Time to plan for 2019 conference attendance

To me, conferencing means flying and that is half of the fun - going to interesting and beautiful places.

September means it is time to start planning for next year's conference attendance. Important to all of us teaching to first year students, is the First Year Experience (FYE) as we all have to take responsibility to assist students to adapt to higher education systems and to become successful life-long, self-directed students.

  

The South African National resource centre's (SANRC) First-year experience and students in transition conference will take place from 22 tot 24 May 2019. The venue is not yet confirmed, but due dates for the three rounds of abstract submissions are 14 October 2018, 11 February 2019 and 1 April 2019.  Early bird registration will be R4000.00. Abstracts can be submitted in the following sub-themes:

Case studies in good FYE practice

First year transitions in the higher education system

staff as support systems for first year students

engaging the student voice: critical perspectives from students

FYE in the classroom

FYE theory. 

Also important for South African scholars (who pay less registration for this conference), is the Transatlantic Roundtable on religion and race (TRRR) that will take place at the Hekima Institute of Peace studies and International Relations (HIPSIR) at the Hekima University College in Nairobi, Kenya from 1 to 5 July 2019. The theme for 2019 is: Old divisions, new social formations: Africa and the diaspora. Abstracts must be submitted by 30 November 2018. Themes that will be discussed include

Political and Religious Authoritarianism: Past, Present and Future

Deconstructing Conflict, Violence and Sovereignty in Africa and Across the Diaspora

Assets, Cooperatives and the Culture of Cooperation 

Patriarchy, Sexism and the Role of Culture in Africa and the Diaspora

Faith-based Responses to the Immigration Crisis

New Formations of African Identity on the Continent and Across the Diaspora

Old Media New Media, Social Media and the Production of Knowledge-based Development

Religion, Race and Morality in the Age of New Social Movements