Once there was a war: Conference on the South African War in fiction

Programme

08:00-08:45: Registration

08:45-08:50: Welcome: Prof DM van Ede, Vice-dean, School for
                       Applied Social Sciences, Unisa
08:55-09:00: Opening: Prof Frans-Johan Pretorius, Department of
                        History, University of Pretoria

09:00-09:40: A century later: new fictional representations of the Boer War
                       Prof David Medalie, Department of English, University of Pretoria

09:40-10:20: Carrying the Torch: Dorothea Fairbridge and the Loyal Unionist
                        Imagination
                        Peter Merrington, Department of English, University of the Western
                        Cape, Bellville
                        Full text of paper

10:20-11:00: Tea

11:00-11:40: Gendered Warfare in the Empire: Olive Schreiner and War in
                       South Africa
                       Dr Karin Ikas, University of Würzburg, Germany

11:40-12:20: Contested Empire? The Imperial Adventure Stories of Bertram
                       Mitford
                       Mike Lieven, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
                       Full text of paper

12:20-13:00: The South African War: occassion and event in Afrikaans theatre
                       Dr Johan Coetser, University of South Africa
                       Full text of paper

13:00-14:00: Lunch

14:00-14:40: Revenge of the novel: Christoffel Coetzee's subersion of History's
                       claim to authority in the Anglo-Boer War discourse
                       Ms Lize Kriel, Department of History, University of Pretoria
                       Full text of paper

14:40-15:20: The Boer War in popular memory
                        Dr Michael Rice, Special Advisor to the Minister of Education

15:20-16:00: Flight for freedom, a daughter's story about her mother's (Mrs Kotie
                       Steenkamp) Anglo-Boer War experiences
                       Marie Coetzee, Archives, Unisa Library Services, University of
                       South Africa
                       Full text of paper

Tuesday 28 May (Papers in Afrikaans and Dutch)

08:00-08:30 Day registration

08:30-08:40 Opening

08:40-09:10: Die Anglo-Boereoorlog (1899-1902) en die Afrikaanse
                       letterkunde: 'n herwaardering
                       Professor André Wessels, Department of History, University of the
                       Free State, Bloemfontein

09:10-09:40: "Voorbodes en herinneringe": die Anglo-Boereoorlog in
                       geselekteerde Afrikaanse prosatekste
                       Prof Elize Botha

09:40-10:10: 'n Vertekende visie vanuit die verte: Louwrens Penning en die
                      Anglo-Boereoorlog
                      Prof Jacques van der Elst, International Office, Potchefstroom
                      University for CHE

10:10-10:40 Tea

10:40-11:10 Het gezicht van de oorlog - het gezicht van de Ander: Epifanie van
                       het gelaat in Die son struikel van Dolf van Niekerk
                       Dr. Jerzy Koch, School of English UAM (Poznan); Leerstoel voor
                       de Nederlandse Filologie, University of Wroclaw, Poland

Afrikaans authors on the war and their work

11:10-11:40: Dolf van Niekerk: Oorlog binne oorlog

11:40-12:10: Margaret Bakkes: Voor ek kon skryf, moes dit gebeur het

12:10-12:40: Heilna du Plooy: Van ver en wyd af kom die dinge bymekaar

12:40-13:10: Engela van Rooyen: ... en rook in die kookskerm

13:10-14:00: Lunch

14:00-14:30: Erika Murray-Theron: Van Daar was destyds tot Eendag was daar:
                        'n Fiksieskrywer ontmoet die geskiedenis

14:30-15:00: Jeanette Ferreira: Hoekom gister?

15:00-15:30: Charles Malan: Boerebloed, 'n embrionale roman, en Jan F.E.
                       Celliers se Oorlogsdagboek

15:30-16:00: P.J. Haasbroek: Die Boereoorlog; die stryd duur voort

Wednesday 29 May (Papers in Afrikaans, Dutch and English)

08:00-08:30 Day registration

08:30-08:40 Opening

08:40-09:10 German children's literature and the Boer War
                       Prof Winfred Kaminski, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany

09:10-09:40: The portrayal of the Boers in British children’s books
                        Prof Elwyn Jenkins, Vista University

09:40-10:10: De hoop op eigen thuis: Nationale identiteit en Poolse
                        jeugdliteratuur in de Zuid-Afrikaanse literaire ruimte.
                        Pawel Zajas, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland
                        Full text of paper

10:10-10:40: Tea

10:40-11:10: Romantiese nostalgie: Mikro se jeugverhale en die Anglo-
                       Boereoorlog
                       Leana Lategan, Nasionale Afrikaanse Letterkundige Museum,
                       BloemfonteinDe Boeren zullen leven!

11:10-11:40: Van avontuur en patriotisme tot nugterheid en groter realisme:
                       Suid-Afrikaanse vroue jeugboekskrywers oor die
                       Anglo-Boereoorlog
                       Dr Thomas van der Walt, Department of Information Science,
                       University of South Africa

11:40-12:10: Identiteitsbeelding in die Anglo-Boereoorlogverhale van Franci
                       Greyling
                       Dr Betsie van der Westhuizen, Potchefstroom  University for CHE

12:10-12:40: The sexual harassment and abuse of women and children during
                        the Anglo Boer War: an exploration of South African youth
                        literature/young adult literature
                        Miemie du Plessis, Lapa Publishers, Pretoria

13:00-14:00: Lunch

Authors for children and young adults about the War:

14:00-14:30: Maretha Maartens: Hoe bruin was die wind
                       Full text of paper

14:30-15:00: Franci Greyling: Op soek na ‘n storie: die skrywer, die geskiedenis
                       en die historiese jeugboek

15:00-15:30: Jenny Seed: The long shadow of the war

15:30-15:45: Conclusion: Prof Elize Botha

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