Events

29Jul

Conference2026

Towards Critical Apartheid Studies Conference

Prof. Loren Landau (SARChI in Mobility and the Politics of Difference at the African Centre for Migration & Society, University of the Witwatersrand) will…

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26Jun

Symposium2026

Parliamentary Symposium On Migration and Social Cohesion

ACMS migration expert and co-director Prof. Jo Vearey will be making inputs at the South Africa National Migration Symposium (SAN-MIS) tomorrow. SAN-MIS is a…

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17Jun

ACMS Seminar2026

Hearing the City

Presenter: Dr Brian Murahwa Title: Hearing the City: Pentecostalism, Urban Soundscapes and the Politics of Audibility in Johannesburg's Inner City Discussant: Carina Tenewaa Kanbi Date:…

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27May

ACMS Seminar2026

Home Beyond Borders

Presenter: Dr Lydia Moyo Title: Home Beyond Borders: Belonging and Identity among Zimbabwean Venda-Speaking Migrants in South Africa Discussant: Dr Paddington Mutekwe Date: Wednesday,…

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20May

ACMS Seminar2026

Growing Up Across Borders

Presenters: Prof. Jane Freedman and Dr Aron Hagos Tesfai Title: Growing Up Across Borders Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2026 Time: 12:30 – 13:30 Venue:…

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13May

ACMS Seminar2026

The Adversity Grid – Beyond Epistemological Traps

Presenter: Tanatswa Chineka Title: The Adversity Grid: Beyond Epistemological Traps in the Gendered Liminality of Unaccompanied Migrant Boys Respondent: Prof. Edmos Mtetwa (Department of…

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27Apr

Book Launch2026

East African Queer and Trans Displacements

Over the past decade, East Africa has become synonymous with state-sponsored homo/ transphobia, marked by draconian legislation and recurring moral panics. These escalating dynamics…

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22Apr

Recording2026

Fixed Systems, Mobile Lives

By Reabetswe Maputla South Africa has strong legal and policy commitments toward Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and the protection of sexual and reproductive health…

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15Apr

ACMS Seminar2026

Fixed Systems, Mobile Lives

Presenter: Dr Lucy Pearl Khofi Discussant: Professor Busisiwe Nkala-Dlamini (Wits University, Department of Social Work) Title: Fixed Systems, Mobile Lives: Structural Misalignment and the…

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25Mar

ACMS Seminar2026

Exclusionary Cohesion? Rethinking the Nexus between Social Cohesion and Xenophobic Violence in South Africa

Presenter: Dr Jean Pierre Misago Date: Wednesday, 25 March 2026 Time: 12:30 – 13:45 Venue: ACMS Seminar Room (2163), Solomon Mahlangu House (2nd floor),…

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04Mar

Exhibition2026

The project that’s remapping migration in urban Africa

This post has been adapted from an article that was originally published by Wits University, under the same title, on 3 March 2026. Above featured…

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11Nov

ACMS Seminar2025

Cities in Motion: Health, Violence & Crisis in SA’s Urban Worlds

As part of the Migration, Health & Wellbeing in Context webinar series, the ACMS in partnership with Nuture4Youth, Global Health Research Group: GEMMS, the Cluster…

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25Sep

Recording2025

Serge Alain Nitegeka’s ACMS walkabout of ‘Black Subjects’

On 2 September, about 20 African Centre for Migration & Society (ACMS) staff and students were taken on a guided tour by renowned artist…

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17Sep

ACMS Seminar2025

Home and Away – An Analysis of Out of Country Voting in South African Elections

Presenter: Dr Catherine Musuva Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2025 Time: 12:30 – 13:45 Venue: ACMS Seminar Room: Room 2163, Solomon Mahlangu House (2nd floor),…

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12Sep

Recording2025

‘The Borders of Transformation’ colloquium

Earlier this month (4 September 2025), the University of the Witwatersrand held a colloquium on 'The Borders of Transformation: The Continent and the South…

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05Sep

Recording2025

‘Demographic Change and Migration Policy’ seminar presentation

As part of the ACMS Public Seminar Series, Dr Andrew Selee recently (20 August 2025) presented on 'Demographic Change and Migration Policy.' Dr Selee…

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04Sep

Conference2025

‘The Borders of Transformation: The Continent and the South African University’ colloquium

This colloquium asks how universities in South Africa, and the scholars and activists housed within them, can respond to stormy political waters and to…

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27Aug

ACMS Seminar2025

WiP Seminar: The Securitisation of Migration: Consequences of EU Externalisation Policies on Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding in Africa

The featured image behind the title on the header was created using ChatGPT. Presenter: Dr Silindile Mlilo Date: Wednesday, 27 August 2025 Time: 12:30…

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25Aug

ACMS Seminar2025

On the move — where does wellbeing fit?

