Join us as we explore the role of humour and laughter in ancient mythology and meaning-making.
Video Category: Language and literature
Kryptadia – the 1800’s Secret Journals of Taboo Stories
In this lecture we will dive into the long forgotten “Kryptadia” journals published in a limited prints and in total secret over the time span of 30 years.
Unveiling Secrets in Japanese Literature
Join us for an illuminating lecture where we delve into the timeless Japanese literature classics “The Pillow Book” and “The Tale of Genji.”
Word as Image in Contemporary Art
This talk explores how and why contemporary artists use language, sign and the signage of consumer culture.
Reading Sophocles’s Antigone: Death, Burial, and Kinship
Sophocles’ Antigone has been central to many philosophers’, literary theorists’, and psychoanalysts’ thought. This talk explore some of them.
The figure of the gangster in South African photography, literature and cinema
This talk will consider the representation of the gangster with regard to its manifestations in post-94 photography, literature, music and cinema. It will address the complexities at stake in the performance of the ‘urban hustler’ and masculine ‘anti-hero’ and explore the tropes of conformity, vulnerability and so-called ‘deviance’.
Finding Inner Peace with Japanese Haiku
Japanese philosophy Yasuragi teaches us to take a moment and be present, to notice wonders we are surrounded with. Join our talk on Japanese philosophy Yasuragi and explore Haiku poems as a way to find harmony and peace.
Folklore, Myth and Romance
We will explore common story patterns and symbols to see what the tales we were told as children can tell us about the world we have come to inhabit.