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Mining Lives and Relations
McGregor Museum, Kimberley, South Africa
Boom2Dust is organising a conference on Multi-species Histories of Mineral Extraction in Southern Africa
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June 23, 2025

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Kimberley
Conference
McGregor Museum, Kimberley, South Africa
Mining Lives and Relations
Boom2Dust is organising a conference on Multi-species Histories of Mineral Extraction in Southern Africa
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June 23, 2025
Seminar
South Africa
Online zoom meeting
Arms and the Men
Firearms and Labour in the Context of the Diamond Fields of South Africa 1865 – 1900
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May 9, 2025
Leiden
Africa Studies Centre Leiden (Herta Mohr building) Seminar Room: 0.31
Ruptures and Riches
A Multidisciplinary Exploration of African Mineral Resource Management Extraction - African Studies Research Master’s Student Workshop
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March 20, 2025
Kimberley
Africana Library, Dutoitspan Road, Kimberley
Kimberley Africana Library Friends Presentation
Dr Jan-Bart Gewald gave a talk in Kimberley entitled “Diamonds and Dust: The Toxic Legacy of Diamond Mining in Kimberley, 1870-1929."
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January 21, 2025
Presentation
Sapienza University of Rome
Book Presentation
Jan-Bart Gewald talks at the book presentation of‍ Residual Governance: How South Africa Foretells Planetary Futures By Gabrielle Hecht
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October 7, 2024
Grant
Leiden University
Grant for Research into Polluted Mines in Africa
Professor Jan-Bart Gewald has been awarded an NWO L grant to investigate the long-term global consequences of three industrial mining sites in Southern Africa
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October 2, 2024

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