Participants
2nd International
African Congress
The Importance of Africa in Reshaping International Order
Toruń (Poland), February 19–21, 2025
Diplomats
| 1. | HE Taoufik Chebbi | Ambassador of the Republic of Tunisia in Poland |
| 2. | HE Dr. Mahmoud Khalifa | Ambassador of Palestine in Poland |
| 3. | HE Prof. Anastase Shyaka | Ambassador of the Republic of Rwanda in Poland |
| 4. | Saber Alhamsi | First secretary, advisor to the Ambassador at the Embassy of the Republic of Tunisia in Poland |
| 5. | HE Andrzej Braiter | Former Ambassador of Poland to Angola (1997-2002), Costa Rica (2005-2008) and Brazil (2013-2017) |
| 6. | HE Dr. Tomasz Łukaszuk | Former Ambassador of Poland to Indonesia and East Timor (2005-2010) and India, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal, Sri Lanka (2014-2017) |
| 7. | Marcin Krzyżanowski | Former Consul of Poland in Afghanistan |
| 8. | Przemysław Bańkowski | Honorary Consul of the Republic of Lithuania in Poland |
| 9. | Dr. Lotfi Mansour | Honorary Consul of the Republic of Tunisia in Poland |
| 10. | Maciej Wydrzyński | Honorary Consul of the Republic of Peru in Poland |
Honorary Guests
| 1. | Prof. Wawrzyniec Konarski | Rector of the Vistula University, Poland |
| 2. | Prof. Abdelwahed Mokni | Rector of the University of Sfax, Tunisia |
| 3. | Prof. Abderrahim Chenini | Vice-Rector for External Relations and Scientific Events at the University of Ghardaia, Algeria |
| 4. | Prof. Jolanta Itrich-Drabarek | President of the Political Sciences Committee, Polish Academy of Sciences |
| 5. | Prof. Petr Vorel | President of the Association of Historians of the Czech Republic |
| 6. | Dr. Karolina Wanda Olszowska | President of the Institute for Turkey Studies |
| 7. | Prof. Marek M. Dziekan | Vice-President of the Polish Oriental Society |
| 8. | Prof. Najiba Chkir Ben Jemaa | Dean of the Faculty of Letters and Humanities at the University of Sfax, Tunisia |
| 9. | Michał Korolko | CEO of Torun Regional Development Agency |
| 10. | Dr. Aleksander Olech | Head of International Cooperation at Defence24 |
Participants
| 1. |
Prof. Marek M. Dziekan (Łódź / Poland) |
Szajch Ma al-Ajnajn (1831-1910) – mauretański sufi i bojownik w historii i literaturze |
| 2. |
Prof. Petr Vorel (Pardubice / Czech Republic) |
Participation with a paper |
| 3. | Prof. Jerzy Sielski (Bielsko-Biała/ Poland) |
Participation with a paper |
| 4. | Prof. Yves Morin (Vesoul / France) |
Participation in a discussion |
| 5. | Michał Korolko (Toruń / Poland) |
Participation with a paper |
| 6. | Dr. Karolina Wanda Olszowska (Warsaw / Poland) |
Participation with a paper |
| 7. | Dr. Adam Marszałek (Toruń / Poland) |
Participation in a discussion |
| 8. | Michał Dahl, MA (Łódź / Poland) |
Participation in a discussion |
| 9. | Prof. Anna Zasuń (Częstochowa / Poland) |
Islam Czarnej Afryki jako forma synkretyzmu z tradycyjnymi wierzeniami |
| 10. | Prof. Danuta Plecka (Gdańsk / Poland) |
Participation in a discussion |
| 11. | Dr. Nagmeldin Karamalla-Gaiballa (Warsaw / Poland) |
Participation with a paper |
| 12. | Dr. Magdalena Kubarek (Warsaw / Poland) |
Participation with a paper |
| 13. | Prof. Joanna Marszałek-Kawa (Toruń / Poland) |
Participation with a paper |
| 14. | Dr. Marceli Burdelski (Warsaw / Poland) |
Participation with a paper |
| 15. | Zbigniew Krełowski, MA (Toruń / Poland) |
Participation with a paper |
| 16. | Prof. Valentyna Hodlevska (Gdańsk / Poland) |
