Agenda
Public Lecture ‘Project 1834’ by Dr Kate Ekama
On 24 June 2026, Dr Kate Ekama (Stellenbosch University) will deliver a public lecture on the brand-new ‘Project 1834’, which relates to Stellenbosch University’s broader transformation policy and efforts toward research, restitution, and social justice.
Dr Kate Ekama is a Senior Researcher at Stellenbosch University and the Laboratory for the Economics of Africa’s Past (LEAP). Her work addresses aspects of the lived experience of colonialism in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries across the Indian Ocean World. Kate’s research contributes to better understanding the transformative period of emancipation in the Cape Colony and its legacies.
The lecture is delivered as part of the Masterclass ‘Social Histories of Dutch Colonialism in the Indian Ocean World’ held on the same day.
Those wanting to attend, may contact Dries Lyna and Paul van der Linde for further details.
