Lecture The instability of truth: aspects of developing a specific Indigenous methodology on experimental practice-led research Wednesday, December 10, 5:30 pm Department of Anthropology, 25 Waverly Place, Kriser Room   Lecture by Brenda Croft, lecturer at the David Unaipon College of Indigenous Education and Research, and the School of Art, Architecture and Design, Division of […]

Colloquium House of Bondage and Home of Ubuntu: South Africa after Twenty Years of Democracy Friday, November 7, 6:00–8:00 pm The Event Space, NYU English Department, 244 Greene Street   This colloquium takes as inspiration the exhibition of South African photographer Ernest Cole’s work at NYU’s Grey Gallery; the return of South African writer Nat […]

Film Screening Miners Shot Down Friday, November 6, 6:00–8:00 pm The Event Space, NYU English Department, 244 Greene Street   Film screening and interview with director Rehad Desai. In this political thriller, Desai draws a disturbing picture of mechanisms of state and corporate power by reconstructing the sequence of events that unfolded when mineworkers striking […]

Panel discussion: Curating and Writing on South African Photography Saturday, October 18, 1:00–3:00 pm Jurow Lecture Hall, Silver Center (enter at 100 Washington Square East)   Panel discussion moderated by Deborah Willis, University Professor and Chair of Photography & Imaging (TSOA), NYU; with Awam Amkpa, Associate Professor of Social & Cultural Analysis (FAS) and Drama […]

Conversation Tuesday, September 16, 6:30 pm Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute, NYU 20 Cooper Square, 7th Floor   Joseph Lelyveld, author and former Executive Editor, New York Times, will discuss his collaboration and friendship with Ernest Cole in South Africa and New York—in conversation with Fred Ritchin, Professor of Photography and Imaging and Co-director of […]