Marketing BYU Inquiry Conference

from Eric Darsow, Inquiry Conference Planning Committee

Dear International Relations Majors:

The Kennedy Center for International Studies is hosting the 11th Annual Inquiry Conference featuring students’ cross-cultural field research on March 3-6th, 2009 in 238 HRCB. The following presentations by students in your discipline might be of interest to you (as part of a larger panel session, see schedule for details):

Models of Socialization for Youth (2:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.):
Cortney Evans (International Relations) “Agents of Political Socialization of Youth in Mukono, Uganda”

Understanding the Misunderstood (10:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon):
Matthew Adamson (International Relations) “My Life Is Not Upside-down: Parental Loss and Hope among Vulnerable Children in South Africa”

Perceptions of Identity (1:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.):
Adam Harris (Political Science) “Facing Reality: An Experimental Approach to Ethnic Identity”

The above students and others will be presenting on their field research experiences from around the world, addressing diverse topics such as conceptions of beauty in India to transportation infrastructure in Beijing. To make the entire experience more academically enriching, after presenting individually, groups of 3-4 presenters will sit on a panel together to critique, debate, scrutinize, and dispute each others’ research.

So browse the attached conference schedule and locate the conference sessions that interest you makes you wonder—the most intriguing one or most controversial. Find the one that you know you can’t miss. Then come and join us and bring your friends, spouses, teachers, pets, and roommates. All are welcome. And it’s free!

Email inquiry.byu@gmail.com or call 801-422-1541 if you have further inquiries about the conference.

More details available at http://www.kennedy.byu.edu/events/inquiry/