The Global Studies Association invites papers for its 2018 conference, to be held on 31st May – 1st June 2018, at University of Northampton, UK. Please send a brief bio. of no more than 100 words, and abstracts of no more than 300 words to GlobalStudiesAssociationUK@gmail.com by February 23rd 2018. Abstracts should speak to one of the … Continue reading
The GSA is seeking new committee members to participate in the organization and development of future activities . At this moment, we are keen to hear from anyone who either has past experience with the GSA or who is interested in the work of the GSA and willing to contribute to the next phase of the … Continue reading
Professor Chris Rumford, 1958-2016 It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Professor Chris Rumford who passed away suddenly last Friday. Chris played a central role in rejuvenating the Global Studies Association, becoming its Chair in 2011. He ensured that the GSA stayed active throughout his time as Chair promoting new initiatives and avenues for … Continue reading
GSA 2016 Global (In)Securities Centre for Global Justice St Mary’s University College Belfast 29 June 2016 – 1 July 2016 Keynote Speakers Marysia Zalewski (Aberdeen) and Jef Huysmans (Queen Mary) ‘Global (In-)Securities’ provides a platform to explore and discuss questions relating to the practices, technologies and experiences of securities and insecurities in a globalised world. … Continue reading
On Monday 14th March 2016 the GSA is excited to co-sponsor an event that will bring together academics to discuss Darren O’Byrne’s new publication. Darren J. O’Byrne’s Human Rights in a Globalizing World: A Panel Discussion and Book Launch Digby Stuart Convent Parlour – 18:00 to 19:00 followed by wine reception Published by Palgrave … Continue reading
GSA 2016 Global (In)Securities Centre for Global Justice St Mary’s University College Belfast 29 June 2016 – 1 July 2016 ‘Global (In-)Securities’ provides a platform to explore and discuss questions relating to the practices, technologies and experiences of securities and insecurities in a globalised world. In recognition of the complexities that pertain to the question … Continue reading
European Sociological Association – RN 15 “Global, Transnational and Cosmopolitan Sociology” Mid-Term Conference “Globalization, supranational dynamics and local experience” 15-16 April, 2016, Milan (Italy) Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Call for papers One of the main challenges that sociology and social sciences face today is to understand how individuals, collective actors and structures cope with the … Continue reading
The deadline for the submission of abstracts for the Global Studies Association conference has been extended until 8th June. Further details about the conference can be found on the Conference page: https://globalstudiesassoc.wordpress.com/2015/02/19/gsa-conference-2015/
Living the Global: the cultural experience of globalization Roehampton University, Thurs 2nd – Sat 4th July 2015 Keynote speakers (confirmed): Ian Woodward (Griffith University, Brisbane), author of Cosmopolitanism: Uses if the Idea Nick Stevenson (Nottingham), author of Cultural Citizenship: Cosmopolitan Questions. Rodanthi Tzanelli (Leeds), author of Olympic Ceremonialism and The Performance of National Character: From London 2012 to Rio 2016 … Continue reading
In our most recent GSA interview, we were lucky to be able to talk to Emeritus Professor Holton about his book Global Inequalities published in 2014 by Palgrave Macmillan. This is a timely book given the increased attention given to global inequality stemming from Thomas Piketty’s popular book, the debate surrounding Davos, and the new figures that were presented by … Continue reading
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