Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies
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Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies
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Symposium The Symposium on Globalization will offer a comprehensive framework for addressing prospects for the peaceful evolution of people and societies in the Third Millennium. Global markets, trade and communications, along with science and technology, now drive social, economic, and political development, modernization, and cultural change. The Enlightenment project of rationalization, secularization, and bureaucratization assumed the gradual waning of religion, while Max Weber cautioned that modernity would thus entail a "disenchantment of the world." Yet, by the Third Millennium, there is a remarkable resurgence of religion, along with national and ethnic communities which seek to retrieve traditional sources of individual and group identities in a world of "future shock," punctuated by the successive waves of the agricultural, industrial, and post-industrial revolutions. The result is a highly volatile mix of advanced technology, competing nation states, and archaic modes of self- and collective identification. The question arises: Can the world's diverse religious, philosophical, and cultural resources foster a dialogue rather than a "clash of civilizations," and thus contribute to peaceful change enhancing human rights and human dignity in a more civil global society? Keynote:
"We Are Not in Kansas or Kiev Anymore"
The interdisciplinary Symposium theme endeavors to bring together scholars from a wide range of disciplines and denominations. Conference Venue:The GLOBALIZATION Symposium is hosted by the University of San Francisco in the beautiful City by the Bay in scenic Northern California, with many cultural and sightseeing opportunities. Abstracts (250 words) due: 1 June 2007. Send Abstracts to: Dr. O. Gruenwald, JIS Editor, 1065 Pine Bluff Dr., Pasadena, CA 91107, USA, or as e-mail (no attachments) to: Global (click). Publication: Fully-developed papers will be considered for publication in the Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies XX 2008. Website: www.JIS3.org Registration: Conference participants must preregister: $75 by 1 June 2007; $100 after 1 June 2007; $150 after 1 July 2007. CONFERENCE STRUCTURE: Participants are encouraged to attend the entire conference to enhance dialogue, synergy, and synthesis, as well as fellowship. Presenting a paper is not a prerequisite for participation. Family members enjoy the reduced student registration rate. Registration: Thursday, 2 August, 2:00 - 6:00 PM, Lone Mountain Conference Center. Welcome Reception: Thursday, 2 August, 7:00 - 8:30 PM, LM 100. Keynote: Saturday, 4 August, 8:00 - 9:00 PM, LM 100. Main Congress Program: Friday-Saturday, 3-4 August, 9:00 AM - 5:30 PM; Sunday, 5 August, 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM. Format: Multidisciplinary panels and papers. Audio-Visual: Conference Services: 415-422-6166 (bring laptop). Cultural/Sightseeing: On your own, before or after the conference. Traveling Exhibit: Weavings of War: Fabrics of Memory.
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