November 18, 2009
Untitled: What's in a Name?, 04/15-17/2010, Glasgow
Deadline: November 09, 2009
Untitled: What's in a Name?
Student Session
Association of Art Historians Annual Conference
University of Glasgow 15-17th April 2010
Call for Papers
As art historians, critics, and researchers we are surrounded by titles, names, and classifications. Names secure and give substance to our critical operations; but names can also constrain investigation if one relies on given solutions without reassessing historical objects and methods.
But what happens when the title is questionable, anachronistic, or purposely absented? From collaborative works that lack designated authors to the untitled work, the enquiring viewer is prematurely left alone to fill in the blanks ¨C a productive insecurity in the face of that which cannot be named, grasped, or conveyed that leaks into, and has an impact upon, the doing and teaching of art and its histories. We would like to invite papers on naming as a activity shared by art historians, critics, curators, and artists; thereby also addressing questions of authority, validity, critique, and resistance that become integral to the act of giving ¨C or retracting ¨C titles. Possible areas of enquiry can include: measuring the name: navigating classification and reconfiguring value; the untitled work as a site of frustration, opportunity, and challenge; the function of names and classifications in reception, historiography, and methodology; legitimising nomenclature: claiming and re©\claiming the utility of art and history; and choosing names and choosing sides: the vocabulary of cross©\disciplinary studies.
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Untitled: What's in a Name?, 04/15-17/2010, Glasgow
Deadline: November 09, 2009
Untitled: What's in a Name?
Student Session
Association of Art Historians Annual Conference
University of Glasgow 15-17th April 2010
Call for Papers
As art historians, critics, and researchers we are surrounded by titles, names, and classifications. Names secure and give substance to our critical operations; but names can also constrain investigation if one relies on given solutions without reassessing historical objects and methods.
But what happens when the title is questionable, anachronistic, or purposely absented? From collaborative works that lack designated authors to the untitled work, the enquiring viewer is prematurely left alone to fill in the blanks ¨C a productive insecurity in the face of that which cannot be named, grasped, or conveyed that leaks into, and has an impact upon, the doing and teaching of art and its histories. We would like to invite papers on naming as a activity shared by art historians, critics, curators, and artists; thereby also addressing questions of authority, validity, critique, and resistance that become integral to the act of giving ¨C or retracting ¨C titles. Possible areas of enquiry can include: measuring the name: navigating classification and reconfiguring value; the untitled work as a site of frustration, opportunity, and challenge; the function of names and classifications in reception, historiography, and methodology; legitimising nomenclature: claiming and re©\claiming the utility of art and history; and choosing names and choosing sides: the vocabulary of cross©\disciplinary studies.
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Post-graduation Forum for Music and Dance Studies, 12/04-05/2009, Portugal
Deadline: October 22, 2009
Call for Papers
Post-in-progress: 1st International Post-graduation Forum for Music and Dance Studies – Aveiro, Portugal December 2009
The Institute of Ethnomusicology - Centre for Music and Dance Studies (INET-md) and Department of Communication and Art (DeCA) of the University of Aveiro, Portugal, are pleased to host POSTIP an international scientific meeting open to all post-graduation students in music and dance.
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Journal of Critical Globalisation Studies
You can find the 'Journal of Critical Globalisation Studies', which is a fully peer-reviewed, open-access academic journal at:
http://www.criticalglobalisation.com/
We are looking for full articles (up to 10,000 words) and polemics (short articles up to 5000 words) for our next issue on 'Globalisation and War'.
Published contributions will be available free online and included within our limited-run print edition.
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Infinity
New peer-review graduate and young professionals journal on war and peace
Infinity Journal is switching to the peer-review process and will focus on the topics of war and peace, and all of the issues in between - from humanitarianism to terrorism. The peer-review process begins after Volume 1 ends, which will be in February 2010. Those interested in submitting to Infinity Journal (peer-review) can begin submitting papers now. Visit the site for more details or contact Adam for more information, including submission guidelines.
There will also be a $1,000 award for best piece.
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Red River Valley Historical Journal
Call for Articles - Red River Valley Historical Journal
The Red River Valley Historical Journal (RRVHJ) invites the submission of articles for publication in upcoming issues. Articles are solicited on any historical topic, era, or geographic region of the world. The RRVHJ publishes articles of general interest to the academy.
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Public policy, Kazakhstan
Assistant or Associate Professorships - Kazakhstan
Institute of Management, Economics and Strategic Research KIMEP is a 21st century dynamic and progressive institution offering American style credit-based graduate and undergraduate programs in social sciences, economics and business. All instructions are offered in English. The institution, which is one of its kind in the entire Central Asian Region, is located in the beautiful, attractive and cosmopolitan city of Almaty.
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Post-doctoral Researcher, Project on Land and Water Use in Khorezm, Uzbekistan
JOB- Post-doc Researcher, Project on Land and Water Use in Khorezm, Uzbekistan
Post-Doc Researcher
"'Spread the Innovation' - Feeding Project Innovations into the Decision-Making Process in Khorezm, Uzbekistan"
ZEF (Center for Development Research), Bonn, Germany
Department of Political and Cultural Change
Applications before 15 October 2009
Description:
The work is part of ZEF's long-term interdisciplinary research project on sustainable land and water use in the Khorezm province, Aral sea region (full project title Economic and Ecological Restructuring of Land and Water Use in the Khorezm Region (Uzbekistan): A Pilot Project in Development Research) http://www.khorezm.uni-bonn.de/
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November 16, 2009
Association of American Geographers, Neoliberal projects and postsocialism,04/14-18/2010, MS
Deadline: October 11, 2009
Annual meeting
Association of American Geographers
Washington DC
April 14-18 2010
CFP:
How do basic concepts shift in neoliberal projects? Evidence from the post-socialist world and beyond
The neoliberal experiment across the globe has involved the dissemination of knowledge about rational ‘best practices,’ geared towards the promotion of efficient market economies, seen as deeply intertwined with liberal democratic polities. In doing so, international financial institutions, academics, and the media have promoted not only concrete policies, but also specific languages and set of meanings that, albeit vague, support the rationale of neoliberal projects. Generally accepted by elites worldwide (and contested by their opponents), those concepts are also constantly reworked when they meet diverse and locally specific sets of meaning and institutional frameworks.
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Project Manager, Eurasia Focus, InterMedia Survey Institute, DC
JOB- Project Manager, Eurasia Focus, InterMedia Survey Institute
Research Analyst/Project Manager: Eurasia Focus
InterMedia Survey Institutea global research, evaluation and consulting firm specializing in media and communicationis seeking an experienced Research Analyst/Project Manager who will be responsible for the management of quantitative and qualitative research and evaluation projects throughout the Eurasia Region. This is a highly multifaceted position with duties including client interface, research design, project management, subcontractor oversight, fieldwork observation, research analysis, report writing, presentations and proposal support. The Project Manager will have primary responsibility for Russia and secondary responsibility for other Eurasia countries.
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November 11, 2009
Religion and Everyday Life: Past, Present, Future, 10/01/-12/01/2009, on-line conference
Deadline: October 10, 2009
Moscow Society for the Study of Religions
Third International Online Conference on the Study of Religions
"Religion and Everyday Life: Past, Present, Future".
October 1, 2009 - December 1, 2009
Deadline postponed until October 10, 2009.
So please be welcome to send your paper to the conference!
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Prof. Peter Antes (University of Hannover, Germany) "Islam in Germany today. An example for Religion and Everyday Life"
Prof. Gustavo Benavides (Villanova University, USA) "Reflexivity, metarepresentations and the rise of religion"
Prof. Henrik Hoffman (Yagellon University, Poland) "'Morphology of an Everyday Life' by Wlodzimiez Pawluczuk as a New Method for the Study of Religious Weltanschauung"
Prof. Marianna M. Shakhnovich (Saint-Petersburg University, Russia) "Teaching about Religion in School Curriculum: Religion in Political History or Religion in Everyday Life"
Dr.Habil. Mikhail Yu. Smirnov (Saint-Petersburg University, Russia) "Contemporary Russian Study of Religion: Everyday Life and the
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Travel, Trade and Ethnic Transformations, 06/16-20, Hungary
Deadline: November 15,2009
7th Biennial MESEA Conference
The Society for Multi-Ethnic Studies: Europe and the Americas
Travel, Trade and Ethnic Transformations
16-20 June 2010
University of Pécs, Hungary
Call for Papers
Travel, movement and mobility are essential in human life: they shape individualities, histories and the stories people tell. In particular, labor, commerce, exile, tourism, transnational and transcontinental migrations have led to the socio-political and cultural production of dominant images of subjectivities and nationhoods. People's identification with "imagined communities" and their experience with "encountered ones" has determined ethnicity's and diaspora's infinitely variable socio-political and cultural content. However, neither panethnicity nor transmigrant/postcolonial hybridity can resolve the crisis of a liberal commodified polity. Ideologies of difference and subjectivity need to be critically regrounded in the realities of global capitalism, political economy and the changing structures of institutional and disciplinary power. This conference, then, aims to focus on the ways that travel and trade contribute to the definition and redefinition of ethnic subjectivities in the realms of culture, politics, history, and sociology, economics and law, language, literature and the arts in Europe and the Americas.
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Nation and Charisma, 04/13-15/2010, London School of Economics
Deadline: November 6, 2009
CFP- Association for the Study of Ethnicity and Nationalism,
London School of Economics and Political Science.
April 13-15, 2010
Call for Papers
The conference will offer opportunities for young and established scholars from various disciplines to examine the relationship between nationalism and charisma in a series of panel sessions. Please see Call for Papers attached for more information. Further enquires are welcome at asen.conference@lse.ac.uk
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The Socialist 1960s, 06/24-26/2010, IL
Deadline: October 15, 2009
Call for Proposals
The Socialist 1960s: Popular Culture and the Socialist City in Global Perspective
2010 Fisher Forum, Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
June 24-26, 2010
The 1960s witnessed an explosion of cross-cultural fertilization in a time of world competition for the hegemony of two enduring "systems" -
capitalism and socialism. As a moment when decolonization created immense possibilities for liberation movements throughout the world, the 1960s became the heyday of the "Second World" appeals to the newly decolonized societies of the "Third World," as well as the reemergence of a European "First World" as a postwar consumer society in reaction to American hegemony. This was the moment when the "orderedness" of the three worlds was arguably the most prominent in popular discourse and culture, and a moment when that order was contested and destabilized. The patterns that first emerged in the 1960s - cultural contest, political mobility, urbanization and the rise of urban youth movements, women's rights, the hegemony of popular over "high" culture driven by technology - form the bases of today's discussions of globalization, its challenges, dangers, and contestation.
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November 09, 2009
Dissertation Research in Original Sources
Deadline: November 13
Mellon Fellowships for Dissertation Research in Original Sources
The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) is pleased to offer fellowships funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for graduate students who:
* are enrolled in a doctoral program in a graduate school in the United States
* will complete all doctoral requirements except the dissertation and be ready to start research for it as early as June 1 and no later than September 1, 2010, with approval of the dissertation proposal by April 1, 2010
* plan to do dissertation research primarily in original source material in the holdings of archives, libraries, historical societies, museums, related repositories, or a combination
* will write the dissertation and receive the Ph.D. degree in a field of the humanities or in a related element of the social sciences.
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Kenyon Collete
Marilyn Yarbrough Dissertation/Teaching Fellowship
This award is named in honor of the late Marilyn Yarbrough, Kenyon parent and trustee. A legal scholar and university administrator who was a former editor of the Black Law Journal and a member of the Pulitzer Prize Board, Marilyn Yarbrough often addressed gender and racial discrimination in her scholarship and teaching.
One of the most significant challenges confronting small liberal arts colleges in the United States today is increasing the members of underrepresented groups teaching at such institutions. A diverse faculty benefits students, faculty, and administrators alike by enriching the nature of the education experience for all. We recognize, though, that young scholars who are members of underrepresented groups frequently choose to pursue their careers as teachers and scholars at research universities rather than at small liberal arts colleges. In order to encourage such scholars to consider college rather than university teaching, Kenyon College offers the Marilyn Yarbrough Dissertation/Teaching Fellowship. The program is for scholars in the final stages of their doctoral work who need only to finish the dissertation to complete requirements for the Ph.D. We hope the experience of living and working for a year at Kenyon will encourage these Fellows to consider a liberal arts college as a place to begin their careers as teachers and scholars.
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Slavic and East European Language Studies, Oslo
Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship in Slavic and East European Language Studies (Russia, the Balkans, Central Europe)
POSITION AS POST-DOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP (SKO/post code 1352) IN LANGUAGE-BASED AREA STUDIES (RUSSIA, THE BALKANS, CENTRAL EUROPE) is available at the Department of Literature, Area Studies and European Languages, University of Oslo. About the Department http://www.hf.uio.no/ilos/english
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Harry Ransom Center, TX
2010-2011 Harry Ransom Center Research Fellowships in the Humanities Location: Texas, United States
Fellowship Deadline: 2010-02-01
The Harry Ransom Center at The University of Texas at Austin annually awards over 50 fellowships to support scholarly research projects in all areas of the humanities, including literature, photography, film, art, the performing arts, music, and cultural history. Applicants must demonstrate the necessity of substantial on-site use of the Center's collections.
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MID-ATLANTIC SLAVIC CONFERENCE 2010, 03/20/2010, PA
Deadline: December 15, 2009
MID-ATLANTIC SLAVIC CONFERENCE
a regional conference of the AAASS
Swarthmore College in Swarthmore, PA
Saturday, March 20, 2010
CALL FOR PAPERS
Panels and papers are welcome on any appropriate scholarly aspect of Slavic and East European Studies. Proposals must include the following to be considered:
the paper's title and a very brief abstract;
any requests for technical support (especially important for our planning);
the surface and email addresses of the presenter;
his or her institutional affiliation and professional status (professor, graduate student, etc.)
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Roma in the Western Balkans
Deadline: October 20, 2009
Roma Initiatives Fellowship on Roma in the Western Balkans
Background
The Open Society Institute (OSI) is the major nongovernmental supporter of efforts to improve the economic and social inclusion of Roma in Central and South Eastern Europe. Over the last 15 years, OSI’s Roma-related programs have worked on a wide range of issues, including equal access to quality education, women’s empowerment and gender equity, public health, civic and political participation, media access and development of Roma media, promoting tolerance, cultural diversity, and challenging anti-Roma prejudice. OSI is one of the main supporters of the Decade of Roma Inclusion 2005-2015. Roma Initiatives guides and coordinates all aspects of OSI network programming and grant-making activity related to Roma within the framework of the Decade. One of the key objectives of OSI’s Roma work is to build capacity among Roma activists to make their own case in all spheres of political, economic, social and cultural life. The Roma Initiatives Fellowship plays a critical part in achieving this objective. In line with the capacity-building objective, the fellowships are intended primarily for individuals active in the field of Roma rights. Fellows will also benefit from coaching and training according to individual needs.
