Global Studies Conference – Plenary Speakers Added

Georges Corm

Georges Corm, Lebanese Economist Historian, Saint Joseph University, Beirut, Lebanon.

Georges Corm is a Lebanese Economist and Historian. He is an economic consultant to international organizations and professor at Saint Joseph University in Beirut. He studied at the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris (1958-1961) where he graduated in Public Finance and has also a PhD from Paris University in Constitutional Law (1969). He served as Finance Minister from December 4 1998 to 28 October 2000 in the government of Salim El Hoss. More…

Habibul H Khondker

Habibiul Haque Khondker, Professor of the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Zayed University, Abu Dhabi, UAE.

Habibiul Haque Khondker is a Professor of the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at Zayed University, Abu Dhabi, UAE. He taught at the National University of Singapore until 2005. He held visiting appointments at University of Pittsburgh, Institute of Social Studies, the Hague, Columbia University, and Cornell University. He was educated in Dhaka University, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada and University of Pittsburgh, USA.

Dr. Khondker’s articles on globalization, state, civil society, democracy, famine, internet, science and gender issues have been published in journals such as International Sociology, The British Journal of Sociology, Current Sociology, Globalizations, Armed Forces and Society, International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, International Journal of Contemporary Sociology, International Journal of Mass Emergencies, Asian Journal of Social Science, South Asia, Bulletin of Science, Technology and Society, Economic and Political Weekly. More…

George Ritzer

George Ritzer, Distinguised University Professor, University of Maryland, College Park, USA.

George Ritzer is Distinguished University Professor at the University of Maryland and is the recipient of several other awards and honors including: Honorary Doctorate from La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia; Honorary Patron, University Philosophical Society, Trinity College, Dublin; American Sociological Association’s Distinguished Contribution to Teaching Award. Dr. Ritzer has chaired the American Sociological Association’s Section on Theoretical Sociology, as well as the Section on Organizations and Occupations. More…