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List-Post: [email protected] Date: 19-21 August 2010 Venue: Richmond, BC (Canada) For further information please see the conference website: http://www.kwantlen.ca/knic/ Kind regards, Bertold Bernreuter ---- Original Message ---- >From : Bertold Bernreuter <[email protected]> To : InterPhil <[email protected]> Date : 6.1.2009, 18:47 Subject: InterPhil: CFP: From Colonialization to Globalization __________________________________________________ Call for Papers "From Colonialization to Globalization: The Intellectual and Political Legacies of Dr. Kwame Nkrumah and Africa's Future" International Conference Kwantlen Polytechnic University Surrey, BC (Canada) 29-31 October 2009 __________________________________________________ Kwantlen Polytechnic University invites you to participate in the Kwame Nkrumah International Conference: October 29 - 31, 2009 in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada. The Conference will commemorate the centenary of the birthday of Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, Africas Man of the Millennium, and bring scholars and students from Canada, Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, the Caribbean and the US to share research and ideas on Africas place in the global community, and to discuss the life, achievements and shortcomings of Africas foremost Pan-Africanist. This historic meeting of scholars and students from Canadian and the international academic community will also engage research and ideas on Africas Man of the Millennium. Dr. Molefi Kete Asante, one of the most distinguished contemporary scholars and author of 68 books will provide a keynote address in celebration of the conference with other scholars of talent in the context of Pan Africanism, post/neo-colonialism and globalization via a cross-disciplinary, multi-centric, and international perspective. Topics to be discussed include, (but not limited to) the following: Perspectives on African Decolonization and Development African Intellectuals and Decolonization and Development African Intellectuals and Africas Future Armed Struggle and Decolonization in Africa The Many Strands of Pan-Africanism The Intellectual Traditions of Pan-Africanism Marcus Garvey and Pan-Africanism W.E.B Du Bois, Kwame Nkrumah and 5th Pan-African Congress Sylvester Williams, George Padmore, Kwame Nkrumah and Global (Pan) African Unity Liberation Wars and Contemporary Forms of Armed Resistance and the US-led War on International Terrorism Failed Unions: The Case of the Soviet Union Failed Unions: The Cases of India and Pakistan Canada and the Creation of the Perfect Union: Lessons for Africa? Continental Union Government: Lessons from the USA? Which Way African Unity? Lessons from the European Union? Dafur and Other Internecine Conflicts as a Test for the African Union Trans-Saharan Unity Global African Unity: Strategies and Tactics Independent Africa in the Global Context The Legacies of Fifty Years of Political Independence in Africa The Bush Doctrine and Its Implications for Africa The Obama Presidency and Africas Destiny African Students and Africas Future African Youth, African Women and Africas Future Religion and Africas Triple Heritage: Traditional Religions, Christianity and Islam The African Personality and Identity in Continental and Trans-Continental/Diasporic Contexts Global African Dialogues on Mutual Help Globalization and Africas Cycle of Underdevelopment Globalization: A Curse or a Nirvana for African Development? Contact: Dr. Charles Quist-Adade Faculty of Sociology Kwantlen Polytechnic University Surrey, BC Canada Phone: +1 604 599.2254 Email: [email protected] __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://cal.polylog.org
