Centre for the Study of the Afterlife of Violence and the Reparative Quest (AVReQ)
The Centre for the Study of the Afterlife of Violence and the Reparative Quest (AVReQ) is established to fulfil the goals of the South African Research Chair in Violent Histories and Transgenerational Trauma. It aims to bring conceptual clarity to the concept of violence and its consequences in the lives of victim and survivor groups on the one hand, and perpetrators and their descendants on the other. As an interdisciplinary project, we will take an intersectional approach and engage with the physical and structural aspects of violence, as well as the more insidious and symbolic forms of its expression that manifest in dynamic ways.
Master of Philosophy in Violent Histories and Repair
The MPhil in Violent Histories & Repair at AVReQ, a unique interdisciplinary programme at Stellenbosch University dedicated to decolonial research and exploration of new Frontiers of knowledge in Transgenerational Trauma. Students will learn about how violent histories shape our present and our future
The AVReQ programme is based on three pillars of research:
- Historical Trauma and its Trans-generational Transmission
- Empathy: Relevance to Transformation
- Violence and its Impact on Gender Relationships