NEWSLETTER, FERNAND BRAUDEL CENTER No. 17, August 1993 Activities I. Gulbenkian Commission on the Restructuring of the Social Sciences The Funda‡žo Calouste Gulbenkian has created a Gulbenkian Commission on the Restructuring of the Social Sciences. It has asked the Fernand Braudel Center to serve as its Secretariat, and the Director of the Fernand Braudel Center to be its Chair. The rationale for such a Commission is a certain appreciation of the historical development of the historical social sci- ences. The nineteenth century saw a double development vis-…-vis the social sciences. First there emerged the idea of the "three cultures" as Wolf Lepenies calls it: that is, that the arts and sciences (what in medieval universities was called philosophy as opposed to theology, law, and medicine) were really divided into three separate domains: the natural sciences at one end, the humanities (or belles-lettres plus philosophy) at the other end, and the social sciences in the middle (for some history being part of the social sciences, for others it being part of the humanities). Secondly, the social sciences were in turn divided into distinct "disciplines". The names that were finally and widely agreed upon were (besides history) economics, political science, sociology, and anthropology. There was also Orientalism, which constituted a transfer of the study of certain societies to the domain of the humanities. Neither of these two processes ž the dividing of knowledge into three cultures; the subdivision of the social sciences into a series of specific disciplines ž was uncontested. There were significant movements of intellectual re- sistance, but in the period that went from 1850 to 1960 approximately, the pattern described here won out. One of the reasons it won out is that it became institutionalized, in three forms: a) within the universities, as chairs, de- partments, cursus of instruction, academic degrees, and above all students; b) at the national and international level, as associa- tions of scholars in particular disciplines and as journals devoted to particular disciplines; c) in the great libraries of the world, as categories of classification of scholarly works. This organizational institutionalization served to make more difficult any subsequent intellectual reorganization. In the years after 1960, this intellectual consensus began to break down. It broke down on both fronts. The various "disciplines" of the social sciences began to overlap incredibly to the point that the intellectual distinction between them seemed to have very little basis either in theory or in practice. And in addition, the sharp distinction among the "three cultures" broke down. On the one side, the line between the humanities and the social sciences was being undermined by the increasing "historici- zation" and hence "contextualization" of the humanities, matched by the increasing willingness of social scientists to acknowledge "humanistic" issues and methods. And on the other side, the line between the natural sciences and the social sciences was being undermined by the "new sciences" and their emphasis on irreversibility (the arrow of time), the impossibility of precision, and the centrality of complexity, all of which made them seem closer to the reality of the social sciences, and the reciprocal growing interest by social scientists in multiple ways in the content, and not merely in the methodology, of the natural sciences. But these intellectual developments of the last 30 years have not been matched by comparable organizational developments, in part because it is not easy to budge strongly entrenched organizations, and in part because those who were unhappy intellectually about the old epistemological premises were not sure what they should advocate organizationally. The consequence has been a sort of massive worldwide drifting, in which more and more scholars feel dismayed at the state of the social sciences, but very little is being done collectively to change the situation. The intent of the Commission is to fill this lacuna by surveying the present state of the social sciences, both in terms of the relation among the so-called separate disciplines, and in terms of the relationship of the social sciences to the physical sciences and the humanities. The object of this Commission will be to write a book- length programmatic analysis of