Memory in Africa: Transcultural Dimensions 2019
This conference, held 17-19 October 2019 in Pretoria, aims to promote the interdisciplinary field of Memory Studies on the African continent. See full details at https://sss.ukzn.ac.za/call-for-papers-memory-in-africa-transcultural-dimensions/
Keynote speakers:
Prof Sifiso Mxolisi Ndlovu, Department of History, UNISA
Prof John Sutton, Department of Cognitive Science, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
Conference themes
- the role of political memory in international relations and local, national and transnational politics
- memory in law and transitional justice processes
- multidirectional travel of memories between Africa and the world
- memory in the age of digital media and networked communication technology
- memory in the context of religion and spirituality
- the role of memory in health and sickness (including HIV/Aids, Ebola, etc.)
- commemoration of persons, events and places in African societies
- how are local memories affected by global narratives and discourses
- memory in the context of travel, mobility, migration and displacement
- gendered memories and memories of gender relations
- testing of established concepts in memory studies (e.g. Hirsch’s notion of postmemory) in African case studies
- memory, inequality and poverty
- methodologies of memory studies in an African context and in relation to oral history studies
Postgraduate students: Note the guidelines on how to write a successful proposal at the end of the call for papers on the website!
Call for papers extended to 28 February 2019
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Audience
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Howard College Staff
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Howard College Students
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Edgewood Staff
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EdgWood Students
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Medical School Staff
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Medical School Students
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PMB Staff
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PMB Students
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Westville Staff
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Westville Students
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