Music, Gender, and Globalization
Conference: Music, Gender, and Globalization
Date: 1 to 2 April 2011
Place: Ithaca, NY, USA
Website: http://www.musicgenderglobalization.org
Contact Name: Samuel Dwinell
The conference is organized by two graduate students in the Cornell University Department of Music—Samuel Dwinell and Anaar Desai-Stephens. Many other departments, programs, and institutes from across the humanities and social sciences at the University are also contributing to this project in diverse ways, including co-sponsorship, participation of faculty members and graduate students, and use of space.
This conference will feature three keynote presentations and a number of panels of shorter presentations (chaired by faculty respondents). Other events include a concert by a world-renowned artist and a screening of an important new film. The conference will end with a roundtable discussion of issues raised over the two days. –Music, Gender, & Globalization
Organized by: Cornell University
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Hate Studies
International Conference on Hate Studies
Date: April 6 to 9, 2011
Place: Spokane, WA
Website: http://guweb2.gonzaga.edu/againsthate/Conference2011.htm
Contact name: Jim Mohr
Sponsored by: Institute for Hate Studies
The Second International Conference on Hate Studies builds upon the successful 2004 initial conference. This conference will convene leading academics from multiple disciplines from around the world, law enforcement personnel, journalists, educators, representatives from governmental and non-governmental organizations, human rights experts, community organizers, activists, and others to discuss hatred from multiple perspectives. The “lessons learned” and plans which emerge will help educators, researchers, law enforcement, advocates, and others better analyze and combat hatred in its various manifestations.
Research indicates that thousands of people every year are victims of hate crime. For every reported case of hate violence, there are countless unreported incidents of hate based violence. The hate crime phenomenon presents complex and agonizing problems to countless communities nationwide. The problem has become more visible as federal and state officials increasingly track hate violence.
Some assert that, the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s annual hate crime report offers the most comprehensive national picture currently available on the magnitude of this pressing problem. The Southern Poverty Law Center (SCLC) also monitors hate groups and other extremists throughout the United States and expose their activities. Research indicates that “…there are 932 known hate groups operating across the country, including neo-Nazis, Klansmen, white nationalists, neo-Confederates, racist skinheads, and others.” (Southern Poverty Law Center) According to the research done on this phenomenon by the Southern Poverty Law Center, the number of hate groups is growing. American communities have learned that failure to address hate-based crimes can cause an isolated incident to result in widespread tension.
This year’s theme for the International Hate Studies Conference is Interdisciplinary Approaches to Understanding the Nature of Hate, Crafting Models for Combating Hatred, and Implications for Practice. The conference materials indicate that this theme is being explored through the four main areas of education, research, practice, and advocacy. Papers from different theoretical or disciplinary lenses are invited such as those from history, communications, psychology, social psychology, evolutionary psychology, anthropology, sociology, criminal justice, law, biology, business, economics, theology, religious studies, political science, literature, philosophy, education, and more. Inquiries regarding this conference should be submitted to: againsthate@gonzaga.edu
Source: Gonzaga University, Institute for Hate Studies, Southern Poverty Law Center. Photo Credit: Microsoft Clip Art
