DAY ONE 27 TH MAY 2017

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1 International Conference The Clash between Modern and Traditional Values in Africa: African Values in the Contemporary World May 27 28, 2017 Catholic University of Eastern Africa (CUEA) in Collaboration with The Council for Research in Values and Philosophy (RVP) DAY ONE 27 TH MAY 2017 TIME EVENT FACILITATOR 8.30AM Arrival and Registration Ushers 9.00am Opening Session Opening Prayer and Reflection by Rev. Dr. Pius Male, DVC, AFP CUEA Welcome Remarks by Dr. Maurice Ajwang Owuor, Dean of Faculty of Law Reflections by Prof. Sagary Kaku, DVC, Acad & Research CUEA The Keynote Speech by Prof. Justus Mbae, VC, CUEA Moderator

2 Vision, Mission, Objectives and Activities of the RVP by Prof. Hu Yeping, Executive Director, Washington DC am The Clash Between Modern and Traditional Values in the Developing World by Archbishop Thomas Menamparampil am HEALTH BREAK 11:00 am Session I. Family Values and African Traditions 1. The Impact of Post Colonialism Practices on Rebuilding African Family Values by Sr. Deo Katundano, Centre for Social Justice and Ethics, CUEA 2. Rebuilding African Family Values based on Transformational Leadership by Radoslaw Malionowski, Tangaza University College 3. Fostering Family Values: Rethinking the Foundational Role of African Literature by Dr. Selline Oketch, Department of Languages, Literature and Communication, CUEA 4. The Impact of Colonialism Practices on African Family Values: The Role of Family Values in Peacebuilding by Joseph Okumu, Centre for Social Justice and Ethics, CUEA 5. Hospitality in the Family as a Cultural and Biblical value with special reference to East Africa by Caroline Nkoberanyi, St Augustines University, Tanzania 1:00 pm LUNCH

3 2.00pm Session II. Values Conflicts and Human Wisdom 1. World Complexity, Value, conflict and human wisdoms in the global time by Ouyang, Kang Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hunbei, PR China 2. Tradition and Novelty in a Globalised Culture: The Role of Spirituality by Dan Chitoiu Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Romania 3. Effectiveness of Refugee Integration Mechanism on Peaceful Co-Existence in Kiriandongo Settlement in Kiriandongo District, Uganda by Nambuya Sharon Sylvia, Center for Social 4. Conceptualization as an International Perception of Human Trafficking: The Case of East Africa by Radoslaw Malinowski, Tangaza College 5. Concepts of Values in Relation to Conflict Prevention, Resolution, Management, and Promotion in the Africa-West Encounter Context by Prof. E. Beyaraza, Faculty of Law, CUEA 4.00 pm HEALTH BREAK 4.30 pm Session III. Case Studies on Value Conflicts 1. Burundi Beyond an Ethnic Conflict by Steven Kezamutima, Center for the Study of Social

4 2. Social Cohesion: The Soft Underbelly of Peacebuilding in Kenya By Gorret Muthoni Wanyoike, Center for the Study of Social 3. The Importance of Education in the Implementation of Social Justice in the DRC By Mathias Kaleke Sadiki, Center for the Study of Social 4. Effective Resettlement of International Displaced Persons and Peacebuilding: Case Study of Uasin Gishu County, Kenya by Katah Ian Kiprotich, Center for the Study of Social DAY TWO 28 TH MAY 9.00 am Session III. Human Values and Responsibility 1. The Role of Parenting in Addressing Social Behavioural Risks among Adolescents, What Africa can learn from the West by Jane Wathuta, Strathmore University 2. Personal Responsibility: A Chinese Perspective by Dr. Hu Yeping, CUA 3. Justice for the Elderly: Reconstruction of the place of Old People in Africa within globalised Culture by G. Ojwang Ochieng, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Kenyatta University 4. African Humanism as a tool of combatting Environmental Crisis in Africa

5 by Raphael Mbendera, Philosophy Department, CUEA 5. Caritas -- The Ultimate Human Value By Peter Zhang, Beijing, China pm LUNCH 2.00 Session III. Philosophical Reflections on African Reality 1. Philosophical Quest for Justice and Fairness and its Relevance in Kenya by Moses Ayieko Ntabo, Department of 2. The Role of Ubuntu Philosophy in Addressing Tribalism in Africa by Antony Okumu, Department of Philosophy, CUEA 3. The Kipsigis Concept of Death by Peter Mburu Njoroge, Department of 4. The Role of the Quest in Metaphysics: Ideas from Emerich Coreth by Nafula Fredrick Wanjala, Department of 3.30 pm Closing Session Concluding Remarks by Dr. Hu Yeping, RVP by Prof. Justus Mbae, CUEA by Archbishop Thomas Menamparampil