Globalization and Intercultural Communication

Dates: 8-27 July 2002

Host Institution/Location: European Humanities University, Minsk, Belarus

 

Eligibility

Disciplines: Cultural Studies, International Relations, Political Science, History, Sociology, European and American Studies

Region/Countries: Central, Eastern Europe, NIS

 

Language(s): English.

 

Course Director: Alexander Mikheyshin, European Humanities University

 

Contact Information for Applicants:

Postal Address: European Humanities University, Prospekt Francisk Skaryna 24, Minsk, 220030 Belarus

Telephone/Fax: +375 17 289 1159, +375 17 229 2355

E-mail: mikheyshin@ehu.unibel.by

Web Site: www.ehu.unibel.by

 

The course of Globalization and Intercultural Communication, a continuation of a series started in 2001 with the Discourses of Postcoloniality: United States and Central, Eastern Europe, will explore the history and rationality behind major ideological, religious and political conflicts in the world and the relations between ideology, religion, politics and language. It will also attempt to imagine possible diverse, democratic and just futures, free from the calamities of the past. An international team of scholars will lead the discussion in the following modules of the course: Translation and the Limits of Globalization; Globalization: Economic Modernization versus Cultural Diversity; Modernity, Globalization, and Transnational Urban Imageries; Geopolitics and the Analysis of Conflict in the Global Age; Globalization and Intercultural Dialogue: Conflicts and Challenges; Globalization of America and Americanization of the Globe: Perceptions and Perspectives in the Post-Communist World.

 

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