The cultures, lifestyles and general quality of life of the Indigenous peoples across the world have attracted the attention of researchers, development practitioners, government officials and non-governmental organizations all over the world. However, limited opportunities exists for interested parties to meet and exchange information on a variety of development issues the directly or indirectly affects the Khoe and San. Questions are increasingly being raised on the extent to which the Khoe and San are included in their own development and thus able to shape their destiny. We are pleased to announce plans for an international Khoe and San conference to be held in Botswana (University of Botswana) on the 10-12 September 2003. The conference entitled: Research for Khoe and San Development will provide a unique environment for academics, government officials, development practitioners and the Khoe and San to dialogue on pertinent issues of mutual concern. The timing of this conference is opportune, given the recent international negative publicity about the treatment of the San in Botswana. It will raise the profile of the problem and provide essential information for future development in the area of research, policy making and programme implementation. Additionally, it will provide and an important platform for the Khoesan representatives to express their understandings and desires for more appropriate development policies and programmes. Read more ...

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Hola! Hemos actualizado el sector de EVENTOS de la Ciudad Virtual NAyA con informacion completa de los siguientes congresos, jornadas y simposios. Más detalles en naya.org 29 de noviembre al 4 de diciembre 2003. Jujuy, Argentina VI Simposio Internacional de Arte Rupestre Resúmenes Disponibles ON-LINE! Nos han enviado la totalidad de los resumenes del VII Congreso Nacional de Estudiantes de Arqueología. Read more ...

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Scholars are warmly invited to send applications to run a workshop at the Fifth Mediterranean Social and Political Research Meeting which will be held in Florence and Montecatini Terme, 24 - 28 March, 2004. Deadline for applications is 6 January 2003. Applications should be sent by e-mail More information on the 5th Meeting.

We would like to draw your attention to the NEW web pages of the Mediterranean Programme of the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies: Fourth Mediterranean Social and Political Research Meeting (19-23 March 2003) Fifth Mediterranean Social and Political Research Meeting (24-28 March 2004)

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Leeds, 14-16 January 2004. This three-day international conference encourages comparative and multi-disciplinary papers on issues of landscape, place identity and cultural representation within past and present Mediterranean contexts. We invite discussion about the portrayal of Mediterranean identities in relation to broader social, economic, technological and ideological circumstances. We hope to explore how perceptions and meanings occur, circulate and inform the understanding of cultural identity, travel encounters and experience. Offers of papers/presentations in English are invited on any of the following areas in Mediterranean contexts: Tourism and the imagination: travel, art, literary and cultural encounters Places, spaces and gender: landscapes, representations and visual politics Festivals, food and wine: performance, spectacle and consuming passions Public histories, policies and politics: knowledge, perception and intercultural relations Deadline for abstracts: 30 April 2003. Further information: More info

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Exeter, 12-15 July 2003. The theme of this conference interprets 'education' in a broad sense, encompassing the humanities and social/political science. 'Education' as a means to pro-mote understanding in 'the west' will also be considered, in addition to its role in the management of conflict and conflict resolution.

We are calling for papers that represent education in its many forms from the medieval period up to the present. It is envisaged that the following themes will form the core of the conference, but papers on other topics, which may not necessarily be covered by the themes, are encouraged and will also be considered: Literature Conflict Resolution Politics History Economy Educational Reform and Reformers Systems/Institutions Culture Society International Relations Middle East / West Gender Islam perceptions Ethnic & religious diversity Language Current educational trends Transmission of knowledge Religious education

Names of possible panel organizers and further sug-gestions for panels are invited. Student panels are also welcome. Those intending to present papers or pro-pose panels should submit proposals and abstracts no later than 15 January 2003. The conference theme will be addressed through a range of plenary debates which seek to highlight the role education has played and may perform in the future. Additional events include a book exhibition, conference dinner and the BRISMES Annual General Meeting.

For further information, please contact: Dr Gareth Stansfield, IAIS, University of Exeter, Stocker Road, Exeter, EX3 0ND, UK BRISMES website

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Honolulu, 12-15 June, 2003. The conference will provide many opportunities for academicians and professionals from social sciences and related fields to interact with members inside and outside their own particular disciplines.

Topic Areas (All Areas of Social Sciences are Invited): *Anthropology *Area Studies (African, American, Asian, European, Hispanic, Islamic, Jewish, Middle Eastern, Russian, Women's and all other areas of cultural and ethnic studies) *Communication *Economics *Ethnic Studies/ International Studies *Geography *International Relations *Journalism *Political Science *Psychology *Public Administration *Sociology *Urban and Regional Planning *Women's studies *Other Areas of Social Sciences *Cross-disciplinary areas of the above related to each other or other areas.

The Hawaii International Conference on Social Sciences encourages papers/abstracts/submissions for any of the listed areas of Social Sciences: Deadline for submissions: January 16, 2003. More info

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The schedule of the first annual meeting of the "Gesellschaft Muslimischer Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaftler" (GMSG) is near its completion. The meeting will take place in Cologne, Germany (25.-26. January 2003). More info

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The European Association of Middle East Librarians: Melcom International's 25th Annual Conference, Beirut, 26-28 May 2003. Melcom's hosts and local organizers are this year: Orient-Institut der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft Bibliothèque Orientale and Université Saint Joseph, Wolf-Dieter Lemke, head of library Dina Banna, Librarian May Semaan-Seigneurie, directrice. There will be no special theme for the conference, though one section should deal with the library situation in Lebanon. There is a call for papers in the following usual categories:

• Acquisition policies and practices
• Manuscript studies and rare material collections
• Cataloguing policies and practices
• Libraries and new technologies. A first programme and more details will be circulated as soon as possible, but only to those who will have stated their interest, please keep this in mind. In order to register, send an e-mail both to the MELCOM secretary, and to Dina Banna, OIDMG ) before end of January 2003. Melcom website Via DAVO

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Because of the big success of the first meeting (which was held in November 2001 in Bonn, Germany), there will be a second Südamerikanistentreffen in Berlin, Germany from 25. to 27. April 2003. The location will be the Ethnological Museum in Berlin-Dahlem.

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After the great success of the First World Congress for Middle Eastern Studies (WOCMES), which brought more than 2000 scholars from 52 countries to the University of Mainz, it is planned that the Second WOCMES will be held in the Middle East or Europe in autumn 2005 or spring 2006. The Third WOCMES is due in 2008/2009. Read more ...

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The Institute for African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences has started to organise the third conference on "Hierarchy and Power in the History of Civilizations" which will be held on June 18-21 2004 in Moscow. Read the first announcement and call for penal proposals ...

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It's the first summit of this kind and it's held these days in Oaxaca, Mexiko. The topics are:

• Human Rights an Indigenous Rights
• Indigenous Development and Globalization
• Empowerment and Indigenous Participation
• Spirituality, Education an Culture
• Gender From The Indigenous Women?s Perspective Nobel Peace Prize winner and Guatemalan activist Rigoberta Menchú Tum is participating, bringing a level of notoriety to a population often characterized more by its invisibility than its presence. The San Antonio News are reporting. I have trouble judging the importance of the summit and the organizations behind it. There are'nt reports from serious media. Maybe someone knowing more can take a look at the organizations behind it and judge the event? Informations (german) about Menchú Tum.

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