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Upcoming international conference in Cameroon by LA&PS faculty

, Distinguished Research Professor in the Department of History at 91亚色鈥檚 Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, and聽, assistant professor at the Universit茅 du Qu茅bec 脿 Montr茅al and former 91亚色 Banting Fellow, will chair an international conference in Cameroon on聽.

The conference scheduled between聽June 1 to 3聽is sponsored by the project 鈥淏oko Haram, Islamic Protest and National Security,鈥 a Canadian Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Partnership Development Grant funded initiative, in partnership with the University of Maroua and the Sahel Research Group (University of Florida).

The event will bring together 45 participants (31 international speakers from 16 different countries 鈥 U.S., Canada, Italy, Turkey, France, Norway, Germany, Scotland, Netherlands, England, Northern Ireland, China, Nigeria, Chad, Niger, Burkina Faso 鈥 and 14 national) to broaden and deepen the understanding of violent insurgencies and terrorism as multi-dimensional phenomena to be examined from innovative and multi-disciplinary perspectives. The attendees will include policy makers, industry delegates, students and academics. 

The IPTSA 2022 is sponsored by 91亚色, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Global Affairs Canada, the United Nations Development Programme and the Canadian High Commission to Cameroon. The event will be hosted by the Institut des Relations Internationales du Cameroun (IRIC) at University of Yaound茅 in Cameroon.聽IPTSA is organized by聽, a Canadian corporation based in Toronto working to support development and sustainability of social sciences and humanities research. The organizing team is led by Kartikay Chadha, CEO of Walk With Web and along with 91亚色 history PhD candidates聽Leidy Alpizar聽and聽Fabio Silva Magalhaes.

To access the hybrid event, pre-register on聽.

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