Southern Imagining review in The Daily Maverick
Ed Stoddard has written a new review of Southern Imagining in The Daily Maverick, entitled ‘The southern hemisphere has found its literary and cultural historian’. He notes: Elleke Boehmer has […]
Southern Imagining
There is no objective view of Earth: Tilting our world perspective
The Institute of Art and Ideas recently published an article by Elleke that uses the famous 1972 “blue marble” photograph of earth as its point of departure to discuss the
Video: Southern Imagining at the Edge of the Skirt of the World (Conversation with Lola Frost in Kalk Bay, 2026)
Elleke was in conversation with Lola Frost at the Artvark Gallery in Kalk Bay on 12 March 2026. They explored the overlaps between Southern Imagining and Ice Shock and Frost’s
Video: Dilip Menon and Elleke Boehmer in conversation at Love Books
Elleke was in conversation with Dilip Menon about Southern Imagining for the book’s launch at Love Books in Johannesburg on 10 March 2026. Watch the conversation here
Elleke on The History of Literature podcast
Elleke was recently featured on The History of Literature podcast, where she discussed Southern Imagining with host Jacke Wilson.
Life-lines South and North: Professor Elleke Boehmer and Dame Professor Hermione Lee on Ice Shock and Southern Imagining
Join Professor Elleke Boehmer, who will discuss her two new books, Ice Shock (2026) and Southern Imagining (2026), in conversation with Professor Dame Hermione Lee on 26 May 2026 at
Southern Imagining: At the Edge of the Skirt of the World (Artvark Gallery, Kalk Bay)
An art/literature conversation, with images, between Elleke Boehmer and Lola Frost at the Artvark Gallery in Kalk Bay, to explore the synergies between Boehmer’s Southern Imagining book and Frost’s At
Ice Shock and Southern Imagining at Gondwana in Lisbon
If you’re in Lisbon on the 20th of February, please join Elleke and the great Alberto Manguel at Gondwana bookshop to talk about all things southern and Elleke’s two new
Books on the Bay 2026
Elleke will be in conversation with Karina Szczurek about Ice Shock at the Books on the Bay festival in Simon’s Town on 14 March 2026.
Ice Shock and Southern Imagining at the University of Pretoria
An event will be held at the University of Pretoria on 30 October 2025 at 11:30 to celebrate the launch of Ice Shock and Southern Imagining. The books will be