Ben Verghese

Ben Verghese is a researcher, writer and producer based in Cape Town. He is completing an MA in History at the University of the Western Cape and is a fellow at the Centre for Humanities Research. He is also a member of the Revolutionary Papers Teaching Tools Team, and is responsible for coordinating tools from the African continent. He tweets irregularly @bengubbins.

Teaching Tools by Ben Verghese

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Revolutionary Papers Conference ’22: Counter-Institutions, -Politics and -Culture in Periodicals of the Global South

Presented by

Sara Kazmi Ben Verghese Phokeng Setai

21 April 2023

The Revolutionary Papers Conference was held at Community House in Cape Town between April 28-30, 2022. The conference looked at how periodicals—including newspapers, magazines, cultural journals, and newsletters—played a key role in establishing new counter publics, social and cultural movements, institutions, political vocabularies, and art practices. Bringing together scholars, activists, and artists, the workshop traced […]

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