Past Meetings & Seminars

2026:

The 25th SASQUA Congress: Quaternary science in the Lowveld

The 25th biennial congress of the Southern African Society for Quaternary Research was held at the Wits Rural Facility near Hoedspruit from 30 August to 4 September 2026, under the theme “Southern African Quaternary Climates, Ecosystems and People: Perspectives from the Lowveld”.

2024:

24th Conference of the Southern African Society for Quaternary Research

“Exploring the links between humans, climates, and environments through the Quaternary”

19 – 24 May 2024

2022:

SASQUA 22

23rd Conference of the Southern African Society for Quaternary Research

“Southern African climates and environments in a changing world: A view from the Quaternary”

25 – 30 September 2022

2021: SASQUA 2021 ONLINE SEMINAR SERIES

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2019:

Celebrating the richness of the southern African Quaternary

22nd Conference of the Southern African Society for Quaternary Research

Dates: 28 January – 1 February 2019

Location: Mossel Bay, southern Cape Coast.

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2017:

PEOPLE AND THE ENVIRONMENT

21st Conference of the Southern African Society for Quaternary Research

Dates: 3-7 April 2017

Location: Parkview, Johannesburg

 

2015:

AfQUA 2015: The African Quaternary: environments, ecology and humans.

Inaugural conference and workshops 30th January – 7th February 2015

Website: http://afqua2015.com/

Final Programme: https://afqua2015.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/afqua-2015-programme-and-abstracts.pdf

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2012:

XIX Biennial SASQUA Congress
13th – 16th September 2012
and
South African Association of Geomorphologists Conference
8th – 12th September 2012

Gobabeb, Namibia.

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The 2012 SASQUA Congress was held in conjunction with the South African Association of Geomorphologists (SAAG) at the Gobabeb Training and Research Centre, Namibia to celebrate 50 years of Namib Desert Research.

SASQUA 2012 Programme

2009:

The XVIII Biennial SASQUA Congress
Held at the Phantom View River Resort (Lightley’s), near Knysna (southern Cape)

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SASQUA 2009 Programme