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On 31 December 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported a cluster of pneumonia cases in Wuhan City, China. ‘Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2’ (SARS-CoV-2) was confirmed as the causative agent of what we now know as ‘Coronavirus Disease 2019’ (COVID-19). Since then, the virus has spread to more than 100 countries, including South Africa.
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The 2nd International conference of the Digital Humanities Association of Southern Africa (DHASA) will focus on African Digital Humanities and will take place from 25 – 29 March 2019 at the University of Pretoria.
DHASA 2019 intends to bring together both National and Internationals scholars in the DH domain covering applicable topics in the Humanities and Social Sciences arenas. The topics could focus on DH within the African and Southern African contexts, as well as on any topic related to methodological or computational aspects in DH.
Topics include, but are not restricted to:
Language, Literature, Visual Art, Performance / Theatre Studies, Media Studies, Music, History, Sociology, Psychology, Language Technologies, Library Studies, Philosophy, Methodologies, Software/computation and more.
The Conference will take place at the University of Pretoria and will attract high-level academic discussions and combine that with the collegial sharing of experiences in South Africa’s Administrative Capital.
Looking forward to hosting you at the DHASA 2019 conference.