Seifudein ADEM

Ph.D., International Political Economy, University of Tsukuba, May 1999
M.A., International Relations, International University of Japan, June 1994
B.A., (Distinction), Political Science, Addis Ababa University, June 1988

Research Fellow, JICA Ogata Sadako Research Institute for Peace and Development, May 2024 – present
Professor, Graduate School of Global Studies, Doshisha University, April 2018 – March 2023
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Binghamton University, January 2009 – December 2016
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Binghamton University, January 2006 – December 2008

-Adem, Seifudein (2023). Africa’s Quest for Modernity: Lessons from Japan and China. Cham, Switzerland: Springer.
-Adem, Seifudein (2021). Postcolonial Constructivism: Mazrui’s Theory of Intercultural Relations. London: Palgrave Macmillan.
-Adem, Seifudein and Kimani Njogu (2018). [Eds.] The American African: Essays on the Life and Scholarship of Ali A. Mazrui. Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press.
-Adem, Seifudein and Kimani Njogu. Black Orwell: Essays on the Scholarship of Ali A. Mazrui. Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press.
-Njogu, Kimani and Seifudein Adem (2018). [Eds.] Critical Perspectives on Culture and Globalization. Nairobi, Kenya: Twaweza Communications.
-Adem, Seifudein (2016). [Ed.] China’s Diplomacy in Eastern and Southern Africa. London, UK: Routledge.
-Adem, Seifudein, Jideofor B. Adibe, Abdul K. Bangura and Abdul S. Bemath (2016). [Eds.] A Giant Tree Has Fallen: Tributes to Ali A. Mazrui. Grant Park, South Africa: African Perspectives Publishers.
-Ramzi Badran, Seifudein Adem and Patrick Dikirr (2014). [Eds.] African Thought in Comparative Perspective. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
-Mazrui, Ali and Seifudein Adem (2013). AFRASIA: A Tale of Two Continents. Lanham, MD: University Press of America.
-Adem, Seifudein, Willy Mutunga and Alamin Mazrui (2013). [Eds.] Black Orientalism and Pan-African Thought. Ali A. Mazrui and His Critics, Vol. III. Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press.
-Adem, Seifudein (2010). [Ed.] Public Intellectuals and the Politics of Global Africa. London: Adonis & Abbey.
-Adem, Seifudein and Abdul S. Bemath (2008). [Eds.] The Politics of War and Culture of Violence: North-South Essays. Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press.
-Adem, Seifudein (2006). [Ed.] Japan, a Model and a Partner: Views about African Development. Leiden, the Netherlands: Brill Publishers.
-Adem, Seifudein (2005). Hegemony and Discourse: New Perspectives on International Relations. Lanham: University Press of America.
-Adem, Seifudein (2002). Anarchy, Order, and Power in World Politics: A Comparative Analysis. Burlington, VT, USA and Aldershot, England: Ashgate Publishers.

-Adem, Seifudein and Darryl Thomas (2020). “Agricultural Transformation in Africa: Assessing the Role of Southeast Asia, China and the United States,” in Afrasian Transformations: Transregional Perspectives on Development Cooperation, Social Mobility and Cultural Change, edited by Ruth Achenbach et al., Leiden and Boston: Brill, pp. 93-106.
-Adem, Seifudein (2020). “Reason and Number: African Reflections on Japan,” in Reconfiguring Transregionalisation in the Global South: African-Asian Encounters, edited by Ross Anthony and Uta Ruppert, Gewerbestrasse: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 41-60.
-Adem, Seifudein and Darryl Thomas (2021). “From Bandung to BRICS: Afro-Asian Relations in the 21st Century,” in Routledge Handbook of Africa-Asia Relations, edited by P. A. Raposo et al. London: Routledge, pp. 153-166.
-Adem, Seifudein (2017). “Triple Tropes of Triads,” in Critical Perspectives on Culture and Globalization: The Intellectual Legacy of Ali Mazrui, edited by Kimani Njogu and Seifudein Adem, Nairobi, Kenya: Twaweza Communications, pp. 260-262.
-Adem, Seifudein (2014). “Japan in Africa: TICAD Diplomacy and Beyond,” in Handbook of Africa’s International Relations, edited by Tim Murithi. London: Routledge, pp. 367-376.
-Adem, Seifudein (2024). “Africa, China and Japan,” in Africa and Asia: Entanglements in Past and Present, edited by Yoichi Mine et al. [Conference Proceedings.] Kyoto: Doshisha University GRM, pp. 69-86.
-Adem, Seifudein (2013). “China–Africa Relations: Making Sense of the Discourse,” in Cooperation for a Peaceful and Sustainable World, edited by Li Junsheng et al. London: Emerald, pp. 79-94.
-Adem, Seifudein (2013). “The Logic of China’s Policy in Ethiopia,” in China’s Diplomacy in Eastern and Southern Africa, edited by Seifudein Adem. Aldershot: Ashgate, pp. 147-165.
-Adem, Seifudein (2013). “Intra-State Conflicts in the Horn of Africa: A Framework for Analysis,” in The Horn of Africa: Intra-State and Inter-State Conflicts and Security, edited by Redie Bereketab. London: Pluto Press, pp. 115-137.
-Adem, Seifudein (2010). “Japan in Africa,” in Africa and the World, edited by Jack Mangala. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 103-113.
