From Prinisha.Badassy at wits.ac.za Wed Mar 23 10:35:25 2022 From: Prinisha.Badassy at wits.ac.za (Prinisha Badassy) Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2022 08:35:25 +0000 Subject: [SAHS] =?windows-1252?q?SOUTH_AFRICAN_HISTORICAL_JOURNAL_PRESENT?= =?windows-1252?q?S=3A__DISCUSSION_OF_THE_=91JULY_CRISIS=92_OF_2021?= Message-ID: Please join us for the first inaugural? SOUTH AFRICAN HISTORICAL JOURNAL SEMINAR The Crisis In Gauteng and Kwazulu-Natal, July 2021 ?Coffee House Conversations: Historians on the Current Moment? Drs Julian Brown, Timothy Gibbs, Thina Nzo and Franziska Rueedi will be in conversation with Prof Brij Maharaj [Eight Days in July: Inside the unrest and looting that shook South Africa | News24] 24 March, DISCUSSION OF THE ?JULY CRISIS? OF 2021 with Drs Julian Brown, Timothy Gibbs, Thina Nzo and Franziska Rueedi in conversation with Prof Brij Maharaj. Widespread civil unrest erupted in South Africa, in the provinces of KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng, between 9 and 18 July 2021, following the incarceration of former President Jacob Zuma on contempt of court charges. The conflict involved public violence, arson and looting. These acts were initially described as ?protests? by Zuma supporters, but can be understood in the larger context of desperately high unemployment and inequality, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Finally, the army was called in to quell the violence and plundering. Perhaps R10 billion was lost in theft and property destroyed. It is estimated that 342 people were killed during the crisis. The South African Historical Journal put together a panel to gain a deeper perspective on these events in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng ? exploring them from an historical perspective. Note: (please note, Thursday, 1:30-2:30 pm and ONLINE ONLY! Register in advance for this meeting: https://maties.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAufuGtpzwqEtVn1VAV8GvCs7abyRaJGqWj Discussants: Prof Julian Brown is an Associate Professor in Political Studies at the University of the Witwatersrand. His new book is Marikana: A People?s History (James Currey and Jacana, 2022). Dr Timothy Gibbs has a DPhil from Oxford in Modern History and is a lecturer in African History at University College London. His Mandela's Kinsmen: nationalist elites and apartheid's first Bantustan (Woodbridge: James Currey, 2014) explored ethnic identities and elite nationalism in a period of protest and era of revolution in southern Africa. He is close to completing a book on the tsunami of popular support that brought Jacob Zuma to power Dr Thina Nzo holds a PhD in African Studies (University of Edinburgh) and a Masters in Local Government Studies (University of Birmingham). Thina uses an interdisciplinary approach to the study of politics and policy, buttressed by her interest in employing qualitative research and organisational ethnography to study local government bureaucracies. Her recent publications include ?Whose Power Is It Anyway? Local Government and the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producers Procurement Programme (REIPPPP) Emthanjeni Local Municipality in the Northern Cape Province?. PARI Local Government Report. Public Affairs Research Institute, 2021 and ?ANC Provincial-Regional Politics in the Northern Cape: Corruption or Everyday Informal Practices?. Commonwealth Journal of Local Government, 4 (2), 2016. Dr Franziska Rueedi has a DPhil in Modern History from the University of Oxford. She currently works as a senior lecturer at the University of Z?rich. She works on the histories of rumour, violence, popular protest and transnational solidarity. Her recent work includes The Vaal Uprising of 1984 & the Struggle for Freedom in South Africa (James Currey, 2021). Chair: Prof Brij Maharaj is a Senior Professor of Geography at the University of Kwazulu-Natal. He is a civic activist from the anti-apartheid era, and actively promotes and advocates for a revived civil society in democratic South Africa. He is a regular media commentator on topical issues as part of his commitment to public intellectualism ? and recently authored ?The Apartheid City?. In Massey & Gunter (eds), Urban Geography in South Africa. Springer, 2020 and ?Contesting Violent Displacement: The case of the Warwick Market in Durban, South Africa?, International Development Planning Review, 42, 2020. Free article access until the end of April: Coffee House Conversations: Historians on the Current Moment: South African Historical Journal: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02582473.2021.2016153 This meeting will be recorded for educational purposes, in joining you agree to be part of a recorded event. To share queries, suggestions or, perhaps, elegant encomia, please contact Professor Sandra Swart, at sss at sun.ac.za This communication is intended for the addressee only. It is confidential. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately and destroy the original message. You may not copy or disseminate this communication without the permission of the University. 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Further instructions for submitting proposals can be found here https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/bjhs-themes/information/information-for-proposals We look forward to reading and learning from exciting proposals. Please get in touch (r.debroy at reading.ac.uk) if you have any questions. All best wishes, Rohan Deb Roy (Editor, BJHS Themes) This communication is intended for the addressee only. It is confidential. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately and destroy the original message. You may not copy or disseminate this communication without the permission of the University. Only authorised signatories are competent to enter into agreements on behalf of the University and recipients are thus advised that the content of this message may not be legally binding on the University and may contain the personal views and opinions of the author, which are not necessarily the views and opinions of The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. 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URL: From Prinisha.Badassy at wits.ac.za Thu Mar 24 20:56:16 2022 From: Prinisha.Badassy at wits.ac.za (Prinisha Badassy) Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2022 18:56:16 +0000 Subject: [SAHS] CFA: PhD Studentship 'Metallic Empire', University of Warwick and Science Museum, London Message-ID: The studentship is open to international applicants, and the University of Warwick will cover the difference between home and international fees, so there will hopefully be less of a barrier for those applying internationally. - Metallic Empire: Science, Energy, and Industrial Imperialism in the John Percy Collection, 1817-89 AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership PhD Studentship University of Warwick and Science Museum, London Applications are invited for a fully-funded PhD studentship (fees and maintenance) to be held at the Department of History, University of Warwick and the Science Museum, London. The studentship focuses on the colonial and industrial history of the John Percy Collection, held at the Science Museum, London. The Percy Collection comprises over 3,700 mineralogical specimens, including coal from South Africa, silver from Australia, and copper from India. The collection was made by John Percy FRS (1817-1889), and then subsequently acquired by the South Kensington Museum on his death. A study of the Percy Collection provides an excellent opportunity to uncover the imperial and colonial origins of a significant early acquisition by the Science Museum. Alongside these colonial legacies, this project will also uncover the hidden contributions of under-represented groups in the history of modern science and industry. From Indian translators to Japanese craftspeople, a range of individuals played a part in the making of the Percy Collection. This project will therefore provide a new foundation for presenting the collection to the public. The project will be supervised jointly by Dr James Poskett (Warwick), Dr Katayoun Shafiee (Warwick), Dr Richard Dunn (Science Museum), and Mr Ben Russell (Science Museum). Deadline for Applications: Friday 29th April 2022 Online Interviews: Week beginning Monday 9th May 2022 How to Apply and Further Details: https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/history/people/staff_index/poskett/studentship/ International Applicants: Applications from international students are very welcome. The University of Warwick will cover the difference between home and international tuition fees. The PhD maintenance stipend is payable to international students at the same rate as home students. Informal enquiries may be directed to Dr James Poskett (j.poskett at warwick.ac.uk). This communication is intended for the addressee only. It is confidential. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately and destroy the original message. 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