where we should be heading in the next 50 years. The Commission will be composed of 10 persons (including the Chair), of whom it is intended that six be social scientists, two natural scientists, and two from the humanities. The members will be committed in advance only to one basic premise ž the fact that the present structure of the social sciences creates unreasonable blocks to intellectual devel- opment and the consequent need for some kind of restructuring. We shall look for the very best. Still we shall also look for "balance". We will choose some for the "authority" they would confer but others will be younger persons. All will be persons who have previously shown interest in these episte- mological questions. There will be geographical distribution (including some from the Third World). And there will be wide representation in terms of the existing names of disciplines. The precise list of potential members shall be drawn up jointly by the Fernand Braudel Center and the Funda‡žo Calouste Gulbenkian. The Commission will hold three meetings over two years (1994-1995). The first meeting shall be held in the spring of 1994 in Lisbon. The second meeting will be held in the fall of 1994 in Binghamton. The third meeting will take place in Paris in the spring of 1995. The Commission will issue a report. Essentially, the report will probably have three parts, the revised version of the three meetings: Part I ž The general intellectual and organizational problems; Part II ž a series of specific issues; Part III ž a programmatic statement. We shall seek to get the book published in multiple languages. It is hoped that the report will serve as the basis for debate about possible forms of organizational restructuring, in the light of the evolution of our intellectual work worldwide. II. Post-Doctoral Training and Research Program As readers who read last year's Newsletter (No. 16, August 1992) will recognize, the program in Item 1, the Gulbenkian Commission, is simply a further development of the epistemological concerns that led to the organization of the Post- Doctoral Traiing and Research Program in "The Historical Social Sciences ž Beyond Multidisciplinarity, Towards Unidisciplinarity." We shall not repeat in this Newsletter the 5-page description we gave in No. 16. Any reader who did not see No. 16 may request a copy. We do however attach an updated announcement poster to this Newsletter and request once again that you post it on a suitable bulletin board. If you wish additional copies of the poster, please request them. The program for 1993-94 has 4 Post- Doctoral Fellows. They are: Andrei Fursov (historian, Russia) Ram¢n Grosfoguel (sociologist, Puerto Rico) Kyung-il Kim (sociologist, [South] Korea) Ulf Strohmayer (geographer, Germany) Their research theme for the year is "Nomothetic vs. Idiographic Disciplines: A False Dilemma?" The program for the year 1994-95 will have as its research theme, "The States, the Markets, and the Societies: Separate Logics or a Single Domain?" The administrative details of the program are as follows: The program is sponsored jointly by the Fernand Braudel Center and the Maison des Sciences de l'Homme. We formally invite applicants as of now for the 1994-95 program. The conditions are as follows: Qualifications: There will be between 3 and 5 participants in each cohort. Applicants must have a completed Ph.D., or doctorat nouveau r‚gime (or equivalent) before the commencement of the program. The degree may be in any of the historical social sciences, broadly defined. Age 25-40. Linguistic skills: at least reading knowledge of English and French; further languages a plus. There will be a great effort to ensure a geographical mix of the participants in any given year ž some from OECD countries (North America, western Europe, Japan) and some from the rest of the world (Latin America, Africa, Asia, east-central Europe and C.I.S.). All applicants should send a letter to the Fernand Braudel Center arriving by December 1, 1993. The letter should contain a curriculum vitae plus a statement of intellectual interest, specifically addressing why the applicant feels qualified to participate in this particular program. Applicants should secure three recommendations, sent directly. At least one piece of writing should be submitted (preferably one relevant to the program). Ap- plicants should indicate their