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Tolstoy at Yasnaya Polyana, 08/11-15/2010, Yasnaya Polyana
Deadline: February 10, 2010
Tolstoy and World Literature 2010
The Seventh International Academic Conference Leo Tolstoy and World Literature will take place August 11-15, 2010, at Yasnaya Polyana, the Leo Tolstoy Museum-Estate, home of Tolstoy's Personal Library, which contains books in 39 foreign languages.
This conference celebrates the 100th anniversary of Tolstoy's death, and topics related to this subject will be especially welcome. The new academic edition being prepared at IMLI at the Moscow Academy of Sciences is ongoing, and we also welcome reports on the early reception around the world of Tolstoy's works. New editions on Tolstoy will be presented at the Conference. Yasnaya Polyana will publish the conference papers.
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Southern Conference on Slavic Studies, 03/25-27/2010, Gainesville, Florida
Deadline: January 15, 2010
The 48th annual meeting of the Southern Conference on Slavic Studies (SCSS) will take place in Gainesville, FL on March 25-27, 2010. The conference, hosted by the University of Florida, will be held at the Hilton University of Florida Conference Center. The special conference rate is $135 per night. The hotel can be reached by phone at: 1-352-371-3600. In addition to the regular panels, there will be a special plenary roundtable session on Friday afternoon devoted to:
"Gas Wars, Colored Revolutions, and Virtual Politics in Russia and the "Near Abroad": A Post-election Assessment"
Leading scholars of Russian and Ukrainian politics will gather to assess the state of and prospects for relations between Russia, Europe, and the Russian "Near Abroad."
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November 04, 2009
Yale Journal of International Affairs
Deadline: October 23, 2009-10-23
The staff at the Yale Journal of International Affairs is pleased to announce that we are now accepting submissions for our Winter 2010 issue, to be published this coming January.
Double-spaced, 3,000 - 5,000 word research articles can be submitted for consideration for publication in our Winter 2010 edition. YJIA also considers 1,000 - 2,000 word book reviews on recent works of scholarly importance. All submissions should conform to the conventions of the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th Edition. Citations should take the form of endnotes, and should be formatted according to the Yale Journal of International Affairs Style Guide.
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Poetry Anthology
Deadline: October 20, 2009
Poetry Anthology accepting submissions Location: United States
Diversion Press announces our 2009 Poetry Anthology
Submit: Submit no more than five poems. Send all poems on a separate Word document with your name, address, phone number, and Email address on each page. Your poems should appear exactly as you would like them to appear if accepted for publication. Prepare a cover letter. Send the entire thing as a single attachment to our email address: diversionpress@yahoo.com. The subject line should read Poetry Submission. The Email should state that the poetry is attached. Do not submit more than once for this contest. Selection: There is no reading fee and poems will be read and accepted or rejection given by Email. Once the contest end period is over (January 2, 2010) the winners will be announced.
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Interdisciplinary Studies in Social Sciences, 03/26/2010, Grand Rapids
Deadline: November 30, 2009.
Interdisciplinary Studies in Social Sciences
Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters, 2010
Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan
March 26, 2010
Call for Papers
Accepting panel & paper proposals on any topic in the social sciences. Special interest in interdisciplinary studies and in studies that discuss/employ humanities and/or natural sciences with social sciences.
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European Architectural History Network, 06/17-20/2010, Portugal
Deadline: 30 October 2009
EAHN First International Meeting
17-20 June 2010
Portugal
Call for Papers
The deadline for the call for papers for the First International Meeting of the European Architectural History Network, Guimarães, Portugal, 17-20 June 2010 is now approaching. Papers are sought for the twenty-five sessions and roundtables at the conference which will cover architecture of all periods, from antiquity, medieval, and early modern, up through the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, as well as topics from allied disciplines such as urban history and garden history.
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November 02, 2009
Critical Studies in History
Deadline: October 15, 2009
Critical Studies in History Journal Call for Papers
Founded in 2008, _Critical Studies in History_ (ISSN 1943-0795) publishes essays, position papers, research articles, and critical perspective pieces that explore the role of critical theory in history and the place of history in theoretical critiques. Intervening beyond the philosophy of history, the journal particularly favors studies that illuminate specific historical problems or make innovative historiographical interventions. The editors invite submissions of manuscripts appropriate to the aims of this open-access online journal. Manuscripts should not exceed 8,500 words and will be peer reviewed in a double-blinded procedure.
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Before and Beyond Auschwitz New conflicts and alternative routes among exclusion, identity and diversity, 01/27-29/2010, Italy
Deadline: September 30, 2009
Before and Beyond Auschwitz. New conflicts and alternative routes among exclusion, identity and diversity
Università degli Studi di Macerata, Italy
27 28 29 January 2010
Call for Papers
Studies and reflections on Auschwitz (seen) as a paradigmatic event concerning the building and the destruction of both historical and political categories have thoroughly inquired into origins and effects far beyond the 20th-century horizon. These study days aim to propose a re-evaluation of those circumstances (historical, social, political, cultural, philosophical) which, even through progressive dissipations of the sense of (human) limits, led to the formation of regimes where everything seemed possible. Together with this analysis aimed at confronting different approaches and disciplines we attempt to look into the Contemporaneity, especially the new conflicts often accompanying forms of identity closure, in the light of those exclusion/discrimination models which frequently concern the tout court differences. The intent to go beyond Auschwitz, revitalizing an idea of remembrance that is not merely conservative but try to link up with the Contemporaneity, leads to study those forms of conflict oppositions, from the peace movements to the non-violence, grown during the 20th century.
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Visual Culture & Global Practices, 03/04-06/2010), CA
Deadline: November 16, 2009
45th Annual Comparative Literature Conference
California State University, Long Beach
Visual Culture & Global Practices
March 4-6, 2010
Plenary Speaker:
W. J. T. Mitchell, Prof. of English & Art History, University of Chicago
The contemporary situation in humanities and social sciences is often characterized by the so called visual turn, or the increasing emphasis of theory on the power and scope of the visual in everyday life, science, literature, media and the arts. Visual Culture as well as the formation of the field of Visual Studies stems from this renewed focus upon pictoriality and the power of the image, and its expression through various linguistic, visual and media forms.
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Historical Inquiry in the New Century, 06/03-05/2010, DC
Deadline: January 31, 2010
Call for Papers
Historical Inquiry in the New Century
The Historical Society's 2010 Conference
District of Columbia
June 3-5, 2010 George Washington University, Washington, DC
Eric Arnesen, Program Chair
Under this broad rubric, we invite participants to address a wide range of questions and issues, including: Where do particular fields now stand? What are the truly big questions historians face, and are we adequately grappling with them? How do we think historical inquiry will change in the 21st century?
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Knowledge: (Trans)Formation, 03/03/2010, Tunisia
Deadline: December 12, 2009
Call for Papers
The Ecole Normale Supérieure of Tunis & The English Department of the Institut Supérieur des Etudes Littéraires et Humaines of Tunis are pleased to announce their second joint conference on
Knowledge: (Trans)Formation
March 3-4, 2010
One of the defining features of our modern life is the unremitting accumulation of knowledge. Indeed, we live in an era governed by a race for knowledge and described by such catchphrases as “the age of knowledge” or “the knowledge society.” In earlier phases of the modern project of Enlightenment, the positive aspects of knowledge were emphasised. Rational knowledge was deemed essential to human liberation and accomplishment. Knowledge, however, has darker sides and may have dire consequences. Francis Bacon’s aphorism, “knowledge is power,” stated some four centuries earlier, operates at its best now. For knowledge, like any other type of power, can be transformed into a tool of coercion.
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Articulation(s), Amsterdam
Deadline: September 30, 2009
The Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis (ASCA) Location: Ontario, Netherlands
The Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis (ASCA) invites proposals for paper submissions and panel sessions for its yearly International Workshop.
How do we analyze, understand, and participate in the world? What are the ways in which we can think through concepts such as aesthetics, identity, politics, and space to articulate the object(s) of our inquiry? These are a few of the questions the 2010 ASCA International Workshop, "Articulation(s)," seeks to explore. The workshop offers a space in which we can reflect upon such questions and the methodological nuances, theoretical consequences, and political implications that arise when we interrogate (trans)national theories, disciplines, and contested object(s).
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The Author-Translator in the European Literary Tradition, 06/28-07/01/2010, Swansea
CALL FOR PAPERS
The Author-Translator in the European Literary Tradition
Swansea University, 28 June - 1 July 2010
Confirmed keynote speakers include:
Susan Bassnett, David Constantine, Lawrence Venuti
The recent `creative turn´ in translation studies has challenged notions of translation as a derivative and uncreative activity which is inferior to `original´ writing. Commentators have drawn attention to the creative processes involved in the translation of texts, and suggested a rethinking of translation as a form of creative writing. Hence there is growing critical and theoretical interest in translations undertaken by literary authors.
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The Enigma of the Homeland
Deadline: June 1, 2010
Call for Papers
The Enigma of the Homeland
Editors Catherine Gomes & Olivia Guntarik, RMIT University, Australia
We invite contributions for an edited collection of reflective essays, creative writings and poems that reflect on the meaning of home.
The notion of ‘the homeland’ connotes soothing images of a place deeply rooted in the past. It can refer to the nation as a ‘home’ or a domestic space through the use of familial tropes. The homeland is inextricably tied to the discourse of diaspora and exile – and to ideas of loss, longing and nostalgia. The homeland is one’s birthplace, one that you were uprooted from and perhaps still desired, but could never truly return. Salman Rushdie writes about the idea of ‘imaginary homelands’ to evoke the concept of home in terms of displacement and its instability. Homeland also implies a complex historical connection, a shared memory of the past tied to the land itself. Indigenous cultural knowledge, for instance, often emphasizes a relationship with place and the ancestral beings that created it.
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October 28, 2009
Kokkalis Graduate Student Workshop, Harvard
11th Annual Kokkalis Graduate Student Workshop
Harvard
The Kokkalis Program, in collaboration with the Southeast European Study Group of Harvard's Center for European Studies in 1999 launched the annual Kokkalis Graduate Student Workshop on Southeastern Europe. The Workshop takes place every February and is a forum for graduate students and scholars who are focusing their studies on Southeastern and East-Central Europe.
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Eastern Europe in Crisis, 05/13-14/2010, Scotland
EASTERN EUROPE AND THE CRISIS
Greetings. I write to let you know that we are proposing to organise a small conference here in May 2010 on EASTERN EUROPE AND THE CRISIS, with a focus on the political implications of the economic changes that have taken place since late 2008 in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus (and of course elsewhere). We’ve chosen the dates Thurs 13 and Friday 14 May 2010, from 2pm on the Thursday to 5 or so on the Friday, followed by a dinner.
We’re inviting papers (on top of those already promised), and we expect to be able to meet all local costs and at least to make a contribution to travelling costs where these cannot be met from other sources. We may include a concluding panel that will give an opportunity to those who would like to make a contribution but not necessarily in the form of a written paper, and you are welcome to propose your services as chair (we don’t expect to have discussants as such).
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Slovo
Deadline: 25 October 2009
CALL FOR PAPERS Volume 22.1 (Spring 2010)
Contributions, including research articles, book and film reviews, and review articles are welcome from all research students and academics. Submissions to the Board of Editors may be sent via e-mail attachment (slovo@ssees.ucl.ac.uk) or on a CD in Microsoft Word format. All research articles must include a 100-200 word abstract and adhere to the MHRA Style guide in advance of submission (available for download for free from the MHRA website).
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Research Associate, CUNY, New York City
Research Associate
RF CODE: 7300
FLSA GROUP: Exempt
GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Under the general supervision of the Principal Investigator (PI), Professor Susan Woodward, but exercising substantial independent judgment, will manage the research and networking component of a project on "Filling the Knowledge Gaps on Peacebuilding." Emphasis on identifying researchers, research institutes, and peace-building practitioners in conflict-affected countries and in the global South more generally on peacebuilding, post-conflict assistance, and the political economy of peacebuilding; and, secondly, on promoting access to that knowledge among relevant policy makers and practitioners.
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Social Science Research, 12/0 9-11/2009, Nashville, TN
Deadline: 10/15/2009
4th International Conference on Social Science Research
http://www.socialscienceconf.net/index.htm
December 9-11, 2009 · Gaylord Resort, Nashville, TN
Submit a paper proposal;
Offer to be Chair or Discussant for Panel;
Travel & Conference Info
This interdisciplinary conference will draw together faculty members, research scientists, and professionals from the social sciences, and provide them with the opportunity to interact with colleagues from the same field and from other, related fields. Cross-disciplinary submissions are particularly encouraged as is participation by international scholars.
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The Birch (undergraduate)
Deadline: October 14, 2009
Call for Papers: The Birch - Fall 2009
The Birch, the nation's first and only undergraduate journal for Eastern European and Eurasian studies, is calling for submissions for its Fall 2009 issue.
Undergraduates may submit any of the following:
Creative writing
Literary criticism
Cultural and political essays
Original photography and illustrations
This will be a special 1989 anniversary issue, so we encourage writers to submit exceptional pieces related to 1989. Non-1989 content is also welcome.
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Beyond Cold War Linearities: Entangled Histories and Interactive Ideas, 12/04-06/2009. Budapest
Deadline: October 15,2009
CFP
Beyond Cold War Linearities:
Entangled Histories and Interactive Ideas
4-6 December 2009
OSA Archivum, Arany Janos utca 32, 1051, Budapest
The anniversary of 1989 regime change brought about a wide range of discussions about Communist legacies and Cold War impact on the transitions in the Eastern European countries. In this respect, one can detect a tendency of approaching Communism by underlying the institutions which influenced its demise, or of analyzing transitions as a socio-political struggle for European (re)integration. In either way, the destinies of the ex-Communist countries are subjected to linear narratives, converging towards the vision of a teleological (self-)liberation. The interest in the past's influence paradoxically cohabitates with a series of epistemological local reticences regarding applied research on recent history. This can be correlated with a general scarcity concerning meta-reflections on Cold War studies paradigms and - implicitly - with an empirical inaccessibility of the archival documents related to Cold War propaganda. One intriguing case is in this sense that of Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty, theimportance of which is still emotionally evoked and scientifically underexplored because of the persistence of traumatic views about the past and because of unavailability of the sources.
