Conference in Cuba, November 2012
The Fifteenth International Conference on “New Political Science” and the Seventh International Colloquium on “The role of philosophy and political science in the cultural heritage of the countries of the American Mediterranean” were held at the University of Havana in November 2012.
The conferences were sponsored by the Section on “Political Science from the South” of the University of Havana, the Social Sciences Section of the General Máximo Gómez Academy, the Cuban Society of Philosophical Research, the Division of Philosophy and History of the University of Havana, and the Raúl Roa García Higher Institute of International Relations, the Nico López School of Higher Education of the Union of Communist Youth, the Division of Marxism of the José Antonio Echeverría Polytechnic Institute of Higher Education, and the Division of Marxism of the University of Informational Sciences.
The New Political Science is being developed by Cuban and international professors affiliated with the Division of Philosophy and History of the University of Havana and with Dr. Thalía Fung, Chair, “Political Science from the South.” It is a transdisciplinary initiative, including scholars in the disciplines of political science, economics, history, philosophy, anthropology, and sociology. It seeks to develop an analysis of international dynamics and global issues from the perspective of the global South or the Third World. It endeavors to develop insights that are relevant to public policies and political strategies of the nations and social movements of the South.
Ten participants from the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, India, Germany, Holland, and Slovakia participated in the activities organized by Global Learning. The highlight of the conferences was a special plenary presentation by Kees van der Pijl Professor Emeritus, School of Global Studies and former Director of the Centre for Global Political Economy at the University of Sussex, Brighton, UK.
The conferences were sponsored by the Section on “Political Science from the South” of the University of Havana, the Social Sciences Section of the General Máximo Gómez Academy, the Cuban Society of Philosophical Research, the Division of Philosophy and History of the University of Havana, and the Raúl Roa García Higher Institute of International Relations, the Nico López School of Higher Education of the Union of Communist Youth, the Division of Marxism of the José Antonio Echeverría Polytechnic Institute of Higher Education, and the Division of Marxism of the University of Informational Sciences.
The New Political Science is being developed by Cuban and international professors affiliated with the Division of Philosophy and History of the University of Havana and with Dr. Thalía Fung, Chair, “Political Science from the South.” It is a transdisciplinary initiative, including scholars in the disciplines of political science, economics, history, philosophy, anthropology, and sociology. It seeks to develop an analysis of international dynamics and global issues from the perspective of the global South or the Third World. It endeavors to develop insights that are relevant to public policies and political strategies of the nations and social movements of the South.
Ten participants from the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, India, Germany, Holland, and Slovakia participated in the activities organized by Global Learning. The highlight of the conferences was a special plenary presentation by Kees van der Pijl Professor Emeritus, School of Global Studies and former Director of the Centre for Global Political Economy at the University of Sussex, Brighton, UK.
The ten participants were:
Eden Almasude
Graduate Student, MA candidate in International Relations
Ohio University
Athens, Ohio
E-mail: [email protected]
Presentation: Abdelkrim and Che: A Relationship between Cuban and Rifian Revolutions
Alfredo Carlos, M.A.
Doctoral Student
Department of Political Science
University of California, Irvine
E-mail: [email protected]
Presentation: The Future of the American Economy: Economic Democracy or Bust!
Peter Nikolaus Funke, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Government & International Affairs
University of South Florida
Tampa, FL 33620
E-mail: Peter Nikolaus Funke <[email protected]>
Presentation: A New Logic of Social Movement Organizing: From the Zapatista to Occupy and back
Eugenia Georges
Professor and Chair
Department of Anthropology
Rice University
Houston, TX 77005
USA
E-mail: Nia Georges <[email protected]>
Prof. PhDr. Vasil Gluchman, CSc.
UNESCO Chair in Bioethics
Institute of Philosophy and Ethics
Faculty of Arts
University of Presov
Presov, Slovakia
E-mail: Gluchman Vasil <[email protected]>
Presentation: Political Ethics in Slovakia
Marta Gluchmanova, PhD.
