The Faculty of Political Science and International Relations
University of Algiers 3 – Algeria

In collaboration with: The Center of African Studies of the University of Porto (CEAUP) – Portugal

The Algerian revolutionary war (1954-1962) left enduring legacies. Not only the hundreds of thousands of lives which were sacrificed, but also a strong belief in the fundamental principles and values of resistance and liberty. And above all the right of peoples to self-determination. Along with other countries of what became known as the “Third World”, Algeria funded, trained and defended revolutionary movements all over the world. Amilcar Cabral, the Guinean revolutionary, once said in Algiers “Christians go to the Vatican, Muslims go to Mecca, and revolutionaries go to Algiers.”
The Algerian contribution was accelerating a movement that had started long before. Forty-six years had lapsed between the 1927 Brussels conference at which the League against Imperialism was formed and the Fourth Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement held in Algiers in 1973. When Algerian president Houari Boumediene tabled his proposal for a New International Economic Order (NIEO), the struggle was already focused on “economic development” rather than merely political formations. This meant demands for a radical change in the terms of trade and in the income distribution prevailing between the former colonizers and the liberated nations.
Today the issues raised by Boumediene’s proposal have yet to be resolved. The emergence of the so-called BRICS platform as well as other South-South cooperation frameworks appear to have retained much of the Algiers legacy. At the same time, slow growth in capital accumulation, accompanied by the pressure for new imperial arrangements, create new serious challenges to another core NAM value, non-interference in a nation’s internal affairs. Already several historic NAM members have ceased to exist as states, destroyed by civil war and foreign intervention. The principles of Non-Alignment assume the integrity of the nation-state but that assumption can no longer be taken for granted.
The topicality of the analysis and the strategies to be followed for a new world order are too obvious to be justified. It also seems obvious that Algeria's heritage is a privileged starting point for taking stock and establishing new South-South networks.
The aim of this international colloquium is therefore to update accumulated knowledge and historically evaluate political developments which, since decolonisation, have coloured the experience of a large mass of the earth's population, propelling them along new routes.

“Mecca” of Revolution: Algerian Foreign Policy and the Non-Aligned Movement

This conference aims to bring scholars and researchers together to probe in the following tracks:
Track 1: Impact of the Algerian Revolution on the 20th century Revolutionary Movements
Track 2: Algerian Foreign Policy in the International Political Context
Track 3: From the Asian Awakening to the Belt and Road Initiative
Track 4: Pan-Arabism, Pan-Africanism and national revolutions
Track 5: Traditional Colonizing Powers and the Role of the new emerging powers
Track 6: Political Parties – the balance between socialism, nationalism and religion
Track 7: The Mass Media Industries (including “new” and “social” media) and the Revolutionary Ideals
Track 8: Literary Representations and the Championing of Rebel Heroes
Track 9: Survivability of the Revolutionary Vision in Today’s World

DEADLINES
• for Abstracts: 15th March 2025
• for Validation and Notification of Acceptance: 30th March 2025
• Conference Date: 5th-6th May 2025

Venue: Algiers  
Faculty of Political Science and International Relations
University of Algiers 3 - Algeria

Format
The conference is going to be convened through a hybrid format (in-person and online). The tracks are designed for paper lecturing and open discussions. The Scientific Board will select participations based on the suitability of the contributions for each track.
Some of the materials will be also selected in order to edit a special issue of Africana Studia on the Conference’s theme.

Guideline for Proposals
Maximum length of the abstracts: 2000 characters, including spaces
Working Languages: Arabic / English

 
Abstracts should be sent to the email addresses below (both)
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Conference Coordinators
Slimane Aradj (University of Algiers 3 - Algeria)
Maciel Santos (CEAUP University of Porto - Portugal)
Mourad Aty (CEAUP University of Porto - Portugal)

Scientific Board

Aaron Tesfaye (CEAUP University of Porto - Portugal)

Abdennour Benantar (University of Paris 8 - France)

Abderrahmane Taleb Omar (University of Navarra - Spain)

Alexander Zhukov (CEAUP)

Awungshi Yaruingam (Delhi University - India)

Beatriz Bissio (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro - Brazil)

Bruno Drweski (National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilizations, Paris -France)

Chalabi Mohamed (University of Algiers 3 - Algeria)

Connie Rahakundini Bakrie (St. Petersburg State University - Russia)

Diana Stoica (University of Timisoara)

Darwis Khudori (Bandung Spirit / University of Le Havre - France)

Hamza Houria (University of Algiers 3 - Algeria)

Jelena Vićentić (University of Belgrade - Serbia)

Kenza Meghiche (University of Algiers 3 - Algeria)

Lahcen Zaghdar (University of Algiers 3 - Algeria)

Maciel Santos (CEAUP University of Porto - Portugal)

Manish Kamwar (Delhi University - India)

Mohamed Sharafeddine Fitour (Institute of Higher Education - Libya)

Mourad Aty (CEAUP University of Porto - Portugal)

Mustafa Ben Abd Azize (University of Algiers 3 - Algeria)

Slimane Aradj (University of Algiers 3 - Algeria)

Thomas P. Wilkinson (CEAUP University of Porto - Portugal)

Vasily Kuznetsov (Institute of Oriental Studies - Russia)

Yuyou Zhang (Center for Algerian Studies, Institute for Middle Eastern Studies, Northwest University, Xi‘an - China)

Organizing Board

Carla Delgado (CEAUP University of Porto - Portugal)

Manuela Barbosa (CEAUP University of Porto - Portugal)

Saida Slama (University of Algiers 3 - Algeria)

Sounia Ouled Boumaaza (University of Algiers 3 - Algeria)

Zakaria Houcine (University of Algiers 3 - Algeria)

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