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4HE SECOND SEMESTER OF WAS CERTAINLY NOT A TIME FOR IDLENESS AS FAR AS THE )&!3 2ESEARCH TEAM WAS CONCERNED 4HANKS TO THE HARD WORK OF &RAN OIS 8AVIER &AUVELLE !YMAR DURING HIS PERIOD OF TRANSITIONAL SERVICE AT )&!3 SEVERAL MAJOR EVENTS ON THE (ISTORY AND !RCHAEOLOGY OF PEOLPLE S SETTLEMENT IN 3OUTHERN !FRICA TOOK PLACE BETWEEN !UGUST AND .OVEMBER 4HE "REUIL AND +HOEKHOE #ONFERENCES AS WELL AS THE SEMINAR ON ,ITHIC 4ECHNOLOGIES AND #HAÔNES OPÏRATOIRES WERE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR DEVELOPING STRUCTURING PARTNERSHIPS WITH VARIOUS SCHOOLS FROM THE 5NIVERSITY OF THE 7ITWATERSRAND IN THIS REGARD LET US THANK +ARIM 3ADR "ENJAMIN 3MITH AND 'EOFF "LUNDEL IN PARTICULAR WITH SEVERAL REGIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND UNIVERSITIES .2& THE 5NIVERSITIES OF .AMIBIA AND #APE 4OWN AMONG OTHERS AND WITH &RENCH AND %UROPEAN RESEARCH TEAMS AND INSTITUTIONS #.23 ).2!0 !%2! !#) "REUIL THE -USÏE .ATIONAL DE LA 0RÏHISTOIRE AND THE -USÏE .ATIONAL D (ISTOIRE .ATURELLE 4HESE EVENTS WERE ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY TO OFFER TRAINING TO AROUND FORTY !FRICAN AND %UROPEAN STUDENTS OF !RCHAEOLOGY ! DETAILED ACCOUNT OF ALL THESE EVENTS IS GIVEN IN THE h&OCUS ONxv SECTION OF THIS ISSUE 2ESEARCH IN INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION IS CONTINUING THANKS TO THE lELD WORK OF VARIOUS RESEARCHERS IN 3OUTHERN !FRICA AND THE COMPLETION OF THE *OHANNESBURG -APUTO AND ,UBUMBASHI BASED QUANTITATIVE SURVEYS 4HIS PROGRAMME WAS PARTICULARLY SUCCESSFUL WITH THE ALLOCATION OF THREE TENDERS IN I E THE )NTERNATIONAL -IGRATIONS 2ESEARCH 4ENDER FROM THE &RENCH $EPARTEMENT OF &OREIGN !FFAIRS THE &RENCH .ATIONAL 2ESEARCH !GENCY 4ENDER AND A #.23 *UNIOR RESEARCHERS TENDER FOR PART OF THE TEAM THUS OFFERING LONG TERM PERSPECTIVES FOR DEVELOPING THIS RESEARCH AXIS WELL INTO &INALLY A REPORT ON INTERNATIONAL MIGRATIONS ORDERED BY THE !GENCE &RAN AISE DE $ÏVELOPPEMENT VIA THE &ONDS D ANALYSE DES SOCIÏTÏS POLITIQUES DIRECTED BY *EAN &RAN OIS "AYART WAS SUBMITTED IN $ECEMBER FOR PUBLICATION SOMETIMES IN )&!3 S COMMITMENT IN THE )NTERNATIONAL 2ESEARCH 'ROUPING '$2) ON h'OVERNING !FRICAN #ITIESv CO ORDINATED BY ,AURENT &OUCHARD #%!. AND 3IMON "EKKER 5NIVERSITY OF 3TELLENBOSCH WAS FURTHERED WITH THE RECRUITMENT OF !NNE ,EILDÏ IN 3TELLENBOSCH AND 'ODFREY #HESANG IN *OHANNESBURG WHO ARE BENElTING FROM POST DOCTORAL BURSARIES FOR A THREE MONTH STAY AT THE #%!. OF "ORDEAUX IN AT THE TIME OF THE HALF WAY SEMINAR OF THIS '$2) )N .OVEMBER #LAIRE "ÏNIT 'BAFFOU (32# AND #HRISTINE &AUVELLE !YMAR 5NIVERSITY OF 0ARIS 3ORBONNE ORGANISED A COLLOQUIUM ON h,OCAL 0ARTICIPATION IN $EMOCRATIC 3OUTH !FRICA $ECENTRALISATION ,OCAL #OUNCILLORS AND #IVIL 3OCIETY IN 0OST !PARTHEID #ITIESv AS PART OF THE RESEARCH PROGRAMME THEY CO ORDINATED WITH FUNDING RECEIVED FROM THE )&!3 TRANSVERSAL PROGRAMME h$EMOCRATIC 4RANSFORMATIONS IN %MERGING #OUNTRIESv 2ESULTING FROM AN (32# )&!3 AND #5"%3 7ITS PARTNERSHIP THIS COLLOQUIUM GATHERED AN IMPORTANT AND DIVERSIlED NUMBER OF ACADEMICS LOCAL COUNCILLORS AND ACTIVE MEMBERS OF VARIOUS ASSOCIATIONS TESTIFYING TO THE PREGNANCY OF LOCAL PARTICIPATION ISSUES IN 3OUTH !FRICA TODAY 4HUS IT LOOKS LIKE IS GOING TO BE AS INTENSE AS WITH THE EXCITING PROSPECT OF PUBLICATIONS BASED ON THE RESULTS OF THE VARIOUS PROGRAMMES AND CONFERENCES ,ET US MENTION AMONG OTHERS THE LAND ISSUE SECURITY PRIVATISATION AND SEVERAL NEW THESES COMPLETED IN ON 3OUTHERN !FRICA ! NEW PROGRAMME ON LINGUISTIC POLICIES AND THE MODERNISATION OF !FRICAN LANGUAGES SHOULD SOON SEE THE LIGHT GATHERING RESEARCHERS OF ,,!#!. THE 5NIVERSITY OF 0RETORIA AND THE -ERAKA )NSTITUTE OF THE #3)2 3EVERAL IMPORTANT COLLOQUIA AND SEMINARS ARE UNDER PREPARATION ON ISSUES CONCERNING DEMOCRATIC CHANGES INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION AND )SLAM 4HE )&!3 RUN PROGRAMME ENTITLED h!FRICAN 0ERSPECTIVES ON 2ETHINKING $EVELOPMENT %CONOMICSv AN INTERNATIONAL TRAINING SEMINAR ON $EVELOPMENT %CONOMICS WILL BE HELD IN -AY THANKS TO THE 3OUTH !FRICAN $EPARTMENT OF 4RADE AND )NDUSTRY AND TO THE %MBASSY OF &RANCE IN 3OUTH !FRICA &INALLY WITH .ICOLAS 0ÏJOUT 6INCENT $ARRACQ AND .ICOLAS 0ONS 6IGNON COMPLETING THEIR DOCTORAL RESEARCH )&!3 WILL BE HOUSING THREE NEW BURSARY HOLDERS !DRIEN $ELMAS OF THE #ENTRE FOR (ISTORICAL 2ESEARCH #2( OF THE %(%33 A (ISTORY STUDENT .ATHANAÑL 4SOTSA OF THE 5NIVERISTY OF "ORDEAUX )6 A 0OLITICAL 3CIENCE STUDENT AND -AUD /RNE 'LIEMAN 5NIVERSITY OF -ONTPELLIER ))) A STUDENT IN 'EOGRAPHY AND 7ATER -ANAGEMENT )&!3 2ESEARCH WOULD LIKE TO THANK ITS IN HOUSE TEAM FOR ALL THE EXCELLENT WORK ACCOMPLISHED IN AND TO THANK IN PARTICULAR ALL THE COMMUNITIES OF &RENCH %UROPEAN AND !FRICAN RESEARCHERS WHO ARE ITS RAISON D ÐTRE 7E WISH YOU ALL A FRUITFUL !URELIA 7! +!"7% 3%'!44) s 2ESEARCH $IRECTOR

