The Socialist Countries, Africa and the Middle East: International Relations and Cultural Transfers
Constantin Katsakioris (Academy of Advanced African Studies, Bayreuth)
Abstract
Constatin Katsakioris, a fellow of the Leibniz ScienceCampus “Eastern Europe – Global Area” (EEGA) and hosted by the SFB, will be offering insights into his work on educational mobility and East-South interactions during the Cold War. He will provide a short introduction to “The Socialist Countries, Africa, and the Middle East: International Relations and Cultural Transfers”, after which all interested scholars are invited to share their research experiences and challenges in related fields as well as discuss conceptual problems of understanding the position of the Global South vis-à-vis the socialist world in the twentieth century.
Biographical Note
Dr. Constantin Katsakioris (Academy of Advanced African Studies, Bayreuth, Germany)
Constantin Katsakioris holds a PhD from École des Hautes Études en Science Sociales, Paris. He is a researcher at the Bayreuth Academy of Advanced African Studies. Currently, he researches educational mobility and East-South interactions during the Cold War.
Image source: Beyreuth Academy of Advanced Studies, Link (21 June 2017)