Decolonizing International Affairs | Spring 2022 Event Series
Join Sakiko Fukuda-Parr, Professor of International Affairs, in three public events presented as part of the Spring 2022 course Theories, Histories and Practices of Development: Decolonizing International Affairs. RSVP for them, or watch the recordings.
[APR 07, 11 AM] Decolonizing Refugee Governance
This discussion will trace the international refugee governance regime from the racism and colonialism embedded in its epistemology to the ideological fallacies of the mainstream discourse on reforming the regime, ultimately arriving at the question: what would it mean to decolonize refugee governance? And how do we get there?
- E. Tendayi Achium is UN Special Rapporteur on Racism and Professor and Alicia Miñana Chair in Law at the UCLA Law School.
- Gaim Kibreab is Professor of Refugee Studies at the London South Bank University where he directs the program in Refugee Studies.
- Sedef Arat-Koc is Associate Professor of Politics at Ryerson University in Toronto.
[FEB 17] Reclaiming and Remaking Development
Join Sakiko Fukuda-Parr in conversation with Kehinde Andrews, Jayati Ghosh, and Bhumika Muchhala about the vision of a decolonial development agenda.
- Kehinde Andrews (@kehinde_andrews) is the author of The New Age of Empire: How Racism and Colonialism Still Rule the World and Professor of Race Studies at Birmingham City University.
- Jayati Ghosh (@jayati1609) is Professor of Economics at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
- Bhumika Muchhala (@bhumika820) is a Senior Advisor at the Third World Network, leading the global economic governance programme.
[MAR 10, 6PM] Afro-Asian Solidarity Politics
In this event, Christopher Lee will explore Afro-Asian solidarity politics (representing half of the world’s population), both historically and contemporary, including Bandung, the Non-Aligned Movement, New International Economic Order, the Right to Development, South-South cooperation, up and through COVID-19.
- Christopher J. Lee (@joonhai) is Associate Professor of History and Africana studies at Lafayette College and the editor of Making a World After Empire: the Bandung Moment and Its Political Afterlives.
- Sean Jacobs (@_SeanJacobs) is Associate Professor of International Affairs at The New School and Founder and Editor of Africa is a Country.
- Anita Nayar (@anita_nayar) is Director of Regions Refocus and part of the Post-Colonialisms Today secretariat.