linguistic skills. The application may be in English or French. Fellows will be expected to be in Binghamton from late August to late December 1994, and then in Paris from January to June 1995. Fellows will devote themselves entirely to the Training and Research Program during its course. They will be expected to par- ticipate in two principal activities: (i) A weekly seminar, with structured discussion based on common readings and invited speakers focusing on the historical evolution and organizational structure of the historical social sciences. (ii) The collective research program. This research program will require a second weekly meeting, and it is expected that the Fellows will produce an integrated book by the end of the program. Fellowships will be circa $25,000 per annum. They will receive $10,000 U.S. for the time in Binghamton and 72.000FF for the time spent in Paris. Fellows will be expected to pay for their transportation, although in cases of hardship there may be a small supplement. III. Research Working Groups (a) Comparative Hegemonies RWG For a description of the research, see Newsletter No. 16. The group completed a first draft of much of its work. On April 18- 19, 1993, a small group of outside scholars was assembled to offer their critical reading of the first drafts of various chapters. The list of participants was as follows: Nicole Bousquet (Sociology, Univ. of Laval) Harriet Friedman (Sociology, Univ. of Toronto) Victoria de Grazia (History, Rutgers University) Lars Mjķset (Inst. for Social Research, Oslo, Norway) Frances Moulder (Three Rivers Community Technical College, Monegan Campus, CT) Ravi Palat (School of Hawaiian, Asian and Pacific Studies, Univ. of Hawaii) Frances Fox Piven (Political Science, Graduate Center, CUNY) Mark Selden (Sociology, Binghamton University) Peter Taylor (Geography, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and Univ. of Newcastle upon Tyne) (b) Trajectory of the World-System RWG The description of the research is to be found in Newsletter No. 16. This group too completed first drafts of much of its work ž specifically, the 17 so-called vectors of change over the period 1945-90, a synthetic chapter, and a chapter on prospective trends for 1990-2025. A workshop of outside consultants was convened also for this group on December 4-5, 1992. As a result of their criticisms, the 17 vectors are being regrouped into 6 sets. The list of participants is: Bruce Cumings (History, Univ. of Chicago) David Gordon (Economics, New School for Social Research) Otto Kreye (Starnberger Institut, Starnberg, Germany) Saul Mendlowitz (World Order Models Project, New York) Alejandro Portes (Sociology, Johns Hopkins University) Robert Wade (Development Studies, Univ. of Essex, UK) Boaventura de Sousa Santos (Sociology, Univ. of Coimbra, Portugal) IV. Conferences Organized by the Fernand Braudel Center (a) Fifth Biennial Conference on the Ottoman Empire and the World-Economy The conference was held on November 6-7, 1993 in Binghamton. The theme was "Nationalism on the Periphery of the Ottoman Empire." The co-sponsor was, as in the past, Southwest Asian and North African Studies (SWANA) of Binghamton University. The or- ganizers were €ažlar Keyder and Donald Quataert. The sessions were as follows: I: Arabs, Turks, and Ottomans Mahmoud Haddad (Columbia) - "Dangerous Liaisons: The Arabs between Turkish Nationalism and Western Colonialism" Beth Baron (City College, CUNY) - "The Dissemination of Egyptian Nationalism" Rashid Khalidi (Chicago) - "Ottoman Notables in Palestine: Nationalism and Other Options" II: Between Europe and the Ottoman Empire Fikret Adanir (Bochum) - "Imperial Responses to Nationalism: Austro- Hungarian and Ottoman Cases in Comparison" Michael Herzfeld (Harvard) - "Greek Nationalism and the Cultural Pursuit of Europe" III: Roundtable Discussion Moderator: €ažlar Keyder In addition to panelists: Benedict Anderson (Cornell) Faruk Birtek (Božazi‡i) Hasan Kayali (UC San Diego) Robert Vitalis (Clark) (b) Conference, "L'Avenir des Id‚ologies, Les Id‚ologies de l'Avenir" This conference was held in Paris from March 9-13, 1993, co-sponsored by the Maison des Sciences de l'Homme. Its organizers were Etienne Balibar (Univ. Paris-I) and Immanuel Wallerstein. The program was as follows: ThŠme g‚n‚ral : AprŠs un XXe siŠcle qui s'achŠve de fa‡on foudroyante, dans lequel des luttes f‚roces