THE JOURNAL OF CRITICAL GLOBALISATION STUDIES PRESENTS THE GLOBAL STUDIES ASSOCIATION 2010:

Global Studies and International Relations: Complementary Perspectives or Competing Paradigms?

Merton College, University of Oxford,

1st - 3rd September 2010

Confirmed Keynotes

Prof. David Chandler, University of Westminster
Prof. Sandra Halperin, Royal Holloway, University of London
Prof. Martin Shaw, University of Sussex
Prof. John Urry, University of Lancaster

The 2010 GSA conference seeks to probe the relationship between these two different approaches to understanding world social relationships.  Indeed, the conference’s central problematic asks whether the advent of Global Studies is an extension of International Relations, on a continuum with it, or does Global Studies represent what Foucault termed a new episteme, with the implication that International Relations and Global Studies cannot speak to each other for lack of a common language?  Moreover, can Global Studies challenge the dominance of International Relations in both social science departments and policymaking fields? Or will global ‘outlooks’ still depend upon visible territorial borders, the outcome of historical and territorial conflicts between states?

Read Full Call for Papers as a PDF

Proposals for papers should take the form of a 300 word abstract and may be submitted on any aspect of the conference theme. The organisers will allocate papers to an appropriate panel.

The deadline for submission of abstracts is 30th April 2010.  Abstracts should be submitted to: abstracts@criticalglobalisation.com

 


ISSUE 2 LAUNCH EVENT: 'TRANSNATIONAL MILITANCY IN THE 21st CENTURY' WORKSHOP AT GOLDSMITHS COLLEGE

The second issue of the journal will be launched with a special event at Goldsmiths College in London - a roundtable on 'Transnational Militancy in the 21st Century' based on a discussion conducted, and to be published in the forthcoming issue. The participants will be Faisal Devji (author: The Terrorist in Search of Humanity), Kevin McDonald (Global Movements: Action and Culture), Saul Newman (Politics Most Unusual: Violence, Sovereignty and Democracy in the War on Terror) & Nathan Coombs (editor-in-chief for issue 2 of the JCGS). It will be chaired by Chris Perkins. Amongst the themes explored will be: the relationship of transnational politics to the possibility of militancy; what/who is a militant subject?; what are militant demands today (none, some, infinitely many?); and what developments might we see throughout the rest of the 21st century?

The event is free and unticketed. It is scheduled for 25th February 2010, 6-8PM at Goldsmiths College, room BPB LT.

 


PANELS AT THE PSA ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2010

The Journal of Critical Globalisation Studies will be co-sponsoring (with the BISA working group Global and Transnational Politics) two sessions at the PSA annual conference 2010 in Edinburgh, Scotland. The first session will be a roundtable on 'Transnational militancy in the 21st century' based on a virtual roundtable discussion to be published in the forthcoming issue. The participants will include Faisal Devji (Oxford), Kevin McDonald (Goldsmiths), Nathan Coombs (Royal Holloway), and a further participant to be confirmed. The second panel will consist of mixed papers on the theme of our forthcoming issue: 'Globalisation and War.' Nick Srnicek (LSE), Victoria Ridler (Birkbeck), James Brassett (Warwick) and Pepijn van Houwelingen (Royal Holloway) will present. 29 March -1 April 2010.




Costas Douzinas providing the keynote to the launch of the JCGS (September, 2009). Challenging Globalization - Costas Douzinas from LiarDice Productions on Vimeo.


LAUNCH EVENT (Sept 3rd, 2009)

Professor Costas Douzinas provided the key-note for our 'resistance to globalisation' workshop at the journal's launch event. Costas is Professor of Law at Birkbeck College, director of the Birkbeck Insitute for the Humanities, author of numerous books on international law and Empire, and proponent of the critical legal theory movement.

  • Samina Luthfa (Oxford) - 'Resisting global extractive industry: Nexus of local-national-transnational activist frames'
  • Samuel Dwinell (Cornell) – '“Fuck The Border”: Anti-war punk as transnational critique?'

Dr. Stephen Hopgood gave the key-note for our 'collapsing borders' workshop. Stephen is senior lecturer in international politics at the School of Oriental and African Studies, author of an ethnography of Amnesty International, and studies the creation of global power symbolism and norms.

