Basic Info

Flyer (PDF 76KB)

Date

2021/02/18 16:30-20:00 (JA/JST), 8:30-12:00 (FR/CEST)

Place

Online

Language

English

Audience

All

Cost

Free of charge

Registration

Applications must be submitted using the online application form (URL below) by 17:00 on 15 Feb 2021 (Deadline: Monday 15 February 2021 17:00(JA/JST)).

Application Form

Objective

In October 2019, Kyoto University and the University of Bordeaux concluded a Strategic Partnership Agreement to build on the close academic collaboration that has been cultivated by the two the two institutions since 2002. Under the leadership of the two universities’ presidents, the strategic partnership aims to develop interdisciplinary research collaboration and promote human resource mobility in an expanded range of academic fields. The strategic partnership focuses on three areas in which the universities’ researchers have been actively collaborating: energy science, medicine, and African area studies. The 4^th Kyoto-Bordeaux International Symposium aims to serve as platform for researchers in those three areas to exchange thoughts and ideas on the future of Africa.

The 21^st century is the century of Africa. Africa’s population, which currently accounts for 17% of the global population, is expected to reach approximately 40% of the global population by the end of the century. Forging links with diverse peoples in Africa, learning from them, and working together towards a prosperous future is vital for human society. This symposium will explore the potential of trilateral human capital development collaboration between France, Japan, and Africa

Kyoto University has a long history of African studies, particularly in the areas of anthropology and ecology, and several social sciences graduates from the University of Bordeaux and the Bordeaux Institute of Political Studies (Science Po) currently hold high-level positions in Africa. This is a result of the efforts made by those universities to promote human resources development in cooperation with African universities, and both institutions can leverage those achievements in their collaborative efforts under the strategic partnership. This symposium will provide an opportunity for researchers to discuss the significance of such human capital development efforts from diverse perspectives.