CALL FOR PAPERS: BRICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE SPIRIT OF BANDUNG AT 71: AFRICAN LIBERATION AND ANTI-COLONIAL SOLIDARITIES IN CONTEMPORARY PERSPECTIVE, 21 APRIL 2026
Format: Hybrid (in-person and online)
| Location: University of Venda
The conference seeks to critically revisit the legacy and continuing significance of the Bandung Conference from African perspectives, with a particular focus on African political thought, diplomatic practice, and liberation experiences within the wider history of decolonization. Special attention is given to African countries represented at the 1955 conference, including Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Liberia, Libya, Sudan, and South Africa, whose contributions and historical trajectories offer important insights into the Bandung moment and its aftermath.
Important Dates
- Abstract submission – 6 March 2026
- Notification of acceptance – 10 March 2026
- Full paper submission – 31 March 2026
- Conference – 21 April 2026
UBLICATION OPPORTUNITIES RECEIVED PAPERS WILL BE SUBJECTED TO DOUBLE BLIND PEER REVIEW. ACCEPTED PAPERS WILL BE CONSIDERED FOR PUBLICATION IN A PEER-REVIEWED ACADEMIC BOOK AND IN A SPECIAL ISSUE OF A SCOPUS-INDEXED JOURNAL AND ACCREDITED BY THE SOUTH AFRICAN DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING (DHET).
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