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• Updated June 22, 2008 •
The International Society for the Comparative Study of Civilizations
38TH World Conference
June 26-28th, 2008
University of New Brunswick, Saint John, Canada
TENTATIVE PROGRAM SCHEDULE
WEDNESDAY June 25
7PM – 9PM Wine & Cheese Party - Whitebone Lounge
For the weary traveler. (Cash bar. Only Canadian and USA $$ accepted.)
THURSDAY June 26
7:30 AM Breakfast
All 'A' Sessions will take place in Irving Hall, Room 107.
All 'B' Sessions will take place in Ganong Hall Lecture Theatre.
9:00 AM
Session A–Books & Biographical I
God and Gold: Britain, America, and the Making of the Modern World, Walter R. Meade
Laina Farhat-Holzman
Three Faces of Islam by Norman Rothman
Norman Rothman
The Wizard of the Crow by Ngugi Wa Thion’g
Matthew Melko
Session B–Interplay of Civilizations
“Pandora’s Box: Race, Mixed Race, Whiteness and the Interplay of Cultures in American Civilization”Hettie V. Williams
Tradition and Modernity: Rethinking the Politics of the Hindu Right in India.
Paritosh Kumar
An Explanation of History
David Maurer
10:30 Coffee break
11:00
Session A–The Science of Civilization
Civilization(s) Science and its Practical Applications
Vladimir Alalykin-Izvekov
David Vogan
The Role of Population Explosion and Implosion in World History
Laina Farhat-Holzman
The Great Rivers Of Mainstream Civilizations Led With Major Linguae Francae
Kazutake Miyahara
Session B–Civilisations - General
The Clash of Peoples: A Comparative Modeling Perspective
Andrew Targowski
Philosophical View of Globalization and A Practical Solution
Ashok Malhotra
An Essentialist Cosmopolitan: The Case of André Siegfried
Sean Kennedy
12:30 Lunch
2:00
Session A– Origins of Civilizations
Discussion leaders: Targowski, Blaha
Four Topics in the Initial Emergence of CivilizationJohn K. Hord (Presented by D. Wilkinson)
The Origins Of Civilizations
Matthew Melko
Session B–Book Reviews II
The Terror by David Andress
Norman Rothman
Jihad and Jew-Hatred, Islamism, Nazism and the Roots of 9/11 by Matthias Kuntzel
Laina Farhat-Holzman
“Empire,” “Wilderness” and the “Vanishing Indian” in Tocqueville’s A Fortnight in the Wilderness and John Tanner’s Narrative of Captivity
Joseph Galbo
3:30 Coffee Break
4:00 Keynote Address No. 1- Ganong Hall Lecture Theatre
Nine-Eleven and Afterwards:
A Twenty First Century Civilizational Encounter
Professor Toby Huff
Harvard University
6:30 Dinner
8:00
Movie Session–The Change from 1930’s Sub-Saharan Africa to Modern Africa: Roots
Chair: Stephen Blaha
Movie: Sanders of the River starring Paul Robson – portrays 1930’s Nigeria under British colonial rule (shot on location in Nigeria). Audience discussion follows on the roots of modern West Africa in its colonial past.
FRIDAY, June 27
7:30 AM Breakfast
9:00 AM
Session A–American Civilisations
Abyssinia and Sudan: “Civilization” Nicknames for “Noble” Ethiopia
Tseggai Isaac
The Effects of Civilization on Young People In An African Context
Faria Mohamed Hussein
Discussion leaders: David Wilkinson, Matthew Melko
Session B–Western Civilisation
Where is the West?
Ricardo Duchesne
Two Wars, Race and Rome: Ancient Romans and Barbarians in Progressive Era Thinking
Kristofer Allerfeldt
10:30 Coffee Break
11:00 AM
Session A–American Civilisations and Their Impact
America Viewed from a Comparative Study of Civilizations
Keisuke Kawakubo
Tertium Quid: The Inclusion of Indigenous Civilization in the Theology of Baroque America
Anthony M. Stevens-Arroyo
GE’s Talent Development Program and its Application to a Korean Conglomerate SAMSUNG
Chin-Ok Kim
Session B–Multi-Cultural Aspects of Civilizations
Mormon “Civilization” in the Nineteenth Century: Separation and Integration
Connie Lamb
American Civilization: India’s Contributions to American Heritage
Chandrakant Yatanoor
The Art of Children on a Multi-Civilizational Island
Julie Melko
12:30 PM Lunch (Board Meeting)
2:00 PM
Session A–The Civilization of the Americas
Stephen Blaha (chair)
Early American Civilizations
Stephen Blaha and others
MesoAndean Images
Matthew Melko
Discussion: Civilization of the Americas
A. M. Stevens-Arroyo (Chair)
Session B–Interactions Between Civilizations
Hindu-Muslim Conflicts in India
Dong Hyeon Jung
“That Most-Favored Nation”: Sultan Abdulhamid’s America, 1880-1908
Emrah Sahin
1862 in Dakota Land, a Genocide Forgotten: How Civilisational Transformations can get Lost in the Fading Rate of History
Michael Andregg
3:30 PM Coffee Break
4:00 PM Keynote Address No. 2 - Ganong Hall Lecture Theatre
Of Civilization: Origin, Composition, and Development of the Idea and the Term
Professor John Headley
University of North Carolina
6:30 PM Dinner
8:00 PM
Annual Meeting and Election
SATURDAY June 28
7:30 AM Breakfast
9:00 AM
Session A–Population and Civilization
A Tale Of Two Cities: Cairo, Amsterdam and Their Embedding Civilizations
George Von der Muhll
Population Replacements in the Past and in Europe Today
Laina Farhat-Holzman
Winwood Reade And His 1872 Attempt to Write A World History
Fred Donnelly
Session B-Artifacts of Civilizations and Their Dissemination
Plants and human civilization: Indian spices (PPT)
Sushila Narsimhan
Colonial Apostles: A Discourse on Syncretism and the Early American Protestant Missions in the Philippines
Joseph T. Raymond
Historical Development of Furniture in Iran from Early History up to the Emergence of Modernity
Serveh Naghshbandi
11:00 AM
Session A–Toynbee and Diamond
Chair: Laina Farhat-Holzman
The Methodologies of Toynbee and Diamond: A Restatement and Response to Comments
George Von der Muhll
Session B–Islamic Civilisation
Islam and Modernity: An Examination of the Role Women in Turkey
Norman C. Rothman
What Is It That Women In The Islamic World Want?
Adán Stevens-Díaz
The Rise of Logica Moderna in the East and West: A Comparison between the Genres of Post-Medieval Latin Ars Disputandi and Arabic Âdâb al-Bahth”
Mehmet Karabela
12:30 AM Lunch (NEW Board Meeting)
2:00 PM
Session A–General Civilizational Topics
Paradox As Metaphysical Principle And Epistemological Practice In Traditions East/West
Walter Benesch
Understanding Civilizations
Jakub Wrzesniewski
Western Civilization with Chinese Comparisons: A Remedy for Cultural Amnesia
John G. Blair
Session B–Civilizational Dynamics
"Ancients" and "Moderns" in the Comparative Study of Civilizations and World Systems
David Wilkinson
Civilization and Its Contents: Rorty, Culture and the Clash of Cultures
W. Thom Workman
Global Competition and Changes in Corporate Governance in Asia - A Comparison between Korea and Japan
Dong-Hyeon Jung
Cheol-Hun Park
3:30 – 6:30 PM—Free time to explore St. John & the Bay of Fundy
6:30 PM Dinner
THE END – On to Kalamazoo 2009!
