Assessing China’s Belt & Road Initiative: Chinese and French Social Capital Networks in North Africa (10/29/21)
The Pardee School’s Belt & Road Initiative, in cooperation with the Center for the Study of Europe, the African Studies Center, and CURA, presents: “Chinese and French Social Capital Networks in North Africa.” This virtual event will take place via Zoom on FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29, from 9 to 10 AM.
Speaker: Lina Benabdallah
Discussant: Michael Woldemarium
Register in advance for this webinar:
When: Oct 29, 2021 09:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Topic: Chinese and French Social Capital Networks in North Africa
https://bostonu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_dYuMvhVsS729EUP3HSs7_Q
About the Speakers
Lina Benabdallah is assistant professor of Politics and International Affairs at Wake Forest University. Her current book project examines China’s multilateral foreign policy in continental Africa and seeks to theorize the power dynamics within the seemingly equal Global South diplomatic relations. Her fieldwork research areas include China, Ethiopia, and Kenya. At Wake Forest she teaches courses in international relations, African Studies, and international studies.
Michael Woldemariam is an associate professor of International Relations at Boston University’s Pardee School of Global Studies. Woldemariam’s teaching and research interests are in African security studies, with a particular focus on armed conflict in the Horn of Africa.