The Local in the Global – The Global in the Local:

International Studies Revisited

A UIC Student Conference

Tuesday, April 22, 2008, Institute for the Humanities

 Conference Program:

9:30 – 9:45         Opening Remarks

9:45 – 12:00       Panel 1: Moderator Prof. Norma Moruzzi

State Legitimacy & National Identity: Symbols and Practices

Gregory Pratt: “The Importance of Appearance: A Paper on Legitimacy and Elections in Non-Democratic States"

Amanda Murphy: "Canadian Symbols: Public, Private, Political, and Pedagogic Representations of the Great White North"

Vitaliy Voznyak: "Corruption in Ukraine: Explaining Variation Across Administrative Divisions"

Alexander Markovic: "Golden Trumpets and 'Gypsy' Music: World Music and Identity Politics among Romani Musicians in Southeastern Serbia"

12:00 – 1:00       Lunch Break 

1:00 – 3:00         Panel 2: Moderator Prof. Amalia Pallares

Economy & Society in the Global Midwest: Urban – Rural Intersections.

Christopher Hurst: "Global Chicago: From Meat Packing to Corporate Packing" 

Miles Sullivan: "The City of Chicago's Role in Globalization: Ethanol" 

Caroline Gottschalk-Druschke: "Rhetorics of Global Food Policies and Women- Centered Local Alternatives" 

3:00 – 3:15         Coffee Break 

3:15 – 5:15         Panel 3: Moderator Prof. Stephen Engelmann

Words, Wars, and Rights: Insecure Citizens in a Violent World.

Ernie Kuhnke: "Fighting Terrorism while Preserving Civil Liberties"

Nora Willi: "Terror and Deceit: A Democracy's Slide into Authoritarianism" 

Alecia Dantico : "Fighting Words: Radical Women Write War" 

5:15 – 5:30         Coffee Break 

5:30 – 6:00         Closing Words, Distribution of Prizes  

Sponsored by the UIC International Studies Program, Political Science Department, and the Institute for the Humanities