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Ethno/Musicology, Stanford
Deadline: November 16, 2009
Stanford University - Assistant Professor, Ethno/Musicology
The Department of Music at Stanford University seeks to make a tenure-track appointment at the rank of Assistant Professor. We intend to appoint a scholar or scholar-practitioner focusing on repertoires including but not limited to Jazz, indigenous, and non-Western musics. Applicants will be expected to teach Music courses at both the graduate and undergraduate levels in popular, vernacular, and non-Western musical cultures and repertoires.
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Chair of the History Department , AR
Deadline: October 31, 2009
University of Arkansas - Little Rock - Chair of the History Department (Req. # 734)
The History Department at UALR offers BAs in History and History/Secondary Education and a Masters in Public History. It contributes undergraduate courses to the Donaghey Scholars (undergraduate honors), International Studies, and Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts Programs and graduate courses to the Master of Arts in Liberal Studies. The Department won the University’s first Department of Excellence Award and is a thriving department with roughly 200 majors and 25 graduate students. The Department has strong ties with the William J. Clinton Presidential Center, Clinton School of Public Service, Arkansas Studies Institute, Central High School National Historic Site, Little Rock School District, and a number of history-based public agencies in Central Arkansas. Department faculty are actively involved in teaching and research and in a broad array of campus and community activities. For more information about the History Department, please visit our website at http://www.ualr.edu/history.
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Social Sciences and Humanities
Deadline: November 2, 2009
Istanbul Sehir University - All ranks, Social Sciences and Humanities
Turkey
Istanbul Şehir University, Turkey, invites applications for full-time positions in History, Philosophy, Sociology and Anthropology, Psychology, Economics, Communication and Media Studies, Political Science and International Relations. Positions are available for candidates at all ranks beginning in August 2010 or earlier. Successful candidates, once hired, are expected to fulfill their respective Department’s requirements with regard to teaching, research, record of publications, and service to the institution. Junior candidates are expected to have a Ph.D. at the time of appointment. All candidates should have an excellent command of English and a strong commitment to teaching and research.
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Socialist 1960s: Popular Culture and the Socialist City in Global Perspective, UIUC, 06/24-26/2010, IL
Deadline: OCTOBER 15, 2009
Call for Proposals
The Socialist 1960s: Popular Culture and the Socialist City in Global Perspective
2010 Fisher Forum, Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
June 24-26, 2010
The 1960s witnessed an explosion of cross-cultural fertilization in a time of world competition for the hegemony of two enduring "systems" - capitalism and socialism. As a moment when decolonization created immense possibilities for liberation movements throughout the world, the 1960s became the heyday of the "Second World" appeals to the newly decolonized societies of the "Third World," as well as the reemergence of a European "First World" as a postwar consumer society in reaction to American hegemony. This was the moment when the "orderedness" of the three worlds was arguably the most prominent in popular discourse and culture, and a moment when that order was contested and destabilized. The patterns that first emerged in the 1960s - cultural contest, political mobility, urbanization and the rise of urban youth movements, women's rights, the hegemony of popular over "high" culture driven by technology - form the bases of today's discussions of globalization, its challenges, dangers, and contestation.
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Western Association for Slavic Studies, 04/14-17/201, Reno
Deadline:December 1, 2009
Western Association for Slavic Studies (WASS)Reno, Nevada, April 14-17, 2010
Plan to join us for the annual Western Association for Slavic Studies (WASS) conference.
Reno, Nevada, April 14-17, 2010
We invite proposals for individual papers, complete panels, and roundtable presentations in all areas of studies on Eastern Europe, the Balkans, Russia, the former Soviet Union, and Central Asia. The topics may include any aspect of economy, politics, and culture with a broad chronological span from the Middle Ages to present.
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October 12, 2009
Security Situation of Roma in Europe, 10/12-13/2009, Bucharest
Deadline: November 2, 2009
Migration, Theory, and Subaltern Agency
November 24th-25th, 2009
Roskilde University, Denmark
Emphasis will be on the meeting between various theories currently used with the interdisciplinary field of migration studies and the practical experiences of migrants.
Doctoral students are encouraged to submit papers in English on a relevant topic and to receive feedback from experienced readers during the seminar.
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October 06, 2009
Announcing the Individual Advanced Research Opportunities Fellowship
2010-2011 FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITY
Individual Advanced Research Opportunities
(IARO) Fellowship
IREX is pleased to announce that applications are now being accepted for the 2010-2011 Individual Advanced Research Opportunities Program.
The Individual Advanced Research Opportunities Program (IARO) provides students, scholars and professionals with support to perform policy relevant field research, in the countries of Eastern Europe and Eurasia. In addition to engaging in research in the region, the IARO fellowship affords scholars the opportunity to increase their understanding of critical, policy relevant issues, develop and sustain international networks, and collaborate with foreign scholars on topics vital to both the academic and policy-making communities.
Applications and all supporting documents for 2010-2011 IARO Fellowship will only be accepted through the online application system found at:
http://www.irex.org/programs/us_scholars/uss_info.asp
Applications must be completed and submitted (including all required supporting documents) by November 17, 2009
Masters Students, Pre-doctoral Students, Postdoctoral Students, and Professionals with advanced degrees are eligible for the IARO Fellowship
IARO Fellowships cover the cost of international airfare, a living/housing stipend, visa support, travel insurance, and access to the resources available at any of our 25 area field offices.
Questions may be addressed to the IARO Program Staff at iaro@irex.org or by telephone at 202-628-8188
Countries Eligible for Research:
Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan
IARO is funded by the United States Department of State Title VIII Program.
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October 01, 2009
The Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship/ The Woodrow Wilson Disseration Fellowship in Women's Studies
The Charlottw W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships (www.woodrow.org/newcombe) support the final year of dissertation work for PhD Candidates in the humanities and social sciences. Eligible proposals have religious or ethical values as a central concern, and are relevant to the solution of contemporary religious, cultural or human rights questions. Please note that this year the stipend for the Newcombe Fellowship has been raised to $25,000 for a twelve month period of dissertation writing. Deadline for this award is November 15, 2009.
The Woodrow Wilson Dissertation Fellowship in Women’s Studies (www.woodrow.org/womens-studies) offer awards for candidates doing original and significant research about gender that crosses disciplinary, regional, or cultural boundaries. Deadline for this award is October 11, 2009.
For more information, contact Susan Billmaier at 609-452-7007 ext.310 or billmaier@woodrow.org
Mailing Address:
PO Box 5281
Princeton, NJ 08543-5281
Street Address:
5 Vaughn Street, Suite 300
Princeton, NJ 08540-6313
Tel: 609.452.7007
Fax: 609.452.0066
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Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowships
Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowships are designed to increase the diversity of the nation’s college and university faculties by increasing their ethnic and racial diversity, to maximize the educational benefits of diversity, and to increase the number of professors who can and will use diversity as a resource for enriching the education of all students.
Eligibility Requirements:
- US Citizen or national
- Planning a career in teaching and research at the college or university level
Stipends and Allowances
- Predoctoral - $20,000 to the fellow, institutional allowance of $2000 for three years.
- Dissertation - $21,000 for one year
- Postdoctoral - $40,000 for one year, $1,500 employing institution allowance, to be matched by employing institution.
Awardees have expenses paid to attend one Conference of Ford Fellows.
Approximately 40 predoctoral, 20 dissertation, and 18 postdoctoral fellowships sponsored by the Ford Foundation and administered by the National Research Council of the National Academies
Deadlines
Predoctoral – November 2, 2009
Dissertation – November 9, 2009
Postdoctoral – November 9, 2009
For further information and applications, contact:
Fellowship Office
National Research Council of the National Academies
500 Fifth Street, NW, K576
Washington, DC 20001
Phone: 1-202-334-2872
Fax: 1-202-334-3419
E-mail: infofell@nas.edu
http://national-academies.org/fellowships
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September 30, 2009
Transcultural mappings: emerging issues in comparative, transnational and area studies, 04/09-11/2010, Sydney
Deadline: November 30, 2009
University of Sydney
Transcultural mappings: emerging issues in comparative, transnational and area studies
09.04.2010-11.04.2010
The idea of transculturation was coined by Cuban anthropologist Fernando Ortiz in 1940, to describe a process of transition from one culture to another. It has come to the fore once again in our third millenium, where concepts such as international and crosscultural, based on an idea of nations and cultures as relatively stable and clearly delimitable entities, have become, if not obsolete, then inadequate. The ideas of the transnational and transcultural have been put forward in recent years as conceptual frameworks that enable us to develop new interdisciplinary (or indeed transdisciplinary) epistemologies of the global, the local, and the "glocal".
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Reading the (Re)Presented Past: Literature and Historical Consciousness, 1700-present.
Deadline: November 11, 2009
Reading the (Re)Presented Past: Literature and Historical Consciousness, 1700-present.
Since the emergence of self-consciously fictional forms in the late seventeenth century, the boundary between literary and historical techniques for representing the past has been both permeable and contested. Readers have long been the focus of rhetoric about the dangers of representing history in fiction, but their agency in negotiating this borderland has been largely overlooked.
Reading the Past is an edited collection of essays that investigates the relationship between representations of the past and their real or imagined readers. Focusing on readers of literary texts from the long eighteenth century to the present day, the collection considers the intersection of historical representation, fictional techniques, and reading practices. While the collection considers generic boundaries, the focus is upon readers and reading itself as an act of historical recollection. It explores the way in which the reader’s response to the past is mediated by the text, shaped and structured by the relationship between past and present postulated within it. The collection examines, too, how readers themselves conceptualise, enact and/or embody the relationship between past and present as they read. To what extent does reading perform cultural memory? How does the reader contribute to the production of historical meaning? Can reading itself be understood as a form of history production? Taken together the essays gathered in this collection will examine the continuities and shifts from the eighteenth century to the present in the reader’s relationship to a represented past.
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Studies in Social Justice
CFP: Studies in Social Justice
The Editors of Studies in Social Justice invite submissions all year round. Studies in Social Justice is published twice yearly by the Centre for Studies in Social Justice, University of Windsor. This electronic journal publishes articles on issues dealing with the social, cultural, economic, political, and philosophical problems associated with the struggle for social justice. This interdisciplinary journal aims to publish work that links theory to social change and the analysis of substantive issues. The journal welcomes heterodox contributions that are critical of established paradigms of inquiry.
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Poetry, Politics and Pictures in the Nineteenth Century, 03/26-27/2010, Sheffield (15.12.2009)
Deadline: December 15, 2009
Call for Papers
Poetry, Politics and Pictures in the Nineteenth Century
26 and 27 March 2010
University of Sheffield
From 'The Charge of the Light Brigade' to 'The White Man's Burden', from Honoré Daumier's lithographs to the Chartist poetry of the Northern Star, the politics of the nineteenth century both shaped and were shaped by poetry and images.
This interdisciplinary conference at the University of Sheffield will address such questions as: how do the images and poetry of the nineteenth century reflect or challenge British and European politics of their day? How do nineteenth-century politics intersect with aesthetics to create new theories and practices of art? What kind of correlation might there be between political representation and the representation of politics in word and image?
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Research Laboratory on Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies , IL
Deadline: April 15, 2010
Illinois-Urbana Summer Research Laboratory on Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies
June 14 to August 7, 2010
The SRL is a United States Department of State Title VIII funded program. Researchers apply for housing and travel stipends in order to use the University's Slavic and East European Reference library, arguably the largest depository for REEC sources in the country. The program also includes Junior Scholars Training Workshops, conferences, lectures, films, and other events.
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September 28, 2009
Sociology of Religion, 07/11-17/2010, Sweden
Deadline: October 31, 2009
XVII ISA World Congress of Sociology
11-17 July 2010
Gothenburg, Sweden
Call for Papers
Research Committee on Sociology of Religion RC22
Programme Coordinators
Adam Possamai, University of Western Sydney, Australia, a.possamai@uws.edu.au
Sinisa Zrinscak, University of Zagreb, Croatia, sinisa.zrinscak@zg.t-com.hr
Please send your proposed paper for any of these sessions (except sessions 3, 4, and 13) to the session chair(s) by the 31st of October 2009. Please include with your proposal, a title, a 100-200 words abstract, your name (family name first), your affiliation and your e-mail address. Do not send the same paper to more than one session.
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Cultural Histories: Close Readings, Critical Syntheses, 05/26-30/2010, Finland
Deadline: October 30, 2009
Cultural Histories: Close Readings, Critical Syntheses
ISCH Annual Conference
May 26th to 30th, 2010
Turku, Finland
Cultural historians’ enquiries often encounter a tension between the need to build up holistic interpretations and syntheses and the need for close reading, for dense microhistorical analyses. The Conference investigates the ways in which today’s cultural historians perceive “the grand narratives” and holistic interpretations. It explores the challenges that are involved in combining micro- and macro levels, and asks what kinds of new viewpoints the cultural historian’s investigations can open.
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MPSA Political Science Conference, 04/22-25/2010, Chicago
Deadline: October 9, 2009.
Call for Papers
68th MPSA Political Science Conference
April 22 - 25, 2010, Chicago
Submit your proposal here, www.mpsanet.org/submitmyproposal
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Western Association of Women Historians
WAWH Judith Lee Ridge Prize
The Western Association of Women Historians' Judith Lee Ridge Prize is an annual $400 prize that recognizes the best article in the field of history
published by a WAWH member. Applicants to the Ridge Prize must be current members of the WAWH when they submit their article. The article must have
been published in one of the two years preceding the prize year. Any articles may only be submitted once. All fields of history will be
considered, and articles must be submitted with full scholarly apparatus.
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Anniversary of fall of Berlin Wall and Iron Curtain, OSCE
Deadline: October 2, 2009
OSCE video contest - Anniversary of fall of Berlin Wall and Iron Curtain
OSCE launches video contest on civil society to mark anniversary of fall of Berlin Wall and Iron Curtain
The OSCE launched a video contest today to highlight civil society initiatives in the OSCE area to mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and the Iron Curtain.
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Paid Traineeships at the EU Committee of the Regions
Deadlines: September 30, 2009 and March 31, 2010
Paid Traineeships at the EU Committee of the Regions
Each year, the Committee of the Regions (CoR) provides a limited number of internships for young citizens, from Europe and elsewhere, offering them the opportunity to acquire work experience in a European institution. Two types of internships are available: long-term paid traineeships ( "stages" ) or short-term unpaid study periods ( "séjours d'étude" ).
