Call for Papers

*Gambian Renaissance: Reducing Dystopic Frontiers*

Banjul, The Gambia

29th and 30th of June, 2018

Today, the slogan ‘New Gambia’ is almost on everybody’s lips. It is easy to
imagine that the phrase is being used to depict the period after Jammeh’s
autocratic regime when democratic ideals and basic universal human rights
were suspended and trampled upon. Although the Jammeh regime’s demise may
have given the term ‘New Gambia” greater public recognition, it is
essential that we open up the field of discussion centred around our shared
responsibility in shaping the direction of travel of the new Gambia.

The buzz term ‘New Gambia’ translated as Gambian Renaissance reveals a
can’t-wait posture, an impatience towards the adoption of new paradigms for
the development of The Gambia in all spheres of endeavour: democracy,
education, entrepreneurship, governance, sports for health and wealth, etc.
In this regard, a pertinent question the new Gambian is expected to ask and
help provide an answer to is “What are the people’s responsibilities in the
arduous task of rebuilding the New Gambia?” ‘People’ is used here
advisedly: anyone identifying him/herself with The Gambia has the right to
contribute to this discourse.

As the country has begun a new political life, with hopes of true democracy
in the offing, the New Gambia Movement in collaboration with the School of
Arts and Sciences at the University of The Gambia, wishes to provide the
space to debate and discuss issues predicated on various axes of
development, with a view to exploring and proposing policies that will help
revamp the different sectors of human endeavor in The Gambia. In view of
this, individuals are invited to develop papers to be presented in an
international colloquium scheduled for the 29th and 30th of June, 2018.


Areas of discussion shall include but not limited to the following broad
thematic areas:

   1. Civic education and the production of responsible citizens
   2. Women and gender roles in the New Gambia
   3. Sustainable Tourism
   4. Role of Gambians in sustained transformative changes in the new Gambia
   5. Harnessing education for good governance
   6. Legal reforms
   7. Press freedom
   8. Youth employment (unemployment and underemployment)
   9. Assessing and Reforming Gambia’s electoral system
   10. Improving our health delivery system
   11. Promoting respect for human rights and the rule of law
   12. Local governance system
   13. Leadership and mentorship schemes
   14. Entrepreneurship, etc.

*Colloquium proposals should include the following information:*

   - Lecture, communication or round table discussion (or workshop), drama
   - Presentation of the general problematic
   - Presentation of the main points and topics studied
   - Examples to illustrate your point
   - Key Words (5)
   - First and last names of the speaker (or speakers)
   - Institutional affiliation of presenter (s) (university, centre,
   faculty, laboratory, etc.) or Corresponding or email address or presenter

 *Submission of proposals:*

Interested individuals are invited to develop papers to be presented at the
international colloquium scheduled for the 29th and 30th of June, 2018.
Interested individuals are asked to send their biodata together with their
abstracts/proposals not exceeding 250 words or short movie no more than 5
mins long to the address below on or before the *15th of December, 2017*:
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The Committee of the colloquium will evaluate all the abstracts/movies.

*Timetable: *

   - Selection of papers: February 1, 2018
   - Selected participants notified: February 25, 2018
   - Distribution of the provisional programme: May 30, 2018
   - Final programme: June 15, 2018
   - Colloquium Dates: 29th and 30th of June, 2018.

*Venue of Colloquium:*

The Colloquium will take place at the School of Arts and Sciences, The
University of The Gambia.

Warm wishes,
New Gambia Movement.


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