Looking at South Africa ten years on
"Looking at South Africa 10 Years On" will celebrate a decade of democracy in South Africa but also constructively and critically reflect on its achievements. The conference will be hosted by the Institute of Commonwealth Studies and the School of Oriental and African Studies, in collaboration with the Journal of Southern African Studies (JSAS), which is celebrating its thirtieth anniversary, the Review of African Political Economy (ROAPE) and the Journal of Contemporary African Studies (JCAS).
LOOKING AT SOUTH AFRICA 10 YEARS ON
Call for papers for a major international conference at SOAS and the
Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London
10-12 September 2004
"Looking at South Africa 10 Years On" will celebrate a decade of democracy
in South Africa but also constructively and critically reflect on its
achievements. The conference will be hosted by the Institute of
Commonwealth Studies and the School of Oriental and African Studies, in
collaboration with the Journal of Southern African Studies (JSAS), which is
celebrating its thirtieth anniversary, the Review of African Political
Economy (ROAPE) and the Journal of Contemporary African Studies (JCAS). The
programme committee includes Shula Marks (SOAS); Tim Shaw, Paul Gready,
Brendan Vickers and Fiona White (all ICS); Steve Kibble (CIIR), Peter
Lawrence (Keele) and Henning Melber (Nordic Africa Institute).
The conference will begin at 2pm on Friday 10 September and conclude at
lunchtime on Sunday 12 September (it is timed to precede the African
Studies Association UK conference to be held on 13-15 September at
GoldsmithsCollege). It will be split into four half-day sections. As well
as invited keynote speakers papers submissions are being invited from
scholars, policy/think tank researchers, staff of NGOs and international
agencies, journalists and others, for panels on the broad subject areas
detailed below. Prospective speakers are invited to submit paper abstracts
of not more than 300 words and a brief biographical outline by 18 June
2004. A decision on papers to feature in the conference will be made by the
relevant panel convenor and communicated to speakers by 16 July. Looking at
South Africa 10 Years Onhas been divided into four sessions as follows:
þ Looking back
Including: teaching and awareness of history; the impact of the changed
political context of democracy on the writing of history; versions of
history (the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Report, revisionism); and
various government and academic overviews of the first 10 years of democracy.
Panel convenor: Shula Marks and JSAS
Abstracts to be submitted to:
([email protected])
þ Looking out
Including: South Africa in the region and the world (foreign policy; South
Africas role in intergovernmental fora and negotiations; business, brands
and MNCs; sport and culture); as well as the regions and worlds changing
view of and relationships with South Africa.
Panel convenor: David Simon and JSAS
Abstracts to be submitted to:
([email protected])
þ Looking in
Including: the nature and changing patterns of internal debate and
criticism; civil society engagement in such debates; the role of formal
institutions and civil society in ensuring accountability; and the health
of democracy.
Panel convenor: Peter Lawrence and ROAPE
Abstracts to be submitted to:
Lawrence ([email protected])
þ Looking forward
Including: possible futures of democracy and the economy; HIV/AIDS and the
land issue; civil society and social movement mobilisations.
Panel convenor: Tim Shaw and Roger Southall (JCAS/HSRC)
Abstracts to be submitted to:
([email protected])