General News

New research on the colonial aspects of the Finnish-Namibian historical relationship The Finnish Literature Society has recently published a peer-reviewed open-access edited collection Colonial Aspects of Finnish-Namibian Relations, 1870-1990: Cultural Change, Endurance and Resistance (SKS, Studia Fennica Historica 28, 2024, eds. Leila Koivunen and Raita Merivirta). This collection re-examines the long history of Finnish-Namibian relations through the lenses of both colonialism without colonies and anti-colonialism. The book...

The Basler Afrika Bibliographien and Dr Lovisa Tegelela Nampala (Ohangwena) invite you to the Book Launch and Round Table on Infrastructures of Migrant Labour in Colonial Ovamboland, 1915 to 1954. Speakers: Dr Nampala with discussant Dr Napandulwe Shiweda and panellists Dr Martha Akawa, Dr Mike Shirungu and Dr Michael Akuupa Master of Ceremony:  Dr Nashilongweshipwe Mushaandja   ABOUT THE BOOKMost research on the migrant labour...

The French National Archive (INA - Institut National de l’Audiovisuel) is planning to hold a series of online training sessions in November 2024. INA has contracted Apricity Consulting and Roger Layton Associates to compile a list of interested institutions/individuals to receive training at no cost in audio-visual archiving. We are therefore contacting you with a very short set of questions to find out...

Once again, the Namibian Heritage Week Team has the pleasure of hosting Namibian Heritage Week! We also have the pleasure of inviting you to the following events: MEDIA LAUNCHMonday 09th September 2024 at 10h00Zoom LinkMeeting ID: 822 3869 7079Passcode: 206145 OFFICIAL OPENINGMonday 16th September 2024 at 17h30Windhoek City Museum, Windhoek, NamibiaLive Stream: Namibian Heritage Week Facebook Page and YouTube Channel This...

Canon Collins Trust in partnership with Sol Plaatje Educational Project invite applications for the postgraduate study in South Africa 2025. They will provide funding for up to a maximum of two years for Masters and three years for PhD. Continued funding depends upon satisfactory progress and academic reports. In 2025, they will be making awards only to those studying in three...

  The National Art Gallery of Namibia (NAGN) is happy to announce the relaunch of the Happy Art Hour social event, featuring live art demonstrations by College of the Arts Alumni. This event promises to be a significant milestone in the NAGN's efforts to continuously engage with its audiences and maintain this repour.    Towards the aforementioned, kindly download the Happy Art...

Are you interested in studying cultures of making and maintaining in Asia and Africa? Would you like to engage with “sustainability” as a critical humanities scholar? Would you like to do historical research while contributing to debates on pathways to more inclusive, sustainable futures? And would you like to work in a research group that brings together expertise in transnational historical...

The Namibia National Commission for UNESCO, together with the Estonian National Commission for UNESCO/ delegation will be hosting another conference this year, in August 2024. The goal of the conference is to motivate Namibian higher and vocational education institutions to incorporate digital skills and entrepreneurial capabilities rooted in cultural heritage into their curricula to enhance the educational experience. Theme: Creative Entrepreneurship...