There is no question that Asia has been rising. The question is, what impact does it have on the world? Or, to be more positive-progressive-prospective, what “desirable impacts” should it have on the world?One way to answer the question may be to look back at the Bandung Conference, which represented the common and shared dreams of Asian and African peoples, as formulated formally in the Final Communiqué of the Bandung Conference and informally in the expression “Bandung Spirit”. So, with the rise of Asia 70 years after Bandung, what are the possibilities to build the world anew? 

Paris, March 5, 2025

Le Havre, March 6-7, 2025

Argument

There is no question that Asia has been rising. The question is, what impact does it have on the world? Or, to be more positive-progressive-prospective, what “desirable impacts” should it have on the world?

One way to answer the question may be to look back at the Bandung Conference, which represented the common and shared dreams of Asian and African peoples, as formulated formally in the Final Communiqué of the Bandung Conference and informally in the expression “Bandung Spirit”.

The most outstanding spokesperson for Bandung was President Sukarno of Indonesia. He dedicated the last fifteen years of his life to Bandung Spirit, from its inauguration under his leadership in 1955 until the end of his life in 1970. His speeches consistently reflected the dreams, ideas, vision and spirit of Bandung. One of them is “To Build the World Anew”, pronounced at the UN General Assembly on September 30, 1960, the text adopted by UNESCO in 2023 as Memory of the World.

The fundamental message from Sukarno was that “We do not seek to defend the world we know: we seek to build a new, a better world! We seek to build a world sane and secure. We seek to build a world in which all may live in peace. We seek to build a world of justice and prosperity for all men. We seek to build a world in which humanity can achieve its full stature.”

He proposed key issues to be settled, including UN Reform, Colonialism, Imperialism, Decolonisation, War, Peace, Security, and Disarmament… Those issues have not been fully settled to the present day.

So, with the rise of Asia 70 years after Bandung, what are the possibilities to build the world anew? Change the world order? Global rebalancing? Global restructuring? In what way? With industrialisation? Infrastructure? Digitalisation? Development and extension of AI? Renewable energy? Green cities? Sustainable consumption? Global connectivity? Interregional cooperation with AES, ASEAN, AU, BRICS, CEEC, CELAC, EAC, NAM, SAARC, SCO, SADC…? How about the living conditions of peoples, of grass-root communities, of indigenous, ethnic and religious minorities, especially children and women? How about informalities: informal sectors, informal trade, informal business, informal housing, and informal towns? What role do they play in this global dynamics?

It is to discuss those such questions that the 9^th edition of the Rise of Asia Conference Series is organised. It encourages the participation of scholars from a wide range of scientific disciplines (area studies, cultural studies, ecology, economics, geography, built environment, architecture, urban studies, history, humanities, languages, management, political and social sciences, international relations…) and practitioners from diverse professional fields (business, civil society, education, enterprise, government, management, parliament, public policy, social and solidarity movements…) as well as artists and writers, based in diverse geographical areas (Africa, North, Central and South America, Australia, Asia, the Caribbean, Europe, Oceania, Pacific…).

Submission guidelines

The conference is open to individual and group paper presentations. Those willing to present their papers are invited to submit their abstracts

until November 30, 2024.

The notification of selected abstracts will be communicated to their authors progressively according to their availability from September 2024. The earlier the abstracts are submitted, the sooner the authors will get notified. Abstracts of approximately 200-300 words (excluding figures, tables, and references) and basic personal data of the authors are to be submitted online at: https://forms.gle/zmWFCzk2P1unChV96

The conference will be organised offline (physically) with possible online (virtual) participation following the circumstances. The programme will be based on offline (physical) participants on Paris time zone.

Financing

The organising committee does not provide a travel grant to any participant even in the case of the physical conference. The presenters and participants are supposed to find the necessary funds for their own participation (visa, international and national transport, accommodation).

Scientific Board

The Scientific Board is the driving force of the conference. Its main role is to empower the conference with credibility and authority in front of scientific communities and the public. Scientific Board members are volunteers. They do not receive salary or any other form of remuneration for their work.

