GLOBAL STUDIES CONFERENCE

On behalf of the Advisory Board, we would like to inform you of the:

GLOBAL STUDIES CONFERENCE
Pusan National University
Busan, South Korea
21-23 June 2010
http://www.GlobalStudiesConference.com

The Global Studies Conference and the Global Studies Journal are devoted to mapping and interpreting new trends and patterns in globalization. The conference serves as an open forum for exploring globalization from many perspectives in a wide variety of locations. The Global Studies Conference was inaugurated at the University of Illinois, Chicago in 2008 and the second Conference was held at Zayed University, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, in 2009.

Along with the general themes of the conference, each year it focuses on a different special topic. This year the special theme is Global Rebalancing: East Asia and 21 Century Globalization. This topic will be explored in great depth as participants immerse themselves into the setting of Busan, South Korea.

This year's conference will feature the following plenary speakers:

- Jan Nederveen Pieterse, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
- Seung Kuk Kim, Pusan National University, Pusan, South Korea
- John M. Hobson, Sheffield University, South Yorkshire, UK
- Li Peilin, President of the Chinese Sociological Association, Beijing, P.R. China
- Min Gong, Deputy Director for Macroeconomic Research, Xiamen University, Fujian Provence, P.R. China
- Shantong Li, Development Research Center of the State Council, Beijing, P.R. China
- Hyun-Chin Lim, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
- Shuziro Yazawa, President of Japanese Sociological Society, Seijo University, Tokyo, Japan
- Arun Kumar, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
- Ross Buckley, University New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

As well as this impressive line-up of international plenary speakers, the conference will also include numerous paper, workshop and colloquium presentations by practitioners, teachers and researchers. We would particularly like to invite you to respond to the conference call-for-papers. Presenters may choose to submit written papers for publication in the Global Studies Journal. If you are unable to attend the conference in person, virtual registrations are also available which allow you to submit a paper for refereeing and possible publication in this refereed academic journal.

Whether you are a virtual or in-person presenter at this conference, we also encourage you to present on the conference YouTube Channel. Please select the Online Sessions link on the conference website for further details.

The deadline for the next round in the call-for-papers (a title and short abstract) is 13 May 2010. Future deadlines will be announced on the conference website after this date. Proposals are reviewed within two weeks of submission. Full details of the conference, including an online proposal submission form, are to be found at the conference website - http://www.GlobalStudiesConference.com .

We look forward to receiving your proposal and hope you will be able to join us in Busan in June 2010.

Yours Sincerely,

Jan Nederveen Pieterse
University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
For the Advisory Board, Global Studies Conference and Global Studies Journal

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If you have any inquiries about this conference, please send them by reply to this email. All emails are answered in person by one of our conference administrators within two working days. G

Nossa!!!! Luso-Brazilian end of the semester party/farewell

I would like to take the opportunity to INVITE you all to come to the Luso Brazilian Association end-of-semester party/farewell party next week, Friday April 30th at 9 p.m.

The event will be at V. Picasso restaurant in Urbana (214 West Main Street Urbana, IL 61801)


PS: My band * Samba Soul will be performing during the event. I personally would love to see you there before you leave for the break!!! Let me know if you want us to reserve a table for you! Send an email to sambasoulband@gmail.com

See you there,
Cheers !!!
Vivian (Felicio)

ÑAWI - New Ecuadorian Music. WORKSHOP & PUBLIC CONCERT

The Ecuadorian Students Association and the Fellowship for Activism and Applied Research at the University of Illinois present:


ÑAWI - New Ecuadorian Music.


WORKSHOP & PUBLIC CONCERT

Friday April 30th, 2010
Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum. 600 S. Gregory St., Urbana, IL.

4:00-6:00 Workshop: Introduction to the musical traditions and instruments of the Ecuadorian Andes.

7:30-9:30 Free concert. (Auditorium seating is limited. Museum doors open at 7:00 pm).


ÑAWI is an exciting new musical collaboration joining the talents of outstanding musicians from Ecuador, including singer Mariela Condo, musician and cultural promoter Alex Alvear and multi-instrumentalists Roberto, Rumi and Curi Cachimuel (from the award-winning ensemble Yarina). ÑAWI, which in the Native Kichwa language means "faces" is a wonderful opportunity to enjoy the rich and diverse musical styles from Ecuador. From the ancestral Yumbo to the jovial Bomba and Albazo, from the powerful Churay to the melancholic Pasillo, this unique ensemble will transport you to a place which is still unknown to many and very rich in its musical traditions.

ÑAWI is a fusion of modern styles with a variety of traditional rhythms from the Andes of Ecuador. The ensemble performs original arrangements and songs in both Spanish and Kichwa, the language of several indigenous groups in Ecuador. The members of ÑAWI are indigenous from the Puruha and Otavalo people of the Ecuadorian Andes, and from Quito, Ecuador, Mexico and the U.S.

ÑAWI will offer a WORKSHOP and a CONCERT free and open to the public.

4:00-6:00 pm AFTERNOON WORKSHOP: ÑAWI will offer an introduction to the diverse musical styles from the Andes of Ecuador with live demonstrations of diverse rhythms, cultural traditions and the many instruments used.

