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February 19, 2013
CFP: Call for applications - postdoc positions at CERGU, Gothenburg, Sweden
Deadline: March 18, 2013
The Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation (Riksbankens Jubileumsfond), which is an independent foundation whose aim is to promote and support scientific research, has decided to support CERGU’s expansion of the successful ongoing program for postdoc research. The new grant will make it possible for CERGU to open four to six new postdoc positions within the field of European research during the next three years. Presently six postdoc researchers, from Europe and overseas, are engaged in projects focusing on research problems from a humanistic, economic, legal, social or political perspective.
CERGU aims to attract applications for the new positions from a wide range of young postdocs with an interest in research on Europe. As CERGU promotes multidisciplinary research, applications that demonstrate openness to applying such perspectives will be given priority.
If you would like more information concerning the application, please contact Director Linda Berg linda.berg@pol.gu.se
For more information about CERGU, affiliated researchers and their
research, see http://www.cergu.gu.se/english/
For more information on the postdoc position in European Studies see: website
Posted by jmkirsch at 12:52 PM
February 14, 2013
Fellowships: CES Summer Research and Internship Grants, U-M
Deadline: March 15, 2013
The Center for European Studies (CES) seeks applications from University of Michigan undergraduate and graduate students for grants ranging from $500 to $1500 towards summer research or internships. The grants are intended to promote the study of Europe and European integration.
For more information and application, visit http://www.ii.umich.edu/ces/resources/studentresources.
Posted by jmkirsch at 12:45 PM
Job Posting: The Delegation of the European Union to the US
The Delegation of the European Union to the United States of America has a vacancy for a Senior Economist. The Senior Economist is an expert on US economic and financial issues working in the ECFIN section of the Delegation. The economist assists in fostering the section's key missions: reporting on the US economy, US-EU employment issues, IMF issues and dissemination of information within the Delegation and to Brussels.
For more information visit: European Union website
Posted by jmkirsch at 12:36 PM
February 13, 2013
Study Abroad: Information Session Boston University Study & Internships Abroad
Study & internship programs in several countries around the world
Information Table:
Thursday, February 14th
11:00-3:00 PM
Michigan Union, Ground Floor Lobby
For more information visit the Boston University Study Abroad website.
Posted by sarayu at 01:40 PM
Study Abroad: Information Session U-M Dearborn Summer Management Program in Italy
Business-focused study abroad program in Padua, Italy for Summer 2013
Information Table:
Friday, February 15th
11:00-1:30 PM
Michigan Union, Ground Floor Lobby
Information Session:
Friday, February 15th
2:00-3:00PM
International Center, Room 9
For more information visit the International Center website.
Posted by sarayu at 01:32 PM
February 12, 2013
Fellowships: Goethe-Institut and the Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities Scholars in Residence 2013/2014
Deadline: April 8, 2013
The Goethe-Institut and the Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities (KWI) are pleased to announce the annual call for applications for the program “Scholars in Residence”. Young international researchers in the humanities, cultural and social sciences are invited to apply.
Scholars in Residence is a residency program for young academic researchers that promotes the exchange of scholarly research and provides guest residencies for researchers in the humanities, cultural studies and social sciences to visit their colleagues in Germany and abroad. Young scholars are given the opportunity to forge intensive relationships with other researchers, to pursue joint projects and to develop long-term bilateral collaborations within an international context. The program partners a foreign scholar and German scholar who focus on projects that bear upon the program’s annual research themes. Within the focal subject matter, one academic from abroad and one German academic will form a duo team
Residency in the host country lasts between six and eight weeks. The scholar from abroad will travel to Germany as of October 15, 2013, the German scholar will travel to his/her partner’s country as of January 1, 2014.
Eligibility:
- PhD students and Postdocs
- Fluency in English (German is not required for participation)
Further information including program application can be found at http://www.goethe.de/uun/wwm/wuz/srv/en10409229.htm.
Posted by sarayu at 01:27 PM
Study Abroad: European Summer School 2013
Deadline: May 31, 2013
The European Summer School titled "United States of Europe - Federalization of Europe as a Response to EU Crisis?" will take place in Prague, Czech Republic on July 13 - 25, 2013.
Come to Prague and learn about the European Union.
Find out the perceptions and viewpoints of Central European countries.
Debate challenging ideas with the EU policy researchers and analysts.
Explore the magnificence of Prague--one of the richest cultural capitals in Europe.
