UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND, JOHANNESBURG

Public lectures related to the Wits90 Treasures exhibition

Several public lectures related to the Wits90 Treasures Exhibition will take place throughout the month in the Wits Art Museum (WAM), some of which are highlighted below. 

Tito Zungu, South Africa envelopes and letters (selection), 1968 – 1975, paper, ink, pencil dimensions variable: envelopes c. height: 8cm x width: 15cm Acquired from the artist in 2000 Standard Bank African Art Collection (Wits Art Museum)
      Piano from the 1600s

 

LUNCH TIME TALKS 12:30 to 13:30 @ WAM 
     

26-Sep

Dr Geoffrey Blundell

The study of Rock Art in South Africa

27-Sep

Rochelle Keene

A brief glimpse into the Adler Museum of Medicine

28-Sep

Peter Duncan

Some fascinating items from the William Cullen Library Special Collection

03-Oct

Prof. Bruce Rubidge

Where do we come from – Karoo fossils unlock secrets of mammal origins

04-Oct

Julia Charlton

The Wits Art Museum - a new gem on the block

05-Oct

Prof. Francis Thackeray

The Taung skull and human evolution

10-Oct

James Harrison

Real beetles and biological wax models

11-Oct

Brendon Billings

Life and death masks - why were they made?

12-Oct

Prof. Lee Berger

The journey towards discovering Sediba