Invitation for participation: ARG Globalisation in the Americas Postgraduate
Conference
Globalisation in the Americas: Interactions and Reactions.
NIASSH, Newcastle Institute for the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities,
Newcastle University, ARG, Americas Research Group Postgraduate Conference
This postgraduate conference aims to explore the interactions and reactions
triggered by the contested, and often highly controversial, processes of
globalisation in a friendly, informal environment.
Venue: Claremont Bridge (5th floor), Room CLB. 563, Newcastle University,
UK
Date: 11th March 2009
Time: 12-6
Keynote: Rosemary Thorp, Emeritus Fellow of St Antony’s College, Oxford
University: http://www.lac.ox.ac.uk/staff_a-z_directory/staff/rthorp
Panel 1: State Perspectives towards the Environment
The State and Natural Resource Extraction in Brazil and Chile by Jewellord Nem
Singh, University of Sheffield
The impact of globalization on the changing nature of the state in Mexico: A
governance approach to the energy sector by Alejandro Garnica, University of
Sheffield
National discourses in respond to neoliberal policies and global markets: the
cases of Peru and Bolivia by Fernando González, Newcastle University
Panel 2: Tourism and Migration
Imaginary Incas: An analysis of representations of indigenous geographies and
peoples in responsible, homestay tourism in Peru by Jane Carnaffan, Newcastle
University
Mi tierra querida: exploring the complexities of international migration from
Colombia to London by Gisela Zapata, Newcastle University
Panel 3: Theoretical and Historical Perspectives
Globalisation and Higher Education in the Metropolitan Area of the Valley of
Mexico by Elizabeth Pallister, Newcastle University
The impact of globalization on regional inequality: the tensions between
public, private and collective objectives in higher education by Rosibel Víquez
Abarca, Newcastle University
Panel 4: Higher Education and Social Rights
The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company and nineteenth century globalisation by
Anyaa Anim-Addo, Royal Holloway, University of London
Transformative everyday life in Latin America, Globalizations from below by
Eduardo Neve-Jimenez, Durham University
Please contact: Gisela Zapata [log in to unmask] by Friday 27th
February 2009 to let us know if you are intending to attend the conference,
so we can plan for catering.
For further information about ARG events, please visit our website at:
http://www.ncl.ac.uk/niassh/americas/
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