Bandung Conference and Its Constellation: an Introdu Ction
BANDUNG LEGACY AND GLOBAL FUTURE: New Insights and Emerging Forces, New Delhi, Aakar Book s , 2018, pp. 1 - 20. 1 /20 Bandung Conference and its Constellation: An Introdu ction Darwis Khudori 2015 is the year of the 60 th anniversary of the 1955 Bandung Asian - African Conference. Several events were organised in diverse countries along the year 2014 - 2015 in order to commemorate this turning point of world history. In Euro pe, two of the most prestigious universities in the world organised special seminars open to public for this purpose: The University of Paris 1 Pantheon - Sorbonne, Bandung 60 ans après : quel bilan ? (Bandung 60 Years on: What Assessment?), June 27, 2014, a nd Leiden - based academic institutions, Bandung at 60: Towards a Genealogy of the Global Present , June 18, 2015. In Africa, two events echoing the Bandung Conference are worth mentioning: The World Social Forum, Tunisia, March 25 - 28, 2015, and The Conferenc e Africa - Asia: A New Axis of Knowledge, Accra, Ghana, September 24 - 26, 2015. In Latin America, the Journal America Latina en movimiento published an issue titled 60 años después Vigencia del espíritu de Bandung, mayo 2015. In USA, a panel on Bandung +60: L egacies and Contradictions was organised by the International Studies Association in New Orleans, February 18, 2015. In Asia, China Academy of Arts, Inter - Asia School, and Center for Asia - Pacific/Cultural Studies, Chiao Tung University, Hangzhou, organised a conference on BANDUNG – Third World 60 Years, April 18 - 19, 2015. On the same dates, a conference on Vision of Bandung after 60 years: Facing New Challenges was organised by AAPSO (Afro - Asian People’s Solidarity Organisation) in Kathmandu, Nepal.
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