-Adem, Seifudein (2010). “Africanity, African Intellectuals and the Study of Ethiopia,” in Research in Ethiopian Studies, edited by Svein Ege et al. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, pp. 366-377.
-Adem, Seifudein (2006). “Is Japan’s Cultural Experience Relevant for Africa’s Development?” in Japan, a Model and a Partner: Views about African Development, edited by Seifudein Adem. Leiden: Brill Publishers, pp. 187- 221.
-Adem, Seifudein (2004). “Decolonizing Modernity: Ibn Khaldun and Western Historiography,” in Islam: Past, Present and Future. Faculty of Islamic Studies, edited by A. H. Long, J. Awang, and K. Salleh. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi Selangor, pp. 570-587.
-Adem, Seifudein (2004). “The War in Iraq and the Ideology of Clashism,” in War in the Gardens of Babylon: Middle East after the Iraqi War, edited by Bulent Aras. Istanbul: Tastam Publications, pp. 107-129.
-Adem, Seifudein (2004). “Irak’ta Savas ve Catis macilik Ideolojisi,” in Irak Savasi Sonrasi Ortadogu, edited by Bulent Aras. Istanbul: Tastam Yayinlari, pp. 105-124. (In Turkish.)
-Adem, Seifudein (2004). “International Relations Theories after the Post-Cold War: Preliminary Interpretation and Assessment,” in Postmodernism in the Global Moment, edited by Michael Kearney. Tokyo: Kogakuin University Press, pp. 132-149.

-Adem, Seifudein (2024). “Proliferate to Abolish: Mazrui’s Perspective on Nuclear Disarmament,” Peace Review, vol. 36, no. 2, pp. 208-221.
-Adem, Seifudein and Waziri Babagana (2021). “Is Africa China’s Neo-dependency in the Making?” Third World Quarterly, vol. 44, no. 7, pp. 1363-1379.
-Adem, Seifudein (2018). “Is Southeast Asian Experience Relevant for Sino-African Relations?” Africa Review, vol. 10, issue 1, pp. 72-85.
-Adem, Seifudein (2016). “Sino-optimism in Africa,” African Studies Quarterly, vol. 16, issue 3-4, pp. 7-16.
-Adem, Seifudein (2015). “Sino-Japanese Rivalry in Africa?” Asia Pacific World, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 90-102.
-Adem, Seifudein (2015). “Decoding the Discourse on China in Africa,” Journal of African Foreign Affairs, vol. 1. no. 2, pp. 93-106.
-Adem, Seifudein (2014). “Ali A. Mazrui, the Postcolonial Theorist,” African Studies Review, vol. 57, no. 1, pp. 135-152.
-Adem, Seifudein (2012). “China in Ethiopia: Diplomacy and Economics of Sino-optimism,” African Studies Review, vol. 55, no. 1, pp. 143-60.
-Adem, Seifudein (2011). “Sociology of Discourse on China-Africa Relations,” Global Development Studies, vol. 6, nos. 3-4, pp. 1-24.
-Adem, Seifudein (2011). “Ali A. Mazrui, Post-colonialism and the Study of International Relations,” Journal of International Relations and Development, vol. 14, no. 4, pp. 506-534.
-Adem, Seifudein (2010). “Africa in Japanese Diplomatic Thought,” Journal of Black Studies, vol. 40, no. 5, pp. 871-896.
-Adem, Seifudein (2010). “The Paradox of China’s Policy in Africa,” African and Asian Studies, vol. 9, no. 3, pp. 334-355.
-Adem, Seifudein (2009). “Japan and the Iraq War,” International Journal of Contemporary Iraqi Studies, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 209-221.
-Adem, Seifudein (2009). “Black Achievement in Comparative Perspective,” Journal of Oromo Studies, vol. 16, no. 1, pp. 129-163.
-Adem, Seifudein (2004). “Cultures of Political Re-cycling and Conflict Resolution in Japan: Any Lessons for Africa?” African and Asian Studies, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 3-31.
-Adem, Seifudein (2004). “Between Anarchy and Cooperation: A Win-Win Perspective,” International Journal of Organization Theory and Behavior, vol. 5, no. 1 and 2, pp. 39-69.
-Adem, Seifudein (2001). “On the End of History and the Clash of Civilizations: A Dissenter’s View,” Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs, vol. 21, no. 1, pp. 25-37.
-Adem, Seifudein (2001). “Emerging Trends in Japan-Africa Relations,” African Studies Quarterly, vol. 5, issue 2, pp. 61-69.

-Connecting Africa and Asia: Afrasia as a Benign Community by Yoichi Mine. New York: Routledge, 2022. The Review. International Institute for Asian Studies (Leiden, the Netherlands). [Online.] Also published in African and Asian Studies, vol. 23, issue 4, 2024, pp. 439-440.
-New Asian Approaches to Africa: Rivalries and Collaborations by Takuo Iwata (ed). Wilmington, DE: Vernon Press, 2020. African and Asian Studies, vol. 22, issue 1-2, 2023, pp. 161-162.
-China in Ethiopia: The Long-Term Perspective by Aaron Tesfaye. Albany, NY: SUNY Press, 2020. Journal of Modern African Studies, vol. 59, no. 1, 2021, pp. 128-129.
