CONFERENCE ON 'CONTEMPORARY AFRICA'

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August 9, 1954
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Approved For Release 2009/04/07: CIA-RDP61-00017AO00300010004-8 Thursday, August 12 IV. RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE AFRICAN DEPENDENCIES 9:15 a. "The Gold Coast and Nigeria on the Road to Self-Govern- ment" Speaker: KOFI A. BUSIA University College of the Gold Coast 9:45 a.m. Discussion Leader: HAROLD COOPER Former Public Relations Officer of the Nigerian Government 10:45 a.m. b. "French Africa and the French Union" Speaker: KENNETH ROBINSON Nuffield College, Oxford University 11:15 a.m. Discussion Leader: RAYFORD W. LOGAN "Recent I Howard University 2:15 p.m. c. Developments in Belgian Africa" Chairman: JEAN COMHAIRE Seton Hall University Speaker: GUY MALENGRAU Director, Colonial Institute, University of Louvain 2:45 p.m. Discussion Leader: WILLIAM UGEUX Editor, La Cite Quotidien 3:45 p.m. d. "The Impact of the United Nations on Africa" Chairman: FRANCES P. BOLTON Member of Congress Speaker: VERNON McKAY School of Advanced Inter- national Studies 4:15 p.m. Discussion Leader: SHERMAN S. HAYDEN Clark University Friday, August 13 V. THE ECONOMIC STATUS AND FUTURE POSSIBILITIES OF AFRICA 9:15 a.m. a. "Africa's Economic Potenti- alities" Speaker: PETER ADY St. Anne's College, Oxford University 9:45 a.m. Discussion Leader: KARL J. PELZER Yale University 10:45 a.m. b. "Colonial Development and Welfare Programs" Speaker: A. CAMPBELL Colonial Attache, Embassy of Great Britain 11:15 a.m. Discussion Leader: PAUL HENRY Secretary General, Commis- sion for Technical Coopera- tion in Africa South of the Sahara, London 2:15 p.m. C. "U. S. Technical and Eco- nomic Assistance to Africa" Speaker: WILLIAM E. MORAN, JR. Chief, Africa Division, For- eign Operations Adminis- tration 2:45 p.m. Discussion Leader: DAVID L. GORDON International Bank for Re- construction and Develop- ment 3:45 p.m. d. "Private Enterprise in Af- rica" Chairman: W. CLIFFORD SHIELDS Vice President, Farrell Lines, Inc. Speaker: BERNARD BLANKENHEIMER Chief, African Section, Near Eastern and African Divi- sion, Department of Com- merce Friday, August 13 4:15 p.m. (continued) Discussion Panel: LANSDELL K. CHRISTIE The Liberia Mining 'Co., Ltd. F. S. COOPER Member, Foreign Trade Committee in charge of West African Affairs, So- cony-Vacuum Oil Co., Inc. HAROLD K. HOCHSCHILD Chairman of the Board, The American Metal Company, Ltd. 8:00 P.M. Banquet VI. "THE UNITED STATES AND AFRICA" Chairman: RALPH J. BUNCHE Director, Department of Trusteeship, United Nations Speaker: THE HONORABLE HENRY A. BYROADE Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern, South Asian and African Affairs ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF THE SCHOOL OF ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FRANCES P. BOLTON WILLIAM A. M. BURDEN EDWARD B. BURLING JOSEPH C. GREW CHRISTIAN A. HERTER GEORGE C. KEISER WILLIAM MCC. MARTIN, JR. ELSA W. MASON JOHN J. MCCLOY GEORGE C. McGHEE SAMUEL W. MEEK PAUL H. NITZE LOWELL J. REED WINFIELD W. RIEFLER . C. SCHMEISSER, JR. LEWIS L. STRAUSS PHILIP W. THAYER PHILIP H. WATTS CONFERENCE ON 0 z cmmporary f 0 e-,~b W% 9 9 rXa Jhe C,ontinenfaf loom SHERATON PARK HOTEL (Formerly the Wardman Park) WASHINGTON, D. C. - . AUG. 9-13, 1954 SCHOOL OF ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL STUDIES OF THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY Approved For Release 2009/04/07: CIA-RDP61-00017AO00300010004-8 Approved For Release 2009/04/07: CIA-RDP61-00017AO00300010004-8 ANNOUNCEMENTS The Conference on "Contemporary Africa" is being sponsored by the School of Advanced International Studies of The Johns Hopkins Uni- versity. C. Grove Haines, Professor of Diplomatic History in the School