【Webinar Report】 Region-building in Africa: Patterns and Prospects

We took place the webinar [Africa: Crossroad (Scramble) of (Re)Emerging Forces – Webinar Series 3 ] on November 20 (Fri.), 2020. [via Zoom]

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Title: Region-building in Africa: Patterns and Prospects

This webinar also commemorated the Book Award (the Association for Borderlands Studies) for the speaker (Dr. Daniel C. Bach, Regionalism in Africa: Genealogies, institutions and trans-state networks, Routledge, 2017).

Date & Time: November 20 (Fri.), 2020. 

   17:00-18:30 (Japan Standard Time, GMT+9) [via Zoom]

   9:00-10:30 (Central European Time, GMT+1) [via Zoom]

Speaker: Dr. Daniel C. Bach, Director of Research Emeritus of the CNRS (Centre national de la recherche scientifique) at the Emile Durkheim Centre, University of Bordeaux, France

Discussant: Prof. Takehiko Ochiai (Ryukoku University, Japan)

Moderator: Takuo Iwata (Ritsumeikan University, Japan)

< This webinar was co-hosted by the Institute of International Relations and Area Studies, Ritsumeikan University, and the Research Institute for Social Science, Ryukoku University. >

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This webinar received nearly 60 registrations from very various regions (Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America) and countries (Belgium, Canada, Cameroon, Finland, France, India, Japan, Nigeria, Romania, South Africa, South Korea, the United Kingdom, and the United States) and 36 participants. 

We had a very informative and insightful lecture from the speaker, based on his in-depth studies throughout his five decades of experience and stimulating comments from the discussant. Then, we had many meaningful exchanges (in the Q & A session) among the speaker, discussant, and participants. 

The organizer sincerely thanks for the excellent lecture of Prof. Bach (speaker), inspiring comments of Prof. Ochiai (discussant), and proactive participation of all audiences.