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The international conference addresses the topic of the African youth engaged in the civil society activities, with regard to the fact that young people constitute 60% of African population. It will focus on the place and role of the youth in the African society, particularly on their relation to power and politics.

The conference is another series of the "Asixoxe: Conference on African Philosophy" which is organized together by Centre of Global Studies at the Institute of Philosophy CAS in Prague and SOAS, London University.

Programme (PDF)

The conference analyzes the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) following the 40 years of transformation and opening of China. It focuses on the current role of China in a global context and its relations with other regions and macro-regions of the world, since 1978 especially with the USA and Western Europe, later with other parts of Asia and Central and Eastern Europe as well as with Africa and Latin America. The first two days of the conference are held in Prague, the next two days in Nitra, Slovakia. The conference is organized by the Centre for Global Studies IP CAS in Prague, Faculty of Arts at the Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, and Institute of Political Science at the Slovak Academy of Sciences in Bratislava.

Program in Prague

Program in Nitra

Cosmopolitanism is a concept with a variety of political, economic, moral, and cultural aspects and approaches, based on the basic premise that all human beings are, can be or should be citizens in a single community. The conference asks questions that cut across this spectrum of meanings. What is the role of language and culture in the expression of political identity? How is "world citizenship" defined in terms of race, language, gender, or socio-economic status? Is Afropolitanism a cosmopolitanism?

The conference is another series of the "Asixoxe: Conference on African Philosophy" which is organized together by Centre of Global Studies at the Institute of Philosophy CAS in Prague and SOAS, London University.

Programme (PDF)

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Relations between Russia and Europe over the past centuries up to the present day have undergone considerable turbulent changes. During the 19th century Western countries and Russia encountered intensively, mutual knowledge and understanding, however, was still very low. Only at the beginning of the 20th century things commenced to gradually change in this regard. One of the important scholarly works on this topic was published by T. G. Masaryk ("Russia and Europe"). In consequence of the October Revolution new contradictions emerged. After the USSR had broken up many people believed that relations between the West and Russia would normalized. Unfortunately, the opposite is true. What can bring a desirable change? And could the contradictions between Russia and Europe be overcome? At the conference answers to these complex questions will be sought by scholars from both Russia and Europe.Keynote speakers:

Oxana Gaman-Golutvina, Moscow State Institute of International Relations

Lyudmila Ilicheva, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

The number of attendants is limited. For registration please send us an e-mail until 20/04/2018: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

Programme (PDF)
Abstracts (PDF)

Interview with Oxana Gaman-Golutvina (in Czech)
Report from the conference (in Czech)