Southern Africa and the World Biennial conference, University of Cape Town, June 26-29, 2005

The South African Historical Society is holding the biennial conference, Southern Africa and the World: the Local, the Regional and the Global in Historical Perspective June 26-29, 2005. The conference will look at topics that relate to themes in the history of the southern African region such as: liberation struggles and the limits of liberation; history and heritage; post-colonial and post-nationalist historiographies; new methodologies for teaching and researching history in the 21st century, including the use of film and video and digitisation. In addition the Society envisages panel discussions on such topics as the state of history in the different countries of the region, and how history teaching and research can be decolonised.