Debating Lineages of Socialism in Africa Webinars

South African History Online, the Wits History Workshop, the Department of History at the University of the Free State, the Department of Development Studies at Nelson Mandela University, the Archie Mafeje Chair in Critical Humanities and Decolonial Studies and the AC Jordan Chair at the Centre for African Studies at the University of Cape Town, and the Department of History at the University of Johannesburg invite you to a series of webinars and other events to mark the centenary of the South African Communist Party in 2021. The programme, which runs from July to November 2021, aims to present new research on the history of the party and other left traditions, and to reflect on their role and legacy today

• General Programme: 100 Years of the South African Communist Party: Debating Lineages of Socialism in Africa.

Click on any of the webinars below for more information

• 27 July 2021, 15h00 - 17h00 SAST
  The SACP and Early Socialist Traditions. Hosted by University of Johannesburg. Convenor: Natasha Erlank.
• 24 August 2021, 15h00 - 17h30 SAST
  Red Lives. Hosted by Wits University Workshop. Convernor: Arianna Lissoni.
• 15 September 2021, 15h00 - 17h00 SAST
  Socialism, Culture and Networks. Hosted by South African History Online. Convenor: Omar Badsha.
• 20 October 2021, 15h00 - 17h30 SAST
  Strategic Debates, the ANC - SACP alliance and the Soviet Union. Hosted by University of the Free State. Converor: Tshepo Moloi.
• 15 November 2021, 10h00 - 13h00 SAST (Panel 1)
  Forward to Socialism/Socialist Futures. Hosted by Nelson Mandela University. Convenor: Janet Cherry.
• 15 November 2021, 14h00 - 17h00 SAST (Panel 2)
  Forward to Socialism/Socialist Futures. Hosted by Nelson Mandela University. Convenor: Janet Cherry.
• 25 November 2021, 14h00 - 16h00 SAST
  Debating Socialist Lineages. Hosted by University of Cape Town. Convenors Shahid Vawda and Lungisile Ntsebeza