Societas Homiletica » Stellenbosch 2016

Since the Protea Hotel guarantees room reservations and special prices for the upcoming conference only until December 15th 2015, it is important to book your rooms as soon as possible. See also the section below on accomodations.

In case you haven’t registered yet for the conference, please do so to help the local committee in Stellenbosch to make the necessary arrangements. They have put together a very interesting (tentative) conference programme.

We are looking forward to welcoming you, very soon virtually in your electronic registrations and in real life in Stellenbosch, March 2016.

Welcome!

Programme

Some further information concerning our upcoming conference in Stellenbosch, South Africa, on 11-16 March 2016.

The detailed program will be sent to all members and visitors closer to the date of the conference. We are looking forward to an interesting (and full!) program, with keynote speakers like Father Michael Lapsley, Deborah Mumfoard, Marlene Ringgaard Lorensen, and Allan Boesak. As is our custom, there will be workshops, inter alia on themes like the following: Music and Voice/Music and Preaching; Preaching and Art/Painting; Preaching and Rap/Preaching and Hip Hop; Language and Paradox; a PhD-Café Poster session, etc.

Conference Registration

Registration for the Stellenbosch conference is open, follow this link.

If you encounter any problems, please contact Alexander Deeg (international secretary) or Theo Pleizier (webmanager).

Please note: you are responsible to make your own reservations at the Protea Hotel. See next tab.

Accomodation and Hotel Reservations

ACCOMMODATION
The conference organisers have made a preliminary booking at PROTEA HOTEL STELLENBOSCH IN TECHNO PARK
70 x Standard Rooms (Single or Twin)
50 x Deluxe Rooms (Single or Twin)

ACCOMMODATION RATES
STANDARD
R1324 (€96 / $106) per person per night in Single Standard Accommodation
R808 (€59 / $64) per person per night in Sharing Standard Accommodation

DELUXE
R1624 (€117 / $129) per person per night in Single Deluxe Accommodation
R958 (€69 / $76) per person per night in Sharing Deluxe Accommodation

The above rates include a Full English Breakfast and 14% VAT, but exclude 1% Tourism Levy. (The rates are in South-African Rand, as a courtesy the rates given in Euro's and US dollars are estimations based upon the exchange rate July 2015.)

RESERVATIONS
Delegates are responsible to make their own reservations. When making a reservation, GUESTS are to quote the reference:
STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY – FACULTY OF THEOLOGY – SOCIETAS HOMILETICA
E-mail: Reservations manager Ms. Tammy van der Merwe
Telephone: +27 21 880 9500
Fax: +27 21 880 9505
Note: don't use the online bookingsystem of the hotel for making reservations, since the systems has blocked rooms that are only available for the conference. Make your reservations by phone or by email.

CANCELLATION FEES
Delegates will be responsible for their own cancellation fees.
Up to 60 days prior to arrival, rooms reserved may be cancelled with no cost.

ALLOCATION RELEASE DATES
The PROTEA HOTEL STELLENBOSCH IN TECHNO PARK will hold the allocated accommodation (as stated above) until 20 January 2016. Thereafter subject to availability. GUESTS will be helped on a first come first serve basis at the best available rate of the day.

Call for Papers

We are also now opening up the call for papers. An abstract of about 300 words, inclusive of the title of the paper, should be sent to the President and/or the International Secretary at the latest by 1 October 2015. The abstracts will be published on the homepage. We envisage papers of about 5,000 words, in order to allow time for discussions, and the complete papers must be sent to the President and the International Secretary at the latest two weeks before the conference. No copies of the papers will be made at or during the conference as such, in view of the peer-review editing process for the publication of the proceedings (Studia Homiletica) after the conference.

Tours

PRE- OR POST CONFERENCE TOUR OPTIONS:
Contact the Stellenbosch360 office for bookings and other travel information:
E-mail: info@stellenbosch360.co.za
Web: www.stellenbosch.travel

(Download the overview of tours here; newly added in February 2016 are these extra possibilities for Safari-excursions.)

DAY TRIPS:

Cape Peninsula Drive, including Kirstenbosch Gardens, Boulders Beach, Cape Point Nature Reserve
www.zeescapetours.co.za
www.blueviewtravel.co.za

Cape Town City, including Robben Island, historical museums, District Six and Bo-Kaap, Table Mountain, township drive-through
www.zeescapetours.co.za
www.blueviewtravel.co.za

Full day chocolate, olive oil, cheese and wine tour
www.larochelletours.com
Hermanus and False bay coast
www.myriadafrica.com
Safari Day trip
www.aquilasafari.com
www.blueviewtravel.co.za

Stellenbosch on Foot
www.stellenbosch.travel/route360
White shark adventures
www.whitesharkadventures.co.za
Wine route tour
www.vinehopper.co.za
www.blueviewtravel.co.za

MULTI –DAY TRIPS:

Cape to Addo Elephant National Park
www.afrukaecotours.co.za
www.redwoodtours.co.za

Cape to Kruger National Park
www.capetownsafaris.com
Garden Route
www.redwoodtours.co.za
www.larochelletours.com
www.individualtours.weebly.com

Book your Hotel asap and Register for the conference!

Welcome!

Stellenbosch, South-Africa

Societas Homiletica Stellenbosch 2016

Preaching Promise within the Paradoxes of Life

Conference registration for mobile users

Dates: 11th to 16th March 2016