ACADEMIC AND NON-FICTION AUTHORS' ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH AFRICA (ANFASA)

CALL FOR PAPERS: "DISCRIMINATION IN SOUTH AFRICAN SCHORLARLY PUBLISHING"

Profiles of the South African publishing industry reveal that these do not reflect the demographics of the
country, whether in terms of authors, publishing staff, or readers.

Is this the result of discriminatory practices, or are other factors involved?

The sub-sector of academic and scholarly publishing reveals an even more skewed profile. There are
imbalances in our higher education systems, as well as the problem of an ageing and shrinking active
research group. One reason advanced for poor publishing records among younger, emerging and women scholars includes a perception of discrimination against scholars on the basis of a number of factors, including race, age and gender. This results in a disproportionate number of publications among a certain cohort of our research population, and a distinct group that is under-represented and arginalised. Studies conducted internationally, including in the USA, UK and Sweden, indicate that discrimination does take place against women and ethnic groups in scholarly publishing. Discriminatory practices may include unfair reviewing practices, unethical behaviour, exclusion from the 'old boys' network', and other constraints on time and research. The values that underlie the scholarly communication system – such as the maintenance of 'high standards' – may also function to exclude.
These papers will result in a publication, a collection of essays by South African scholars, that aims to
examine the perceptions and realities of discriminatory practices in academic and scholarly publishing. The publication will be fully peer reviewed in order to comply with accreditation requirements, and it is expected that it will be published by a local university press.

VENUE: ANFASA Annual General Meeting, Cape Town

DATE: 23-24 MARCH 2012

MORE INFORMATION: Email Beth le Roux, Department of Information Science, University of Pretoria beth.leroux@up.ac.za

HERS-SA mini-ACADEMY 2012

HERS-SA will be hosting its second mini-ACADEMY in Cape Town in April 2012.   The programme has been designed to provide a series of highly interactive workshops to build the critical skills of women working in higher education.  Four workshops are offered to boost participants’ leadership and performance capacities and to support their career development aspirations as women working in the higher education context. This event is only open to HERS-SA alumnae who have previously attended the seven-day HERS-SA ACADEMY.

DATE: SUNDAY 15 - WEDNESDAY 18 APRIL 2012

APPLICATION DEADLINE: 15 FEBRUARY 2012

FURTHER INFORMATION: HERS-SA mini-ACADEMY 2012

THIRD PARIS INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF HUMANITIES & SOCIAL SCIENCES RESEARCH:

CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS

The third Paris International Congress of Humanities and Social Sciences Research will be held from
The congress will bring together Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS) researchers, scientists, academicians, experts, engineers, developers, administrators and other HSS research-related professionals and practitioners from all over the world.

The aims are to promote multidisciplinary dialogue and mutual cross-fertilisation of ideas and methods; to offer a place for participants to present, discuss, and showcase innovative recent and ongoing HSS research works and their applications or development; to update on- and explore new ways and directions; and to take advantage of opportunities for contacts, interaction, international collaboration and networking. 

All areas of Humanities and Social Sciences research are invited: anthropology and ethnology; applied mathematics, statistics and sciences for HSS research; archaeology; area studies; arts; business administration; classics; communication studies; cultural studies; demography; development studies; economics; environmental studies; epistemology; gender studies; geography; history; information science; international relations; languages and cultures; law; linguistics and language sciences; literature; philosophy; policy, epistemology and methodology of multi-, inter-, trans- and cross-disciplinary HSS research; political science; psychology; religion; research policy, administration and strategies; and sociology.

The languages of the congress are English and French.

DATE: 24-28 JULY 2012

VENUE: Hotel Concorde La Fayette, Paris, Franz

DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACTS: 30 OCTOBER 2011

DEADLINE FOR EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION: 29 FEBRUARY 2012

For more information, submission and registration, refer to http://education-conferences.org/homehss.aspx

Enquiries: E-mail: Paris-Conference@analytrics.

The tenth HERS-SA ACADEMY

will take place from 9-15 September 2012 in Cape Town

MORE DETAILS TO FOLLOW IN DUE COURSE