Dear Colleagues
This may be of interest.
Norman
>Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2006 14:30:21 +0100
>Reply-To: "Canning J." <[log in to unmask]>
>Sender: UKCASA committee <[log in to unmask]>
>From: "Canning J." <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: [UKCASA] Area Studies and the Globalised World, 27th Feb 2007
>
>
>Dear Colleagues
>Phil Davies, Susan Hodgett and I met up July as the conference committee
>for the prosposed event on Area Studies and Globalisation. I am delighted
>to report that we have been able to fix a date and put together an
>conference that promises to be very exciting.
>
>The Subject Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies will taking
>bookings for the conference and I will send out another message as soon as
>the online form is live. There will be a small charge for attendance (TBC).
>
>We are still waiting for a couple of potential speakers to reply- all
>speakers named below have confirmed their attendance.
>
>Kind regards
>John
>
>
>Area Studies and the Globalised World
>27th February 2007
>British Library Conference Centre
>Partners: British Library (Eccles Centre), HEA Subject Centre for
>Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies, UKCASA
>All speakers confirmed unless otherwise stated.
>
>Provisional Programme
>
>10.00-10.30 Registration & coffee
>10.30-11.15 Keynote speaker 1: Lord Giddens (London School of Economics)
>11.15-12.45 Higher Education Panel: Itesh Sachev (SOAS); Elspeth Jones
>(Leeds Metropolitan University); David Sadler (Director of Networks-
>Higher Education Academy): Chair Michael Kelly (Subject Centre for
>Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies).
>12.45-13.30 Lunch
>13.30-14.15 Presentation on Area Studies, globalisation & BL resources
>(by the North American curators)
>14.15-15.00 Keynote Speaker 2 TBC
>15.00-15.30 Tea
>15.30-17.0 Area studies, Globalisation & 21stC diplomacy Panel: Frank
>Pieke (University of Oxford), John Dumbrell (University of Leicester) A N
>Other TBC: Chair TBC
>
>
>Dr John Canning
>Academic Coordinator (Area Studies)
>Modern Languages, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO17 1BJ,
>Tel +44 (0)23 8059 4814, Fax +44 (0)23 8059 4815
>Subject Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies www.llas.ac.uk,
>a Subject Centre of the HE Academy www.heacademy.ac.uk
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>
>UK Council for Area Studies Associations (UKCASA
>www.ukcasa.ac.uk
>Elected officers of UKCASA:
>Chair: Professor Philip Davies, De Montfort University
>Vice-Chair: Professor Mike Smith. Glasgow Caledonian University
>Secretary: Dr Susan Hodgett, University of Ulster
>Treasurer: Professor Tony Chafer, University of Portsmouth
>Administrative support:
>Dr John Canning
>School of Humanities (Modern Languages)
>University of Southampton
>Highfield
>Southampton
>SO17 1BJ
>Tel: 023 8059 5408
>Fax: 023 8059 4815
>Area Studies on the Web
>UKCASA website: www.ukcasa.ac.uk
>News from UKCASA and Area Studies Community www.ukcasa.blogspot.com
>Subject Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies www.llas.ac.uk
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Norman Stockman
Department of Sociology
University of Aberdeen
Aberdeen AB24 3QY
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http://www.abdn.ac.uk/socsci/staff/details.php?id=42
Hon. Sec., British Association of Chinese Studies
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