The Asian Conference on Education: “Local Problems, Global Solutions?”
Date: October 24-25, 2009
Site: Osaka, Japan
Organiser: the University of Brighton, the International Academic Forum
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The conference's theme is 'Local Problems, Global Solutions?' and the organizers encourage
submissions that approach these questions from a variety of perspectives. However, the submission of other topics for consideration is welcome and we also encourage sessions within and across a variety of disciplines and fields related to Education, including the following: Primary and Secondary Education; Further Education;
Higher Education; Distance Learning; Adult Education; Student Affairs; Language Learning and Acquisition
(ESL/TESL/TEFL); Applied Linguistics; Curriculum Research and Development; Teacher Education and
Professional Development; Educational Policy and Administration; Educational Vision and Leadership;
Educational Management; The Economics of Education.
Language: English  Fee: 200$
Deadline: July 15, 2009
Contact: Thomas Duke
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Internet: http://ace.iafor.org  
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ISSS's 2010 Annual Conference: “Social Studies in the 21st Century”
Date: February 25-26, 2010
Site: Orlando, USA
Organiser: The International Society for the Social Studies
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The 2010 Annual Conference seeks to appeal to all professionals involved in social studies education.
College & university faculty, K-12 teachers & administrators, curriculum designers & specialists, social studies supervisors, undergraduate & graduate students, and people in the various disciplines that constitute the social  studies are encouraged to participate in the 2010 Annual Conference.
Language: English  Fee: 100$-160$
Deadline: September 30, 2009
Contact: Dr. William Russell, The International Society for the Social Studies, University of Central
Florida, College of Education, Suite 115J, 4000 Central Florida Blvd., Orlando, FL 32816-1250
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Internet: http://www.theisss.org  
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The Fifth Organization Studies Workshop:  “Social Movements, Civil Societies and
Corporation”
Date: May 26-28, 2010
Site: Margaux, France
Organiser: Organization Studies
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The workshop will bring together people from a variety of perspectives and disciplines who study social life at the intersection of social movements, political institutions, civic engagement, and the corporation. The
organizers invite theoretical and empirical papers and are agnostic about epistemological and ontological
perspectives and especially welcome papers that are situated in diverse geographies and disciplinary traditions.
One of the purposes of the workshop is to broaden  the thinking about the impact of civil society on
corporations, including topics related to communities, political ideologies, and institution building. Invited are
people from management studies, sociology, political science, and other relevant disciplines to cross-pollinate
ideas at the workshop.
Language: English
Deadline: December 10, 2009
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Internet: http://orgtheory.wordpress.com/2009/05/11/workshop-on-social-movements-and-the-
corporation/#more-5395  
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