Call For Papers

“Engaging silences and unresolved issues in the political economy of South Africa” September 2006

Conference to mark the 10th anniversary of the death of Harold Wolpe, and of the establishment of the Harold Wolpe Memorial Trust.

Conference Themes

1. The notion of intellectuals or the intelligentsia
2. The adequacy of intellectual engagement in contemporary South Africa
3. Trajectories of democracy in South Africa
4. Building a nation in South Africa today
5. Gender and South Africa
6. Open theme

Submission of Abstracts

Deadline for abstracts: Friday, 2 December 2005

Format of submissions:

• Presenters’ details (name, postal address, telephone and fax numbers, email address)
• Title and organisational/institutional affiliation (if any)
• Title of paper
• Abstract of a maximum of 500 words in Microsoft Word or Rich Text Format
• Indicate to which conference theme(s) the paper is linked

Abstracts should be submitted to Tracy Bailey, National Co-ordinator, at .