ASAIB Conference on Remarkable South African Women: Revealed through Indexing and Bibliography

ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHERN AFRICAN INDEXERS AND BIBLIOGRAPHERS

Annual Conference 7 May 2008

"Remarkable" South African Women: Revealed through Indexing and Bibliography

Venue: EISA Offices, 14 Park Road, Richmond, Johannesburg

Cost: R300 (Including lunch and late afternoon tea) or R220 (including lunch)


CONFERENCE PROGRAMME:

08:00-08:25: Registration
08:25- 08:30 Welcome (Dr Jackie Kalley, EISA)

Session 1: Yvonne Garson (ASAIB Executive Committee)

08:30-09:00 Olive Schreiner (Stephen Gray, Emeritus Professor, UJ)

09:00-09:30 A new look at Ruth First (Dr Shireen Hassim, Dept of Politics, Wits)

09:30-10:15 Searching for information - a user's perspective (Ruda Landman, Journalist)

10:15-10:30 TEA

Session 2: Jackie Kalley (ASAIB Executive Committee)

10:30-11:00 Granite reinforced with wire: Seeking for the real Lilian Ngoyi (Cynthia Kros, Heritage Dept, Wits)

11:00-11:30 The uniqueness of Sophie Gray, Architect (Paul Kotze, Dept of Architecture, Wits)

11:30-12:00 Women and war (Elria Wessels, Anglo-Boer War Museum, Bloemfontein)

12:00-13:30 African women crafters (Sue Shellshop)

12:30-13:30 LUNCH, craft demo's and buying

Session 3: Peter Duncan (ASAIB Executive Committee)

13:30-14:00 SA women artists: thoughts of an experienced and knowledgeable art lover (Stephan Welz, former Director Stephan Welz & Company)

14:00-14:30 An overview of the role of Afrikaans women in the 20th century (Dr Dione Prinsloo, Dept of History, Unisa)

14:30-15:00 Wives and workers: the real life of Johanna Terburgh (Elsabe Brink (Historian and heritage consultant) and Henriette Latsky (Head: Archiving, Special Collections and Institutional Repository, Library and Information Centre, UJ)

15:00-15:30 Skirting the edges of civilisation: 19th century women travellers in South Africa (Michelle Adler, English Dept, Wits)

15:30-15:45 Closure (Marlene Burger, ASAIB Chairperson)

16:00 HIGH TEA

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PAYMENTS can be made in advance or at the conference

SAVINGS ACCOUNT NAME: ASAIB

BANK: Nedbank

Branch: Sandown (Branch code) 193305)

SAVINGS ACCOUNT NUMBER: 2933069393

Fax proof of payment to: For Attention Ms Karin McGuirk, +27 429 3792 or email proof of payment to mcguik@unisa.ac.za or preezm@unisa.ac.za

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ASAIB Conference 2008
C/O Madely du Preez
Box 392
0003 Unisa
or email to preezm@unisa.ac.za

LAST DAY FOR REGISTRATIONS: 24 April 2008