GISI Conference 2015: “Thinking Big: International and Global Studies at STU”
Global & International Studies Initiative (GISI) is pleased to have enabled scholars from distinct fields to contribute to the expanding body of knowledge and expertise in global and international studies at St. Thomas University.
GISI associates and STU faculty participated in the 2015 GISI conference “ Thinking Big: International and Global Studies at STU”. The conference was held on Saturday, April 25, 2015 on Margaret Norrie McCain Hall room 308 at St. Thomas University campus.
This was an opportunity for GISI associates and faculty at STU to showcase interim results of ongoing research projects in Global and International Studies. There was a rich diversity in terms of topics presented from distinct disciplines. We thank all those who participated and those who attended, and we hope we can continue to support scholars in their efforts to contribute to our academic community.
Conference Programme
| 9:00 – 10:00 | Continental Breakfast (by invitation) |
| 10:00 – 10:15 | Opening remarks Dr. Shaun Narine |
| Session 1: 10:15 – 11:55 am | Chair: Dr. Mikhail A. Molchanov |
| 10:15 – 10:40 | The Afterlife of Bauxite Mines: Land and Community in Transnational Context
Dr. Brad Cross, Department of History |
| 10:40 – 11:05 | Affect, Memory, and Meaning in Archival Recordings of Yolngu Manikay
Dr. Peter Toner, Department of Anthropology |
| 11:05 – 11:30 | Intersecting Narratives of Crossing the Line: Symbols and Humor as Works of Justice and Citizenship in the Gezi Protests of Istanbul and Ankara
Dr. Gul Caliskan, Department of Sociology |
| 11:30 – 11:55 | Where Nobody Expects the Spanish Inquisition: Toward a Global History of Inquisition Source Texts
Dr. Robin Vose, Department of History |
| 12:00 – 1:00 | Lunch (by invitation) |
| Session 2: 1:00 – 2:40 pm | Chair: Dr. Robin Vose |
| 1:00 – 1:25 | Globalization in Vilcabamba, Ecuador: Lifestyle Migration, Inequality and Agrarian Reform
Dr. Matthew Hayes, Department of Sociology |
| 1:25 – 1:50 | Eurasian Regionalisms and Russian Foreign Policy
Dr. Mikhail A. Molchanov, Department of Political Science |
| 1:50 – 2:15 | The United States and Its Role in the Asia Pacific: Decline and Dysfunction?
Dr. Shaun Narine, Department of Political Science |
| 2:15 – 2:40 | Developing a Rwandan Approach to Social Work Knowledge and Practice
Dr. Suzanne Dudziak, Department of Social Work |
| 2:45 – 3:15 | Coffee break |
| Session 3: 3:15 – 4:55 pm | Chair: Dr. Shaun Narine |
| 3:15 – 3:40 | Using Social Biography to Connect the Local and the Global: 18th-Century Military Postings in the Journals of British Royal Engineer William Booth
Dr. Bonnie Huskins, Department of History |
| 3:40 – 4:05 | Making Hijrah
Dr. Alexandra Bain, Department of Religious Studies |
| 4:05 – 4:30 | Automobility, Technocracy, and Progress in 1960s Argentina: The Ford Falcon as High Modernist Artefact
Dr. Karen Robert, Department of History |
| 4:30 – 4:55 | Prorogation as a Partisan Political Tool
Dr. Gerard Horgan, Department of Political Science |
| 4:55 – 5:20 | Lack of Vision?: Barack Obama’s Second Term Foreign Policy
Dr. Jamie Gillies, Department of Journalism and Communications |
| 5:20 – 5:30 | Closing remarks Dr. Shaun Narine |
Photos (credits to Maria Jose Burgos – student at St. Thomas University)
Questions or comments? Please e-mail gisi@stu.ca