Date: Monday, 25 August 2025 Time: 10:00 – 11:30 Venue: ACMS Seminar Room: Room 2163, Solomon Mahlangu House (2nd floor), East Campus, Wits University…

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20Aug

ACMS Seminar2025

Managing the Transition – Adjusting Migration Policies to Respond to a World Undergoing Demographic Change

Presenter: Dr Andrew Selee Date: Wednesday, 20 August 2025 Time: 12:30 – 13:45 Venue: ACMS Seminar Room: Room 2163, Solomon Mahlangu House (2nd floor),…

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06Aug

ACMS Seminar2025

Queering Sex work and Mobility in South Africa

Presenter: Ntokozo Yingwana Date: Wednesday, 6 August 2025 Time: 12:30 – 13:45 Venue: ACMS Seminar Room: Room 2163, Solomon Mahlangu House (2nd floor), East…

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23Jul

ACMS Seminar2025

The ‘Oil and Water’ Dynamics of Migration Governance in West Africa: A Bottom-up Perspective in Niger

Presenter: Dr Balkissa Daouda Diallo Date: Wednesday, 23 July 2025 Time: 12:30 – 13:45 Venue: ACMS Seminar Room: Room 2163, Solomon Mahlangu House (2nd…

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12Mar

ACMS Seminar2025

‘From Deprivation to Mobilisation: Towards a Multideterminant Model of Xenophobic Violence in South Africa’

Presenter: Dr Jean Pierre Misago Date: 12 March 2025 Time: 12.20 – 13.30 Venue: ACMS Seminar Room: Room 2163, Solomon Mahlangu House (2nd floor),…

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18Dec

ACMS Seminar2024

‘Atlas of Uncertainty’ exhibit coming to Jozi

Human mobility is the defining feature of an era marked by political instability, economic precarity, and environmental insecurity. These movements are reshaping urban landscapes…

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14Jun

ACMS Seminar2023

Third Global Consultation on the Health of Refugees and Migrants

The 3rd Global Consultation on the Health of Refugees and Migrants opened in Rabat (Morocco) yesterday. The 3-day consultation, 13-15 June 2023, aims to…

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24May

ACMS Seminar2023

Chair in Mobility and the Politics of Difference supports Gender and Geography

This opinion piece was originally published by Wits University under the same title, along with the featured images, on 18 May 2023.  The 18th…

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25Apr

Book Launch2023

Cosmopolitan Refugees

Join us for the launch of Cosmopolitan Refugees: Somali Migrant Women in Nairobi and Johannesburg, a book by ACMS's alumnus Nereida Ripero-Muñiz on 18…

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13Feb

ACMS Seminar2023

Slavery, Sex Work and the Paradox of Fugitivity 

The African Centre for Migration & Society and Wits Department of Political Science cordially invite you to a seminar by Professor Julia N O'Connell…

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01Nov

Book Launch2022

African Queer and Trans Displacements

Please join us on the 30th of November 2022 for a book launch and discussion B Camminga (African Centre for Migration & Society), John Marnell (African Centre…

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01Nov

Conference2022

Conference: African Queer and Trans Displacements

African Queer & Trans Displacements is a two-day conference bringing together scholars, policymakers, practitioners, advocates and activists working on the forced or voluntary migration…

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19Oct

ACMS Seminar2022

Virtual Discussion: Arrival at the Margins

The editors and contributors of ‘Arrival at the Margins,’ invite you to attend a virtual discussion of their new special issue of Migration Studies. With…

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06Sep

ACMS Seminar2022

Virtual Book Talk: Right Where We Belong: How Refugee Teachers and Students Are Changing the Future of Education

Half of the world’s 26 million refugees are children. Their formal education is disrupted, and their lives are too often dominated by exclusion and…

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02Aug

Symposium2022

Panel Discussion: Implications of Xenophobic Violence for Trade & Transformation

Wits University’s African Centre for Migration & Society and the Wits-Oxford Mobility Governance Lab, invite you to a panel discussion reflecting on the meaning…

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20Jul

Book Launch2022

“The Blinded City: Ten Years in Inner-City Johannesburg” by Dr Matthew Wilhelm-Solomon

Wits Anthropology, the African Centre for Migration & Society, and the Humanities Graduate Centre cordially invite you to a launch of, and panel discussion on, Dr Matthew Wilhelm-Solomon's book…

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26Apr

ACMS Seminar2022

The UK-Rwanda Asylum Deal: What does it mean for refugees and the global refugee regime?

