The Orfalea Center for Global & International Studies and the faculty of the G&IS program at UCSB announce a call for papers and panels for ‘Materialities’, the 2014 annual Santa Barbara Global Studies Conference. This year’s conference will focus on the material moorings and manifestations of the global and is being held at UCSB on […]Read More
“Globalistics 2013” – 3rd International Scientific Congress, hosted by Lomonosow Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia The Faculty of Global Processes at Lomonosow Moscow State University hosted its 3rd International Scientific Congress “GLOBALISTICS 2013” on October 23-25, 2013. The events were also sponsored under the auspices of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). […]Read More
The purpose of the initiative is to provide small amounts of targeting funding to enhance the intellectual activity and research capability of clusters of UCSB scholars working on topics related to globalization, global themes and processes, international studies, or area studies issues as they transcend regional and cultural boundaries, emphasizing interdisciplinarity and cross-departmental collaboration.Read More
Orfalea Center visiting research scholar Dr. Roland Benedikter has won the Klaus Reichert Award for Medical Philosophy 2012. The award is given by the Center for Medical Philosophy in Karlsruhe, Germany, and has been awarded to Benedikter in recognition of his work in global medical ethics and his engagement with issues at the intersection of […]Read More
UCSB-based collaborators: Simone Pulver, Environmental Studies Program, and Dept. of Sociology Ben Halpern, Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, and Marine Science Institute David Lopez-Carr, Department of Geography Mel Manalis, LSOE, Environmental Studies Program, and Institute for Energy Efficiency Karly Marie Miller, Graduate Student, Interdepartmental Graduate Program in Marine Science Other collaborators: Steve Gaines, […]Read More
This project was sponsored by the Orfalea Center for Global & International Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and funded by a generous grant from the Henry Luce Foundation. The project organized a series of workshops involving both academic experts and leaders of international non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that provide humanitarian aid and services in […]Read More
Legality and Legitimacy in Global Affairs (Oxford University Press, 2012) Editors: Richard Falk, University of California, Santa Barbara Mark Juergensmeyer, University of California, Santa Barbara Vesselin Popovski, United Nations University, Tokyo Managing Editor: Victor Faessel, University of California, Santa Barbara Legality and Legitimacy in Global Affairs focuses on the problematic relationship between legality and legitimacy […]Read More
The Encyclopedia Of Global Studies Editors-in-Chief: Mark Juergensmeyer, University of California Santa Barbara Helmut Anheier, University of California, Los Angeles and Heidelberg University Managing Editor: Victor Faessel, University of California, Santa Barbara This four-volume Encyclopedia of Global Studies was published in 2012 by Sage Publications and distributed worldwide. It is the first encyclopedia of its […]Read More
The Orfalea Center hosts a series of free one-hour lectures for the general public and campus community on topics of global and transnational interest. The format consists of concise half-hour talks by speakers from the worlds of international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), diplomacy, journalism, and academia from across the UCSB campus and beyond, highlighting perspectives on […]Read More