-Japan’s Economic Relations with Africa in a Historical Perspective by Katsuhiko Kitagawa. Osaka: Kansai University Press, 2020. The website of Japan Society for Afrasian Studies. [Online.]
-The New Kings of Crude: China, India, and the Global Struggle for Oil in Sudan and South Sudan by Luke Patey. London: Hurst, 2014. African and Asian Studies, vol. 15, no. 1, 2016, pp. 111-114.
-Contesting International Society in East Asia by Barry Buzan and Yongjin Zhang (eds.) Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2014. International Studies Review, vol. 17, issue 4, 2015, pp. 705-707.
-China in Africa: Articulating China’s Africa Policy by Jean Kachiga. Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press, 2013. Journal of Contemporary African Studies, vol. 33, issue 2, 2013, pp. 239-241.
-Sino-Japanese Relations: Rivals or Partners in Regional Cooperation? by Niklas Swanstrom and Ryosei Kokubun (eds.) Singapore: World Scientific, 2013. East Asian Integration Studies, vol. 7, no. 31, 2014. [online.]
-Alliance of the Colored Peoples: Ethiopia and Japan before World War II by J. Calvitt Clarke III. Woodbridge, Suffolk: James Currey, 2011. Japanese Journal of Political Science, vol. 14, issue 02, 2013, pp. 279-281. [A similar version of this review appears in AFRICA: Journal of the International African Institute, vol. 83, issue 02, 2013, pp. 341-343.]
-Lion of Judah in the New World: Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia and the Shaping of Americans’ Attitude toward Africa by Theodore M. Vestal. Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger, 2011. The Journal of Modern African Studies, vol. 50, no. 3, 2012, pp. 541-542.
-Japan–African Relations: Applying the Asian Development Experience to Sub-Saharan Africa by Bertha Z. Osei-Hwedie and Kwaku Osei-Hwedie, Institute for African Development (Cornell University), 2010; Japan-Africa Relations by Tukumbi Lumumba-Kasongo, New York: Palgrave McMillan, 2010; Japan and Africa: Globalization and Foreign Aid in the 21st Century by Howard P. Lehman (ed.) London: Routledge, 2010. Japanese Studies, vol. 33, no. 1, 2012, pp. 121-126. [This is a review essay.]
-Remaking Global Order: The Evolution of Europe-China Relations and its Implications for East Asia and the United States by Nicola Casarini. New York: Oxford University Press, 2009. Asia Pacific World, vol. 3, issue, 2012, pp. 154-156.
-Japan-African Relations by Tukumbi Lumumba-Kasongo. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010. Journal of Contemporary African Studies, vol. 30, no. 2, 2012, pp. 210-212.
-The Crown and the Pen: The Memoirs of a Lawyer Turned Rebel by Bereket Habte-Selassie. Trenton, NJ and Asmara, Eritrea: The Red Sea Press, Inc., 2007. African Studies Review, vol. 54, no. 1, 2011, pp. 213-214.
-Barbarians and Civilizations in International Relations by Mark B. Salter. London: Pluto Press, 2002. Millennium: Journal of International Studies, vol. 32, no. 1, 2003, pp. 136-138.
-African Foreign Policies: Power and Process by G. M. Khadiagala and T. Lyons (eds.) Boulder and London: Lynne Rienner, 2001. The Journal of Modern African Studies, vol. 41, no. 2, 2003, pp. 329-330.
-Fire from the Ashes: A Chronicle of Revolution in Tigray, Ethiopia (1975-1991) by Jenny Hammond. Lawrenceville, NJ: The Red Sea Press, 1999. African Studies Quarterly, vol. 5, no. 2, 2001, pp. 89-90.
-Africa’s Challenges to International Relations Theories by Kevin Dunn and Timothy Shaw (eds.) New York: Palgrave, 2001. African Studies Quarterly, vol. 6, no. 3, 2001, pp. 93-96.
-The Global African: A Portrait of Ali A. Mazrui by Omari Kokole (ed.) Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press, 1998. The Journal of Modern African Studies, vol. 39, no. 1, 1998, pp. 189-192.
-Japan and Africa: Big Business and Diplomacy by Jun Morikawa. London: Hurst, 1996. The Journal of Modern African Studies, vol. 35, no. 1, 1998, pp. 170-172.

-Review of Africa’s Quest for Modernity: Lessons from Japan and China. (Cham, Switzerland, Springer, 2023) by Seifudein Adem. Reviewed by Kenneth Meyer in African Studies Quarterly, vol. 22, no. 3, 2024, pp. 105-106.
-Review of Africa’s Quest for Modernity: Lessons from Japan and China. (Cham, Switzerland, Springer, 2023) by Seifudein Adem. Reviewed by Guoli Liu in African Studies Review, vol. 67, no. 2, 2024, pp. 522-523.
-Review of Postcolonial Constructivism: Mazrui’s Theory of Intercultural Relations (Palgrave Macmillan, 2021) by Seifudein Adem. Reviewed by Edgar Githua in African Studies Quarterly, vol. 22, 2023, pp. 58-59.
-Review of Postcolonial Constructivism: Mazrui’s Theory of Intercultural Relations (Palgrave Macmillan, 2021) by Seifudein Adem. Reviewed by Emre Gurbuz in Cambridge Review of International Affairs, vol. 35, 2022, pp. 762-766.
