SWOP AdminMay 51 minGrave Matters presented by Dineo Skosana The Forge, in Johannesburg, will be hosting a series on Land Redistribution in Our Lifetime this month. SWOP's Dineo Skosana will be...
SWOP AdminMay 42 minInaugural Lecture of Professor Karl Von Holdt:The making and unmaking of social orderInaugural Lecture of Professor Karl Von Holdt The making and unmaking of social order: disorder, violence, trajectories Date: Thursday,...
SWOP AdminApr 251 min[Online Conference] Maternar. Perspectivas críticas desde el arte On 27 and 28 April, the Society, Work and Politics Institute (SWOP) will be co-hosting an online conference with the Institute for...
SWOP AdminMar 101 minCall for Papers: Covid-19 Online Symposium Call for papers for an online symposium: Building knowledge of social life through the Covid-19 pandemic and its aftermaths in South Africa.
SWOP AdminMar 84 minCall for Papers: Re-visiones nº 12 (2022) Labor, time, jobs, and the construction of subjectivities Call for Papers Re-visiones Journal: Labor, time, jobs, and the construction of subjectivities through artistic and cultural practices....
SWOP AdminJan 211 min[Webinar] Discussion with the authors of 'Shutdown: How Covid Shook the World's Economy' The WISER Political Economy Seminar, the Society Work and Politics Institute and the UJ History Department invite you to join us for an...
SWOP AdminDec 20, 20212 minCall for Applications: MA bursaries 2022 - Researching the “July Days”What happened during the July events this year? Was it an insurrection? Food riots? Ethnic insurgency? Ungovernability? An uprising? Two...
SWOP AdminNov 5, 20212 min[Webinar] Cranes and coal: connecting the ‘Ecocene’ with the ‘Anthropocene’ in a new eco-politics.SWOP invites you to a webinar as part of the Alternatives to Capitalism Seminar Series: Cranes and coal: connecting the ‘Ecocene’ with...
SWOP AdminSep 21, 20214 minWhat COVID-19 Revealed About HungerSWOP Postdoctoral Fellow, Brittany Kesselman, recently published a piece in Project Syndicate on COVID-19 and hunger in South Africa....
SWOP AdminAug 11, 20211 min[Book Launch] All Gomorrahs are the Same - Thenjiwe Mswane SWOP invites you the the virtual launch of a new novel All Gomorrahs are the Same by Thenjiwe Mswane, in conversation with Gorata...
SWOP AdminAug 2, 20212 min[Webinar] Industrial Action in South Africa (2000-2018): How to read strike statistics qualitativelySWOP invites you to a webinar as part of the Alternatives to Capitalism Seminar Series: Industrial Action in South Africa (2000-2018):...
SWOP AdminJul 13, 20211 min[Book Launch] Land, Law and Chiefs in Rural South Africa SWOP, together with Wits University Press and LARC are excited to announce the launch of a new book Land, Law and Chiefs in Rural South...
SWOP AdminJul 1, 20211 min[Book Launch] Beyond the Wage: Ordinary Work in Diverse EconomiesBeyond the Wage: A panel discussion to celebrate the launch of a new book SCIS and SWOP invite you to an online panel discussion to...
SWOP AdminJun 22, 20214 minCall for Applications for 2021 PhD Scholarships - Violent States, States of Violence Violent States, States of Violence Principal Investigators: Prof Garth Stevens (Department of Psychology) and Prof Karl von Holdt (SWOP)...
SWOP AdminApr 22, 20211 minJacklyn Cock appointed to COSATU Panel of Experts on a Just Transition from Coal for WorkersJacklyn Cock, a staff member at SWOP, has been appointed to the Cosatu Panel of Experts on a just transition from coal for workers. The...
SWOP AdminFeb 22, 20215 minSouth African president extends special COVID-19 grant. Why this is not enough Hannah Dawson, a Postdoctoral Fellow at SWOP, has recently written about the extension of the COVID-19 grant and the need for a basic...
SWOP AdminJan 27, 20212 minVacancy: Senior Researcher SWOP is looking to appoint a Senior Researcher to join its team. The candidate should have an established body of scholarship and be...
SWOP AdminDec 4, 20205 minMine,not yours:When will mining companies realise ancestral land cannot be valued in rands and centsDr Dineo Skosana is a researcher at the Society, Work and Politics Institute, has published a recent piece Mine, not yours:When will...
SWOP AdminNov 13, 20202 minShaka Zulu in the Polish People's Republic - Ian Macqueenian.macqueen@up.ac.za This is an adapted version of an article published on the University of Pretoria website. Read the original here....
SWOP AdminOct 26, 20201 min“Our Existence is Resistance”: Women and the Challenge of the Climate Crisis and Covid-19 pandemicDineo Skosana and Jacklyn Cock have drafted a paper that is now available for download. “Our Existence is Resistance”: Women and the...