In partnership between Sciences Po-Center for International Studies (CERI) and London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa

and with the support of Sciences Po-Ecole doctorale, Institut Français d'Afrique du Sud (IFAS) and SCAC-French Ambassy in Nigeria

 

 

 

9h00-10h00

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Funmi Olonisakin, Founding Director of the African Leadership Centre-Kings College London/ University of Nairobi

African “Agency” in Global Politics: What Does It Entail?

 

Discussant: Frédéric Ramel, Sciences Po-Center for International Studies

 

10h00-11h30

 
PANEL 1: THE ROLE OF IDENTITY AND IDEOLOGY IN SHAPING AFRICA’S POSITION ON THE GLOBAL STAGE 

 

Chair: Karen Smith, University of Cape Town, South Africa

 

Oka Obono, University of Ibadan, Nigeria

The Role of Berlin and Bandung in the Making of Global Africa

Tim Murithi, University of Free State, South Africa

Pan-Africanism and the African Union as a collective international actor

 

11h30-13h00

 

PANEL 2: BEYOND THE STATE: AFRICAN SUBSTATE ACTORS AS AGENTS OF CHANGE

 

Chair: Folashade Soule-Kohndou, Sciences Po-Center for International Studies

 

Peace Medie, Legon Centre for International Affairs and Diplomacy, University of Ghana, Ghana / Global Leaders Fellow, Oxford-Princeton University

Translating Global Norms into Local Action: The Campaign against Gender-Based Violence in Côte d'Ivoire and Liberia

Akinola Olojo, Université Paris Descartes; African Leadership Centre-King’s College London, University of Nairobi

Local resilience in the fight against Boko Haram in Sokoto State, and Borno State in Nigeria

 

14h30-16h00

 
PANEL 3: WHO DEFINES THE RULES? UNCOVERING AFRICAN AGENCY IN INTERNATIONAL RULES-SETTING

 

Chair: Chris Alden, London School of Econonics and Political Science, United Kingdom

 

 Jonathan Fisher, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom

Africa's New Authoritarians: International Assistance and Authoritarian Statebuilding in Contemporary Africa

 

 Atta El-Battahani, University of Khartoum, Sudan

A Protracted Quandary of Liberal Peace and Political Islam in Sub-Saharan Africa: Recycling Failures in ‘Greater’ Sudan

 

16h00-17h00

 
CONCLUDING REMARKS

 

William Brown, Politics and International Studies Department, The Open University, United Kingdom 

Studying Africa and IR: the Potential of Agency

 

 

Academic Coordinators and Contacts:

 
Folashadé Soulé-Kohndou, Sciences Po-CERI / folashade.soulekohndou@sciencespo.fr

Mohamed Diatta, Sciences Po-CERI / mohamed.diatta@sciencespo.fr

Karen Smith, UCT/ karen.smith@uct.ac.za
Chris Alden, LSE /  j.c.alden@lse.ac.uk

 

Credits photo: US Department of State, 50th Anniversary of the African Union, Addis-Ababa, 2013

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