Keynote Speakers:
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. Dr. Yin C. ChuangPhD in Sociology, Lancaster University, UK Assistant Professor, Graduate Institute of Taiwan Culture, Languages and LiteratureTaiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan
Presentation Title:Political Consumerism - A New Approach to Democratisation and Nation-Building’
2. Dr. O.P. Dwivedi
Dr. O.P. Dwivedi did his Ph.D. from Allahabad University, India. He is a gold medalist in M.A. (English Literature). He is on the editorial board of many Indian and foreign journals. He is the chief-editor of Journal of Postcolonial Cultures and Societies(U.S.A.).He is also the co-editor of Postcolonial database(W.S-Lake Campus, University, U.S.A.) His research articles have been published in U.S.A., Australia, Italy and India. Presently, he is editing two books: one on Derek Walcott, and the other one on Indian English Literature.
3. Dr. Patrick McAllister
Associate Professor and Anthropology Programme Director, Department of Sociology and Anthropology
University of Canterbury.
Presentation Title: “Looking to the future, remembering the past: The Vietnamese lunar new year (Tet Nguyen Dan) in the context of rapid change and development.”
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BADMUS, Isiaka Alani Mr. Badmus, a polyglot Nigerian Social Scientist, studied International Relations; Peace and Conflict Research; Democracy and Diversity; and, Modern European Languages in Nigeria, Sweden, United States, and Cote d’Ivoire respectively. He also studied Law at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, and is presently an independent researcher/consultant based in Lagos. He is the author of Managing Arms in Peace Processes: ECOWAS and the West African Civil Conflicts. Porto, Portugal: CEAUP, University of Porto, 2009; and contributor to Alternative Who’s Who for Nigeria, Lagos: CSSR&D, 2006. He has contributed well over 40 essays as chapters in books and articles in leading specialist and Africanist journals in the fields of Regional Security studies; Disarmament and Arms Control; International Humanitarian Law; Complex Humanitarian Emergencies [CHE]; Governance, Democratisation and Civil Society in Africa; Security Sector Reform; and Afro-Asia Relations.
5. To Be announced...
