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2007-2008 Theme: Human Trafficking: the politics and geography of modern slavery.

By some estimates there are more people enslaved today than at the height of the Atlantic slave trade centuries ago. What a paradox as we celebrate worldwide the bicentennial of the abolition of the international slave trade! Thus, Political Science has adopted Human Trafficking: the politics and geography of modern slavery as our annual theme to allow us to explore enduring practices of slavery at a nodal point in its history, Charleston. Examples of modern slavery can be found in places as disparate as San Francisco restaurants and camel racetracks in the Persian Gulf. Clearly, there is a need for a new generation of abolitionists. Come, learn, and be motivated by attending this year's events.

The Political Science Convocation of Majors was held on Wednesday, February 13, 2008 in Physicians Auditorium at 7pm. David Batstone, author, professor of Ethics at the University of San Francisco, and award winning journalist, delivered this year's presentation based on his recent book, "Not for Sale: The Return of the Global Slave Trade and How We Can Stop It."

David Batstone has traveled to 5 continents to investigate the mechanisms of the global slave trade. In "Not for Sale," Batstone shows how human trafficking generates $31 billion annually and enslaves 27 million people around the globe, half of them children under the age of eighteen. Batstone also profiles the new generation of abolitionists who are leading the struggle to end this appalling epidemic.