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Radcliffe Institute, Harvard
Deadline: October 1, 2009
Open to: Women and men from across the United States and throughout the world, including developing countries
Funding: Stipend
Radcliffe Institute Fellowship Program, Harvard University, UK
The Radcliffe Institute Fellowship Program is a scholarly community where individuals pursue advanced work across a wide range of academic disciplines, professions, and creative arts. Radcliffe Institute fellowships are designed to support scholars, scientists, artists, and writers of exceptional promise and demonstrated accomplishment who wish to pursue work in academic and professional fields and in the creative arts. In recognition of Radcliffe’s historic contributions to the education of women and to the study of issues related to women, the Radcliffe Institute sustains a continuing commitment to the study of women, gender, and society. Applicants’ projects need not focus on gender, however. Women and men from across the United States and throughout the world, including developing countries, are encouraged to apply. We seek to build a community of fellows that is diverse in every way. Former fellows of the Radcliffe Institute (1999 to present) are not eligible to apply.
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War Perspectives. Architecture and Planning in Italy and beyond (1937-1945), 01/21-22/2010, Milano
Deadline: September 30th 2009
Call for papers
War Perspectives. Architecture and Planning in Italy and beyond (1937-1945)
Milan, Italy
The build-up to war, but more particularly the period 1937-1945 that coincided with the dramatic years of the conflicts in Europe and elsewhere in the world, meant professional practices and disciplinary knowledge had to contend with the war machine. This challenge - which can be seen as a clash or as an opportunity for exchange and reorganization - was marked by a speeding-up of the processes of modernization involving architecture, the city and the territory. This colloquium will be structured in two parts: the first proposes to investigate the period through case studies focusing on the Italian example (1940-1945); the second part will deal with the European and international panorama (1937-1945).
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fellowship: NYU
Deadline September 30
NYU Fellowships
The new collaborative NYU/CNRS research center (UMI 3199 "Transitions") is offering 6 short-term fellowships in 2009-10 for doctoral candidates and recent Ph.D.s at work on projects involving history, memory, and/or historical museums and memorialization. The projects can be comparative or in any national field, and young scholars in all humanistic and social science disciplines are eligible.
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Roma Initiatives: Grant Manager, OSI
Deadline: September 30, 2009
Open Society Institute
Roma Initiatives
GRANT MANAGER
The Open Society Institute is the major nongovernmental supporter of efforts to improve the economic and social inclusion of Roma in Central and South Eastern Europe. Over the last 15 years, the Open Society Institute's Roma-related programs have worked on a wide range of issues, including equal access to quality education, women's empowerment and gender equity, public health, civic and political participation, media access and development of Roma media, promoting tolerance, cultural diversity, and challenging anti-Roma prejudice.
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World History before or after 1500, BAylor
Baylor University - Lecturer Position, Applicants should be ABD or hold a Ph.D. in History
Baylor University invites applications for the position of Lecturer in the department of History to begin in August 2010. This position will be primarily a teaching appointment with responsibility for multiple sections of World History to 1500 and/or World History since 1500. Applicants should be ABD or hold a Ph.D. in History, and should be able to show evidence of outstanding teaching.
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Creating Bridges, Spanning Environments,04/16-17/2010, MO
Deadline: December 4, 2009
Creating Bridges, Spanning Environments: The Eighth Annual MU-KU Conference on History Location: Missouri, United States
This conference will explore the interrelationship of different environments with the construction, advocacy and appropriation of ethnic, national, religious, racial and gender identities. We invite scholars, especially graduate and undergraduate students, to submit one-page abstracts of proposed twenty-minute papers on these topics. Panel proposals, which should include a chair and/or commentator, are strongly encouraged. Each member of any full panel proposed for the conference will receive a partial remission of their registration fee.
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Fellowship: MN
Deadline: November 20, 2009
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - Quadrant Fellows, University of Minnesota
Scholars pursuing interdisciplinary work are invited to apply for a semester-long Quadrant Fellowship at the University of Minnesota to be held in academic year 2010-2011. Quadrant is a joint initiative of the University of Minnesota Press, a leader in interdisciplinary scholarly publishing, and the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS), a catalyst and incubator of research and discussion across disciplinary boundaries. Quadrant is funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
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Comparative Politics, VA
Visiting Assistant Professor of Comparative Politics - James Madison University, VA
The Political Science Department is seeking a faculty member to serve as a visiting professor for three semesters effective January 4, 2010.
Duties and Responsibilities: The successful applicant will teach courses in Political Science and in the Interdisciplinary Social Science and Interdisciplinary Liberal Studies programs. A commitment to teacher education is essential. Each semester, the candidate will teach an upper-level course in comparative politics for future middle school and high school teachers. In addition, the successful applicant must have the ability to teach one or more of the following courses: an interdisciplinary seminar on the dynamics of empire; an upper-level course on the politics of the European Union; or an upper-level course on the politics of Eastern and Central Europe.
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Russian, PA
Deadline: November 30, 2009
Assistant Professor of Russian, Tenure Track - Dickinson College, PA
The position entails teaching five courses per year, including all levels of Russian language, survey courses in literature and culture and seminars in the areas of expertise. The successful candidate should be committed to the study of Russian culture as an integral part of the undergraduate liberal arts curriculum. Willingness to participate creatively in the functions of the department, including the Russian Club, the Russian film series and the Russian table are expected.
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Twentieth-Century Russian History, MS
Deadline: September 28, 2009
Assistant Professor of Twentieth-Century Russian History - University of Mississippi
The Department of History and the Croft Institute for International Studies invite applications for an Assistant Professor of Twentieth-Century Russian History. This is a tenure-track position beginning August 2010. Teaching and service responsibilities will be divided equally between the Department of History and the Croft Institute for International Studies. Ph.D. by the time of appointment, demonstrated excellence in teaching, and the potential for significant peer-reviewed publications are required.
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Russian history , CT
Deadline: November 2, 2009
Tenure-track assistant professor of Russian history - Wesleyan University, CT
Wesleyan University's History Department invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor of modern Russian history to begin July 1, 2010. The successful candidate will be expected to participate fully in all aspects of the life of the College of Social Studies, a multidisciplinary program in history, economics, government, and philosophy. In addition to offering seminars in her or his specialty, the successful candidate must be prepared to teach Russian history from the Kievan period to the present (including Russia's engagement with the wider world), a survey course on modern European history from 1815 on, and, at regular intervals, a group tutorial on Europe since 1789 (CSS 240) in the College of Social Studies.
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Jacob K. Javits Fellowship Program
Purpose of Program: The purpose of the Jacob K. Javits (JKJ) Fellowship Program is to award fellowships to eligible students of superior ability, selected on the basis of demonstrated achievement, financial need, and exceptional promise, to undertake graduate study in specific fields in the arts, humanities, and social sciences leading to a doctoral degree or to a master's degree in those fields in which the master's degree is the terminal highest degree awarded to the selected field of study at accredited institutions of higher education. The selected fields in the arts are: creative writing, music performance, music theory, music composition, music literature, studio arts (including photography), television, film, cinematography, theater arts, playwriting, screenwriting, acting, and dance. The selected fields in the humanities are: art history including architectural history), archeology, area studies, classics, comparative literature, English language and literature, folklore, folk life, foreign languages and literature, history, linguistics, philosophy, religion (excluding study of religious vocation), speech, rhetoric, and debate. The selected fields in the social sciences are: anthropology, communications and media, economics, ethnic and cultural studies, geography, political science, psychology (excluding clinical psychology), public policy and public administration, and sociology (excluding the master's and doctoral degrees in social work).
Applications Available: August 21, 2009.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: October 5, 2009.
Deadline for Transmittal of the Free Application for Federal
Student Aid (FAFSA): January 31, 2010.
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Pittfilm Travel to Collections Grant
DEADLINE: October 15, 2009
Pittfilm Travel to Collections Grant (University of Pittsburgh)
The University of Pittsburgh's Slavic, Central Asian, and Eastern and Central European video and DVD collection is the leading collection outside of the Russian Federation, with a holding of more than 6,000 items, including extensive holdings in Russian, Slovak, and Central Asian cinema. Online information about the Pitt collection, which is non-circulating, is available at http://www.pitt.edu/~slavic/video/index.html.
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Russia, St. Petersburg
The IMARES program at EUSP is the only fully-fledged MA about Russia (and now also Eurasia) delivered in English in Russia (http://www.eu.spb.ru/imares). For those who have received or are going to receive their BA from the University of Michigan, consider enrolling in this program or spending a semester with us as a part of your MA program at home. IMARES, an advanced graduate program for students who already hold a B.A. degree or its equivalent, offers training and research opportunities as well as firsthand experience to get a close feel for Russia and the many other countries in the wider region. In 1998 this program began as M.A. in Russian Studies.
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WWI, Brill
This is a call for contributors. We are especially interested in transnational comparisons. Here are some possible themes that Julian and I have worked out. We are more than open to suggestions for themes that we have overlooked.
Censorship and the war
Presenting the war in the Colonies and Neutral Countries
1. Near East
2. Africa
3. Far East
4. The Commonwealth
5. Neutral Countries
6. The United States
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Romani mobilities in Europe: multidisciplinary perspectives, 01/14-15/2010, Oxford
Deadline: September 25, 2009
CALL FOR PAPERS
International Conference: Romani mobilities in Europe: multidisciplinary perspectives
14-15 January 2010
Oxford
Convened by Nando Sigona and Roger Zetter, Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford
The Refugee Studies Centre (RSC) at the University of Oxford is organizing an international conference on the theme of /Romani mobilities in Europe: multidisciplinary perspectives/. The conference is part of ‘Mapping Romani mobilities in Europe’, a two-year research project funded by the John Fell Oxford University Press Research Fund.
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September 24, 2009
Call for Applicants: Field researchers for trafficking study
Field researchers for trafficking study
The ERRC seeks eight consultants to work on a project it is currently implementing in partnership with People in Need Slovakia (PiN) on trafficking of Romani children, youth, women and men in Eastern and Central Europe. Within this project, implemented in Hungary, Slovakia,the Czech Republic, Romania and Bulgaria, the ERRC and PiN will analyse the effectiveness of national laws and policies on prevention and victim support, and are looking for consultants for its implementation. The selected applicants will be engaged on a part-time consultancy basis over a period of seven months (end of October 2009 to May 2010).
The full vacancy announcement is available HERE: http://www.errc.org/cikk.php?cikk=3052 .
The European Roma Rights Centre is an international public interest law organisation which monitors the human rights situation of Roma and provides legal defence in cases of human rights abuse. For more information about the European Roma Rights Centre, visit the ERRC on the web at http://www.errc.org
To support the ERRC, please visit this link: http://www.errc.org/cikk.php?cikk=2735
European Roma Rights Centre
1386 Budapest 62
P.O. Box 906/93
Hungary
Tel: +36.1.413.2200
Fax: +36.1.413.2201
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September 23, 2009
Senior Program Manager, Russian and Eurasian Outbound Programs, D.C.
Senior Program Manager
Russian and Eurasian Outbound Programs
Washington, D.C.
Position Description
FLSA STATUS: Exempt
SUMMARY:
The Senior Program Manager for Russian/Eurasian Outbound Programs is responsible for oversight and management of a range of Eurasia-bound higher education programs, program development, marketing, and supervision of program staff.
Russian/Eurasian Outbound Programs
Advanced Russian Language & Area Studies Program (RLASP) (academic year, summer, and semester) for undergraduate students and post-BA students;
Eurasian Regional Languages Program;
Research Scholar Program - (funded and fee for service);
Business Russian Language and Internship Program;
A group of private programs;
South and Central European Languages and Research Program.
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'Russian History'
Russian History's mission is the publication of original articles on the history of Russia through the centuries, in the assumption that all past
experiences are inter-related. Russian History seeks to discover, analyze, and understand the most interesting experiences and relationships and elucidate their causes and consequences. Contributors to the journal take their stand from different perspectives: intellectual, economic and military history, domestic, social and class relations, relations with non-Russian peoples, nutrition and health, all possible events that had an influence on Russia. Russian History is *the* international platform for the presentation of such findings.
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Orientalism / Occidentalism, 09/23-25/2010, Moscow
CALL FOR PAPERS
Orientalism/Occidentalism: Languages of Cultures vs. Languages of Description
Hosted by the Russian Institute for Cultural Research in Moscow
23-25 September 2010
This Conference intends to stimulate the study of the cross-cultural phenomenon of Orientalism, broadly understood as fictional narratives or an academic description of the East (Asian and African cultures) in Western art, literature and scholarly research.
An analysis of the interpretations of the East by the West (and vice versa) and their historical evolution has emerged as especially important in light of ongoing globalization which has triggered the intensification of ideological, religious, economic and cultural differences between the East and the West.
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Religious Parties in Processes of Democratic Consolidation, 03/18-20/2010, Princeton
Deadline: September 31, 2009
Call for Papers
Religious Parties in Processes of Democratic Consolidation – Revisiting the Inclusion-Moderation Thesis
Princeton University, Princeton, N.J., USA
March 18-20, 2010
The salient appearance of religious parties after recent democratic transition processes raises important questions: Under what conditions do religious groups eschew radical stances and unconditionally abide by the democratic rules of the game? Do the core features of liberal-democracy─ multiparty electoral contestation, respect for basic freedoms, the rule of law ─ reinforce and mutually support one another in democratic consolidation processes, or may the inclusion of religious parties actually endanger liberal politics in the short, medium and long term?
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Bard-Smolny Programs, St. Petersburg
Application Deadlines
October 1: Spring Semester
March 1: Summer Language Intensive
April 1: Fall Semester / Full Academic Year
Bard College offers a semester study abroad program at Smolny College in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Designed to meet the needs of students who have two years of college-level Russian or more (including heritage speakers) the Bard-Smolny Program in St. Petersburg offers an academically rich environment for students from North American college and universities wishing to study abroad in Russia for a single semester or for the full academic year.
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Children and War: Past and Present, 09/30-10/2/2010, Salzburg
Deadline December 31, 2009
CfP: Children and War: Past and Present
University of Salzburg, Austria
30 September – 2 October 2010
Organised by the University of Salzburg and the University of Wolverhampton (UK)
In recent years the volume of international research on ‘Children and War’, carried out by academics, governmental and non-governmental organisations and institutions as well as the media, has continually increased. At the same time there has been a growing public interest in how children experience military conflicts and how their lives have been affected by war and its aftermath.
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Reading the (Re)Presented Past: Literature and Historical Consciousness, 1700-present
Deadline: November 11, 2009
Call for Papers
Reading the (Re)Presented Past: Literature and Historical Consciousness, 1700-present
Since the emergence of self-consciously fictional forms in the late seventeenth century, the boundary between literary and historical techniques for representing the past has been both permeable and contested. Readers have long been the focus of rhetoric about the dangers of representing history in fiction, but their agency in negotiating this borderland has been largely overlooked.
