Category: Past Events
35 Articles
- 2023-2024
- Past Events
BRI in Crisis? The Future of the Belt and Road Initiative
This event took place on October 18th, 2023 and was hosted online via Zoom webinar. Fall 2023 marks 10 years of Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s ambitious Belt and Road Initiative …
October 18, 2023
- 2023-2024
- Past Events
The 2023 BRICS Summit and Its Potential Impacts for Africa and the Global Order
This event took place on September 29th, 2023 and was hosted online via Zoom webinar. South Africa hosted the fourteenth annual BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and…
September 29, 2023
- 2023-2024
- Past Events
China in 20th and 21st Century African Literature: A Book Talk by Duncan M Yoon
The event took place on September 14th, 2023 and was hosted in-person at McGhee Library in Georgetown University’s Intercultural Center. China in Twentieth-and Twenty-First…
September 14, 2023
- 2022-2023
- Past Events
Russian and Chinese Actors in Africa’s Security Landscapes
This event took place on April 21st, 2023 and was hosted online via Zoom webinar. Russia’s Wagner Group, a mercenary force, has ramped up their activities in various African…
April 21, 2023
- 2022-2023
- Past Events
China’s Foreign Aid and Investment in Africa
This event took place on March 24th, 2023 and was hosted online via Zoom webinar. China has become a source of significant aid, investment, and loans for countries across the…
March 24, 2023
- 2022-2023
- Past Events
2023 Spring Symposium: Africa-China Engagement: Arts, Culture, and Media
Africa-China engagement is usually seen through political and economic lenses, often focusing on competition between China and Western nations and development impacts in Africa.…
February 24, 2023
- 2022-2023
- Past Events
China’s Rise in the Global South: The Middle East, Africa, and Beijing’s Alternative World Order
This event took place on January 27th, 2023 and was hosted online via Zoom webinar. Drawing on her extensive fieldwork, Dawn Murphy of the U.S. National War College …
January 27, 2023
- 2022-2023
- Past Events
Beyond the Belt and Road Initiative Narratives: Examining Chinese Contractors, African Governments, and Their African Actors in Africa-China Infrastructure Engagements
This event took place on December 2nd, 2022 and was hosted online via Zoom webinar. In light of the continued spotlight on China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), criticism of…
December 2, 2022
- 2022-2023
- Past Events
Effective Vehicles of China’s Soft Power? Confucius Institutes & Public Diplomacy in African & Europe
This event took place on November 4th, 2022 and was hosted online via Zoom webinar. This event was sponsored by Georgetown University’s Africa-China Initiative with Howard…
November 4, 2022
- 2022-2023
- Past Events
Chinese Activities and Their Impacts on African Countries’ Peace & Security: New Research from Africa
This event took place on October 21st, 2022 and was hosted online via Zoom webinar. Early career African scholars, supported by a new USIP program, shared their work on wildlife…
October 21, 2022