Conferences and other events

In working to identify archives and organisations in the Nordic countries related to the liberation and anti-apartheid struggle, the project wanted to contribute to disseminating archive initiatives in Southern Africa and show continuous collaboration. Here you will find reports on conferences, exhibitions and projects as well as pictures and lists of participants. Meetings, networks and collaborative partnerships that have been important fora for the project. 

26-27 November 2009, Pretoria, South Africa. Read about the workshop.

4-5 June 2009, Copenhagen, Denmark. Read about the conference.

Dissemination Meeting at University of Joensuu, Department of History Finland, 28-29 May, 2009.
Read about the meeting.

On the 23^rd of March, the Institute received a delegation from Namibia which was headed by Mr. Per Sandén who is a Chief Technical Advisor at the SWAPO Party Archives & Research Centre. Read more about the visit.

The Documentation Project organised together with Prof. Jónína Einarsdottír of the University of Iceland a seminar on the theme, 'The Nordic Documentation Project on the Liberation Struggles in Southern Africa: The Icelandic People’s involvement and Lessons Learnt'  in Iceland on the 21st of February, 2009.

Programme (pdf).
Seminar report (pdf).

30-31 January 2009
Johannesburg , South Africa

Conference programme (pdf)
Conference report (pdf)

at Greifswald University, Germany, 10–11 October,  2008.
Conference Program
Conference Report by Proscovia Svärd (pdf)
Conference website: http://www.dsh.se/

organized by Professor Chris Saunders at the University of Western Cape, Center for African Studies on the 4 – 6 September, 2008.
Programme (pdf).
Workshop report by Prof. Chris Saunders (pdf).
Conference webpage: http://www.africanstudies.uct.ac.za/home-%20LSISA.php

The Book Launch of the Portuguese Version of Sweden and the Liberation Struggle in Angola, Mozambique and Guinéa Bissau by Tor Sellström
Luanda, Angola, 5 June 2008

Modern Solidarity - what did we learn from Southern Africa’s liberation? Popular Movements’ Meeting and Rally for Solidarity
Sigtuna, Sweden, 11-12 April 2008

Archives and Digitalisation
Windhoek, Namibia, 21-23 November 2006

Aluka Country Committee Meeting
Lisbon, Portugal, 28-29 September 2006

Digital Archives
Helsinki, Finland, 7-8 June 2006

A Decade of Freedom: Celebrating the role of the international anti-apartheid movement in South Africa’s freedom struggle
Durban, South Africa, 10-13 October 2004

Nordic Documentation on the Liberation Struggle in Southern Africa
Uppsala, Sweden, 10 September 2004