ont mis aux prises les tenants des trois grands types d'"id‚ologies" h‚rit‚s du XIXe siŠcle (conservatisme, lib‚ralisme, socialisme), beaucoup d'ana- lystes ont diagnostiqu‚ l'‚puisement de leurs capacit‚s de mobilisation. Est-ce enfin, pour de bon, la "fin des id‚ologies"? Ou bien n'est-ce que le pr‚lude … leur renaissance? Ou le signe que ces id‚ologies classiques sont en voie de remplacement par d'autres, encore … nommer et … d‚finir? D'autres hypothŠses doivent-elles ˆtre envisag‚es? PremiŠre s‚ance (9 mars 1993) Expos‚s : Etienne BALIBAR (Universit‚ Paris-I et N.I.A.S.) Immanuel WALLERSTEIN (Fernand Braudel Center) Introduction du s‚minaire : En quel sens y a-t-il eu, depuis deux siŠcles, des "id‚ologies"? Y aura-t-il encore des id‚ologies au XXIe siŠcle? Et si oui, seront-elles la continuation des pr‚c‚dentes, ou quelque chose de radicalement nouveau? DeuxiŠme s‚ance (10 mars 1993) Expos‚s : Andrei FURSOV (INION, Moscou) Pablo GONZALEZ CASANOVA (UNAM, Mexico) Autour de l'universalisme et du particularisme : La pens‚e des LumiŠres annon‡ait la fin des particularismes et l'essor de l'universel. Or ce qui n'a jamais cess‚ de se manifester depuis a ‚t‚ la mont‚e des nationalismes, des ethnicit‚s, et d'autres types de particularismes. A quoi devons-nous nous attendre, dŠs lors, pour les ann‚es … venir? Et mˆme si l'on assiste au d‚clin du nationalisme le plus ‚troit, ne risque-t-il pas d'ˆtre aussit“t relay‚ par le nationalisme "‚largi" des grands ensembles continentaux de "civilisation" (monde latino- am‚ricain, monde europ‚en, monde sino- japonais, monde arabo-musulman, etc.)? TroisiŠme s‚ance (11 mars 1993) Expos‚s : Samir AMIN (Forum du Tiers- Monde, Dakar) Suzanne de BRUNHOFF (C.N.R.S.) Autour des id‚ologies, des th‚ories et des politiques ‚conomiques : L'Etat- Providence, le d‚veloppement et la planification ont ‚t‚ de grands mots d'ordre du XXe siŠcle. La crise de ces notions, la r‚surgence de la supr‚matie du march‚, le triomphe de la mod‚lisation donnent-ils raison … la "science ‚conomique" (economics) contre l'"‚conomie politique"? Ou bien celle- ci est-elle en cours de reconstitution par la prise en compte de nouvelles r‚alit‚s (l'‚cologie, la gestion mon‚taire supra-natio nale, les rapports Nord-Sud)? L'id‚e d'un "New Deal mondial" ž naguŠre avanc‚e par la Commission Brandt ž est-elle encore … l'ordre du jour? QuatriŠme s‚ance (12 mars 1993) Expos‚s : Marc AUGE (E.H.E.S.S.) Colette GUILLAUMIN (C.N.R.S.) Autour de l'individualisme, de la religion et de la diff‚rence des sexes : Quelle importance faut-il attribuer au fait qu'on observe … la fois, … la fin du XXe siŠcle, dans le monde entier, un "retour du religieux" et une g‚n‚ralisation du mouvement d'‚mancipation des femmes? S'agit-il d'un clivage insurmontable (puisque l'un et l'autre expriment de fortes positions, mais pratiquement oppos‚es, sur le contr“le de la sexualit‚ et la disposition du corps, le fonctionnement de la famille, les relations hommes/femmes)? La diff‚rence des r“les sexuels serait-elle l'enjeu par excellence des d‚bats id‚ologiques … venir? De leur c“t‚ les religions (traditionnelles ou transfor- m‚es, voire reconstitu‚es sur d'autres bases, "syncr‚tiques") seront-elles le terrain principal de l'affrontement entre modes de vie "individualistes" et r‚actions "communautaires"? CinquiŠme s‚ance (13 mars 1993) Expos‚s : Pierre BOURDIEU (CollŠge de France) Toni NEGRI (Universit‚ Paris- VIII) Autour de l'‚tatisme et de l'anti- ‚tatisme : Depuis 5OO ans, en d‚pit de p‚riodiques appels … l'autonomie de la "soci‚t‚", l'Etat ne cesse d'accroŒtre sa centralit‚ politique, et les id‚ologies des XIXe et XXe siŠcles ont toutes en r‚alit‚ beaucoup fait pour l'y aider. Cependant les sentiments anti-‚tatiques renaissent et semblent aujourd'hui se renforcer en mˆme temps que les modŠles d'Etat traditionnels connaissent un crise plus ou moins profonde. Serait-ce que le point le plus haut de l'influ- ence de l'Etat dans l'histoire a ‚t‚ d‚pass‚, ou bien, sous de nouvelles formes, ira-t-elle toujours grandissant? Les id‚ologies pencheront-elles d‚sormais plut“t vers le "jacobinisme" ou vers l'"anarchisme"? Cette alternative mˆme conservera-t-elle un sens? (c) XII International Colloquium on the World-Economy (ICWE) It will be held in Tokyo & Nagoya on December 10-14, 1993 on the theme "Asia in the World-Economy." In addition to the three traditional sponsors (the