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Roland Robertson to Speak at 2012 Conference

Published on January 29, 2012 in Conference, Headline, News and Newsletter. 0 Comments

The 2012 Global Studies Conference is happy to announce distinguished scholar Roland Robertson as one of our plenaries for the Moscow Conference.

Roland Robertson is Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of Pittsburgh, USA; Visiting Professor of Sociology at the University of Essex; and Distinguished Guest Professor of Cultural Studies at Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. He was until very recently Professor of Sociology and Global Society at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland. Professor Robertson was the recipient of the first Distinguished Career Award from the section on Global and Transnational Sociology of the American Sociological Association, 2010. He began his academic career at the University of Leeds, and subsequently held appointments at the University of Essex, the University of Pittsburgh and the University of York (where he was Head of the Department of Sociology from 1970 to 1974). He returned to Pittsburgh in 1974 and remained there until his move to Aberdeen in 1999. He holds, or has held, visiting positions in sociology, pedagogy and religious studies at universities in various countries, including the USA, England, Brazil, Italy, Austria, Sweden, China (Hong Kong) and Turkey.

Robertson has published extensively in the sociology of globalization, culture, religion and sport. Among his most influential publications are The Sociological Interpretation of Religion (1970), Meaning and Change (1978) Globalization: Social Theory and Global Culture (1992) and a large number of other books and articles. He has also edited or co-edited various volumes, including the Encyclopedia of Globalization (2007) and Globalization: Critical Concepts in Sociology (2003).

His work has been translated from English into about twenty languages, including Spanish, Portuguese, German, Japanese, Chinese, Persian, Arabic, Bulgarian, Ukrainian, Croat, Turkish, Italian, French, Polish, Russian, Danish, Korean, Greek, Swedish, and Hungarian.

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Fifth Annual Global Studies Conference

Published on August 3, 2011 in Conference and Newsletter. 0 Comments Tags: sticky.

Location and Date

The 2012 Global Studies Conference will be held from *20-22 June* 2012 at Lomonosov Moscow State University in Moscow, Russia . For more information and important conference updates, please visit our website.

Call for Papers

If you intend to present a paper at the conference, your participation begins with submission of a paper proposal. For information on proposals, presentation types, and other options, please click here. Once you are ready to submit your proposal, you can do so by going here. If your proposal is accepted, you will then need to register for the conference.

Registration

Those who submit paper proposals should register following the acceptance of the proposal. We also highly encourage delegates who do not intend to present to attend the conference and may register at any time. For registration options, or to register for the 2012 Global Studies Conference, please follow this link.

Themes

This year’s special theme is Eurasia and Globalization: Complexity and Global Studies. Other themes include:

For more information on our overall themes for the Global Studies Conference, please click here.

Should you have any questions or concerns, please contact us at support@onglobalisation.com

Announcing Plenary Speaker Marcelo Côrtes Neri for the 2011 Global Studies Conference

Published on June 22, 2011 in Conference and Newsletter. 0 Comments

We are pleased to announce that Marcelo Côrtes Neri will be joining us for the 2011 Global Studies Conference in Rio from 18-20 July.

Marcelo Côrtes Neri is the chief-economist of the Center for Social Policies (CPS) at Getulio Vargas Foundation. He also teaches at the undergraduate and graduate programmes at the EPGE/FGV. He holds a PhD in Economics, Princeton University and a Master’s Degree in Economics, PUC-Rio. He has worked as a researcher at the Social Studies department in IPEA (Brazilian government’s institute for applied economic research). His main areas of interest are well being, poverty, education and microeconometrics. Some of his studies include: End of Hunger Map, and The New Middle Class in Brazil. He also edited the following books (in Portuguese):Microcredit, the Northeastern Mystery and the Brazilian Grameen, , Social Security Coverage: Diagnosis and Proposals, Social Essays, Portraits of Disability in Brazil, Inflation and Consumption. He was invited by President Lula to become a member of the Council of Economic and Social Development and he is currently at the steering comitee of CDES, elected by other members. He works actively in the proposal, evaluation and debate of public policies; having participated in the creation of a system of state minimum wages, the design of Familia Carioca a conditional cash transfers program launched in the city of Rio. His proposal of a mechanism for social credit linked to the Millennium Development Goals received an award at the Global Network Meeting, in Dakar, Senegal. Mr. Neri was ranked one of the 100 most influential Brazilians in 2010 by Época and one of the 50 most influential Cariocas in 2003 by Veja, the two magazines with highest circulation in Brazil. He writes regularly Conjuntura Econômica, Valor Econômico and Folha de São Paulo

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2011 Conference on Global Studies Dinner – Reserve Your Tickets Now

Published on May 31, 2011 in Conference and News. 0 Comments

Announcing the 2011 Conference on Global Studies Dinner – Tuesday, 19 July – 7:00pm

“On the edge of Copacabana, the refinement of the Mediterranean.”

