Development Sociology and the Polson
Institute for Global Development,
Conversations in the Discipline
October 9-10, 2009
All sessions are held in Casadesus Recital Hall, Fine Arts Bldg., Binghamton University
Friday, October 9
11 am – 1 pm Registration, Green Room, Fine Arts Bldg.
1:15 – 1:30 pm Welcome
Richard E. Lee, Director, Fernand Braudel Center
Lois DeFleur, President, Binghamton University
1:30 – 2:30 pm Keynote Address
Fred Magdoff, University of Vermont, Emeritus
“Multiple Crises as Symptoms of an Unsustainable System”
2:30 – 3 pm Coffee break
3 – 5 pm Session I: FOOD, Dale Tomich, Chair
Farshad Araghi, Sociology, Florida Atlantic University
“Labor in Nature: Food, Ecology, and the Crisis of Global Value Relations”
Harriet Friedmann, Sociology, University of Toronto; Development Sociology, Cornell University
“Creative Finance: Effects on Food and Farming”
Tony Weis, Geography, University of Western Canada
“Our Ecological Hoofprint: And the Population Bomb of Reverse Protein Machines”
Saturday, October 10
8:30 – 9 am Registration, Green Room, Fine Arts Bldg.
9 – 11 am Session II: Energy, Richard E. Lee, Chair
Larry Lohmann, The Corner House, NGO
“Neoliberalism and the Climate Crisis”
John Wilkinson, Development, Agriculture and Society, Federal Rural University, Rio de Janeiro
“Agribusiness and the Challenge of Sustainability in Brazil”
David Pimentel, Ecology, Cornell University
"Food, Biofuels and the Environment"
11 – 11:30 am Coffee break
11:30 am – 1:30 pm Session III: environment, Philip McMichael, Chair
Jason W. Moore, Human Geography, Lund University
“A Brief Environmental History of Neoliberalism: The Perspective of the Longue Durée”
Joan Martinez Alier, ICTA, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona
Richard York, Sociology, University of Oregon
“Smoke and Mirrors: Capitalism’s ‘Solutions’ to Environmental Crises”
1:30 – 2:30 pm Lunch, University Union room 252, included in registration fee, preregistration required
2:30 – 4:30 pm Session IV: Wrap
Richard E. Lee, Fernand Braudel Center and Sociology, Binghamton University
Philip McMichael, Development Sociology, Cornell University
Dale Tomich, Fernand Braudel Center and Sociology and History, Binghamton University
All sessions are held in Casadesus Recital Hall, Fine Arts Bldg., Binghamton University
Preregistration is required for Saturday lunch
Preregistration is strongly recommended.
Deadline: Extended to Noon, Monday, October 5, 2009
Lodging
For those attending the conference, a group rate is available at:
Quality Inn and Suites (formerly Holiday Inn at the University)
4105 Vestal Parkway East, Vestal NY 13850
Phone: 607-729-6371; Fax: 607-729-6407
$64.95 per room, single king, or two double beds; smoking or non
Deadline for guaranteed room rate is
October 1, 2009
Please call or send Hotel Reservation Form (below) directly to the hotel
Parking
Friday: Parking is available in the Paid Garage (closest to Fine Arts Bldg.) and Paid Visitor Lot for $5
Saturday: Paid Garage and Paid Visitors Lot - $5, or free in regular campus parking lots.
For more Information, contact:
Food, Energy, Environment
Fernand Braudel
Center
Binghamton
University
P. O. Box 6000
Binghamton NY
13902-6000
phone 607-777-4924; fax
607-777-4315; email: fbcenter@binghamton.edu
Campus Map and Directions to Binghamton University
http://www2.binghamton.edu/about/visiting-campus/maps-and-directions.html
FOOD, ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT: CRISIS OF THE MODERN WORLD-SYSTEM
Binghamton University, October 9-10, 2009
Conference Registration Form
Registration Receipt Deadline: Extended to Noon, October 5, 2009 (Please Print)
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($20 faculty, non-students; $10 students)
Preregistration includes Saturday lunch
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Please send check in U.S. currency by Oct. 5, 2009 payable to:
"Fernand Braudel Center"
Binghamton University
P.O. Box 6000
Binghamton NY 13902‑6000
Phone: 607-777-4924
Fax: 607-777-4315
EMAIL: fbcenter@binghamton.edu
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Colloquium: FOOD, ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT
Hotel Reservation Form
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Quality Inn and
Suites
4105 Vestal Parkway
East, Vestal NY 13850
Phone: 607-729-6371
FAX: 607-729-6407
Hotel Guaranteed Rate ($64.95) Deadline: October 1, 2009
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Conference: FOOD, ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT