Kindly click on the below to access the recording of the webinar titled titled “Second Thoughts on Africa in the Colonial Horizon of Modernity.” The ...

JIAS wishes to congratulate NoViolet Bulawayo, a 2020 Writing Fellow, who has made it on the longlist along with 13 other writers for this year's ...

JIAS wishes to congratulate Dr Stephanie Jenkins, a current Writing Fellow, for being chosen as a 2022 Distell National Playwriting Finalist. The competition is a partnership ...

Presented by: Professor Boaventura de Sousa Santos As it happened with previous revolutions, the promises of the 4IR are exhilarating and universal in scope. If ...

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

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 ...

Professor John Rapley, who is currently a visiting fellow at JIAS, writes about Britain post Brexit. The article appeared in the Daily Maverick (30 May ...

Why do people join ‘miracle churches’? There is a disconnect with the economy due to high levels of unemployment in South Africa; that was ...

We are delighted to announce Professor Chris Brink as the latest addition to the JIAS family. Prof Brink joins the Institute as Senior Research ...

JIAS recently welcomed Professor Thabane Vincent Maphai who joins the institute as Senior Research Fellow.