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Europe Twenty Years after the Fall of the Berlin Wall The New Europe, New Europes, 10/14-15/2010, Geneva
Deadline: October 30,2009
Europe Twenty Years after the Fall of the Berlin Wall The New Europe, New Europes? Location: Switzerland
Call for Papers Deadline: 2009-10-30
Date Submitted: 2009-09-10
Announcement ID: 170524
Call for Papers
Europe Twenty Years after the Fall of the Berlin Wall The New Europe, New Europes?
Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
Fondation Pierre du Bois pour l’histoire du temps présent
Geneva, October 14-15, 2010
The organizers of this conference wish to provide a framework for reflection on developments and realignments in Europe after the fall of the Berlin Wall and the Eastern enlargement of the European Union. The conference proposes to explore changes and continuities by analyzing the transformations in Europe following the fall of the Iron Curtain and by contextualizing EU Eastern enlargement within the long-term development of European integration up to the present. The conference will also examine the interaction between these transformations, Eastern enlargement and other changes that have occurred in international politics since the early 1990s.
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Council for European Studies, 04/15-17/2010, Montreal
Deadline: October 15, 2009
Call for Papers
Council for European Studies
Seventeenth International Conference
April 15-17, 2010
A recent crisis of confidence has unsettled paradigms for economic, social and political governance: political identities, social allegiances, parameters of markets, cultural truisms, and religious truths are all in flux. Europe has long served as a model for the rest of the world - whether as object of admiration, forced exemplar, foil, or cautionary tale - and the present vacuum of certainty presents yet another moment of opportunity for scholars of "the old world." Are European experiments in economic coordination the solution to the excesses of unregulated capitalism -- is this the moment for the revenge of the European model?
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SSRC IDRF Competition
Deadline: November 3, 2009 (9:00 p.m. EST)
Announcing the 2010 IDRF Competition
Apply Online: http://www.ssrc.org/fellowships/idrf-fellowship/
About the Fellowship
The IDRF Program supports the next generation of scholars in the humanities and social sciences pursuing research that advances knowledge about non-U.S. cultures and societies. IDRF accepts applications for research that is situated in a specific discipline and geographical region and is informed by interdisciplinary and cross-regional perspectives, as well as research on multiple countries and/or multiple world regions. While proposals may cover all periods in history, they must demonstrate relevance to contemporary issues and debates.
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the archaeology of things from the early modern, modern and contemporary world, 10/16-18/2009, Oxford
Modern Materials: the archaeology of things from the early modern, modern and contemporary world
Friday 16-Sunday 18 October 2009.
KEBLE COLLEGE, OXFORD UNIVERSITY
How does the study of material things contribute to our understanding of the early modern, modern and contemporary world? What is the distinctive contribution of archaeology in these studies?
The 7th annual meeting of the CHAT conference group focuses on the archaeological study of ‘Modern Materials’ – from ‘small things forgotten’ to large and complex technological artefacts; and from discrete, single objects to large, disparate assemblages.
The full programme is online at http://www.contemp-hist-arch.ac.uk/news.htm
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Literature and Madness
Deadline: April, 4, 2010
Literature and Madness
Call for Papers
Seeking papers on psychological aspects of literature or film with a special emphasis on the "madness" aspect of a character or theme.
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Open Graves, Open Minds: Vampires and the Undead in Modern Culture, 04/16-18/2010, UK
Deadline: January 1, 2010
Open Graves, Open Minds: Vampires and the Undead in Modern Culture
CALL FOR PAPERS AND PANELS
University of Hertfordshire, UK
April 16-18 2010
The irony of creatures with no reflection becoming such a pervasive reflection of modern culture pleases in a dark way. Since their animation out of folk materials in the nineteenth century, by Polidori, as Varney and in Le Fanu and Stoker, vampires have been continually reborn in modern culture. They have stalked texts from Marx’s image of the leeching capitalist, through Pater’s Lady Lisa of tainted knowledge, to the multifarious incarnations in contemporary fictions in print and on screen. They have enacted a host of anxieties and desires, shifting shape as the culture they are brought to life in itself changes form. More recently, their less charismatic undead cousins, zombies, have been dug up in droves to represent various fears and crises in contemporary culture.
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Imagining Other Histories, 02/10-13/2010, NM
Deadline: December 1, 2009
Imagining Other Histories
New Mexico
Call for Papers
Imagining Other Histories: The SW/TX PCA/ ACA in the area of Historical Fiction invites papers on the role of history and alternate history in fiction. To what extent have fiction writers, poets, filmmakers, myth makers, and other producers of pop culture bent the paths of history into different directions, into ur worlds, friendlier worlds, bleak worlds, parallel worlds, idealist worlds? Take, for example, the way that the reality of African American history was initially omitted from standard American historical accounts and the paths of history were bent toward the hegemony of a White world. Other examples might be how Plato imagined the course of human history in parallel worlds; or the America imagined by Nathaniel Hawthorne in House of the Seven Gables.
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The fighter along the History: identity, perception, representation, 04/01-02/2010, Spain
Deadline: October 15, 2009
The fighter along the History: identity, perception, representation.
Cantabria, Spain
Call for Papers
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences are inviting abstracts for a conference to be held at the University of Cantabria, Spain, 01-02 April 2010.
This conference aims to be a forum for presentation and discussion of studies related to the phenomenon of war from an interdisciplinary perspective. Professors and graduate students from history, literature, art history, political science, anthropology and sociology, are strongly invited to this symposium focused on the fighters community, frontgemeinschaft. Study of sociability in war, psychological states of soldiers, mentality and ideology of combat units, military indoctrination or behaviour in "us" versus "them" are some of the topics in which the Conference is interesting in. The languages of the Symposium will be Spanish and English.
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Racial Profiling: International, Interdisciplinary Perspectives
Deadline: Oct0ber 2, 2009
Call for Chapters: Racial Profiling Collection Call for Papers)
Additional chapters are required for a collection entitled Racial Profiling: International, Interdisciplinary Perspectives to be published in 2010. This new collection provides an important multi-national perspective on an issue of great and growing concern, particularly but not exclusively in the context of corporate globalization and neo-liberal governance. Despite the growing significance of regimes of racial profiling, surveillance and tightened border controls in the post-9/11 period, there have been very few extended analyses of racial profiling in different eras and contexts (particularly at borders). The work examines the issue from a transborder perspective, with comparisons, connections and intersections of policy and practice.
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The Legacy of Communism
Deadline: October 1, 2009
Papers, Essays and Reviews (PEAR)
Published twice a year and managed by graduate students, Papers, Essays and Reviews (P.E.A.R.) is a peer-reviewed graduate journal of International Studies at Yonsei University’s Graduate School of International Studies in association with the Center for International Studies and Yonsei University Press, the first of its kind in both Korea and East Asia.
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History, BYU
Brigham Young University - History, Open Field
The Department of History seeks applications for continuing faculty status track positions at Brigham Young University, to begin Fall 2010 pending administrative approval and budget funding. PhD required, rank open.. Teaching load will include US or World Civilization survey courses, courses in field of specialization, and other core courses for the History major. Those with a strong research agenda and exceptional teaching ability are encouraged to apply. Salary commensurate with rank.
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Program Officer, Humanities Education, NJ
New Jersey Council for the Humanities - Program Officer, Education
PROGRAM OFFICER – EDUCATION
The New Jersey Council for the Humanities (NJCH)-a nonprofit organization-was established in 1973 as the state partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities. The mission of the NJCH is to develop, support and promote projects that explore and interpret the human experience, foster cross-cultural understanding and engage people from all walks of life at the community level in dialogue about matters of individual choice and public responsibility. The Teacher Institute-the centerpiece of our educational programming-runs yearly residential seminars for teachers K-12 that provide a content-based approach to teacher development.
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20th-Century U.S. Foreign Relations, NC
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill - Distinguished Professor, 20th-Century U.S. Foreign Relations
The Department of History invites applications for the Richard Krasno Distinguished Professorship in 20th-Century U.S. foreign relations, foreign policy, or international relations. Expertise in one or more regions or countries outside the U.S. desirable. The position will be jointly appointed with the Curriculum of Peace, War, and Defense (PWAD), an interdisciplinary community of faculty (http://www.unc.edu/depts/pwad), and relevant courses will be cross-listed in the PWAD Curriculum.
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Humanities, Toronto
University of Toronto - postdoctoral fellowship in the Humanities (2 year)
The Jackman Humanities Institute at the University of Toronto is pleased to announce Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowships. Up to three Fellows in the Humanities will be selected for a two-year fellowship on the basis of accomplishment, promise of excellence, and relevance of their research to the annual theme,
Image and Spectacle:
Human beings make worlds appear by imagining and “imaging” them; they display worlds to others in performances. This cross-cultural theme embraces the study not only of how images relate to the reality of the world, but also of how both as individuals and as societies we generate images. The spectacle of performance, which was the origin of theory in the Ancient Greek world, leads to many kinds of reflection--from performativity to epistemology, from theories of history to literary and aesthetic theory, from cultural criticism to palaeography. It extends ultimately to examining the role of reflection (speculation) and criticism of images and their worlds.
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September 21, 2009
20th-Century Russia, MS
University of Mississippi - Croft Assistant Professor of History and International Studies, 20th-Century Russia
The Department of History (www.olemiss.edu/depts/history) and the Croft Institute for International Studies (www.croft.olemiss.edu) invite applications for an Assistant Professor of Twentieth-Century Russian History. This is a tenure-track position beginning August 2010. Teaching and service responsibilities will be divided equally between the Department of History and the Croft Institute for International Studies. Ph.D. by the time of appointment, demonstrated excellence in teaching, and the potential for significant peer-reviewed publications are required.
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Central/Eastern European History, Towson University
Deadline: October 15, 2009
Central/Eastern European History
Towson University, MD
Tenure-track beginning August 2010, entry level position with scholarship interests in 19th and/or 20th century Central and/or Eastern Europe. Ph.D. required, however, ABD's expecting to complete defense by June 30, 2010 will be considered but placed in the rank of Instructor until the doctorate is awarded. Candidates also expected to teach Germany 1871-Present and survey courses in European history and civilization since the 17th century. Applicants must possess a strong commitment to excellence in teaching and show potential for a productive scholarly program. The teaching load is 3/3 during the first three years and based on research record thereafter. This position is contingent on funds being available at the time of hire.
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS - Roma Rights 2/09: Multiple Discrimination
Deadline: October 15, 2009
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS - Roma Rights 2/09: Multiple Discrimination
The European Roma Rights Centre (ERRC) is looking for original articles and other submissions (book reviews, interview with key figures and conference reports) from a broad range of disciplines addressing the issue of discrimination that Romani individuals, groups and communities face on multiple grounds.
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Balkan & South Slavic Linguistics, Literature and Folklore Conference, 04/15-18/2010, OH
CALL FOR PAPERS
Abstract Submission
The 17th Balkan and South Slavic Linguistics, Literature and Folklore Conference will take place at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, USA,
April 15-18, 2010.
The conference will feature the Kenneth E. Naylor Memorial Lecture in South Slavic Linguistics on Friday April 16. This year's Naylor Lecturer will be Eric P. Hamp, Professor Emeritus from the University of Chicago. The conference will also be held concurrently with the Midwest Slavic Conference.
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European Roma and Travellers Forum
Deadline: September 28, 2009
European Roma and Travellers Forum
Call for Papers
Security Situation of the Roma in Europe
Economic Migration vs. Forced Migration
High Level Conference on the Security Situation of Roma in Europe
Bucharest, 12-13 October 2009
The European Roma and Travellers Forum, in partnership with the Committee for Human Rights, Cults and National Minorities Issues of the Romanian Parliament and Partida Romilor Pro Europa (Roma Party for Europe), is organizing a High Level Conference on the Security Situation of Roma in Europe. The two-day conference will bring together the main stakeholders, high level representatives and decision-makers of European and inter-governmental human rights institutions, as well as non-governmental and civil society organizations from Council of Europe Member States. The aim of the conference is to discuss the hostilities against Roma and the rising Anti-Tziganism within Europe.
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Southern Conference on Slavic Studies, 03/25-27/2010, Gainesville
CALL FOR PAPERS
48th Annual Meeting
Southern Conference on Slavic Studies
Gainesville, FL
March 25-27, 2010
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF PROPOSALS: January 15, 2009
The 48th annual meeting of the Southern Conference on Slavic Studies (SCSS) will take place in Gainesville, FL on March 25-27, 2010. The purpose of SCSS is to promote scholarship, education, and in all other ways to advance scholarly interest in Russian, Soviet, and East European studies in the Southern region of the United States and nationwide. Papers from all humanities and social science disciplines are welcome and encouraged, as is a focus on countries other than Russia/USSR.
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Heritage/Community Language, 02/19-21/2010, UCLA
DEADLINE: SEPTEMBER 15, 2009
Call for Submissions: Conference on Heritage/Community Language
Call for submissions for the National Heritage Language Resource Center's First International Conference on Heritage/Community Language, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), FEBRUARY 19-21, 2010
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Artist involvement in peace and war
Deadline: September 30, 2009-09-30
Call for Papers - Submission to "genre 40: Johnnie Got His Pen"
genre, the publication of the Students of Comparative Literature and Classics at Cal State Long Beach, invites submissions for volume 40: Johnny Got His Pen: Artist involvement in peace and war.
Whether in regards to “war,” oppression, and resolution, the artist plays an important role as interpreter and social commentator. We are particularly interested in the way artists and art engage real and surreal concepts of armed struggle. We invite papers that discuss how literature and the arts depict, incite, criticize, and mitigate political conflicts throughout history or within contemporary societies.
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Dialectic of Enlightenment Revisited
Deadline: October 01,2009
Philosophy as Critical Theory: The Dialectic of Enlightenment Revisited
CALL FOR PAPERS: “Philosophy as Critical Theory: The Dialectic of Enlightenment Revisited,” The European Legacy, Volume 15, Number 4, 2010. Guest Editor, Daniel White. Themes: Odysseus & the Sirens; philosophy and literature; colonialism & postcolonialism; univocality and polyvocality in philosophic discourse. Submissions due 1 Oct. 2009; double blind peer reviewed; preliminary proposals welcome.
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Memory in the Maritime Museum
Deadline: November 27, 2009
CALL FOR PAPERS
Memory in the Maritime Museum: Objects, Narratives, Identities
Editors: Helen Beneki, Dr James P. Delgado and Dr Anastasia Filippoupoliti
We invite papers for a special double issue of the International Journal of Heritage Studies, which will explore the following themes related to maritime museums:
- the representation of maritime past in exhibitions;
- the relationship of the preservation of maritime heritage to the local community;
- the re-invention of past (national, regional, local) identities in today's communities through maritime exhibition narratives; and
- the role of maritime activity in creating ethnically and culturally diverse populations in seaports (local communities).