This special seminar is being hosted by the Refugee Law Initiative (RLI) in London, the African Centre for Migration and Society (ACMS) in Johannesburg,…

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17Mar

ACMS Seminar2022

Call for Papers & Panels: African Queer & Trans Displacements

African Queer & Trans Displacements is a two-day conference bringing together scholars, policymakers, practitioners, advocates and activists working on the forced or voluntary migration…

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25Feb

ACMS Seminar2022

Applying Behavioral Science in Programming to Address Xenophobia & Promote Social Cohesion

Background Globally, as well as in the Southern Africa region, a recent rise in anti-migrant attitudes, including an increase in violent acts against migrants,…

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03Dec

Symposium2021

Roundtable & Public Discussion: Rethinking Knowledge Politics in Migration Research, Teaching & Practice

The African Centre for Migration & Society (ACMS) at the University of the Witwatersrand and Department of Political Science at the University of Vienna…

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03Dec

Symposium2021

Call to Participate in a Workshop on Rethinking Knowledge Politics in Migration Research, Teaching & Practice

Recently, there has been a proliferation of representations of refugees, asylum seekers and irregular migrants waiting at land, sea as well as air border…

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30Nov

ACMS Seminar2021

Civil Society Consultative Meeting: Governing for Migrant Inclusion in Post-Election Johannesburg

South Africa’s recent elections mean coalitions local governments and increasingly competitive local politics. An already weakened bureaucracy and a near empty public purse offer…

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11Oct

Book Launch2021

Seeking Sanctuary: Stories of Sexuality, Faith and Migration

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15Sep

ACMS Seminar2021

PROTECT Expert Forum: Protection Issues and Solutions for LGBTIQ+ People in Contexts of Forced Displacement

The African Centre for Migration & Society (ACMS) is running a series of interventions (including public workshops) to unpack the role of international protection…

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30Aug

ACMS Seminar2021

PROTECT Expert Forum: Exploring the Boundaries of International Protection and Human Rights Instruments in South(ern) Africa

The African Centre for Migration & Society (ACMS) is running a series of interventions (including public workshops) to unpack the role of international protection…

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28Jul

ACMS Seminar2021

Exploring the Boundaries of Protection and Human Rights for International Migrants in South Africa: A Facilitated Conversation

Invited Panel at the 1st Migration & Urbanisation Conference organised by the South African National Department of Social Development and Statistics South Africa About…

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14Jun

Conference2021

PROTECT Midterm Conference

At PROTECT’s virtual conference on 26 – 27 August, we will present our midterm findings and discuss their policy relevance. On day one (26…

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17Mar

ACMS Seminar2021

Healthcare in transit: Quantifying the health needs of migrants across the Limpopo

Beginning in late 2019, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in partnership with the African Centre for Migration & Society (ACMS), conducted over 1,375 detailed interviews…

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19Nov

ACMS Seminar2020

International protection and the Global Compacts in the time of Covid-19: lessons and challenges from South(ern) Africa

This Expert Forum has been convened to take stock of the role of the Global Compact on Refugees (GCR) and the Global Compact for…

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12Nov

ACMS Seminar2020

The Two UN Compacts – Refugees and Migrants: Challenges and Implementation in Europe

When: Friday, November 13, 2020 (05:00 PM GMT / 06:00 PM CET/ 07:00 PM SAST) – Saturday, November 14, 2020, (09:00 AM GMT /…

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16Oct

Symposium2020

Workshop Invitation: Getting the Future Write: Early Career Publishing Series

‘the world continues to be divided between those who are heard and those who are not, those who get to print and those limited…

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17Jul

Symposium2020

Building Solidarity in the time of COVID-19 Webinar Series: Access to Health Care – A Regional Approach

You are invited to participate in the first of five webinar series under the theme: Building Solidarity in the time of COVID-19. This weeks discussion will…

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07Jul

ACMS Seminar2020

Public Positions: The Politics of the Pandemic

WiSER and the African Centre for Migration & Society warmly invite you to the next Public Positions session The Politics of the Pandemic by Professor Simukai…

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12Jun

ACMS Seminar2020

Alternatives to Detention: Advocacy, Challenges, and Opportunities in Southern Africa

The detention system within Southern Africa has long been riddled with gaping wounds. To this end, the rise in the use of immigration detention…

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11Jun

ACMS Seminar2020

Migration to South Africa – Perspectives from Civil Society and Current Challenges in Times of COVID-19

In times of crisis like the current one, inequality and injustice are magnified. Combined efforts are crucial to support vulnerable people in continuing to…

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06May

ACMS Seminar2020

Old and New African Diaspora Networks: Before and After COVID-19

This virtual conference will bring together scholars and intellectuals from the African diaspora, and/or those engaged in African diaspora research and engagement. It will…

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25Feb

ACMS Seminar2020

Present and imminent: Crises and complexity in Mexico and South Africa

Convened by Prof Lenore Manderson, the roundtable Present and Imminent: Crises and Complexity in Mexico and South Africa will focus on contemporary and emerging…

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26Sep

ACMS Seminar2019

Black Markets: Transatlantic Architectures of Care

As part of the Lunchtime Seminar Series, the African Centre for Migration & Society invites you to a seminar titled Black markets: Transatlantic architectures of care by Huda Tayob (History…

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12Sep

ACMS Seminar2019

The edge economies of migration

The African Centre for Migration & Society invites you to a special public lecture titled The edge economies of migration by Professor Suzanne Hall (London School of Economics…

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11Sep

ACMS Seminar2019

No Asylum for ‘Infiltrators’: Israel’s Dysfunctional Asylum System

As part of the Lunchtime Seminar Series, the African Centre for Migration & Society invites you to a seminar titled No asylum for 'infiltrators': Israel's dysfunctional asylum system by…

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03Sep

ACMS Seminar2019

Migrant’s remittances and living conditions of households of origin: Evidence from Kinshasa

As part of the Lunchtime Seminar Series, the African Centre for Migration & Society invites you to a seminar titled Migrant’s remittances and living conditions of households…

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15Aug

Symposium2019

Roundtable: Immigration, policing and South Africa’s future politics

The African Centre for Migration & Society invites you to a roundtable discussion on Immigration, policing & South Africa’s future politics.  This roundtable discussion will explore the…

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13Aug

ACMS Seminar2019

Racial borders

As part of the Lunchtime Seminar Series, the African Centre for Migration & Society invites you to a seminar titled Racial borders by E. Tendayi Achiume (Professor of…

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07Aug

ACMS Seminar2019

Queer(y)ing kinship in an age of assisted reproduction and LGBTQ rights

The African Centre for Migration & Society, Wits Department of Anthropology, GALA and Governing Intimacies invite you to a guest workshop by Ulrika Dahl…

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06Aug

ACMS Seminar2019

Precarious Labourers of Love: Queer Kinship, Reproductive Labour and Biopolitics

As part of the Lunchtime Seminar Series, the African Centre for Migration & Society invites you to a seminar titled Precarious Labourers of Love: Queer Kinship, Reproductive Labour…

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17Jul

ACMS Seminar2019

Afrophobia and the Law: How has the South African Judiciary Responded to Cases of Afrophobia?

As part of the Lunchtime Seminar Series, the African Centre for Migration & Society invites you to a seminar titled Afrophobia and the Law: How has the South…

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17Jul

Symposium2019

Public Symposium on Migration and Health in Southern Africa and The South African Launch of the UCL-Lancet Commission on Migration and Health

The African Centre for Migration & Society's Migration and health project Southern Africa: maHp and Security at the Margins - SeaM, in partnership with UCL-Lancet Commission on Migration…

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16Apr

ACMS Seminar2019

Determinants of immigrants’ feeling of sense of belonging in the midst of host hostility: The experience of second-generation Nigerian immigrants in Johannesburg

As part of the Lunchtime Seminar Series, the African Centre for Migration & Society invites you to a seminar titled Determinants of immigrants’ feeling of sense of belonging…

