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Transdisciplinary Institute for Mandela Studies
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TIMS is a strategic project run via the Engagement & Transformation Portfolio (ETP) Office. Find the ETP Office on Facebook and Instagram.
This workshop held in September explored the ‘academic expression’ of Nelson Mandela and the broader question of how naming cultures work. The session was facilitated by Professor Verne Harris of the Nelson Mandela Foundation and Adjunct Professor at Nelson Mandela University. Watch the workshop session here.
The purpose of the webinar was to engage with current Mandela-related scholarship, identify and explore fresh lines of enquiry, and distil critical questions which would be helpful for the process currently underway towards the establishment of the Transdisciplinary Institute for Mandela Studies (TIMS). Watch the session here.
The Nelson Mandela Foundation and Nelson Mandela University joined hands in 2020 in an effort to advance the legacy of the world icon after which they are named. Watch the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signing ceremony here.
The colloquium was organised around the following themes: rights, democracy and justice, cultural memory and the politics of the present; inheritance, legacy and commemoration; and representation, signification and iconism. Watch the event here.
