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Pr&#233;sentationOrganis&#233; en partenariat avec l'Universit&#233; du Cap (Afrique su Sud) et le D&#233;partement des relations internationales de la London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), ce colloque international vise &#224; explorer comment les acteurs &#233;tatiques, sub-&#233;tatiques et non-&#233;tatiques africains s'adaptent au changement du/dans le syst&#232;me international. Favorisant largement des perspectives africaines, l'objectif est d&#8217;interroger, d&#8217;analyser et d'&#233;valuer les capacit&#233;s et les r&#233;pertoires d&#8217;action individuels et collectifs de m&#234;me que les modes op&#233;ratoires de ces acteurs &#224; des niveaux et &#233;chelles multiples afin d'aller au-del&#224; des id&#233;es pr&#233;-con&#231;ues sur le manque de capacit&#233;s d'action et de passivit&#233; des acteurs africains dans les relations internationales. &#192; travers le concept &#171;&#160;d&#8217;agence&#160;&#187; (agency), ce colloque analysera comment les acteurs africains s'approprient et participent &#224; produire le &#171;&#160;global&#160;&#187; et &#224; mieux s'ins&#233;rer dans l&#8217;espace mondial. Ce colloque est &#233;galement motiv&#233; par un besoin de partager les recherches en cours sur l&#8217;Afrique dans les relations internationales&#160;et de favoriser les &#233;changes entre&#160;universitaires et institutions africains et non-africains.Programme9h-10hKeynote speaker: African &#8220;Agency&#8221; in Global Politics: What Does It Entail?Prof. Funmi Olonisakin, Founding Director of the African Leadership Centre (King's College London/University of Nairobi)Discussant: Dr. Karen Smith, University of Cape Town (South Africa)10h &#8211; 11h30Panel 1: The role of identity and ideology in shaping africa&#8217;s position on the global stageChair : Prof. Fr&#233;d&#233;ric Ramel (CERI/Sciences Po)The Role of Berlin and Bandung in the Making of Global Africa, Prof. Oka Obono, University of Ibadan (Nigeria)Pan-Africanism and the African Union as a collective international actor, Prof. Tim Murithi, University of Free State (South Africa)11h30 &#8211; 13hPanel 2: Beyond the state: african substate actors as agents of changeChair: Dr. Folashade Soule-Kohndou, (CERI-Sciences Po)Translating Global Norms into Local Action: The Campaign against Gender-Based Violence in Africa, Dr. Peace Medie, Legon Centre for International Affairs and Diplomacy, University of Ghana, (Ghana)/ Global Leaders Fellow (Oxford-Princeton University)Local resilience in the fight against Boko Haram in Sokoto State, and Borno State in Nigeria, Akinola Olojo, Universit&#233; Paris Descartes/African Leadership Centre (King's College London/University of Nairobi).14h30-16hPanel 3: Who defines the rules? uncovering african agency in international rules-settingChair: Prof. Chris Alden, London School of Economics and Political Science (United Kingdom)Africa's New Authoritarians: International Assistance and Authoritarian Statebuilding in Contemporary Africa, Dr. Jonathan Fisher, University of Birmingham (United Kingdom)A Protracted Quandary of Liberal Peace and Political Islam in Sub-Saharan Africa: Recycling Failures in &#8216;Greater&#8217; Sudan, Prof. Atta El-Battahani, University of Khartoum (Sudan)16h-17h00Concluding remarks: Studying Africa and IR: the Potential of AgencyProf. William Brown, Politics and International Studies department, The Open University (United Kingdom)CoordinatorsDr. Folashad&#233; Soul&#233;-Kohndou, Research associate, CERI/Sciences Po/ Lecturer (Sciences Po)Mohamed Diatta, PhD candidate, CERI/Sciences PoDr. Karen Smith, Senior Lecturer, Department of Political Studies, University of Cape Town (UCT)Prof. Chris Alden, Associate Professor, Department of International Relations, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)