INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

VYFDE GENTSE KOLLOKWIUM OOR AFRIKAANS / FIFTH GHENT COLLOQUIUM ON AFRIKAANS 5-6 OCTOBER 2018

PROGRAMME

Thursday 4 October 2018

Faculty Hall: Humanities, Ghent University, Blandijnberg 2, Ghent

Friday 5 October 2018

Hall: Rector Vermeylen & Priorzaal, Het Pand, Ghent University, Onderbergen 1, Ghent

Programme Saturday 6 October 2018

Hall Rector Vermeylen & Priorzaal, Het Pand, Ghent University, Onderbergen 1, Ghent

Call for papers

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
FIFTH GHENT COLLOQUIUM ON AFRIKAANS
5 & 6 OCTOBER 2018

Introduction

During the international conference, organized by the Ghent Centre for Afrikaans and the study of South Africa, there will be two separate branches of inquiry, as set out in the following summary. The two branches will be offered as parallel sessions during the colloquium, and both will cover the innovative research done, inter alia, at the Ghent University.

The keynote speakers are Prof Dr Theresa Biberauer (Cambridge University), Prof Dr Bertus Van Rooy (North-West University) and Prof Dr Louise Viljoen (Stellenbosch University).

Participants were invited to submit abstracts (in Afrikaans, Dutch or English) and the following papers were accepted:

Oproep om referate

INTERNASIONALE KONGRES
VYFDE GENTSE KOLLOKWIUM OOR AFRIKAANS
5 & 6 OKTOBER 2018

Inleiding

Tydens die internasionale kongres, wat deur die Gents Centrum voor het Afrikaans en de Studie van Zuid-Afrika gereël word, sal twee aparte ondersoekrigtings nagespeur word, soos hieronder in die opsomming uiteengesit. Die twee rigtings sal tydens die kollokwium parallel loop, en albei dek die innoverende navorsingswerk waarmee daar onder andere aan die Universiteit Gent gewoeker word.

Die hoofsprekers is prof. dr. Theresa Biberauer (Cambridge University), prof. dr. Bertus Van Rooy (Noordwes-Universiteit) en prof. dr. Louise Viljoen (Stellenbosch Universiteit).

Deelnemers was uitgenooi om opsommings (in Afrikaans, Nederlands of Engels) in te dien. Die volgende referate is aanvaar:

REGISTRATION

Thank you for your interest in the workshop. Please complete the online registration form to secure your participation.

IMPORTANT DATES

Abstract submission deadline: May 6, 2018 at 23:59 pm South African time.
Notification of acceptance: June 5, 2018.
Workshop dates: October 5 and 6, 2018.

A limited number of travel bursaries are being made available for suitable post-graduate students or early-career academics.

• Who qualifies? Local or international students who are currently registered in a master’s or PhD programme; academics who are employed as postdoctoral researchers; or academics who have earned a PhD in 2017 or 2018. Only candidates whose abstracts have been accepted for presentation at the workshop will be considered.
• What does the travel bursary cover? Only actual travel and accommodation costs will be covered. The amount of a travel bursary will be determined by how many applications have been received.
• When will I know whether my application was successful? As soon as possible after the programme has been finalised.
• What is the final date for application?13 July, 2018
• How do I apply? You have to submit your abstract first. You can then complete the online application form (or navigate on VivA’s website to Portale > Inligtingsportaal > Afrikaans Grammar Workshop). You also have to register for the workshop.

For enquiries, contact Marlie Coetzee on +27 72 749 2431, or send an email to Hierdie e-posadres word van Spambotte beskerm. Jy moet JavaScript ontsper om dit te lees.

Afrikaansegrammatikawerkswinkel

VivA bied elke twee jaar ʼn grammatikawerkwinkel aan waar navorsers en taalwerkers die geleentheid het om van nuwe navorsing oor en insigte in Afrikaans se grammatika kennis te neem.

