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and Media Advisory 23 June 2015 NIHSS and Liliesleaf Trust host a Historic Colloquium The National Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences (NIHSS) in collaboration with Liliesleaf Trust will host a historic Colloquium to commemorate South Africa's 21 years of democracy and the 60th anniversary of the adoption of the Freedom Charter. Due to the enormity of the Commemorative subject matters, the Colloquium will be hosted for two days to allow sufficient engagements. The keynote address will be delivered by the Minister of Higher Education and Training, Dr. Blade Nzimande. There will be panel presentations and discussions; a gala dinner with a key note address by the NIHSS Board Chairperson. The event will provide an opportunity to reflect and dialogue on the following areas: . The history and legacy of South Africa's liberation struggle. . The historical trajectory of knowledge production and activism in pre, ante and post-apartheid periods. . South Africa's transition to democracy and the post-apartheid project of collective memory construction. . The archiving and dissemination of the diverse narratives of struggle that shape our democracy. The event will take place as follows: . Date: 25 - 26 June 2015 . Time: 09h00-16h00 (two days) . Venue: Liliesleaf Farm, Rivonia, Johannesburg For details, RSVP and interviews: Kgomotso Ramushu Junior Researcher / Research Coordinator National Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences (NIHSS) <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] Tel: +27 11 482 3060 Fax: +27 11 482 3068 Cell: +27 71 268 7313 -- -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
