Globalization’s impact on social economic and political issues will be focus of talks at Rutgers
Rutgers University in Newark will be the site this fall of a series of free public programs centering on both globalization and the roles of social movements and non-governmental organizations in promoting rights, democratization, environmentalism, land reform, and sustainable development.
The Rutgers Center for the Study of Genocide and Human Rights (CGHR, http://cghr.newark.rutgers.edu/ ) is presenting its Fall 2008 Speaker Series, with the support of the Rutgers Global Initiative Human Rights Program and in collaboration with the Rutgers Division of Global Affairs colloquium on “Globalization: Reform, Resistance and Rights.”
“This speaker series examines globalization from a critical perspective, and efforts by civil society and social movements to alter the trajectory of globalization,” explains organizer Kurt Schock, Associate Professor of Sociology and Global Affairs. He and CGHR director Alex Hinton, Associate Professor of Anthropology also serve on the faculty of the Division of Global Affairs.
FALL 2008 PROGRAM SCHEDULE
“Political Ideologies and Social Imaginaries in the Age of Globalization,” Thursday, Sept. 4, 5 p.m. Speaker: Manfred Steger, professor of global studies and director of the Globalism Institute, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Australia.
Location: Chancellor’s Conference Room, Room 502, Rutgers Center for Law and Justice, 123 Washington St., Newark.
“Gender and the Politics of Possibilities: Rethinking Globalization,” Monday, Sept. 22, 5 p.m. Speaker: Manisha Desai, associate professor of sociology and director of women’s studies, University of Connecticut.
Location: Room 411, Rutgers Student Center, College Avenue, Rutgers-New Brunswick campus.
“Preventing Genocide: A United Nations Emergency Peace Service Eradicating Genocide and Crimes against Humanity,” Monday, Oct. 13, 5 p.m. Speaker: Saul Mendlovitz, Dag Hammarskjöld Professor of Peace and World Order Studies Emeritus, Rutgers Law School-Newark.
Location: Dana Room, Dana Library, 185 University Ave., Newark.
“The Future of Environmentalism: The Politics of Sacrifice in an Age of Comfort,”
Monday, Oct. 20, 5 p.m. Speaker: Paul Wapner, professor of international studies and director of the Program on Global Environmental Politics, School of International Service, American University, Washington D.C.
Location: Dana Room, Dana Library, 185 University Ave., Newark.
“Transnational Peasant and Farmer Movements: Campaigns, Impacts, Challenges,”
Monday, Oct. 27, 5 p.m. Speaker: Marc Edelman, professor of anthropology, Hunter College and CUNY Graduate Center, New York.
Location: Dana Room, Dana Library, 185 University Ave., Newark.
“This Land is Ours Now: Social Mobilization and Democracy in Contemporary Brazil,” Monday, Nov. 10, 5 p.m. Speaker: Wendy Wolford, associate professor of geography, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
Location: Dana Room, Dana Library, 185 University Ave., Newark.
The John Cotton Dana Library and the Rutgers Center for Law and Justice are handicap-accessible. For more information, please contact Carla Capizzi, 973/353-5262, or email: capizzi@rutgers.edu
GETTING TO RUTGERS UNIVERSITY IN NEWARK
BY MASS TRANSIT: Rutgers-Newark can be reached by New Jersey Transit buses and trains, the PATH train and Amtrak from New York City, and by the Newark Light Rail, Washington Street Station or Broad Street Station.
BY CAR: Rutgers-Newark can be reached by the Garden State Parkway, New Jersey Turnpike, Routes 95, 21, 78, and 280, and the Lincoln and Holland tunnels. Metered parking is available on University Avenue. Other parking: Rutgers-Newark’s parking garage (200 University Ave.) or the Bradley Hall Lot. Printable maps and driving directions at: www.newark.rutgers.edu/maps/index.php
