Call for Papers: History of water in Africa, 12/04
THE NORTH-WEST UNIVERSITY: VAAL TRIANGLE
CAMPUS(Vanderbijlpark, South Africa) in cooperation with
THE INTERNATIONAL WATER HISTORY ASSOCIATION (IWHA) presents
FLOWS FROM THE PAST: A TRANS-DISCIPLINARY CONFERENCE ON THE
HISTORY OF WATER IN AFRICA
FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT and CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
This conference follows in the wake of discussions on the
IWHA network and plans mooted by a group of interested
researchers at the third conference of the IWHA in
Alexandria, Egypt, in December 2003.
DURATION:
8 - 11 December 2004
VENUE:
Riviera on Vaal, Vereeniging, South Africa
OBJECTIVES:
The major objective is to start exploring, under the
auspices of the IWHA, the potential for a comprehensive
project on the history of water on the African continent.
It is hoped that the conference would prepare participants
who specialise in Africa for the next IWHA Conference in
Paris that is scheduled for 2005.
There seems to be interest amongst international scholars to
explore some of the following themes.
THEMES FOR DISCUSSION:
- Papers on past, current and proposed research on water
history in Africa
- Water historiography
- Case histories of water in various parts of Africa
- The history of (large) water schemes
- Current trends in water planning - ideology and practice
- The history of irrigation
- Drinking water - trends in planning past and present
- Sanitation from the pre-colonial to the postcolonial era
- Water and security in Africa
- Myths and rituals related to water: cultural manifestations
- Strategies of water procurement in the colonial era
- Hydropower in Africa
- Indigenous societies and water
- Rivers and their significance in Africa
- The history of natural water disasters in Africa
- Water in African delta regions
- Water in African Swamps
- Methodologies of water history research
- Interdisciplinary co-operation
- Co-ordination and interaction of existing and proposed
research
- Other themes that present themselves from the abstracts
received
ABSTRACTS:
Guidelines & Instructions:
- All abstracts must be submitted in English as an e-mail
attachment
- Use Ms-Word
- Maximum length 300 words (one page)
- Short CV (not more than 100 words)
- Institutional affiliation
Send abstracts to:
Petra Lawson (North West University) at IWHafrica@puk.ac.za
Paper, Presentation & Programme Guidelines:
- No limitation of the length of a paper, but bear in mind
that presentation of papers will be confined to 20 minutes
per speaker
- There will be no simultaneous sessions (the objective is
to engage all conference participants in all sessions in
order to establish a form of cohesion)
- There will be ample opportunity for discussions both
during presentations and in separate workshop opportunities
- A number of social activities, related to water and
history would be presented as part of the conference
IMPORTANT DATES TO DIARISE:
| Final date to submit abstracts: |
15 June 2004 |
| Notification of acceptance of proposed papers: |
1 August 2004 |
| Deadline for the submission of papers: |
13 October 2004 |
| Closing date for conference attendance: |
1 November 2004 |
GENERAL& REGISTRATION ENQUIRIES:
Ms Petra Lawson at tel. +27-16-910-3709 or fax
+27-16-910-3711 or e-mail dvpal@puk.ac.za
REGISTRATION:
Should you wish to attend the conference you could secure
your booking in two ways
Registration by post:
Complete the registration form and return it together with
the appropriate fee (cheques should be made payable to North
West University) to:
- Attention
- Ms Petra Lawson, Skills Development Unit, North
West University, Vaal Triangle Campus, P O Box 1174,
Vanderbijlpark, 1900, South Africa or
Pay it directly into the banking account (electronic
payments):
Bank the appropriate fee into the banking account and fax a
copy of the deposit slip / electronic transfer and your
registration form to Attention: Ms Petra Lawson, fax
+27-16-910-9709 or +27-16-910-3711 on the same date the
deposit is made.
Banking details:
| Account Name: |
North West University |
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3 |
| Bank: |
ABSA |
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| Branch: |
Tom Street, Potchefstroom, South Africa - 632005 |
| Account Number: 670 642 |
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Reference Number:
reference number) |
5613/5606/418 (please |
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not forget to quote the |
FEE:
R5 500.00 p.p. single accommodation (attending only) Fee
includes: registration, refreshments and lunch, conference
material, accommodation, dinners, special functions,
transport
R4 630.00 p.p. Sharing accommodation (attending only) Fee
includes: registration, refreshments and lunch, conference
material, accommodation, dinners, special functions,
transport R5 355.00 p.p. single accommodation (present a
paper)
- Fee includes
- registration, refreshments and lunch,
conference material, accommodation, dinners, special
functions, transport R4 400.00 p.p. sharing accommodation
(present a paper)
- Fee includes
- registration, refreshments and lunch,
conference material, accommodation, dinners, special
functions, transport
FINAL DATE FOR REGISTRATIONS:
1 November 2004
CANCELLATIONS & TRANSFERS:
The fee is not refundable. If you cannot attend, feel free
to send a substitute at no extra charge. Please notify the
registration office regarding any changes no later than 1
December 2004.
CONFIRMATION:
Confirmation of registration will be forwarded to you no
later than 1 December 2004.
Page Editor: Ali B. Ali-Dinar, Ph.D.