Noor Nieftagodien at IMAF (Campus Condorcet, Paris)
Stay: 2 May 2025 – 1 July 2025
Profile
Noor Nieftagodien is South African Research Chair in Local Histories and Present Realities and Head of the History Workshop at the University of the Witwatersrand, where he also teaches in the Department of History. His research focuses on local history, popular struggles, and urban politics in South Africa, with particular attention to youth movements, labour, and public history. For more information on him click here.
Research Stay Overview
During his residency at the Institut des mondes africains (IMAF), Campus Condorcet, Noor Nieftagodien engaged with the WomatWork research team and contributed to ongoing project activities.
Engagement with the Project
During his stay, Nieftagodien met with project staff and participated in collective research discussions. He contributed to the workshop Oral History and African Studies, held on 16 June 2025, engaging with methodological questions central to the project. More information here.
He also collaborated with the research team in developing the programme for the Summer School held in Johannesburg in September 2025, contributing to its academic design and thematic focus. Click here for more information.
Contribution
Nieftagodien’s stay supported the project’s collaborative and methodological development, particularly through his involvement in discussions on oral history and his contribution to the preparation of the Summer School programme. He also participated in the first conference of the project. See his presentation here.