Days of paper presentations, workshops/interactive sessions, posters, and colloquia.
Delegates from all over the world who attended the Eighth Global Studies Conference.
Countries represented.
The Eighth Global Studies Conference featured plenary sessions by some of the world’s leading thinkers and innovators in the field.
Professor, Media and Communications, London School of Economics, UK
"Power, Hierarchy, and the Internet—Why the Internet Empowers and Disempowers"
Professor, Centre for Media & Film Studies; Chair, Centre for Iranian Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies, London, UK
"Digital Divides and New Digital Politics: The Contradictions of the Current Moment"
For each conference, a small number of Graduate Scholar Awards are given to outstanding graduate students who have an active academic interest in the conference area. The Award with its accompanying responsibilities provides a strong professional development opportunity for graduate students at this stage in their academic careers. The 2015 Graduate Scholar Awardees are listed below.
Xiamen University, Nigeria
University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India
Durham University, UK
Tamkang University, Taiwan
Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India
Goldsmiths College, São Paulo, Brazil
University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA
Yerevan State University, Armenia