Fifth DEN International Student Conference – 'Power and Contestations in Global Worlds: Identities, Conflicts, and Developmental Challenges'

Date 13 May 2022
Time 9am - 8pm
Cost Free
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Can we talk of "One World" if it is marked by challenges relating to identities, political conflicts and development?

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Can there be a consensus on the role of business in development? Is the rule of law a panacea for injustices or is it a tool in the hands of the powerful? Can conflicts, especially when mediatized, be resolved in an era of great power competition? Does development mean the same to indigenous communities of Peru as they mean to residents of Shanghai? Do the refugees fleeing the Syrian war experience the same "civilized Europe" and "humanity" as those fleeing the Ukraine conflict? Can we genuinely decolonize and diversify education to make it inclusive for all?

DEN Westminster, in partnership with University’s ‘Westminster Conversations: Toward an Anti Racist University’ series will be holding conferences on 12 May and 13 May. While students are invited to attend 12 May Anti Racism conference as participants, we especially welcome all undergraduate and postgraduate students from the University of Westminster and beyond to join the Fifth DEN International Student Conference on 13 May as presenters. Students, make this your own conference!

Lead organiser: Dr Farhang Morady [email protected].

This event will take place at Fyvie Hall, 309 Regent Street, University of Westminster.

Programme

  • 9:30–10am: Registration
  • 10:00–10:15am: Opening session: Dibyesh Anand and Farhang Morady, Room UG05, Regent Street
  • 10:15–11am: International security in the contemporary international relations
    • Can international institutions maintain peace in a post-liberal order – Zohra Shamim
    • The role of international organisations in solving international conflicts – Momina Nehmat
    • Privatisation of global security and its risks – Alexandra Bukhareva
    • Chair: Karlis Starks
  • 11.00–11:45am: A frail balance: contemporary shifts in power polarity and democracy
    • A new multipolar cold war – Karlis Starks
    • The church and the state – Arturs Danga
    • The Balkans: blessed or cursed? – Amine Meshnuni
    • Chair: Alexandra Bukhareva
  • 11:45am–12:24pm: Development, geopolitics and security – online
    The Belt and Road Initiative In mainland Southeast Asia: A geo-economic and critical geopolitical analysis and implications for Vietnam's regional foreign policy
    • Hoàng-Anh Quang Nguyễn (International Studies, Hanoi University)
    • Toàn Thế Nguyễn, (International Studies from Hanoi University and the University of Trento, currently in Trento, Italy)
    • Ngọc Châm Nguyễn (International Studies, Hanoi University)
    • Russia-China military-technical cooperation in the context of & quota; pivot to Asia – Maria Dubrovina (Far Eastern Federal University, Vladivostok)
    • Chair: Momina Nehmat
  • 12:30–1pm: Lunch
  • 1–1.30pm: Presentation by Capital City College Training
    • Mohammed Siroor, Charlie Allen, Yusuf Cekic, Mauricio Zumarraga, Zerbu Demir, Frank Barnes, Summaya Kadir, Pauline Michelle Montano Torrico, Chloe Roig, Chloe Roig, Emirhan Kaya
    • Chair: Wale Awoyinka
  • 1.30–2:15pm: Contemporary British politics
    • Impact of Brexit on local councils – Jake Sampson (alumnus and Liberal Democrat Councillor, Newnham Ward at Bedford Borough Council)
    • Critical analysis of the creation of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council – Thomas Davies
    • Crisis in British politics – John Game
    • Chair: Anuska Parakova / Grete Kurik
  • 2:15–3pm: State, violence, identity and oppression
    • Global Representations, Identity and Indigeneity – Rayan Haji
    • Historical trauma theory applied to Palestine – Navodi Kuruppu
    • Women's oppression – Anuska Paskova
    • Discourse on eating disorders – Grete Kurik
    • Chair: Veronica Giannelli / Samuel Elsey
  • 3–3:30pm: Tea break
  • 3:30–4:15pm: Environment, endogenous population and food
    • How effective can differing climate policies combat the climate crisis? – Sebastian Crisp
    • Environment, endogenous population, equality and oppression in Brazil – Michelle Ceruti
    • Neoliberalism, policies in Brazil – Veronica Giannelli
    • Challenges of climatic change in Africa – Wale Awoyinka
    • Chair: Halima Sani / Tahmina Islam
  • 4:15–4:45pm: Development, geopolitics and security – online
    • Why BRICS cannot replace the G7 and why it is wrong to assume so – Dmitrijs Zujevs (The University of Warwick)
    • Hybrid-Democracy and Authoritarianism in Thailand – Jamie Greenfield
    • Chair: Raimund Griskin
  • 4:45–5:30: Post-colonial Politics and emerging powers – online
    • Lorena Renteria, Universidad de San Marcos in Lima (Peru)
    • Melissa Huaman, Universidad de San Marcos in Lima (Peru)
    • Chair: Lauren Norcliffe
  • 5:30–6pm: Closing remarks – Students' Experiences of DEN in 2021-22 – Karlis Starks, Alexandra Bukhareva, Anuska Parakova, Veronica Giannelli, Grete Kurik, Wale Awoyinka, Eleonora Venturini, Elizabeth Sole, Michelle Ceruti, Halima Sani, Momina Nehmat, Arturs Danga, Komal Nadeem, Tahmina Islam, Michelle Ceruti, Zohra Shamim, Jamie Greenfield, Rayan Haji, and Thomas Davies
    • Chair: Farhang Morady
  • 6–8pm: Reception hosted by University's EDI Committee and Democratic Education Network (DEN) – Elizabeth Sole and Eleonora Venturini

Registration

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