The launch of the new Institute of African Studies (IAS) at Carleton University represents a profound commitment to, and belief in, Africa.\u00a0 At the same time, this new Institute is being launched during a time of economic uncertainty, a crisis which poses particular challenges for Africa. \u00a0This inaugural IAS conference moved beyond the paralysing polarity of \u201cAfro-pessimism\u201d, on the one hand, and a na\u00efve and romanticized view of the continent, on the other.\u00a0 Its central aim is to engender a better understanding of the perils facing the continent today but also the possibilities for the future.<\/p>\n
The conference went from Friday October 23rd to Saturday October 24th and features keynote speeches by Professor Valentin Y Mudimbe <\/strong>(author of The Invention of Africa<\/em>, The Idea of Africa<\/em>, amongst many others) and Lawrence Hill<\/strong> (author of The Book of Negroes<\/em>, Any Known Blood<\/em>, amongst others).\u00a0\u00a0 Lawrence Hill<\/strong> also spoke at the Institute launch dinner<\/strong> on the evening of October 23rd.<\/p>\n Some of the conference papers and discussion were audio-taped.\u00a0 Please click on the highlighted panels below to hear the talks and discussion.\u00a0 Also, the launch conference was the culmination of “Africa Week” at Carleton.<\/p>\n To read a blog by Denise Deby (on “Restorying the Earth” blog) about Gaston Kabor\u00e9’s presentation as well Aboubakar Sanogo’s, please click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Friday October 23 <\/span><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong>4:00-4:30pm\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Greeting and official launch of the Institute of African Studies 4:30-6:00pm\u00a0 OPENING KEYNOTE ADDRESS Valentin Y. Mudimbe, Literature Program, Duke University<\/p>\n Saturday October 24<\/span><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n 9:00-10:30am PANEL 1: Africa in a Globalized World \u201cCanadian Foreign Policy Toward Africa: Abandoning the Continent in a Time of Global Recession?\u201d “Paradoxes of History – South Africa and its Northern Neighbour” \u201cSecurity beyond the State: Global Security Assemblages in Africa\u201d \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n 11:30-12:30pm PANEL\u00a02: Reconquering the Imaginary \u201cReconquering the Imaginary: A Vital Necessity for Africa\u201d (including a screening of his short\u00a0 documentary film \u201c2000 Generations d\u2019Africains\u201d)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\ufffd 2:00-3:30pm PANEL 3: New Visions in Arts and Culture \u201cAfrica: Culture and Virtual Space-Making\u201d \u201cInterrogating Discourses of Crisis through African Cinema\u201d 4:00-5:30pm CLOSING ADDRESS \u201cFaction: Merging Fact and Fiction in Dramatizing the Story of the Black Loyalists\u201d The launch of the new Institute of African Studies (IAS) at Carleton University represents a profound commitment to, and belief in, Africa.\u00a0 At the same time, this new Institute is being launched during a time of economic uncertainty, a crisis which poses particular challenges for Africa. \u00a0This inaugural IAS conference moved beyond the paralysing polarity […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":11,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"yoast_head":"\nAfrica: New Visions in a Time of Global Crisis<\/h2>\n
Conference Program<\/h3>\n
\nRoseann Runte, President of Carleton University
\nBlair Rutherford, Director of Institute of African Studies<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Moderator:<\/em> Audra Diptee, Department of History, Carleton University<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Moderator: <\/em>Doris Buss, Department of Law, Carleton University<\/p>\n
\nTed Jackson, School of Public Policy and Administration, and Chris Brown, Department of Political Science, Carleton University<\/p>\n
\nLinda Freeman, Department of Political Science, Carleton University<\/p>\n
\nRita Abrahamsen, School of International Development & Global Studies, University of Ottawa<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Moderator:<\/em> <\/strong>James Milner, Department of Political Science, Carleton University<\/p>\n
\nGaston Kabor\u00e9, Film-maker, Imagine (Burkina Faso) — Audio Link<\/em>: Part 1<\/a>, Part 2<\/a><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Moderator:<\/em> \u00a0Louise de la Gorgendi\u00e8re, Department of Sociology and\u00a0 <\/em>Anthropology, Carleton University<\/p>\n
\nPius Adesanmi, Department of English, Carleton University\u00a0 — Audio Link<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n
\nAboubakar Sanogo, School for the Study of Art and Culture, Carleton University — Audio Link<\/em> Part 1<\/a>, Part 2<\/a><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Moderator:<\/em> Christine Duff, Department of French, Carleton University<\/p>\n
\nLawrence Hill, Author of The Book of Negroes <\/em>(Commonwealth Prize 2008), Any Known Blood<\/em>, Black Berry Sweet Juice: On Being Black in Canada<\/em>\u00a0— Audio Link<\/em> Part 1<\/a>, Part 2<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"