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11Apr

Book Launch2019

Transgender Refugees and the Imagined South Africa

The African Centre for Migration & Society and GALA are pleased to host the Book launch of Transgender Refugees and the Imagined South Africa:…

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01Apr

ACMS Seminar2019

Political economy of informalisation

As part of the Lunchtime Seminar Series, the African Centre for Migration & Society invites you to a seminar titled Political economy of informalisation by Zoran Slavnić (Institute for Research…

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19Mar

ACMS Seminar2019

“The Personal is Political”: Engaging in arts-based teaching and research methods to center wellness in classroom and community spaces

As part of the Lunchtime Seminar Series, the African Centre for Migration & Society invites you to a seminar titled “The Personal is Political”: Engaging in arts-based teaching…

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12Mar

ACMS Seminar2019

“What futures were they ‘waiting’ for anyway?”: Addis Ababan youth in cultural dissent in the years leading up to the Ethiopian revolution, c.1950s-1974

As part of the Lunchtime Seminar Series, the African Centre for Migration & Society invites you to a seminar titled “What futures were they ‘waiting’ for anyway?”:…

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04Feb

ACMS Seminar2019

Narrative representation and analysis of health and migration: An Interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary approach to African literary studies

The African Centre for Migration & Society invites you to a Methods Workshop on Narrative representation and analysis of health and migration: An Interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary…

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20Nov

ACMS Seminar2018

Barriers to Asylum Seekers Claiming Their Rights in South Africa’s Asylum Management System

As part of the Lunchtime Seminar Series, the African Centre for Migration & Society invites you to a seminar titled Barriers to asylum seekers claiming their rights in South Africa's asylum…

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13Nov

ACMS Seminar2018

Migration in North and Central America: Myths and Realities

As part of the Lunchtime Seminar Series hosted jointly with the Mexican Studies Centre, the African Centre for Migration & Society invites you to a seminar titled Migration in North…

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06Nov

ACMS Seminar2018

The spectacle versus the ordinary: Urban change and narratives of difference along a ‘Chinese’ street in suburban Johannesburg

As part of the Lunchtime Seminar Series hosted jointly with the French Institute of South Africa (IFAS), the African Centre for Migration & Society invites you to a seminar…

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23Oct

ACMS Seminar2018

Places of Promise or Poverty? Urban informal Settlements in South Africa

As part of the Lunchtime Seminar Series, the African Centre for Migration & Society invites you to a seminar titled Places of promise or poverty? Urban informal settlements…

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25Sep

ACMS Seminar2018

Gathering stories from migrants and the women left behind: A methods perspective

As part of the Lunchtime Seminar Series, the African Centre for Migration & Society invites you to a seminar titled Gathering family histories from migrants and the women…

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06Sep

ACMS Seminar2018

I Want to Go Home Forever: Stories of Becoming and Belonging in South Africa’s Great Metropolis

Please join us for the launch of I Want to Go Home Forever: Stories of Becoming and Belonging in South Africa's Great Metropolis edited…

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23Aug

ACMS Seminar2018

Basic Income: The Potential for Gendered Empowerment?

The African Centre for Migration & Society invites you to a special public lecture titled Basic income: The potential for gendered empowerment? by Professor Alison Koslowski (School…

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21Aug

ACMS Seminar2018

Transnational motherhood and economic failure: Latina immigrant domestic workers and the children they left behind

As part of the Lunchtime Seminar Series, the African Centre for Migration & Society invites you to a seminar titled Transnational motherhood and economic failure: Latina immigrant domestic workers…

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19Aug

ACMS Seminar2018

Using pre-existing data for your own research

The African Centre for Migration & Society invites you to a Methods Workshop on Using pre-existing data for your own research, a guest session by Professor Alison…

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01Aug

ACMS Seminar2018

A hustle for profit and protection: What informal mining reveals about governance in South Africa

As part of the Lunchtime Seminar Series, the African Centre for Migration & Society invites you to a seminar titled A hustle for profit and protection: What informal…

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31Jul

ACMS Seminar2018

Creating a domestic refugee regime in Kenya: The transfer of responsibility for refugee affairs from UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) to Government of Kenya

As part of the Lunchtime Seminar Series, the African Centre for Migration & Society invites you to a seminar titled Creating a domestic refugee regime in Kenya:…

