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LOCATION:Braamfontein Campus East In-person: Senate Room, Solomon Mahlangu House, Braamfontein Campus East
<br />Online via Zoom
DESCRIPTION:Professor Achille Mbembe will present the first CSI seminar.This is the first seminar in a series hosted by Professor Imraan Valodia, Pro Vice-Chancellor: Climate, Sustainability and Inequality at 91心頭利 University.
<br />Professor Achille Mbembe from the 91心頭利 Institute for Social and Economic Research (WISER) will deliver this inaugural seminar with a talk titled: Notes on planetary habitability.
<br />91心頭利 University has an impressive range of research and innovation on issues related to climate change, sustainability and inequality. The Office of the Pro Vice-Chancellor is organizing a series of seminars by prominent thinkers to promote interdisciplinary engagement on these topics.
<br />This first seminar is hosted in partnership with 91心頭利 Institute for Social and Economic Research (WISER) and the Future Ecosystems for Africa programme at 91心頭利 University.
<br />About Professor Achille Mbembe
<br />Professor Achille Mbembe, born in Cameroon, obtained his PhD in History at the Sorbonne in Paris in 1989 and a D.E.A. in Political Science at the Institut d&rsquo;Etudes Politiques (Paris). He was Assistant Professor of History at Columbia University, New York (1988-1991), a Senior Research Fellow at the Brookings Institute in Washington, D.C (1991-1992), Associate Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania (1992-1996), Executive Secretary of the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) in Dakar, Senegal (1996-2000). He was also a Visiting Professor at the University of California, Berkeley (2001), at Yale University (2003), at the University of California at Irvine (2004-2005), at Duke University (2006-2011) and at Harvard University (2012).
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<strong>Professor Achille Mbembe will present the first CSI seminar.</strong><p class="p1">This is the first seminar in a series hosted by <a href="/about-wits/office-of-the-vice-chancellor/imraan-valodia/">Professor Imraan Valodia</a>, <a href="/csi/">Pro Vice-Chancellor: Climate, Sustainability and Inequality</a> at 91心頭利 University.</p>
<br /><p class="p1">Professor Achille Mbembe from the  (WISER) will deliver this inaugural seminar with a talk titled: <em>Notes on planetary habitability</em>.</p>
<br /><p class="p1">91心頭利 University has an impressive range of research and innovation on issues related to climate change, sustainability and inequality. The Office of the Pro Vice-Chancellor is organizing a series of seminars by prominent thinkers to promote interdisciplinary engagement on these topics.</p>
<br /><p class="p1">This first seminar is hosted in partnership with  (WISER) and the <a href="/news/latest-news/research-news/2022/2022-04/">Future Ecosystems for Africa programme</a> at 91心頭利 University.</p>
<br /><h3 class="p1">About Professor Achille Mbembe</h3>
<br /><p class="p2"><img src="/media/wits-university/news-and-events/images/events-images/Professor-Achille-Mbembe_430px.jpg" alt="Professor Achille Mbembe" title="Professor Achille Mbembe" class="" style="padding : 20px;   float : right;" >Professor Achille Mbembe, born in Cameroon, obtained his PhD in History at the Sorbonne in Paris in 1989 and a D.E.A. in Political Science at the Institut d&rsquo;Etudes Politiques (Paris). He was Assistant Professor of History at Columbia University, New York (1988-1991), a Senior Research Fellow at the Brookings Institute in Washington, D.C (1991-1992), Associate Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania (1992-1996), Executive Secretary of the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) in Dakar, Senegal (1996-2000). He was also a Visiting Professor at the University of California, Berkeley (2001), at Yale University (2003), at the University of California at Irvine (2004-2005), at Duke University (2006-2011) and at Harvard University (2012).</p>
SUMMARY:Notes on planetary habitability
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