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Things in Common: Fostering Material Culture Pedagogy
Deadline: October 15, 2009
Things in Common: Fostering Material Culture Pedagogy
The guest editors of this special issue of Winterthur Portfolio invite essays that engage object-based teaching and interpretation strategies in a variety of sites, including the secondary and college classroom, the museum gallery, the collection, the historic site, the national park, the archaeological dig, the library, the archive, and the World Wide Web.
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Landscapes and Societies in Ancient and Medieval Europe East of the Elbe, 03/26-27/2010, Toronto
Deadline: October 10, 2009
Landscapes and Societies in Ancient and Medieval Europe East of the Elbe. Interactions between Environmental Settings and Cultural Transformations
International workshop organized by the Department of History of York University and the Graduate School “Human Development in Landscapes” of Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel, to be held in Toronto on 26-27 March 2010.
Landscapes can be understood as the natural environments in which a society is embedded, or as the set of representations with which members of a society observe and describe a region and give it significance.. Modern conceptions of landscapes as aesthetic subjects resulted from a historical evolution that began in Renaissance Europe, whereas other cultures developed different traditions of understanding their environment – in medieval times, for instance, symbolic interpretations were in the foreground: nature was a book in which man could learn about God. Landscapes can be defined, in the words of Denis E. Cosgrove, as “visibly distinct regions.” It is clear that the idea of landscape is dependant on the one hand on the material reality of a given region, on the other hand on the sense attached to it by human beings beholding it.
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Literature and Cinema of the Fascist Period, 04/07-11/2010, Montreal
Deadline: September 30, 2009
41st Anniversary Convention, Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA)
April 7-11, 2010
Montreal, Quebec - Hilton Bonaventure
Round table
Literature and Cinema of the Fascist Period
During the fascist "ventennio" (1922-1943), the attitude of the regime towards both literary creation and film production was ambivalent, characterized by both censorship and support. This panel seeks to explore this contradictory moment in the history of Italian culture. The ways in which writers and filmmakers gained ground either in spite of or in deference to the political and social circumstances will provide a forum for the discussion of some of the distinctive literary and filmic achievements of that period.
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Magic and the Supernatural, 03/15-17/2010, Salzburg
Deadline: October 2, 2009
1st Global Conference Magic and the Supernatural
Monday 15th March - Wednesday 17th March 2010
Salzburg, Austria
Call for Papers
Bewitched. I Dream of Jeannie. The Exorcist. Charmed. Buffy. Dr. Who. Dracula. Dark Shadows. Twilight and The Twilight Zone. Sookie Stackhouse and Bill Compton. Dresden Files. Harry Potter. The fascination and appeal of magic and supernatural entities pervades societies and cultures. The continuing appeal of these characters is a testimony to how they shape our daydreams and our nightmares, as well as how we yearn for something that is “more” or “beyond” what we can see-touch-taste-feel.. Children still avoid stepping on cracks, lovers pluck petals from a daisy, cards are dealt and tea leaves read.
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September 16, 2009
Military Technology 1000-1600, Denmark
Deadline: November 15, 2009
Trebuchet to Cannon: Military Technology 1000-1600
A conference and workshop to be held at the Danish Medieval Centre, Nykøbing, Falster, Denmark
For the last two decades the Middelaldercentret in Denmark has carried out research into the construction and performance of medieval military technologies. Since 2001, the Ho Group (dedicated to the study of early gunpowder and gunpowder weapons) has met to experiment with gunpowder recipes and reconstructed artillery. The tenth meeting of the Ho Group will be an international conference to discuss all aspects of medieval military technology, including artillery, siege engines, gunpowder and cannon, and other weapons.
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People, Events, & Ideas that Have Shaped the World, 02/27-28/2010, TX
Deadline: November 15, 2009
Divergence & Convergence: People, Events, & Ideas that Have Shaped the World
The 2010 Conference of the World History Association of Texas will focus on historical and interdisciplinary approaches to understanding the people, events and ideas influential in globalization. The conference, “Divergence & Convergence: People, Events, & Ideas that Have Shaped the World,” will be held at St. Edward’s University, Austin, TX, the 27-28th February, 2010.
Conference organizers welcome proposals that connect world history teaching and research. Possible topics could include, but are not limited to:
The digital age, social networking sites, and the use of information and communication technologies in furthering or resisting political and economic structures;
Shifts in modes of production, consumption, and entertainment;
Prince Shotoku, B.R. Ambedkar, Ho Chí Minh, Nelson Mandela, Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini, and Margaret Thatcher;
The global impact of religions, ideologies, ethical constructs, trade, commerce and economic theory and practice.
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performing space and space in performance, 01/21-23/2010, Toronto
Deadline: October 16, 2009
CFP
Festival of Original Theatre: "performing space and space in performance"
University of Toronto
January 21-23, 2010
The Graduate Centre for the Study of Drama at the University of Toronto is now inviting graduate students and new scholars to submit abstracts for papers and performance proposals for its annual conference the Festival of Original Theatre (F.O.O.T) to be held January 21-23, 2010. F.O.O.T seeks papers or performances proposals from all disciplines that explore or discuss the scenographic, the geographic, and/or the spacial and its relationship to theatre, performance, and performativity.
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Perspectives on Evil and Human Wickedness, 03/15-18/2010, Salzburg
Deadline: October 2, 2009
11th Global Conference Perspectives on Evil and Human Wickedness Location: Austria
Monday 15th March - Thursday 18th March 2010
Salzburg, Austria
Call for Papers
This inter-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary conference seeks to examine and explore issues surrounding evil and human wickedness. Papers, presentations, reports and workshops are invited on issues on or broadly related to any of the following themes:
- Wrestling with ‘Evil’
- The Nature of Evil
- Explanatory Frameworks
- Understanding Evil
- Representations of Evil
- Confronting Evil
The Steering Group particularly welcomes the submission of pre-formed panel proposals. 300 word abstracts should be submitted by Friday 2nd October 2009. All submissions are minimally double blind peer reviewed where appropriate. If an abstract is accepted for the conference, a full draft paper should be submitted by Friday 5th February 2010. Abstracts should be submitted simultaneously to the Organising Chairs; Stephen Morris, smmorris58@yahoo.com; Sorcha Ni Fhlainn, snf@inter-disciplinary.net; Rob Fisher evil11@inter-disciplinary.net; abstracts may be in Word, WordPerfect, or RTF formats with the following information and in this order: a) author(s), b) affiliation, c) email address, d) title of abstract, e) body of abstract.
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Poetry, Politics and Pictures in the Nineteenth Century, 03/26-27/2010, Sheffield
Deadline: December 15, 2009
CALL FOR PAPERS - Poetry, Politics and Pictures in the Nineteenth Century
26 and 27 March 2010
University of Sheffield
From ‘The Charge of the Light Brigade’ to ‘The White Man’s Burden’, from Honoré Daumier’s lithographs to the Chartist poetry of the Northern Star, the politics of the nineteenth century both shaped and were shaped by poetry and images.
This interdisciplinary conference at the University of Sheffield will address such questions as: how do the images and poetry of the nineteenth century reflect or challenge British and European politics of their day? How do nineteenth-century politics intersect with aesthetics to create new theories and practices of art? What kind of correlation might there be between political representation and the representation of politics in word and image?
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Racial and Ethnic Studies, 03/18-20,2010, Berkeley
Deadline: September 10, 2009-09-10
CFP:
The Racial and Ethnic Studies Division (RESD) of the Cultural Studies Association, Eighth Annual Meeting
University of California, Berkeley
March 18, 2010 – March 20, 2010
In specific, we seek papers that explore how race and ethnicity are discursive and performative constructs whose meaning is never fixed but is continually produced, negotiated, contested, and (re)affirmed in various social fields of unequal power distribution.
RESD is looking to sponsor (1) two paper sessions or (2) roundtables/workshops
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Southwestern Social Science Association, 03/31-04/03/2010, TX
Deadline: October 30, 2009
Call For Papers
2010 Southwestern Historical Association Meeting
The Association conference is held in conjunction with the Southwestern Social Science Association.
Paper proposals may be submitted in the following areas: U.S./Canadian, European/Asian/Middle Eastern, Latin American/African/Transnational/Comparative, Phi Alpha Theta.
The conference will be held in Houston, Texas, March 31 - April 3, 2010.
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The State of Social and Cultural History in the 21st Century, 04/23-24/2010, IL
Deadline: February 12, 2010
CFP: Where are they now: The State of Social and Cultural History in the 21st Century
CFP requests for the 6th annual Loyola University Chicago History Graduate Student Conference held April 23-4 2010 at the Loyola University Chicago Lakeshore Campus.
Masters and doctoral graduate students in any field of historical study are invited to submit proposals to present individual research papers at Loyola’s Sixth Annual History Graduate Student Conference. The goal of this conference is to provide an opportunity for students to gain experience presenting original research papers and receiving feedback from their peers on their work.
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Theatricality and the Performative in the Long Nineteenth Century, 03/11-13/2010, FL
DEADLINE SEPT. 15, 2009
NCSA 2010
CALL FOR PAPERS
31st Annual Conference of the Nineteenth Century Studies Association The University of Tampa, March 11-13, 2010, Tampa, Florida
Theatricality and the Performative in the Long Nineteenth Century
Keynote speaker: Michael Fried (Johns Hopkins University) Plenary Event: Exhibition of Facing the Late Victorians: Portraits of Writers and Artists from the Mark Samuels Lasner Collection, with a roundtable discussion featuring Margaret D. Stetz (University of Delaware), curator and author of Facing the Late Victorians; Dennis Denisoff (Ryerson University), and Maria Gindhart (Georgia State University)
Dramatic expression and self-conscious performances marked almost every aspect of nineteenth century life and artistic culture, as theatrical turns and performative mindsets introduced in the 17th-18th centuries expanded in the 1780s through the beginning of World War One. We invite paper and panel proposals that explore these themes and subjects in the long Nineteenth Century (1780-1914). Papers might address the theatrical shows—whether serious drama, circus displays, vaudeville, operas, or Shakespearean revivals—that appeared in cities and towns on both sides of the Atlantic (as well as in more distant lands). Or they might investigate how politics, social events, military engagements, domestic affairs, public trials, crime reports, religious rituals, architectural spaces, sculptural moments, exhibition halls, artistic and musical compositions, and the early moving pictures of the cinema, assumed a theatrical sensibility. Welcome also are proposals for papers and panels that bring scholarly and theoretical interests in performativity to bear on concepts of identity, individuality, and audience in the given era.
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Emerging Landscapes: Between Production and Representation , 065/25-27/2010, London
Deadline: November 15, 2009
CFP
Emerging Landscapes: Between Production and Representation
June 25-27, 2010
The past thirty years have witnessed social, geopolitical, technological, and economic change on a global scale. Alongside these shifts, landscape has also changed its nature. Focusing primarily, but not exclusively, on the synergies between the disciplines of photography and architecture, this international and interdisciplinary conference will examine and critically reassess the interface between production and representation in the creation of contemporary landscape.
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African American doctoral candidates
Postmarked Application Packet Deadline: November 30, 2009
Erskine Peters Dissertation Fellowship
Fellowship Date: 2009-11-30
Date Submitted: 2009-08-31
Announcement ID: 170293
The Erskine A. Peters Dissertation Fellowship enables outstanding African American doctoral candidates (at the ABD level) to devote their full energies to the completion of the dissertation; and (2) to provide an opportunity for African American scholars at the beginning of their academic careers to experience life at a major Catholic research university.
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Jews in Medieval Christendom, 07/06-08/11/2010, Oxford
Deadline: March 1, 2010
NEH Summer Institute for College and University Faculty Location: United Kingdom
Applications are encouraged for a summer 2010 National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) summer institute for 25 college and university faculty, “Representations of the ‘Other’: Jews in Medieval Christendom.” The institute, directed by Professor Irven M. Resnick, will meet at the Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies (England) from 6 July-11 August, 2010. A stipend of $3800 is provided to all participants. For complete details and application information, please see www.utc.edu/neh or contact Irven-Resnick@utc.edu
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Max Weber Fellowships, Florence
Deadline: October 25.
Max Weber Fellowships
http://www.eui.eu
The Max Weber Programme is Europes largest postdoctoral programme in the social sciences. It is funded by the European Commission (DGEducation) and hosted by the European University Institute in Florence where the research community of professors, researchers and fellows provides an excellent environment for the Programme.
The Programme offers 1-2 year fellowships for junior post-docs who have received a doctorate in economics, social and political sciences, law or history within the last 5 years and who want to consolidate their research and training in an active multidisciplinary environment before entering the international job market, or who wish to develop their skills in advanced research and academic practice.
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Russian, MO
Assistant Professor of Russian, tenure track, beginning (PhD in hand) or advanced, starting Sept. 2010. Strong evidence of scholarly promise;superior command of English and Russian; teaching experience desirable. Teaching responsibilities include 19th- and 20th-c. literature, cultural history, language, designing of a large-enrollment course. Opportunity to teach graduate courses in MA program. Area of specialization open.
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Evil, Law and the State, 03/12-14/2010, Salzburg
Deadline: September 25, 2009
4th Global Conference
Evil, Law and the State: Issues in State Power and Violence
Friday 12th March - Sunday 14th March 2010
Salzburg, Austria
Call for Papers
This inter-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary conference will explore issues surrounding evil and law, with a focus on state power and violence. Perspectives are sought from those engaged in any field relevant to the study of law and legal culture: anthropology, criminology, cultural studies, government/politics, history, legal studies, literature, philosophy, psychology, religion/theology, and sociology, as well as those working in civil rights, human rights, prison services, politics and government (including NGOs), psychiatry, healthcare, and other areas.
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45th International Congress on Medieval Studies, 05/13-16/2010, Kalamazoo
The 45th International Congress on Medieval Studies takes place May 13-16, 2010, in Kalamazoo.
Sponsored Sessions are organized by learned societies, associations, or institutions. The organizers set predetermined topics, often narrowly focused and reflecting the considered aims and interests of the organizing group.
Special Sessions are organized by individual scholars or ad hoc groups. The organizers set predetermined topics, which are often narrowly focused.
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45th International Congress on Medieval Studies, 05/13-16/2010, Kalamazoo
The 45th International Congress on Medieval Studies takes place May 13-16, 2010, in Kalamazoo.
Sponsored Sessions are organized by learned societies, associations, or institutions. The organizers set predetermined topics, often narrowly focused and reflecting the considered aims and interests of the organizing group.
Special Sessions are organized by individual scholars or ad hoc groups. The organizers set predetermined topics, which are often narrowly focused.
