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    SASA 29th Annual Congress 2025

    Next Annual Congress 2025

     

    SASA Annual Congress 2025

     

    SASA 30th Annual Congress 2025

     

    Dates: 23rd to 26th June 2025

     

    Venue: University of Mpumalanga

     

    Theme: “Colonial Legacies, Postcolonial Realities: South Africa, 30 Years Later.”

     

    This conference commemorates South Africa’s 30 years of democracy by critically examining the enduring impacts of colonialism and apartheid on the nation’s socio-economic, political, and cultural landscape. The conference theme invites a reflective interrogation of how historical injustices continue to shape contemporary realities, from structural inequalities and policy implementation to identity formation and cultural expressions. We invite papers that explore the intersections of history, identity, governance, and development in South Africa's journey over the past three decades. Contributions may address themes such as nationalism, ethnicity and other collective identities, decolonisation and the Africanisation of knowledge systems, post-apartheid socio-economic transformations, land reform, cultural resistance, migration, gender equity, and the challenges of reconciliation and nation-building. Submissions that offer comparative perspectives with other postcolonial contexts are also welcome.

     

    Submissions are encouraged in these themes or others organized in our SASA working group, listed at https://sociology.africa/annual-conference/sasa-working-groups

     

    Abstract submission process:

     

    Abstract Deadline: 16 May 2025.

     

    Abstracts should be no longer than 300 words.

     

    Please email abstracts, together with authors details to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. AND cc’ the appropriate SASA working group convenors in your submission.

     

    REGISTRATION AND INVOICING: 

     

    To register for the 30th SASA Annual Congress, please carefully read the message below:

     

    Please use this link https://forms.office.com/r/Zq0hpAziiv  to register for the conference and ensure that the correct information, including billing address is included for easier processing. After completing the form using the above link, the UMP LOC handling invoicing for Congress will send you the invoice, only once you have registered via the link.

     

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