RECENT CONFERENCES, SYMPOSIA AND WORKSHOPS
November 10-11, 2006
“Governance and Accountability
in International NGOs”
Exploring new directions in the study of global civil society and the
role of international non-governmental organizations, this conference,
to be held at UCSB and hosted by the Orfalea Center, is being organized
in collaboration with the New Global History Initiative based at MIT
and Harvard. In addition, it will be joined by faculty affiliated with
the Centre for the Study of Global Governance based at the London School
of Economics.
The purpose of the conference is to convene the leading scholars in fields related to the governance of NGOs in order to illuminate the subject from various angles. Papers will cover the internal governance of NGOs and their relations with local, national, international, and trans-national agencies and authorities.
Database meeting: “Mapping
the Global NGOs”
The day before the November NGO conference, a group of international
scholars working on data sets relating to the globalization of NGOs
will meet at UCSB, hosted by the Orfalea Center. Core participants
include scholars affiliated with LSE’s Centre for the Study of
Global Governance and other international researchers.
February 2007
Seminar with EU Erasmus Mundus Global
Studies Program
The Orfalea Center will host a meeting at UCSB with representatives from the
European Union Global Studies Consortium (Erasmus Mundus) for the purpose of
exchanging ideas about global studies as a field of interdisciplinary studies.
(details forthcoming)
April 27-28, 2007
“Legality and Legitimacy in
the International Order”
The Orfalea Center will host an international conference at UCSB co-sponsored
and jointly funded by the United Nations University. Prof. Richard Falk of the
Global & International Studies program will coordinate the conference and
edit the conference proceedings for publication. (details forthcoming)