[URBANTH-L]CFP: New York City: Global Village
Angela Jancius
acjancius at ysu.edu
Tue Sep 5 12:55:22 EDT 2006
From: Nicholas Bloom <nbloom3 at yahoo.com>
NYITs Third Interdisciplinary Conference: New York City: Global
Village
Keynote Speaker: Professor Saskia Sassen, University of Chicago
March 9, 2007
The New York Institute of Technology announces its third
interdisciplinary conference, New York City: Global Village, which
will address the role of New York City as a site of international
exchange in culture, technology, tourism and other fields. Scholars
from a range of disciplines are invited to present their research at
this one-day conference at NYIT's Columbus Circle campus.
The conference, as in past years, will draw scholars from around the
country and world for panel discussions, featured speakers, and lively
conversation. Past keynotes--including author Mark Kurlansky, curator
Nancy Mowl Mathews and historian Kenneth T. Jackson--have added to the
depth of past conferences and drawn large audiences. (Last years
conference website can be visited at iris.nyit.edu/nycim.)
Possible themes for papers:
Global influences on New York City (culture, technology,
neighborhoods, etc.)
New York Citys impact on global systems (culture, technology,
politics, etc.)
New York as one of the emerging global cities (international business
and NGOs)
New York as world capital (United Nations, locus for diplomacy,
cultural center)
International cultural pluralism and artistic exchange
Labor opportunities (immigration) and exploitation
Cultural integration and enclaves of identity (Race/culture/religion
relations in a global city)
New York City as a global tourism destination
A two-page prospectus and two-page c.v. must be submitted to the
conference committee by November 15, 2006. Notification of acceptance
or rejection will be sent by December 1. Please send your proposal by
email to nbloom at nyit.edu.
About our Keynote:
Saskia Sassen is the leading theorist of globalization and its impact
on cities. Her new book is _Territory, Authority, Rights: From
Medieval to Global Assemblages_ (Princeton 2006) and a third fully
updated and expanded edition of _Cities in a World Economy_ (Sage
2006). She is the author of the classic _The Global City: New York
London Tokyo_ (Princeton, 1991; 2nd updated ed 2001) and is the Ralph
Lewis Professor of Sociology at the University of Chicago and
Centennial Visiting Professor at the London School of Economics.
Professor Sassens books have been translated into 16 languages.
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