The Association of Southern African Professional Archaeologists hosted its biennial conference in Kimberley in July 2019. The conference was held at the new Sol Plaatje University, with some events taking place at the McGregor Museum.Several staff and volunteers in the Department of Human Sciences gave papers at the conference including Dr Gavin Whitelaw, who presented on Ntshekane and the central cattle patternwith Thomas Huffman, Dr Justine Wintjes, who presented on rock art as a site of enchantment together with Laura de Harde, and who chaired a session onarchaeology, history of art, and hauntology,Angela Ferreira, who presented on two rock art sites on the Thorn River, South Africa, Dr Ghilraen Laue who presented on flight and transformation in southern African rock arttogether with Jeremy Hollmann, and who also presented on San rock painting and the construction of landscapetogether with Dr Geoff Blundell.

Several former members of staff from the Department of Human Sciencesat the KwaZulu-Natal Museum also attended the conference including Dr Tim Maggs, Dr Aron Mazel, Dr Marlize LombardandDr Jeremy Hollmann.