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DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Addis_Ababa:20250220T103000
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SUMMARY:What’s next for the new AU leadership?
DESCRIPTION:Expectations are high that new leaders will improve the African Union’s performance in achieving a secure and stable continent.\nThe AU Commission has a range of pressing issues on its plate\, including implementing flagship initiatives like Silencing the Guns and the Free Movement of Persons. The election this month of new commission leaders coincides with Angola’s assumption of the African Union (AU) Chairperson role. \nThe new leadership group must find sustainable solutions in the face of sluggish AU reform\, tensions between the AU and regional economic communities\, governance deficits in many member states\, and ongoing violent conflicts in several hotspots. \nThis seminar will reflect on expectations of the new AU leadership\, outcomes of the 38th AU summit and priorities for Angola as new AU Assembly chair. \nThis seminar is co-hosted by the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) and the Institute for Peace and Security Studies (IPSS). \nSimultaneous English-French interpretation will be provided. \n \nKeynote address: Amb Mohamed Ibn Chambas\, Chair of the AU High-Level Panel of the Resolution of the Conflict in Sudan and AU High Representative for Silencing the Guns \nModerator: Amb Salah Hammad\, Head\, AGA-APSA Secretariat\, African Union Commission (TBC) \nPanelists: \n\nProf Thomas Tieku\, Politics and International Relations\, King’s University College\, University of Western Ontario\nAngela Naa Afoley Odai\, Head of Diaspora Division\, Citizens and Diaspora Directorate\, African Union\nMoussa Soumahoro\, Researcher\, ISS
URL:https://ipss-addis.org/event/whats-next-for-the-new-au-leadership/
LOCATION:Skylight Hotel
CATEGORIES:Public Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Addis_Ababa:20250211T103000
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SUMMARY:Can the AU reposition Africa in a changing global governance landscape?
DESCRIPTION:Download: Programme (EN)  | Programme (FR) |    Click here to Register \nAs African leaders prepare for the 38th African Union (AU) summit in mid-February\, insecurity continues in Sudan\, the Horn and Sahel\, with clashes intensifying in east Democratic Republic of the Congo. Global governance and economic dynamics are also shifting\, especially with the start of United States President Donald Trump’s second term. \nLeadership will be pivotal in guiding the AU through these complexities\, and this summit will elect a new AU Commission chair and deputy\, and department heads. This seminar will explore the possible impact of these pressing issues on summit discussions\, leadership decisions and the AU’s role in addressing continental and global challenges. \nThis event is co-hosted by the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) and the Institute for Peace and Security Studies (IPSS). \nSimultaneous English-French interpretation will be provided. \nKeynote address: Prof Patrick Lumumba\, Lawyer and Pan Africanist\, Tana Forum Board Member\nModerator: Dr Andrews Atta-Asamoah\, Programme Head\, Africa Peace and Security Governance\, ISS Addis Ababa \nPanelists\nAmb Frederic Gateretse-Ngoga\, African Union Commission\nJanah Ncube\, Deputy Chief Executive Officer\, Crisis Action\nProf Thomas Tieku\, Professor of Politics and International Relations\, King’s University College at the University of Western Ontario\nProf Tim Murithi\, Head\, Peacebuilding Programme\, Institute for Justice and Reconciliation
URL:https://ipss-addis.org/event/can-the-au-reposition-africa-in-a-changing-global-governance-landscape/
LOCATION:Skylight Hotel
CATEGORIES:Public Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Addis_Ababa:20250206T140000
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SUMMARY:The Rise of China as a Global Power and Its Relations with Africa
DESCRIPTION:Abstract \nThe rise of China as a global power has sparked considerable debate\, with some scholars suggesting it will lead to conflict. However\, he argues that the emerging world order should be seen as a transition between a “world re-order” and a “new world order”. The former implies that the current order is adapting to accommodate a rising power\, while the latter suggests that both existing and emerging powers will negotiate new terms of relationship\, leading to a redefined world order. This public seminar will examine China’s role in global governance\, hegemony\, and world order by exploring three critical periods in its rise: (a) the era of China’s hostility and rejection of the post-war world order\, (b) the era of acceptance and China’s integration into the world order\, and (c) the current period of leadership and contribution. Additionally\, this discussion will explore China-Africa relations\, arguing that\, beyond the rhetoric of “South-South cooperation” and solidarity\, China’s strategic policy towards Africa is focused on creating both dependence and interdependence\, ultimately aiming to align the continent with its global ambitions. \nBio.\n\n\n\n\nProf. Aaron Tesfaye is an Emeritus Professor in the Department of Political Science at William Paterson University in Wayne\, NJ. He holds a BA and MPA from California State University\, Fresno\, and a PhD from the Center for Politics and Economics at Claremont Graduate University\, Claremont\, CA. \nHe is the author of several books and numerous scholarly articles. His publications include China in Ethiopia: The Long-Term Perspective (2020)\, State and Economic Development in Africa: The Case of Ethiopia (2017)\, The Political Economy of the Nile Basin Regime in the Twentieth Century (2009)\, and Political Power and Ethnic Federalism: The Struggle for Democracy in Ethiopia (2002). He has taught at California State University\, Fresno (1997-2004)\, and at the Universidad de São José in Macau\, S.A.R.\, People’s Republic of China (2011). \nProf. Aaron Tesfaye is also a Senior Fellow at the Afro-Sino Centre for International Relations in Accra\, Ghana.
