AFRICA: 1960–2010–2060
A Century[Re]visited: What Next?
Fifty Years of Independence – Fifty Years of Interdependence?
International Conference
27 – 29 May 2010
Pécs [Hungary], ‘European Capital of Culture 2010”
PROGRAMME
as part of Africa Week 2010 Venue: University of Pécs – Ifjúság útja 6. ‘C” Building CV2 Lecture Theatre27 May [Thursday] – First Conference Day
08:45 – 09:30 Registration
09:30 – 10:00 Welcome addresses
Zsolt Páva, Mayor of Pécs, Patron of Africa Week 2010
Ferenc Fischer, Dean, Faculty of Humanities, University of Pécs
HE T. E. Netshitenzhe, Ambassador of the Republic of South Africa to Hungary
István Tarrósy and Loránd Szabó, organisers of the conference
10:00 – 11:30 Keynote address [including Q&A]
Democratization in Africa: What progress by what means?
Göran HYDEN, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, University of Florida, USA
11:30 – 13:30 Plenary panel session Chair: Loránd SZABÓ, University of Pécs
1. Social anthropology of colonial and postcolonial sub-Saharan Africa
Hana HORAKOVÁ, University of Pardubice-Metropolitan University Prague, Czech Republic
2. The role of traditional authorities in the transformations of rural governance in Southern Africa
Mario ZAMPONI, University of Bologna, Italy
3. What happened to them? White settlers in Africa since independence
Gábor BÚR, Eötvös Loránd University of Budapest, Hungary
4. Un continent déficitaire en africanisation (politique de sécurité régionale et globale)
Mihály BENKES, Eötvös Loránd University Budapest, Hungary
5. Espaces de transition africaine: évolution politique et anthropologie appliquée dans méme milieu des sociétés post-coloniales
András A. GERGELY, Hungarian Academy of Sciences Budapest, Hungary
6. Patrice Lumumba, le presque Che Guevara du continent africain?
Loránd SZABÓ, University of Pécs, Hungary
7. Lutte contre la pauvreté pour un dévelopement durable: Aide au dévelopement ou éducation au développement?
France MUTOMBO, Foundation for Africa Budapest, Democratic Republic of the Congo-Hungary
13:30 – 14:30 Buffet lunch
14:45 – 16:00 Plenary panel session Chair: Mihály BENKES, Eötvös Loránd University Budapest
8. Do you believe? [that you can help as a volunteer to Africa]
Ágnes CSORDÁS, TAITA Foundation Hungary, Hungary
9. Migration inside Africa
Sándor BALOGH, African-Hungarian Union, Hungary
10. Malta, the gate of migration to Europe
Blanka BUZETZKY – Norbert PAP, University of Pécs, Hungary
11. Healthcare with minimal resources in an African slum area
Szabolcs VÍGVÁRI – Gábor TERNÁK, University of Pécs, Hungary
16:00 – 16:15 Tea-Coffee Break
16:15 – 18:00 Parallel panel sessions
Session 1 – Venue: CV2 Lecture Theatre Chair: Gábor BÚR, Eötvös Loránd University Budapest12. Changes in relations of science, publicity and politics in thinking about Africa at the beginning of the 20th century in Hungary Edina KICSINDI, University of Pécs, Hungary 13. Challenges of the didactics of the African history in the post-millennium Hungary Attila HORVÁTH, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary 14. Distribution of power within the post-conflict reconstruction concept [Liberian case] Kataríná BAJZÍKOVÁ, Comenius University Bratislava-African Centre of Slovakia, Slovakia 15. Reconciliation in Sierra Leone – what does it mean to the ordinary Sierra Leoneans? Katerina WERKMANN, Charles University Prague, Czech Republic 16. Colours and symbols of Ghana at its 50th anniversary Gabriella SÁNDOR, Eötvös Loránd University Budapest, Hungary |
Session 2 – Venue: CV1 Lecture Theatre Chair: Hana HORAKOVÁ, University of Pardubice-Metropolitan University Prague17. The refugee issue in Africa: the limitations of the UNHCR Miklós TÓTH, Corvinus University Budapest, Hungary 18. Hungarian peacekeepers in Western Sahara János BESENYŐ, Zrínyi Miklós National Defence University Budapest, Hungary 19. Maghrebian prospects in Africa Petra PATTY, Corvinus University Budapest, Hungary 20. Foreign aid to Africa and the effects of the crisis Balázs SZENT-IVÁNYI, Corvinus University Budapest, Hungary 21. Finnish-African relations Géza DÁVID, University of Pécs, Hungary |
19:00 South Africa Evening
Fashion show: Traditional South African attire such as Xhosa, Ndebele, Venda, Zulu
Exhibition: South Africa: Discover the Land of Diversity! [photo exhibition] and South African arts and crafts followed by a video presentation of the 2010 FIFA World Cup host city-stadiums and tourism sites
19:00 Reception hosted by the Embassy of the Republic of South Africa
Venue: Paulus Café and Restaurant [Ifjúság útja 6.]
28 May [Friday] – Second Conference Day
09:00 – 10:30 Keynote address [including Q&A]
Why Africa? And what it might be…
Richard DOWDEN, Director, Royal African Society, UK
10:30 – 13:00 Plenary panel session Chair: Göran HYDEN, University of Florida
1. Speech by HE Zola Sidney Themba Skweyiya,
High Commissioner of South Africa to the United Kingdom
2. Egypt and peacekeeping in Africa
HE Aly EL-HEFNY, Embassy of Egypt in Budapest, Egypt-Hungary
3. The hut tax in the Lunda region: contradictions of the colonial state in Angola
Maciel SANTOS, Porto University, Portugal
4. Why Asians in Africa can’t become natives, 1860–2000?
Gijsbert OONK, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands
5. Feeding systems for livestock in the arid Southern Africa savannah with special reference to beef cattle
Chris S. DANNHAUSER – Szilvia OROSZ, University of Limpopo, South Africa – Szent István University Gödöllő, Hungary
6. New triangle of development: Africa–Asia–The Persian Gulf. South-South dynamics and their effects on the transformation of the international system
István TARRÓSY, University of Pécs, Hungary
12:00 – 13:00 Buffet lunch
13:00 – 14:40 Parallel panel sessions
Session 3 – Venue: CV2 Lecture Theatre Chair: István TARRÓSY, University of Pécs7. History of the Sino-Sudanese relationship Zoltán VÖRÖS, University of Pécs, Hungary 8. The way towards an independent South Sudan Zoltán ILLÉS, Corvinus University Budapest, Hungary András HETTYEY, Andrássy University Budapest, Hungary 10. Maritime piracy, capital, and securitisation of the Somali Basin Zoltán GLÜCK, Central European University Budapest, Hungary Lilla Schumicky, University of Bradford, UK |
Session 4 – Venue: CV1 Lecture Theatre Chair : Mihály SÁRKÁNY, Hungarian Academy of Sciences Budapest12. Domestic slaves and enforced labour in the Mbundu village writings [Angola] Éva SEBESTYÉN, Porto University, Hungary-Portugal 13. Trade patterns of Bakuba artifacts in the Congo Ildikó SZILASI, University of Pécs, Hungary 14. Kasesema – Spiritual healing, spirit possession and dreams within a mutumwa prophet-healing church in Lusaka Katerina MILDNEROVÁ, University of West Bohemia, Czech Republic 15. The new generation of the Nigerian poetry after 2000 Marianna KÁRMÁN, Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Hungary 16. Archaic African epic: a neglected genre? Szilárd BIERNACZKY, Eötvös Loránd University Budapest, Hungary |
14:40 – 15:00 Tea-Coffee Break
15:00 – 17:00 Plenary panel session Chair: Mario ZAMPONI, University of Bologna
17. Ethiopia: an empire, a religion, a nation, a class, or a federation? Nation-building on the ruins of an ancient African empire
Ferenc Dávid MARKÓ, Central European University Budapest, Hungary
18. Existing and developing data on soils of Africa
Vince LÁNG –Márta FUCHS – Erika MICHÉLI, Szent István University Gödöllő, Hungary
19. In pursuit of livelihood security around Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda, – The case of the Batwa minority, 2009
Róbert HODOSI, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Hungary-Norway
20. Micro hydro power plant gives light to Kasugho, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Katalin CSATÁDI, Jane Goodall Institute, Hungary
21. Foraging behavior of chacma baboons
Ágnes FARKAS, University of Graz, Hungary-Austria
17:00 – 17:30 Tea-Coffee Break
17:30 – 18:00 “Géza FÜSSI NAGY” Memorial Lecture
From ethnic history to world history: The case of the Kikuyu
Mihály SÁRKÁNY, Head of Department, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Ethnography Research Institute
18:00 – 18:20 Final remarks and future follow-up
István TARRÓSY and Loránd SZABÓ, organisers of the conference