Thai Binh Duong University and VHSSA (Vietnamese Humanities and Social Sciences) 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

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

For further information, please visit our website or contact us via email: [email protected]