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Call for Papers "Global Social Justice in Theory and Practice" Annual Conference Global Studies Association (GSA) Centre for the Study of Global Ethics & Department of Political Science and International Studies, University of Birmingham Birmingham (UK) 3-5 September 2007 __________________________________________________ Abstracts are encouraged from activists, practitioners and policy-makers as well as from academics from relevant fields (including cultural studies, sociology, politics, philosophy, law, history, religious studies and history). Graduate submissions encouraged and integrated fully into the programme. Themes include: Theories of justice Globalization Human rights Group and cultural rights Post-colonialism and neo-colonialism Conflict and post-conflict societies and justice Gender and culture Justice and pluralism Scientific, technological and bioethical issues of justice Environment and ecological issues of justice Abstracts should be no more than 500 words and be emailed by 15 June 2007 to Nicki Smith <[email protected]> or Heather Widdows <[email protected]>. Other members of the conference team are Judy Atkins, Harriet Hoffler and Caroline Mullen. Selected papers will appear in a Special Issue of the Journal of Global Ethics 2009. Public Lectures Global Social Justice - a Pre-requisite for Human Survival Clare Short (Birmingham MP) Human Rights abuses by UK forces in Iraq Phil Shiner (Human Rights Lawyer of the Year 2004) Plenary speakers Injustice and Climate Change Simon Caney (University of Oxford) Feminising Global Governance Professor Shirin Rai (University of Warwick) The Globalization of Human Rights Professor Leslie Sklair (London School of Economics) Booking information and conference details are available on the conference website: http://www.globalethics.bham.ac.uk/GSAConf2006/index.htm For more information about the Global Studies Association (GSA) please see our website: http://www.globalstudiesassociation.org Contact: Dr Heather Widdows Senior Lecturer Centre for the Study of Global Ethics Dept of Philosophy School of Social Sciences University of Birmingham Birmingham, B15 2TT UK Phone: +44 (0)121 414 8399 Email: [email protected] __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://cal.polylog.org