Konsekwencje wojny rosyjsko-ukraińskiej dla krajów afrykańskich |
| 17. | Dr. Jamila Oueslati (Poznań / Poland) |
Participation with a paper |
| 18. | Katarzyna Urban (Kraków / Poland) |
Participation with a paper |
| 19. | Dr. Adrianna Czarnecka (Toruń / Poland) |
The impact of Turkiye's Foreign Policy in Africa |
| 20. | Prof. Przemysław Osiewicz (Poznań / Poland) |
Participation with a paper |
| 21. | Marcin Mieteń, MA (Warsaw / Poland) |
Participation with a paper |
| 22. | Dr. Klaudia Gołębiowska (Poznań / Poland) |
Participation with a paper |
| 23. | Dr. Lotfi Mansour (Toruń / Poland) |
Panel "The Role and Responsibilities of Honorary Consuls in the Era of Modern Socio-Economic Changes" |
| 24. | Maciej Wydrzyński, MA (Toruń / Poland) |
Panel "The Role and Responsibilities of Honorary Consuls in the Era of Modern Socio-Economic Changes" |
| 25. | Przemysław Bańkowski, MA (Toruń / Poland) |
Panel "The Role and Responsibilities of Honorary Consuls in the Era of Modern Socio-Economic Changes" |
| 26. | Radosław Komuda, MA (Toruń / Poland) |
Panel "The Role and Responsibilities of Honorary Consuls in the Era of Modern Socio-Economic Changes" |
| 27. | Iwona Nadolska-Bartosiak (Toruń / Poland) |
Participation in a discussion |
| 28. | Prof. Teresa Astramowicz-Leyk (Olsztyn / Poland) |
Webinarium "Afryka i jej współczesne problemy", moderatorka |
| 29. | Prof. Yaryna Turchyn (Lviv / Ukraine) |
Webinarium "Afryka i jej współczesne problemy" |
| 30. | Prof. Alla Atamanenko (Ostroh / Ukraine) |
Webinarium "Afryka i jej współczesne problemy" |
| 31. | Prof. Waldemar Tomaszewski (Olsztyn / Poland) |
Webinarium "Afryka i jej współczesne problemy" |
| 32. | Prof. Katarzyna Maciejewska-Mieszkowska (Olsztyn / Poland) |
Webinarium "Afryka i jej współczesne problemy" |
| 33. | Prof. Wojciech Kotowicz (Olsztyn / Poland) |
Webinarium "Afryka i jej współczesne problemy" |
| 34. | Prof. Tomasz Bojarewicz (Olsztyn / Poland) |
Webinarium "Afryka i jej współczesne problemy" |
| 35. | Prof. Wojciech Modzelewski (Olsztyn / Poland) |
Webinarium "Afryka i jej współczesne problemy" |
| 36. | Doc. Dr. Olha Ivasechko (Lviv / Ukraine) |
Webinarium "Afryka i jej współczesne problemy" |
| 37. | Dr. Oleksandra Struk (Olsztyn / Poland) |
Webinarium "Afryka i jej współczesne problemy" |
| 38. | Dr. Marcin Kowalczyk (Olsztyn / Poland) |
Webinarium "Afryka i jej współczesne problemy" |
| 39. | Dr. Oleh Golovko (Odesa / Ukraine) |
Webinarium "Afryka i jej współczesne problemy" |
| 40. | Przemysław Kuczkowski, MA (Bydgoszcz / Poland) |
Webinarium "Afryka i jej współczesne problemy" |
| 41. | Anastasiia Liashchova, MA (Odesa / Ukraine) |
Webinarium "Afryka i jej współczesne problemy" |
| 42. | Szymon Ostrowski, MA (Toruń / Poland) |
Webinarium "Afryka i jej współczesne problemy" |
| 43. | Michał Dahl, MA (Łódź / Poland) |
Webinarium "Afryka i jej współczesne problemy" |
| 44. | Katarzyna Woźniak, MA (Gniezno / Poland) |
Sudan - towards Democracy |
| 45. | Prof. Jacek Knopek (Koszalin / Poland) |
Afryka w polskiej polityce zagranicznej okresu międzywojennego |
| 46. | Prof. Abderrahim Chenini (Ghardaia / Algeria) |
Participation with a paper |
| 47. | Prof. Bara NDiaye (Olsztyn / Poland) |
Participation with a paper |
| 48. | Aya Ghazel, BA (Sousse / Tunisia) |
Participation in a discussion |
| 49. | Mouna Chahed, MA (Sousse / Tunisia) |
Participation in a discussion |
| 50. | Dr. Dawid Stelmach (Poznań / Poland) |
