CFP: (Re)thinking Global Connectedness: Critical Perspectives on Globalization

This Second Annual Liberal Arts International Conference will explore the impacts of globalization from a variety of disciplinary lenses.

How has globalization transformed us individually and collectively? How is globalization shaping notions of ethics? Is globalization merely a shrinking of the world or is it transforming human experience? What challenges does globalization pose to understandings of the self and the other? How do we sustain a globalized world in terms of food, energy, and education? Are we already living in a post-globalized world?

We welcome submissions from across the spectrum of academic fields, including politics, history, linguistics, technology, language studies, sociology, anthropology, geography, economics, philosophy, ethics, law, religion, and cultural studies. We especially encourage contributions from PhD students and scholars working in non-western and/or underrepresented regions.

Possible Conference Panels and Discussions:
- Conceptualizing Globalization
- Connections: Globalization and Technology
- (Re)Thinking Ethics in a Globalized World
- Linguistic Perspectives on Globalization
- Education in a Globalized World
- Historical Perspectives on Globalization
- Globalization: Comparative East-West Perspectives
- Global Movements: Environment, Peace, Violence
- Legal Concerns of a Bordered/Borderless World
- Gendering Globalization

Submission of individual papers and complete panel proposals on these or other related themes are welcome. The conference can provide substantial travel bursaries for international participants who need funding. Select papers will be considered for publication in a peer-reviewed volume or a special issue of an international journal.

In order to be considered, please submit a panel proposal or individual paper proposal to include author(s) names, institution affiliation, email address, and an abstract of 250 words with 5 keywords by September 15, 2013 to: [email protected]

Organizing Committee:

Dr. Leslie Seawright
Dr. Hassan Bashir
Dr. Phillip W. Gray
Dr. Troy Bickham

Contact:

2nd Annual Liberal Arts International Conference
Liberal Arts Program
Texas A&M University at Qatar
PO Box 23874
Education City
Doha
Qatar
Phone: +974 4423.0647
Email: [email protected]
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