2020 Writing Fellows

We welcome our 2020 Writing Fellows

Johannesburg Institute
for Advanced Study

To promote advanced research in the humanities and natural sciences, beyond the regular teaching and research activities at institutions of higher learning.

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Residents will have ample time for creative work in our secure and tranquil setting, as well as daily opportunities to engage with fellow residents.

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The Johannesburg Institute for Advanced Study (JIAS) is an institute based at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. Although only launched in May 2015 as the first fully-fledged institute for advanced learning in Gauteng, South Africa’s economic and political heartland, JIAS has grown to be one of the leading institutes of its kind based in the African continent. Its purpose is to promote advanced research in the humanities and natural sciences, beyond the regular teaching and research activities at institutions of higher learning.

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Information, Understanding, Transformation: The Challenges of the 4IR

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‘The Absent Community’ symposium at JIAS

‘The absent community’symposium was recently held at Johannesburg Institute for Advanced Study (JIAS). The Symposium brought together a small group of scholars from the disciplines of Philosophy, Political

Fred Khumalo launches latest book at JIAS

Award-winning author, journalist and former Writing Fellow, Fred Khumalo recently launched his latest book ‘Talk of the Town’ at JIAS. Some of Khumalo’s works include the popular Dancing the Death Drill,

Britain post Brexit

Professor John Rapley, who is currently a visiting fellow at JIAS, writes about Britian post Brexit. The article appeared in the Daily Maverick (30 May 2019). Read it here: https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2019-05-29-britains-slow-suicide-as-the-brexit-euro-chickens-come-home-to-roost/

Miracle churches and the fourth industrial revolution

Why do people join ‘miracle churches’? There is a disconnect with the economy due to high levels of unemployment in South Africa; that was one of the views that Professor Maria Frahm-Arp highlighted when

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Events

27 Feb 2020

Lives in Transit: Circus Performance and the Indian Ocean World

The presentation will look at the emergence of circus training centres in early twentieth century Malabar. It shall also explore the formation of circus

Venue | Johannesburg Institute for Advanced Study

5 Mar 2020

The state of Zambian democracy and Zambia-China relations

The presentation will seek to analyse the status of democracy in Zambia and the role, if any, of Zambia-China relations in fortifying or undermining democracy.