-Review of Black Orwell: Essays on the Scholarship of Ali A. Mazrui (Africa World Press, 2018) edited by Seifudein Adem and Kimani Njogu. Reviewed by Chanika Jones and Augustine Adu Frimpong in African and Asian Studies, vol. 17, no. 3, 2018, pp. 307-309.
-Review of China’s Diplomacy in Eastern and Southern Africa (Ashgate; Routledge, 2013) edited by Seifudein Adem. Reviewed by Kimberly Manning in The China Journal, vol. 75, no. 1, 2016, pp. 154-156.
-Review of AFRASIA: A Tale of Two Continents (University Press of America, 2013) by Ali A. Mazrui and Seifudein Adem. Reviewed by Daniel Large in E-International Relations, June, 2014. [Online.]
-Review of China’s Diplomacy in Eastern and Southern Africa (Ashgate, 2013) edited by Seifudein Adem. Reviewed by Christian Straube in East Asia Integration Studies, vol. 7, no. 13, 2014. [Online.]
-Review of AFRASIA: A Tale of Two Continents (University Press of America, 2013) by Ali A. Mazrui and Seifudein Adem. Reviewed by I. Tarrosy in African Studies Review, vol. 57, no. 3, 2014, pp. 220-223.
-Review of The Politics of War and the Culture of Violence: North-South Essays (Africa World Press) ed. by Seifudein Adem and Abdul Bemath, reviewed by Preben Kaarsholm, African Affairs, vol. 109, no. 435, 2010, pp. 337-338.
-Review of Japan, a Model and a Partner: Views about African Development (Brill) ed. by Seifudein Adem, Anthropology Review database November 28, 2010. Published by American Anthropological Association.
-Review of The Politics of War and the Culture of Violence: North-South Essays (Africa World Press) ed. by Seifudein Adem and Abdul Bemath, reviewed by E. M. Mbah, African Studies Review, vol. 52, no. 1, 2009, pp. 186-187.
-Review of The Politics of War and the Culture of Violence: North-South Essays (Africa World Press) ed. by Seifudein Adem and Abdul Bemath, reviewed by A. Bretuo and D. Ejigiri, African and Asian Studies, vol. 7, no. 1, 2008, pp. 565-572.
-Review of Anarchy, Order and Power in World Politics: A Comparative Analysis (Ashgate; Routledge) by Seifudein Adem, reviewed by Ulf Engel in Comparativ, vol. 2, no. 2, 2005, pp. 293-295.
-Review of Anarchy, Order and Power in World Politics: A Comparative Analysis (Ashgate; Routledge) by Seifudein Adem, reviewed by Richard Little in Etudes Internacionales, vol. 34, no. 2, 2003, pp. 293-295.

-Global South Distinguished Scholar Panel. Roundtable Participant. 66th Convention of the International Studies Association, Chicago, IL, USA, 2-5 March 2025.
-Politics of Developing Countries. JICA Intensive Lectures. Graduate School of International Relations, Ritusmeikan University, Kyoto, 18-21 February 2025.
-A Cultural Perspective on Global Change. Global Resource Management Lecture. Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan, 17 February 2025.
-Fukuzawa and Mazrui: Economic Modernization in an Afrasian Perspective. A Presentation at the annual meeting of the Japan Society for Afrasian Studies. Ritusmeikan University, Kyoto, Japan, 28 September 2024.
-Reflections on Nuclear Discourse. A presentation at an international workshop on nuclear disarmament. Organized by Beyond Nuclear Deterrence Working Group, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. Conference held at El Colegio de México, Mexico City, Mexico, 22 February 2024.
-Africa-Asia Historical Connections. A panel discussion on “Asia-Africa Relations: Its Status and Possible Trajectories.” Organized by the Asia Center. Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA, 12-13 October 2023.
-An African Agenda for Sino-African Relations. A presentation at the Annual Conference of Japan Society for Afrasian Studies. Aichi Gakuin University, Nagoya, Japan, 7 October 2023. (Online.) [Also moderated the keynote session.]
-China in Africa: Discourse, Images, Policy. A public lecture at the Institute of International Relations and Area Studies, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan, 22 June 2023.
-On the Concept of Nuclear Pragmatism. A presentation at the Harvard-MacArthur Network on Rethinking Nuclear Deterrence, Beyond Nuclear Deterrence Working Group, Hiroshima, Japan, 29 April 2023.
-The UN Security Council, the Elected Ten, and Africa’s Peace and Security Architecture. A presentation at a Joint Conference of the Nordic Africa Institute, Uppsala, Sweden, and Institute of Pan-African Thought and Conversation, the University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa, 25-26 November 2021. (Online)
-Cultural Interdependence in the New Global Order. A public lecture at the launching of Postcolonial Constructivism: Mazrui’s Theory of Intercultural Relations by Seifudein Adem, Institute of International Relations and Area Studies, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan, 21 October 2021. (Online)
-Responding to COVID-19 in Ethiopia: A Triple Heritage Perspective. A presentation at a webinar organized by the Japan Society of Afrasian Studies and SDGs Collaborative Research Unit at the Institute for Future Initiatives, University of Tokyo, on the theme of “Towards Understanding Grassroots Perspectives in Africa under COVID-19,” Tokyo, Japan, 31 August 2021. (Online.)
-China and Japan in Africa’s Experience. Comparative Diplomacy. A presentation at the 15th African Studies Conference, Institute for African Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia, 25 May 2021. (Online).
