South Africa Reflects: 30 Years of Democracy Colloquium

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Join us for a one-day colloquium at the University of Johannesburg bringing together scholars, thinkers, publishers and editors to reflect on 30 years of South African democracy, to discuss the potential challenges and opportunities in the coming years.

Date: Monday, 4th November 2024

Time and Location:

  • Colloquium (9am to 3.45pm SAST) at the Conference Room 1&2, The Kerzner, at the School of Tourism and Hospitality, Bunting Road Campus, University of Johannesburg, 57 Bunting Rd, Cottesloe, Johannesburg, 2092, South Africa
  • Reception (5pm to 7pm SAST) at Gallery Momo Art at 52 7th Ave, Parktown North, Randburg, 2193, South Africa (for the evening reception)

About the Colloquium

At the event, we will be launching 30 Years of Democracy in South Africa’ book series which is a cooperative venture between Routledge, Skotaville Academic Publishing, and UNISA Press with selected works reflecting on the past 30 years and assessing the future opportunities and challenges. The series editors, Abebe Zegeye and Beth le Roux, will introduce the series.


We then invite you to join us for a lively panel discussion and an interactive Q&A featuring several South African voices from diverse fields (including economics, history, international relations, media studies, political science and arts & humanities) to reflect on the country’s past 30 years of democracy, and provide their unique perspectives on South Africa’s future prospects.

In the afternoon, you will have the opportunity hear lightning talks and debate with a panel of editors from several major South African journals and The Conversation Africa Chief Editor who will discuss the important areas of progress and future directions for scholarly knowledge production and dissemination from a number of academic, policy-focused, and publicly engaged perspectives.

To end the day, an evening reception with light refreshments will be held at Gallery Momo with a short presentation by South African visual artist, art historian and curator of MOMO, Thembinkosi Goniwe.

Interested in finding out more? Here is the full agenda and map for the Colloquium.


List of sponsors and organisers: 

University of Johannesburg

UNISA Press

Skotaville Academic Publishing

Taylor & Francis Africa Journals

Global South Colloquium Fund

Gallery MOMO

Third World Quarterly (TWQ)

Global Souths Hub

Routledge Books

Our Invited Panelists:

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June Bam-Hutchison, Sociology and History Education, University of Johannesburg (UJ)

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Divine Fuh, Director of the Institute for Humanities Africa (HUMA), University of Cape Town

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Thembinkosi Goniwe, an art historian, curator, and writer, Rhodes University, MOMO

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Derilene (Dee) Marco, Senior Lecturer in Media Studies, University of the Witwatersrand (WITS)

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Dilip Menon, Professor of International Relations, University of the Witwatersrand (WITS)

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Bhaso Ndzendze, Associate Professor of Politics and IR, University of Johannesburg (UJ)

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Thula Simpson, Associate Professor of History, University of Pretoria

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Raymond Suttner, an independent scholar and social and political analyst

For further information, please contact Professor Beth Le Roux ([email protected]) and Abebe Zegeye ([email protected]).

Organisers

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Global Souths Hub
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