We’re attending this colloquium at Wits next week – as associates of the Centre for Critical Research on Race and Identity (we develop digital research resources for them). Should be interesting and there is a public lecture with Professors Jonathan Jansen and Steven Friedman on Thursday night – see you there! The post-1994 South African government requires …
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The Midlands Writers Trail – produced with KZN Literary Tourism for the National Arts Council – is back from the printers and ready for distribution. Writers featured include Imraan Coovadia, Wilbur Smith, Fred Khumalo, Jenny Hobbs and John van der Ruit while stops include Michaelhouse, Hilton College, Caversham Mill and Press, the Howick Falls and …
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I recently attended the Archive and Everyday Life Conference held by the Department of English and Cultural Studies at the McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The programme comprised a vast array of multidisciplinary papers relating to a broad concept of archive. Archivists, theorists, literature scholars, anthropologists and filmmakers from Canada, the United Kingdom, America, …
The Mail & Guardian’s city guide for Durban includes mention of the Grey Street literary trail, developed with KZN Literary Tourism. Grey Street literary tour If you happen to be in Durban on the last Thursday of the month, check out the Grey Street literary tour for a more authentic experience of the area. Trace …
