Following the publication of two books by the Open University Africa in International Relations by Prof. Benyamin Neuberger European Colonialism: Ideology, Policy, and Resistance by Dr. Ruth Ginio Wednesday, 1st May 2013 Tel-Aviv University, Gilman 133 9:15 Greetings: Prof. Eyal Zisser, Dean of the Faculty of Humanities, Tel-Aviv First Session: Africa and the World from the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade to Decolonization Chair: Prof. Galia Sabar, Department of Middle Eastern and African History, Tel-Aviv University Prof. Robin Law, Department of History, University of Stirling, Scotland War in Pre-colonial Africa Dr. Ella Keren, Department of Sociology, Political Science and Communication, The Open University of Israel Europeans and Africans during the Slave Trade: from reciprocity to dependency (in hebrew) Prof. Mordechai Tamarkin, Tami Steinmetz Center for Peace Research, Tel-Aviv University The Great Powers and Decolonization of Africa 11:00 Coffee Break 11:15 Second Session: From Pan-Africanism to the African Union Chair: Prof. Yekutiel Gershoni, Department of Middle Eastern and African History, Tel-Aviv University Dr. Wafula Okumu, African Union border Program, Peace and Security Department, Addis-Ababa, Ethiopia Engaging Africa in the 21st Century: Challenges and Opportunities Dr. Amzat Boukari Yabara, Postdoctoral Scholar, Tamar Golan Africa Center, Ben Gurion University, Be'er Sheva African Diaspora, Pan-Africanism and African Union in the 21st Century Dr. Irit Back, Department of Middle Eastern and African History, Tel-Aviv University, and Department of History, Philosophy and Jewish Studies, The Open University of Israel Sovereignty and Intervention: the African Union in Darfur 12:45 Pause The Open University, Ra'anana 14:30 Greetings: Prof. Tamar Hermann, Vice-President for Academic Affairs, The Open University of Israel Third Session - Soldiers and Migrants – Africans across the Seas Chair: Dr. Zeev Rosenhek, Head of Department of Sociology, Political Science and Communication, The Open University of Israel Dr. Ruth Ginio, Department of General History, Ben Gurion University of the Negev From a "Good" War to "Bad" Wars: Africans in the Service of France, 1939-1962 Dr. Lynn Schler, Department of Government and Politics, Ben Gurion University of the Negev Mobility and Strategies of Liberation among Nigerians in the Late Colonial Era Prof. Galia Sabar, Department of Middle Eastern and African History, Tel-Aviv University "I'm Neither Here Nor There": the Return of African Labor Migrants from Israel 16:00 Coffee Break 16:15 Fourth Session: International Development in Africa Chair: Dr. Ella Keren, Department of Sociology, Political Science and Communication, The Open University of Israel Mr. Sebastian Haug, United Nations Development Program (UNDP), Beijing, China China’s Social Sector Assistance in Uganda Dr. Yael Abessira, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem International Development in the 21st Century: An Urban Project in Dar es Salaam 17:15 Break 17:30 Fifth Session: The Great Powers in Post-Colonial Africa Chair: Prof. Naomi Chazan, Dean of School of Government and Society, Tel-Aviv-Yaffo Academic College Prof. Ian Taylor, School of International Relations, University of St Andrews, UK Africa, India and China in the 21st Century Prof. Yekutiel Gershoni, Department of Middle Eastern and African History, Tel-Aviv University The US and Africa – From Truman to Obama Prof. Naomi Chazan, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Dean of School of Government and Society, Tel-Aviv-Yaffo Academic College Israel and Africa Dr. Denis Charbit, Department of Sociology, Political Science and Communication, The Open University of Israel Francafrique under Sarkozy and Hollande presidency: still living Monster or moribund Golem? 19:00 Concluding Remarks: Prof. Benyamin Neuberger, Department of Sociology, Political Science and Communication, The Open University of Israel Participation is free. Pre-registration will be appreciated. Please call *3337 (03-5114412) or www.openu.ac.il/Africaglobal