From: gerald_a_levy (gerald_a_levy@MSN.COM)
Date: Wed Feb 11 2004 - 20:14:37 EST
To URPE Members Sent by Bill Tabb See website for questions: http://www.globalstudiesassociation.org/conferences.html Deadline for papers: March 1, 2004: http://www.net4dem.org/mayglobal/call4papers.htm *********************************** Global Studies Association Third Annual North American Conference Friday April 23 – Sunday April 25, 2004 “Globalization, Empire and Resistance” Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts This spring Brandeis University will host a conference on Globalization, Empire and Resistance. This will be a progressive conference embracing a variety of critical, and radical perspectives on globalization. You are cordially invited to join a number of leading scholars from all over the world in exploring the many effects of globalization-as well as alternative visions. There will be a number of plenary and panel sessions. Featured Speakers: Seymour Melman One of America’s most respected scholars on capitalism and U.S. militarism from Columbia University Speaking on “The Permanent War Economy” The Authors of “Global Capitalism and American Empire”: Leo Panitch Canada Research Chair in Comparative Political Economy at York University, Toronto Co-Editor of the Socialist Register Speaking on “Global Capitalism and American Empire” Sam Gindin Packer Visiting Chair in Social Justice at York University, Toronto Former Head of Research and Assistant to the President, Canadian Auto Workers’ Union Speaking on “Labor Resistance in the Era of Globalization" William Tabb Professor of Economics at Queens College, New York Monthly Review contributor and author of "The Amoral Elephant" Speaking on "The Global State and Economic Institutions" Speaking via Video Satellite from Holland: Jose Maria Sison Former senior research fellow and Professor at the University of the Philippines Co-Founder of the Communist Party of the Philippines Speaking on “War, Imperialism, and Resistance from Below” Leslie Sklair London School of Economics Author of "The Transnational Capitalist Class" Speaking on “Globalization, Imperialism and the International System” Edna Bonacich Professor of Sociology at the University of California, San Diego Co-Author of "Behind the Label: Inequality in the Los Angeles Apparel Industry" Speaking on “Labor, Immigration and Global Production”
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