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Call for Papers and Panels "Civilizations in the Americas and around the World - Past, Present, and Future: Exploring Multiculturalism in Globalizing Civilizations" 47th ISCSC World Conference International Society for the Comparative Study of Civilizations (ISCSC) University of New Brunswick Saint John, NB (Canada) 26-28 June 2008 __________________________________________________ Tentative Topics Include I. Civilizations of the Americas Civilizations and Societies in the pre-Columbian and post-Columbian Americas, Collapse of Indo-American civilizations, Native American civilizations and Societies, Impact of the Spanish Conquest, Interplay of civilizations and cultures in Canada and the United States, Quebec as a "distinct" civilization/culture, Huntington's clash of civilizations, Canadian multiculturalism and the culture of nowhere, Muslim integration into the Americas and Europe. II. Asian, Islamic, African, and European Civilization Topics The efflorescence of Islam in the West, Religious Wars and Social Collapse, European Demographics: Cultural Suicide or Ecological Sustainability? Asian Hegemony--Global Economy in the Asian Age, Islam and Modernity, "Decline" of the West, Hinduism and Islam inside India, Multicultural Feminism vs. Western Feminism. III. General Topics Cross-civilizational Experiences, "Sparks Flying" - Current Hot Topics, Civilizational Boundaries, Civilizational crises, Future of Civilizations, Multiculturalism, General Theories of Civilization, Culture and Civilizations, Workshop on Retarding/Reversing the Decline of Civilizations, Workshop on the Possibility of the Conscious Design of the Development of a Civilization, Global Civilization, Book Reviews, and Contributions of civilizationalists-Toynbee, Wittfogel, Braudel, Needham, Landes, Diamond, McNeill, Frank, VDH, Barzun, Ortega y Gasset, and Vico. Abstracts: Please send Abstracts via email (500 words maximum; Deadline: March 1, 2008) to Stephen Blaha at <[email protected]>, or to Ricardo Duchesne, University of New Brunswick, at <[email protected]>. Conference Location: The conference will be held at the University of New Brunswick, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. The conference website contains further information on the Society and the Conference & accommodations: http://www.wmich.edu/iscsc/ Contact: Ricardo Duchesne Department of Social Sciences University of New Brunswick Saint John PO Box 5050 Saint John, NB E2L 4L5 Canada Tel: +1-506-648-5256 Email: [email protected] Web: http://www.wmich.edu/iscsc/ __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://cal.polylog.org