-What is the Theory of Intercultural Relations? Invited Presentation. Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ, 13 October 2020. (Online).
-East Africa in the Face of International Competition. Discussant. A presentation by K. Aleshin. Institute for African Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia, 5 October 2020. (Online).
-Yellow Peril or Yellow Partner? Assessing China’s Impact on Africa. A presentation at the 62nd Annual Meeting of the African Studies Association, Boston, MA, 21-23 November 2019.
-Three Lessons Africa Could Learn from Japan. A presentation at the 2nd International Conference of Japan Society for Afrasian Studies on the theme of Enhancing Japan-Africa Connectivity, University of Tokyo, Japan, 27 July 2019.
-Dilemmas of Leadership and the Quest for Good Governance in Ethiopia. A presentation at the 44th Annual Meeting of the New York African Studies Association, City University of New York, York College, NYC, NY, 12-13 April 2019.
-From the Lawrence of Arabia to Wolf Warrior II. A presentation at the Conference on ‘The New Political and Energy Shifts in the Middle East: A View from Japan,’ Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan, 25 June 2019.
-Forging Ahead with an Afro-Asian Studies Initiative in Japan. A roundtable discussion at the 1st Conference of Japan Society for Afrasian Studies. Kansai University, Osaka, Japan, 6 October 2018.
-Abiymania, Africa’s Triple Heritage and the Japanese Experience. A presentation at the 1st Conference of Japan Society for Afrasian Studies, Faculty of Economics, Kansai University, Osaka, Japan, 6 October 2018.
-The Relevance and Necessity of an Afro-Asian Studies Initiative in Japan. A presentation at the International Conference on Africa-Asia: A New Axis of Knowledge. University of Dar es Salaam, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 20-22 September 2018.
-From Lawrence of Arabia to Wolf Warrior II. A Tradition of Discourse? A presentation at the Summer Institute organized by the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, China in the Middle East and Africa. Georgetown University, Washington, DC, 6-10 August 2018.
-African Reflections on Japan’s Culture, Ideology and Economy. A keynote address at the 4th International Conference of the Transatlantic Research Group on Africa - Asia Encounters: Historical and Contemporary Perspective. Nile University of Nigeria, Abuja, 29-30 June 2018. [By Proxy.]
-Towards a Theory of Normative Convergence in Afro-Asian Relations. A presentation at the Inaugural Conference of Afro-Asian Studies Initiative. Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan, 28 April 2018. [Also moderated a panel.]
-Asia’s Next Game in Africa. A presentation at a Roundtable of the Annual Meeting of the Association for Asian Studies, Washington, DC, 24 March 2018.
-Japan and China in Africa: Allies, Partners, or Adversaries? An AFRASO Lecture at Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany, 18 January 2018.
-China, Japan and the Contest for Influence in Africa. A presentation at a public seminar organized by the Department of Government and International Studies. Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, China, 6 December 2017.
-Ethiopia as a Jewel of China’s Diplomacy in Africa. A presentation at the International Conference on “China’s Maritime Silk Road Initiative, Africa, and the Middle East.” East China Normal University, Shanghai, China, 18-19 November 2017.
-New Perspectives on Sino-African Relations: Sinicizing Mazruiana. A presentation at a workshop on “Exploring the Local in IR” organized by the Global South Caucus of the International Studies Association, held at the University of Havana, Havana, Cuba, 6-8 July 2017. [Also served as a discussant of a Panel on “Perspectives of Specialized Academic Programs.”]
-Shifting Focus in Sino-African Relations: Agriculture. A presentation at Africa-China Conference 2017 on “Infrastructure, Resource Extraction, and Environmental Sustainability.” Department of African and Afro-American Studies, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 6-8 April 2017.
-Understanding African Conflicts. A presentation delivered as a member of the US Delegation to the 7th China-US Civil Society Peace Forum, Zhejiang, Hunan, China, 20-21 October 2016. [Also moderated a Panel on “China-US Cooperation in Tackling Humanitarian Crisis.”]
-Is Southeast Asian Experience Relevant for Agricultural Revolution in Africa? A presentation at a seminar on “Issues in African Development” Series Fall 2016. Institute for African Development, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 13 October 2016.
-Lessons for Africa from Southeast Asia: Is Agriculture the Answer? A presentation at the 3rd Africa’s Asian Options Conference on “Afrasian Transformations: Beyond Grand Narratives?” Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany, 28-30 September 2016. [Also chaired two panels.]
-Africa’s Key Bilateral Relations: China, India and Japan. Chair and Discussant. A Policy Research Seminar on “Africa and External Actors.” Organized by the Center for Conflict Resolution, Cape Town, South Africa, 24-25 August 2016. [Subsequently, but unrelated to the Seminar, I also gave an interview to Japan’s daily newspaper 毎日新聞 regarding the Tokyo International Conference on African Development which was scheduled to take place in Nairobi, Kenya.]
-Triple Tropes of Triads. An opening remark at Ali Mazrui International Symposium organized by the Institute of Global Cultural Studies, Binghamton University and Twaweza Communications, Nairobi, Kenya. The Symposium was held in Nairobi, Kenya, 15-17 July 2016.
-A New Paradigm of Economic Modernization? A presentation at the 41st Annual Meeting of the New York African Studies Association, Columbia University, NY, NY, 2 April 2016.
