World-Scale Ambitions?: Two Interdisciplinary Roundtables

Interdisciplinary dialogue about methodological and theoretical trends triggered by the desire to study emergent global phenomena. Reevaluation of former yet relevant trends, such as "world-systems analysis" alongside a reflection on more recent developments across the disciplines.

Participants:

Richard Lee, Sociology (Braudel Center at Binghamton);

Francoise Lionnet, French/Feminist Studies (UCLA);

Lisa Malkki, Anthropology (Stanford);

Aihwa Ong, Anthropology (UCB);

Franco Moretti, Comparative Literature/English (Stanford);

David Palumbo-Liu, Comparative Literature/Asia Pacific American Studies (Stanford);

Bruce Robbins, Comparative Literature/English (Columbia);

Richard Rorty, Comparative Literature/Philosophy (Stanford);

Anna Tsing, Anthropology (UCSC);

Michael Watts, Geography (UCB);

Akhil Gupta, Anthropology (Stanford);

Paula Moya, English/Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity (Stanford)