The Old Testament Society of South Africa is part of the conference, and it invites to its annual meeting under the overall theme:

150 Years Old Testament Studies in South Africa:

History, Trajectories and Change

Proposals for papers exploring the following aspects of the overall theme are welcome:

• Mapping the way we have come: traditions, challenges, problems, approaches of the past 150 years, continuities, discontinuities
• taking stock of the present: trends, approaches, challenges, opportunities of our own day; how do our areas of research fit into the South African scholarly landscape?
• Envisioning the road ahead: the role of OT studies, OT studies as science, contribution of OT studies in debate on science and religion, OT in religious studies curricula, the contribution of OT studies to nation building, service delivery, resisting gender violence, making a difference with HIV/AIDS, etc.

For more information, see: http://www.otwsa-otssa.co.za/index_frame.htm 

Closing date for submission of paper proposals: 28 February 2009.

Contact about the joint conference: jointconference@sun.ac.za

Submission of a paper proposal, Old Testament Society: Professor Louis Jonker, lcj@sun.ac.za