Department of Humanities
Technical University of Kosice
Bayerova 1, Presov, Slovakia
E-mail address: [email protected]
Presentation: Language, Education, and Contemporary Global Issues
Dr. Betcy Jose
Assistant Professor of Political Science
University of Colorado
Denver, Colorado
E-mail: [email protected]
Presentation: Frankenstein in International Law? The Killing of Osama bin Laden and the Possibility of Norm Emergence
Prakash Kona
Associate Professor
Department of English Literature
The English and Foreign Languages University
Tarnaka, Hyderabad
India
E-mail: Prakash Kona <[email protected]>
Presentation: Revolutionary medicine: A response to corporatizing healthcare in India
Charles McKelvey
Professor Emeritus
Presbyterian College
Clinton, South Carolina
E-mail: [email protected]
Presentation: Cross-Horizon Encounter: The responsibility of the North toward the New Political Science of the South
Nalini Persram
York University
Canada
E-mail: Nalini Therese Persram <[email protected]>
Presentation: Pacha Mama, Political Theory of the South, and the Salvaging of Civilization
Kees van der Pijl
Fellow, Centre for Global Political Economy
Professor Emeritus, School of Global Studies
Director, Centre for Global Political Economy, 2001-2006
University of Sussex
Brighton, UK
Home Address: Vrijzicht 125, Amsterdam, Netherlands 1068 CH
E-mail: [email protected]
Presentation: The Discipline of Western Supremacy
Eden Almasude
Graduate Student, MA candidate in International Relations
Ohio University
Athens, Ohio
E-mail: [email protected]
Presentation: Abdelkrim and Che: A Relationship between Cuban and Rifian Revolutions
Alfredo Carlos, M.A.
Doctoral Student
Department of Political Science
University of California, Irvine
E-mail: [email protected]
Presentation: The Future of the American Economy: Economic Democracy or Bust!
Peter Nikolaus Funke, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Government & International Affairs
University of South Florida
Tampa, FL 33620
E-mail: Peter Nikolaus Funke <[email protected]>
Presentation: A New Logic of Social Movement Organizing: From the Zapatista to Occupy and back
Eugenia Georges
Professor and Chair
Department of Anthropology
Rice University
Houston, TX 77005
USA
E-mail: Nia Georges <[email protected]>
Prof. PhDr. Vasil Gluchman, CSc.
UNESCO Chair in Bioethics
Institute of Philosophy and Ethics
Faculty of Arts
University of Presov
Presov, Slovakia
E-mail: Gluchman Vasil <[email protected]>
Presentation: Political Ethics in Slovakia
Marta Gluchmanova, PhD.
Department of Humanities
Technical University of Kosice
Bayerova 1, Presov, Slovakia
E-mail address: [email protected]
Presentation: Language, Education, and Contemporary Global Issues
Dr. Betcy Jose
Assistant Professor of Political Science
University of Colorado
Denver, Colorado
E-mail: [email protected]
Presentation: Frankenstein in International Law? The Killing of Osama bin Laden and the Possibility of Norm Emergence
Prakash Kona
Associate Professor
Department of English Literature
The English and Foreign Languages University
Tarnaka, Hyderabad
India
E-mail: Prakash Kona <[email protected]>
Presentation: Revolutionary medicine: A response to corporatizing healthcare in India
Charles McKelvey
Professor Emeritus
Presbyterian College
Clinton, South Carolina
E-mail: [email protected]
Presentation: Cross-Horizon Encounter: The responsibility of the North toward the New Political Science of the South
Nalini Persram
York University
Canada
E-mail: Nalini Therese Persram <[email protected]>
Presentation: Pacha Mama, Political Theory of the South, and the Salvaging of Civilization
Kees van der Pijl
Fellow, Centre for Global Political Economy
Professor Emeritus, School of Global Studies
Director, Centre for Global Political Economy, 2001-2006
University of Sussex
Brighton, UK
Home Address: Vrijzicht 125, Amsterdam, Netherlands 1068 CH
E-mail: [email protected]
Presentation: The Discipline of Western Supremacy
