(A microsymposium is one or more special sessions which are thematic and are organized as part of one of our general (non-thematic) conferences. If you want to organize such a thematic event, please review our policy and guidelines, for more details) | |||
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| TAM (Tense-Aspect-Modality) in and across Languages as part of the 18th International Conference on Languages & Linguistics Academic Responsible: Dr. Krasimir Kabakciev, Deputy Director, Arts, Humanities and Education Division, ATINER Papers from all areas of TAM (tense-aspect-modality) in and across languages are welcomed. | Abstract Submitting Form |
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| Living Off-Grid: Self-sufficiency towards A New Cultural Model as part of the 15th Annual International Conference on Architecture Academics Responsible: Dr. Susanna Pisciella, Assistant Professor, University IUAV of Venice, Italy. Dr. Alioscia Mozzato, Adjunct Professor, University of Bologna, Italy. The microsymposium reflects on the significance of detachment from the vast distribution network, which represents not only the fossil fuel system but also a particular cultural model, a specific way of knowing and designing that has shaped the territory over the last century. Self-sufficiency is not a new idea; rather, it is the way in which all architectural heritage has been constructed over the millennia, connecting to the landscape in various ways across different latitudes and altitudes, awakening the deeper laws of building and generating unique places, where the network operates through abstract space. Autarky is an ancient tactic that is now relevant for future needs, ranging from climate change to the fragility of the geopolitical landscape and the vulnerabilities of the network itself. The call focuses on the ecological transition of the European Green Deal, addressing the intrinsic challenges of a program whose standards are required to function from the North Sea to the Ionian Sea. A distance that encompasses hundreds of different building types, the result of centuries of internal codifications and refinements, a constructive and thermophysical acuity that cannot be ignored today but rather needs to be recovered and valued. This is crucial for a new form of territorialization, countering the processes of de-territorialization carried out by technological capital over the last century. The micro symposium, which arises from a study conducted on the built residential landscape of northeastern Italy based on local energy, water, and food resources, as well as the thermophysical properties of the buildings themselves, seeks a similar dialogue with other European territories to bring forth a heritage that cannot be neutralized and treated according to standards, but that, in each case and in different ways, constitutes the fundamental starting point on the path of transforming the territory in response to climate change. | Abstract Submitting Form |
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| Contracts between Ancient Practices and Modern Dogmas as part of the 22ndAnnual International Conference on Law Academic Responsible: Dr. Lucia Di Cintio, Associate Professor, University of Salerno, Italy. The archaeological discoveries of the last few decades have made it possible to completely revise ancient contract law; in fact, the results of research have revealed a very complex reality that is very close to our own today. Thus, some theoretical solutions created in the past for the correct interpretation and application of contracts may also be functional to our needs. Among these discoveries, I would like to bring to your attention the so-called Babatha Archive, consisting of a series of papyri, known as Yadin, during the ‘principato’ of Trajan and Hadrian. Of interest are contractual acts between individuals belonging to the Jewish community but residing in the Arabian Province. It also seems to me very interesting to understand how several rights, Hellenistic, Jewish and Roman, could coexist and how some peculiar negotiations could be protected by the relevant legal system. Yesterday as today, in the global world, several legal systems meet, thus the need to make connections between the various legal systems. At the same time, constant and rapid technological evolution makes it necessary to qualify and protect new situations that often take place only in the virtual world. How did the ancients solve the problems that the new, the atypical, one might say, raised? One solution was offered by the self-defence typical of the Greek and later Judeo-Hellenistic worlds: individual contracts were very detailed, had constitutive and enforceable value, and were endowed with self-defence such as a pledge or mortgage; this avoided the adjudicating courts. Certainly, there remained the substantial problem, which still arises today, of identifying a cause, i.e. a socio-economic function worthy of protection; well, the solution of the Romans is causal abstraction. The Roman rulers, faced with such novelties, poured the content of lawful transactions into schemes with an abstract cause stipulatio, in the sense that the cause existed and was lawful but not immediately qualifiable under a known type, granting generic legal actions. In the global world, where common law and civil law intersect, could a similar solution be envisaged, i.e. the idea of a predefined formal scheme but going beyond the problem of typicality? | Abstract Submitting Form |
