Papers from all disciplines, both academic and applied fields, are invited for presentation at the Seventeenth Annual Conference of the Global Awareness Society International.  As reflected in the conference theme –Globalization: The Challenge of Prosperity and Inequality– the central focus of the conference will address how globalization impacts various peoples and systems of the world.  We define globalization broadly to include an array of issues that incorporate a global, international, or cross-cultural component.   Examples include economic issues and processes, education, environment, gender, health and medicine, human rights, internal and transnational migration, issues pertaining to the family, issues in social work, labor and employment, law and legal issues, criminal justice, nations and nationalism, political change, political economy, popular culture, poverty and social inequality, racial and ethnic issues, refugees and internally displaced persons, religion, social movements, social change, technology, issues pertaining to conflict, war, and peace, and finally, regional studies: Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, North America, and the Middle East.

INDIVIDUAL PAPER PRESENTATION PROPOSALS:
Contributed papers are normally presented with a 15 minute time limit in a session with 3-4 other papers in a related thread. Please send an abstract of no more than one page double-spaced–including (1) your name, (2) your academic affiliation, and (3) the title of your paper  Please type the word, GASI, in the subject line of your email. Send to Dr. George Agbango, Political Science Department, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, gagbango@bloomu.edu .

SESSION PROPOSALS:

Sessions normally include 4-5 papers and are allotted a 75-minute period. Please send a listing of all session information: (1) title of the session, (2) name and academic affiliation of the chair/presider for the session, (3) titles of all papers and names and academic affiliations of all presenters, and (4) email addresses of all session participants.   (Sessions typically include three or four papers.)  Please send session proposals to Dr. George Agbango, Political Science Department, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, gagbango@bloomu.edu .  Please type the word, GASI, in the subject line of your email. DEADLINE FOR RECEIPT OF ALL PROPOSALS IS MARCH 3, 2009

All participants and guests are expected to register for the conference. Registrations fees are: $195 for a conference participant, $65 for a student participant. These include participation in the Global Banquet on Saturday, May 23, 2009, all coffee breaks, and online publication of the paper in the Conference Proceedings.  Registration fees are due at the time of paper acceptance. Checks or money orders payable to GASI maybe sent to James C. Pomfret, Treasurer, GASI, Bloomsburg University, 400 East Second Street, Bloomsburg, PA 17815 USA. On-line registration and credit card payment is available by clicking here.

HOTEL:

Grand Hyatt Washington

1000 H Street NW
Washington, D.C., USA 20001
Tel: +1 202 582 1234    Fax: +1 202 637 4781 Toll Free:1-800-233-1234

Special Conference Rate is $159.00 USD plus tax

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