Die vorige geleentheid het in Johannesburg plaasgevind, maar hierdie jaar se werkwinkel word aangebied om saam te val met die Gentse Kollokwium wat jaarliks deur die Universiteit Gent aangebied word. Navorsing oor en in Afrikaans word sodoende deel van die internasionale gesprek, en akademici van dwarsoor Europa kry die geleentheid om kennis te neem van nuwe verwikkelinge wat hier oor ʼn Dietse taal onderneem word.

Bekende Afrikaanse akademici soos Bertus van Rooy, Wannie Carstens, Gerhard van Huyssteen, Daan Wissing, Jac Conradie, Donovan Lawrence, Ernst Kotzé en Adri Breed sal by die geleentheid optree, terwyl verskeie jonger deelnemers ook die geleentheid sal hê om hulle navorsing internasionaal bekend te stel. Buitelandse aanbieders sluit in Cora Pots (KU Leuven), Ton van der Wouden (Meertens Instituut, Amsterdam), Jacqueline van Kampen (Utrecht Universiteit) en Dario Rens (Universiteit Gent).

Onderwerpe wat ter sprake sal kom, sluit in registerwisseling, grammatikale veranderinge in Tienerafrikaans, nasalering in sekere variëteite van Afrikaans, uitdagings wat vertaling van Nederlandse digkuns aan Afrikaansvertalers stel, intensiewe vorme in Afrikaans, Nederlands en Duits, en die kwessie van "aaklige woorde" wat nooit hulle gehate status moes gehad het nie.
Die kongres vind plaas op 5 en 6 Oktober en ʼn volledige program van die voordragte is hier beskikbaar: https://www.viva-afrikaans.org/portale/inligtingsportaal-reg/afrikaansewerkswinkel.

Gebruikers wat meer oor VivA te wete wil kom, kan aanteken by www.viva-afrikaans.org of met ons bestuurshoof, Marlie Coetzee, skakel by 072 749 2431 of by Hierdie e-posadres word van Spambotte beskerm. Jy moet JavaScript ontsper om dit te lees..

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Call for papers

During the international conference, organized by the Ghent Centre for Afrikaans and the study of South Africa, there will be two separate branches of inquiry, as set out in the following summary. The two branches will be offered as parallel sessions during the colloquium, and both will cover the innovative research done, inter alia, at the Ghent University.

Afrikaans linguistics: Grammar
The linguistics component of the Ghent colloquium will also be the second presentation of the Afrikaans Grammar Workshop. The first workshop took place in Johannesburg in August 2016. The aim of this workshop is to bring together researchers from varying theoretical and methodological backgrounds who study the grammar of Afrikaans. We welcome submissions on any aspect of Afrikaans grammar (phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics), whether in comparison with Dutch, or any other related or unrelated languages. We also welcome submissions on the grammatical history of Afrikaans, and/or the current variation in grammar. The workshop is offered in collaboration with the Virtual Institute for Afrikaans (VivA), the University of Michigan and the Meertens Institute. The keynote speakers are Theresa Biberauer (Cambridge) and Bertus van Rooy (NWU). The working language will be English.

Afrikaans literature: cultural transfer in Afrikaans and Dutch.
The mediator is an important player in the inquiry into transnational and intercultural relationships between literatures. This player mediates between various language and cultural communities, and participates in more than just one place, and within more than just one system, in the literary discourse. The close relationship between Dutch and Afrikaans accounts for the different conceptualization of the bridge between these two communities, compared to what the classical mediators who work in more traditional language areas with less explicit ties would be used to. In the literary session the bridging function of role-players, and of texts and institutions such as magazines and publishers, will be covered. After more than a hundred years of contact between the literatures of Afrikaans and Dutch, it should be possible to point out many of these intermediating relationships. Crucial to that end, is the description of the role and functioning of literary mediation. Apart from the focus on (South) African, Dutch and Flemish writers, critics and academics, the session will acover the way in which texts from other polysystems (Afrikaans-Dutch) are received and processed. The institutions that play a role in the literary-transnational discourse between Afrikaans and Dutch, will also be investigated.