Fernand Braudel Center, the Maison des Sciences de l'Homme, and the Starnberger Institut), our host spon- sor will be the Japan Council on International Affairs, and an additional sponsor will be the United Nations University. There will be 30 participants, half from the region and half from the rest of the world. The six sessions will be devoted to the following subthemes: 1. The Newly Industrializing Economies 2. South Asia in the World-Economy 3. South East Asia in the World-Economy 4. The South Pacific 5. China and the World-Economy 6. Japan and the World-Economy The Colloquium will deal with the developments in the six subregions, to relate them to each other, and relate the developments in the Asian region to developments in other regions of the world. IV. Other Conferences (a) Network on World-Systems Studies GEMDEV, a federation of teaching and research structures in Paris concerned with development issues and world-systems studies, organized a meeting of 15-20 people in Paris on February 4-5, 1993, in which the Fernand Braudel Center participated. Representatives of groups in Brazil, Quebec, Belgium, and Russia also participated. The meeting discussed generally what we thought a world-system was, and where this one was heading. At the end, the group decided that they wished to create a formal network, of a not too bureaucratic nature. Basically, it decided on the following: a) the group would be called R‚seau d'Analyse du Systeme-Monde; GEMDEV would be its secretariat; b) the structures represented at this first meeting would be asked to formally "adhere"; others could be admitted later; c) the papers for this first meeting would be published in Cahiers du GEMDEV; d) the network would have an information bulletin, which GEMDEV agreed to administer for the time being; e) there would be future meetings, for which there are the following possibilities: Rio, January/February 1994, in conjunction with a much larger meeting being organized; Moscow, September 1995, in conjunction with the meeting of the IGU; Brussels (b) Historia a Debate This meeting was organized primarily by the Univ. de Santiago de Compostela within the framework of the Xacobeo 93. It was held in Santiago de Compostela on July 7-11, 1993. The Fernand Braudel Center was a co-sponsor. (c) XVII Political Economy of the World-System Conference This was held at Cornell University on April 15-17, 1993 on the theme "Food and Agricultural Systems in the World-Economy." The program was as follows: Opening Session: Sidney W. Mintz (Johns Hopkins University) - "Food, Cultural Power and the World-Economy" Discussants: Harriet Friedman (Univ. of Toronto) and Immanuel Wallerstein (Binghamton University) I. Agriculture in world-historical perspective Ravi Palat (Univ. of Hawaii, Manoa) - "Historical Trans formations in Agrarian Systems Based in Wet-Rice Cultivation: Towards an Alternative Model of Social Change" Resat Kasaba (Univ. of Washington) & Faruk Tabak (Binghamton University) - "The Restructuring of World Agriculture, 1873-1990" II. Food in the international political- economy Harriet Friedman (Univ. of Toronto) Discussants: Sidney Mintz and Immanuel Wallerstein III. Food systems and spatial dynamics Lanfranco Blanchetti-Revelli (Johns Hopkins University) - "Diverging fortunes of Canadians and Filipinos: The development of a world carrageenan industry and the geographical reorganization of seaweed production" Susan Thompson & J. Tadlock Cowan (Bates College) - "Industrial food production and consumption in the world system: seafood canning, 1815-1950" Roberto P. Korzeniewicz (Albion College), Walter Goldfrank (UC- Santa Cruz) & Miguel E. Korzeniewicz (UNM- Albu querque) - "Vines and wines in the world-economy" IV. Global restructuring and depeasantization Sonia Arellano (Binghamton University) - "Agricultural transformation and migration in modern Bolivia" Ram¢n Grosfoguel (Johns Hopkins University) - "Depeasan tization and agrarian decline in the Caribbean region" V. Agribusiness and agricultural restructuring Philip Ehrensaft (Universit‚ du Qu‚bec … Montr‚al) & Alain Meunier (Institut National de Recherche Agronomique, Grenoble) - "Restructuring agriculture and agribusiness during the long twentieth century: the world grain and livestock system, 1870-2025" Jane L. Collins (Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison) - "Gender and cheap labor