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Upcoming Common Ground Conferences

Sixth International Conference on the Book

The Sixth International Conference on the Book, the Catholic University of America, Washington DC, USA, 25 to 27 October 2008.

Ubiquitous Learning: An International Conference

The Ubiquitous Learning Conference will be held at the University of Illinois, Illini Center, Chicago, Illinois from the 17-19 November 2008.

Fifth International Conference on Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability

The Fifth International Conference on Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability, 5-7 January 2009, University of Technology Mauritius.

International Conference on Climate Change - Impacts and Responses

The first International Conference on Climate Change - Impacts and Responses will be held at the Bharati Vidyapeeth Institute of Environment Education and Research, Pune, India from the 9-11 of January.

International Conference on Climate Change - Impacts and Responses

The first International Conference on Climate Change - Impacts and Responses will be held at the Bharati Vidyapeeth Institute of Environment Education and Research, Pune, India from the 9-11 of January.

The Second World Universities Forum

The Second World Universities Forum will be held at the Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, India from the 16-18 January 2009.

The Fifth International Conference on Technology, Knowledge and Society

The Fifth International Conference on Technology, Knowledge and Society will be held in Huntsville, Alabama from 30 January-1 February 2009.

The Third International Conference on Design Principles and Practices

The Third International Conference on Design Principles and Practices will be held in Berlin at the UdK University of the Arts from 15-17 February 2009.

The Second Global Studies Conference

The Second Global Studies Conference will be held at Zayed University, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 30 May to 1 June 2009.

The Seventh International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities

The Seventh International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities will be held in Beijing, China from 2-5 June 2009.

The Ninth International Conference on Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations

The Ninth International Conference on Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations will be held in Riga, Latvia, 16-19 June 2009.

The Ninth International Conference on Knowledge, Culture and Change in Organisations

The Ninth International Conference on Knowledge, Culture and Change in Organisations is to be held at Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, 24-27 June 2009.

The Sixteenth International Conference on Learning

The Sixteenth International Conference on Learning will be held at the University of Barcelona, Spain from 1-4 July.

The Second International Conference on the Inclusive Museum

The Second International Conference on the Inclusive Museum will be held at the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, 8-10 July 2009.

The Fourth International Conference on Interdisciplinary Social Sciences

The Fourth International Conference on Interdisciplinary Social Sciences will be held at University of Athens, Greece from 8 to 11 July 2009.

Third International Conference on the Arts in Society

The Third International Conference on the Arts in Society will be held in Venice from 28-31 of July 2009.

Common Ground Blog

Book Conference 2008: Main Speaker Announcement

We are pleased to announce the following main speakers for the 2008 Book Conference: Rosamund Davies, Michael A Peters, John Willinsky

Sunday, September 28, 2008
Book Conference 2008: Accommodation Options Now Online

A variety of accommodation options in Washington D.C. are now available through the conference website.

Friday, September 26, 2008
Book Conference 2008: Conference Dinner Information Now Online

Details of the Conference Dinner are available on the conference website.

Thursday, September 25, 2008
Ubiquitous Learning 2008: Main Speaker Announcement

We are pleased to announce the following main speakers for the 2008 Ubiquitous Learning Conference: Bill Cope, Mary Kalantzis, Michael Peters

Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Ubiquitous Learning 2008: Conference Dinner Information Now Online

Details of the Conference Dinner are available on the conference website.

Monday, September 22, 2008
Ubiquitous Learning 2008: Accommodation Options Now Online

A variety of accommodation options in Chicago, IL are now available through the conference website.

Sunday, September 21, 2008
Sustainability Conference 2009: Main Speaker Announcement

We are pleased to announce the following main speakers for the 2009 Sustainability Conference: Tom Baum, Cheryl Desha, Ramesh Durbarry, Amareswar Galla, Souad Halila, and Charlie Hargroves,

Saturday, September 20, 2008
Sustainability Conference 2009: Accommodation Options Now Online

A variety of accommodation options in Mauritius are now available through the conference website.

Friday, September 19, 2008
Climate Change Conference 2009: Main Speaker Announcement

We are pleased to announce the following main speakers for the 2009 Climate Change Conference: Tapan Chakrabarti  and Alan Rodgers

Thursday, September 18, 2008
World Universities Forum 2009: Main Speaker Announcement

We are pleased to announce the following main speakers for the 2009 World Universities Forum: Brenda Gourley, Richard Larkins, Ashok Misra, Mahmood Mamdani, Lord Bhikhu Parekh, Deepak Pental, Mark Wrighton 

Wednesday, September 17, 2008
World Universities Forum 2009: Accommodation Options Now Online

A variety of accommodation options in Mumbai, India are now available through the conference website.

Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Technology Conference 2009: Main Speaker Announcement

We are pleased to announce the following main speaker for the 2009 Technology Conference: Jeffrey Sands

Monday, September 15, 2008
Technology Conference 2009: Accommodation Options Now Online

A variety of accommodation options in Huntsville, Alabama are now available through the conference website.

Sunday, September 14, 2008
Design Conference 2009: Main Speaker Announcement

We are pleased to announce the following main speaker for the 2009 Design Conference: Mario Antonio Minichiello and Magda Mostafa 

Saturday, September 13, 2008
Global Studies Conference 2009: Main Speaker Announcement

We are pleased to announce the following main speakers for the 2009 Global Studies Conference: George Corn, Lena Jayyusi, Habibiul Haque Khondker, Mouin Rabbani and George Ritzer.

Friday, September 12, 2008
Learning Conference 2009: Main Speaker Announcement

We are pleased to announce the following main speaker for the 2009 Learning Conference: Kris Gutiérrez

Thursday, September 11, 2008
Inclusive Museum Conference 2009: Main Speaker Announcement

We are pleased to announce the following main speaker for the 2009 Inclusive Museum Conference: David Throsby

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Humanities Blog

The Human and Humanities in Literature, Language and Culture
Monday, May 12, 2008