Important dates:
15 February 2021 - Application deadline
20 February 2021 - Final program
23 February 2021 - PowerPoint submission deadline
25-26 February 2021 - Conference
1 May 2021 - Articles submission deadline
Day 1. 25 February 2021
Panel session 1: Summits of great powers on cooperation with Africa
Panel session 2: Healthcare cooperation (COVAX, WHO and regional iniatives in Africa)
Round table: African views on post-COVID recovery & African Agency
Day 2. 26 February 2021
Panel session 3: Transformation of education cooperation within the Continent (new vectors of growth)
Panel session 4: Conflicts & Political Process despite COVID Pandemics
Round table: African digitalization & cyber-security
Detailed Conference Program
Day 1. 25 February 2021
Welcoming address session
11.00 |
Welcoming address by the First Vice-Rector - Vice-Rector for Research of the RUDN University, Corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) Andrey A. Kostin (Russia) |
11.10 |
Welcoming address by Honorary President of the RAS Institute for African Studies, Head of RUDN Department of African and Arabic Studies, Academician of the RAS, Doctor of History Alexey M. Vasiliev (Russia) |
11.20 |
Welcoming address by Dean of the African Diplomatic Corps in Moscow, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Cameroon, H.E. Mahamat Paba Salé (Cameroon) |
Panel Session 1. "Summits of Great Powers on Cooperation with Africa"
Session co-chairs – Irina O. Abramova, DSc, Director of the RAS Institute for African Studies, Corresponding member of the RAS (Russia); Dr. Philani Mthembu, Executive Director, Institute for Global Dialogue (South Africa)
11.30 |
Panel Presentation by co-chairs |
11.40 |
Africa within the New Normalcy of the Post-pandemic World |
11.55 |
Summit Diplomacy on Regional and Inter-Regional Levels: What Works, Why and for Whom? |
12.10 |
Demographic Change and AfroAsian Connectivity: The Future of Big Power Summits |
12.25 |
Japan’s TICAD in the Evolving Development Landscape – Implications for Africa |
12.40 |
TICAD & FOCAC Summit Diplomacy: Similarities and Differences |
12.55 |
China-Africa Summit Diplomacy |
13.10 |
Beyond Summit Diplomacy: Turkey-Africa Relations in the XXIst Century |
13.25 |
Africa Chooses Russia: on the Forefront of Military and Technical Cooperation |
13.40 |
Emerging Sectors for Africa’s International Engagement in the Post-Covid-19 Pandemic Era |
13.55 |
Discussion. Participants: Ayele Dessalegn Bizuneh (University of Gondar, Ethiopia), Evgeniy N. Korendyasov (RAS Institute for African Studies, Russia); Raffaele Marchetti (LUISS, Italy); Alexander Mezyaev (TISBI University, Russia); Malik Mousli (League of Arab States, Moscow mission) |
14.15 – 14.30 MT – ‘Online lunch break’
Roundtable "African views on post-COVID recovery & African Agency"
Table co-chairs – Leonid L. Fituni, DSc, Deputy Director of the RAS Institute for African Studies, Corresponding member of the RAS (Russia); Mzukisi Qobo, Head of Wits School of Governance corporate, member of the Presidential Economic Advisory Council. (South Africa).
‘Early experts’ quad’ (14.30 – 15.45 MT)
Korwa Adar Gombe University of Botswana (Botswana), Folashade Soule University of Oxford, (UK / Benin), Gilbert Khadiagala University of Witwatersrand (South Africa), Claire Ayuma Amuhaya RUDN University (Russia / Kenya)
‘Later experts’ quad’ (16.00 – 17.15 MT) (8.00-9.15 EST) Molefi Kete Asante Temple University (USA), Lembe Tiky, University of Connecticut & ISA (USA), TEIKU Thomas Kwasi, University of Western Ontario (Canada), Timothy Shaw UMaSS, Ottawa & Carleton (USA/Canada)
17.15 – 17.30 MT – ‘Online coffee break’
Panel Session 2. " Healthcare Cooperation with Africa in Context of COVID-19 Pandemic"
Session co-chairs: Professor Carlo Torti, Full Professor of Infectious Diseases, University "Magna Graecia" of Catanzaro (Italy); Yulia Sh. Gushina, Candidate of pharmaceutical sciences, Deputy-Director for International Cooperation of RUDN Medical Institute (Russia)
17.30 |
Panel Presentation by co-chairs |
17.40 |
Russia-Africa Healthcare Cooperation in Context of Pandemic |
17.55 |
Local and Global Resources in Central African Public Health and Healthcare |
18.10 |
RUDN-Africa Healthcare Cooperation |
18.25 |
Experience and Consequences of COVID-19 for Africa |
18.40 |