URL:https://ipss-addis.org/event/the-rise-of-china-as-a-global-power-and-its-relations-with-africa/
LOCATION:IPSS New Conference Hall\, ADDIS ABABA\, Ethiopia
CATEGORIES:Public Seminar
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SUMMARY:Stories from South Omo: Performing Culture and the Role of Anthropologist as Mediator
DESCRIPTION:Abstract \n‘Tiranya ko Koisani – a play performed at the National Theatre in Addis Ababa in June 2022 – is a story of love and war in the far south of Ethiopia. The play was the first to be written and acted by Mursi people who\, six months previously\, had no prior knowledge of theatre. This paper will follow the journey to the National Theatre of the South Omo Theatre Company – a partnership including Mursi agro-pastoralists turned playwrights and actors\, theatre directors\, anthropologists\, and filmmakers from four continents. In recounting this tale\, we venture backstage to spotlight the multiple forms of brokerage\, translation and exchange that facilitate cross-cultural communication. Reviewing the historical role of anthropology in presenting stories from South Omo\, the paper goes on to suggest new possibilities for creative collaboration in development and participatory knowledge sharing. \n  \nBio\nDr. Richard Axelby began his academic career with PhD research on agro-pastoralists in the Indian Himalayas (2005). Since that time he has written multiple articles for academic journals and is the co-author with Dr Savithri Preetha Nair of ‘Science and the Changing Environment in India 1780-1920’ (British Library Publications\, 2010)\, with Professor Emma Crewe of Anthropology and Development: Culture\, Morality and Politics in a Globalised World (CUP\, 2013) and of Ground Down by Growth: Tribe\, Caste\, Class and Inequality in 21st Century India (Pluto Press\, 2018) with Alpa Shah\, Jens Lerche et al. Richard is employed as a Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Anthropology and Sociology at SOAS University of London and is a founder member of the Global Research Network on Parliaments and People. Since 2018 Richard has been working on a series of creative collaborations with members of the Mursi agro-pastoralist community in Southern Ethiopia.
URL:https://ipss-addis.org/event/stories-from-south-omo-performing-culture-and-the-role-of-anthropologist-as-mediator/
LOCATION:IPSS New Conference Hall\, ADDIS ABABA\, Ethiopia
CATEGORIES:Public Seminar
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SUMMARY:Datafication as Theory and Method: Current and Future Challenges in a Global and Comparative Context
DESCRIPTION:Abstract\nThe growing digitalization of human lives and the exponential rise in digital data have significantly transformed how we understand cultural\, political\, and social phenomena globally. The concept of “datafication” has emerged as a theoretical framework to address these changes\, impacting societies and reshaping research methods in social sciences and humanities. Discussions on datafication\, and recently generative AI\, thus highlight a dual role this has for research: it is both seen as an object of academic study but also as a set of new tools and methodologies for producing knowledge from new data sources. This pubic seminar addresses this dual nature of datafication and how it potentially affects social sciences and humanities research in distinctly global and comparative contexts. Through examples from over 10 years of research on comparative contexts globally\, and in East Africa and Ethiopia in particular\, it reflects on the complex relationship between methods\, theory and contextual interpretation necessary to understand the significance of emerging forms of digital politics globally in contemporary data-driven environments. \nBio \nDr. Matti Pohjonen’s research revolves around developing critical research approaches and methodologies to understand digital politics and cultures in especially comparative global media contexts. This has included work on blogging cultures in India\, developing new research methods using interactive radio and SMS for researching hard-to-reach populations in East Africa\, research on online hate speech in Ethiopia\, and exploring the use of AI in social sciences and humanities research. He currently works as a Senior Researcher for the Helsinki Institute for Social Sciences and Humanities (HSSH)\, University of Helsinki\, leading methodological development on the use of internet and social media data\, including debates on generative AI and LLMs. He previously worked as a researcher for University of Oxford\, the VOX-Pol network of excellence and as a Lecturer in Global Digital Culture at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS). He has published extensively on topics related to global digital communication for journals such as International Journal of Communication\, Popular Communication\, Social Media + Society and Big Data & Society.
URL:https://ipss-addis.org/event/datafication-as-theory-and-method-current-and-future-challenges-in-a-global-and-comparative-context/
LOCATION:IPSS New Conference Hall\, ADDIS ABABA\, Ethiopia
CATEGORIES:Public Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Addis_Ababa:20241022T143000
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SUMMARY:Evolution of European Military Engagement in Africa: French Troop Withdrawal from the Sahel and Hungary's Strategic Entry into Chad
DESCRIPTION:Abstract \nIn the last decade\, the Sahel has become a theater for geopolitical competition between different external actors. While the French military withdrew from Mali\, Niger\, and Burkina Faso\, and the USA was also forced to leave Niger and Chad\, the Wagner Group and other Russian troops arrived in the region to replace Western actors. Surprisingly\, Hungary declared its ambitions to establish a footprint in the Sahel as well. \nThis seminar will highlight the following topics: What are the goals of the new Hungarian commitment in Chad? How does it fit the political\, geopolitical\, and security interests of Budapest? And what is the relationship between Hungarian and other Western actions in the region? \nDate: Tuesday 22nd October 2024\nTime: 2:00 PM (EAT)\nVenue: New Conference Hall\, Institute for Peace & Security Studies\, College of Business & Economics\, Addis Ababa University\, Sidist Kilo\, Addis Ababa\, Ethiopia
URL:https://ipss-addis.org/event/evolution-of-european-military-engagement-in-africa-french-troop-withdrawal-from-the-sahel-and-hungarys-strategic-entry-into-chad/
LOCATION:New Conference Hall\, Institute for Peace & Security Studies\, College of Business & Economics\, Addis Ababa University
CATEGORIES:Public Seminar
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