Globalization: The Challenge to America

Eighth Annual Conference

Loyola University, Chicago’s Jesuit University, is delighted to announce that it will host the eighth annual conference of Globalization for the Common Good. The Event will be a featured part of Loyola University’s  2009 celebration of 100 years as a university.

The conference will also be the eighth in the annual international series, Globalization for the Common Good – An Interfaith Perspective  (founded by Dr. Kamran Mofid).

This major global conference is being convened by the Interreligious Engagement Project (IEP21), the Center for Global Studies (Purdue University Calumet), the Center for Ethics and Social Justice (Loyola University), and Globalization for the Common Good (GCG).

It is jointly chaired by Dr. William French (Loyola University), Mr. Jim Kenney (IEP21), Dr. Yahya Kamalipour (Purdue University Calumet), and Dr. Kamran Mofid (GCG).

Previous conferences have been held in Oxford (2002), St. Petersburg (2003), Dubai (2004), Kericho, Kenya (2005), Honolulu (2006), Istanbul (2007), and Melbourne (2008).

Conference Themes:
The Conference will focus primarily on a constructive critique of the role of the United States in the current dynamic of world affairs. We will examine the positive and negative dimensions of America’s global stance.

Finally, we will explore some of the very real challenges that America must meet if globalization is to be guided toward the common good, both within the US and in the larger world. 

Other thematic areas will also be addressed. They include (but are not limited to) the following:

· Globalization, Civilizational Dialogue, and the Role of the Global Interfaith Movement
· The Global Environment: Climate, Habitat, Water, Energy, and All Life
· The Struggle for Social and Economic Justice and Universal Human Rights

A Call for Papers will be issued in June 2008.

For background information on the initiative and details of previous conferences, visit: http://www.globalisationforthecommongood.info/.

To access the online Journal of Globalization for the Common Good, visit http://www.commongoodjournal.com/.

For information on the 2008 Conference in Melbourne, Australia (June 30 – July 4), visit: http://www.globalisationforthecommongood.info/conferences/australia-conference-2008/.