BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//Grails iCalendar plugin//NONSGML Grails iCalendar plugin//EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260701T152114Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20120706T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20120707T180000 SUMMARY:Domesticating Global Justice: African Perspectives UID:20260706T022309Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:London\, United Kingdom DESCRIPTION:

This two-day conference on normative global theorising in African domestic \;context brings together UK-based and African scholars in order to foster \;mutual intellectual exchange over issues of shared moral and political \;concern. Over the past 20 years global political theorising has become the \;norm in Western academic institutions. Although most such theorising comes \;out of Europe and the US\, much of it nominally addresses non-Western \;contexts. Global normative theorists identify and analyse what they regard \;as relevant global goals and principles. Many seek to influence actual \;global political processes by bringing normative reasoning to bear on \;global policy issues. Yet global normative theorists have generally failed \;to make contact with their academic counterparts in non-Western contexts. \;Africa in particular continues to be marginalised intellectually. The \;image of the &lsquo\;dark continent&rsquo\; continues to prevail\; a noticeable level of \;ignorance about African political contexts and related philosophical \;concerns shape current normative global theorising. In bringing together \;African\, UK\, and US-based philosophers\, legal theorists\, and political \;scientists\, the conference aims to foster mutual appreciation of the \;diverging political contexts and philosophical concerns from which any \;intellectually feasible search for globally shareable goals and principles \;must begin.

The conference takes place at the LSE over two days. There is no \;registration fee\, but places are strictly limited and participants are \;expected to attend sessions non-selectively. For further information\, \;contact Katrin Flikschuh (K.A.Flikschuh@lse.ac.uk).


Draft Programme:

Day 1: Friday 6 July 2012

9.15-9.30 Registration

9.30 Welcome: Dr Katrin Flikschuh and Professor Helen Lauer

9.45-11.15 Professor Peter Ekeh (University of Buffalo): \;&lsquo\;Comparative Political Progress: The French Revolution of 1789 and the \;Fulani Revolution of 1804.&rsquo\;

11.15-11.30 Coffee Break

11.30-13.00 Professor Chandran Kukathas (LSE): \;&lsquo\;Culture\, Conquest\, and Colonialism: from Vitoria and Las Casas to Gandhi \;and Fanon.&rsquo\;

13.00-14.15 Lunch (own arrangements)

14.15 &ndash\; 15.45 Professor Kofi Quashigah (University of Ghana): \;&lsquo\;Justice in the Traditional African Society within the modern \;Constitutional Set-up.&rsquo\;

15.45-16.00 Coffee

16.00-17.30 Dr Rowan Cruft (University of Stirling): \;&lsquo\;Is respect for someone&rsquo\;s rights a matter of responding to their welfare?&rsquo\;

17.30-18.15 Wine Reception


Day 2: Saturday 7 July 2012

9.30-11.00 Professor Eghosa Osaghae (University of Okada\, Benin City): \;&lsquo\;The Problem of Governance in Africa.&rsquo\;

11.00-11.15: Coffee

11.15-12.45 Professor Leif Wenar (KCL): \;&lsquo\;The Oil Curse: Nigeria and the West.&rsquo\;

12.45-13.45 Lunch (own arrangements)

13.45- 15.15 Professor Ajume Wingo (University of Colorado): \;&lsquo\;Election by Contract: A Covenant of Justice in African States&rsquo\;

15.15-15.30 Coffee

15.30-17.00 Dr Simon Hope (University of Stirling): \;&lsquo\;Modes of Practical Reasoning\, Modes of Legitimation\, and Human Rights.&rsquo\;

17.10- 18.30 Panel Discussion: The Future of Normative Global Thinking \;Dr Martin Ajei (University of Ghana)\, Dr Mathias Koenig-Archibugi (LSE)\, \;Ms Nancy Myles (University of Ghana)\, and Dr Lea Ypi (LSE) in debate.

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