TABLE RI FRQWHQWV %DITORIAL h"USY %ND OF 9EAR AT )&!3 2ESEARCHv BY !URELIA 7! +!"7% 3%'!44)

2ESEARCH 0ROGRAMMING n ND SEMESTER

)&!3 2ESEARCH %VENTS

)&!3 2ESEARCH !CTIVITIES

2ECENT 0UBLICATIONS .OT TO BE MISSED IN 3OUTHERN !FRICA

0LACE OF (ONOUR FOR (ISTORY AND !RCHAEOLOGY DURING THE 3ECOND 3EMESTER OF )&!3 #.23 (ISTORY AND !RCHAEOLOGY 2ESEARCH 7ORKS 0ERSPECTIVES

)&!3 )2$ #.23 #ALENDAR OF EVENTS AND LIST OF PUBLICATIONS #HIEF EDITOR !URELIA 7A +ABWE 3EGATTI 0UBLICATION -ANAGER $ENISA ,EAH 4RANSLATOR ,AURENT #HAUVET 4HE VIEWS AND OPINIONS EXPRESSED IN THIS PUBLICATION REMAIN THE SOLE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE AUTHORS

CONTACT GHWDLOV

"USY YEAR END

&RENCH )NSTITUTE OF 3OUTH !FRICA 2ESEARCH 0 / "OX .EWTOWN */(!..%3"52' 4EL &AX %MAIL SECRETARIATRECHERCHE IFAS ORG ZA WWW IFAS ORG ZA RESEARCH


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