  • Ogochukwu Ekwenchi (Westminster) 'Globalization and Nigerian video film producers: A case of ambivalence and binaries'
  • Pieter Meurs (Brussels) - 'This world without another: On Jean-Luc Nancy and la mondialisation'
  • Sanae Elmoudden (New York) - 'Crossing and passing: Discursive borders in offshoring'

The journal's launch event was held in association with the Challenging Globalization Conference (2nd - 4th September 2009).

Our second issue will be launched with a roundtable debate on 'Transnational Militancy in the 21st Century' between Faisal Devji, Kevin McDonald, Saul Newman and Nathan Coombs. Followed by a drinks reception. Event is free and unticketed.


"Ten years ago the Lisbon Strategy was introduced to make Europe the most “the most dynamic and competitive knowledge-based economy”"...read more

Comment: Nathan Coombs on 'Perils of the Green Movement Strategy in Iran' (Jan 12th, 2010)
"In The Guardian Simon Tisdall recently asked whether the bloody protests we are currently witnessing on the streets of Iran herald a ‘second revolution?’"...read more

News: Journal co-editor Pepijn van Houwelingen on Press TV (Dec 18th, 2009)

Pepijn participated in a Press TV panel debate on the subject of 'Does Europe Really Need a President.' You can watch it here


News: Journal of Critical Globalisation Studies upcoming events (Dec 12th, 2009)

There are three upcoming events hosted by the journal: Issue 2 Launch event at Goldsmiths College ('Transnational Militancy in the 21st Century'); panels at the PSA annual conference 2010 ('Transnational militancy' roundtable & 'Globalisation and War' panel); and GSA annual conference 2010: 'Global Studies and International Relations' - Call for Papers.


Comment: Nathan Coombs on 'The Battle for Free Education' (Nov 2nd, 2009)

UPDATE: Now including an interview with the student occupation movement in Vienna, Austria....read more


News: List of books available to review for Issue 2 of the journal

Books by Slavoj Zizek, Noam Chomsky, Enrique Dussell, Raymond Geusse, and more. Deadline for reviews: February 1st, 2010. Download list and contact reviews editor Pepijn van Howelingen.


Comment: Chris Perkins on 'Economic or cultural globalisation? Usless question?' (Oct 5th, 2009)
At the recent Global Studies Association (GSA) conference during which this journal was launched, September 2nd to 4th 2009, there were a number of references made to the spectre of economism in global studies...read more

Comment: Nathan Coombs on 'Nostalghia unto Death' (Sept 23rd, 2009)
The famous Russian film director Andrei Tarkovsky once described the experience of exile for a Russian as “nostalghia” – he insisted that the word not be translated into proper English, but rather retain an awkward spelling. read more

News: Issue 1 Available - print and online (Sept 3rd, 2009)
The first issue of the Journal of Critical Globalisation Studies is available as a perfect bound print copy and online as an ejournal. With articles by Manfred Steger, Pieter Meurs, Shannon Brincat and Sanae Elmoudden. Polemics by Samuel Dwinell and Matthew Eagleton-Pierce. Comment by Lee Jones and Siavush Randjbar-Daemi, and book reviews. read the journal here

Comment: Nikos Sotirakopoulos on 'The Greek uprising, 6 months on' (July 14th, 2009)
"Saturday night, 6th of December 2008, in the Exarhia area of Athens: a countercultural and libertarian stronghold. A group of young people have a verbal altercation with two members of the police special forces..." read more

ALL COMMENT (COMMENT ARCHIVE)

ISSUE 1

Justifying the New, editorial by Nathan Coombs (pp. 4-7)
Articles
This world without another. Jean-Luc Nancy and la mondialisation, by Pieter Meurs, Nicole Note and Diederik Aerts (pp. 31-46)
Hegel’s gesture towards radical cosmopolitanism, by Shannon Brincat (pp. 47-65)
Polemics
Comment
The quest for the state in the Islamic Republic of Iran, by Siavush Randjbar-Daemi (pp. 132-139)
Reviews

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