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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 lessons of history are

‘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 Studies, History,

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

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/

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

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