Preface and Acknowledgements Jeffrey R. Di Leo (University of Houston, Victoria, USA) and Christian Moraru (University of North Carolina, Greensboro, USA) Notes on Contributors Introduction: World Theory in the New Millennium Jeffrey R. Di Leo (University of Houston, Victoria, USA) and Christian Moraru (University of North Carolina, Greensboro, USA) Part 1: Arts and Humanities 1. Worlding History Fabio López-Lázaro (University of Hawaii, Manoa, USA) 2. Worlding Philosophy Brian O’Keeffe (Barnard College, USA) 3. Worlding Ethics Nigel Dower (University of Aberdeen, UK) 4. Worlding Art Nikos Papastergiadis (University of Melbourne, Australia) 5. Worlding Postmodernism Hans Bertens (Utrecht University, Netherlands) 6. Worlding Comparative Literature Christian Moraru (University of North Carolina, Greensboro, USA) 7. Worlding Popular Culture Esther Peeren (University of Amsterdam, Netherlands) 8. Worlding Music John Mowitt (University of Leeds, UK) 9. Worlding Cinema Alex Taek-Gwang Lee (Kyung Hee University, Korea) 10. Worlding Theater Gina MacKenzie (Holy Family University, USA) 11. Worlding Religion Gerda Heck (American University of Cairo, Egypt) and Stephan Lanz (Europa-Universität Viadrina, Germany) Part 2: Social and Behavioral Sciences 12. Worlding Sociology Veronika Wittmann (Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria) 13. Worlding Anthropology Nigel Rapport (University of St. Andrews, UK) 14. Worlding Economics Peter Hitchcock (City University of New York, USA) 15. Worlding Psychoanalysis Dany Nobus (Brunel University, UK) 16. Worlding Women Robin Goodman (Florida State University, USA) 17. Worlding Gender Vrushali Patil (Florida International University, USA) 18. Worlding Queer Sri Craven (Portland State University, USA) 19. Worlding Identity Zahi Zalloua (Whitman College, USA) Part 3: The Professions 20. Worlding Higher Education Michael Thomas (Liverpool John Moore University, UK) 21. Worlding Public Policy Kenneth J. Saltman (University of Illinois, Chicago, USA) 22. Worlding International Education Lien Pham (University of Technology Sydney, Australia) 23. Worlding International Relations Sophia McClennen (Penn State University, USA) 24. Worlding Media Studies Toby Miller (Loughborough University London, UK) and Jesús Arroyave (Universidad del Norte, Colombia) 25. Worlding Journalism Vera Slavtcheva-Petkova (University of Liverpool, UK) 26. Worlding Publishing Jeffrey R. Di Leo (University of Houston, Victoria, USA) 27. Worlding Architecture Richard Ingersoll (Politecnico de Milano, Italy) Part 4: Natural and Formal Sciences 28. Worlding Logic Paul Livingston (University of New Mexico, USA) 29. Worlding Spatiality Studies Robert T. Tally Jr. (Texas State University, USA) 30. Worlding Cybernetics Andrew Culp (California Institute for the Arts, USA) 31. Worlding Systems Theory Bruce Clarke (Texas Tech University, USA) 32. Worlding Biology Adam Nocek (Arizona State University, USA) 33. Worlding Environmental Studies Robert P. Marzec (Purdue University, USA) 34. Worlding Earth and Climate Studies Claire Colebrook (Penn State University, USA) Index

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