CONGRESS TIMETABLE AT A GLANCE
Also see the Detailed Preliminary Programme and the contents of all the symposia, together with paper abstracts, on the Themes and Symposia page.
Monday 4 – Sunday 10 January 1999
Pre Congress tours and excursions
Friday 8 January 1999
WAC Executive Meeting (Day 1)
Saturday 9 January 1999
WAC Executive Meeting (Day 2)
Sherlock Bones and the Mystery of the Solitary Skeleton: the search for one of our earliest ancestors A Public Lecture [open to all] by Ron Clarke, Kwane Molefe and Stephen Motsumi [20:00 in Jameson Hall, University of Cape Town]
Sunday 10 January 1999
WAC Executive Meeting (Day 1)
09:00 – 21:00 Registration
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 17:00 The Future Past: Southern African Archaeology Today
Convened by John Parkington and Mary Leslie, with contributions from Amanda Esterhuysen, Tom Huffman, David Lewis-Williams, Carmel Schrire, Alinah Segobye and Francis Thackeray.
This plenary session will be open to the public.
18:00 – 19:00 Formal Opening Ceremony and Welcome in Jameson Hall, University of Cape Town [accompanying persons are welcome to attend].
Formal presentations and opening party.
Music by Abalingani Brothers and Luhlaza.
Poster display: Southern African Archaeology Today.
Archaeology in Stained Glass.
Dress: casual. Cost: included in delegate and accompanying persons’ fees.
Monday 11 January 1999
07:30 Indigenous Participants’ Breakfast Meeting
08:00 – 18:30 Registration & Congress Secretariat Help Desk
09:00 – 10:30 Parallel Symposia
10:30 – 11:00 Tea & coffee break
11:00 – 12:30 Parallel Symposia
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch.
Music: Cape Jazz. (Managed by New World Music)
Launch of Human Beginnings in South Africa: Uncovering the Secrets of the Stone Age by H.J.Deacon and Janette Deacon (in conjunction with David Philip Publishers)
14:00 – 15:30 Keynote Presentations
15:30 – 16:00 Tea & coffee break
16:00 – 18:00 Parallel Symposia
18:00 National groups of participants meet to elect representatives to WAC Council
20:00 WAC Council meets
Tuesday 12 January 1999
08:00 – 18:30 Registration & Congress Secretariat Help Desk
09:00 – 10:30 Parallel Symposia
10:30 – 11:00 Tea & coffee break
11:00 – 12:30 Parallel Symposia
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch.
Music by Ekhaya. (Managed by New World Music)
Launch of a new journal Public Archaeology, presented by the journal’s editor, Neal Ascherson, and Edward Milford of publishers James and James.
14:00 – 15:30 Keynote Presentations
15:30 – 16:00 Tea & coffee break
16:00 – 18:00 Parallel Symposia
18:00 Sankofa: a film by Haile Gerima. Introduced by Lesley Marx.
Wednesday 13 January 1999
08:00 – 18:30 Registration & Congress Secretariat Help Desk
09:00 – 10:30 Parallel Symposia
10:30 – 11:00 Tea & coffee break
11:00 – 12:30 Parallel Symposia
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch.
Music by Kuba. (Managed by New World Music)
14:00 – 15:30 Keynote Presentations
15:30 – 16:00 Tea & coffee break
16:00 – 18:00 Parallel Symposia
19:00 till late Intshona Koloni! – The Western Cape, where the sun sets
Music by Women Unite and Lennox T. (Managed by New World Music)
An evening of unique entertainment, featuring the music of the Western Cape and the foods of Africa.
Dress: Casual. Cost: US$30 per person, excluding drinks. A cash bar facility will be available.
Thursday 14 January 1999
08:00 – 18:30 Registration & Congress Secretariat Help Desk
09:00 – 10:30 Parallel Symposia
10:30 – 11:00 Tea & coffee break
11:00 – 12:30 Parallel Symposia
12:30 – 14:00
Lunch. New World Music logo
Music: Finale by New World Music.
14:00 – 16:00 Parallel Symposia
16:00 – 18:00 Closing Plenary session. (Accompanying persons are welcome to attend).
18:00 Meetings of WAC Council and WAC Executive.
Friday 15 January 1999
UNESCO World Heritage Education Project Workshop on Robben Island
(in conjunction with the Robben Island Museum).
WAC Forum: Exploring a Shared Past in the Modern Middle East (in conjunction with the Isaac and Jessie Kaplan Centre for Jewish Studies and the Centre for Contemporary Islam).
Workshop: Archaeology and Education (in conjunction with the South African Cultural History Museum).
WC Forum: The Wenner-Gren Fellowship Programme at the University of Cape Town
Post Congress tours start.