Conference to be held on 15 to 16 November 2013 at the University of the Witwatersrand: “Discourse, Gender, and Sexuality: South-South Dialogues”

The Department of Linguistics at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg is pleased to announce a conference to be held on 15-16 November 2013. Entitled “Discourse, Gender, and Sexuality: South-South Dialogues”, the conference aims to bring together scholars from diverse fields of knowledge as well as geographical regions who are interested in showcasing work on any aspect of the relationship between discourse, gender and sexuality in the global South.

Possible thematic areas may include, but are not limited to:

• Gender, sexuality, and the body
• Gender, sexuality and disabilities
• Identity and desire
• Gender, sexuality and power
• Intersections of gender, sexuality, class, race and age
• Gender, sexuality and poverty
• Gender, sexuality and the media
• Gender, sexuality and violence
• Gender, sexuality and multilingualism
• Gender, sexuality and space/place
• Gender, sexuality and social theory

Plenary speakers
Sibonile Ellece (University of Botswana) Michelle Maria Lazar (National University of Singapore) Ana Cristina Ostermann (UNISINOS, Brazil)

Abstract submission
The abstract should be written in English and not exceed 300 words.
Deadline for submissions of abstracts: the abstract should be submitted no later than 15 April to dgswits2013@gmail.com

PsyTalk article on Anene Booysen

The first issue of 2013 of PsyTalk is now available. It contains a thought-provoking article by Juan Nel about the Anene Booysen case, together with many other contributions relating to Social and Community Psychology issues.

South African Sociological Association (SASA) Conference - 30 June to 3 July 2013

Dear all,

As convener for the Lesbian, Gay and Queer Studies-working group of the South African Sociological Association (SASA), it is my pleasure to inform you of this year's annual SASA-conference to by hosted by the Department of Sociology at Unisa, Sunnyside Campus, from Sunday 30 June to Wednesday 3 July 2013. You are invited to submit abstracts for these particular sessions, during which we will discuss challenges faced by sexual minorities in South African society and internationally. 

Congress Theme: Doing Sociology from the periphery: place, power and knowledge

If you are aware of others who may be interested in participating, please forward the information to them.

If you require any additional information, please do not hesitate to contact me at 21081719@nwu.ac.za.

Kind regards

Jacques Rothmann

Sociology

School for Social and Government Studies

North West University

South Africa

Third Southern African Students' Psychology Conference: 2013

FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS

The psychology departments of University of South Africa and University of the Witwatersrand invite you to the

                                                          2013 Southern African Students' Psychology Conference

With the theme

Psychology (in)action

                                                                                    

 24 – 28 June 2013
University of the Witwatersrand

Johannesburg                                                                         

The Southern African Students’ Psychology Conference is hosted by the psychology departments of the University of South Africa and the University of the Witwatersrand. Students and staff from psychology departments across Southern Africa are invited to join us in this venture. The conference will take place from the 24 – 28 June 2013 at Wits. Pre-conference workshops will be scheduled for Monday and Tuesday, 24 & 25 June 2013.

Students and their academic mentors who are interested in attending and/or presenting at the conference are requested to submit a title and an abstract of not more than 300 words on the conference website before 29 March 2013.                                      

                                                         

The Scientific Programme coordinator

For more details about the conference click here or please visit:

http://www.studentsconference.co.za/

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Society for Community Research and Action: 2013 Biennial Conference, Miami, Florida, USA

The 2013 Society for Community Research and Action biennial conference will take place on Wednesday, June 26th - Saturday, June 29th, in Miami, Florida USA. Preconference workshops and activities will begin in the morning on Wednesday June 26th and the conference opening reception will be held that evening.

As with past biennials, proposal submission and review will be handled through All Academic, Inc.

 Follow this link to submit your proposal and follow the instructions carefully.  

The deadline for receipt of program proposals is: 11:55 PM (EST), Monday December 10^th, 2012.

For more information go to: http://www.scra27.org/biennial/2013_biennial

Call for papers JCPP no. 4/2012

The Journal of Community Positive Practices is a Social Research Review with appearance in both printed and electronic versions which proposes topics of public interest published in accordance with the rules described within the section instructions for authors. Submissions in English for our next release are received until the 10th of December 2012 (for JCPP 4/2012).

Our current issue: Journal of Community Positive Practices, Nr. 3/2012 

Topics of interest for the Year of 2012 (volume XII)

• Preventing and combating of social exclusion
• Interventions at the level of the disadvantaged groups
• Access to education
• Improving the situation of Minorities, Immigrants, Vulnerable People
• Rehabilitation of persons who committed penal deeds
• Community Justice Administration - Community Policing, Probation, Prison
• Modern Administration of Urban/Rural Areas
• Gender Equality
• Social Research
• Best practices in social projects implementation
• Assessment of socio-economic projects
• Famillies challenges in modern societies
• Child protection
• Social economy
• Social and/or rural entrepreneurship

There is no publication fee.

The authors will receive 3 printed copies of the issue of appearance of their contributions.

For any other information, please don’t hesitate to contact us at office@jppc.ro

The authors may submit articles covering other currently debating themes of our societies.

Best Regards,

Sorin CACE, PhD
Senior Researcher, Institute of Quality of Life Research, Romanian Academy

Journal of Community Positive Practices www.jppc.ro
Sfanta Treime 17 Street, 2nd District, Bucharest
Phone/Fax: 0040 (0)21 210 01 81