Monday, 12 October 2026

After Pax Americana – Decolonial and Local Perspectives

This conference (Oct 12, 2026) invites a collective moment of reflection to sense and make sense of a world in profound transformation. The erosion of the so-called “rules-based international order” and the decline of Pax Americana are increasingly visible in ongoing wars, occupations, genocides, and mass displacement crises from Sudan, Gaza, and Ukraine to Lebanon and beyond, as well as in the resurgence of authoritarian and exclusionary political formations, including new forms of technologically mediated governance.

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 (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@uni-graz.at

 

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