Upcoming Symposiums

Globalization and Sustainability
(2009)

Globalization and sustainability remain topics of great interest to the Center's faculty and students and are central to the study of global change. They also remain misunderstood and theoretically contested phenomena. Therefore, the center is currently involved in planning a multi year colloquium series where colleagues from a variety of world areas, such as South Africa, Thailand, and Spain, among other nations, will be invited to discuss these polemic and extremely important topics. Face-to-face meetings as well as interactive video technology will facilitate the dialogue as scholars discuss some of the key questions to be addressed, tackle definitional issues, and establish some contextual and disciplinary boundaries, as well as potentially devising suggested policy revisions.

International Symposium for Global Education
(2009)

In 2009, we will hold an International Symposium for Global Education leaders who will take a fresh look at curriculum, goals, and outcomes of global education. The symposium aims to identify key challenges and successful practices around the world and model teacher preparation programs to meet those challenges and emulate those best practices.

Capstone Conference: The Convergence of International Security, Democratization, Globalization, and Sustainability
(2010)

In 2010, we will organize a conference which will draw together the main themes of the above planned conferences in order to explore the convergence of international security issues, democratization, globalization, and sustainability. Participants will, among other things, assess how globalization affects the pursuit of sustainable development and whether international security is compatible or at odds with democratization.