Speakers
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Previous Speakers
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Enrique Mallen, Ph.D.
Professor, Sam Houston State University
Dr. Enrique Mallen earned his PhD in Linguistics from Cornell University. He is Professor in the Department of World Languages and Cultures at Sam Houston State University. He has published numerous articles and books on linguistics, poetic language, semiotics and art history. Since 1997 he is director of the Online Picasso Project, a Digital Humanities publication dedicated to the analysis and dissemination of the works by the multilingual and multidisciplinary Pablo Picasso. Among his books are: Pablo Picasso: A Period of Transformation (1906-1916) (2023), Pablo Picasso and Dora Maar: A Period of Conflict (1936-1946) (2021), Pablo Picasso: The Aphrodite Period (1924-1936) (2020), Eduardo Espina: Poesía del Deslenguaje (2019), Pablo Picasso: The Interaction Between Collectors and Exhibitions, 1899-1939 (2018), Pablo Picasso: A Critical Chronology (2017), La Pulsión del Lenguaje: Diálogos y Poemas de José Kozer (2015), La Muerte y la Máscara en Pablo Picasso (2013), A Concordance of Pablo Picasso's French Writings (2010), A Concordance of Pablo Picasso's Spanish Writings (2009), Antología Crítica de la Poesía del Lenguaje (2009), Poesía del Lenguaje: De T. S. Eliot a Eduardo Espina (2008), La Sintaxis de la Carne: Pablo Picasso y Marie-Thérèse Walter (2005), The Visual Grammar of Pablo Picasso (2003) and Con/figuración Sintáctica: Poesía del Des/lenguaje (2002).
Kurt Buhring, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Religious Studies and Theology, Saint Mary's College Kurt Buhring is Associate Professor of Religious Studies & Theology at Saint Mary's College (IN). Born near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, he earned his BA in Religious Studies from Grinnell College and his PhD in Theology from the University of Chicago Divinity School. Buhring is the author of Spirit(s) in Black Religion: Fire on the Inside (Palgrave Macmillan, 2022) and Conceptions of God, Freedom, and Ethics in African American and Jewish Theology (Palgrave Macmillan, 2008). Both of these texts are a part of Palgrave Macmillan's "Black Religion/Womanist Thought/Social Justice" series.
Buhring's research is focused in Black Theology of Liberation. In particular, he is interested in concepts of understanding the divine-human interaction in ways that foster human agency and positively transform the self and society. His research has also explored issues in modern Jewish theology, religion during the Great Depression, and religious expressions in film. At Saint Mary's College, Buhring teaches courses in social justice, Black theology, interfaith relations, religion and science, and Islam. He has also taught at Westville Correctional Facility as part of the Moreau College Initiative.
Renuka Thakore, Ph. D.
Lecturer, School of Law and Policing, University of Central Lancashire
Dr. Renuka Thakore, Founder of the Global Sustainable Futures Network, UK, provides leadership to a global Network and the Centre for Social-Legal Studies, administering multidisciplinary activities and research partnerships worldwide. Renuka is the winner of several Awards, including the "Star Volunteer Award 2023", "Entrepreneurial Thinker 2023", and the "Development Leadership: Governor Enrique Tomás Cresto Award 2022". Renuka has embarked on an innovative challenge of building the capacities of the Global South nations, to increase the national capacities to respond to climate change while bringing prosperity to people through fair and equitable sharing of benefits. She is recognised for her vision, connecting academics, businesses, and individuals, bringing together Global South and Global North to involve them in climate adaptation resilience and transition. She has created a vibrant, strategically performing community that attracts enthusiastic, like-minded coordinators worldwide. The network welcomes diverse sections and societies worldwide and is committed to 'leaving no one behind' while contributing to sustainable development goals (SDGs). Renuka loves to dig into real-world problems and solve them by applying systems thinking and transdisciplinarity.
Title of Speech: Human Rights and Climate Change
Naser Makarem, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Accountancy and Finance, University of Aberdeen
Dr. Naser Makarem is an assistant professor in accounting at the University of Aberdeen, UK. He is the leader of MSc Accounting and Finance programme and Partnerships Programmes Director at Aberdeen Business School. Dr Makarem teaches several courses in the area of financial accounting both in the UK and at overseas partners in China and Qatar. He supervises PhD students and has research interests in the broad area of financial reporting and particularly earnings management. Dr. Makarem’s research mainly focuses on factors influencing corporate financial reporting. In particular, he studies how social, economic and political factors affect earnings management. He is also interested in changes in earnings management behaviour over time as well as the impact of regulatory environment and political and economic factors on such changes. He also studies how earnings manipulation is restricted by factors such as external audit and corporate governance.
Title of Speech: Brexit and Audit Pricing
Javier Cifuentes-Faura, Ph.D.
Researcher, Department of Financial Economics and Accounting, University of Murcia
Javier Cifuentes-Faura works in the Department of Financial Economics and Accounting at the University of Murcia (Spain). His lines of research include those related to public administration and economics, transparency, government, sustainability and green economics. He has published in more than 100 JCR impact journals, such as Public Performance & Management Review, Renewable Energy, Resources Policy, Local Government Studies, Economic Analysis and Policy or Journal of Policy Modeling. He is associate editor of several SSCI journals. He has participated in several international conferences, being invited to some of them as keynote speaker. He has been included in the prestigious Stanford University rankings as one of the 2% most influential researchers in the world in 2022.
Title of Speech: Political corruption in turkey: government analysis, laws and economic policies
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