Seated right on Copacabana Beach, Don Camillo Restaurant offers a warm atmosphere, an extensive wine list, and traditional Italian cuisine ranging from traditional pastas to fresh seafood. Enjoy a relaxing evening of great conversation, delicious food and wine, and a beautiful view of Copacabana.

Don Camillo is located in walking distance of the JW Marriott, and walking directions will be provided at the conference.

Registration is required for this event. To register, or for more information, please visit the conference website

Announcing Conference on Global Studies Tour – Rio at Night

Published on May 31, 2011 in Conference and News. 0 Comments

Announcing the 2011 International Conference on Global Studies Tour – Rio at Night – Monday, 18 July, 6:30pm – 10:30pm

See some of the most famous sights of Rio in a guided bus tour, specifically designed for Common Ground delegates!

A chartered bus (or mini-bus) and a licensed tour-guide will meet us at the lobby of the JW Marriott and escort us to Urca, a historical neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro.

From Urca, we will take a cable car up Sugarloaf Mountain to take in wonderful views of Rio beaches and landscapes. The 360 degree view from the cable cars creates unparalleled sight-seeing opportunities.

After the Cable Car ride, our chartered bus (or mini-bus) and tour guide will escort us through various neighborhoods of Rio, including the South Zone and Historical Rio, and finally drop us back off in front of the JW Marriott.

A not-to-be-missed tour and Rio experience!

US $75 – Price includes chartered transportation, knowledgeable tour guide, and cable-car fare.

Registration is required for this event. For more information or to sign up, please visit the conference website

Announcing Dr. Gustavo Lins Ribeiro as a 2011 Plenary Speaker

Published on March 2, 2011 in Conference. 0 Comments

We are pleased to announce that Dr. Gustavo Lins Ribeiro will join us in Rio de Janeiro as a plenary speaker for the 2011 Global Studies Conference.

Gustavo Lins Ribeiro holds his Ph. D. in Anthropology (City University of New York, 1988). He is currently a full Professor of Anthropology in the University of Brasilia; Level 1A Research Fellow of Brazil’s National Council of Scientific and Technological Develoment (CNPq). He was a visiting professor in several universities and research centers in Argentina, Colombia, Mexico and the U.S. He has done research and written on topics such as development, environmentalism, international migration, cyberculture, globalization and transnationalism. His doctoral dissertation on the construction of the Yacyreta Dam won the National Association of Graduate Programs in the Social Sciences 1989 Prize for the Best Doctoral Dissertation and was published in Argentina, Brazil and the United States. He has written and edited 14 volumes in Portuguese, Spanish and English, and more than 100 chapters and articles in different journals and books in Latin America, Europe, Asia and the U.S., in Portuguese, Spanish, English, Japanese, French and German. He was a member of the Advisory Council of the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research (New York); Advisory Editor of Current Anthropology (Chicago); president of the Brazilian Association of Anthropology; a founder and the first chair of the World Council of Anthropological Associations. He is a co-chair of the Committee on World Anthropologies of the AAA and serves on more than 20 editorial boards of journals in Europe, the U.S. and Latin America, including the American Anthropologist, American Ethnologist, Anthropology Today, Journal des Anthropologues and Alteridades. His last books are the edited volume (with Arturo Escobar) “World Anthropologies. Disciplinary Transformations in Systems of Power” (Oxford/New York: Berg Publishers, 2006) and “The Capital of Hope”, in Portuguese, about the construction of Brasilia from the workers’ point-of-view (Brasilia: Edunb, 2008).

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Elisa P. Reis to Join Fourth Annual Global Studies Conference

Published on March 2, 2011 in Conference. 0 Comments

Please welcome Professor Elisa P. Reis to our plenary speaker line-up for the Fourth Annual Global Studies Conference.

Elisa Reis is a professor of Political Sociology at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. She holds her PhD in Political Science (MIT, US 1980); MA (1972) and BA (1967), Brazil; Post-graduate diploma in development sociology, ILADES, Chile (1968). Professor Reis is a fellow of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences (ABC) and of the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS) as well as a visiting professor at University of California at San Diego, Columbia University, MIT and Ludwig Maximilians Universitat. Munich.

Author of more than 100 articles in Brazilian and international periodicals, some of her latest work includes “New Ways of Relating Authority and Solidarity: Theoretical and Empirical Explorations”, in The ISA Handbook in Contemporary Sociology, Kalekin and Denis (eds.), Sage, 2009. Among her books, Elite Perceptions of Poverty and Inequality (ed. with M.Moore) Zed, 2005 has been very influential in poverty studies.

Some of Professor Reis’ selected administrative experiences include Secretary of the Brazilian Sociological Society (SBS), President of the National Association for the Social Sciences (ANPOCS), Vice-president of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences (current), Chair of the Interdisciplinary Research Network for Studies on Social Inequality (NIED) (current), and Vice-president for Latin America of the Comparative Research on Poverty (CROP).

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