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International Institute celebrates 10th anniversary

February 28, 2006 By Rachel Alkon

The International Institute, which is the university’s portal to the world, is marking its 10th anniversary this year and plans a number of events to mark the milestone.

The institute, a 1996 joint initiative of the Division of International Studies and the College of Letters and Sciences, has 16 member programs, eight of which are federally funded national resource centers.

To mark the 10th anniversary, the institute and affiliated research circles will host a series of lectures and conferences in March and April. The keynote address will be given by Arjun Appadurai, provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at the New School University in New York City. His address will be held at 4 p.m. on Thursday, April 6, in the Pyle Center.

Appadurai is founder and current president of Partners for Urban Knowledge Action and Research (PUKAR), a nonprofit group of practically oriented researchers concerned with urban global issues, based in and oriented to Mumbai, India.

Another major series this spring is “The Global Futures Colloquium,” which will feature a series of talks on globalization. They include:

  • “Global-Local Environments, Local-Global Knowledge” will feature Peter Brosius, University of Georgia; Tim Forsyth, London School of Economics; Nancy Peluso, University of California, Berkeley; and Tori Jennings, UW–Madison, at 11:15 a.m. on Monday, March 6, in the Pyle Center. The speakers are participating in the “Political Ecologies of Knowledge, Science and Technology Interdisciplinary Workshop.”
  • “African Diaspora and Globalization,” will feature Michael Gomez at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 23, at the Pyle Center. Gomez is chair of the department of history at New York University and director of the Association for the Study of the Worldwide African Diaspora.
  • “Cosmopolitanism and Cultural Identity” will feature John Tomlinson, head of research in communications, media and cultural studies and director of the Nottingham Institute for Cultural Analysis at Nottingham Trent University in the United Kingdom, to be held at 4 p.m. on Thursday, March 30, the Chazen Museum of Art.
  • Charles Sabel will present “Global Governance, Global Politics, Global Democracy?” at 4 p.m. on Thursday, April 20, in 206 Ingraham Hall. Sabel is professor of law and social science at Columbia University’s Law School.

Events are free and open to the public.