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College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Africa in Contemporary International Relations |
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Events December 2, 2009 UNDERSTANDING AND MANAGING AUTHOR RIGHTS IN THE 21ST CENTURY December 11, 2009 Student Workshop Performances January 12, 2010 Conversations for Change February 5, 2010 Into the Woods February 10, 2010 Conversations for Change Phone: 616-331-2495 Fax: 616-331-3675 College of Liberal Arts & Sciences clas@gvsu.edu B-4-232 Mackinac Hall Grand Valley State University Allendale, MI 49401 |
September 21-22, 2009, Grand Rapids, MI Free to Campus & Community
GVSU Allendale Campus º8:00 - 8:30am Registration Kirkof Center º8:30 - 9:00am Opening Remarks Pere Marquette Room, Kirkof Center Dr. Jack Mangala – Conference Chair, Director, African and African American Studies Program Dr. Polly Diven – Director, International Relations Program Dr. Wendy Wenner – Dean, College of Interdisciplinary Studies Dr. Fred Antczak – Dean, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences º9:00 -10: 35am Session A Pere Marquette Room, Kirkhof Center Africa and the Old Balance of Power Chair: Dr. John Constantelos, Department of Political Science, GVSU Panelists: -Britain and Africa: The Current Agenda Dr. Paul Williams, Associate Director, Security Policy Studies, The Elliot School of International Affairs, George Washington University -Imperialism and U.S.-Africa Relations Dr. George Kieh, Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, University of West Georgia -Is France Disengaging from Africa? A Critical Look at Nicolas Sarkozy’s “Rupture” Policy in the Context of France-Africa Relations Dr. Daniel Mengara, Department of French, Montclair State University -Contemporary Russian Policy Toward Africa: Its Implications for US-Africa Relations Dr. Mikhail Vishnevskiy, Senior Researcher, Institute for African Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow º10: 45 - 12:20 Session B Pere Marquette Room, Kirkhof Center New Security Threats and Global Challenges: African Perspectives and Dynamics Chair: Dr. Roy Cole, Department of Geography and Planning, GVSU Panelists: -Africa's Response to International Terrorism and the War against It Dr. Abdul Karim Bangura, Department of Political Science, Howard University -Confronting the Challenges of Health Security in Africa Dr. Jeremy Youde, Department of Political Science, University of Minnesota- Duluth - Food Security in Africa: One Food Company's Role Dr. Angela Mwaniki, Research and Development Scientist, General Mills, Inc. - Climate Change and Security in Africa Mr. Alec Crawford and Mr. Oli Brown, º12:20 - 1:10pm Lunch Kirkhof Center 2263 º1: 20 - 2: 50pm Session C Pere Marquette Room, Kirkhof Center Africa and the New Balance of Power Chair: Dr. Darren Walhof, Department of Political Science, GVSU Panelists: -Africa’s China relations: contending imaginaries, changing politics and the realities of consolidation Dr. Daniel Large, Research Director, Africa-Asia Center, Royal African Society, London -India's New Engagement of Africa: Trends and Implications Dr. Peter Pham, Senior Fellow and Director of the Africa Project at the National Committee on American Foreign Policy -Latin America-Africa Cooperation: Brazil as a Case Study Dr. Gladys Lechini, Professor of International Relations, National University of Rosario, Argentine. -Japan in Africa: Diplomacy of Change and Continuity Dr. Seifudein Adem, Associate Director, Associate Research Professor, Institute of Global Cultural Studies, Binghamton University º3: 00 - 5:00pm Session D Pere Marquette Room, Kirkhof Center Confronting Africa’s Economic and Political Development Chair: Dr. Andrew Schlewitz, Political Science Department and Latin American Studies Program, GVSU Panelists: -New Encounters in US-Africa Democracy Relations: Less of the Same? Dr. Rita Kiki Edozie, James Madison College, Michigan State University -U.S. AIDS Policy in Africa: Managing the Multiple Objectives of the PEPFAR Program Dr. Polly Diven, Department of Political Science, GVSU -The Impact of the World Economic Crisis on African Economies Dr. Kojo Quartey, Dean, The Donald W. Maine School of Business, Davenport University -Can Sub-Saharan Africa achieve the Millennium Development Goals? Dr. Emmanuel Cleeve, Senior Lecturer, Department of Economics, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. -Nationalism, the African State, and the Myth of the Ethnic Carnivore Dr. Richard Yidana, Sociology and African Studies, GVSU GVSU Devos Campus º6:00 - 7:00pm Keynote Address Loosemore Auditorium Introductory Remarks Dr. Thomas Haas, President, Grand Valley State University Dr. Mark Richards, Chair, Department of Political Science, GVSU Luck, Leadership, and Legitimacy in Transitions to Democracy: Lessons from South Africa and the Middle East º7:15pm Dinner Regency Dining Room Remarks by Dr. Gayle Davis, Provost and Vice-President for Academic Affairs GVSU Allendale Campus º8:30 - 9:00am Registration Kirkof Center º9:00 - 10:15am Session A Pere Marquette Room, Kirkhof Center Engaging Multilateral Institutions Chair: Dr. Michelle Miller-Adams, Department of Political Science, GVSU Panelists: -The Evolving Africa -UN Relationship since the End of the Cold War Dr. Assefaw Bariagaber, Chair, The John C. Whitehead School of Diplomacy and International Relations, Seton Hall University -The European Union and Africa: Old Partners in a Changing World Dr. Jack Mangala, Department of Political Science, GVSU - The World Bank for Africa, or the World Bank for the World Bank? Dr. Paul Clements, Department of Political Science, Western Michigan University º10:30 - 12:30 Session B Pere Marquette Room, Kirkhof Center The International Community and African Crises Chair: Dr. David Eaton, History Department, GVSU Panelists: - Darfur and the International Community: State-building, Self-determination and The Responsibility to Protect Dr. Mohammed Salih, Chair, Politics of Development, Institute of Social Studies, The Hague and Department of Political Science, Leiden University - The Dangers of 'Enablement': The International Community and Conflict in the Great Lakes Dr. John F. Clark, Chair, Department of Politics and International Relations, Florida International University - “Crisis”: The Conceptual Crisis in Framing Local and International Engagement in Zimbabwe Dr. Mambo Mupepi, African and African American Studies Program, GVSU -The Peripheral Capitalist State, the Crises of Underdevelopment and Civil War: A Comparative Study of Liberia and Sierra Leone Dr. George Kieh, Dean, College of Liberal Arts and Science, Western Georgia University - International Actors and Cote d'Ivoire's Crisis Dr. Abdul Karim Bangura, Department of Political Science, Howard University º12:45pm Lunch / Closing Remarks Alumni House º1:50pm Business Meeting Emeritus Study, Alumni House International Institute for Sustainable Development, Geneva |
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