Connections Redaktion, Leipzig Research Centre Global Dynamics, Universität Leipzig
09:00-09:10 Professor Susan Hodgett, Director of Area Studies, UEA (In person)
ACTION
09:10-09:35
Dr. Sylvia C. Frain, Whitinga Research Fellow, Te Ara Auaha, Auckland University of Technology: _Indigenous Resistance to United States Militarization in the Marianas Archipelago in Micronesia
(Online)_
09:35-10:00
Assoc. Professor Hazel Marsh, UEA: Strengthening Romani Capacity in Colombia (In person)
10:00-10:25
Professors Sarah Barrow (PVC, HUM) and Eylem Atakav, UEA, British Academy, GCRF and UEA funded: Women of Influence Project Peru (including screening of short film ‘Ojos de Agua’) (In person)
10:25-10:50
Assoc. Professor Iokine Rodriguez-Fernandez, UEA: Peace-abilities: strengthening bottom-up peacebuilding in Colombia (In person)
10:50-11:00 Questions
BREAK
CONCEPTS
11:15-12:00
Assoc. Professor Philip Wilson, UEA: _Not Only Rivers and Mountains: New Area Studies and
Storytelling (In person)_
12:00-12:45
Professor Mandy Sadan, University of Warwick: Territory, Identity, and Power in Area Studies (In person)
12:45-13:30
Professor Vincent Houben, Humboldt University of Berlin: New Area Studies as an Emerging Discipline (In person)
13:30-13:45 Questions
LUNCH
THEORY
14:15-15:00
Professors Susan Hodgett UEA (In person) and Pat James, University of Southern California (Online): Developing New Area Studies in the Post Pandemic Age
15:00-15:45
Professor Zoran Milutinovic, University College London: Area Studies in the 21st Century, (In person)
16:00-16:45
Professor Rudra Sil, University of Pennsylvani: The Survival and Adaptation of Area Studies (Online)
16:45-17:00 Questions
17:00-17:05
Professor Tom Ruys Smith, Deputy Director, Area Studies, UEA (In person)