The Institute of African Studies at Emory University will be holding a major conference coinciding with the twentieth anniversary of the ending of apartheid and South Africas first democratic elections.  Our primary goals are to develop critical new perspectives on the past two decades that invite and sustain innovative ways of thinking about South Africas past and present more broadly, and to contribute to the ongoing project of renovating civil society in a post-apartheid world.

The 2.5 day conference will center on the discussion of pre-circulated unpublished papers.  We are especially interested in new research works focusing on the following themes:
1.     The Post-Apartheid Condition
2.     Violence, Gender, and Inequality
3.     Intellectual and Artistic Life and the Politics of Knowledge
4.     State and Social Processes
5.     South Africa in Comparative Perspective
           
Please submit a one page paper proposal and abbreviated CV to Clifton Crais, Director of the Institute of African Studies ([email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>) and Kara Moskowitz, assistant to the director ([email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>) no later than 1 November 2013. 

The Institute of African Studies has limited funding to help defray travel expenses for invited presenters.  Full conference details will be available 1 December 2013.  If you have any questions please contact one of the conference organizers:
Clifton Crais, Professor ([email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>)
Pamela Scully, Professor ([email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>)
Nathan Suhr-Sytsma, Assistant Professor (nathan.e.suhr-[email protected]<mailto:nathan.e.suhr-[email protected]>)