2008 SASA Conference

Society, Power and the Environment: Challenges for the 21st Century

This highly successful conference was held in Stellenbosch from 7 to 10 July 2008 and led to the publication of a collection of papers in book form.

• Click here for the call for papers.
• Click here for directions to the conference venue.
• Click here for general information on Stellenbosch.
• Click here for private accommodation in Stellenbosch.
• Click here for the SASA 2008 Facebook group.
• Click here for a copy of the conference CD start page. Please access the programme (including abstracts) and papers directly from the past conferences page.

Conference registration closed on 12 June. Early bird registration closed on 30 May. Late registration closed on 12 June. 

A memorandum of understanding was signed with the Indian Sociological Society. Below Indian Sociological Society president (far left) and SASA president Dr Simon Mapadimeng (far right) finalised the agreement. Also pictured: SASA vice-president Prof Peter Alexander (picture 1, middle) and International Sociological Association vice-president Prof Michael Burawoy (picture 2, back right).

Proff Simon Bekker and Ken Jubber were honoured as respected senior sociologists.  Below Prof Jubber receives a token of appreciation of his inspiration from SASA president Dr Simon Mapadimeng.

Letitia Smuts of the University of Johannesburg received the first prize in the student essay competition, below. The second prize went to Marius Tredoux of Stellenbosch University. Prof Ari Sitas expressed the view that all four prize-winning student  essays reflected that fact that South African sociology was booming.

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