After Pax Americana – Decolonial and Local Perspectives

This conference on Oct 12, 2026, organized by Josef Mühlbauer & Ksenia Radchenkova in cooperation with the Lebanese American University,  I.F.A.N University in Senegal, Centre for Critical Peace Studies & Comsats University in Pakistan, builds on the earlier “Local Peace Formation” series at the University of Graz and the conference of the Center for Critical Peace Studies (Lahore). It aims to critically engage with the transformation of global order after the decline of Pax Americana. 

With this unique conference we try to connect scholars from the Global South such as Senegal, Philippines, China, Pakistan, Lebanon and UAE but also scholars form the “Global North” or “the West”, such as Austria & Japan.

Another feature of this conference is that we try to connect real-time students hubs in multiple countries, so that young scholars and students can interact with our experts.

Join live on Zoom (Oct 12, 2026, 12pm CET): https://uni-graz.zoom.us/j/67970044521?pwd=W9LZsH80R1pJlpgxiF4rrTbSy5cUXm.1

Or watch it on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@JosefMuehlbauerPeaceResearch 

For further questions: josef.muehlbauer(at)uni-graz.at

Following the conference, we plan to publish an anthology based on its central theme, After Pax Americana – Decolonial and Local Perspectives. Once the conference has concluded and we have finalized the editorial timeline further information will be distributed.