From its micro-campus in Johannesburg, JIAS offers writers and researchers space to develop new ideas and projects, free from the ordinary obligations of academic and professional life. As an institute for advanced study, JIAS is committed to cultivating ground-breaking research from across the Global South, incorporating the humanities, social sciences, arts and natural sciences.
The Johannesburg Festival of Women Writers
9 March 2025
Launched at the University of Johannesburg in 2023, the Johannesburg Festival of Women Writers is a vibrant platform that brings together thinkers, readers, and book lovers. The past two editions have been foundational in bringing together over 400 diverse attendees. For the third edition we are poised to tackle a more in-depth and participatory engagement to ensure a shared learning process.
Under the theme “African Women’s Writing in the 21st Century,” the festival will explore various forms of writing, including fiction, reviews, poetry, and the distribution of knowledge through publishing. Activities will include: Curated Masterclasses, Book Signings, Book Sales, a Children’s Literature Program, and a Plenary Sessions fostering dialogue on writing and publishing in the 21st century.
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2025 JIAS Writing Fellowship
Following the open call released last year, JIAS received almost 600 applications for the 2025 Writing Fellowship. Pouring in from across the Continent and the Global South, the number of applications was remarkable, as was the collective brilliance of the content: diverse, dynamic, urgent. We remain deeply grateful for each and every submission. After a lengthy (and difficult) process of selection, we look forward to welcoming a new cohort of fellows to Johannesburg in early April.
This year’s Fellowship centers on the theme of Global Blackness. At JIAS, we use the term “global Blackness” to signal our investment in exploring the multiplicity of Black experience, intellectual traditions, and perspectives as well as modes of Black theory.
We ask: What are the geographies, practices, and theories of Blackness with which we work? How is Blackness instantiated in different spacetimes?
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