• Laretna Trisnantari ADISHAKTI, Indonesia (Doctor, Architecture, Chair, UNESCO Chair in Heritage Cities Conservation and Management, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta).
• Diah Ariani ARIMBI, Indonesia (Doctor, Cultural Studies, Professor, Women’s and Gender Studies, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, Indonesia).
• Myrtati Dyah ARTARIA, Indonesia (Doctor, Biological Anthropology, Professor, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya).
• Annamaria ARTNER, Hungary (Doctor, Political Economy, Senior research fellow, Institute of World Economics, CERS, HUN-REN, Professor, Milton Friedman University, Budapest).
• Connie Rahakundini BAKRIE, Indonesia/Russia (Doctor, Defense and Security Studies, Professor, Department of World Politics, Faculty of International Relations St Petersburg State University, St Petersburg, Russia; The Smart Military University, Univ. Jendral Ahmad Yani, Jakarta, Indonesia).
• Alka BHARAT, India (Doctor, Dean & Professor, Dept. of Architecture & Planning, MANIT/Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Institute of National Importance, Bhopal).
• Beatriz BISSIO, Uruguay/Brazil (Doctor, History, Political Sciences, Professor, Institute of Philosophy and Social Sciences, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil).
• Monica BRUCKMANN, Peru/Brazil (Doctor, Professor, Sociology and Political Sciences, Latin American Studies, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil).
• Marzia CASOLARI, Italy (Doctor, History, Professor, Asian Studies, University of Turin).
• Gracjan CIMEK, Poland (Doctor, Political Science, International Relations, Professor, Polish Naval Academy, Poland).
• Bruno DRWESKI, Poland/France (Doctor, History and Political Sciences, Central and Eastern European Studies, Professor, INALCO National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilisations, Paris, France).
• Aicha EL ALAOUI, Morocco (Doctor, Political Economy, Expert, Professor, Faculty of Economics and Management, University Sultan My Slimane, Béni Mellal, President of Center's Dihia for Human Rights, Democracy and Development).
• Jani Purnawanty JASFIN, Indonesia (Master, International Trade Law, the Law of Treaty, Climate Change and SDGs Related Issues, Halal Market and Industry, Lecturer-Researcher, Faculty of Law Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya).
• Darwis KHUDORI, Indonesia/France (Doctor, Architecture, History, Professor, Oriental/Asian Studies, GRIC Research Group on Identities and Cultures, Faculty of International Affairs, Université Le Havre Normandie, France).
• Tsuyoshi KIDA, Japan (Doctor, Architecture and Linguistics, Professor, Faculty of Foreign Languages, Department of French, Dokyyo University, Tokyo).
• Soyoung KIM, South Korea (Doctor, Cinema Studies, Professor, Korea National University of Arts, Seoul, South Korea).
• Péter KLEMENSITS, Hungary (Doctor, Political Sciences, International Relations, Asian Studies, Lecturer-Researcher, EURASIA Center, John von Neumann University, Budapest).
• Dimitris KONSTANTAKOPOULOS, Greece (Diploma of Physics, D.E.A. on Information Processing, Journalist and Writer, Editor of Defend Democracy Press, member of the editorial board of Utopie Critique, Athens).
• Trikurnianti (Yanti) KUSUMANTO, The Netherlands (Master of Science, Sustainability & Social Learning, Researcher, Independent, Utrecht).
• LE Thi Hang Nga, Vietnam (Doctor, History, Politics, International Relations, Researcher, ISAWAAS / Institute for South Asian, West Asian and African Studies - VASS / Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences, Hanoi).
• Dragana MITROVIC, Serbia (Doctor, Political Economy, Founder and Director of the Institute for Asian Studies, Professor, Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Belgrade).
• Manoranjan MOHANTY, India (Doctor, Political Sciences, Chinese Studies, Distinguished Professor, Council for Social Development, New Delhi).
• Paolo MOTTA, Italy (Doctor, Architecture, Territorial Planning, Researcher, Member of EURISPES BRICS-LAB, Rome, Italy).
• Noël Magloire NDOBA, Congo Brazzaville/France (Économiste, Président du Centre International Joseph Ki-Zerbo pour l'Afrique et sa Diaspora, Paris, France).
• Jim NJOO, Canada/France (Doctor, Architecture, Associate Professor, Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Paris-La Villette).
• Ludmila OMMUNDSEN PESSOA, France & Brazil/France (Doctor, South African Studies, Professor, School of Literature, Languages and Social Sciences, University of Le Mans, France).
• OUYANG Xiangying, China (Doctor, Political Sciences, Russian Studies,  IWEP Institute of World Economics and Politics, CASS Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing).
• Laura-Anca PAREPA, Romania/Japan (Doctor, International Public Policy, Political Sciences, Security Studies, Associate Professor, Doshisha University, Kyoto).
• Dhananjay RAI, India (Doctor, Political Sciences, Assistant Professor, Centre for Gandhian Thought and Peace Studies, Central University of Gujarat, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India; and Visiting Fellow, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, Delhi, India).
• Magda REFAA, Egypt/France (Doctor, Philosophy, Researcher, University Paris 8).
• Marco RICCERI, Italy (Doctor, Political Sciences, Professor, Secretary general of Institute of Political, Economic and Social Studies EURISPES, Rome, Italy).
• Arnaud SERRY, France (Doctor, Geography, Associate Professor HDR, Université Le Havre Normandie, Le Havre).
• Marina SHILINA, Russia (Doctor Sc., Strategic Communication, Digital Transformation, Critical Data Studies, Professor, Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, Moscow).
• Diana Sfetlana STOICA, Romania/Hungary (Doctor, African Studies, Researcher, Department of Political Sciences, Associate Fellow Ubuntu Center for African Studies, West University of Timisoara).
• Emy SUSANTI, Indonesia (Sociology, Gender and Women's Studies, Professor, Social and Political Science, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, Indonesia).
• Hugues TERTRAIS, France (Doctor, History, Emeritus Professor of Contemporary Asian History, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne).
• Rityusha TIWARY, India (Doctor, Political Sciences, Chinese Studies, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Shaheed Bhagat Singh College, University of Delhi, Honorary Fellow, Institute of Chinese Studies New Delhi).
• Nisar UL HAQ, India (Doctor, Political Sciences, Professor, Jamia Milia Islamia University, Delhi).
• Ario Bimo UTOMO, Indonesia (Doctor, International Relations, Assistant Professor, Universitas Pembangunan Nasional, Surabaya).
• Elena VEDUTA, Russia (Doctor, Economics, Professor, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow).
• Siphamandla ZONDI, South Africa (Doctor, Politics and International Relations, Professor, University of Johannesburg).