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Political Philosophy
Deadline: September 30, 2009
CALL FOR PAPERS
Vol. 5, Issue 1:
Political PhilosophyBetween Tradition and Innovation
CEU Political Science Journal is a peer-review quarterly in the field of Political Science, indexed and abstracted in relevant international databases. The Journal accepts now submissions for its issue on "Political Philosophy". The contributions may focus on any aspects of political philosophy, emphasizing its developments, applicability and challenges faced in a changing political world. This issue also welcomes contributions that focus on the development of new research areas in political philosophy, new interdisciplinary approaches and innovative methodological techniques, as well as on possible extensions of existing boundaries of political philosophy itself.
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Prague
Deadline: October 5, 2009
Applications are now being accepted for UPrague, a unique semester-long program for undergraduates at Charles University's School of Philosophy and Arts in Prague, Czech Republic, Jan. 30-May 22, 2010.
During their Spring semester in Prague, students may elect to earn up to 15 academic credits, accredited by the University of Miami in Coral Gables, FL. UPrague's English language courses, designed for American students, are taught by Czech faculty, while University of Miami faculty members provide online instruction and academic supervision via Blackboard. Students from the U.S. who are sufficiently fluent in a European language to study in it, may also opt to take courses through Charles University's Language dept.
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September 14, 2009
Byzantine and Ottoman Civilizations in World History, A Symposium Sponsored by Istanbul Sehir University and the World History Association, Istanbul, 21-24.10.2010
Deadline: October 1, 2009
Byzantine and Ottoman Civilizations in World History
A Symposium Sponsored by Istanbul Sehir University and the World History Association, 21-24 October 2010
Istanbul, Turkey
Istanbul Sehir University and the World History Association proudly announce a symposium focusing on the world-historical significance of Byzantine and Ottoman civilizations, 330-1922. The symposium will consist of approximately 30 papers by Turkish and international participants, plus a keynote address and several other plenary sessions. The official languages of the symposium are English and Turkish.
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Translation - English to BCS, Romani
The Roma rights NGO Chachipe (www.romarights.wordpress.com) is looking for online volunteers who can help us with the occasional translation of documents and press releases from English to Serbian/Croatian, German, French and Romani. We are also looking for a person who can help us improve the quality of our website.
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St. Deiniol's Scholarships, Wales
Deadline: November 1st, 2009
St. Deiniol's Scholarships 2010
Scholarships are awarded for any period from a week to several months and include:
• The Canon Symonds Memorial Scholarship will be awarded to those studying in the fields of Christian Liturgy, Biblical Studies or Church History.
• The Bishop J. R. H. Moorman Scholarship is intended primarily for those researching Francis of Assisi or the Franciscan Order where access to the Moorman Franciscan Library would prove beneficial.
• The Revd Canon Dr Stewart Lawton Memorial Scholarship is awarded for research into one of the following areas: the Liberal Catholic Tradition in Anglicanism; the Interaction of Science and Religion, and European Philosophical Theology.
• The Drew Scholarship is awarded, in the first instance, for research into aspects of the life of William Ewart Gladstone.
• The Dr Daisy Ronco Scholarship is awarded for research into Nineteenth Century Studies.
• The Richard L. Hills Scholarship is awarded for research into Theology and Science / Technology.
• The Ernest Walder Memorial Scholarship is awarded for research into any aspect of Divine Learning.
• The General Scholarship Fund supports research in the Arts and Humanities.
• The Monad Scholarship Fund supports research into issues of inclusivity / exclusion in church and society.
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Chair of Faith and Learning, IL
Wheaton College - Wheaton College seeks candidates for the Arthur F. Holmes Chair of Faith and Learning who have made distinguished and sustained contributions to their academic discipline of philosophy, history, or English.
Wheaton College seeks candidates for the Arthur F. Holmes Chair of Faith and Learning who have made distinguished and sustained contributions to their academic discipline of philosophy, history, or English. The ideal candidate will have the Ph.D. degree, at least ten years of teaching experience, and will have throughout his or her career spoken to the evangelical and broader Christian communities on issues of faith, learning, and culture. The position carries a reduced teaching load and includes financial support for professional activities. Responsibilities will begin August 2010.
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Theoretical Linguistics, Toronto
Deadline: October 22, 2009
Assistant Professor Position in Theoretical Linguistics
Department of Language Studies
University of Toronto Mississauga
The Department of Language Studies, University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM) invites applications for a tenure-track position in Theoretical Linguistics at the Assistant Professor level, beginning July 1, 2010. Specialization should be in the area of theoretical linguistics (phonology, morphology, syntax, or semantics), preferably with interests in second language acquisition or psycholinguistics. Qualifications are: A Ph. D. degree in Theoretical Linguistics, a strong publication record, and evidence of excellence in teaching and research. Knowledge of French, German or Italian would be an asset. Duties consist of Teaching in the Linguistics program at all levels (undergraduate and graduate), supervision of graduate students, and collaboration with research groups within the Department. Salary is commensurate with experience and qualifications.
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Modern Russian history , CT
Wesleyan University - Assistant Professor, Modern Russian History
Wesleyan University’s History Department invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor in modern Russian history to begin July 1, 2010. The successful candidate will be expected to participate fully in all aspects of the life of the College of Social Studies, a multidisciplinary program in history, economics, government, and philosophy. In addition to offering seminars in her or his specialty, the successful candidate must be prepared to teach Russian history from the Kievan period to the present (including Russia’s engagement with the wider world), a survey course on modern European history from 1815 on, and, at regular intervals, a group tutorial on Europe since 1789 (CSS 240) in the College of Social Studies.
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Head of the Holocaust & Genocide Studies Center, Tampa
University of South Florida - Tampa - Head of the Holocaust & Genocide Studies Center
Director: Center or Program
The University of South Florida Libraries seek a faculty member to head its newly established Holocaust & Genocide Studies Center. The Center’s mission is to become internationally recognized for the quality of its collections, research, teaching, and community engagement. To achieve this goal, the Center crosses international boundaries, engaging information specialists, scholars, educators, students, analysts, and activists in a centralized, interdisciplinary, collaborative, and synergistic approach to genocide education, mental health and public policy, and prevention.
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September 09, 2009
Humanities and the Arts, IN
Deadline: December 15, 2009
Valparaiso University - Postdoctoral Fellowship in Humanities and the Arts
Humanities
World History
Western Civilization
Religious Studies
Philosophy
Medieval History
Literature
Languages
Fine Arts
Film
Early Modern History
Classical Studies
Art and Architectural History
We offer three two-year residential postdoctoral teaching fellowships in the areas of Humanities and the Arts for 2010-2012 for scholars seriously considering academic vocations in church related institutions. Ph.D, M.F.A., or equivalent terminal degree must have been received within 20 months up to and including August 2010. Fellows will teach seven courses over a two year period; engage in scholarship or creative work; participate in a two year colloquium; work with a VU faculty mentor; and interact with representatives from a national network of church related institutions. Faculty privileges; $45,000 stipend per year plus benefits, moving allowance, professional fund.
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Interdisciplinary Studies, MO
Washington University in St. Louis - Postdoctoral Fellow, Interdisciplinary Studies
World History, Women/Gender, Western Civilization, Sociology, Social and Cultural History, Russian/Soviet History, Religious Studies, Public History, Public Health, Psychology, Political Science/International Relations, Policy and Political History, Oral History, Medieval History, Literature, Law/Legal History, Languages, Labor History or Studies, Judaic Studies, Jewish History, Intellectual History, Imperial or Colonial Studies, Humanities, Global Studies, German History, Geography, Francophone Studies, Film, European Studies, European History, Environmental History, Economics, Early Modern History, Diplomatic/Military History, Classical Studies, Business and Economic History, British History, Atlantic Studies, Art and Architectural History, Area Studies/Ethnic Studies, Archives, Architecture, Anthropology/Archaeology, Ancient History/Antiquities
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Russian, MD
World and Classical Language Teacher/Russian
Anne Arundel County Public Schools, Maryland
Salary range: $43,452 - $84,996 (full time)
Provides for instruction of students by developing, selecting, and modifying instructional plans and materials and presenting them using instructional techniques, which meet the needs of all students. Provides an atmosphere and environment conducive to the intellectual, physical, social and emotional development of students. Supervises students in a variety of school-related settings and activities. Monitors and evaluates student performance.
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Russian language, literature, & culture, St. Petersburg
Assistant Professor of Russian, Tenure-Track – Bard College, St. Petersburg, Russia
Russian language, literature, & culture, including literature of all periods, literary theory, & comp lit. Excellence in teaching and scholarship. Ability to oversee Bard's summer language program in Russian and to contribute to Bard - Smolny College in St. Petersburg.
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Early Modern Jewish History , Brown U
Deadline for applications is: October 15, 2009
Assistant or Associate Professor level in the area of Early Modern Jewish History – Brown University
The Program in Judaic Studies and the Department of History at Brown University invite applications for a position at the assistant or associate professor level in the area of Early Modern Jewish History beginning in Fall, 2010. We welcome applications from scholars specializing in any area of early modern Jewish history, including the early modern history of Eastern European Jewry and that of Sephardic communities in Europe, the Middle East, and elsewhere.
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September 04, 2009
imperial Russia or the Soviet Union, Columbia U.
Assistant Professor, History – Columbia University
The Department of History at Columbia University invites applications for one position, at the rank of Assistant Professor, in the history of imperial Russia or the Soviet Union, beginning in July 2010. Teaching responsibilities include undergraduate and graduate courses. Consideration of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled.
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Cultural Pluralism Revised: Religious and Linguistic Freedoms
Deadline for essay submission: January 15th, 2010
Berlin April 2010
Cultural Pluralism Revised: Religious and Linguistic Freedoms Essay Competition - Conference - Workshops - Research Grant
Workshop participation in Berlin
Up to 40 successful applicants to the essay competition will be invited to discuss their research with prominent scholars at two of Europe’s leading research institutions. The workshops will take place at the Social Science Research Center Berlin, 7 – 11 April 2010. Workshops will be chaired by José Casanova (Georgetown University) and Fernand de Varennes (Murdoch University).
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Governments-in-Exile and the Jews during the Second World War, Southampton
Governments-in-Exile and the Jews during the Second World War
March 21-22, 2010
The Parkes Institute for the Study of Jewish/non-Jewish Relations at the University of Southampton is organizing a research project which will explore the responses of the anti-Hitler Allies to the Jewish plight during the Second World War. An international two-day symposium to be held at the University of Southampton on 21 and 22 March 2010 and focusing on the various governments-in-exile established in Britain during the war will form an integral part of this project. This symposium aims to bring together scholars engaged in academic research on the bystanders to the Holocaust through a specific and so far neglected area of Holocaust research. The project – based on a comparative analysis of individual cases – intends to explore whether a theory of common taxonomy can be applied across the exiled Governments’ treatment of Jewish issues. Were there any common features of the responses of the governments-in-exile to the Jewish plight? Did the governments cooperate? Are there any similarities in the theoretical analysis of their conduct?
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: Edited Collection: The Neuroscientific Turn in the Humanities and Social Sciences
Deadline: October 30, 2009
CFP: Edited Collection: The Neuroscientific Turn in the Humanities and Social Sciences
From economics to English, religious studies to recreation, neuroscience has become the latest theoretical tool for analyzing society and culture. While there has been some backlash against this trend, research continues to emerge in areas of neurotheology, neuromarketing, neuroethics, neuroaesthetics, the neurohumanities, and neurohistory to name but a few. We are seeking essays for an edited collection that analyze and interrogate this recent neuroscientific turn in the humanities and social sciences. We are particularly interested to hear from researchers who apply the neuro- to their own disciplinary work.
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humanities or allied social sciences, Princeton
Deadline: October 1, 2009
Princeton University Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts
The Princeton University Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts invites applications for three-year postdoctoral fellowships for recent PhDs (from January 2007) in humanities or allied social sciences, 2010-2013.. THREE appointments to pursue research and teach half-time include: Open Fellowship; Fellowship in Humanistic Studies; Fellowship in Latin American Studies. Annual stipend: approx. $72,000. Application deadline: October 1, 2009. For details, see Website www.princeton.edu/~sf
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The Nuremberg Trial - Taking Stock, 10/01/2009, Huremberg
"That Four Great Nations...": The Nuremberg Trial - Taking Stock
Conference Date: 2009-10-01
On 20th November 1945 the trial of the International Military Tribunal opened in the Courtroom 600 in Nuremberg´s Palace of Justice. It is in this historic location, which still houses the original site of the trials of members of the Nazi regime's elites, that currently a new institution of Nuremberg municipal museums is being constructed - the "Memorial Nuremberg Trials".
Parallel to the development of the new permanent exhibition, the Documentation Centre Nazi Party Rally Grounds which will take on the task of curator has organised an international experts' symposium to promote scientific discussion and research on the Nuremberg Trials. The conference is intended to provide an overview of current research, particularly on the trial of the main war criminals, and a discussion forum for new research projects.
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4th Annual Sacred Leaves Graduate Symposium, 02/18-19/2010, Tampa
Deadline: November 20/2009
CALL FOR PAPERS
4th Annual Sacred Leaves Graduate Symposium
February 18 & 19, 2010
University of South Florida Libraries Tampa, Florida
Encountering the “Other” in the Medieval World: Textual Examinations of Resistance and Reconciliation Across the Traditions, 500-1500
Papers are welcome on, but not limited to, Judaism, Christianity or Islam in Europe and Asia during the Middle Ages (500-1500):
- Views of difference, diversity and pluralism
- Expressions of shared identities and common values
- Texts of threat, terror and violence
- Traditions affirming connection, inclusivity and reconciliation
- Patterns of religious, political and cultural imperialism
- Forms of cross-cultural exchange and dialogue
- Delineations of ethnic and vernacular boundaries
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Transcultural mappings: emerging issues in comparative, transnational and area studies, 04/09-11/2010, Sydney
Deadline: November 30, 2009
“Transcultural mappings: emerging issues in comparative, transnational and area studies”
University of Sydney, 9-11 April 2010
The idea of transculturation was coined by Cuban anthropologist Fernando Ortiz in 1940, to describe a process of transition from one culture to another. It has come to the fore once again in our third millenium, where concepts such as international and crosscultural, based on an idea of nations and cultures as relatively stable and clearly delimitable entities, have become, if not obsolete, then inadequate. The ideas of the transnational and transcultural have been put forward in recent years as conceptual frameworks that enable us to develop new interdisciplinary (or indeed transdisciplinary) epistemologies of the global, the local, and the “glocal”.
