TWCF Archives:
Annual TWCF Conferences and Keynote Speakers
1975-2007
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1st
April 26, 1975
Governors State University, University Park, IL
Content and Career Opportunities of African, Asian, and Latin American Studies Programs
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Victor Uchendu,
University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana
2nd
September-October 1976
Governors State University, University Park, IL
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Winberg Chai,
Asian American Studies, City University of New York
3rd
March 19-20, 1977
Governors State University, University Park, IL
New Problems and Dimensions in the Third World
Keynote Speaker: Professor John Henry Clark,
Hunter College, City University of New York
4th
March 15-18, 1978
Pick Congress Hotel
The North South Dialogue
Keynote Speaker: His Excellency Leslie Harriman,
Former Nigerian Ambassador to the United Nations
5th
March 28-31, 1979
The Conrad Hilton
Chicago, IL.
The Third World In Transition
Keynote Speaker: His Excellency Alex-Quaision-Sackey,
Former Ghanaian Ambassador to the United Nations
6th
March 26-29, 1980
Pick Congress Hotel
Global Inequality: A Humanist Perspective
Keynote Speaker: George Lamming, Writer
7th
March 28-28, 1981
McCormick Inn
Chicago, IL.
Global Interdependence and National Development I
Keynote Speaker: Honorable Mabel Murphy Smythe,
Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs
8th
March 24-27, 1983
McCormick Inn
Chicago, IL.
Global Interdependence and National Development II
Keynote Speaker: His Excellency K.R. Narayanan,
President of India and Former Indian Ambassador to USA
9th
March 23-26, 1983
McCormick Inn
Chicago, IL.
Governance in a Multi-Ethnic City
Keynote Speaker: The Honorable Harold Washington,
Former Mayor of the City of Chicago
10th
March 28-31, 1984
McCormick Inn
Chicago, IL.
Global Interdependence and the Third World: A Policy Perspective
Keynote Speaker: His Excellency, The Right Honorable Michael Manley,
Former Prime Minister of Jamaica
11th April 4-6, 1985
Hotel Continental
Chicago, IL.
Peace and Mutual Cooperation as Tools to Aid Third World Development and Global Interdependence
Keynote Speaker: Mr. Guillermo Ungo,
Former President of El Salvadoran Peace Council
12th
April 3-5, 1986
Allerton Hotel
Chicago, IL.
Peace, Mutual Development and Global Responsibility
13th
April 9-11, 1987
Americana Congress
Chicago, IL.
Development for a Better World: Crisis, Assessments, and Strategies for Third World Development
Keynote Speaker: Her Excellency, Dr. Lucille Mair,
Former Under Secretary General to the United Nations
14th
April 7-9, 1988
Congress Hotel
Chicago, IL.
Third World Development Strategies for the Future: The 1990's and Beyond
15th
April 5-8, 1989
The Palmer House
Chicago, IL.
A 15 Year Retrospective on Social Movements and Social Change in Third World and Diaspora Communities
Keynote Speaker: His Excellency Val McComie,
Former Assistant Secretary General, Organization of American States
16th
April 5-7, 1990
Radisson Hotel
Clayton, St. Louis, MO.
New International Order In the 1990's: Impact on Third World Development
Keynote Speakers: His Excellency Tebego Mafole,
Former Chief Representative of the African National Congress to the United Nations
Dr. Rex Nettleford, Vice Chancellor , University of the West Indies-Mona
17th
April 4-6, 1991
The Westin Hotel Renaissance Center
Detroit, Michigan
Technology, Development and Culture: A New Global Interdependence
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Ali A. Mazuri,
Professor of Political Science, State University of New York
18th
May 6-9, 1992
Jamaica Conference Center, Kingston, Jamaica
Post Cold War Challenges for the Third World
Keynote Speaker: His Excellency The Right Honorable P.J. Patterson,
Prime Minister of Jamaica
19th
April 29-May 1, 1993
Governors State University
University Park, IL.
The Resiliency of the Human Condition, Change and Survival in the Intercultural Global Society
Keynote Speaker: Dr. George Wald,
Nobel Laureate in Physiology-Harvard University
20th
April 6, 1994
The Congress Hotel
Chicago, IL
The Third World and Diaspora at the Turn of the Century: Redefining Concerns, Directions, and Policies
Keynote Speaker: Dr. P. Anyang Nyong'o,
Head of Programs, African Academy of Sciences,
Secretary General, African Association of Political Science
21st
March 22-25, 1995
The Swissotel
Chicago, IL.
Peace, Democracy and Development into the 21st Century
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Joann Horton,
President of Texas Southern University
22nd
March 27-30, 1996
The Swissotel
Chicago, IL.
Reconceiving the Meaning of Emerging Global Changes Into the 21st Century
Keynote Speaker: Ms. Beverley Manley,
Former First Lady of Jamaica
23rd
March 19-22, 1997
The Swissotel
Chicago, IL.
Connecting Theory and Practice for the Emerging Global Changes Into the 21st Century
Keynote Speaker: Quentin Young, MD.
