Sort

By publication date

By relevance

• 18 nov 2010

  19 nov 2010

  New Delhi

  Conference, symposium - Economy

  The Globalization of Production Models and Innovation in Emerging Economies

  Comparative Research on Subnational Industrial Policies

  This seminar will bring together scholars examining research themes pertaining to the evolution of production models in regions of India and China, in relation to the progressive opening of these large economies to trade and FDI. Of particular interest are industrial and innovation policies emerging at the state or provincial level and the manner in which these public policies interact with firm-level strategies in pursuit of more broad-based development goals. Apart from the keynote session, five thematic sessions are planned: Upgrading Regional Industries in India and China; Subnational Industrial Policies in India and China; Social Dimensions of Regional Industrial Performance; Articulating industrial policies between central and local levels; Industrial Districts and Regional Policies.

  Read announcement

• 17 nov 2010

  18 nov 2010

  Taipei

  Conference, symposium - Sociology

  Social Critique and Mobilization: A Dialogue between French and Taiwanese Sociologists

  This conference will try to uncover the assumptions about social critique and mobilization and how sociology makes these things social. To say it more concretely, we will try to share our different fieldwork approach and theoretical understanding of widely used concepts such as, for example, civil society, labor movements, environmental protest… We will try to analyze the interactions between social protest and the media, the state, political parties, industries, etc.

  Read announcement

• 22 nov 2010

  Paris

  Study days - Asia

  L'Asie orientale dans les traditions cartographiques asiatiques et occidentales : différences, interrelations, interactions

  Journée d’étude organisée par le Centre de recherches sur le Japon (EHESS / UMR 8173 Chine, Corée, Japon) dans le cadre du projet « L'Asie orientale dans les traditions cartographiques asiatiques et occidentales : différences, interrelations, interactions » et à l’occasion de la visite du professeur Ekaterina Simonova-Gudzenko, directrice du Département du Japon de l’Institut des études asiatiques et africaines (université de Moscou) .

  Read announcement

• 01 jui 2010

  Call for papers - Modern

  West Meets East: The International Labor Organization from Geneva to the Pacific Rim

  This conference brings together scholars from various national settings and disciplines to explore the historical role of the ILO and its relationship to other standard setting institutions in North America, East Asia, India, and Latin America during the post-World War II period.

  Read announcement