Walsh School of Foreign Service

Past Events 2023-2024

Filter Posts

9 Posts available

2023-2024
Past Events

Emergence of a New Developmentalism: Development Learning in China-Africa Interaction

The event took place on April 16th, 2024 and was hosted at McGhee Library in Georgetown University’s Intercultural Center. At an intimate in-person event, Professor Li…

April 16, 2024

2023-2024
Past Events

Kenya and Zambia’s Relations with China 1949-2019

This event took place on April 5th, 2024 and was hosted via Zoom webinar. Africa has become a major platform from which to analyze and understand China’s growing influence…

April 5, 2024

2023-2024
Past Events

Playing Both Sides or Being Played? Africa in China-U.S. Tech Wars

This event took place on March 21st, 2024 and was hosted online via Zoom webinar. Even as Belt and Road Initiative funding in Africa decreases, China’s Digital Silk Road…

March 21, 2024

2023-2024
Past Events

Money for Mayhem: Mercenaries, Private Military Companies, Drones, and the Future of War

This event took place on February 2nd, 2024 and was hosted via Zoom webinar. The way war is waged is evolving quickly—igniting the rapid rise of private military contractors…

February 2, 2024

2023-2024
Past Events

Africa’s Railway Renaissance: The Role and Impact of China

The event took place on October 20th, 2023 and was hosted online via Zoom Webinar Africa’s Railway Renaissance: The Role and Impact of China (2024) investigates the,…

October 20, 2023

2023-2024
Past Events

Kenya’s Engagement with China: Discourse, Power, and Agency

The event took place on October 19th, 2023 and was hosted at McGhee Library in Georgetown University’s Intercultural Center. In recent decades, Kenya has witnessed profound…

October 19, 2023

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