7.30 - 9.30 pm EVENING CONCERT: ÑAWI will play a variety of rich and diverse musical styles from Ecuador including Yumbos, Bombas, Albazos, Churays and Pasillos.

PAID FOR BY: SORF, Student Affairs Program Coordinating Council, Spurlock Museum, Student Cultural Programming Fee.

Co-sponsors: Department of Anthropology, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, La Casa Cultural Latina, Latina/Latino Studies Program.

Music samples available upon request. For questions contact peguez2@illinois.edu.

Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/p.php?i=508155064&k=56M432W4QT6FXJ1BY1YX2USTRP1156X&oid=114974148520857

Gracias Profesor Irigoyen!

Our most sincere thanks to Professor Javier Irigoyen for taking the time to update, redesign and reconfigure the SIP webpage. It is impeccable and a great reflection of our department's, students' and faculty's hard work and interests . We truly appreciate your effort and time.

Message to all SIP graduate students:

SIPGO also wants to ask all students to help complete all the necessary information on the webpage. The one thing that the SIP webpage is still missing is the academic information of most of the graduate students. If you remember, Prof. Irigoyen sent us an email some time ago with instructions about how to send him our academic information so he could post it in our webpage. We know this is a busy period of the semester, but we really encourage you to spend some time on putting your information together and sending it to Prof. Irigoyen as soon as you can.

Please, when you decide to do so, send an email to Prof. Irigoyen (irigoyen@illinois.edu) following his instructions:

> 1. PERSONAL INFORMATION: It will be much easier for me if I can just cut and paste the
> information directly from the body of your email. In your answer to this message,
> please, include the following categories in the same order. Erase the categories that do
> not apply to you, or, inversely, include a new category if you need it (remember that
> you can only include academic information, and please, proofread):
>
> Contact information:
> Address:
> Telephone:
> Email:
>
> Office hours:
>
> (PHD/MA) Graduate Student in... (FIELD)
>
> Dissertation Title:
>
> Education:
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> Research Interests:
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> Publications:
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> Conference Presentations:
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> Grants and Awards:
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> 2. PICTURE (optional) (file in jpg format, attached to the email)

SIPGO'S BOHEMIANS AT THE VINEYARDS: end of the semester reception

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What? Bohemian night and POTLUCK: OPEN MICROPHONE for music, poetry & arts in general (even performances, photography and plastic arts expositions... you name it!). In the case of plastic arts please let us know in advance.

There will be free wine tasting with ID.


The idea is to have a great time in a fun, stress-free and friendly environment outside of our regular academic environment.


Sleepy Creek Vineyards is located outside Chambana, in the beautiful countryside of Fairmont, Illinois, yet still only 30 minutes away from our SIP department!

Feel free to invite anyone you want: friends, significant others, family, professors, students...

If weather permits, there will even be a marshmallow bonfire by the lake and the vineyard!!!!!!!! Sounds great right!?


C. When? Saturday April 24th

6:00 p.m.— 11:00 p.m.


D. Where? Sleepy Creek Vineyards –Yes, an actual Illinois vineyard!

http://www.sleepycreekvineyards.com/

Please see website for details, pictures and directions.


Click for directions from FLB



E. What to bring?

The main thing is, of course, to bring yourself.
If you want to be an active participant please bring your poems, stories, musical instruments, your voice, performances, and/or any other shape and form of art.


Also, please bring a plate to share (potluck). Ideally, these would be finger food or hors d’ oeuvres. We provide non-alcoholic beverages. Besides the free wine tasting with ID, there will be wine and beer available for purchase.


Hope to see you all there. You will fall in love with this place!

Please do not forget to RSVP the evite you will receive BY APRIL 17. We need to have an idea of how many people will be attending.

GEO Rally on March 4th

" Last semester we saw first-hand how
willingly the administration will listen if enough of us come
together with a message. As GEO members it might seem like we got
everything that we wanted, but there are still obvious systemic
problems on our campus and on campuses across the country. Despite
our contract gains the campus climate is threatening our positions
at this university. On March 4th we're joining in a national
movement to defend public education. The GEO is not alone in this movement at UIUC; we are joining with a coalition comprised of the Campus Faculty Association and the Undergraduate-Graduate Alliance, which is a conglomerate of
undergraduate RSOs. We are assembling at the Alma Mater on March
4th at noon. From there we will march forth to Swanlund for a
rally. "


Sent by Pamela Cappas Toro and Sally Perret

Great workshops: Thanks!

SIPGO would like to thank all faculty and students involved in the preparation of the SIP Professional Workshop for Graduate Student Publishing, which took place yesterday at Lucy Ellis lounge. Many thanks especially to Lily Martinez and Professor Luisa-Elena Delgado for putting all this together so excellently. Many thanks also to Professor Luciano Tosta, Professor Mellisa Bowles, Professor Javier Irigoyen, Professor Dara Goldman, Professor Jose Ignacio Hualde, Professor Silvina Montrul, and Professor Luisa-Elena Delgado for their excellent presentations. These were all very informational, practical and useful to all students.



SIP graduate students really appreciate your efforts to organize this kind of extracurricular activities for our academic benefit.

Thanks!