CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

As per §10 of the SACOMM Constitution, it is time to Call for Nominations for Executive Committee Members for the different Streams of SACOMM. “Interest Group Conveners” (or the Executive Committee) are, with the Presidium, responsible for the daily running of SACOMM.

SACOMM 2019: Registration now Open

We look forward to seeing you at SACOMM2019! Thank you to everyone who submitted abstracts. You should have received a notification via email if you have submitted a suggestion for a panel or an abstract. If you haven’t received word from the Conference Organisers, please email sacomm2019@gmail.com. Registration Deadline is 26 July, 2019. Conference DetailsRegistration …

CFP: Academy of World Business, Marketing and Management Development Conference

CALL FOR PAPERS – Due Date 29th October 2019 in Ontario, Canada, 23-26 June 2020 Win a free iPad or Tablet Conference Program Chair and Executive Director Professor Gabriel Ogunmokun (PhD), Academy of World Business, Marketing and Management Development. Email: ogunmokun@academyofworldbusiness.com Conference Associate Program Chair Dr Lianxi Zhou, Professor of Marketing and International Business, Goodman School …

CFP: The Asian Conference on Education 2019

“Independence & Interdependence” The conference theme for The Asian Conference on Education 2019 (ACE2019) is “Independence & Interdependence”, and invites reflections on the desirability, extent and limits on independence and autonomy for ourselves, our students, and the institutions and structures within which we work, teach and learn. We do not educate, nor are we educated, …

Copyright Amendment Bill: Implications for universities

By Keyan Tomaselli   As researchers we need to be aware of the potential impacts of the Bill on our daily work, performance management KPAs and research funding. Here are three just published interventions on the issue. The Bill will be tabled at NCOP later this month. Fatally flawed copyright bill will favour internet giants Concerns …

Announcing a CMRC Conference in Collaboration with SIMAGINE

Imagined Borders, Epistemic Freedoms: The Challenge of Social Imaginaries in Media, Art, Religion and DecolonialityHosted by The Center for Media, Religion, and Culture University of Colorado Boulder January 8-11, 2020  The question of borders and the practice of bordering persist in a world destined for encounters and confrontations. This persistence today bears resemblance to long-standing …

Call for Book Chapters: Television in the Digital Age: Disjuncture, Continuities and Prospects

Editors: Prof Gilbert Motsaathebe and Prof Sarah Chiumbu  University of Johannesburg Introduction  The television industry has evolved drastically over the past few years. However, at the present moment the medium of television appears to be experiencing a continual cataclysm precipitated by the onslaught of multiple media platforms and digitization of content. All these developments are …

ICA Washington DC

ICA Africa As you are probably aware, the 69th ICA Annual Conference will take place in Washington DC, from 24 – 28 May 2019 (both dates inclusive). The venue address is:-   Washington Hilton Hotel1919 Connecticut Ave NWWashington, District of Columbia  20009United States Please note that Online registration is available until: 5/3/2019. Ensure that at registration you do so …

ARTS AND CULTURE TO HOST THE 2019 SOUTH AFRICAN FILM SUMMIT, JOHANNESBURG

 MEDIA STATEMENT Government through National Department of Arts and Culture will host the South African Film Summit from 04 – 05 February 2019 at Skyrink Studios, in Johannesburg Gauteng. The Summit will be held under the theme: “Transformation and innovation in the South African Film/Audio-Visual Industry and the 4th Industrial Revolution. Are we geared for change?” …