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The Fifth International Conference on Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability
University of Technology, Mauritius
5-7 January 2009
www.Sustainability-Conference.com
Conference Proposals
Over 300 proposals have been submitted. The deadline for the next round in the Call for Papers is 8 May 2008. You may submit a proposal to the Conference Review Committee at:
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The International Conference on Climate Change: Impacts and Responses
Bharati Vidyapeeth Institute of Environment Education and Research
Pune, India
9-11 January 2009
www.Climate-Conference.com
The Sustainable City Conference
(Fifth International Conference on Urban Regeneration and Sustainability)
For more information see the conference website:
http://www.wessex.ac.uk/conferences/2008/city08/index.html#abstracts and visit http://ijs.cgpublisher.com/diary/43
Sustainable Irrigation 2008
(Second International Conference on Sustainable Irrigation Management, Technologies and Policies)
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14th Annual International Sustainable Development Research Conference
International Sustainable Development Research Society
New Dehli, India
21-23 September 2008v
For more information see the website of the conference: http://www.14aisdrc2008.com/ and visit http://ijs.cgpublisher.com/diary/43
Creator Sites
All officially registered Sustainability Conference participants can make their own Creator Website. The first step is visiting the CGPublisher Creator page
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Review of Articles
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Sustainability Journal Vol. 4
Submissions of papers for refereeing are now closed. Authors will be notified when their paper have been assigned to referees. Authors may also receive up to three papers to referee. We appreciate the participation of all referees.
Two plenary papers submitted to the Sustainability Journal have now been published see:
http://www.cgpublisher.com/works/10817/actions/index_html and http://www.cgpublisher.com/works/8055/actions/index_html .
Sustainability Journal Vol. 3
All six issues of Volume 3 of the Journal have now been published and are available at: www.Sustainibility-Journal.com.
The Associate Editor listings for Sustainability 2007 are now featured on the Journal website. This can be accessed by clicking on the following link: http://ijs.cgpublisher.com/about.html#ae.
Sustainability Journal Subscription
All officially registered Sustainability Conference participants have a complimentary one-year subscription to the International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability. This subscription is valid for one year following the end date of the Conference.
To access the subscription, please visit the subscriptions webpage of the Journal: http://ijs.cgpublisher.com/subscriptions.html.
Souad Halila
Souad Halila will be speaking on the changing position of intellectuals in the Muslim world. Souad Halila has a PhD in History from the University of Southern California. She majored in American history & international relations, and minored in US literature. Her PhD thesis focused on the intellectual development and diplomatic career of African American Ralph J. Bunche. She taught English and Literature for eleven years at King Saud University in Saudi Arabia. From 1999 to the present, she has been teaching US and GB history and culture at the University of Tunis and Sousse, Tunisia. She lectured extensively in the USA, Saudi Arabia, Spain, France, and Tunisia on contemporary issues related to the US, France, the Middle East, and North Africa. In September 2006, she spent 4 weeks at Wilson College, Pennsylvania as a senior Fulbright Visiting Specialist.
She has a broad interest in environmental issues and green philosophy but her research focuses primarily on US intellectual, political, social, cultural, and religious history, particularly social and political movements, race relations, African American history, Arab American history, and multiculturalism. She initiated several courses related to these topics at her university. Recently and since 9/11, she has focused her research on Islamic issues and the Occident.
Conference Proposals
Three hundred twenty six proposals have been submitted.
The deadline for the next round in the Call for Papers is May 8 2008. You may submit a proposal to the Conference Review Committee for an In-Person presentation, or a Virtual paper at the Sustainability Conference. See: http://s09.cgpublisher.com/proposal_entry_intro
Conference
The Fifth International Conference on Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability will be held in conjunction with the University of Technology, Mauritius, from January 5th to 7th 2009. Please continue to check the website for updates.