Rwandan model of Reconciliation on 25th years after the Genocide- presentation of pioneering research on Rwandans' reception of Reconciliation |
| 51. | Intissar Chaabani, MA (Ariana / Tunisia) |
Participation in a discussion |
| 52. | Mohamed Chebbi (Tunis / Tunisia) |
Concert and workshop "Research on traditional Tunisian music" |
| 53. | Moaetaz Aouinti (Tunis / Tunisia) |
Concert and workshop "Research on traditional Tunisian music" |
| 54. | Nidhal Yahyaoui (Tunis / Tunisia) |
Concert and workshop "Research on traditional Tunisian music" |
| 55. | Dr. Badria Safir (Tlemcen / Algeria) |
Participation with a paper |
| 56. | Prof. Abdelwahed Mokni (Sfax / Tunisia) |
Participation with a paper |
| 57. | Dr. Tomasz Sińczak (Bydgoszcz / Poland) |
Rywalizacja rzymsko-irańska w regionie Morza Czerwonego w między III a V stuleciem |
| 58. | Prof. Geoffrey Nwaka (Uturu / Nigeria) |
Panel "Towards Decolonizing African History and Visions of Development", moderator |
| 59. | Prof. Mohammed Seghir Nili (El Oued / Algeria) |
Participation with a paper |
| 60. | Dr. Hammouda Salhi (Tunis / Tunisia) |
Participation with a paper |
| 61. | Dr. Maciej Szatkowski (Toruń / Poland) |
Participation in a discussion |
| 62. | Dr. Dhaker Sila (Gafsa / Tunisia) |
Panel "The date palm in Tunisia: Culture, Heritage and production" Paper title: "The date palm in the Djerid oases from the Middle Ages to the colonial era: Varieties, irrigation and cultural aspects" |
| 63. | Dr. Mourad Chetoui (Tunis / Tunisia) |
Panel "The date palm in Tunisia: Culture, Heritage and production" Paper title: "The spread of palm culture in the Jérid region in ancient and medieval eras (south-west of Tunisia)" |
| 64. | Dr. Yacine Barrani (Sfax / Tunisia) |
Panel "The date palm in Tunisia: Culture, Heritage and production" Paper title: "Oasis landscape analysis and mapping" |
| 65. | Dr. Kadri Karim (Degache / Tunisia) |
Panel "The date palm in Tunisia: Culture, Heritage and production" Paper title: "Resilience of the oasis system in Tunisia faced with climate change", moderator |
| 66. | Dr. Ahmed Othmani (Degache / Tunisia) |
Panel "The date palm in Tunisia: Culture, Heritage and production" Paper title: "In vitro tissue culture effective method for date palm genetic resource conservation" |
| 67. | Dr. Jemni Monia (Degache / Tunisia) |
Panel "The date palm in Tunisia: Culture, Heritage and production" Paper title: "Impact of the valorization of dates on women" |
| 68. | Dr. Jamila Oueslati (Poznań / Poland) |
Panel "The date palm in Tunisia: Culture, Heritage and production" Paper title: "The image of palm in Tunisian folk literature: poetry and songs as example" |
| 69. | Prof. Maciej Szczurowski (Gdańsk / Poland) |
Participation with a paper |
| 70. | Edip Senyurek, MA (Warsaw / Poland) |
Challenges for African Students in Poland |
| 71. | Isaac Antwi-Boasiako, MA (Dublin / Ireland) |
Stakeholders of African Public Diplomacy: The Story of Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) |
| 72. | Prof. Renata Podgórzańska (Szczecin / Poland) |
Participation in a discussion |
| 73. | Dr. Aleksander Olech (Warsaw / Poland) |
Participation with a paper |
| 74. | Ismail Hamed Ismail Ali (Minneapolis / USA) |
Mysterious Land of Azania on East African Coast in Greek and Latin Sources |
| 75. | Marcin Krzyżanowski, MA (Kraków / Poland) |
Participation with a paper |
| 76. | Philip Fwaldin Kasuwa (Lublin / Poland) |
