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Join Achille Mbembe and Thembinkosi Goniwe for the 2015 Johannesburg Workshop in Theory and Criticism at WiSER

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The 2015 Session of The Johannesburg Workshop in Theory and Criticism (JWTC)The 2015 Session of The Johannesburg Workshop in Theory and Criticism (JWTC)

 
WiSER invites you to the 2015 session of the Johannesburg Workshop in Theory and Criticism (JWTC) which is centred around the theme “Bios, Techné and the Manufacture of Happiness”.

The closed welcoming celebrations will take place on Sunday, 28 June, and the series will kick off on Monday, 29 June, at 10:30 AM. Everyone is welcome to attend the public lectures and performances which will take place in the WiSER Seminar Room at the University of the Witwatersrand, unless otherwise indicated.

Throughout the session authors Achille Mbembe, Thembinkosi Goniwe, Catherine Burns, David Theo Goldberg, Bronwyn Law-Viljoen and Ackbar Abbas will present lectures in which they tackle the question of happiness. Mbembe will open proceedings on Monday morning with a presentation on “Happiness in the Age of Animism”.

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Event Details

  • Date: From Monday, 29 June, to Wednesday, 8 July, 2015
  • Time: 10:30 AM
  • Venue: WiSER Seminar Room
    6th Floor
    Richard Ward Building,
    East Campus
    Wits University | Map
  • Speakers: Achille Mbembe, Thembinkosi Goniwe, Catherine Burns, David Theo Goldberg, Bronwyn Law-Viljoen and Ackbar Abbas

 
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