Johannesburg Institute for Advanced Study (JIAS)
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Johannesburg Institute for Advanced Study (JIAS) is a Global South research hub and community space for experimental thinking and creative practice
Johannesburg
Joined November 2014
📢 Join us at JIAS for Echoes in the Sublime — a critical convo on attention, the Anthropocene & African Time featuring Profs Shabangu & Nony. 🗓️ 31 July | 🕒 3–5PM | 📍JIAS & Online.🎥 Featuring Baloji’s Zombies (2019).📧 RSVP: jiasinfo@uj.ac.za.#JIASat10 #UrgentEmergent
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🚨 Applications for the JIAS Creative Writing Workshop for Emerging Writers close on 30th July 2025. Learn more here: . #jiasat10.#JIASHomeofIdeas
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As it draws to a close today, the two-day conference hosted by JIAS and the Department of Politics and International Relations at the @go2uj has brought together scholars and thinkers to mark the centenary of Frantz Fanon’s birth (20 July 1925). #JIASat10 #JIASHomeOfIdeas
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We hosted a special lunch in honor of Prof. Peter Vale, the founding director of JIAS. A message from JIAS Director, Victoria Collis-Buthelezi:.“Thank you for your generous spirit, your intellect, and your visionary leadership. You laid the foundation for what JIAS has become.”
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After Extraction_Walking with Theodora. A Performance lecture featuring: Senzeni Marasela in dialogue with Uhuru Phalafala, Victoria Collis-Buthelezi, & friends. A collaboration between Mpho Matsipa & Chimurenga, in partnership with JIAS. Please join us!
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After Extraction. 🗓️ 11 July 2025.📌 The Library of Things We Forgot to Remember, 44 Stanley.🕰️ 12:00PM - 20:30PM . 🗓️ 18 July.📌 Ellis House, Doornfotein.🕰️ 10:30AM - 16:00PM. In collaboration with:.@chimurenga_sa | @uclbartlett | @uj_jias | @thegathering.salon
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Happy Birthday to Makhosazana Xaba!.An acclaimed poet and short story writer, translator, and JIAS Senior Research Fellow. Makhosazana’s work continues to shape African literature. We’re proud to have her with us and wish her a day as powerful as her voice!
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RT @TimesLIVE: The University of Johannesburg has conferred an honorary doctorate on Margaret Busby, recognising her trailblazing role as A….
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The University of Johannesburg has conferred an honorary doctorate on Margaret Busby, recognising her trailblazing role as Africa’s first black woman publisher and her decades-long contributions to...
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The Machine and the Margins: Annotation-Based Pedagogy for the AI Age. 📅 15 May | 🕒 15:00 | 📍JIAS, Johannesburg. Join Carrie Timlin & Colette Gordon to discuss annotation, AI & pedagogy. Co-chaired by Prof Collis-Buthelezi & Dr. Nony. Sign up now:
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📢 Announcing the 2025 JIAS Global Blackness Writing Fellows — four extraordinary voices + two deferred fellows whose work speaks across geographies, disciplines, and Black intellectual traditions. ✍🏾
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🎭 TONIGHT at 19:00. Join the discussion at the Market Theatre for a post-performance panel after The Fall. Featuring cast members, Prof Victoria Collis-Buthelezi (JIAS), and Sandile Tshabalala (JIAS).
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Huge congratulations to JIAS Fellow Kally Forrest for winning the 2025 NIHSS Award for Biography! 🏆 For her acclaimed book "Lydia: Anthem to the Unity of Women", published by @JacanaMedia.
A huge congratulations to our winners in the Non-Fiction category at the #HSSAwards2025!.Celebrating thought-provoking research, critical insight, and the voices shaping our understanding of the world in this milestone 10th edition. #10YearsOfHSS #DecadeOfExcellence
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📚✨ Johannesburg Festival of Women Writers 2025 ✨📚. Join us on 9 March at UJ’s FADA, Bunting Campus, for panels, masterclasses & book signings with Barbara Boswell, Athambile Masola, Angela Makholwa, and more!. 🔖 Register now:
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✨ What does the body know?. Join us on 6 March for The Question of Bodily Sovereignty, Or, Anthropology as Vulnerable Praxis with Prof. Deborah A. Thomas, followed by a performance by the St. Thomas Kumina Collective. 🎟️ Sign up here:
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'Writing is a practice of freedom.’ ✍🏾✨ Award-winning author Barbara Boswell joins @SAfmRadio to discuss #JFWW2025. Don’t miss her keynote at the festival on 9 March at UJ’s FADA!. 🎟 Register now:
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JIAS is a Global South research hub & community space for experimental thinking
#SAfmJSB @MichConstant with Dr. #BarbaraBoswell @UCT_news on #LaurettaNgcobo 3rd Festival of Women Writers @JIAS_UJ #jfww #womenwriters #jhbfestivalofwomenwriters @go2uj
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The countdown to The Johannesburg Festival of Women Writers is on! 📚✨ This weekend, JIAS Director Prof. Victoria Collis-Buthelezi shared insights on the festival with @MorningLiveSABC. Don’t miss it—join us on 9 March at UJ’s FADA!. 🎟 Register now:
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[COMING UP]. The third instalment of the Johannesburg Festival of Women Writers will take place next weekend headlined by Barbara Boswell. Prof. Victoria Collins-Buthelezi is in studio for more . #MorningLive.#SABCNews
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✨ Yesterday at WISER.JIAS Director Prof. Victoria Collis-Buthelezi moderated an insightful conversation with Prof. Achille Mbembe and Dr. Mbuyiseni Ndlozi. 🔥 A powerful exchange of ideas on "Apartheid after South Africa".
The WiSER and Innovation Foundation for Democracy seminar is underway. If you can’t join us in person, we’ve got you covered, tune in to the live stream and be part of the conversation. Topic: Apartheid after South Africa. Featuring Professor Achille Mbembe and Dr. Mbuyiseni
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Join us for an evening of literature & conversation at the Love, Marry, Kill book launch with Zukiswa Wanner & Prof. Danai Mupotsa! 📚✨.📅 27 Feb 2025 | 18:00 for 18:30.📍 Book Circle Capital, Melville.🔗 RSVP now at the link in bio!
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