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Theme: 11. ‘Pan-Africanism’, ‘Bandung Spirit’, ‘Global South’ Futures and the New World Order
Carolien Stolte
Leiden University, Netherlands
Ling Zhang
International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS), Netherlands
Zifeng Liu
Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong
Henrike Vellinga
Leiden University, Netherlands
Carolien Stolte
Leiden University, Netherlands
How did peace movements act upon the interlinked processes of decolonization and the Cold War in Africa and Asia? And how did these processes, in turn, impact the ability of different peace movements to come together in large international organizations for peace? This panel studies the intersection of peace activism and decolonization across Afro-Asia between the 1930s and 1970s. This panel departs from the assumption that, while pacifists from across the globe reached out to each other in pursuit of shared goals, they did not always share common methods and ideas. Attempts to mobilize on anti-nuclear, anti-militarist or pacifist causes across borders brought different understandings of peace work to the surface. This panel will explore those differences, and the tensions they produced, as well as attempts to bridge them. The panel is bookended by explorations of international peace movements from different ends of the political spectrum and their location vis-à-vis global decolonization efforts. Specific cases examined across the papers are anti-militarist, anti-nuclear and pacifist efforts in West- and Central Africa, the United States, India, China, and the Soviet Union.
Presenter: Zifeng Liu – Hong Kong Baptist University
Presenter: Henrike Vellinga – Leiden University
Presenter: Carolien Stolte – Leiden University