-The United States of the Horn of Africa. An opening speech at the 70th National Debate Tournament, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY, 31 March 2016.
-The Role of China in Africa’s Green Revolution. A presentation at Yale Africa-China Conference on “Balance, Growth and Sustainability in Africa-China Relations,” Lagos Business School, Lagos, Nigeria, 15-18 March 2016.
-The Hedley Bull – Ali Mazrui Nexus as a Metaphor for IR. A presentation at the International Studies Association 57th Annual Convention on the theme of “Exploring Peace,” Atlanta, GA, 16-19 March 2016. [By Proxy.]
-Political Economy of Development: Sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia. Intensive lectures at the World Bank Graduate Studies Program in Economic and Public Policy. University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan, 23-28 November 2015.
-Africa and China in a Global Setting: Comparing Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) and Other Summitry Diplomacies. A presentation at “Wits China-Africa Reporting Project Roundtable 2015.” University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, 12 November 2015. [Interviewed after the Roundtable by CCTV regarding the Johannesburg Summit of FOCAC, 4-5 December.]
-Africa and Globalization. Lectures at School of Management, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY, 28 October and 4 November 2015.
-Prediction and Fortune-telling in Mazrui’s Scholarship. A presentation at the “Symposium on the “Life and Legacy of Dr. Ali A. Mazrui.” Africana Studies and Research Center, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 25-26 September. A revised version of this paper was presented at a seminar entitled “Honoring the Legacy of Dr. Ali A. Mazrui (1933-2014).” IIIT, Herndon, VA, 15 October 2015.
-Singer, Strange, Mazrui and the Study of Sino-African Relations. A presentation at “China-Africa Knowledge Project Working Group Meeting.” Social Science Research Council, NY, NY, 4-5 June 2015.
-Is Sino-optimism Sustainable in Africa? A presentation at the Workshop on “China-Africa Relations: Engagement, Investments and Media Strategies.” Center for African Studies, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 9-10 April 2015.
-Ali Mazrui and the Study of Sino-African Relations. A presentation at the 40th Annual Meeting of the New York African Studies Association at Union College, Schenectady, NY, 4-5 April 2015. [Also organized and participated in a plenary panel in memory of the late Professor Ali Mazrui.]
-実学 [JITSUGAKU] African Reflections on Japan. A keynote address at the conference on “Rethinking African-Asian Relationships. Organized jointly by the Center for Chinese Studies, Stellenbosch University, South Africa and Goethe University Frankfurt, Research Program on Africa’s Asian Options, Frankfurt, Germany. The conference was held in Cape Town, South Africa, 24-26 March 2015.
-Taming the Dragon: Lessons for Africa from China’s Relations with Southeast Asian Countries. A presentation at the 2nd International Studies Association’s Global South Caucus Conference on “Voices from the Outside: Reshaping IR Theory and Practice in an Era of Global Transformation.” Singapore Management University, Singapore, 8-10 January 2015. [Also read a tribute to the late Professor Ali Mazrui at the closing session of the conference.]
-Taming the Dragon: Lessons for Africa from Sino-Japanese Relations. A presentation at the 2nd International Studies Association’s Global South Caucus Conference on “Voices from the Outside: Reshaping IR Theory and Practice in an Era of Global Transformation.” [Also Chaired the Panel.] Singapore Management University, Singapore, 8-10 January 2015.
-Taming the Dragon: Lessons for Africa from Sino-Latin American Relations. A presentation at the 57th Annual Meeting of the African Studies Association. Indianapolis, Indiana, IN, 20-23 November 2014. [On the same occasion I organized and chaired a special panel in memory of the late Professor Ali Mazrui. Subsequently, I gave an interview about Mazrui’s life and legacy to Voice of America (Radio) broadcast on 24 October 2014 (Part I) and 26 October 2014 (Part II).]
-China and the Third World. A lecture at the School of Management, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY, 5 November 2014.
-China and the West. A lecture at the School of Management, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY, 3 November 2014.
-Africa, China and Japan: Political Economy of Soft Power in Black-Yellow Relations. A presentation at the 2nd Conference on “Africa-Asia Entanglements in Past and Present.” Advanced Doctoral Program in Global Resource Management, Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan, 26-27 July 2014.
-Sino-African Relations: A Preliminary Analysis of Costs and Benefits to Africa. A presentation at the 7th China-US Symposium, Tufts University, Medford, MA, 17-19 April 2014.
-Sino-Japanese Rivalry in Africa. A presentation at the 39th Annual Meeting of the New York African Studies Association, SUNY Cortland, Cortland, NY, 4-5 April 2014.
-Leader Nelson Mandela and Scholar Ali Mazrui. A presentation on the panel on “Sojourners of South Africa: Apartheid, Mandela and Mazrui.” 39th Annual Meeting of the New York African Studies Association at SUNY Cortland, NY, 4-5 April 2014.
-Japan and China in Africa: Is there an Unfolding Rivalry? A presentation at the “Economic Change and Emerging Asia-Africa Interactions.” Lecture Series Organized by Asia Institute and African Studies Center, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, 20 February 2014.
-The Unfolding Rivalry between China and Japan in Africa: Analysis of Potential Effect on Africa with regard to MDG and its Implementation. A presentation at “The Addis Ababa Conference on Cross-Continental Cooperation.” The Goethe Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 27-31 January 2014.
