Dates

• 11 May: Political Sciences seminar: "Ordering the World: Academic research and policymaking on fragile states". RSVP: Ms Wilma Martin – 012 420 2034 / [email protected]
• 13 May:   Towards a more diverse conception of Afrikaans: Seminar by Prof Hein Willemse
• 13 May:   Philosophy colloquium "How Much Politics Can Art Take? The Spectre of Political Aesthetics in the Work of Jacques Rancière" by Matthias Pauwels
• 25-26 May: Leverhulme Trust's Population Footprints symposium
• 5-7 Jul: 7th Global Conference of the International Water History Association in South Africa Registration http://www.nwu.ac.za/vtc/congress.html
• 10-13 Jul: 17th SASA Congress: "Gender in question: rights, representation and substantive freedom" Contact  [email protected] 
• 1-4 Aug: 2nd Regional African AAC Conference 2011, "Beginning a new Chapter" /tinyurl.com/AAC-in-Africa-2011 Contact [email protected] 
• 22-24 Aug: Conference on Higher Education in South Africa, University of Fort Hare

• 1 Jun: Nominations: Tuksalumni Board's Laureate Awards 2011
• 10 Jun: Applications for Commonwealth Scholarships
• 15 Jun: Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme - Cooperative Research Projects in Sub-Saharan Africa
• 15 Aug: Applications for CODESRIA Advanced Research Fellowship Programme, Africa
• 15 Sept: Nomination: The Holberg International Memorial Prize 2012
• 30 Sept: Nominations: Prince Salman Award for Disability Research
• 30 Sept: Awards for Creative Production & Outputs
• 1 Oct: Global South Scholar-In-Residence Programme