What does it mean to write—creatively, critically, and courageously—in our time? Join Barbara Masekela & Makhosazana Xaba for a conversation on writing, politics & imagination. 🗓️ 14 Nov | 🕕 6–8PM | 📍JIAS, Westdene #JIAS #WritingInOurTime #JIASat10

VENUE CHANGE for Prof Victoria J. Collis-Buthelezi’s Lecture Owing to the overwhelming demand, please note that the lecture will now take place at FADA Auditorium, 14 Nov at 6pm. Faculty of Art, Design & Architecture (FADA), UJ, Bunting Road Campus RSVP: https://t.co/vtTLONzcPp

As JIAS enters its next decade, Director Prof. Victoria Collis-Buthelezi delivers her inaugural lecture: “Constituting a Black Archive: A Grounding.” Exploring empire’s silences & lost futures, this marks JIAS @10. 🗓️ 14 Nov | 🕰️ 6–8pm | 📍JIAS + Online

JIAS @ 10 presents Constituting a Black Archive Series ✨ First: Stubborn Memories by Nombuso Mathibela — a sound study exploring Black memory, ritual & the archive. 📅 6 Nov | 🕕 6–8PM | 📍JIAS, Westdene #JIASat10 #BlackArchives #NombusoMathibela

Join us at the Johannesburg Institute for Advanced Study (JIAS) for a public lecture: A Museum Without Walls: The Journal as Book Art, Curriculum & Decolonial Praxis hosted by Dr Marielle Barrow Maignan. 🗓️ 29 Oct 2025 | ⏰ 18:00–20:00 | 📍 JIAS, Westdene

We’ve had an inspiring time with the Creative Writing Workshop participants during their stay at JIAS! 📚 Visit to @bookcirclecapital and Excursion to Freedom Park Heritage Site & Museum in Pretoria #JIASWriters #CreativeWriting #JIASat10 #JIAShomeofideas

The fifth instalment of the URGENT/EMERGENT series features Léopold Lambert, Chief Editor of The Funambulist, in conversation with Nombuso Mathibela. #JIASat10

JIAS is proud to host Akilah Riley-Richardson for Healing the Wounds of the System a powerful seminar on how systemic oppression impacts BIPOC & LGBTQI couples. Rooted in her P.R.I.D.E. model & upcoming book (WW Norton, 2026). In partnership with @go2uj #JIASat10

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Event recap - Powerful evening at JIAS with Prof. M. Neelika Jayawardane & Of Soul and Joy exploring how SA’s next-gen photographers are reshaping documentary traditions—deeply personal, politically charged, and rooted in memory, land & identity. #JIASat10 #JIASHomeofIdeas

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AI & Life Matters by @JIAS_Africa explores AI through feminist, ecological & decolonial lenses by Professor @AnaisNony This online sessions starting Sept 16. Join us to rethink AI’s power & liberation.

📣 ANNOUNCEMENT JIAS proudly presents the finalists for the 2025 Creative Writing Workshop for Emerging Writers! ✍️🌍 🌟 Finalists: 🇿🇦 Indigene Corefio Harris 🇿🇦 Yuwinn A. Kraukamp 🇹🇿 Immaculate Halla 🇬🇭 @poetic_siren 🇳🇦 Jeremy Tiboth 🇪🇬 Nour Kamel

Join JIAS for Next Wave Photography: Innovating the Documentary Tradition in South Africa with Prof. Neelika Jayawardane & photographers from Of Soul and Joy. Explore how a new generation is reshaping documentary photography. 🗓️ - 3 Sept 25 at 5:30PM 📍- Tolip Street #JIASat10

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Over the past two weeks, JIAS hosted Prof. Benjamin N. Lawrance, who shared powerful insights on intellectual property. Stay tuned for his upcoming book Original Apartheid Hustler: The Life and Times of Dugmore Boetie, co-presented with Dr. Vusumuzi R. Kumalo (NMU). #JIASat10

Prof. Victoria Collis-Buthelezi, Director of JIAS at UJ, joins @MorningLiveSABC tomorrow, Sat 30 Aug at 06:45 AM. As JIAS’s first female director, she’s driving a bold vision for research, creativity & global dialogue. #WomensMonth #JIASat10 #MorningLive

📢 Join us at JIAS on 28 Aug (5:30PM) for a seminar by Prof. Benjamin N. Lawrance: “White Takes Black: How Black South African Creatives Lose Control of Copyright” From apartheid to now, the fight for ownership continues. #JIASat10

Join us at JIAS for the 4th URGENT/EMERGENT seminar featuring the launch of “Legacies of Forced Removals in SA” by Prof. Efua Prah with Dr. Nosipho Mngomezulu (respondent) 🗓️ 28 Aug | 🕒 3–5PM #JIAS #BookLaunch #ChildhoodStudies #YouthVoices

📢 Join us for a public lecture on Original Apartheid Hustler — the powerful story of Dugmore Boetie, a South African writer whose voice was silenced and legacy distorted. 🗓️ 22 Aug 2025 | 🕒 2-4PM | 📍 JIAS 🎙️ Prof. Benjamin Lawrance & Dr. Vusumuzi Kumalo #JIASat10