CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: Doctoral School Course
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Bandung Conference (Africa- Asia Conference) and South- South Cooperation: Solidarities, Knowledge and Worldmaking
May 6, 7, and 8 2025 at Ghent University.
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This doctoral course examines the legacy of the Bandung Conference as a geopolitical movement, a historical moment, and a critical trope for analyzing contemporary global events and South-South relations. In this three-day intensive, multidisciplinary program, participants will have the opportunity to explore the significance of the Bandung Conference, engage with critical debates that cluster around it, and examine how it provides a framework for studying decolonization. The course will also focus on analyzing the interconnected and intersectional solidarities and movements within the Global South and the Global North. Furthermore, it will investigate the production of knowledge in, for, and about the Global South.
OBJECTIVES
• Contextualize the historical and political emergence of the Bandung Conference and South-South relations.
• Investigate the theoretical and discursive tropes for understanding the Bandung Conference, Tricontinental, and South-South solidarity.
• Reflect on the relevance of the Bandung Conference and South-South solidarity in relation to contemporary global events and discourses.
• Examine emerging solidarity movements, knowledge production and frameworks within the Global South, and contemporary planetary actions and modes of worldmaking.
• Identify enduring and emerging social and political issues affecting the Global South and the broader world.
• Integrate the comparative and intersectional experiences of peoples in Africa, Asia, Latin America, especially in terms of class, race, and gender.
AUDIENCE
The doctoral school course is convened by PhD students and postdocs for researchers in the Social Sciences, Humanities, and non-social science disciplines. We also extend our invitation to academics from other disciplines who are interested in the critical study of the global south and south- south cooperation. This event will be held in person.
Language: English.
Teaching methods will include masterclasses by invited speakers, discussions and Q & A with participants. Reading materials will also be provided
PROGRAMME
Day 1 – May 6 (Tuesday). Theme: Bandung Conference, Tricontinental, and South-South Solidarities: Historical Relevance and Political Agency
Sovereignty and Solidarity 70 Years After Bandung (Dr. Paris Yeros : Professor of International Relation and World Political Economy, Federal University of ABC, São Paulo, Brazil and Editor of Agrarian South)
Provocation (Dr. Wildan Sena Utama: Scholar of Global Political History , Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia)
The Spirit of the Bandung (Dr. Vijay Prashad: Director and founder, Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. Indian historian and journalist)
Day 2 – May 7 (Wednesday) Theme: Bandung Conference and South-South: Solidarities, Praxes, and Worldmaking
Roundtable discussion ( Grassroots organizations, cultural and social workers and activists.)
The intersection of ecology, (de)coloniality and policy making as site of contestation, compliance and disregard for the energy transition in the Global South. (Dr. Clement Sefa-Nyarko :Scholar of Security, Development and Natural Resource and Climate Governance. African Leadership Centre, King’s College London )
Day 3 – May 8 (Thursday): Bandung Conference and South-South: Knowledge , Methods, and Theorizing
Arab Agrarian and Development Questions: Genealogies in their Contexts (Dr. Max Ajl: Université de Tunis, The Merian Center for Advanced Studies in the Maghreb (MECAM) and Associated researcher at the Tunisian Observatory for Food Sovereignty and the Environment.)
Title TBA (Dr. Neferti Tadiar Professor of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. Barnard College, Columbia University and Director of Puón Institute, Philippines.)
REGISTRATION:
“Please only register if you are sure you will be able to attend the courses from beginning to end” This will allow other aspiring participants to take the available slot as soon as possible. We also welcome international/ exchange students but please Doctoral Schools regulations first. The organisers cannot provide assistance with visa applications, travel grants, or other forms of financial support. For Ghent University students, the no show policy applies.
REGISTER HERE:
https://event.ugent.be/registration/event/8ea16927-7a48-4e5e-8e36-580203fe4423
For inquiries, email basin.disclab@ugent.be
This Doctoral School is organized by Ghent University and the Bandung Conference and South-South Initiative Discussion Laboratory (BASIN DiscLab) UGhent
BASIN DiscLab Organizers
Dr. Allan Souza Queiroz
Ananeza Aban
Nathalie Nsimire Bavurhe
Imane Benchaou
Starry Chung
Frances Cruz
Dunia Daghlas
Christian Koba Fazili
Haithem Gasmi
Roshni Kapur
Mary Ann Manahan
Siyum Adugna Mamo
Sheikh Shams Morsalin
Josaphat Musamba
Marwa Neji
Amina Adebisi Odofin
Faith Ogeto- Orwa
Saumya Pandey
Ayehu Bacha Teso
Nicholas Mwaura
Ana Rubia Mello Juraszek Dos Santos
Clod Marlan Krister V. Yambao
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
Prof. Dr. Koen Vlassenroot Dept. of Conflict and Development Studies
Prof Dr. Sami Zemni Dept. of Conflict and Development Studies
Inter-university partners:
Prof. Dr. Gert Van Hecken. Institute of Development Policy, University of Antwerp
Prof. Dr. Asuncion Fresnoza-Flot( Centre for East Asian Studies EASt & Laboratory of Anthropology of Contemporary Worlds, Université libre de Bruxelles