Oproep om referate

Tydens die internasionale kongres, wat deur die Gents Centrum voor het Afrikaans en de Studie van Zuid-Afrika gereël word, sal twee aparte ondersoekrigtings nagespeur word, soos hieronder in die opsomming uiteengesit. Die twee rigtings sal tydens die kollokwium parallel loop, en albei dek die innoverende navorsingswerk waarmee daar onder andere aan die Universiteit Gent gewoeker word.

Afrikaanse taalkunde: grammatika
Die taalkundekomponent van die Gentse kollokwium is ook die tweede aanbieding van die Afrikaans Grammar Workshop [Afrikaansgrammatikawerkwinkel]. Die eerste hiervan het in Augustus 2016 in Johannesburg plaasgevind. Die oogmerk van die werkwinkel is om ondersoekers byeen te bring wat uit verskillende teoretiese en metodologiese invalshoeke studies oor die grammatika van Afrikaans onderneem. Ons verwelkom bydraes oor enige aspek van die Afrikaanse grammatika (fonologie, morfologie, sintaksis, semantiek, pragmatiek), hetsy in vergelyking met Nederlands, of ander verwante of onverwante tale. Ons verwelkom eweneens bydraes oor die grammatikale geskiedenis van Afrikaans en/of oor hedendaagse variasie in die grammatika. Die werkwinkel word aangebied in samewerking met die Virtuele Instituut vir Afrikaans (VivA), die University of Michigan en die Meertens Instituut. Die hoofsprekers is Theresa Biberauer (Cambridge) en Bertus Van Rooy (NWU). Die werkstaal is Engels.

Afrikaanse letterkunde: kultuuroodrag in Afrikaans en Nederlands
'n Belangrike rolspeler in die ondersoek na die transnasionale en interkulturele verhoudings tussen literature, is die bemiddelaar. Dié onderhandel tussen verskillende taal- en/of kultuurgemeenskappe, en neem op meer as één plek, en binne meer as één stelsel, deel aan die literêre gesprek. Die bloedverband tussen Afrikaans en Nederlands dra by daartoe dat die brug ietwat anders gekonsipieer is as wat die geval is vir meer tradisionele bemiddelaars wat in taalgebiede met 'n losser verband werk. In die letterkundesessie kom die brugfunksie van rolspelers, en van tekste en institusies soos tydskrifte en uitgewers aan bod. In die verloop van meer as ʼn eeu se kontak tussen die Afrikaanse en Nederlandse literatuur, kan baie van hierdie intermediërende verhoudings aangedui word. Ten einde so ʼn ondersoek te onderneem, moet die rol en funksionering van literêre bemiddeling beskryf word. Naas die fokus op (Suid-)Afrikaanse, Nederlandse en Vlaamse skrywers, kritici en akademici, word daar in die sessie ook aandag gegee aan hoe tekste uit ander literêre polisisteme (Afrikaans-Nederlands) ontvang en verwerk word. Die inrigtings wat in die literêr-transnasionale gesprek tussen Afrikaans en Nederlands ʼn rol speel, sal ook te berde kom.

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Colloquium

Every year the Ghent Centre for Afrikaans organizes a colloquium featuring a linguistics and literary component.

Colloquium 2018

Communication:
It has come to our attention that some of our South African colleagues have expressed concern about the fact that, English will be used as the medium of communication for the linguistics component of the colloquium in Ghent this year. We would like to emphasize that this does not represent a fundamental shift in our position, and that it was never our intention to hereafter host the linguistics component of the Ghent colloquium in English. As was indicated explicitly in the call sent out a few weeks ago, this 2018 meeting is an extraordinary gathering. The Ghent Centre has been offered the opportunity to host the second Afrikaans Grammar Workshop (AGW) in Ghent, which will be integrated into the colloquium. The AGW is a new, yet valuable initiative aimed at the internationalization of the study of the grammar of Afrikaans. The previous meeting was held in Johannesburg in 2016, and it was also presented in English in order to offer linguists from six countries, with a shared interest in Afrikaans as a field of study the opportunity to participate. The members of the Ghent Centre are convinced that such initiatives serve to broaden the interest in and the knowledge of Afrikaans, and have therefore welcomed the opportunity to host the AGW2 in Ghent. We hope to use this as a means to attract a partially new public to the activities of the Centre this year. There are, without a doubt, researchers here in the Low Countries as well as in other parts of the world, who are interested in the grammar of Afrikaans, but who are not proficient enough to attend scientific lectures offered in Afrikaans or Dutch, let alone present a paper in these languages.