of Advanced International Studies, will be General Chairman of the Con- ference and will be Editor of the Proceedings which will be published by the Johns Hopkins Press. Attendance at the Conference is by invitation only, and participants will be required to wear the name lapel-cards, provided at the Registra- tion desk, for admission to all sessions. All participants at the Conference are cor- dially invited to the School of Advanced Inter- national Studies Reception, on Monday at 5:00 p.m., to be held in the Burgundy Room of the Sheraton Park Hotel, and to the Special Banquet Session in the Continental Room at 8:00 o'clock on the final evening of the Conference. REGISTRATION Monday, August 9th - 9:00-10:00 a.m. A Registration desk will be maintained throughout the Conference week in the Main Lobby. GRAM PRO Wednesday, August 11 10 Monday, August 9 Tuesday, August II. THE HERITAGE OF AFRICA Ill. ELEMENTS OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL UPHEAVAL 9:00 a.m. Registration 9:15 a.m. a. "Native Cultural and Social a. "Geography of Sub-Saharan 10:30 a.m. Introductory Remarks J. DOUGLAS COLMAN Vice-President of The Johns Hopkins University Patterns" Speaker: ELIZABETH COLSON Goucher College Race Relations" Speaker: EDWIN S. MUNGER American Universities Field 45 9 Discussion Leader: Service 1. THE POSITION OF AFRICA IN WORLD AFFAIRS a.m. : ROBERT A. LYSTAD Tulane University 9:45 a.m. Discussion Leader: WILLIAM 0. BROWN 10:45 a.m. a. "Africa and the West" Speaker: SIR PHILIP EUEN MITCHELL, G. C. M. G., M. C. Former Governor of Kenya 10:45 a.m. b. "The Role of Christianity and Islam Speaker: GEORGE W. CARPENTER Executive Secretary, Africa Committee, Division of For- eign Missions, National 10:45 a.m. Director, African Research and Studies Program, Bos- ton University b. "Fears and Pressures in the Union of South Africa" Speaker: CORNELIUS W. DE KIEWIET 11:15 a.m. Discussion Leader: DAVID EDWARD OWEN Harvard University Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America President, University of Rochester 2:15 p.m. b. "The African Cultural Back- ground in the Modern Scene" Speaker: MELVILLE J. HERSKOVITS Program of African Studies, Northwestern University 11:15 a.m. Discussion Leader: GLORA M. WYSNER International Missionary Council c. "The Heritage of Colonial- ism" Speaker: . H. A. WIESCHHOFF Chief, Research Section, 11:15 a.m. Discussion Leader: ARTHUR KEPPEL-JONES University of Natal c. "The Emergence of African Political Parties" Speaker: JAMES S. COLEMAN University of California at Los Angeles 2:45 p.m. Discussion Leader: PARSONS ROBERT T Division of Trusteeship, United Nations 2:45 p.m. Discussion Leader: NORMAN STEVEN-HUBBARD t i . Dean, The Kennedy School of Missions, The Hartford Seminary Foundation 2:45 p.m. Discussion Leader: HORACE MANN BOND President, Lincoln Univer- sity , s Former Area Special United Nations Secretariat, and Former Director of Technical Training, East Africa High Commission m 45 3 C. "Africa's Strategic Signifi- d. "Western Culture in Africa t Threat in i C h " . p. : cance" 3:45 p.m. and Its Effect Upon the African" 3:45 p.m. s ommun e T d. Africa" Speaker: ADMIRAL RICHARD L. CONOLLY President, Long Island Uni- versity 4:15 p.m. Discussion Leader: PAUL H. NITZE President, Foreign Service Educational Foundation; Former Director, Policy Planning Staff, Department of State Chairman: RUTH C. SLOAN Executive Director, Ruth Sloan Associates, Inc. Speaker: LORENZO D. TURNER Roosevelt College 4:15 p.m. Discussion Leader: FRANKLIN FRAZIER Howard University Speaker: MAX YERGAN Specialist on African Af- f airs 4:15 p.m. Discussion Leader: ROBERT D. BAUM Acting Chief, African Branch, Division of Re- search for Near East, South Asia and Africa, Depart- ment of State Approved For Release 2009/04/07: CIA-RDP61-00017AO00300010004-8