Popular Mobilisation and International Solidarity: Reflections on the Anti-Apartheid Movement and Palestine Solidarity

Biographical note

Noor Nieftagodien, South African Research Chair in Local Histories and Head of the History Workshop at Wits, is a leading historian of popular struggles, youth politics, and local histories. He has co-authored major works on Alexandra, Ekurhuleni, Kathorus, and Soweto, and collaborates internationally on comparative research. Through the History Workshop, he leads community-engaged projects producing documentaries, exhibitions, and national conferences. His work bridges scholarship and activism, including writings on contemporary radical movements. He serves on multiple boards such as SAHA, CUBES, SWOP and SERI, and continues the activist commitments that shaped him since the 1980s.

Speaker

Noor Nieftagodien, University of the Witwatersrand

Chair

Sara de Simone, Università di Trento