HSRC and Swiss Embassy to showcase social sciences and humanities at Rise and Fall of Apartheid exhibition
DATE: 7 October 2014
Description: The entrance to the MuseuMAfrica, February 2008, Author: Thomas Macmillan, own work
MEDIA INVITE:
Members of the Media are invited to attend a symposium where the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) will partner with the Embassy of Switzerland in South Africa in its support to the Swiss commitment to social science and humanities.
In line with this, the HSRC recently signed a MOU with the University of Basel based in Switzerland and has always enjoyed a very vibrant relationship with the Swiss. Within this context the Swiss Embassy partnered with the HSRC to host an event where the state of Social Sciences will be presented to colleagues from all the embassies based in South Africa. HSRC CEO, Prof Olive Shisana, will deliver the keynote address.
This event will be held tomorrow, Wednesday October 8, 2014 from 10:00 to 14:00 at the Museum Africa, Old Market Building, Newtown, and Johannesburg.
Guests will also enjoy a tour of the museum and view the Rise and Fall of Apartheid exhibition.
For more details contact Mr Julian Jacobs on 082 454 4902
AGENDA
Date: 8 October 2014 Time: 10h00 to 14h00
Venue: Museum Africa, Old Market Building, 121 Bree Street Newtown, Johannesburg
Programme Director: MASILELA Temba
Human Sciences Research Council HSRC
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TIME |
ITEM |
PRESENTER |
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10h00 – 10h20 |
Arrival and Registration |
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10h25 |
Guests seated in auditorium |
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10h30 – 10h40 |
Opening and welcome |
MEUWLY Christian Swiss Embassy
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10h40 – 11h00
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The Social Sciences landscape a global outlook. |
BERGMAN Max University of Basel |
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11h00 – 11h15 |
Outlook for bilateral collaboration in social sciences within a South African context. · Institutional · Transnational · Instruments for collaboration – workshops, study tours, seminars, students and faculty exchanges. |
PILLAY Gansen National Research Foundation NRF |
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11h15 – 11h40 |
Introducing / launching the MoU between the University of Basel and the HSRC |
MASILELA Temba Human Sciences Research Council HSRC |
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11h40 – 11h55 |
Social Sciences and Humanities in South Africa – the HSRC response
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SHISANA Olive Human Sciences Research Council HSRC |
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11h55 |
Closing remarks |
CAREY Carine Swiss Embassy |
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12h00 – 14h00 |
Buffet luncheon and opportunity to view the exhibit of the Rise and Fall of Apartheid with a curator. |
MEUWLY Christian Swiss Embassy
SHISANA Olive Human Sciences Research Council HSRC
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