April 22-24, 2021, the Liberian Studies Association will discuss The Functional Liberian State: Historical Lessons, Current Best Practices, and Future Paths. The conference will be streamed on Facebook via Focus on Liberia and broadcast at the University of Liberia.
Thursday, April 22
Welcome Remarks
10:00am Session I: Law and Society – (10:30am -12:00pm)
Session II: Colonization, Dissent, and Nationhood: Liberia’s Construction as a Modern African State (12:00pm – 1:30pm)
Session III: Women and Society (1:30pm -3:00pm)
Friday, April 23
Session IV: Reconstruction, Decentralization and Security in Liberia – (10:30am -12:00pm)
Session V: Sovereignty, the Military and Contested Questions in Liberian History (12:00pm – 1:30pm)
Session VI: Health and Development (10:30am-12:00pm)
Saturday, April 24
Session VII: Education, Technology and Languages for Development (1:30pm – 3:00pm)
Session VIII: Access to Credit; Finance and Economics
Closing Remarks