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January 22, 2009
CfP: CIVILIZATION/(CULTURES) IN A TIME OF CHANGE AND CRISIS, 06/03-07/2009, Kalamazoo
Deadline: April 15, 2009
Call For Papers
39th International Conference
The International Society for the
Comparative Study of Civilizations (ISCSC)
June 3-7, 2009,
Western Michigan University, Fetzer Center
Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
CIVILIZATION/(CULTURES) IN A TIME OF CHANGE AND CRISIS
Addressing Poverty, Population Demographics, Economic Turmoil, Global Economic Growth/Chaos, Societal Breakdown, Epidemics, Public Health, Climate Change, Ecological Degradation, Depletion of Natural Resources, and Political Destabilization as reflected in Terrorism and Warfare, War and Peace. Exploring Historic Precedents In Responding to Crisis & Change.
CIVILIZATIONAL RESPONSES TO CHANGE
(PAST & PRESENT)
Causes of Crisis and Change in Governmental Systems (e.g. Collapse of Rome), Changes in Political Systems, Population Replacements, Self-sustainability, Economic/Business Systems, Religious Systems, Climate Changes Policies, and Science And Technology Changes (Industrial/Information Revolutions, Medical Discoveries, and Energy Systems), The Future of Business, Capitalism, and Civilization.
Conference Chair: Andrew Targowski, targowski@wmich.edu
Western Michigan University
ABSTRACTS FOR RESEARCH IN PROGRESS (500 WORDS),
POSITION PAPERS (1000 WORDS), RESEARCH PAPERS (3000 WORDS)
For Talks and Refereed Proceedings
ISCSC Web Site: www.wmich.edu/ISCSC – contains Society and Conference information as well as editing style rules.
Submission Deadline: April 15, 2009
Email to: Laina Farhat-Holzman or Steve Blaha, ISCSC Program Co-Chairs, at ISCSCabs@yahoo.com
Style Rules
ABSTRACTS (500 words) or POSITION PAPERS (1000 words)
or RESEARCH PAPERS (3000 words) for TALKS & REFEREED PROCEEDINGS
Deadline: April 15, 2009
Send via email as an attached file in Microsoft Word (DOC file) format or Rich Text File (RTF) format to Laina Farhat-Holzman, ISCSC Program Chair, at: ISCSCabs@yahoo.com
Paper TITLE in centered, bold 14 point Time Roman font.
Title followed by a skip line
Then Authors & Affiliation
Then a skip line
Author e-mail addresses, centered in italics, 12 point Times Roman.
Then a skip line
Then the word ABSTRACT-RESEARCH IN PROGRESS (500 words) or POSITION PAPER (1000 words) or RESEARCH PAPER (3000 words) on a line by itself in 12 Point Time Roman For POSITION PAPERS and RESEARCH PAPERS provide up to a 25 word short Abstract, 1 tab justified in italics, 12 Point Time Roman Then a skip line Key words: provide 3-5 key words in bold, 12 Point Time Roman Section titles in left-justified, bold, 12 Point Time Roman. Text in 12 point Times Roman, justified, single spaced, no space between paragraphs, eight space indent at the beginning of each paragraph
End note text as in item 13 above. Footnote text in justified 9 point Times Roman.
References in APA style Run document through your word processors spell-checker and grammar checker. Send as DOC or RTF file to above email address
Andrew Targowski, targowski@wmich.edu
Western Michigan University
Fetzer Center
Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
Email: iscscabs@yahoo.com
Visit the website at http://www.wmich.edu/iscsc/conference/call.html
Posted by agripley at January 22, 2009 09:32 AM