in agriculture" VI. Recomposition of agro-exports Frances Ufkes (Univ. of Iowa) - "Industrial restructuring and agrarian change: the 'greening' of Singapore" Estanislžo A. Gacitua and Rosario Bello B. (Universidad Academia de Humanismo Cristiano, Santiago), Dale W. Wimberley (Virginia Polytechnic Institute) - "The transformation of the Chilean agroexport sector" VII. Agro-food system regulation and re- regulation Craig K. Harris & Michael A. Skladany (Michigan State University) - "On global pond: state policies and global commodity chains in the fishing industry" John M. Talbor (UC-Berkeley) - "Regulation of the world coffee market and the limits of globalization" Robert Schaeffer (San Jose State University) - "Free trade agreements: their impact on agriculture and the envi ronment" (d) XVIII Political Economy of the World-System Conference It will be held at the University of California, Irvine on April 7-9, 1994 on the theme, "A New World Order? Global Transfor- mations in the Late Twentieth Century." The description of the theme follows: The closing years of the twentieth century will be remembered as a time of tumultuous change. At the global level, by the early 1990's the post World War II Pax Americana and Cold War appear to be over. The United States' unchallenged hegemony has giv- en way to a multicentric world-economy where both economic and geopolitical leadership is shifting and "up for grabs." Meanwhile, a new international industrial division of labor emerged during the last two decades in which an increasing proportion of global manufacturing is now done in the semiperiphery and periphery. But this "globalization" of industrialization has failed to either generate much improvement in living standards for most of the population of the Third World or lessen global inequality. Within capitalist core economies profound economic and political restructuring (and social polarization) have also taken place, as economies shift from "fordist" mass-production and consumption to more flexible "post-fordism." By the 1990's, the "East Bloc" of "actually existing socialist societies" are in the throes of convulsive change, as the putatively immutable "totalitarian" states of Central Europe and the Soviet Union dissolve, fragment, and un- dergo traumatic economic "reforms." Beyond the various "regional" impacts, the end of the Soviet state socialist empire upsets the "great power" equilibrium that developed over forty years, resulting in geopolitical uncertainty, instability, and upheaval. Simultaneously, the growing economic power of Japan and the "newly industrialized countries" (the so-called NICs) of East Asia may be heralding the beginning of the true "Pacific Century." Understanding this set of changes, and how they relate to one another is both a daunting and an urgent task for social sci- entists. There is a need for an in-depth empirically-grounded analysis of the various transformations and how they are embedded in wider logics of global system development. How is world-wide economic restructuring in the late twentieth century best understood? How can this process be related to simultaneous changes in states and geopolitics? Does the concatenation of ruptures, crises, and disjunctions of such magnitude mean that we are in a "band of transition" where the basic nature of the world-system is undergoing fundamental change? Or is this just another phase in the evolution of global capitalism? What types of differential impacts will these transformations have, not only on regions, na tions, and world-system zones, but also on relations of class, gender, and race within these social formations? What are the pros- pects that popular social movements can successfully resist the predations of transnational capital epitomized in the ideologies of neo-liberalism and privatization, and embodied in IMF "structural adjustment" programs in the periphery and "hollowing out" and creation of "underclasses" in the core? To coherently address this set of issues, following subthemes will be explored: (a) The nature and extent of the "transformation" of the world-economy and the meaning of "restructuring." The key questions here involve the extent to which the changes are really "new" and/or basic. Do "flexible accumulation," "post-fordism," or the "globalization of production" signal a fundamental change in international capitalism? Is this another phase of world- system development? A "band of transition"? Or truly a new world order? And just what exactly (if anything) is it that is being "restructured"? (b) Changing geopolitics and possible international re-alignments. What is the impact of the end of the Cold War on world politics? How does the demise of "the evil empire" of the Soviet bloc change power relationships within and between the advanced capitalist economies? Does it alter the political relationship between the core and the periphery, opening up possibilities for new forms of transnational neo-imperialism? Are we on the brink of international re- alignment and the emergence of new global economic and military alliances? (c) Regional transformations: nascent core- based superstates, political fragmentation, and the rise of "new nationalisms" elsewhere. At the same time North American moves toward a "free trade agreement" and the prospect of a unified western Europe remains strong, ethnic hatred and resurgent nationalisms are rekindled in the old Soviet Bloc and throughout the periphery. Can we relate core political consolidation to the fissiparous relations in eastern Europe, central Asia, or throughout Africa? Are the reanimation of racism, nationalism, and ethnic hatred in various part of the world related to the shifting global economic and political dynamics referred to above? What do these forces bode for "democratization" efforts? Can we show there is an underlying global logic at work? (d) The social terrain of economic restructuring. The trend toward "flexible production" in the past decade has been facilitated by neoliberal political and ideological policies (sometimes described as "global Reaganism" or "global Thatcherism") of privatization, "downsizing" of the public sectors, and disorganizing labor. Do these global changes take advantage of existing structures of gender, race, and class exploitation or create new ones? How have these processes lead to class polarization and redeployed racial and gender disparities in the core (ironically most pronounced in the leading "world cities")? How have they led to specific changes in semiperipheral and peripheral areas as well? Again, is there a global logic at work? (e) New social movements and strategies for resistance. Focus on the role of "anti- systemic" forces at this critical juncture. How can new social movements of mobilized peoples in places like central Europe, South Africa, or the Middle East contribute to pro- gressive change? How can particularly exploited groups like women and racial and ethnic people constructively resist restructuring? Those wishing to give papers, please send a detailed abstract by December 1, 1993 to: Professor David A. Smith or Jozsef Borocz Dept. of Sociology University of California, Irvine Irvine, CA 92717 PHONE: 714-856-7292/714-856-5830 FAX: 714-856-4717 V. Colloquium on Culture and the World-System Co-sponsored with the Institute of Global Cultural Studies, and co-chaired by Anthony King and Ali Mazrui, the Colloquium chose as its special themes: The Cultural Consequences of Christopher Columbus Sept. 9, 1992 - Parviz Morewedge, Classics, Baruch College, CUNY, "The World on the Eve of Christopher Columbus" Oct. 14, 1992 - Immanuel Wallerstein, Fernand Braudel Center, Binghamton University, "Encounters 1492 and After, Discoveries 1992 and Before" Nov. 18, 1992 - Peter Thuynsma, Literature & African Studies, Univ. of Witwatersrand, "The Colonization of South Africa as an Imitation of European Settlements in the Americas" Dec. 2, 1992 - "Latin American Perspectives": A Roundtable dis cussion with Julio Rodriguez-Luis, Comparative Literature, Puerto Rico Sonia Arellano-Lopez, Sociology, Bolivia Nydia Castillo, Sociology, Nicaragua Ruben Hernandez, Sociology, Mexico Walter Melendez, Sociology, Peru Ethnicity, Religion, and the Nation-State: Political and Cultural Contradictions Feb. 18, 1993 - Mohammed Hyder, Univ. of Nairobi & Omari Kokole, Binghamton Univeristy, "Ethnicity and Religion in Africa's Experience: Some Case Studies" Mar. 25, 1993 - Mariam Dossal, History, Univ. of Bombay, "Reli gion and Politics in Modern India: Before and After Ayodhya" Apr. 29, 1993 - Brother of Muhamed Sacirbey, Bosnian Permanent Representative to the United States, "The Crisis in Bosnia" VI. Publications (a) Review The contents of Vol. XVI, 1993 were as follows: XVI, 