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Fellows' seminars

Queues of limitless hope: The Bildungsroman and decolonisation in southern Africa – Fellows’ seminar by Ranka Primorac

11 May 2021

Fellows' seminars, Public lecture

Unravelling the full history of the Shona subject: Who, how, if and, where to, after all that – STIAS webinar by Tsitsi Dangarembga

21 April 2021

Fellows' seminars, Iso Lomso

Examining misrecognition: Some short statements on affect – Fellows’ seminar by Wamuwi Mbao

12 April 2021

Upcoming events

13 May 2021

Early Independent Africa’s Abortive Attempt at Industrialization: The Case of Ghana under Kwame Nkrumah – STIAS webinar by Emmanuel Akyeampong

Public Event, STIAS webinar series

13 September 2021

Prospects for Regional Integration in Africa – A Comparative Perspective

16 September 2021

SASCA 2021: Constitutional Identity and Constitutionalism in Africa

Stellenbosch Annual Seminar on Constitutionalism in Africa

17 February 2022

Compensation through Expropriation without Compensation? Constitutional Amendment, Land Reform and the Future of Redistributive Justice in South Africa

STIAS Conference

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