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Responses to Cultural Homogeny: Engagement, Resistance, or Passivity

An International Conference on Interdisciplinary Research

LCC International University
Third International Academic Conference
April 9-10, 2010

Conference Schedule

FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 2010

15:00	Registration
16:30 - 17:30	Welcome and Opening Session (Neufeld Hall) Ligija Kaminskienė (Lithuania) "Cultural Homogeny: A Modern Myth of the Tower of Babel" Jerry Holsopple "Entertainment: the Ideal Fetish to Accompany Cultural Homogeny"
17:30	Opening of Exhibition "With Pleasure, With Meaning?" (Neufeld Hall Lobby)
18:00 - 19:00	Plenary Address (Neufeld Hall) Raja S. Tanas (USA) "Responses to Cultural Homogeny: The Case of Palestine"
19:00 - 20:00	Reception (Neumann Hall Lobby)

SATURDAY, APRIL 10, 2010

10:00	SECTION I
Theology and Philosophy (Room 102)
10:00	Reactions on Cultural and Religious Pluralism, Ursula Glienecke
10:30	The Sign of the Cross: Grammar, Culture, and the Politics of Jesus, Jared Schumacher
Education and Identity (Room 107)
10:00	Lifelong Learning - Unmasking New Challenges in Globalization and Hyper Competition Era, Margarita Pavlovič, Aleksandra Švec
10:30	The Influence of Stereotypes on the Students' Adaptation in the Multicultural Environment, Olga Aleksejeva, Dmitrij Katkov
11:00	Jewish Roots Tourism in Lithuania and the (Re)creation of Jewish Ethnic Identities, Zita Dargužytė
11:30 - 12:00	Coffee Break / Book Exhibit (Room 100)
12:00 - 13:00	Plenary Address (Neufeld Hall) Prabhu S. Guptara (Switzerland) "The Business Consequences of Globalization and Homogeny for Small and Middle Sized Companies"
13:00 - 14:00	Lunch (available in Michealsen centras)
14:00	SECTION II
Literature and Identity (Room 102)
14:00	Praxis in Preserving National Literary Identities, Geri Henderson
14:30	Fear of Difference and Individual Rebellion in J. M. Coetzee's Waiting for the Barbarians, Aušra Paulauskienė
Society and Culture (Room 107)
14:00	Asmeninis „brand'ingas" kaip postmodernizmo epochos konstruktas, Oksana Suvorova
14:30	Negalės kultūra kaip iššūkis kultūros homogeniškumui, Rita Vaičekauskaitė
15:00 - 15:15	Coffee Break / Book Exhibit (Room 100)
15:15	SECTION III
Theology (Room 102)
15:15	Individuals in Community: The Biblical Response to Cultural Homogeny and Relativism, Michele Hershberger
15:45	Searching for Theology of Spiritual Gifts: From Servility Towards Creativity, Henrikas Žukauskas
Management (Room 107)
15:15	Baltijos jūros regiono tautų pastangos išsaugoti Baltijos jūros ekosistemą: tautų savitumo ir regiono darnaus vystymosi strategijos sąveika, Vida Motiekaitytė, Loreta Steponėnaitė
15:45	Homogeneity or Versatility: A Case Study of the Influence of Culture on Organizational Commitment Using Lithuanian and Danish Managerial Approaches, Jekaterina Lugovaja
16:15 - 16:30	Coffee Break / Book Exhibit (Room 100)
16:30 - 17:30	Panel Discussion (Neufeld Hall) "What's wrong with homogeny? What's good about diversity?"
17:30	Closing Remarks and Appreciation of All Speakers

Invited Speakers

PROF. LIGIJA KAMINSKIENĖ (LITHUANIA), FRIDAY, 16:30

Title: "Cultural Homogeny: A Modern Myth of the Tower of Babel"

Ligija Kaminskienė is a professor (Ed. Science) at the Department of Translation and Interpretation Studies of the Faculty of Philology, Vilnius University, Lithuania. Her interests include lifelong learning, development of professional and generic (transferable) competences, and student empowerment for the job market. She is on the list of experts of the Grundtvig Program at the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA), Brussels. After the Restoration of Independence in 1990, she worked at the Ministry of Education and Culture and supported the founding of LCC International University. She spent two years at LCC, from 1996 to 1998, teaching and drafting documents for its founding and recognition.

PROF. RAJA S. TANAS (USA), FRIDAY, 18:00

Title: "Responses to Cultural Homogeny: The Case of Palestine"

Raja S. Tanas is Professor and Chair of the Sociology Department at Whitworth University in Spokane, Washington State (USA). He received his Bachelor and Master of Arts degrees in sociology from the American University of Beirut, Lebanon, after which he earned his Ph.D. degree in sociology from Michigan State University.

Dr. Tanas became a faculty member at Whitworth University in 1983, where he currently teaches in the sociology department. He has carried out extensive research in the area of Middle Eastern and Islamic studies. He was listed in Who's Who Among America's Teachers in 1999 and 2000.

PROF. PRABHU S. GUPTARA (SWITZERLAND), SATURDAY, 12:00

Title: "The Business Consequences of Globalization and Homogeny for Small and Middle Sized Companies"

Prabhu S. Guptara is William Carey University Distinguished Professor of Global Business, Management and Public Policy (India), and a recognized authority on long-range global trends, on the impact of technology on strategy, on corporate social responsibility, on comparative and cross-cultural ethics, and on leadership issues. For the last 14 years, he has also been the Executive Director of Organization Development, at Wolfsberg - The Platform for Business and Executive Development (a subsidiary of UBS). His best-known research publication is: "Top Executives in the Global 100 Companies and their IT-Competence" (ADVANCE: Management Training Ltd., UK, and Wolfsberg, Switzerland, 1998); and he is included in Debrett's People of Today and in Who's Who in the World.

Organizing Committee

Giedrė Gadeikytė
Dr. Robin Gingerich
Dr. Geri Henderson
Dr. Jerry Holsopple
Andrew Kaethler
Dr. Scott Neumann
Lorna Qesteri
Arnoldas Remeika
Eglė Songailienė
Eglė Zalatoriūtė
Radvyda Vaišvilaitė, Chair

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