Globalism and Cross-talk is an interdisciplinary project at the University of Toronto designed to promote dialogue--across disciplines, across area studies, and across geographical locations--on the impacts of cultural globalization. Cross-talk seeks to identify both the points of contact and the radical divergences in our attempts to understand the human processes of globalization, focusing in particular on crossings between the Humanities and the Social Sciences. Whether the immediate subject is universal human rights, the ethical imperatives of democratic belief, the current transformations in regional identity, the human consequences of economic globalization, or the impact on curriculum of "Global Studies," Cross-talk attempts to define the conflicts and the syncretisms that must be grasped in order to engage productively and positively with a globalized world.

An all-day symposium on March 5, accompanied by a series of individual talks by the guest international speakers:

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Globalism and Cross-Talk is supported by the Asian Institute; the Centre for Comparative Literature; the Center for the Study of the United States; the Centre for International Studies; the Chancellor Jackman Program for the Arts; Cinema Studies; the Collaborative Master of Arts in International Relations; the Department of English; the Department of Political Science; East Asian Studies; the Faculty of Arts and Science; the F. Ross Johnson/Connaught Foundation; the Institute for Women's Studies and Gender Studies, the School of Graduate Studies; and the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.