CALL FOR PROPOSALS
The Seventh Annual Global Temple Conference:
Global and Local: Temple’s Dynamic Mix
Wednesday, November 14th, 2012

We are pleased to announce the 7th annual Global Temple Conference, and hope you’ll consider submitting your work for inclusion. At this day-long symposium on Wednesday November 14th we will explore and celebrate Temple’s wide ranging international work. As in past years, we’ll feature student, staff and faculty research, plus a variety of programs and creative ventures. We welcome proposals for various formats –papers, panel discussions, posters, films, performances, & exhibits— organized broadly around four pillars of university excellence: scholarship, teaching, creativity, and service. Prizes for the best student work will be awarded. Meeting at the Howard Gittis Student Center, we begin with a keynote address. We’ll then feature presentations and sessions throughout the day, and conclude with a reception for attendees.

OUR THEME

We welcome proposals that have any kind of international dimension, but this year we’re especially interested in the dynamic ways we mix and re-mix the global and local. Our students experience the world right here at Temple, whether they’re from Northeast Philadelphia or Southeast Asia. They consume culture from the Barnes to K-Pop. They enjoy food from the Middle East to the Deep South. They have peers and teachers from all continents and with them produce global learning, knowledge and art. They compete in ever more international markets—whether or not they choose to leave Philadelphia. Some will protest that very fact. But whatever their view, they can be sure that the great national and cultural diversity of our school, city, and region is both a tremendous asset and a rich reward.

In short, Temple is committed to both internationalization and to the city of Philadelphia. We’re doing excellent work on both fronts and here’s our opportunity to highlight it. We hope this early invitation and request will help provide you a venue to share your international and inter-cultural work and plan your summer projects accordingly. You can read our 2011 program as a reference.

PROPOSAL SUBMISSION

We invite Temple faculty, students and staff, as groups or individuals, to submit abstracts and proposals for panel discussions, posters, papers, performances, films, and exhibits by September 28, 2012. Proposals should be submitted electronically as WORD DOCUMENTS to global@temple.edu and must be accompanied by the proposal form. Creative arts projects should be accompanied by a portfolio of either slides or CD for visual art, DVD or video for performing artists. All submissions will be reviewed by a jury of Temple faculty; presenters will be notified of the jury’s decisions on or about October 12th.

FOR MORE INFORMATION

For more information, please contact Denise Connerty, Assistant Vice President of International Affairs (global@temple.edu), or Professor Alistair Howard (global@temple.edu).

The Global Temple Conference is organized by the Faculty Senate International Programs Committee and the Office of International Affairs, and supported by Colleges and Programs across the University.