Asia-Africa Relations: Its Status and Possible Trajectories (DAY 2)
8:15-9:00 a.m. Breakfast
9:15-10:45 a.m.
Panel 1: Globalization Beyond the West
Moderator: GEOFFRY JONES, Harvard Business School
Panelists:
ANNETTE SKOVSTED HANSEN, Aarhus University
ISAAC ODOOM, Carleton University
MARLOUS VAN WAIJENBURG, Harvard Business School
10:45-11:00 a.m. Coffee Break
11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Panel 2: Africa-Asia Historical Connections
Moderator: EMMANUEL K. AKYEAMPONG, Harvard University
Panelists:
SEIFUDEN ADEM, Doshisha University
LINA BENABDALLAH, Wake Forest University
MARIA ADELE CARRAI, New York University Shanghai
IDRISS FOFANA, Harvard University
12:30-1:30 p.m. Lunch
1:30-3:00 p.m.
Panel 3: Reconceptualizing Agency
Moderator: MARIA ADELE CARRAI, New York University Shanghai
Panelists:
KUMIKO MAKINO, Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization
XIAOYANG TANG, Tsinghua University
VEDA VAIDYANATHAN, Institute of Chinese Studies, Delhi
3:00-3:15 p.m. Coffee Break
3:15-4:45 p.m.
Panel 4: The Vernacular of Everyday Infrastructures
Moderator: ANNETTE LIENAU, Harvard University
Panelists:
DANIEL E. AGBIBOA, Harvard University
GAURAV DESAI, University of Michigan
PEDRO MACHADO, Indiana University Bloomington
4:45-5:00 p.m.
Concluding Remarks
The conference will also be live-streamed via Asia Center's YouTube channel.
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Organized by the Harvard University Asia Center and Harvard University Center for African Studies in collaboration with Maria Adele Carrai and Duncan Yoon. Co-sponsored by the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard-Yenching Institute, Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations, and Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies.