The Modern World-System in the Longue Durée
A Conference to Celebrate the 25th Anniversary
of the Fernand Braudel Center
Binghamton University
Nov. 2-3, 2001
All sessions are held in Casadesus Hall, Fine Arts Building.
Friday, November 2
(8-9:15 transportation provided by OCC Transport - the Blue Bus - from Holiday Inn Arena to conference)
8:30-9:15 Registration, Greene Room, Fine Arts Building
9:15- 9:30 Welcome
Immanuel Wallerstein (Director, Fernand Braudel Center)
Lois DeFleur (President, Binghamton University)
9:30-12:30
1. Trajectory of the World-System: Order Out of Chaos?
ch: Immanuel Wallerstein (Fernand Braudel Center)
Samir Amin (Forum du Tiers-Monde, Dakar): "Globalism, or Apartheid on a Global Scale?"
Chris Chase-Dunn (Institute for Research on World-Systems, Univ. of California, Riverside): "Through the Sticky Wicket(s) and on to Global Socialism"
Bart Tromp (Political Science, Leiden Univ.): "Europe: Integration or Dissolution?"
12:30 - 2:30 Lunch
cash basis in following dining halls: University Union, Susquehanna Room ; Dickinson Dining Hall; College-in-the-Woods Dining Hall
2:30-5:30
2. Changing Structures of Knowledge: The Two Cultures in Question?
ch: Richard Lee (Fernand Braudel Center)
Randall Collins (Sociology, Univ. of Pennsylvania): "Commonality and Divergence of World Intellectual Structures in the Second Millennium C.E."
Mahmood Mamdani (Institute of African Studies, Columbia Univ.): "Area Studies and Local Knowledge in the Post-Cold War Era"
Boaventura de Sousa Santos (Centro de Estudos Sociais, Univ. Coimbra): "The Not-Yet: Toward a Sociology of Absences and a Theory of Translation"
6-7:30 Dinner
$30 by pre-reservation only in Chenango Room (located at the SE corner of Science I)
7:30-10:30
3. Opening the Social Sciences: Scholarship and Reality, 1945-2000
ch: Heinz Sonntag (CENDES, Venezuela)
Janet Abu-Lughod (Sociology, New School University, Emerita): "Peripheral Vision and the End of American Provincial Scholarship"
Maurice Aymard (Maison des Sciences de l'Homme, Paris): "Does One Represent Reality or Does One Explain It?"
Immanuel Wallerstein (Fernand Braudel Center): "The Scholarly Mainstream and Reality: Are We at a Turning-Point?"
10:30 Transportation to Hotel provided by OCC Transport - the Blue Bus
Saturday, November 3
8:00-9:00 Transportation from hotel to conference provided by OCC Transport - the Blue Bus
9:00-12
4. Creating and Transforming Households: Class, Gender, and Race
ch: William G. Martin (Fernand Braudel Center)
Joan Smith (Sociology, Univ. of Vermont): "Gender and Race in the World-System: What Changes in the Last 25 Years?"
Michel-Rolph Trouillot (Anthropology, Univ. of Chicago): "Race, Class, and Gender: The Particular Histories of Universal Categories"
Claudia von Werlhof (Political Science, Univ. Innsbruck): "Using, Producing, and Replacing Life: Alchemy as Theory and Practice in Capitalism"
12-1:30 Lunch at PSPC
1:30-4:30
5. Antisystemic Movements: Past Tendencies, Future Prospects
ch: Melvyn Dubofsky (Fernand Braudel Center)
Giovanni Arrighi (Sociology, Johns Hopkins Univ.): "Antisystemic Movements and Gramsci's 'Piedmontese Function'"
Pablo González-Casanova (Instituto de Investigaciones Sociales, Univ. Nacional Autónoma de México): "Present Systemic Trends and Antisystemic Movements"
Marcel van der Linden (Internationaal Instituut voor Sociale Geschiednis, Amsterdam): "'Proletarian Internationalism': A Long View and Some Speculations"
4:30 Transportation to hotel provided by OCC Transport - the Blue Bus
Pre-registration by mail is strongly recommended.
(Registration form)
Fee: Faculty $15
Students $5
To attend Fri. dinner and Sat. lunch, you must pre-register.
(Friday lunch, cash basis in various dining halls)
Friday dinner: $30
Saturday lunch buffet, included in registration fee
Receipt Deadline: October 10, 2001
Please send conference Registration Form to:
25th Anniversary Conference
Fernand Braudel Center
Binghamton University
P.O. Box 6000
Binghamton NY 13902-6000
Lodging
For those attending the conference, reduced rates are available at:
2-8 Hawley St., Binghamton NY 13901
607-722-1212
$69 per room, single king, or 2 doubles; smoking or non
Deadline for guaranteed rooms is
October 10, 2001
Please send Hotel Reservation Form directly to the hotel or register online at http://holidayinnbinghamton.com
Friday: Parking is available in the Paid Visitor Lot and Paid Garage for $3
Saturday: Paid Garage - $1, Paid Visitors Lot - $2, or free in regular campus parking lots.
Information
Write to:
25th Anniversary Conference
Fernand Braudel Center
Binghamton University
P. O. Box 6000
Binghamton NY 13902-6000
phone 607-777-4924
fax 607-777-4315
email: devoist@binghamton.edu
Conference and Meal Registration Form
Receipt Deadline: October 10, 2001 (Please Print)
Name_________________________________________
Institution______________________________________
Department_____________________________________
Mailing Address_________________________________
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Email__________________________________________
Registration Fee: $______________
($15 faculty; $5 students)
Friday Dinner_____ at $30 $______________
Total amount enclosed $__________
Please send check in US currency by Oct. 10, 2001 payable to:
"Fernand Braudel Center"
Binghamton Univ.
P.O. Box 6000
Binghamton NY 13902-6000
Hotel Reservation Form
Send directly to:
Holiday Inn Arena
2-8 Hawley St.
Binghamton NY 13901
607-722-1212
FAX: 607-722-6063
Online Reservations: http://holidayinnbinghamton.com
Deadline: October 10, 2001
Name_________________________________________
Address________________________________________
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Telephone______________________________________
Accommodations needed__________________________
Date/time of arrival_______________________________
Date/time of departure____________________________
_____Please guarantee reservation past 4 p.m.
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Fernand Braudel Center