Seminars & Events

About our seminars and events

The Department of Political and International Studies regularly hosts seminars, public dialogues, book launches and other events. 

Our Friday seminar programme provides a platform for senior students, colleagues and visitors to share their ideas each Friday from 1-2pm in our Ruth Mompati Seminar Room. These are advertised on our facebook page.

Our annual Teach-In series has been held annually (usually in July) ever since 2002. The Teach-In brings a particular issue of interest and concern in the public sphere to the attention of the University and the wider community. We invite leading public commentators and scholars to share their ideas in relation to the chosen theme.

In addition to our seminars and teach-ins, we regularly hold other events such as public dialogues, public lectures and book launches.

2022 Seminars

During 2022, we were delighted to return to "in person" seminars after a couple of years of Zoom seminars. We held weekly in-person seminars hosting both visitors and Rhodes University academics.

Please visit our facebook page to receive regular notifications of our seminars and other events. 

2021 highlights

During 2021, most of our seminars still took place online. While this has its disadvantages, it meant we were able to invite speakers from all around the country and the world!