-Towards a More Balanced Sino-African Relationship: Lessons from Southeast Asia. A presentation at the 56th Annual Meeting of African Studies Association Conference on “Mobility, Migration and Flows,” Baltimore, MD, 22 November 2013.
-Mapping Knowledge about China-Africa Relations. A presentation at the Yale-Social Science Research Council Workshop on “Making Sense of the China-Africa Relationship.” Maurice R. Greenberg Center, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 18 November 2013.
-Ali A. Mazrui and Reflections on the Revolutions in North Africa. A presentation at the Workshop for Community College Faculty on “Global Islam: Borders, Boundaries and Belonging/s.” Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 16 November. A slightly revised version of this paper titled “The Arab Spring between the End of History and the Clash of Civilizations” was presented at the Summer Institute for Scholars 2013. IIIT, Herndon, VA, 24 June - 3 July 2013.
-Taming Globalization: An Afro-Asian Perspective. A presentation at the School of Management, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY, 6 and 11 November 2013.
-Developmental States in a Comparative Perspective: Japan and China. Presentation. 38th Annual Meeting of the New York Conference on Asian Studies, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY, 28 September 2013.
-Conceptualizing Challenges to Peace and Development in Sub-Saharan Africa. A presentation at the 1st African Symposium on Water Conflict and the 5th International Conference on Conflict Management, Peace Economics and Peace Science, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa, 19-21 June 2013. [Presentation delivered by the co-author.]
-China’s Evolving Role in African Development. A presentation at The Lyceum, Indian Cultural Center, Vestal, NY, 17 April 2013.
-Major Phases in the Evolution of Ali A. Mazrui’s Scholarship. A presentation at the 38th Annual Meeting of New York African Studies Association, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY, 5-6 April 2013.
-Japanese and Chinese Approaches to African Development: Convergence and Divergence. A presentation at the Seminar Organized by the East Asian Studies Department, University of Leeds, UK. In collaboration with the Japan International Cooperation Agency-UK, London, UK, 18-19 January 2013; a slightly modified version of the same paper was also presented at the 38th Annual Meeting of New York African Studies Association, Binghamton, NY, 5-6 April 2013.
-Sources of China’s Conduct in Africa. A presentation at the 55th Annual Meeting of the African Studies Association, Philadelphia, PA, 29 November-1 December 2012.
-The Lion of Judah and the Dragon: Imperial Ethiopia’s Relations with Maoist China. A presentation at the “Asian-African Intersections and Migrations Conference,” Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY, 4 May 2012.
-China-Africa Relations: Making Sense of the Discourse. A presentation at the 53rd Annual Meetings of the International Studies Association on the theme of “Power, Principles and Participation in the Global Information Age,” San Diego, CA, 1-4 April 2012. [Also chaired the Panel.]
-China in Africa: Public Diplomacy, Political Economy and/or Geopolitics? Roundtable Discussant. 53rd Annual Meetings of the International Studies Association on the theme of “Power, Principles and Participation in the Global Information Age,” San Diego, CA, 1-4 April 2012.
-From Bandung to Jakarta: Changing Attitudes about China in Ethiopia from Haile Selassie to Meles Zenawi. A presentation at the 37th Annual Meeting of the New York African Studies Association on “Africans in the Americas and African Americans in Africa.” Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 24-25 February 2012.
-Three Perspectives on Africa-China Relations: Sino-optimism, Sino-pragmatism and Sino-pessimism. A presentation at the 13th CODESRIA General Assembly. “Africa and the Challenges of the Twenty-First Century.” Rabat, Morocco, 5-9 December 2011.
-Ali A. Mazrui and His Triple Otherness: Method, Ideology and Culture. A presentation at the Roundtable in Honor of Professor Ali A. Mazrui. 54th Annual Meeting of the African Studies Association, Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, Washington D. C., 16-19 November 2011. [Also organized the roundtable.]
-China in Ethiopia and Peru: The Expansion of China’s Influence in Africa and Latin America. Joint Presentation (with Professor Fanny S Arellano-Lopez). 36th Annual Meeting of New York African Studies Association, SUNY-Oneonta, Oneonta, NY, 25-26 March 2011. (Presented by Professor Arellano-Lopez).
-China’s Diplomacy in Ethiopia and its Implications for the Oromo. A keynote address at the Annual Mid-Year Conference of the Oromo Studies Association, Carleton University, Ottawa, 2-3 April 2011. (Not delivered because of the nuclear crisis in Japan).
-Convergence and Divergence in Sino-Ethiopian Relations. A presentation at the Institute for African Development, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 24 February 2011.
-Divergent Perspectives about Afro-Chinese Relations: A Critical Appraisal. A presentation at the International Conference on Conflict Management, Peace Economics and Peace Science. Institute of Defense Economics and Management, Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing, China, 18-19 November 2010.
-Comparative Diasporas in Japan and the United States. A presentation at the Race, Ethnicity and Place Conference. Binghamton Regency Hotel. Binghamton, NY, 6-8 October 2010.
-Dialectics of Political Violence in the Horn of Africa: A Theoretical Survey. A presentation at the International Workshop on “Intra and Inter-State Conflicts and Security in the Horn of Africa.” The Nordic Africa Institute, Uppsala, Sweden, 25-26 May 2010.
