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?
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.
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.
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'
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.
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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.
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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 
