Drama for Life presents Pieter-Dirk Uys at the Apartheid Archives Conference
June 07, 2011
Narratives, Nostalgia, Nationhoods
3rd Apartheid Archive Conference
UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND, JOHANNESBURG
July 27 - July 29, 2011
The Narratives, Nostalgia, Nationhoods Conference will explore various deployments of nostalgia in different global contexts, including post-authoritarian and post-conflict societies, as well as contexts characterised by social, political and economic instability, fragmentation and disintegration
We invite all those interested in the area of nostalgia, but especially those working with nostalgia and national archives, to register for this conference at: www.apartheidarchive.org/site/
Keynote speakers and panelists will include:
- Gabeba Baderoon
- Jacob Dlamini
- Mark Gevisser
- Barnor Hesse
- Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela
- Nadine Gordimer
- Brandon Hamber
- William Kentridge
- Sibongile Khumalo
- Liisa Malkki
- Hugh Masekela
- Dilip Menon
- Chris van Wyk
- Zoë Wicomb
- Daniel Yon
Film screenings:
Bhekizizwe Peterson’s A Zulu Love Letter
Daniel Yon’s Sathima’s Windsong
Photographic exhibitions:
- Christo Doherty
- Cedric Nunn
- Jo Ractliffe
Performances:
Rewind Cantata by Philip Miller
Adapt or Dye by Pieter Dirk-Uys
Enquiries:
Nomonde Gogo E-mail: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) • Tel: + 27 11 7174524
Register Now !!
Conference Co-sponsors:
Apartheid Archive Project •Wits School of Arts • School of Human and Community Development •School of Literature and Language Studies • Faculty of Humanities • University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa