[ecrea] international symposium in Padova, December 2012

we are pleased to announce this upcoming event.

The Symposium /The Future of Political and Social Sciences. An 
International and Interdisciplinary Conversation/, to be held in Padova 
on December 14 and 15, 2012, gathers distinguished scholars from 
different disciplinary and geo-cultural backgrounds to address the 
challenges of global transformations.

Globality is assumed not only as a subject to investigate contemporary 
societal complexities but also as a condition that should make us 
rethink assumptions and perspectives in political and social sciences as 
well as the wager of higher education in increasingly globalized 
societies. Citizenship and democratic principles; freedoms, rights and 
responsibilities; languages, access to knowledge and communication tools 
will be some of the key concepts informing this international and 
interdisciplinary conversation. A specific focus is devoted to 
innovative educational practices being ideated and implemented worldwide.

The event also launches a broader project - /Next Generation Global 
Studies/ (www.nextgenerationglobalstudies.eu 
<http://www.nextgenerationglobalstudies.eu/>) - the aim of which is to 
contribute in making sense of contemporary social experiences facing 
plural times and spaces of globalization.

Here you can download the porgram of the event: 
http://nextgenerationglobalstudies.eu/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/future-of-political-science-programme.pdf


Best wishes,

Claudia Padovani and Massimiliano Tomba

DSPGI
University of Padova, Italy

claudia padovani <(claupad67 /at/ gmail.com)>