{"id":2861,"date":"2021-05-25T20:26:54","date_gmt":"2021-05-25T19:26:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scolma.org\/?p=2861"},"modified":"2021-06-08T12:32:38","modified_gmt":"2021-06-08T11:32:38","slug":"2861","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scolma.org\/?p=2861","title":{"rendered":"SCOLMA Conference 2021 (online) &#8211; Booking now open!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2872 \" src=\"https:\/\/scolma.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SCOLMA-header-1024x512.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"558\" height=\"279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scolma.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SCOLMA-header-1024x512.png 1024w, https:\/\/scolma.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SCOLMA-header-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/scolma.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SCOLMA-header-768x384.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 558px) 100vw, 558px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/o\/scolma-committee-33407020579\">Booking is now open for the SCOLMA Conference 2021, Monday 14th June.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The conference will be split into a morning session (10:00-12:50) and an afternoon session (14:00-16:00) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/o\/scolma-committee-33407020579\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">please book both events<\/span><\/a> to receive the links to attend both of the sessions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Bookings close 24 hours before the start of each event, and you will receive the links to join and abstracts via the email you register with on Eventbrite.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Programme:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Morning Session<\/strong><\/span> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/155609870311\"><strong>to book the morning session 10:00-12:50 please see our Eventbrite page<\/strong><\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>10.00<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<strong>Welcome\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>10.05\u201310.50<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0<strong>Keynote<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Empowering African Languages through Publishing: Whose Responsibility?&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Munyao\u00a0Kilolo (Ngugi\u00a0wa\u00a0Thiong\u2019o Foundation and Jalada Africa, Kenya)<\/p>\n<p><strong>10.50\u201311.00<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<strong>Break\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>11.00\u201311.40<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<strong>Panel 1:\u00a0\u00a0African Languages and Library Collections, Past and Present<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2018Bible translations into African Languages and Missionary Records in the Bible Society Archives\u2019<br \/>\nOnesimus Ngudu (Bible Society Collection, University of Cambridge Library, UK)<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Africa in the SOAS Library Special Collections\u2019<br \/>\nDominique Akhoun-Schwarb (SOAS Special Collections, University of London, UK), in cooperation with Dawn Wright (SOAS\u00a0Library, University of London, UK)<\/p>\n<p><strong>11.40\u201311.50\u00a0 \u00a0Break<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>11.50\u201312.50\u00a0 \u00a0Panel 2:<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Yor\u00f9b\u00e1? and Beyond\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2018The Yor\u00f9b\u00e1 Language Collections at the British Library\u2019<br \/>\nK\u00f3l\u00e1 T\u00fab\u00f2s\u00fan\u00a0(Yor\u00f9b\u00e1 Names Project,\u00a0Lagos, Nigeria)<\/p>\n<p>\u2018From Crude Journalism to the Mainstreaming of an Indigenous-language Newspaper: Lessons from\u00a0Alaroye\u2019<br \/>\nFrancis Amenaghawon\u00a0(North-West University,\u00a0South Africa)\u00a0and\u00a0Abiodun Salawu\u00a0(Indigenous Language Media in Africa Research\u00a0Entity(ILMA), North-West University, South\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Africa)<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Afrocentric Commemorations\u00a0WW1\u2019<br \/>\nDr Yewande Okuleye\u00a0(University of Leicester, UK)<\/p>\n<p><strong>12.50\u201314.00\u00a0 Lunch break\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Afternoon Session<\/strong><\/span> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/155630437829\"><strong>to book the afternoon session 14:00-16:00 please see our Eventbrite page<\/strong><\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>14.00\u201314.40\u00a0 Panel 3:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><strong>African Languages and Library Collections, Past and Present\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2018African-language Publishing and the British Library\u2019s Collections\u2019<br \/>\nMarion Wallace (British Library, UK)<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Somali language books in Leiden\u2019<br \/>\nJos Damen\u00a0(African Studies Centre Library, University of Leiden, Netherlands)<\/p>\n<p><strong>14.40\u201314.50\u00a0 Break\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>14.50\u201315.50\u00a0 Panel 4:\u00a0<\/strong><strong>African languages in teaching, publishing and research\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2018Language and Scholarship: A Survey of Materials in the Ghanaian Local Languages in the Johannes Zimmermann Library\u2019<br \/>\nKorklu A Laryea\u00a0(University Library, University of Mines and Technology, Tarkwa, Ghana)\u00a0and\u00a0Rosina A Anati Budu\u00a0(Akrofi-Christaller Institute of Theology, Mission and Culture,\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Akropong-Akuapem, Ghana)<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Publishing in the Media of Indigenous Languages: Is\u00a0it\u00a0Worth\u00a0it?\u2019<br \/>\nKgomotso Mothokhumo Ambitious Theledi\u00a0(University of Witwatersrand, South Africa)<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The Papa Mfumu&#8217;Eto 1er\u00a0Papers as a teaching resource\u2019<br \/>\nDaniel Reboussin\u00a0(George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, USA)<\/p>\n<p><strong>15.50\u201316.00 Summing\u00a0up\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>16.15\u201317.00\u00a0 SCOLMA AGM (<a href=\"https:\/\/scolma.org\/?page_id=2453\">To attend the AGM &#8211; please contact Sarah Rhodes for the Zoom link<\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Booking is now open for the SCOLMA Conference 2021, Monday 14th June. The conference will be split into a morning session (10:00-12:50) and an afternoon session (14:00-16:00) please book both events to receive the links to attend both of the sessions. 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