CFP, Asia and Africa in Transition, 21-23 October 2020, University of Copenhagen

Marie Yoshida Announcement
Location
Denmark
Subject Fields
African History / Studies, Asian History / Studies, Geography, Humanities, Social Sciences

This year the annual Asian Dynamics Initiave Conference will join forces with a number of globally oriented networks and centres at the University of Copenhagen:

NIAS – Nordic Institute of Asian Studies/NNC; School of Global Health; Sustainability Science Centre; ThinkChina; UCPH Global Development

Asia and Africa in Transition
Linkages between Asia and Africa have a transformative impact across the globe in areas ranging from economic development, climate and demography to health care, politics and entertainment. Placing Asia-Africa engagement as a focal point, this conference will feature keynote speeches and a range of panels and roundtables across disciplines, temporalities and themes in the study of Asian and African dynamics. 

Keynote speakers

  • Ching Kwan Lee, Professor of Sociology, University of Califormia, Los Angeles
  • Jonathan Rigg, Professor and Chair in Human Geography, University of Bristol
  • Reiner Klingholz, Former Director of Berlin Institute for Polulation and Demography

CFP
We invite abstracts and full panels for the conference that will take place on 21-23 October 2020 at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Deadline for submitting proposals: 15 April 2020
Read the full call here: https://asiandynamics.ku.dk/asia-and-africa-in-transition/

Panels open for submissions

  • Asian partners in the transition of ports in Africa
  • Banal democracies: Beyond electoral temporality
  • China going global: Historical trajectories, current debates, and future prospects
  • Constructing historical and identity narratives in Central Eurasia
  • Engendering humanity in Africa and Asia
  • Foreign agricultural investments as driver of rural transformation?
  • From recipients to donors: New engagement of Asian countries in humanitarian aid in Africa
  • Health systems in transition: Human health resources as agents of change
  • Local expressions of global ideas: Negotiating modernity, aesthetics and cultural heritage in African and Asian museums
  • Situated natalisms – familial and filial forms in Africa and Asia
  • Sustainability strategy and Asian investments in energy in Africa: Regulation, governance and investment
  • The geopolitics of China’s rise in Africa: Implications and challenges for democratisation and human rights
  • The geopolitics of the Indo-Pacific
  • The making of Belt and Road Initiative projects in African states: Local actors, interests and policy link-ups
  • Urbanization in rural regions of Africa and Asia

Read more about the panels and the full call here: https://asiandynamics.ku.dk/asia-and-africa-in-transition/

PhD workshop
The conference will be preceeded by a two-day PhD workshop. A separate call will be posted on the conference website soon.

     

    Contact Information

    Marie Yoshida

    Senior Advisor, Asian Dynamics Initiative, University of Copenhagen

    Contact Email
    marie.yoshida@nias.ku.dk