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| Policing in Times of Crisis as part of the 22ndAnnual International Conference on Law Academic Responsible: Dr. Jamelia Morgan, Professor of Law, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, USA. This microsymposium brings together leading scholars in the fields of disability law, health law, criminal procedure, and fields at the intersection to discuss the nature of crisis and its relationship to the institution of policing. Participants will examine how crisis is formed by and is itself shaped by policing and criminal legal systems more broadly. How do moments of crisis create opportunities for expansions of state power and the production of new forms of state power? How might critical approaches to policing examine and assess the various technologies of social control targeted at criminalized subjects? Examining crisis response, abortion criminalization, and the aftermath of the COVID-19 responses, each participant will explore how the frame of “crisis” at once has the potential to create either conditions for radical transformative change or pathways to retrenchment and the maintenance of the status quo. Drawing from legal doctrine, case law, critical theory, and more, participants will aim to consider how moments of crisis should be examined within law and legal theory. | Abstract Submitting Form |
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| Foundational Philosophical Issues in Physics as part of the 13th Annual International Conference on Physics Academic Responsible: Dr. Robert Bishop, Head, Philosophy Unit, Athens Institute & Professor, Wheaton College, USA This session aims to explore the deep philosophical questions underlying modern physics, including the nature of space and time, the interpretation of quantum mechanics, the role of symmetry in physical laws, and the philosophical implications of cosmology. We welcome papers from philosophers, physicists, and interdisciplinary researchers. | Abstract Submitting Form |
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| Integrating Oral Society Globally, Innovation and Contemporary Library Trends and Practice as part of the 12th Annual International Conference on Library and Information Science Academic Responsible: Dr. Nkhangweni Mahwasane, Information Librarian, University of Venda, South Africa. Libraries are regarded as the backbone of their parent bodies in which they exist in. As a result, no institution can operate quite well without the library, from schools, colleges, universities, research institutions, companies, hospitals governments departments as well as non-governmental organizations etc. All the above-mentioned institutions need information at their disposal to succeed. Learners, students, teachers, doctors, researchers, just a few to mention, also need information to have breakthroughs. | Abstract Submitting Form |
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| Critical Visual Literacy and Global Media as part of the 12th Annual International Conference on Library and Information Science Academic Responsible: Dr. Yan Ma, Professor, University of Rhode Island, USA. Since the movable printing, technological advances have made media in many forms reaching out to all corners of the globe in this digital world. This special session provides an interdisciplinary platform to critically analyze visual messages and the social construction of meaning in global media through visual literacy. It presents global media through the lens of visual literacy; the social construction of meaning of global media by applying visual literacy theories; the interdisciplinary nature of global media; a variety of global media for its liberating power of democracy; different types of global media and their social messages on race, gender, class, and cultural dimensions; and the converged global media cultural and visual competencies for diverse communities in this global age. Each presentation will use theories of visual literacy to critically analyze the selected media to present how this type of media enhances/changes work or life or society for its liberating power of democracy, social construction of meaning/messages of race, gender, class, social, cultural, and other dimensions. In a sense, all signs are information. In all media, the position of the subject is situated differently. This condition provides us with the basis for critical analysis of global media. Keywords: visual literacy, global media, social construction of meaning | Abstract Submitting Form |
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| Gender Equality in the Social and Business Global World as part of the 12th Annual International Conference on Social Sciences Academic Responsible: Dr. Codruta Simona Stoica, Head, Mathematics & Statistics Unit, Athens Institute & Professor and Vice-Rector, Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad, Romania This microsymposium seeks to explore gender equality’s impact on social and business landscapes worldwide. We welcome papers on topics such as workplace diversity, gender pay gap, women in leadership, social norms, policy interventions, and intersectionality. Submissions from various disciplines, including sociology, business, and gender studies, are encouraged. | Abstract Submitting Form |
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| Business Ethics in a Global World as part of the 19th Annual International Conference on Global Studies: Business, Economic, Political, Social and Cultural Aspects Academic Responsible: Dr. Matthias Huehn, Mary S Carey Chair of Ethics & CST, Saint Vincent College, USA. This microsymposium seeks to explore ethical challenges and responsibilities in today’s interconnected business environment, where cultural diversity, regulatory differences, and global supply chains pose complex ethical dilemmas. Topics may include cross-cultural ethics, corporate social responsibility, ethical leadership, and the role of ethics in global governance. We welcome interdisciplinary perspectives that contribute to understanding. | Abstract Submitting Form |
