ, Development Studies). Double book launch: The politics of the dead in Zimbabwe 2000-2020: Bones, rumours and spirits. & Mugabe’s legacy: Coups, conspiracies, and the conceits of power in Zimbabwe.

3 Aug: Dr Patience Mususa (Nordic Africa Institute, Sweden). ‘Southern central Africa’s agenda for critical minerals and the green transition: Risks and opportunities.

10 Aug: Dr Ruth Murambadoro (York 欧美福利100000, Canada). Not yet Uhuru! Women’s resistance and the post-colony.

17 Aug: Dr Westen Shilaho (Institute for Pan-African Thought and Conversation). From the bullet to the ballot? Issues in Kenya’s 2022 elections.

Term 2: Politics and Power

13 April Prof Joost Fontein (UJ) 鈥楧ecolonising the dead or decolonizing death in Southern Africa? Some hesitation鈥.

4 May Dr Wangui Kimari (UCT) 鈥楥olour ni Green鈥:Ecological Future in Nairobi Outaw Style鈥.

11 May Prof Michael Degani (JHU) 鈥楤ecoming Infrastructure: 鈥淪treet Technicians鈥 and Self-Making along Dar es Salaam鈥檚 Power Grid鈥.

18 May Dr Sylvia Croese (Wits) 鈥楢mor 谩 Camisa: where party meets people鈥檚 power鈥.

25 May Dr Adam S. Harris (UJ) 鈥楲aunch of Dr Adam Harris鈥檚 book- Everyday identity and Electoral Politics鈥. Discussant: Prof Kealaboga Maphunye (UNISA).

Term 1: Ecofeminism: Contesting Heteropatriarchal, Ecocidal Racial Capitalism

16 February听Prof Patrick Bond (UJ) 鈥楢mbushing Godongwana鈥檚 budget speech鈥.听Discussant: Mr Gumani Tshimomola (Wits)

23 February听Ms Makoma Lekalaka (Earthlife Africa) 鈥楽truggles for gender, ecological and social听justice鈥 Discussant: Dr Hibist Kassa (WoMin/UCT)

2 March听Prof Jackie Cock (Wits) 鈥楢n eco-feminist reading of a just transition from carbon capitalism鈥. Discussant: Ms Alice Mporo (CSRP-UJ)

9 March听Prof Melanie Samson (UJ) 鈥楻ecycling Colonialism and Reparation Ecology鈥. Discussant: Dr Suzall Timm (UJ)

16 March听Prof Yvette Abrahams (Khoelife) 鈥榃hy Not ecofeminism?鈥.听Discussant: Dr Michelle Pressend

23 March听Ms Mmatshilo Motsei (UP) 鈥業ndigenous birthing practices, land and nature鈥.听Discussant: Prof Nthabiseng Motsemme

30 March听Ms Samantha Hargreaves (WoMin) Topic to follow听TBC