-Emerging Trends in Afro-Chinese Relations: Theoretical and Comparative Perspective. A keynote address at the 35th Annual Meeting of New York African Studies Association—Global Africa and Asia in the Age of Globalization—Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY, 26-27 March 2010.
-Sino-optimism, Sino-pragmatism and Sino-pessimism: The Paradox of China’s Policy in Africa. A presentation the University of Tsukuba. A Research Project on China’s ODA; funded by Japan Society for the Promotion of Sciences. Tsukuba city, Ibaraki, Japan, 22 February 2010.
-China’s Dual Diplomacy in Africa and Its Consequences. Preliminary Assessment. A presentation at Cornell University, East Asia Program, Ithaca, NY, 15 February 2010.
-Conflict Prevention in Japan and Africa: A Cross-Cultural Perspective. A presentation at the International Conference on Conflict Management, Peace Economics and Peace Science. Indira Gandhi National Open University, School of Social Sciences, New Delhi, India, 11-13 January 2010.
-A Tale of Two Pan-Africanists: Haile Selassie and Nkrumah. A presentation at a Roundtable in Commemoration of Nkrumah’s Centenary, “From Osagyefo Nkrumah to Nana Obama.” 52nd Annual Meeting of African Studies Association, New Orleans, LA, 17-22 November 2009.
-Japan in Africa: Diplomacy of Change and Continuity. A presentation at a Conference on “Africa in Contemporary International Relations: Contexts, Stakes, Actors and Issues.” Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI, 21-22 September 2009.
-The Paradox of China’s Policy in Africa. A presentation at ABRI-International Studies Association Joint International Meeting on “Diversity and Inequality in World Politics,” Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 22-24 July 2009.
-How Leninist was Nkrumah? Was He also a Czar? A presentation at Nkrumah’s Centenary Panel. 33rd Annual New York African Studies Association Meeting, “Reconstruction, Peace and Transformation in Africa,” Syracuse University, NY, 4-5 April 2009.
-Japanobama: The Effect of Obama Phenomenon in Japan. A presentation on a panel on “African and African American Perspectives on Barack Obama.” Organized by Black Students Union, Binghamton University, NY, 26 March 2009.
-Re-reading ‘Nkrumah: the Leninist Czar.’ A presentation at the 51st Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association at a Roundtable on “Nkrumah and the Birth of African Diplomacy: A Centenary,” NY, NY, 15-18 February 2009.
-Triple Heritage as Approach to African Studies: Premise and Promise. A presentation at the 51st Annual Meeting of African Studies Association, Chicago, IL, 13-16 November 2008.
-Elder and Sage Traditions in Japan and Africa: A Comparative Study. A presentation at the 7th Annual Meeting of the International Association of Cultural Studies, University of West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica, 2-7 July 2008.
-Political Re-Cycling and Conflict Prevention in Japan: Are they Culturally Related? A presentation at the Provost’s Symposium on “Culture and Conflict: Do they Need Each Other?” Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY, 11-12 April 2008.
-Japan and China in Africa: Some Comparative Insights. A presentation at the 32nd Annual Meeting of the New York African Studies Association, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 28-29 March 2008.
-Foreign Policy of Japan after the Cold War: Theoretical and Cultural Perspectives. A presentation at the 49th Annual Convention of the International Studies Association, San Francisco, CA, 26-28 March 2008.
-Japan’s African Diplomacy in the New Century: An African Perspective. A presentation at the International Workshop on “Afro-Japanese Relations in Historical Perspective,” sponsored by the Center for Advanced Studies of African Society, Cape Town, South Africa; and Osaka University, Osaka, Japan, held in Johannesburg, South Africa, 1-3 November 2007.
-Africanity, African Intellectuals and the Study of Ethiopia. A presentation at the 16th International Conference of Ethiopian Studies, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Social Sciences and Technology Management, Department of Social Anthropology, Trondheim, Norway, 20-21 April 2007.
-Social Knowledge between Discovery and Invention. A presentation at the International Workshop at the Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 28-30 March 2007.
-Africa and Japan in Comparative Civilizational Perspective. A presentation at a roundtable on “Africa between Concord and Clash of Civilizations.” 49th Annual Meeting of African Studies Association, San Francisco, CA, 16-19 November 2006.
-Comparative Response to Dilemmas of Modernization in Africa and Japan. A presentation in the Department of International Studies, Wells College, Aurora, NY, 14 March 2006.
-Culture and Modernity in Japan. A presentation at the 19th Congress of the International Political Science Association, Durban, South Africa, 29 June - 5 July 2003.
-Emerging Trends in Japan-Africa Relations. A presentation at the International Studies Association Convention, Hong Kong, People’s Republic of China, 26 - 28 July 2003.

-Member, International Studies Association. (Member of the Executive Board, Global South Caucus. 2012-2016.)
-Member, Japan Association of International Relations. 2002-2013.
-Member, African Studies Association. 2006-2019.
-Member, Japan Association of African Studies. 2002-2005.
-Member, New York African Studies Association (President, 2020-2011; Vice President, 2009-2010.)
-Member, Greater Horn Horizons Forum. 2010-2016.
-Member, International Association of Asia-Pacific Studies (Founding Member.) 2010.
-Member, Japan Society for Afrasian Studies (Founding Member.) 2018.