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The Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research, @WitsUniversity. [email protected]

Johannesburg, South Africa
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WiSER
19 days
πŸ’§ Interdisciplinary Conversations on Water – Final 2025 Event Join Wits Water & WiSER for our closing roundtable of the year on water futures. across communities πŸ—“ Thursday, October 30 πŸ• 1–2pm πŸ“ WiSER Seminar Room (Wits University) πŸ”— https://t.co/SxmVzGdWMy
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WiSER
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Under Pressure: Botanical Hauntings Curated by Christine DiParktownexhibition where plants, printmaking, memory & absence meet. Inspired by the Plant Lives seminar series by Prof Hofmeyr & Prof Nuttall Opening with Prof Nuttall πŸ—“οΈ 1 (5pm) - 2 Nov (12pm) πŸ“Parktown
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@vinyl_institute
Vinyl Institute
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Vinyl is vital to so many industries. It's the backbone of a diverse set of products, like pipe for safe water delivery.
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WiSER
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Hlonipha Mokoena’s latest book, β€˜The Nightwatchman’, Representing Black Men in Colonial South Africa, was discussed yesterday evening, with Achille Mbembe and John Wright at WiSER.
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WiSER
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Discover how books, plants, and climate intertwine 🌿 Join Prof. Isabel Hofmeyr for the 2025 Panizzi Lectures at the British Library. πŸ“… Oct 27, 30 & Nov 3 🎟️ In person or online: πŸ”— https://t.co/NIqqiy3sr7
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Join WiSER and Wits University Press this evening for an engaging book discussion with Hlonipha Mokoena, author of πŸ—“ TONIGHT, 16 October 2025 πŸ•• 6:00 PM πŸ“ WiSER Seminar Room, 6th Floor, Richard Ward Building πŸ“© RSVP: Najibha.Deshmukh@wits.ac.za
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WiSER
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πŸ“– Book | The Nightwatchman Representing Black Men in Colonial South Africa βœ’οΈ Hlonipha Mokoena 9781776149353
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@DiversityCentre
Wits Centre for Diversity Studies
24 days
Chaired by WiCDS PhD candidate Sarah Boden, we began the day with an extraordinary discussion focusing on post-colonial Russian critical approaches to Indigenous identity politics, epistemic injustice, and securitisation through emergent decolonial lenses.
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πŸ“– Book | The Nightwatchman Representing Black Men in Colonial South Africa βœ’οΈ Hlonipha Mokoena 9781776149353
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WiSER
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WISER’s Trust Project presents: An Online Panel Discussion CRYPTO IN AFRICA Moderated by: Laura Phillips πŸ—“οΈ 8 October 2025 πŸ•• 6 PM (SAST) πŸ‘‰ Register here: https://t.co/21NzNjzgyi
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WiSER
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WiSER and Wits University Press invite you to join us for a book discussionΒ THE NIGHTWATCHMAN by Hlonipha Mokoena Representing Black Men in Colonial South Africa πŸ—“οΈ 16th October 2025 πŸ•• 6pm πŸ“WiSER Seminar Room, 6th Floor Richard Ward Building.
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Wits Politics
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Happening now: Screening of The Quiet Heroes of Sudan on emergency Response Rooms (ERRs) at @WitsWiSER
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WiSER
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Invite | WiSER invites you to a panel discussion on Crypto in Africa Online panel discussion with Babatunde Okunoye, Lindsey Schutters, Gareth Stobie, and moderated by Laura Phillips onΒ  πŸ—“οΈ: 8 October 2025, πŸ••: 6.00pm. πŸ”— Reg: https://t.co/INXvm48UFH
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WiSER invites you to a book discussion of Clawing back Redistribution in Precarious Times by Deborah James πŸ—“οΈ: Oct 2025 πŸ•›: 12 .30 - 14.00 πŸ“: WiSER Seminer Room
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WiSER
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Join WiCDS on Extremist Mythologies πŸ—“οΈ 14 - 16 October 2025, πŸ“ @WitsUniversity, RSVP: https://t.co/54R9qACZrf
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WiSER
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WiSER & Wits Water warmly invite you to Interdisciplinary Conversations on Water Convo 8: Curses & Death Blows: Water, Infrastructures & Governance in Joburg Prof Breckenridge: Rethinking the curse of mine-financed urban infrastructures Prof Everatt: Death by water in Hillbrow
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WiSER
2 months
Reminder - Thulani Mkhize will be in conversation with Prof Homeyr @WitsWiSER seminar room. Starting soon.
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WiSER
2 months
πŸ“– Join us for the launch of Nontsizi Mgqwetho: The Poet of the People (1919–1929) by Thulani Mkhize. πŸ—“ 18 Sept 2025 | πŸ•  17h30 πŸ“ WiSER, @WitsUniversity In conversation with Prof Isabel Hofmeyr. RSVP: Najibha.Deshmukh@wits.ac.za #BookLaunch #AfricanLiterature #WiSER
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WiSER
2 months
πŸ“– Join us for the launch of Nontsizi Mgqwetho: The Poet of the People (1919–1929) by Thulani Mkhize. πŸ—“ 18 Sept 2025 | πŸ•  17h30 πŸ“ WiSER, @WitsUniversity In conversation with Prof Isabel Hofmeyr. RSVP: Najibha.Deshmukh@wits.ac.za #BookLaunch #AfricanLiterature #WiSER
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WiSER
2 months
Invite | WiSER invites you to Hloniph Mokoena’s book launch of Nightwatchman Representing Black Men in Colonial South Africa πŸ—“οΈ 9 September 2025 πŸ•” 17:30 πŸ“ 53 Rustenburg, Rd, Melvillle, Johannesburg
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WiSER
2 months
WiSER invites you to The Secret Lives of Plants : in the Barnes Road Herbariu Hosted by Isabel Hofmeyr Walkabout 10 am Sept 6, 2025 πŸ“Origins Centre, Wits University.
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WiSER
3 months
πŸ’§ Join us for Interdisciplinary Conversations on Water Conversation 7: Water users in a complex society Speakers: Kevin Harding & Simone Dahms-Verster πŸ—“οΈ Thurs, Aug 28 | 1–2pm | WiSER, Wits 🍴 Lunch served | RSVP: Najibha.Deshmukh@wits.ac.za #Water #Wits #WiSER
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WiSER
3 months
WiSER invites you to join us for a lunchtime seminar by EstefanΓ­a Bournot (Austrian Academy of Sciences) Extractive Zones and the Last Utopia: Art, Literature, and Ecological Resistance from Latin America to African Studies πŸ—“οΈ 26th August πŸ• 1pm πŸ“WiSER Seminar Room
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