October 5, 2020 The Webinar of Ritsumeikan University and the Institute for African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

On October 5, 2020, at 10.00 Moscow time (16.00 Japan standard time, GMT+9), Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan, with the participation of the Institute for African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences via Zoom will host a webinar from the series "Africa: Crossroad (Scramble) of (Re)Emerging Forces”. The working language is English.

The event will be moderated by Prof. Takuo Iwata, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto. Dr. Kirill Aleshin, Member of the Directorate, Senior Research Fellow of the RAS Institute for African Studies will present a report "East Africa in the face of international competition: scramble for Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda (a reflection on economic cooperation between Russia and East Africa)". Prof. Seifudein Adem, Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan, will take part in the webinar as a discussant.

The organizers invite everyone to join the webinar. If you are interested, please send your request (t-iwata@fc.ritsumei.ac.jp) by October 3, 2020. The organizer will share the Zoom ID.