Macalester Civic Forum

2008 - The Environment, Citizenship, and the Public Good

2007 - Meditations on Global Citizenship

The Institute for Global Citizenship is inaugurating an annual spring conference to be known as the Macalester Civic Forum.

While in future years this conference is likely to feature student scholarship derived from the practice of global citizenship, in this initial instantiation it will focus on the logically prior – even foundational – questions: (a) how should we conceptualize “global citizenship” and (b) what are the key issues pertaining to the theory and practice of global citizenship in the contemporary era? This being the case, we are inviting the President, Provost, Dean for the Study of Race and Ethnicity, Dean of the IGC, and the Chaplain to share with the community their views on these important issues. This will serve as an introduction to three invited speakers who will be addressing specific issues related to global citizenship on each of its three spatial scales (local, national, transnational). Our hope is that this event will catalyze the kind of broad and constructive discussion of global citizenship necessary if we are to sustain and sharpen our efforts to educate our students more purposefully for ethical and effective engagement/leadership in the communities in which they live.

Macalester Civic Forum

All events will take place in the chapel.

THURSDAY, MARCH 29
7:00–7:30 p.m. Welcome and Opening Remarks
Andrew A. Latham, Associate Dean of the Institute for Global Citizenship
Brian C. Rosenberg, President of Macalester College

7:30–8:45 p.m. Macalester Perspectives on Global Citizenship
Chair: James Laine, Arnold H. Lowe Professor of Religious Studies
Presenter: Diane Michelfelder, Provost and Dean of the Faculty
Presenter: Lucy Forster-Smith, Chaplain
Presenter: Jane Rhodes, Dean for the Study of Race and Ethnicity
Presenter: Ahmed I. Samatar, Dean of the Institute for Global Citizenship

8:45–10:00 p.m. Open Conversation on Global Citizenship
Moderator: Thomas Varberg, Professor of Chemistry

FRIDAY, MARCH 30
SESSION #1
9:30–9:40 a.m. Introduction
Chair: Michael Monahan, Director of the International Center
9:40–10:25 a.m. Commissioned Paper #1:
“Just Membership” in a Global Community Seyla Benhabib more»

10:25–10:55 a.m. Discussion
Student Discussant: Carly Martin (Philosophy)
Student Discussant: Desirée Weber (Political Science)

10:55–11:10 a.m. Coffee Break

11:10–11:45 a.m. Questions and Comments

11:45–1:30 p.m. Lunch

SESSION #2
1:30–1:40 p.m. Introduction
Chair: Tommy Woon, Dean of Multicultural Life

1:40–2:25 p.m. Commissioned Paper #2:
Neoliberalizing Race
David Theo Goldberg more»

2:25–2:55 p.m. Discussion
Student Discussant: Will Clarke (American Studies)
Student Discussant: Jessica Masterson (American Studies)

2:55–3:10 p.m. Coffee Break

3:10–4:00 p.m. Questions and Comments

SATURDAY, MARCH 31
SESSION #3
9:30–9:40 a.m. Introduction
Chair: Karin Trail-Johnson, Associate Dean of the Institute for Global Citizenship and Director of the Civic Engagement Center

9:40–10:25 a.m. Commissioned Paper #3:
Philanthropy: The New Benchmark for Global Citizenship
Emmett D. Carson more»

10:25–10:55 a.m. Discussion
Student Discussant: Ruth Strickland (Geography and Urban Studies)
Student Discussant: Molly Bowen (Geography and Urban Studies)

10:55– 1:10 a.m. Coffee Break

11:10–11:50 a.m. Questions and Comments

11:50–Noon Closing Remarks
Ahmed I. Samatar, Dean of the
Institute for Global Citizenship

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