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The Discursive Space of Artists' Films, 04/15 - 17/2010, Glasgow
Deadline: November 9, 2009
The Discursive Space of Artists' Films,
Association of Art Historians conference,
Glasgow, UK, 2010
More than ever before artists working with the moving image are directly enlisting the attributes of conventional narrative cinema, both in terms of production and exhibition. Such borrowings include direct sampling and imitation, but also exceed an engagement with pre-existing films to develop original scenarios that employ a range of features formerly the preserve of the cinematic. Causal narration, mise-en-scène and working with actors, for instance, are increasingly common aspects of artists’ films.
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Refugee Development Center, Lansing
Deadline: September 14, 2009
The RDC is seeking a Parent Education Specialist who is dynamic enough to respond to a wide variety of challenges that need to be addressed to ensure that refugee parents are well acclimated to the American school system and have access to on-going cultural resources.
Job Duties: Provide parent orientations to Refugee Parents with school-age children, conduct and lead weekly parent groups, provide cultural adjustment training to teachers and staff, act as a cultural resource for teachers and staff, deliver quarterly cultural awareness presentations to schools, develop a written resource guide for students and their parents, refer clients to ESL classes, collaborate with the Youth Education Specialist regularly, and keep accurate and up-to-date records.
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Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars DC
Deadline: October 1, 2009
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Fellowships 2010 2011
The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars is announcing the opening of its 2010 2011 Fellowship competition. The Center awards approximately 20-25 academic year residential fellowships to individuals from any country with outstanding project proposals on national and/or international issues. Topics and scholarship should relate to key public policy challenges or provide the historical and/or cultural framework to illuminate policy issues of contemporary importance.
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September 03, 2009
Young foreign researchers, Bulgaria
Deadline: September 20, 2009
6 Research Fellowships
Bulgaria
Grant competition for 6 (six) fellowships for young researchers for up-to 16 weeks in Bulgaria (four months) in the field of the Humanities (History, Archeology, Ethnology, Political Science, Law, Philosophy, Sociology, Cultural Studies, Economy and Management, Public Administration, Journalism, International Relations, European, Balkan and other regional studies, Classical, West European and Slavic Language and Literary Studies, Documental and Archival Studies, etc.).
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Migration - to Europe and/or to Asia? Opportunities and Challenges
Deadline: September 14, 2009
Asia Europe Journal
Intercultural Studies in the Social Sciences and Humanities
Call for Papers
Migration - to Europe and/or to Asia? Opportunities and Challenges
Migration has become an integral part of international relations and of socio-economic developments worldwide. With increased globalisation and a diversification of migration patterns, immigration policies have crept up political agendas as nations are facing the opportunities, but also the challenges of various forms and implications of migration. We are calling for contributions which address migration issues and policies at large across Asia and Europe. The focus for contributions can range from labour migration given the current economic context to a multifaceted account of, for example, how migration is dealt with, integration processes such as the rights and responsibilities of migrants and their families in the new country and/or the role of international institutions and the media, etc.
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Institute for Democracy and Mediation, Tirana
Deadline: September 10, 2009
INSTITUTE FOR DEMOCRACY AND MEDIATION
Tel. +355 4 24 00 241; Fax. +355 4 24 00 640
Website: www.idmalbania.org
Email: info@idmalbania.org
Address: Rr. Shenasi Dishnica No. 37, Tirana Albania
P.O. BOX 8177, Tirana
The Institute for Democracy and Mediation (IDM), a think tank policy institute based in Tirana (Albania) is announcing a Call for Applications for a vacant position of “Senior Program Manager”. The successful candidate will be offered a one year renewable contract with a competitive remuneration package (commensurate with qualifications). S/he will be assigned senior level tasks to develop proposals and implement program activities related to civil society development & advocacy, institutional & capacity building, participatory governance & integrated development.
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Russian and Cognitive Linguistics, Tromso
Announcing a special opportunity for MA-level students of Russian and/or linguistics:
Master Classes in RUSSIAN LINGUISTICS at the University of Tromsø
Spring 2010: Concepts & Categories: Contemporary Russian Cognitive
Linguistics (RUS 3030; deadline October 1, 2009)
See our website: http://hum.uit.no/lajanda/MAclasses/MAclasses.html
NOTE: The University of Tromsø does not charge tuition, so the only costs involved are travel and living expenses. The Erasmus program may provide funding for students from EU countries, and other funding opportunities may be available for students from other countries.
The only requirements are that students have good knowledge of both English and Russian and be prepared to study for one semester at the MA level.
In the Spring semester, the course (RUS 3030) focuses on the crucial affinities of Russian functional linguistics and Cognitive Linguistics through a series of articles representing the best of both traditions.
Students improve their analytical abilities through a series of problem sets targeting grammatical phenomena of Russian. Other highlights include guest lectures and a symposium showcasing students¹ research.
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National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages
CALL FOR PAPERS - Journal of NCOLCTL
The Journal of the National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages (NCOLCTL, http://www.councilnet.org/jnclctl/index.htm) is soliciting articles for publication. As the official journal of the Council, the journal serves the professional interests of teachers, researchers, and administrators of less commonly taught languages in all settings and all levels of instruction. The Journal is refereed and published once a year.
Our general editorial focus is on policy, education, programs, advocacy, and research in the field of less commonly taught languages (all foreign languages except English, French, German, and Spanish). The envisaged segmentation of the Journal is as follows:
a. Methodology and Technology,
b. Academia,
c. Beyond Academia,
d. Social Embeddedness
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Comparative Politics, IL
Western Illinois University - Assistant Professor, Comparative Politics
Tenure-track assistant professor, Comparative Politics.. Ph.D. required by August 20, 2010. Strong teaching and research competence in Comparative Politics with an emphasis on European Politics. Faculty normally teach Introduction to Political Science or Introduction to American Government; introductory courses in Comparative Politics; and upper- or graduate-level courses in Comparative or European Politics.
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Ghent, Belgium
Deadline: September 7, 2009
Ghent University - Tenure track positions with a focus on scientific research, starting rank of lecturer
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American Historical Association - Executive Director, DC
Deadline: October 15, 2009
American Historical Association - Executive Director
Washington, DC
Applications are invited for the position of Executive Director
The American Historical Association invites applications for the post of executive director, the Association’s chief executive position, responsible to the elected AHA Council. The American Historical Association is a non-profit membership organization founded in 1884 and incorporated by the United States Congress in 1889 for the promotion of historical studies and the dissemination of historical research. It is the oldest and largest professional historical organization in the United States, bringing together nearly 5,000 institutions, 118 affiliated societies and more than 14,000 individuals, including college and university faculty, public historians, independent scholars, archivists, librarians, and secondary school teachers.
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Environmental Fellow, Harvard
Deadline: January 15, 2010
Harvard University Center for the Environment - Environmental Fellows at Harvard University
- General Social Sciences
- World History
- Urban Studies
- Urban Design
- Political Science/International Relations
- Policy and Political History
- Journalism
- Imperial or Colonial Studies
- Humanities
- Global Studies
- Geography
- Environmental History
- Economics
- Business and Economic History
Purpose: The Harvard University Center for the Environment created the Environmental Fellows program to enable recent doctorate recipients to use and expand Harvard's extraordinary resources to tackle complex environmental problems. The Environmental Fellows work for two years with Harvard faculty members in any school or department to create new knowledge while also strengthening connections across the University's academic disciplines. Environmental Fellows may include people with degrees in the sciences, social sciences, law, government, public policy, public health, medicine, design, and the full array of humanities.
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Asst. Dir. and ESL Teacher, AUCA, Bishkek
JOBS- Asst. Dir. and ESL Teacher, Faculty of College Prep. Prog., AUCA, Bishkek
American University in Central Asia (AUCA)
Teacher of English as a Second Language and
Assistant Director on Faculty of College Preparatory Program
AUCA has an opening, based in Kyrgyzstan, for a curriculum expert and experienced teacher of English as a Second Language to join its College Preparatory Program faculty, as an Assistant Director and teacher, as part of a grant that is funded by the Open Society Institute. Some knowledge of Russian is useful, but not essential.
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Postdocs,Princeton
Deadline: October 1st, 2009
Princeton University Postdoctoral Fellowships, 2010-2013
The Princeton Society of Fellows, an interdisciplinary group of scholars in the humanities, social sciences, and selected natural sciences, invites applications for the 2010-2013 fellowship competition. Three fellowships will be awarded: Open Fellowship (all disciplines represented in the Society of Fellows), Fellowship in Humanistic Studies, and Fellowship in Latin American Studies.
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Jacob K. Javits Fellowship Program
Deadline: October 5, 2009
Jacob K. Javits Fellowship Program (Federal Register: August 21, 2009 [CFDA# 84.170A])
The purpose of the Jacob K. Javits (JKJ) Fellowship Program is to award fellowships to eligible students of superior ability, selected on the basis of demonstrated achievement, financial need, and exceptional promise, to undertake graduate study in specific fields in the arts, humanities, and social sciences leading to a doctoral degree or to a master's degree in those fields in which the master's degree is the terminal highest degree awarded to the selected field of study at accredited institutions of higher education. The selected fields in the arts are: creative writing, music performance, music theory, music composition, music literature, studio arts (including photography), television, film, cinematography, theater arts, playwriting, screenwriting, acting, and dance. The selected fields in the humanities are: art history (including architectural history), archeology, area studies, classics, comparative literature, English language and literature, folklore, folk life, foreign languages and literature, history, linguistics, philosophy, religion (excluding study of religious vocation), speech, rhetoric, and debate. The selected fields in the social sciences are: anthropology, communications and media, economics, ethnic and cultural studies, geography, political science, psychology (excluding clinical psychology), public policy and public administration, and sociology (excluding the master's and doctoral degrees in social work).
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Twentieth-century Music and Politics, 04/14-16/2010, Bristol
Deadline: October 1, 2009
Twentieth-century Music and Politics
Department of Music
Victoria Rooms
University of Bristol
14-16 April 2010
CALL FOR PAPERS
Abstracts are invited for this three-day conference on 20th-century music and politics. Papers are welcome on all musics and all geographical areas. Current panel themes include: concert life and repertoire; emigration and musical identity; music as propaganda; wartime politics in Europe and America; music in totalitarian regimes.
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August 21, 2009
The War Memoir in History and Literature, 11/22-24/2010, Australia
Deadline: June 1, 2010
CFP: War Stories: The War Memoir in History and Literature, 22-24 November 2010, University of Newcastle, Australia
From the early modern period through to the present day, both combatants and non-combatants who lived through war have written about their experiences in autobiographical works. Sometimes published, but often not, such memoirs entail not only authors recalling their wartime lives but recasting, re-imagining and reprocessing their experiences. The popularity of war memoirs in the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries in particular raises questions about why, when and the manner in which conflicts are recalled and remembered, how these texts contribute to or conflict with collective memories, and how they can be read and interpreted by the reading public and scholars alike.
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Bilingual Russian English RA, Israel
Wanted: Bilingual Russian/English speaking research assistant to work as part of a quality assurance team on a Columbia University research study on health behaviors in Israel. Fluency in written and spoken Russian and English required, as well as at least one year of college education. Additional familiarity with Hebrew a major plus. Job starts as soon as possible. Must be able to receive pay legally in the United States.
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Language Learning in Computer Mediated Communities, Manoa
LANGUAGE LEARNING IN COMPUTER MEDIATED COMMUNITIES (LLCMC) CONFERENCE
October 11-13, 2009
University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI
http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/llcmc/
The LLCMC Conference will explore the use of computers as a medium of communication in a wide variety of online language learning communities. Highlights will include a plenary talk by Dr. Gilberte Furstenberg (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), a special panel showcasing online cultural exchanges based at UHM, and fifteen exciting paper presentations. For more details as well as the conference schedule, visit the conference website.
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Grants for Research and Advanced Language Training Programs
Application deadline for Spring 2010, Fall 2010, Academic Year 2010-2011, and Spring 2011 programs: October 1st, 2009.
American Councils for International Education: ACTR/ACCELS is now accepting applications for its 2010-2011 Title VIII Grants for Research and Advanced Language Training programs in Central Asia, the South Caucasus, Russia, Southeast Europe, Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine.
Programs must begin between Feb. 1st, 2010 and June 30, 2011; and must be completed by September 30, 2011. Please note that for the next deadline (October 1st, 2010) and for each deadline thereafter, programs must begin between June 2011 and June 2012; and must be completed by September 30, 2012. Therefore if you want to begin your fellowship during spring 2011, you must apply to the October 1st, 2009 deadline.
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Project Director vacancy, Dushabe
Deadline: September 1, 2009.
Position available in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, starting January 1, 2010.
Project Director
Position Description
SUMMARY:
American Councils for International Education: ACTR/ACCELS is seeking candidates for the position of Project Director, stationed in Dushanbe, Tajikistan for an upcoming four-country USAID-funded project which seeks to develop, pilot and assess best practice in preventing primary and secondary school dropouts. Pilots will be carried out in India, Tajikistan, Cambodia and Timor Leste. American Councils will manage the Tajikistan portion of the project. The project will identify elements of successful student dropout prevention programming; conduct an assessment of student dropout issues and trends in each pilot country; design and implement pilot projects in each country, assess their effectiveness and develop and distribute a student dropout prevention programming guide for the Asia and Middle East Region. The project director will work in conjunction with partner organizations and will have responsibility for managing in-country aspects of the program, and contributing to the research studies, pilot project design, assessment and reporting. This 4-year position is dependent upon funding and candidates must be available to begin work January 1, 2010.
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Romani mobilities in Europe, 01/14-15/2010, Oxford
Deadline: 25th September 25, 2009.
Romani mobilities in Europe: multidisciplinary perspectives
January 14-15, 2010
Convened by Nando Sigona and Roger Zetter, Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford
The Refugee Studies Centre (RSC) at the University of Oxford is organizing an international conference on the theme of Romani mobilities in Europe: multidisciplinary perspectives. The conference is part of ‘Mapping Romani mobilities in Europe’, a two-year research project funded by the John Fell Oxford University Press Research Fund. The main aim of the conference is to bring together scholars and students from across a variety of disciplines to discuss the multiple dimensions and impacts of Romani mobilities in Europe.
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August 20, 2009
Russian literature, Chicago
Deadline: October 15, 2009
The Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures of the University of Chicago welcomes applications for the position of Assistant Professor in Russian literature. Preference will be given to candidates who specialize in Russian poetry, prose and/or drama of the eighteenth or nineteenth century, but other specializations and periods will also be considered. The successful candidate will be expected to contribute to the Humanities Core and to our year-long survey of Russian literature in addition to teaching topical seminars at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Candidates with Ph.D. in hand will be preferred. Candidates should have strong language skills and a demonstrated commitment to research.
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