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CASA Conference
2005 Afterword
CASA
Conference 2005
The 26th biennial conference of the Classical
Association of South Africa will be held at the
University of KwaZulu-Natal,
Tuesday 5 to Thursday 7 July 2005.
In recognition of the fact that the
University of KwaZulu-Natal is a newly-merged institution, the
conference will take place in Durban
(Wednesday 6 July) in the T. B. Davis Building and
in Pietermaritzburg (Tuesday 5 July and
Thursday 7 July) in the Old Main Building.
Theme of Conference
The Theme of the Conference will be
The
Classical Tradition / Classical Receptions. Contributions that specifically
emphasise the reception of Classics in Africa will be particularly
welcome. The keynote address will be
delivered by Professor
Lorna Hardwick
of the Open University in the United Kingdom of Great Britain. There
will also be two guest speakers, Professor Alessandro Barchiesi
(University of Siena, Arezzo), who will be speaking on 'Virgilian
Geopoetics: Empire in the Aeneid and After', and Professor
John Scarborough (University of Wisconsin, Madison) on 'Drugs and
Drug Lore in the time of Theophrastus: Folklore, Magic, Botany,
Philosophy, and the Rootcutters '.
There is a strong possibility that a prestigious international
publishing house will undertake to publish a collection of articles
on the conference theme.
Papers may be on the conference theme or on other
classical topics, or may have a related multi-disciplinary focus.
Proposals for panel discussions, and offers to coordinate panels,
will be welcome.
Abstracts
/ Programme / Delegates
Abstracts
Programme
List of Delegates
Audiovisual Presentations
Delegates who wish to use audiovisual technology
to present their papers are requested to bring these on CD-ROM or
USB memory-stick. We will be using our own hardware to avoid
compatibility problems.
Business Meeting
Minutes of the
2003 business meeting of the Classical Association of South Africa.
Agenda of the
forthcoming meeting.
Chairperson's Report
Latin Report
Branch Reports:
KwaZulu-Natal
Noordelike Streek
Western Province
Acta Classica:
Managing Editor's
Report
ASSA Survey on
Acta Classica (PDF)
Department of
Education Report (PDF)
Sabinet
Agreement (PDF Large)
Sabinet
Guidelines
Financial Report (PDF)
Akroterion:
Managing
Editor's Report and Financial Report.
Travel
Wherever possible, flights
should terminate at and depart from Oribi Airport, Pietermaritzburg,
which is very close to the city. There are five flights per day from
Johannesburg to Pietermaritzburg (90 minutes by SA Airlink). Flights that arrive at Durban
International Airport will entail a further journey by road (86 kilometres) from Durban to Pietermaritzburg
(a shuttle leaves Durban International airport for the PMB city centre
at 10:45 and 16:15 Monday to Friday [R60 single].
This must be booked and paid for in advance with your travel agent).
If these arrangements are
inadequate or problematic please contact the conference organizers
and we will remedy or supplement transport between Durban and Pietermaritzburg.
On arrival at Pietermaritzburg you will be met and driven to the campus. Please
advise Peter Tennant (details below) of
your estimated time of arrival.
Travel to Durban on Wednesday by coach will be included in the
conference fee. Local delegates from Gauteng and the Free State may
want to travel to Pietermaritzburg by car. Click here for route maps
to the Howard College Campus in Durban
(Wednesday) and the Pietermaritzburg Campus
(Tuesday and Thursday) .
Site maps are given below for the Howard
College centre and the
Pietermaritzburg
centre.
Accommodation
Accommodation has been arranged for delegates in the
Petrie Residence
(R155 per night including breakfast) on the
Pietermaritzburg campus and at a number of Bed & Breakfast
establishments. The aerial
photograph of the campus shows that the residence is in very
close proximity to the Old Main Building. For
queries about accommodation in Pietermaritzburg please contact
Peter Tennant (details below).
Contact Details of Organisers
Peter Tennant,
Classics,
University of KwaZulu-Natal,
Pietermaritzburg
3209.
Tel: +27 (0)33 260 5555; Fax +27 (0)33 260 5575;
e-mail
tennant@ukzn.ac.za;
Cell phone: 082 676 2601.
Anne Gosling,
University of KwaZulu-Natal,
Howard College,
Durban 4041.
Tel: +27 31 2602314; Fax +27 31 2602698
e-mail
gosling@ukzn.ac.za
Cell phone: 082 9708 227
John Hilton,
University of KwaZulu-Natal,
Howard College,
Durban 4041.
Tel: +27 31 2602314; Fax +27 31 2602698
e-mail
hilton@ukzn.ac.za
Cell phone: 084 883 6304.
Optional Excursion
As
part of your Durban experience, we are offering an excursion to the
brand new, international award-winning aquarium, uShaka
Sea World
(R85.00). You can see South Africa’s unique sea life, including
sharks, attend dolphin and seal shows or feast at
one of the Phantom Ship restaurants.
For no charge you can go to the uShaka Beach or
enjoy the restaurants and shops of the uShaka Village Walk. For more information about these and the many other
activities available, see
http://www.ushakamarineworld.co.za/
The optional excursion will be
followed by a cultural evening and dinner at the Killie Campbell
Museum. After the morning session you will be taken to uSkaka Marine
World where you may enjoy any of the abovementioned
attractions. In the evening you will be transported from uShaka to the Museum and then on to Pietermaritzburg.
Further Information
Useful information about the
university, amenities at the conference, and places of interest in
KZN. Information about the region is available from the
KZN
website and the official website of
South Africa.
Classics, Howard College, has a
website with
visual
directions to its offices.
Guide to restaurants in
Durban.
Conference Fee
The conference fee of R500 (R200 for students and
pensioners) will include a small conference dinner, all
refreshments, lunch on Tuesday and Thursday, and transportation
costs between conference venues in Pietermaritzburg and Durban on
Wednesday.
How to Pay
Please follow the hyperlink to the printable
registration form [or
download plain text version here]),
print the form, fill it in, and post or fax it together with your
payment to Anne Gosling or John Hilton (details above).
Cheques should be made out to the
University of KwaZulu-Natal, code R855 5205. If your cheque is not
made out in South African Rands please add a R100 currency
transaction fee to the total. This additional charge applies to
foreign currency cheques only.
If you
are paying by electronic bank transfer/deposit please attach a copy of the
deposit slip/print out of your transaction to your registration form.
Please add a R100 currency transaction fee if you
are making a transfer from a country that does not use Rands. Account details are provided
on the registration form.
If you
are paying by credit card please print out the credit card
form (download
plain text version here), and attach it to your registration
form. There is no foreign currency transaction
fee for credit card payments.
YOUR TOTAL AMOUNT
PAYABLE MUST REACH THE CONFERENCE ORGANISERS BY 4 APRIL 2005
TO ENSURE THAT YOUR PLACE IS BOOKED.
Sponsors
The organising committee acknowledges with thanks
the generous financial support of the Consulate of the Hellenic
Republic, Durban, the University of KwaZulu-Natal Research Fund, the
National Research Fund, the eThekweni Metro, and
Adams Campus Bookstores.
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