1, Winter 1993 Joan Smith We Irish Women: Gender, History, and the World- Economy EUROPEAN PERIPHERIES €ažlar Keyder The Dilemma of Cultural Identity on the Margin of Europe Nuno Val‚rio Local Economies and the World- Economy: Nineteenth Century Tr s- os-Montes Eric Vanhaute Processes of Peripherialization in a Core Region: The Campine Area of Antwerp in the "Long" Nineteenth Century DEVELOPMENTALIST THEORY BEFORE 1945 (Part IV) Henri H. Stahl Th‚ories des processus de ®moderni- sationÆ des Principaut‚s Danubi- ennes et de l'ancien Royaume de Roumainie (1850-1920) XVI, 2, Spring 1993 Taimoon Stewart The Third World Debt Crisis: A Long Waves Perspective Alvaro Soto Carmona Long Cycle of Social Conflict in Spain (1868- 1986) James A. Reilly From Workshops to Sweatshops: Damascus Textiles and the World- Economy in the Last Ottoman Century Luiz C. Barbosa The World- System and the Destruc- tion of the Brazilian Amazon Rain Forest XVI, 3, Summer 1993 Peter Waterman Social Movement Unionism: A New Un- ion Model for a New World Order? Jean Batou Nineteenth- Century Attempted Es- capes From the Periphery: The Cases of Egypt and Paraguay Michael S. Yoder The Latin American Plantation Sys- tem and the World-Economy: The Case of the Yucatecan Henequen Industry FINLAND IN THE WORLD-SYSTEM Yrj” Kaukiainen Finland and the Core: Stages of Integration (c. 1600-1850) Matti Peltonen The Peasant Economy and the World Market: Finnish Peasant Farming in the Age of Agrarian Crises,1880s- 1910s XVI, 4, Fall 1993 PORT-CITIES OF THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN, 1800-1914 €ažlar Keyder, Y. Eyp Ozveren & Donald Quataert, Special Editors Režat Kasaba Izmir Elena Frangakis Patras A. šner Turgay Trabzon Y. Eyp Ozveren Beirut Basil C. Gounaris Salonika €ažlar Keyder, Y. Eyp Port-Cities in the Ottoman EmOzveren & Donald Quataert pire: Some Theoretical and Historical Perspectives VII. Visiting Research Associates Feb. - May 1993: Miriam Dossal Panjwani, Reader, History, Bombay University March 1993: Pien Versteegh, doctoral candidate, History, Univ. of Nijmegen, The Netherlands July 15 - Sept. 15, 1993: Kenneth Collier, Prof. of Social Work, Univ. of Regina VIII. Public Lectures Oct. 13, 1992 - Zvi Razi, Prof. of History, Tel Aviv Univ., "The Myth of the Immutable English Family," co-sponsored by History, Center for Medieval and Early Renaissance Studies, Dean's Office of Harpur College of Arts and Sciences Oct. 14, 1992 - Andrew Ezergailis, Prof. of History, Ithaca College, "The Holocaust in Latvia," co-sponsored by History Nov. 16, 1992 - Peter Waterman, Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, "Social Movement Unionism" Dec. 7, 1992 - Michael Gilsenan, Khalid bin Abdullah Al Said Professor for the Study of Contemporary Arab World, Magdalen College, Oxford, "Histories and Memories of Patriarchy in a Lebanese Society," co-sponsored by Southwest Asia and North Africa Studies Program Dec. 8, 1992 - Emilio Jorge Rodriguez, Director, Anales Del Caribe, Havana, "La Guerra del 95 y la Literatura Caribe¤a," co- sponsored by Latin American and Caribbean Area Studies Program, Romance Languages & Literature, Center for Research in Translation Feb. 25, 1993 - Amiri Baraka, poet, "Racism: The Ultimate Destruction of the Human Race," co-sponsored by Black Students Union, Dean's Office of Harpur College of Arts and Sciences, Sociology Graduate Students Union, Schweitzer Chair in the Humanities Mar. 17, 1993 - Pien Versteegh, doctoral candidate, Univ. of Nijmegen, "Polish Migrants in German, Belgium, and Dutch Mines, 1920-30: The Position of Migrants on the Labour Market and in Society," co- sponsored by Sociology Apr. 13, 1993 - Ama Ata Aidoo, author, "African Women at Century's End: Images, Representations, Self," co-sponsored by LACAS, African Student Organization, Faculty Masters, Comparative Literature, SEHD, Affirmative Action, Sociology, English, Dean's Office of Harpur College of Arts and Sciences, Women's Studies, Decker School of Nursing, GSO, University Programming Board, African Cultures Module, Convocations Committee Apr. 15, 1993 - Peter Katzenstein, Prof. of International and Comparative Politics, Cornell Univ., "Japan, the United States, and Asia: Redefining Hegemony," co-sponsored by Sociology, Political Science, Dean's Office of Harpur College of Arts and Sciences IX. 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