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International Conference on Global Citizenship, Collective Identity and Tolerance to be held on Chillicothe Campus
Scholars from various academic disciplines will share their insights during the International Conference on Global Citizenship, Collective Identity and Tolerance at Ohio University-Chillicothe on Sept. 24-25. Nearly 30 papers have been submitted for the conference, which will be held in the Stevenson Center.
Among those submitting papers are faculty members from the Chillicothe Campus and Ohio University as well as academics across the nation and around the globe.
Details about the event, including the schedule of events and title of the papers that will be presented, are available online at http://www.chillicothe.ohiou.edu/pages/library/GCCIT/
“This offers an opportunity to become engaged in academic discourse and to showcase the Chillicothe Campus to the academic community at large,” said OU-C head librarian Allan Pollchik, who is helping to coordinate the event. “The conference allows for campus and community members to become engaged in meaningful academic discourse, which supports the mission of Ohio University-Chillicothe in supporting a learning community.”
“This event shines the spotlight on a world-class library and world-class minds right here in southern Ohio. It is rare to have these types of individuals together for one conference,” Pollchik said.
OU-C political science faculty member Nicholas Kiersey said, “An interesting feature of this conference is the cross-disciplinary aspect. I am looking forward to hearing the insights of individuals from a range of academic fields share their thoughts. It is always intriguing to see the various approaches to the same situation.”
Kiersey will present a paper, as will fellow OU-C faculty members Nirmal Niroula, a sociology faculty member; and Ann Rumble, a psychology faculty member.
As the call for papers stated, the conference seeks to draw papers from multiple disciplinary backgrounds on the relationships between citizenship and tolerance in the context of contemporary globalization … We invite papers that examine any social/political or psychological aspect of {this topic}.
Ohio University-Athens faculty member Amritjit Singh will deliver the keynote address during the opening session from 8 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. on Sept. 24.
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