Where: 97 Cargill Lecture Hall Northeastern University, Boston, MA.
When: Thursday, February 11, 2010 from 3-5 and 5:30-7:30 p.m.

Join us for a public symposium on Globalization and the Grassroots, a double panel session and discussion exploring the links between globalization, transnational social movements, and local responses to the global economic crisis.

Participants include distinguished public intellectuals, such as:

• David Hess- Professor Science & Technology Studies and Director of the Program in Ecological Economics, Values, and Policy at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
• Jackie Smith- Associate Professor of Sociology and Peace Studies at Notre Dame University
• Janet Conway- Canada Research Chair of Social Justice at Brock University, and
• Manisha Desai- Director of Women’s Studies and Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Connecticut

The event is sponsored by the Northeastern University College of Arts and Sciences, the Departments of Sociology & Anthropology and Political Science, the Program in International Affairs, and Northeastern University’s Globalization Initiative.

For more information, contact Jeff Juris, Assistant Professor of Anthropology in the Department of Sociology & Anthropology at Northeastern University: j.juris@neu.edu

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