We have had the following message from the
organisers of the 9th International Mining
History Congress in South Africa 17-20 April 2012.
For more information go to their website at www.imhc.co.za
Peter
>We are hoping to provide a draft programme by 7 March.
>
>During the conference we will transport
>participants to/from the recommended conference
>accommodation. This includes Gold Reef City
>Theme Park Hotel, Mapungubwe Apartments, Ashanti
>Hotel (Urban Hip Hotels) and Plumpudding
>Guesthouses. You are strongly recommended to stay at one of these venues.
>
>The South African government can be very slow
>issuing visas. Participants who require one are
>strongly advised to apply for it immediately. We
>will not be in a position to repay participants
>unable to attend because they did not obtain their visa on time.
>
>We will issue credentials and conference
>materials at Gold Reef City, the conference venue, 11h00 on 17 April.
>
>We will post papers on the conference web site
>as soon as they arrive. The papers will be made
>available on a memory stick, so you may wish to
>bring a laptop with you. Please send us your
>paper by 31 March. The length and form are your choice.
>
>The official opening and first keynote lecture
>will begin at 16.30 on 17 April. The conference
>will close with lunch on 20 April.
>
>On the first night of the conference there will
>be a cocktail function. On the second night we
>will be travelling to the nearest goldmine for a
>braai and entertainment. On the final night, the
>conference banquet will be held at the Rand
>Club, the old club frequented by mine owners and senior mine staff.
>
>We are hoping to be able to announce conference
>tours in the near future. These will take place
>before the start of the conference on 17 April
>and after the conference has ended on 20 April.
>It is likely that numbers will be limited. For
>these, we will not be able to accept
>participants who have not registered. We
>recommend that you arrive on or before 16 April,
>and we hope that you will not leave until 21 April or later.
>
>Keynote addresses
>
>· Prof. Stefan Berger (Ruhr University, Germany)
>on ‘The ten most important dates in international mining history’.
>
>· Prof. Dunbar Moodie (Hobart and William Smith
>Colleges, United States) on ‘A history of mining on the Witwatersrand’.
>
>Plenary sessions
>
>· Nationalisation and Privatisation of Mining -
>Lessons from the Past. Speakers include: Prof.
>Chris Wrigley (University of Nottingham, United
>Kingdom), Prof. Bill Freund (University of
>Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa), Prof. Alma Parra
>(National Institute of Anthropology and History, Mexico).
>
>· Mining, the Environment and the Future of
>Humanity. Speakers include: Prof. Terence
>McArthy (University of the Witwatersrand, South
>Africa), Tim LeCain (Rachel Carson Centre,
>München, Germany), Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt (Australian National University).
Dr Peter Claughton,
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