The Global Studies Association (GSA) has the pleasure to announce its First GSA Postgraduate and Young Researchers' International Conference. Formed in 1999 by scholars from a wide range of universities and nations, GSA believes that research approaches to globalisation processes have to be multidisciplinary and multidimensional, innovative and imaginative. The rationale behind the organisation of this conference is that postgraduate students and young researchers are at the forefront of research. Thus, a central aim of the conference is the bringing together of postgraduate students and young researchers from various countries with the intention of promoting and facilitating the exchange of ideas, dissemination of research, and the establishment of interdisciplinary research networks. This two-day conference will take place in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences,
Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK from 29th * 30th June 2006.
Papers on the following themes are welcome:
o MT1 Migration & Tourism (Population movements)
o PD2 Poverty & Development
o PR3 Protest & Resistance
o I4 Imperialism
o NS5 North vs South
o PEG6 (Political & Economic) Governance
o R7 Risk (Health, Security & Environmental)
o CI8 Culture & Identity
o GL9 Globalism/Localism
o M10 Methodology (Researching Globalisation)
The deadline for the submission of abstracts is the 31st of March 2006. The deadline for the submission of the actual papers is the 20th of May 2006. Abstracts should not be longer than 250 words, and papers should not be longer than 8,000 words (see authors guidelines
http://www.globalnetworksjournal.com/submissions.asp).
Abstracts and papers should be submitted via e-mail only, as a Word attachment, to gsaconf@mmu.ac.uk. Please include the relevant acronym (e.g. R7) from the above list within your e-mail subject line. Abstracts must include your name, institutional affiliation, and contact(s). Submissions will be reviewed and authors notified by 15th of April.
Further information/details about the conference will soon be available at www.globalstudiesassociation.org
Alternatively, you can e-mail r.grimm@mmu.ac.uk and/or
r.caldeira@mmu.ac.uk
[sursa e-nass]