The influence of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict on the food security in Africa |
| 77. | Dr. Aleksandra Spancerska (Warsaw / Poland) |
Participation with a paper |
| 78. | Leyla Büyükbayrak, MA (Wrocław / Poland) |
Participation in a discussion |
| 79. | Edip Senyurek, MA (Warsaw / Poland) |
Panel "Sustainability idea in African realities"; moderator |
| 80. | Yassin Rauna (Dodoma / Tanzania) (Warsaw / Poland) |
Panel "Sustainability idea in African realities" |
| 81. | Ajibola Oshikoya (Abuja / Nigeria) (Warsaw / Poland) |
Panel "Sustainability idea in African realities" |
| 82. | Mahamadou Toure (Bamako / Mali) (Warsaw / Poland) |
Panel "Sustainability idea in African realities" |
| 83. | Shanaid Pillay (Harare / Zimbabwe) (Warsaw / Poland) |
Panel "Sustainability idea in African realities" |
| 84. | Elias Belachew (Addis Ababa / Ethiopia) (Warsaw / Poland) |
Panel "Sustainability idea in African realities" |
| 85. | HE Dr. Mahmoud Khalifa (Warsaw / Poland) |
Participation in a discussion |
| 86. | HE Dr. Tomasz Łukaszuk (Warsaw / Poland) |
Participation in a discussion |
| 87. | Prof. Jolanta Itrich-Drabarek (Warsaw / Poland) |
Participation in a discussion |
| 88. | Dr. Wioleta Gierszewska (Gdańsk / Poland) |
Wybory prezydenckie w Rwandzie jako forma rytuału politycznego |
| 89. | Col. dr. Andrzej Adamowicz (Warsaw / Poland) |
Participation with a paper |
| 90. | Dr. Nino Ejibadze (Tbilisi / Georgia) |
Panel "Arabic literature in Africa - African literature in Arabic" |
| 91. | Marcin Mieteń, MA (Warsaw / Poland) |
Panel "Arabic literature in Africa - African literature in Arabic" |
| 92. | Dr. Kamil Pietrasik (Łódź / Poland) |
Participation with a paper |
| 93. | Prof. Wawrzyniec Konarski (Warsaw / Poland) |
Participation in a discussion |
| 94. | Prof. Sabina Grabowska (Rzeszów / Poland) |
Participation in a discussion |
| 95. | Prof. Radosław Grabowski (Rzeszów / Poland) |
Participation in a discussion |
| 96. | Robert Ainebyona, MA (Lublin / Poland) |
Assessing the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AFCFTA) and its Potential Impact on Economic integration and Development of Africa: a Case for Uganda |
| 97. | Dr. Ewa Kołodziejska (Toruń / Poland) |
Participation in a discussion |
| 98. | Maciej Pietrusiński, MA (Toruń / Poland) |
Participation with a paper |
| 99. | Prof. Ilias Tasopoulos (Tripoli / Greece) |
Participation with a paper |
| 100. | Prof. Andrzej Braiter (Warsaw / Poland) |
Participation with a paper |
| 101. | Alaksandar Mitrović (Belgrade / Serbia) (Toruń / Poland) |
Participation in a discussion |
| 102. | Prof. Moses Etila Shaibu (Abuja / Nigeria) |
Participation in a discussion |
| 103 | Dr. Zuzanna Sielska (Częstochowa / Poland) |
Participation with a paper |
| 104. | Elżbieta Wielgosz (Świdwin / Poland) |
Participation in a discussion |
| 105. | Dr. Katia Holovko (Odesa / Ukraine) |
Participation in a discussion |
| 106. | Paweł Burdelski (Beijing / China) |
Participation in a discussion |
| 107. | Janusz Wielgosz (Świdwin / Poland) |
Participation in a discussion |
| 108. | Dr. Daniel Kawa (Toruń / Poland) |
Participation in a discussion |
| 109. | Dr. Samir Abdelaal (Cairo / Egypt) |
Panel "Arabic literature in Africa - African literature in Arabic" Paper title: "Family and Autobiography in Modern Arabic Literature" |
| 110. | Bushra Hashem, MA (Oslo / Norway) |
Panel "Arabic literature in Africa - African literature in Arabic" Paper title: "Exploring African Representations in Contemporary Arabic Literature: Maimūna and Celestial Bodies" |
