International Symposium on Global Studies Graduate Education

First meeting of the Global Studies Consortium

Sophia University, Tokyo, May 17-18, 2008

Participating programs

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Day One

Opening Remarks
TERADA Takefumi, Dean of Graduate School of Global Studies, Sophia University
Welcoming Speech
ISHIZAWA Yoshiaki, President, Sophia University

Plenary Session 1: Global Studies in Graduate Education

Chair, Linda GROVE, Sophia University

What in the world is global studies?

Mark JUERGENSMEYER, Professor of Sociology and Religious Studies, University of California-Santa Barbara

Slides

Plenary Session 2: Global Studies as Academic Field

Chair, ASHIWA Yoshiko, Hitotsubashi University

The Spatial Turn in Global Studies

Matthias MIDDELL, Professor of History, Leipzig University

Slides

Is Global Studies an Academic Field?
David WANK, Professor of Sociology, Sophia University

Plenary Session 3: Areas and Global Studies

Chair, KAWASHIMA Midori, Sophia University

Africa's Contribution to Global Studies

Scarlett CORNELISSEN, Associate Professor of Political Science, Stellenbosch University

Audio Slides

Are de-Eurocentric Global Studies Possible?
OCHIAI Kazuyasu, Professor of Cultural Anthropology, Hitotsubashi University
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Presentation Session: Meanings of Global Studies in Graduate Programs

Chair, WATANABE Takehiro, Sophia University

Arizona State University             Michael HECHTER
Ateneo de Manila University        Alma Maria O. SALVADOR
Duke University                Gregson DAVIS, Dominic SACHSENMAIER
McMaster University            Diane ENNS
Sophia University                James FARRER
The New School                Sakiko FUKUDA-PARR
University of Minnesota            Evelyn DAVIDHEISER
University of Washington-Seattle        Sara CURRAN
University of Roskilde            Michael KLUTH
University of Vienna            Margarete GRANDNER
University of Hong Kong            Ian HOLIDAY
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Edward KOLODZIEJ, Linda TABB

DAY TWO

Curriculum Session 1: Upcoming Programs

Chair, David WESSELS, Sophia University

El Colegio de México             Jean-Francois PRUD’HOMME
Fudan University             JIN Guangyao, JIN Yan
Hanyang University            KIM Sang Je, LIM Jye-hun, PARK Seonjoo, YOON Seongho
Shanxi University of Finance & Economics    YAO Chaocheng
Central University of Sikkim        Mahendra P. LAMA
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Niklaus STEINER, Adam VERSENYI

Curriculum Session 2: Networking in Global Studies

Chair, Angela YUI Sophia University

Aarhus University: Nordic Global History Network     Hagen SCHULZ-FORBERG
Stellenbosch University             Scarlett CORNELISSEN
Sophia University : Virtual Classrooms            Parissa HAGHIRIAN
University of Leipzig            Matthias MIDDELL

Curriculum Session 3: Job Markets for Graduates

Chair, LU Ding, Sophia University

Global Studies at the University of California-Santa Barbara
        Mark JUERGENSMEYER and Victor FAESSEL
Job Markets for Hitotsubashi Global Studies Graduates            Jonathan LEWIS
University of Wroclaw: Erasmus Mundus Global Studies and the Labor Market
        Sebastian PŁÓCIENNIK
Rutgers University- Newark         Alex HINTON

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