Keynote: Rosemary Thorp, Emeritus Fellow of St Antony's College, Oxford University: http://www.lac.ox.ac.uk/staff_a-z_directory/staff/rthorp

Panel 1: State Perspectives towards the Environment

The State and Natural Resource Extraction in Brazil and Chile by Jewellord Nem Singh (University of Sheffield)

The impact of globalization on the changing nature of the state in Mexico: A governance approach to the energy sector by Alejandro Garnica (University of Sheffield)

National discourses in respond to neoliberal policies and global markets: the cases of Peru and Bolivia by Fernando González (Newcastle University)

Panel 2: Tourism and Migration

Imaginary Incas: An analysis of representations of indigenous geographies and peoples in responsible, homestay tourism in Peru by Jane Carnaffan (Newcastle University)

Mi tierra querida: exploring the complexities of international migration from Colombia to London by Gisela Zapata (Newcastle University)

Panel 3: Theoretical and Historical Perspectives

Globalisation and Higher Education in the Metropolitan Area of the Valley of Mexico by Elizabeth Pallister (Newcastle University)

The impact of globalization on regional inequality: the tensions between public, private and collective objectives in higher education by Rosibel Víquez Abarca (Newcastle University)

Panel 4: Higher Education and Social Rights

The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company and nineteenth century globalisation by Anyaa Anim-Addo (University of London)

Transformative everyday life in Latin America, Globalizations from below by Eduardo Neve-Jimenez (Durham University)

Please contact: Gisela Zapata gisela.zapata@newcastle.ac.uk by Friday 27th February 2009 to let us know if you are intending to attend the conference, so we can plan for catering.