Call for Papers: Preserving and Recording Ghana's Past, 08/06
HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF GHANA ANNUAL CONFERENCE (2006)
Theme: Preserving and Recording Ghana's Past: Fifty Years of Ghana's
Independence
Venue: Accra
Date: 9-12 August, 2006
Call for Papers
The Historical Society of Ghana (HSG) of Ghana is inviting papers for
its 2006 annual conference on the theme "Preserving and Recording Ghana's
Past: Fifty Years of Ghana's Independence." As Ghana approaches its
fiftieth anniversary on 6 March 2007, the HSG seeks to review the
processes of nationalism and decolonization, independence and
nation-building, economic growth and the challenges of development and
the fortunes of the independent African state in general.
Attention is given to the processes of preserving and recording Ghana's
and Africa's independent history. Papers that reflect on the nature and
use of source materials in reconstructing independent Africa's history
are welcome – oral sources, archival sources, newspapers, photography and
images (postcards, postage stamps, etc), national monuments and historic
sites. Reflections on the medium and state of historical reconstruction
and interpretation – published secondary literature, newspapers, film,
radio programs, etc – are also solicited.
While African agency is foregrounded in this review of independent
Africa, Africa's place in the larger world cannot be dismissed. Thus,
while papers that outline African paradigms of national identity and
culture, education, the state, economic development, etc are important,
others that explore the continuing impact of the colonial legacy,
independent Africa's interaction with the West , Africa's experience with
international development agencies, and Africa's foreign relations are
equally encouraged. The call for papers is open to all submissions that
interrogate any aspect of Africa's independent experience.
Please send your paper title and one page abstract to the HSG at:
asafo@ghana.com. Attn: Ebenezer Ayesu or dlaumann@memphis.edu or
per.hernaes@hf.ntnu.no on or before 31st May 2006 and a soft copy of full
paper before 31st July 2006.
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