14th Annual Wild Coast Philosophy Symposium, Chintsa
CFA:
FRAGMENTATION
7 November 2026
Crawfords Beach Lodge in Chintsa, South Africa (http://www.crawfordsbeachlodge.co.za/)
The annual Wild Coast Philosophy Symposium is a one-day in-person event cooperatively hosted by the Departments of Politics and Philosophy at Fort Hare, ISCIA (Identities and Social Cohesion in Africa), Nelson Mandela University, and the AGCLE (Allan Grey Centre for Leadership Ethics), Department of Philosophy, Rhodes University.
This is a symposium in the sense of a convivial discussion in a relaxed setting in Chintsa, at a beautiful resort at the Wild Coast in the Eastern Cape, South Africa, confined to a roundtable of around 18 participants, encouraging the introduction of and intense dialogue on fresh ideas on particular topics. The topic this year is Fragmentation.
Sessions of 30 minutes include short papers of 15 minutes, with 5-minute responses to these papers, and 10 minutes for general discussion.
If you want to present a paper, please send us a title and brief abstract of around 150-200 words by 31 August 2026. Alternatively, let us know if you’d like to respond to any paper by the same time. Email: wildcoast...@gmail.com
The speakers should be able to make their presentations available to the respondents by 23 October 2026.
The conference fee for in-person attendance for the day is R700 (including refreshments and lunch). Graduate students may request subsidisation, for which some funds are reserved.
Call for abstracts: Siyavuma!
Conference Dates: Nov. 7, 2026
Location: University of Fort Hare, Chintsa
Submission Deadline: 31 August, 2026
Submission: Please email proposals (abstracts), approximately 250 words,
prepared for blind review, to: wildcoast...@gmail.com.
Please include
your name and affiliation in the body of the email and attach the proposal as a
Word file or PDF.
If you have any questions about the symposium, please contact Mzamo Dayimani mday...@ufh.ac.za
14th Annual Wild Coast Philosophy Symposium, Chintsa
CFA:
FRAGMENTATION
7 November 2026
Crawfords Beach Lodge in Chintsa, South Africa (http://www.crawfordsbeachlodge.co.za/)
The annual Wild Coast Philosophy Symposium is a one-day in-person event cooperatively hosted by the Departments of Politics and Philosophy at Fort Hare, ISCIA (Identities and Social Cohesion in Africa), Nelson Mandela University, and the AGCLE (Allan Grey Centre for Leadership Ethics), Department of Philosophy, Rhodes University.
This is a symposium in the sense of a convivial discussion in a relaxed setting in Chintsa, at a beautiful resort at the Wild Coast in the Eastern Cape, South Africa, confined to a roundtable of around 18 participants, encouraging the introduction of and intense dialogue on fresh ideas on particular topics. The topic this year is Fragmentation.
Sessions of 30 minutes include short papers of 15 minutes, with 5-minute responses to these papers, and 10 minutes for general discussion.
If you want to present a paper, please send us a title and brief abstract of around 150-200 words by 31 August 2026. Alternatively, let us know if you’d like to respond to any paper by the same time. Email: wildcoast...@gmail.com
The speakers should be able to make their presentations available to the respondents by 23 October 2026.
The conference fee for in-person attendance for the day is R700 (including refreshments and lunch). Graduate students may request subsidisation, for which some funds are reserved.
Call for abstracts: Siyavuma!
Conference Dates: Nov. 7, 2026
Location: University of Fort Hare, Chintsa
Submission Deadline: 15 September, 2026
Submission: Please email proposals (abstracts), approximately 250 words,
prepared for blind review, to: wildcoast...@gmail.com.
Please include
your name and affiliation in the body of the email and attach the proposal as a
Word file or PDF.
If you have any questions about the symposium, please contact Mzamo Dayimani mday...@ufh.ac.za
14th Annual Wild Coast Philosophy Symposium, Chintsa
CFA:
FRAGMENTATION
7 November 2026
Crawfords Beach Lodge in Chintsa, South Africa (http://www.crawfordsbeachlodge.co.za/)
The annual Wild Coast Philosophy Symposium is a one-day in-person event cooperatively hosted by the Departments of Politics and Philosophy at Fort Hare, ISCIA (Identities and Social Cohesion in Africa), Nelson Mandela University, and the AGCLE (Allan Grey Centre for Leadership Ethics), Department of Philosophy, Rhodes University.
This is a symposium in the sense of a convivial discussion in a relaxed setting in Chintsa, at a beautiful resort at the Wild Coast in the Eastern Cape, South Africa, confined to a roundtable of around 18 participants, encouraging the introduction of and intense dialogue on fresh ideas on particular topics. The topic this year is Fragmentation.
Sessions of 30 minutes include short papers of 15 minutes, with 5-minute responses to these papers, and 10 minutes for general discussion.
If you want to present a paper, please send us a title and brief abstract of around 150-200 words by 15 September 2026. Alternatively, let us know if you’d like to respond to any paper by the same time. Email: wildcoast...@gmail.com
The speakers should be able to make their presentations available to the respondents by 23 October 2026.
The conference fee for in-person attendance for the day is R700 (including refreshments and lunch). Graduate students may request subsidisation, for which some funds are reserved.
Call for abstracts: Siyavuma!
Conference Dates: Nov. 7, 2026
Location: University of Fort Hare, Chintsa
Submission Deadline: 15 September, 2026
Submission: Please email proposals (abstracts), approximately 250 words,
prepared for blind review, to: wildcoast...@gmail.com.
Please include
your name and affiliation in the body of the email and attach the proposal as a
Word file or PDF.
If you have any questions about the symposium, please contact Mzamo Dayimani mday...@ufh.ac.za