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Conference Announcement Theme: The Genre of Reality Subtitle: Conflicts, Violence, and War in Africa Type: 9th Asixoxe (Let’s Talk!) Conference on African Philosophy Institution: Centre of African Philosophy, University of Bayreuth Centre of Global Studies, Czech Academy of Sciences Location: Bayreuth (Germany) – Online Date: 14.–15.6.2022 __________________________________________________ From Albert Kasanda <albertkasa...@yahoo.fr> The aspiration to peace can be seen as a legitimate desire for every individual and a fundamental right for every human community. Why, then, is so much conflict, violence, and war constitutive of the daily lives of African people? These phenomena are so rooted in the lives of Africans that they appear to transform peace into a mirage. Is polemos, then, the ultimate explanation of any human initiative, at both the individual and collective levels? A wide range of theoretical paradigms are evoked to account for the presence of armed conflict and war in Africa, ranging from ethnic antagonism, racism, class struggle, and religious fundamentalism, down to the conquest of political power, the control of mineral resources and the sharing of dividends, or the interference of the West. The theme of this year's Asixoxe (Let's Talk!) Conference on African Philosophy was decided prior to 24th February, when Russia invaded its neighbour country. The war in Ukraine, however, adds new urgency to theorizations of war and violence in postcolonial and postimperial contexts. Asixoxe – Let’s Talk! Conference on African Philosophy is organized jointly by the University of Bayreuth and the Centre of Global Studies (CGS) of the Institute of Philosophy of the Czech Academy of Sciences. The conference will be held in a hybrid form at the University of Bayreuth and online, on 14th - 15th June 2022. Programme Tuesday, 14th June 2022 Venue: H 36 (NW III), University Campus, Bayreuth 09:00-9:30 Online connection and welcome 09:30-09:45 Opening addresses 09:45- 10:45 Keynote lecture Reading International Rape Law from the African South Louise Du Toit, Stellenbosch University, South Africa 11:00- 12:30 Panel 1: War, Epistemic Violence, and Resistance Russia’s Growing Military Presence in North Africa (via zoom) Tereza Nemečková, Lea Melnikovová, Metropolitan University of Prague, Czech Republic A War of Epistemes: Swahili Novels on HIV/AIDS “partigiani” in the Epistemic Resistance War Cristina Nicolini, SOAS, UK Radicalism, Political Transition, and the Foundation of Dialogue in Ethiopia (via zoom) Fasil Merawi, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia 14:00-15:00 Keynote lecture War, Post-war, and Africa’s Becoming (via zoom) Pierre-Philippe Fraiture, University of Warwick, UK 15:15-16:45 Panel 2: Violence and War in African Creative Writing Lye Mudaba Yoka’s Kinshasa, carnets de guerre (2005), a Multilayered Meditation on War and Resilience Susanne Gehrmann, Humboldt University , Germany Understanding Conflict, Violence, and War in Africa through African Literature. A Philosophical Reflection (via zoom) Mary Stella Okolo, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria Warrior Mythologies: Fighting for the Future in African Speculative Fiction Michelle Clarke, University of Bayreuth, Germany 17:00-19:00 Panel 3: Paths to Dialogue, Justice, and Reconciliation Retrospective on the War in DRC. Grappling with the Loss of Lives (via zoom) Gail Presbey, University of Detroit Mercy, USA How to Think of Responsibility for Mass Violence? The Case Study of Acholi Traditional Justice Mechanisms Benedetta Lanfranchi, University of Bayreuth, Germany The Centrality of Restorative Justice towards Achieving Transnational Justice in Africa John Otieno Ouko, Eastern Michigan University, USA Migration and Epistemic Violence (via zoom) Bianca Boteva-Richter, Polylog/Vienna University, Austria 19:15-19:30 Conclusion of the day Wednesday, 15th June 2022 Venue: S 59 (RW I)- University Campus, Bayreuth 09:00-09:15 Online connection and welcome 09:15-10:15 Keynote lecture Meditation on the Inhumanity of (Some) Humans (via zoom) Mpho Tshivhase, University of Pretoria, South Africa 10:30-12:30 Panel 4: Digitalization, Narratives of War, and the War of Narratives Peace and Violence in the Digitality Claudia Favarato, University of Lisboa, Portugal The War of Narratives. The Frameworks of Argumentation in the Tigray Conflict (via zoom) Viktor Marsai, National University of Public Service, Budapest, Hungary Layers of War in Contemporary Horn of Africa Alemayehu Kumsa, Škoda Auto University, Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic 14:00-15:00 Keynote lecture: Beyond Universalism and Particularism: Thinking about Political Violence in Africa (via zoom) Yahya Sseremba, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda 15:15-16:45 Panel 5: African Theories of Violence A Comparative Analysis of the Ideologies of Fanon, Thiong’o, and Biko vs the Student Uprising of 2015 in South Africa. Linda Scott, Vaal University of Technology, South Africa La guerre à l’aune de la poésie guerrière et de la chanson en Kinyarwanda Chantal Gishoma, University of Bayreuth, Germany Understanding African Political Theories of Violence. A Conceptual and Comparative Approach Albert Kasanda, Centre of Global Studies, Institute of Philosophy, CAS, Prague, Czech Republic 17:00-18:00 African Philosophies of War Tanzania’s Philosophies of War: From 1885 to the Present Dyonis Kindata, University of Bayreuth, Germany Failing Fanon: On African Philosophies of War Alena Rettová, University of Bayreuth, Germany Mbay Jaxate on the Dualism between Earthly Life and Afterlife Emiliano Minerba, L’Orientale, Italy, and University of Bayreuth, Germany 18:15-19:15 Keynote Lecture Phenomenology of War Abraham Olivier, Fort Hare University, Fort Hare, South Africa 19:15-19:30 Conclusion Registration Online interested participants can register with the organizers to get the access to the event: albertkasa...@yahoo.fr __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: https://interphil.polylog.org InterPhil List Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/interphil@list.polylog.org/ __________________________________________________