President Elect, American Public Health Association
24th
March 18-21, 1998
The Swissotel
Chicago, IL.
Visioning, the 21st Century: Globalization, Transformation, and Opportunity
Keynote Speaker: Andaiye,
Social Activist at University of Guyana
25th
March 17-20, 1999
The Swissotel
Chicago, IL.
Third World and Global Development Reconstruction and Redefinition
Keynote Speaker: Professor Amartya Sen,
1998 Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences
26th
March 15-18, 2000
The Swissotel
Chicago, IL
" Third World and Global Development: Continuing the Search for a New Paradigm"
Keynote Speaker: Professor Jan R. Carew
Emeritus Professor, Northwestern University
27th
March 21-24, 2001
The Swissotel
Chicago, IL
"Development: Critical Issues for the 21st Century"
Keynote Speaker: John Coatsworth
Professor of History and Monroe Guttman, Harvard University
28th
March27-30, 2002
Embassy Suites Hotel Chicago-Downtown Lakefront
Chicago, IL
"Development in the Latest Era of Globalization: Reassessing Opportunities and Formulating New Approaches"
Keynote Speaker: John Calloway, WTTW, Channel 11
John Mearshimer, Professor of Political Science, University of Chicago
Janet Afary, Professor of History Purdue University
P. Anyang Nyongo, Director, African Academy of Sciences
Stephen Schwartz, Director and Publisher, Bulletin of Atomic Scientist
29th
March 27-29, 2003
Embassy Suites Hotel Chicago-Downtown Lakefront
Chicago, IL
"Development, Global Security and Sustainability: Growth, Redistribution and Social Justice in the 21st Century."
Keynote Speaker :Dr. Eugene B. Shultz, Jr., Ph.D., professor emeritus of technology and human affairs, Washington University in St. Louis
30th
March 3-6, 2004
The Westin Hotel Michigan Avenue Hotel
Chicago, IL
Keynote Plenary Session:
Global Change: Development, Peace and Security?
Richard C. Longsworth, Executive Director, Global Chicago Center,
Chicago Council on Foreign Relations
Gwendolyn Mikell, Professor and Director, Program African Studies, Georgetown University
Clifford E. Singer, Professor and Director, Center for Peace, Disarmament and International Security,
University of Illinois-Champaign
Adriela Fernandez, University Professor Social Sciences,
Governors State University
31st
March 24-26,2005
Wyndham Chicago Hotel
Chicago, IL
Keynote Address Session:
Power, Alliances and Partnerships for Social Change
Intercultural Perspectives
Honorable Joyce Mpanga,
First Woman Member of Uganda Legislative Council,
and First Minister of Women in Development, Uganda
Honorable Dr. Carol Adams,
Secretary, Illinois Department of Human Services,
32nd
March 16-18, 2006
Swiss Hotel Chicago
Chicago, IL
Aging is an Important Part of Development
Donna Butts, Ph.D.
Executive Director, Generations United
U.S. Representative to International Consortium of Intergenerational Programmes, Washington, DC
33rd Annual TWCF Conference
Symposium 2007
Development: Exploring Local and Global Change II
March 29-31, 2007
Hilton Chicago
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John H. Coatsworth Keynote Speaker 27th Annual Third World Conference
John
H. Coatsworth is Professor of History and Monroe Guttman Professor of
Latin American Affairs and Director of the David Rockefeller Center for
Latin American Studies at Harvard University. Dr. Coatsworth is the
author of three books and many scholarly articles and essays on Latin
American economic and international history. At Harvard he also serves
as member of the Executive Committee of the Weatherhead Center for
International Affairs and Senior Fellow of the Harvard Academy for
International and Area Studies. He is a member of the Council on
Foreign Relations in New York and numerous professional associations.
Professor
Coatsworth received his BA degree in History from Wesleyan University
(1963) and his MA (1967) and Ph.D. (1972) degrees in Economic History
at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He taught at the University of
Chicago from 1969 until he joined the Harvard faculty in 1992. His
other academic posts have included visiting professorship at El Colegio
de Mexico, the National Autonomous University of Mexico, the National
University of Buenos Aires, the Instituto Torcuato di Tella in Buenos
Aires and the Institute Ortega y Gassett in Madrid. From 1984 to 1989
he served as Chairman of the Join Committee on Latin American Studies
of the American Council of Learned Societies and the Social Research
Council. He has served on the board of numerous scholarly journals
including the American Historical Review, the Journal of Economic
History, and the Hispanic American Historical Review as well as science
and history journal published in Mexico, Peru and Spain.
Professor
Coatsworth was awarded the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship
in 1986, served as Senior Fulbright Lecturer three times (for
appointments in Argentina and Mexico), and has received research and
institutional grants from public agencies and private foundations in
the United States and elsewhere. He has also acted as consultant for
program design or review to numerous U.S. universities and private
foundations.
The Organizing Committee of the Annual Third World Conference is honored to welcome back professor Coatsworth to our Forum and to Chicago.
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