You will find further details on the homepage www.europeum.org/ess2013 and you can see the promotion leaflet at http://www.europeum.org/ess2013/doc/poster2013.pdf
Posted by sarayu at 12:39 PM
Funding: ENS Cachan – International Scholarship Programme 2013-2014
Deadline: March 25, 2013
The ENS Cachan International Scholarship Programme is aimed at international students who are
currently studying or have studied and obtained their latest diploma outside of France, who have a
proven high academic level and who aspire to a career in the research and/or high education fields.
This programme is aimed at students wishing to apply for a second year Research Master (RM2) or
for a joint PhD in order to follow or pursue their research training in one of the departments or
laboratories of the ENS Cachan.
The grant amounts to 1000 euros/month. Specific funding conditions may exist for some countries;
the concerned candidates will be informed by the ENS Cachan during the selection process.
The grants are awarded for a minimum period of 6 months and a maximum period of 12 months not
renewable*.
Grants at the Master level:
• Grants are awarded for a period of 10 months to students applying for a whole academic year to carry
out a Research Master (RM2). All ENS Cachan master programmes are concerned, except the
Design and the Management master programmes.
Grants at the PhD level:
• Grants are awarded for a period of 6 to 12 months to students applying for a whole academic year to
carry out research in one of the ENS Cachan laboratories. All ENS Cachan research laboratories are
concerned.
More information can be found at http://www.ens-cachan.fr/version-anglaise/profiles/coming-to-the-ens-cachan-students/ens-cachan-international-scholarship-programme-2013-2014-187862.kjsp">http://www.ens-cachan.fr/version-anglaise/profiles/coming-to-the-ens-cachan-students/ens-cachan-international-scholarship-programme-2013-2014-187862.kjsp">
Posted by sarayu at 12:31 PM
February 04, 2013
CFP Conference: International Conference on Endangered Languages in Europe
Deadline: May 31, 2013
October 17-18th, 2013
Interdisciplinary Centre for Social and Language Documentation (CIDLeS)
Minde, Portugal
The Interdisciplinary Centre for Social and Language Documentation (CIDLeS) cordially invites scholars working on endangered languages in Europe and on Language Documentation to join us at the International Conference on Endangered Languages in Europe. The 2-day International Conference aims to improve the discussion about linguistic diversity in Europe and to provide an interdisciplinary forum in which scholars from Language Documentation, Language Technology and others working on European endangered languages can exchange ideas and techniques on language documentation, archiving, and revitalization and to reflect on language policy issues. The second day of the Conference will have two special panels: one focussing on the endangered languages in the Iberian Peninsula and another one, a round table, dedicated to the theme "new speakers of minority/endangered languages".
The Conference will include a broad socio-cultural program related to the theme "Endangered Languages in Europe" with the aim of promoting intercultural exchange and reinforcing the relationship between linguists and language communities. On the 19th of October 2013 there will be a "Language Fair" will take place, in which several members of endangered language communities in Europe will present their languages and cultures through book displays and cultural events (music, theatre, movies, exhibitions, etc.). On the evenings of 18th and 19th October there will be an "Endangered Languages Music Festival".
Abstracts are invited for papers on the following areas:
* European endangered language varieties
* Endangered languages in the Iberian Peninsula
* Language Documentation
* Language Technologies
* Archiving
* Revitalization
* Multilingualism
* New speakers
* Language policy
The abstracts should be no longer than a DIN-A4 page, with references. Please send your abstract to ele2013@cidles.eu. For more information, visit http://www.cidles.eu/events/conference-ele-2013/.
Posted by sarayu at 02:15 PM
CFP Journal: Queer European Film, Studies in European Cinema
Deadline: March 29, 2013
European film has long featured queer elements, while recent cinematic output increasingly challenges national borders and cultural boundaries via a multitude of transnational co-productions and transcultural themes. It is therefore timely to investigate the fluidity of borders and boundaries in relation to the concepts of queerness and nation in order to map the myriad specificities, subjectivities and desires of queer film in contemporary Europe.
