Asia-Africa Relations: Its Status and Possible Trajectories

8:15-9:00 a.m. Breakfast 

9:15-10:45 a.m. 
Panel 1: Globalization Beyond the West 
Moderator: Geoffrey 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:
Seifudein 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   

This is the second day of the two-day conference. Check full conference details here. 

The conference will be live-streamed via Asia Center's YouTube channel. 

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.