From Intimacy to Nearness: Creating Common Identity in Post Apartheid South Africa

When:
October 1, 2014 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
2014-10-01T18:00:00+01:00
2014-10-01T19:30:00+01:00
Where:
The British Academy
10-11 Carlton House Terrace
St. James's, London SW1Y 5AH
UK
Cost:
Free
Contact:
British Academy
020 7969 5200

20 years on from the end of legal apartheid in South Africa, entrenched values have continued to influence the knowledge and identities acquired by subsequent generations. How have apartheid values managed to coexist with integration? What have been the consequences of this and how can we change these attitudes? Can these lessons and policies work outside of the South African context?

Join Jonathan Jansen, Vice-Chancellor and Rector of the University of the Free State in South Africa, as he shares insights from both his academic research and personal experiences of South Africa’s education system during and since apartheid.