You are cordially invited to attend the Eleventh Annual
Teach-In hosted by the Department of Political and International Studies.
Venue: Barratt Lecture Theatre 1
Dates: Monday
22nd - Friday 26th July
Time: 13:00 -
14:00 daily
THE ANNUAL TEACH-IN takes the form of a week of public
lectures hosted by the Department of Political and International Studies.
These lectures bring a particular issue of interest and
concern in the public sphere to the attention of the University and the wider
community
Monday 22 July - Ms Lisa Vetten, Independent Researcher -
"When men man up and vulnerable women are protected: The gender politics
of rape and risk in South Africa"
Tuesday 23 July - Prof Pumla Gqola, Associate Professor of
African Literary and Gender Studies: University of the Witwatersrand -
"Fantasising about stranger danger, living with haunting and familiar
perpetrators"
Wednesday 24 July - Mr Mbuyiselo Botha, Government and Media
Relations
Manager: Sonke Gender Justice Network - "Why it is
critical to work with men to address gender based violence"
Thursday 25 July - Dr Catherine Burns, Wits Institute for
Social and Economic Research: University of the Witwatersrand - "Why does
the history of rape matter?"
Friday 26 July - Mr Eusebius McKaiser, Political Analyst,
Broadcaster, Lecturer and Writer - "Rape on campus: An incomplete
conversation"
The Discussant is Ms Michelle Solomon, a gender-based
violence and rape survivor rights activist, Journalist and Researcher.
All are welcome to attend.