The proposed series of special editions of peer-reviewed journal, Studies in European Cinema will explore the current situation of queer film in Europe. Contributions of approximately 6,000 words may include close readings of individual films, but should strive to achieve an overview of queer film/practice by locating work in its broader cultural, political and social context. Articles may focus on one country/language area or include a comparative aspect. Submissions are welcome on, but not limited to, European cinema and the following themes:
- sexuality and/or gender
- queering straight film
- the intersection of transculturalism/nationalism and queerness
- queer directors
- queer(ing) stars/star personas
- queer(ing) film festivals
Abstracts of 200 words and a 150 word bio-bibliography should be submitted by Friday 29 March 2013 to Leanne Dawson (leanne.dawson@ed.ac.uk) and Jackie Collins (jackie.collins@northumbria.ac.uk), editors.
Posted by sarayu at 02:14 PM
Conference: Violence in the Early Modern Period
February 15-16
2013 interdisciplinary graduate conference
"Violence in the Early Modern Period" at the
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor,
15-16 February 2013; 3222 Angell Hall
with conference keynotes by
Professors Melissa Sanchez (English, University of Pennsylvania) and Mitchell Merback (History of Art, Johns Hopkins University)
This interdisciplinary conference will explore the instances, effects, and functions of violence throughout sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Europe. How we understand violence effectively informs how we understand other far-reaching phenomena in the period—e.g., colonization; performances of ability, class, gender, race, and sex; public entertainment; religious reformation(s); social discipline; and urbanization. Recent scholarship has evinced a renewed interest particularly in the dynamics between violence and power, and this conference will focus on a variety of related questions. When and where did violence serve the interests of hegemonic power? When and where did it thwart the interests of hegemonic power? How did violence shape identities, collectives, cultures? By whom or by what was violence practised and endured? And at what cost?
Registration is free but necessary, and the conference starts at 2:30 p.m. on Friday, 15 February 2013, at 3222 Angell Hall.
Violence in the Early Modern Period
15 February 2013
2:30-3:00 p.m.
Registration and Welcome
3:00-4:30 p.m.
Panel 1: Spectacles of Violence
Lauren Eriks
English, University of Michigan
The Conditions of Performance: Problem Plays and Jewish Violence in the Post-Auschwitz Merchant of Venice
Seth Williams
English and Comparative Literature, Columbia University
The Dance of Death in A Larum for London
Alice Tsay
English, University of Michigan
Suffering and Spectatorship in Thomas Nashe’s The Unfortunate Traveller
4:30-5:00 p.m.
Tea
5:00-6:00 p.m.
Keynote 1
Mitchell Merback
History of Art, Johns Hopkins University
From Sacrilege to Beautiful Violence: The Massacre of the Innocents in Art-Historical Perspective
16 February 2013
8:30-9:00 a.m.
Registration and Breakfast
9:00-10:30 a.m.
Panel 2: ‘Other’ Geographies
Michael Lutz
English, Indiana University-Bloomington
Homewreckers: Two Lamentable Tragedies and the Anti-Geography of Domestic Violence
Kathryn Johnson
English, Swarthmore College
‘Afraid to Speak?’: Language and Systems of Oppression in Fletcher’s The Island Princess
Molly Tun
Spanish and Portuguese Studies, University of Minnesota
Conceptualizing Colonial Violence: The Expression and Perpetuation of Violence in De Bry’s America
10:30-11:00 a.m.
Tea
11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Panel 3: Spectacle and Voyeurism
Steven Swarbrick
English, Brown University
Wood Wounds: Trauma and the Inhuman in Spenser, Tasso, and Freud
Kara Elizabeth Barfett
English, University of Western Ontario
Dissection and Consumption in the Early Modern Blazon and Wynkyn De Worde
Jennifer Lodine-Chaffey
English, University of Montana
Asserting Individuality at the Scaffold
Jessica Tabak
English, Brown University
From Sacred to Secular: Spectacular Wounds in The Faerie Queene, Book III
12:30-1:30 p.m.
Lunch
1:30-3:30 p.m.
Panel 4: Citizenship and Civil Identities
Yanay Israeli
History, University of Michigan
Narrative models and the meanings of violence: historians and conversos in Castile, 1460-1480
Erin Lichtenstein
History, Stanford University
‘The Honor of the World’: A Widow before the Court of Verona, 1575
Elizabeth Mathie
English, University of Michigan
Abandoning the Merchant: The Violence of Protecting in The Merchant of Venice
3:30-4:00 p.m.
Tea
4:00-5:00 p.m.
Keynote 2
Melissa Sanchez
English, University of Pennsylvania
‘Sacred Vehemence’: Biopolitics in Comus
Posted by sarayu at 01:39 PM