International Symposium on Global South Studies:Centralizing the south in the global context troubling what’s known & re-imagining what’s unknown
We are delighted to launch an International Symposium on Global South Studies, the first academic convention ever that focuses on the burgeoning scholarship of Global South. The symposium’s title is “Centralizing the South in the Global Context: Troubling What’s Known & Re-imagining What’s Unknown”.
This year of 2024, the first symposium takes place at Thai Binh Duong University, Nha Trang, Viet Nam from August 19 – 22, the best time of the year in Nha Trang as a beautiful coastal city with beaches and islands well-known by global tourists, summertime.
We are interested in these topics & areas of Global South Studies:
Theme 1: Histories, Theories and Philosophies
Foundational philosophies and theories of/within the Global South Historical moments and events that have shaped the Global South Shared religions, ideologies and traditional beliefs that inform common Global South practices of living and being Traditional ways of teaching and learning v.s. globalization and neo-liberalization of education
Theme 2: Media, People and Culture AI, social media & digitalism The arts, language and literature across cultures People and popular culture Ethnicity and identity Education & pedagogy in porous contexts of culture and media (i.e., social media and youth culture)
Theme 3: Emerging Trends and Innovations Current trends (research and praxis) in the Global South Studies Emerging contexts and constructs of the Global South (i.e., Inter-Asia, Global Asia) Globalization, (trans)nationalism, and neoliberalism that influence the scholarship of Global South studies The Global South from interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary perspectives The rise of new economic forces from the South
Theme 4: Social Movements Decolonial, postcolonial, and anti-colonial studies Social issues and social movements in the Global South in multiple settings (i.e., education, business and development, entrepreneurship, activism, etc.) Controversial topics in the Global South studies (i.e., gender and sexuality, conflicts and crises, environmental justice and sustainability) Governance, human security and peacebuilding
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Mode of delivery: Hybrid Submission deadline: Deadline for proposals: May 20, 2024 Notification of acceptance: June 20, 2024 Participation registration (early bird): June 30, 2024 Full paper submission: July 20, 2024 Feedback to full papers: August 31, 2024
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