Book Launch: A Will for the Machine: Computerization, Automation, and the Arts in South Africa, by Mark Sanders. Date: Thursday 16 April 2026 Time: 13:00 – 15:00 Venue: Iyatsiba Lab,…
Call for Papers: South-South Solidarity and Resistance to Imperialism, International Conference. DEADLINE: 20 April 2026 Organized by: The Ibrahim Abu-Lughod Institute of International Studies at Birzeit University, and Al Shabaka:…
Johannesburg as Imaginarium: Public Art and Placemaking in the City Date: Wednesday 11 March 5, 2026 Time: 18:00pm – 21:00pm Venue: Goethe-Institut Auditorium, 119 Jan Smuts Avenue, Parkwood, Johannesburg On…
FRAYMWURX, by Scott Eric Williams FRAYMWURX (2025) is a limited edition zine created as a companion artefact for ‘Tales of History Retold’ (2025), a group exhibition co-curated by Kim Gurney…
Iyatsiba Lab: a hub for creative cross-over, A talk by Premesh Lalu. Date: Tuesday February 24 Time: 17:30 – 20:00 Venue: Iyatsiba Lab, 66 Greatmore Street, Woodstock (enter via Regents…
ACIP: Call for workshop proposals and for Ivan Karp Doctoral Research Award Applications, 2026 The African Critical Inquiry Programme is pleased to announce the 2026 Ivan Karp Doctoral Research Awards…
Winter School 7-11 July 2025: On the question of Freedom A report, crafted by Lee Walters, 31 July 2025 We said in our introduction that man was an affirmation. We…
Exhibition Opening: Tales of History Retold Date: Wednesday 5 November 2025 Time: 17h30 for 18h00 Venue: The CHR’s Iyatsiba Lab, 66 Greatmore Street, Woodstock (enter via Regents St) Opening speakers:…
Troubling the divide: Jazz, History and the new African An interview with Lindelwa Dalamba Lindelwa Dalamba is an historian of South African jazz, focusing on its itineraries in the country…
Gesture, Movement, Freedom: On the Micro An Archive and Forms of Sight: Gestures of Madness Date: Wednesday 15 October 2025 Venue: CHR’s Iyatsiba Lab, 66 Greatmore Street, Woodstock (enter via…
Gesture, Movement, Freedom: On the Micro In Black Women’s Hands: A History of Gestures in Photography and Textile Date: Tuesday 14 October 2025 Venue: CHR’s Iyatsiba Lab, 66 Greatmore Street,…
Lessons from Rwanda 30 Years after Genocide: Reflections on Mnemossiduous Practice Date: Thursday 18 September Time: 10:30am – 12:30pm Venue: The CHR’s Iyatsiba Lab, 66 Greatmore Street, Woodstock (enter via…