Heritage Guest Lecture

GIfA is inviting you to join us for a Heritage Guest Lecture

Presented by:

Professor Katherine Munro

Bio:

Katherine  Munro chairs the Heritage Association of South Africa ( since  2021 ) and is active in the Johannesburg Heritage Foundation  ( she is currently the Vice-Chair) and is particularly keen on promoting and documenting blue plaques throughout greater Johannesburg. She researches, lectures, and publishes heritage and architectural history.  She holds the position of Honorary Associate  Professor in the School of Architecture and Planning at Wits University  ( 2011 to the present ). She was educated in Johannesburg and at the University of  Edinburgh.  She enjoyed a four-decade working career at Wits in the fields of economic history and economic studies; she was the founding director of Wits Plus, the nighttime studies center enabling working adults to study for a degree. She founded the first multi-racial child care center at the university…