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19Jun

ACMS Seminar2018

Repoliticizing international migration narratives? Critical Reflections on the Global Forum on Migration and Development

As part of the Lunchtime Seminar Series, the African Centre for Migration & Society invites you to a seminar titled Repoliticizing international migration narratives? Critical reflections on the…

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29May

ACMS Seminar2018

The Role of the Church and the Challenge of Local Integration

As part of the Lunchtime Seminar Series, the African Centre for Migration & Society invites you to a seminar titled The role of the church and the challenge…

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22May

ACMS Seminar2018

The Price of Hope: The Fortification of Immigrants in Johannesburg

As part of the Lunchtime Seminar Series, the African Centre for Migration & Society invites you to a seminar titled The price of hope: The fortification of immigrants…

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15May

ACMS Seminar2018

The Effects of Governing Unauthorized Migration on Citizenship

As part of the Lunchtime Seminar Series, the African Centre for Migration & Society invites you to a seminar titled The effects of governing unauthorized migration on citizenship by…

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08May

ACMS Seminar2018

Pentecosmopolis: Lagos and its Pentecostalisms

As part of the Lunchtime Seminar Series, the African Centre for Migration & Society invites you to a seminar titled Pentecosmopolis: Lagos and its Pentecostalisms by Dr. Obvious Katsaura (Senior Lecturer,…

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26Apr

ACMS Seminar2018

Migration across borders: from global to local experiences and perspectives

The South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA) in collaboration with the African Centre for Migration & Society (ACMS) will host a workshop on Wednesday,…

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17Apr

ACMS Seminar2018

Why Europe should NOT serve as best practice: A critical view on how Europe tries to approach the continuous movement of refugees to Europe

As part of the Lunchtime Seminar Series, the African Centre for Migration & Society invites you to a seminar titled Why Europe should NOT serve as best practice:…

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03Apr

ACMS Seminar2018

Gathering family histories from migrants and the women left behind: A methods perspective

As part of the Lunchtime Seminar Series, the African Centre for Migration & Society invites you to a seminar titled Gathering family histories from migrants and the…

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23Mar

ACMS Seminar2018

Immigration and the labor market outcomes of natives in developing countries: A case study of South Africa

As part of the Lunchtime Seminar Series, the African Centre for Migration & Society invites you to a seminar titled Immigration and the Labor Market Outcomes of Natives…

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20Mar

ACMS Seminar2018

Do Migrants matter? A Comparative Analysis of the Causes of Death Among Sub-Saharan Immigrants and Local South Africans, 2009-2015

As part of the Lunchtime Seminar Series, the African Centre for Migration & Society invites you to a seminar titled Do Migrants Matter? A Comparative Analysis of…

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13Mar

ACMS Seminar2018

Youth on the move: Reframing and representing youth migration

Today, youth migration is becoming an increasingly important phenomenon in the field of transnational migration studies. Yet, migration scholarship and immigration law continue to…

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26Feb

ACMS Seminar2018

The Regional Protection of Internally Displaced Persons in Africa

As part of the Lunchtime Seminar Series, the African Centre for Migration & Society invites you to a seminar titled The Regional Protection of Internally…

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14Feb

ACMS Seminar2018

The Safe Country Concept in International Agreements: Past, Present and Future of State Practice

As part of the Lunchtime Seminar Series, the African Centre for Migration & Society invites you to a seminar titled The Safe Country Concept in…

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19Jan

Symposium2018

Social cohesion and violence prevention symposium

South Africa is a place of many contradictions, conflicts, and tensions, including but not limited to racism, sexism, and xenophobia. Since the 2000s, the…

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16Jan

ACMS Seminar2018

Lagos Budding 50: Storytelling project on Migration and Resilience

The African Centre for Migration & Society invites you to a seminar titled Lagos Budding 50: Storytelling project on Migration and Resilience presented by Helen Gebregiorgis…

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16Jan

ACMS Seminar2018

The Meanings of Women’s Mobilities: Gender Ideals and Female Mobility in West Africa

As part of the Lunchtime Seminar Series, the African Centre for Migration & Society invites you to a seminar titled The Meanings of Women’s Mobilities:…

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14Nov

ACMS Seminar2017

MoVE 2017: Two Arts-based Research Projects

The MoVE project of the African Centre for Migration & Society is holding an exhibition that showcases two visual and narrative research projects conducted…

