A letter from our new Director…
Dear Friends,
I write with exciting news: I have been appointed Director of the Johannesburg Institute for Advanced Study (JIAS)!
My appointment as JIAS Director inaugurates the arrival of the Global Blackness Research Platform at JIAS. Global Blackness comes to JIAS with the team and research community built over the last four years at the Centre for the Study of Race, Gender & Class (RGC), since its establishment. The Global Blackness Research Platform is an international community of scholars and artists committed to thinking Blackness from the Global South, through our reading groups, annual Global Blackness Summer Schools, exhibitions, and seminars.
I am excited to expand the Global Blackness Platform at JIAS and look forward to your continued support. Stay tuned for our research agenda and upcoming programming.
In gratitude,
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Friday 11th October, 2024