<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration: none; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);" class=""><div class=""><div class="WordSection1"><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class="">Dear friends and colleagues,</span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class=""> </span></p><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class="">Could I ask you to circulate this link to our conference website on ‘The quest for economic and monetary sovereignty in 21<sup class="">st</sup> century Africa’ and the connected call for papers as widely as possible among your colleagues and students and on potential email lists? This is very much of a specialist topic but of crucial academic and political relevance, we think. We would be very grateful for your help in bringing this to everyone who might be interested!</span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class=""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class=""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 11.25pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center; orphans: 2; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><b class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class="">The Quest for Economic and Monetary Sovereignty in 21st Century Africa</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class=""></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 15pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center; orphans: 2; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class="">Lessons to be learnt and ways forward<br class="">7 - 8 - 9 November 2019, Tunis</span></p><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center; orphans: 2; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class=""><a href="http://monetarysovereigntyafrica.org/index/web/Event/?fbclid=IwAR3UkK-cqS-qasV3879Pgx5Ij1zUXxhlTj_UzIoQgdgcwcqYnYMFRzk8bJg" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="">http://monetarysovereigntyafrica.org/index/web/Event/?fbclid=IwAR3UkK-cqS-qasV3879Pgx5Ij1zUXxhlTj_UzIoQgdgcwcqYnYMFRzk8bJg</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class=""></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center; orphans: 2; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class=""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center; orphans: 2; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class=""> </span></p><h2 style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 18pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; orphans: 2; widows: 2; overflow: hidden; text-transform: capitalize; word-spacing: 0px;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);" class="">Keynote Speakers:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-weight: normal;" class="">Silvia Federici, Heiner Flassbeck, Daniela Gabor, Fadhel Kaboub, Jan Kregel, Kai Koddenbrock, Cedric Achille Mbeng Mezui, Prabhat Patnaik, Jerome Roos, Ndongo Samba Sylla, Adam Tooze, Chibuike Uche, Sara Salem </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);" class=""></span></h2><p style="margin: 0px 0cm 7.5pt;" class=""><b class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);" class="">Contributors</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>are invited to submit a proposal in the form of an abstract (in English or in French) not exceeding <strong class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">500 words</span></strong> no later than <strong class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">12th of June 2019</span></strong> to the following e-mail address:</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);" class=""> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);" class=""><a href="mailto:monetarysovereigntyafrica@gmail.com" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">monetarysovereigntyafrica@gmail.com</a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class=""></span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0cm 7.5pt; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);" class="">Proposals will be reviewed by the Organizing Committee. The selected contributors will be informed by <strong class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">10th of July 2019</span></strong> and will be invited to write their contributions of no more than <strong class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">7,000 words</span></strong> by <strong class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">31 October 2019</span></strong> at the latest.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class=""></span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0cm 7.5pt; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);" class="">The travel expenses – flight ticket, internal transport, accommodation and catering – of the selected contributors will be borne by the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation. The outcomes of the conference will be disseminated in two formats. First, short videos of the presentations will be edited and posted on YouTube. Second, in terms of scholarly output, we plan to edit and publish later on all the presentations in the form of an edited book.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class=""></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class=""> </span></p><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class="">Best wishes from Cologne,</span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class="">Kai</span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class=""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class=""> </span></p><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" class=""><b class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Kai Koddenbrock</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class=""></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class="">Acting Professor of International Political Studies </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class=""></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class="">Faculty of Economics, University Witten-Herdecke</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class=""></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class="">Alfred-Herrhausen Straße 50, 58455 Witten, Germany</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; 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