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07Nov

ACMS Seminar2017

Academy for African Urban Diversity launched at the African Centre for Migration & Society

The Academy for African Urban Diversity (AAUD) was launched at the African Centre for Migration & Society (ACMS) on 6 November 2017. AAUD is…

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27Oct

ACMS Seminar2017

Soft infrastructure: Recalibrating aesthetics, economies, and urban epistemologies

The Academy for African Urban Diversity; a joint initiative of the African Centre for Migration & Society; the African Centre for Cities; and the…

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18Oct

ACMS Seminar2017

Addressing the issues behind the European refugee crisis: Towards new global solidarities and solutions

The African Centre for Migration & Society's South African Research Chair in Mobility and the Politics of Difference invites you to a special public lecture…

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10Oct

ACMS Seminar2017

Staying with complexity: Narratives of arriving and living in Durban

As part of the Lunchtime Seminar Series, the African Centre for Migration & Society invites you to a seminar titled Staying with complexity: narratives of…

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02Oct

ACMS Seminar2017

Urban Refugees: Resilience, social networks and policy implications lessons from Nairobi

As part of the Lunchtime Seminar Series, the African Centre for Migration & Society invites you to a seminar titled Urban refugees: Resilience, social…

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12Sep

Book Launch2017

Routes And Rites To The City: Mobility, Diversity And Religious Space In Johannesburg

The Wits Department of Sociology and African Centre for Migration & Society are pleased to host a book launch and panel discussion of Routes…

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07Sep

ACMS Seminar2017

Mystic motives: Re-evaluating clandestine migration out of Senegal

As part of the Lunchtime Seminar Series, the African Centre for Migration & Society invites you to a seminar titled Mystic motives: Re-evaluating clandestine…

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23Aug

ACMS Seminar2017

Media portrayal of immigration in the South African media, 2011-2015

As part of the Lunchtime Seminar Series, the African Centre for Migration & Society invites you to a seminar titled Media portrayal of immigration in…

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15Aug

ACMS Seminar2017

The migration management of refugees in contemporary South Africa: the erosion of the refugee regime?

As part of the Lunchtime Seminar Series, the African Centre for Migration & Society invites you to a seminar titled The migration management of refugees…

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20Jul

Exhibition2017

Public exhibition and discussion: Know my story

Know my story is supported by various organisations and individuals, including Move: Methods.Visual.Explore, the Migration and health project Southern Africa: maHp and the Security…

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20Jun

ACMS Seminar2017

Mapping xenophobic violence in South Africa: Opportunities and pitfalls of hot-spot and causal analysis in combatting xenophobic violence

International migrants in South Africa have been remarkably vulnerable to socio-economic exclusion, corruption and violence since 1994 while public discourse continues to focus on…

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14Mar

ACMS Seminar2017

An “NGOisation” of the social cohesion policies between migrants and South Africans? Initial results of an ethnographic investigation of the Cape Town migrant cause

There have been diverse answers from the “civil society” to xenophobic violence since the end of Apartheid. Over the years, more and more “specialised”…

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08Mar

ACMS Seminar2017

Migrants, city making and the value creation processes in a multiscalar perspective: Space and time in migration scholarship

In the context of increased visibility of migratory movements, there has been a renewed interest in migration processes, practices and the challenges migration dynamics…

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28Feb

ACMS Seminar2017

“We are at war with the Devil”: Politics of exclusion of LGBTI groups amongst conservative Christian groups in Uganda

As part of the Lunchtime Seminar Series, the African Centre for Migration & Society presents a seminar by Dr. Barbara Bompani; Associate Professor in African…

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28Feb

Book Launch2017

Book launch and discussion: The mayor of Mogadishu

An epic, uplifting story of one family’s journey through the violent unraveling of Somalia, and a timely exploration of what it means to lose…

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22Feb

ACMS Seminar2017

Internationalizing informality: Work, precarity and vulnerability

The African Centre for Migration & Society, together with the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and the South African Labour Bulletin (SALB) will be hosting a…

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14Feb

ACMS Seminar2017

EU “refugee crisis”: Responses East and West and beyond

As part of the Lunchtime Seminar Series, the African Centre for Migration & Society presents a seminar by Branka Likic-Brboric who is an Associate Professor at…

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