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THEME 1:
Brave New World: The Paradigm for the Rest of the 21st Century

It is clear that we are on the cusp of enormous changes in \;technology\, communications\, work\, religion\, the nation state\, and \;demographics. What effect will these changes have on human life and \;how can human ingenuity meet these challenges? This important topic \;will provide opportunities for our best thinkers to present papers \;addressing changes to human institutions: Demographics\, Work\, the \;Nation State\, Technological Breakthroughs.

THEME 2:
Strangers in a Strange World: Diasporas and Their Consequences

Human beings are a mobile and now global species. More people have \;moved from their homes in the 20th century than ever before. What \;happens to these migrants in their new homes? Consider the Chinese in \;southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands vs. the US\; Indians in Fiji \;and South Africa vs. the west\; Jews in Christendom\, Islam\, and the \;New World\; Africans in the New World\, US and Brazil\; Muslims in \;Thailand\, India\, Africa\, Europe\, and the New World\; and China and \;Russia in Siberia.

ADDITIONAL TOPICS:

Anything related to civilizational theorists\, rise and decline\, \;confrontations with modernity\, and other relevant civilizational \;issues.

Contact: Dr. Laina \;Farhat-Holzman: \;lfarhat102@aol.com

Consult ISCSC website for conference information:

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