The Ghent Centre has worked hard to encourage interest in Afrikaans and to offer a European platform for the study of Afrikaans linguistics and literature – and we hope to be doing so well into the future. At the same time, we do reserve the right to determine, on our honour and our conscience, the languages in which the diverse scientific activities that we organize will be presented, while taking into account our aims and the needs of the public we aim to attract. The medium for the colloquium is, and will remain, Dutch and Afrikaans, but when circumstances demand it, we must be able to offer the colloquium in English – or whatever other language is deemed appropriate. We hope that this explanation will allay the fears of some of the associates of the Centre. We are very much looking forward to the next meeting of the colloquium.

Kollokwium

Elke jaar organiseer die Gents Centrum voor Afrikaans 'n kollokwium met 'n taalkunde- en 'n letterkundekomponent.

Kollokwium 2018

Mededeling:
Ons het verneem dat daar by sommige Suid-Afrikaanse kollegas ʼn onrustigheid is oor die feit dat die voertaal van die taalkundekomponent van die Gentse kollokwium hierdie jaar Engels sal wees. Ons wil dit benadruk dat dit glad nie op 'n fundamentele koersverandering dui nie, en dat dit geensins ons bedoeling is om die taalkundedeel van die Gentse kollokwium voortaan vanuit die staanspoor in Engels aan te bied nie. Hierdie 2018-byeenkoms is, soos reeds uitdruklik gemeld in die oproep wat 'n paar weke gelede uitgestuur is, ʼn buitengewone byeenkoms. Die Gents Centrum het die geleentheid gekry om die tweede Afrikaans Grammar Workshop (AGW) in Gent aan te bied, wat deel van die kollokwium sal uitmaak. Die AGW is 'n nuwe, maar waardevolle inisiatief, wat uiteindelik gerig is op die internasionalisering van die studie van die Afrikaanse grammatika: Die vorige byeenkoms het in 2016 in Johannesburg plaasgevind, en is ook in Engels aangebied sodat taalkundiges uit ses verskillende lande met 'n gedeelde belangstelling in Afrikaans as studieveld daaraan kon deelneem Die lede van die Gents Centrum is daarvan oortuig dat sulke inisiatiewe bydra om die belangstelling in en kennis van Afrikaans te bevorder, en het derhalwe die geleentheid om die AGW2 in Gent aan te bied met dankbaarheid aangegryp. Op hierdie wyse hoop ons om hierdie jaar ook 'n gedeeltelik nuwe publiek by die Centrum se aktiwiteite te betrek: Daar is in sowel die Lae Lande as in ander dele van die wêreld gewis navorsers wat opreg geïnteresseerd is in Afrikaanse grammatika, maar nie Afrikaans en/of Nederlands voldoende beheers om wetenskaplike lesings in die tale behoorlik te verstaan nie, laat staan nog om self 'n lesing in Afrikaans of Nederlands aan te bied.

Die Gents Centrum het reeds heelwat moeite gedoen om belangstelling in Afrikaans te bevorder en aan die studie van Afrikaanse taal- en letterkunde 'n Europese platform te bied – en ons hoop om dit nog vir baie jare te kan doen. Terselfdertyd behou ons ons die reg voor om self, op ons eer en gewete, te beslis in watter tale die uiteenlopende wetenskaplike aktiviteite wat ons organiseer, aangebied gaan word, met die doelstellings daarvan en met die beoogde publiek deeglik in ag geneem. Die voertale is steeds Nederlands en Afrikaans, en dit sal in die toekoms so bly, maar as die omstandighede dit regverdig, moet dit ook in Engels kan plaasvind – of in welke ander taal ook al.

