Global Studies Collective

The Global Studies Collective Invites You to a

Presentation and Discussion:

Globalization and New Approaches to Spirituality

In the Social Sciences

By Ron Nerio, Ph.D.

A small minority of western social science scholars in several of the social sciences have begun to write seriously about the need to incorporate spiritual approaches in research.  This talk will examine some of the minority currents in various social science disciplines that have begun to challenge what their proponents regard as the materialistic biases and restrictive ethnocentricity of most western scientific disciplines.  It will present research based on interviews with social scientists who claim to have been influenced by globalization in some way to reorient their position toward spirituality, as well as a content analysis of their published works.  The forces of globalization that have had the greatest impact on their work include international research exchange, immigration, increasing sensitivity to ethnocentric and Eurocentric bias, greater access to translated research material, and new exposure to the world’s “wisdom traditions.”   Ron Nerio is a graduate of the Department of Sociology at the CUNY Grad Center.  His dissertation was a sociological examination of science, religion, and spirituality in psychology and psychiatry.

Date:  Thursday, May 19

Time: 4:00 P.M. to 6:00 P.M.

Room 5489

If you have any questions, please write to: ronald.nerio “at” wagner.edu.

Tags: globalization, lecture, social science, spirituality

Due to an emergency commitment our speaker for our March 10^th Human Rights Seminar Series, Elsa Stamatopoulou, has to postpone her presentation until the Fall 2011 semester. We apologize for any inconvenience this may pose.

Tags: human rights, lecture

The CUNY Ph.D./M.A. Program in Political Science,

The Center for International Human Rights, John Jay College, and

Global Studies Collective

Present

a Talk on

How to Integrate International Human Rights Principles into Religious and Customary Legal Systems

by

Yüksel Sezgin

Assistant Professor of Political Science

John Jay College of Criminal Justice

City University of New York

Date: December 10, 2009

Place: Room C205

Time: 6:00 to 8:00 pm

The Graduate Center of the City University of New York

365 Fifth Avenue, at 34^th Street

RSVP: Dr. M. Victoria Pérez-Ríos, mvprios@jjay.cuny.edu or

Paulette Weiss, paulettes@aol.com

Refreshments Served!  Bring your friends!

Tags: human rights, lecture

The CUNY Ph.D./M.A. Program in Political Science,The Center for International Human Rights, John Jay College, and Global Studies Collective

Present

Intersecting Narratives: Faith, Food, and Human Rights

Kirk Harris
Program Associate
The United Nations Liaison Office of Mennonite Central Committee

Date: Thursday, October 8, 2009
Place: Room 9206
Time: 6:00 to 8:00 pm

The Graduate Center of the City University of New York
365 Fifth Avenue, at 34th Street

RSVP: Dr. M. Victoria Pérez-Ríos, mvprios@jjay.cuny.edu or Paulette Weiss, paulettes@aol.com

Refreshments served; bring your friends!

If you want a copy of the presentation, please contact Dr. M. Victoria Pérez-Ríos, mvprios@jjay.cuny.edu

Tags: human rights, lecture