XVIII ALADAA International Congress: Asia and Africa and their contemporary challenges in the globalized world
Congress details
The Latin American Association of Asian and African Studies (ALADAA) Costa Rica Chapter
XVIII International Congress of ALADAA
University of Costa Rica and Universidad Latina
San José, Costa Rica
20 and 24 November 2023
Asia and Africa and their contemporary challenges in the globalized world
Between November 20 and November 24, 2023 the 18th International Congress of the Latin American Association of Asia and Africa Studies took place in San Jose, Costa Rica. Over two days, more than 200 academics from 27 countries gathered to present their research and discuss the state of Asia and Africa studies on our continent.
Below are photos taken in San Jose, on the occasion of the XVIII congress of ALADAA in Costa Rica. The first is a group picture which features most of the representatives of the 13 Chapters of ALADAA.
Dr. José Antonio Cervera (unfortunately cut in half), Director of the Center for Asian and African Studies at El Colegio de México
Manuel Ato-Carrea, President of ALADAA Peru
Myirna Rodriguez, Mexican Representative to the Council (originally from Cuba)
Pio García, Former Head of Asia and Africa Office at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Colombia. Current representative to the ALADAA Council.
Martha Loaiza Becerra, Former President of ALADAA Mexico. Mexican Representative to the Council.
Lía de la Vega, Past Past ALADAA Secretary General, Argentina.
Ousmane Sène, Director of the West African Research Center, Dakar, Senegal.
Krisna Uk, AAS, Director of Special Initiatives.
Dimitar Gueorguiev, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Director of Chinese Studies, Syracuse University.
Jerónimo Delgado Caicedo, Past ALADAA Secretary General, Colombia.
Megumi Terui, Treasurer ALADAA Mexico
Vladimir Quisiyupanqui, Peru Representative to the Council.
José Salazar, President of ALADAA, Ecuador.
Andrés Raggio, ALADAA Secretary General.
Hilary Finchum-Sung, AAS Executive Director
Kamran Asdar Ali, AAS Past President.
Krisna Uk. AAS Director of Special Initiatives.
Ofelia Jannette Ramírez Aramburo, Media Manager, Center for Asian and African Studies at El Colegio de México.
Dr. José Antonio Cervera, Director of the Center for Asian and African Studies at El Colegio de México.
Matías Chappe Ippolito, Professor Japanese Literature, Center for Asian and African Studies at El Colegio de México.
From left to right:
Jerónimo Delgado Caicedo, Past ALADAA Secretary General, Colombia, and
Andrés Raggio, current ALADAA Secretary General , Uruguay (right).
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