International Conference & Merian Family Meeting
International Conference:
Re-thinking Peace and Conflict Studies in a Postcolonial World
10–11 October 2025
&
Merian Family Meeting:
Knowledge Diplomacy and South–South–North Cooperation: Revitalizing Bandung for the 21st Century in the Merian Centres Network
12–13 October 2025 /
From 9 to 14 October 2025, the Merian Centre for Advanced Studies in the Maghreb (MECAM) will host both events, which are funded by the German Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR).
The first two days, 10–11 October, will feature the international conference “Re-thinking Peace and Conflict Studies in a Postcolonial World”, the concluding event of the Postcolonial Hierarchies in Peace and Conflict network, co-organized and hosted by MECAM. This event will bring together network researchers, partner institutions, and local scholars to explore postcolonial dynamics of violence, security governance, and transformative justice.
From 12–13 October, MECAM will host the Knowledge Diplomacy and South–South–North Cooperation: Revitalizing Bandung for the 21st Century program. For the first time in Tunisia, the five Merian Centres from around the world will gather to exchange ideas, share research, and co-create the future of our centres’ knowledge production.Inspired by the historic 1955 Bandung Conference, this event will explore how the Merian Centres can:
- Position the Global South as a central co-producer of knowledge
- Promote epistemic decolonization and elevate local and multilingual knowledge systems
- Foster equitable, sustainable, and reciprocal scientific partnerships
The Five Merian Centres:
- MECAM (Tunis, Tunisia): Imagining Futures, Dealing with Disparity
- ICAS:MP (Delhi, India): Metamorphoses of the Political
- CALAS (Guadalajara, Mexico): Coping with Crises: Transdisciplinary Perspectives from Latin America
- Mecila (São Paulo, Brazil): Conviviality and Inequality in Latin America
- MIASA (Accra, Ghana): Sustainable Governance, Environment, Democracy, and Conflict Management
Venue : Hotel Carlton Tunis, 31 Ave Habib Bourguiba, Tunis 1000
Full Program : Link