| 111. | Prof. Maria Elena Paniconi (Macerata / Italy) |
Panel "Arabic literature in Africa - African literature in Arabic" Paper title: "Forced migration and/as environmental narratives in two arabophone novels by Eritrean writers" |
| 112. | Prof. František Ondráš (Prague / Czechia) |
Panel "Arabic literature in Africa - African literature in Arabic" Paper title: "The mystical and historical imagination in The Longing of the Dervish by Sudanese writer, Hammour Ziada" |
| 113. | Prof. Najiba Chkir Ben Jemaa (Sfax / Tunisia) |
Webinar "The Concept of Body and Soul in Eastern Philosophy and Culture" Paper title: "Body self perception through natrual environment perspective" |
| 114. | Dr. Trichili Nizar (Sfax / Tunisia) |
Webinar "The Concept of Body and Soul in Eastern Philosophy and Culture" Paper title: "The symbolism of bread and the body in artistic paintings" |
| 115. | Prof. Mohamed Ibn Mohamed Kharrat (Sfax / Tunisia) |
Webinar "The Concept of Body and Soul in Eastern Philosophy and Culture", moderator Paper title: "The concept of Eastern body" |
| 116. | Dr. Bassem Makki (Sfax / Tunisia) |
Webinar "The Concept of Body and Soul in Eastern Philosophy and Culture" Paper title: "Purity and impurity in Islamic Thought: an anthropological approach" |
| 117. | Dr. Souissi Saber (Sfax / Tunisia) |
Webinar "The Concept of Body and Soul in Eastern Philosophy and Culture" Paper title: "The body in Eastern representation" NIE Nude body, clothed body in the Sufi experience" |
| 118. | Dr. Jamila Oueslati (Poznań / Poland) |
Webinar "The Concept of Body and Soul in Eastern Philosophy and Culture" Paper title: "Body language and verbal/ nonverbal communication in Arabic culture: cross-cultural study of selected examples" |
| 119. | Prof. Hadj Mahammed Yahia (Ghardaia / Algeria) |
Panel "Arabic and African Contemporary War Literature", moderator Paper title: "Moufdi Zakaria: Poet of Algerian Revolution" |
| 120. | Prof. Sana Al Barouni (Amman / Jordan) |
Panel "Arabic and African Contemporary War Literature" Paper title: "Abdelaziz Thâalbi: Tunisian political leader" |
| 121. | Prof. Sana Ilahi Haj Salem ( Amman / Jordan) |
Panel "Arabic and African Contemporary War Literature" Paper title: "Tunisian Nationalism: Forgotten women political activists" |
| 122. |
Prof. Nadia Mgadmi |
Panel "Arabic and African Contemporary War Literature" Paper title: "Libyan Political Poetry: Ahmad Rafiq Al-mahdawi as an example" |
| 123. | Prof. Zahra Oshen (Tripoli / Libya) |
Panel "Arabic and African Contemporary War Literature" Paper title: "The concept of survival in Libyan poetry: Soulaimen al-Baruni as an example" |
| 124. | Prof. Nouhi El Ouafi (Rabat / Marocco) |
Panel "Arabic and African Contemporary War Literature" Paper title: "Amazigh poetry and the struggle against French and Spanish colonization" |
| 125. | Prof. Mohamed Mahmoud (Rabat / Marocco |
Panel "Arabic and African Contemporary War Literature" Paper title: "The concept of freedom in Mauritanian literature" |
| 126. | Prof. Guerfel Najet (Gabes / Tunisia) |
Panel "Arabic and African Contemporary War Literature" Paper title: "Views of Tunisian Nationalism in Colonial Literature: Abdelaziz Thâalbi as an example" |
| 127. | Prof. Zakareya Ragab Mahmoud Abdelmaguid (Cairo / Egypt) |
Participation with a paper |
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