THE BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE AND A NEW ERA OF TRANSCULTURAL NETWORKS?
sponsored by IRES Institute for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Uppsala University
Monday, 27th May
9:15 am OPENING REMARKS
Panels
9:30 am PANEL 1: Addressing the BRI: inside and outside of China
Xu Qinduo, China Media Group, the Pangoal Institution, ‘Behind the BRI: the Chinese culture’
Roza Turarbekava, Centre of Eurasian and European Studies, Belarusian State University, ‘The BRI in Eurasia: an Updated Constructing of the Region?
Maria Kobzeva, St. Petersburg State University, ‘China’s debates on the BRI – EAEU conjunction’
Special discussant: Oscar Almen, Department of Government, Uppsala University
11:00 am MORNING COFFEE
11:30 am PANEL 2: The BRI-implied political and cultural affiliations in Eurasia
Afrasiab Khattak, Pakistan-China Institute, ‘Socio-cultural connectivity between South and Central Asian regions in the BRI framework’
Bettina Ng’weno, University of California, Davis, ‘Demanding Space in the City: Chinese enclaves in Nairobi, Kenya’
Neelima Jeychandran, Pennsylvania State University, ‘Road Blocks in the Belt Road Initiative: India’s resistant stance and other South Asian challenges’
1:00 pm LUNCH
2:00 pm PANEL 3: The BRI and regional security, peace and development
Veena Ramachandran, Sri Ramaswamy Memorial Institute of Science and Technology,
‘BRI: Neutralizing Xinjiang and Legitimizing Stability-Security Paradigm’
Roman Vakulchuk, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, ‘BRI’s Impact in Central Asia from a Project-Level Perspective’
Igbal Abilov, Department of International Relations, Belarusian State University, ‘Implementing the BRI in a Fragile Region: China in the South Caucasus’
3:30 pm AFTERNOON COFFEE
4:00 pm PANEL 4: The BRI in Eurasia: new rules, new networks?
Zhou Jiayi, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), ‘The Agricultural Belt and Road: New Geo-Political Economies and Ecologies’
Corine Wood-Donelly, IRES, Uppsala University, ‘Russian Arctic Cosmology and the Ice Silk Road’
Nikolai Fedorov, Department of International Relations, Saint Petersburg State University, ‘The Greater Eurasian Partnership and the Interaction between the BRI and ASEAN
6 00 pm DINNER
Tuesday, 28th May
9:30 am ROUDTABLE DISCUSSION ‘UNDERSTANDING THE BRI-RELATED PROCESSES IN EURASIA: APPROACHES AND ASSESSMENTS’
LAUNCHING OF THE DIGITAL HUMANITIES PLATFORM
CLOSING REMARKS
11:00 am MORNING COFFEE
11 30 a guided tour in Uppsala for the conference participants
1:00 pm LUNCH
BRI Research 