China in Fight against COVID-19 and its Consequences for Africa. |
18.55 |
The Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Regional Cooperation in Africa: Prospects and Challenges |
19.10 |
EU and Africa: Healthcare Cooperation in the Era of COVID-19 Pandemic |
19.25 |
The EU and Turkey’s Development Aid Policies in Sub-Saharan Africa: Unpacking the Similarities and Differences |
19.40 |
Discussion. Participants: Peter Mwencha (American International University, Kuwait); Mehmet Ozkan (Maarif Foundation, USA); Majune Socrates (University of Nairobi, Kenya); Jeremey Youde (University of Minnesota Duluth, USA) |
Day 2. 26 February 2021
Book Exposition Session
10.00 |
Welcoming address by the Vice-Rector for International Cooperation of the RUDN University, Candidate of philosophical sciences Larisa I. Efremova (Russia) |
10.15 |
Book 1. Partnership in Higher Education. Trends between African and European Institutions. Brill, 2019. |
10.30 |
Book 2. RUDN & Africa. RUDN University, 2020. |
Panel Session 3. "Transformation of Education Cooperation within the Continent (New Vectors of Growth)"
Session co-chairs: Minxuan Zhang, Professor and Former President, Shanghai Normal University; Head, UNESCO Teacher Education Centre (China); Denis A. Degterev, DSc, Head of Department of Theory and History of IR, RUDN University (Russia)
10.50 |
Panel Presentation by co-chairs |
11.00 |
European-African International Collaboration in the Realm of Early Career |
11.15 |
Cooperation between Russia and Africa in the Humanitarian Sphere: Challenges and Prospects |
11.30 |
China-Africa Cooperation Experience for African Educational Development |
11.45 |
China and India’s Education Cooperation with Africa: Cultural Diplomacy and Soft Power |
12.00 |
Effectiveness of the International Organizations’ Educational Aid in the Post-Covid Era: The Case of Cameroon |
12.15 |
Integration of African Graduates of Russian Universities into Local Society |
12.30 |
Discussion. Participants: Alla Yu. Borzova (RUDN University, Russia); Nikita S. Kuklin (RUDN University, Russia); Mougadam Mahamat Mougadam (RUDN University, Russia); Vladimir G. Shubin (RAS Institute for African Studies, Russia) |
13.00 – 13.30 MT – ‘Online lunch break’
Roundtable "African Digitalization & Cyber-Security" (13.30 – 15.00 MT)
Table co-chairs – Tim Unwin, Chairholder, UNESCO Chair in ICT4D; Emeritus Professor of Geography, Royal Holloway, University of London; Honorary Professor, Lanzhou University, China; Co-Founder TEQtogether (UK); Konstantin A. Pantserev, Doctor of Political Sciences, Department of Theory and History of International Relations, St. Petersburg State University (Russia), Bitange Ndemo, University of Nairobi, (Kenya), Nadezhda E. Khokholkova RAS Institute for African Studies (Russia), Philani Mthembu, Institute for Global Dialogue (South Africa), Alexander Gromov VTB Africa (Angola), Raymond O. Ekpobodo RUDN University (Russia)
15.00 – 15.30 MT – ‘Online coffee break’
Panel Session 4. " Conflicts & Political Process despite COVID-19 Pandemics"
Session co-chairs: Henrietta Mensa-Bonsu, Justice Professor; Justice of Supreme Court (Ghana); Sergey V. Kostelyanets, Leading Researcher at the RAS Institute for African Studies; Associate Professor at RUDN Department of African and Arabic Studies; Senior Researcher at the HSE International Centre of Anthropology, Candidate in Political Science (Russia)
15.30 |
Panel Presentation by co-chairs |
15.40 |
The Role of Women in African Peacekeeping in a Post-Covid-19 World |
15.55 |
The African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID): Mission Accomplished? |
16.10 |
Conflicts Development and African Union Security Management Capacity Challenges |
16.25 |
Land Conflicts in Cote d’Ivoire in 1990’s as a Premise for the Civil War |
16.40 |
Will Christianity Survive in Ethiopia? |
16.55 |
Current Issues in the Nile Geopolitics |
17.10 |
The Oromo Revolution as a Factor of Intra-Ethnic Tensions in Ethiopia |
17.25 |
Conflict Situation in the Horn of Africa and National Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic |
17.40 |
Conflicts & State Fragility in Africa |
17.55 |
Political Turbulence amid Pandemic COVID-19: 2020 Elections in Burundi |
18.10 |
Discussion. Participants: Emmanuel Debrah (University of Ghana, Ghana); Akin Iwilade (University of Edinburgh, UK); Michael L. Volpe (Russia) |