Ons hoop dat hierdie toeligting die besorgdheid by sommige van die genote van die Centrum ietwat kan temper, en ons sien reeds baie uit na die volgende aanbieding van ons kollokwium.

This entry was posted on February 28, 2018.

The program is now final, and we don’t expect any additional change to be made to it. See you all soon!

Thank you for your interest in the workshop. Unfortunately, we have reached the capacity of the number of people we can accommodate, and can therefore no longer accept additonal registration or participation.

Abstract submission deadline: June 15, 2016 at 23:59 pm South African time.
Notification of acceptance: July 1, 2016.
Workshop dates: August 25 and 26, 2016.

Venue

The workshop will take place at the OR Tambo Protea Hotel. This hotel is conveniently located at the OR Tambo International Airport, making travel easy for participants coming from abroad or other parts of South Africa.

Local Organizing Committee

Marlie Coetzee (VivA and NWU)
Gerhard van Huyssteen (VivA and NWU)

Please contact Hierdie e-posadres word van Spambotte beskerm. Jy moet JavaScript ontsper om dit te lees. with any questions about the logistics and local organization.

A limited number of travel bursaries are being made available for suitable post-graduate students or early-career academics.

• Who qualifies? Local or international students who are currently registered in a master’s or PhD program; academics who are employed as postdoctoral researchers; or academics who have earned a PhD in 2015 or 2016. Only candidates whose abstracts have been accepted for presentation at the workshop will be considered.
• What does the travel bursary cover? Only actual travel and accommodation costs will be covered.For international candidates a maximum of R20,000 applies; for local candidates a maximum of R6,000 applies.
• When will I know whether my application was successful? As soon as possible after the program has been finalised, but not later than July 25, 2016.
• What is the final date for application? June 15, 2016
• How do I apply? You have to submit your abstract first, following the procedure described here. You can then complete the online application form here (or navigate on VivA’s website to Portale > Inligtingsportaal > Grammatikawerkswinkel). You also have to register for the workshop here.

For enquiries, contact Marlie Coetzee on +27 18 299 1020, or send an email to Hierdie e-posadres word van Spambotte beskerm. Jy moet JavaScript ontsper om dit te lees..

See you all soon in Johannesburg!

Dear participants,

Thank you so much for your participation in this workshop! Everything is ready and in place now, and we are looking forward to two days of exciting and interesting discussions about Afrikaans. See you all in just a few days.

Don’t hesitate to contact Marlie Coetzee if you have any questions.

The Organizers.

This entry was posted in Uncategorized on August 21, 2016.

Preliminary program available

A preliminary program for the workshop is now available under the “Program” tab at the top of the page. Plenary presentations have been allotted an hour (including questions), and all other presentations 35 minutes (including questions).

This entry was posted in Uncategorized on July 8, 2016.

Plenary speakers confirmed

We are pleased to announce that we have confirmed two plenary speakers for the workshop. Both of them are first rate linguists who have produced important research on Afrikaans and Dutch.

Jac Conradie, University of Johannesburg
Frans Hinskens, Meertens Instituut

This entry was posted in Uncategorized on June 13, 2016.

We are back on!

We are very happy to report that the workshop in back on! As we had reported earlier, we had to cancel our plans for a workshop in Amsterdam this year. With the help of the staff at VivA, however, we have been able to move the workshop to Johannesburg for this year. Other than the location, the rest of the plans remain the same. We’re hoping to have a follow-up workshop in Amsterdam in the near future.

We apologize for the complications caused by the change in venue, but we hope to see many of you in Johannesburg in August!

This entry was posted in Uncategorized on April 26, 2016.