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December 13, 2007
Social Science Research Council Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship 2008
The Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship (DPDF) supports early-stage graduate students in the humanities and social sciences in formulating doctoral dissertation proposals that are intellectually pointed, feasible for completion, and competitive in fellowship competitions. Funding for the program is provided by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Early-stage graduate students, generally in their 2nd or 3rd years, apply to one of five research fields led by two research directors. For each research field, twelve fellows are selected. Fellows participate in two required four-day workshops, (May and September 2008) that frame their summer 2008 research experiences. The Spring workshop emphasizes preparation for predissertation research; the Fall workshop guides fellows through the synthesis of their summer research into dissertation proposals and applications for dissertation research funding. DPDF Fellows are eligible to apply for up to $5000 from the SSRC to support predissertation research during summer 2008.
2008 Research Fields:
Animal Studies
Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change
Muslim Modernities
Critical Studies of Science & Technology Policy
Urban Visual Studies
Information about the DPDF program, including eligibility and selection criteria, is available through the DPDF website, http://programs.ssrc.org/dpdf/. Fellowship applications are available at http://applications.ssrc.org/.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: February 8, 2008
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December 11, 2007
The 3rd Muslim Studies Conference: Michigan State University
Conference Title: “Muslims, Race and the Public Sphere”
Conference Dates: April 3-5, 2008
Abstract Submission Deadline: December 15, 2007
Keynote Speakers: Mahmood Mamdani, Geneive Abdo, and Howard Winant
Conference Topic:
“Muslims, Race and the Public Sphere” is an interdisciplinary conference sponsored by the Muslim Studies Program at Michigan State University. This conference is one the first forums in the US to address the problematics of race as they have impacted Muslims. In an effort to understand the relationship between Islamophobia and what might be viewed as a Muslim racial formation, the conference will address both the history and more recent process by which Muslims in the West, particularly in North America and in Europe, have been subjected to racial discourses in the public sphere. The conference raises the question as to whether Muslims, or cultural characteristics associated with Islam, have become the grounds for constituting a racialized subjectivity. In public policy, the media, and popular culture, are Muslims or individuals thought to be Muslims, increasingly identified in terms of racial otherness? Is the classic confusion of Muslim with Arab, the confusion of Sikhs with Muslims, and the racial profiling of Asians, Africans and Latinos, assumed to be Muslims, indications that in the public sphere the category of Muslim is being constituted racially? What are the connections between anti-Semitism and Islamophobia? What is the history of the racial discourses that have contributed to the racialization of Muslims? Can the history be traced to the period of modern European colonialism and to US and European citizenship laws of the 19th and 20th century? This conference seeks to engage these questions and the wide range of other issues that have contributed to thinking of Muslims in racial terms. The conference organizers are seeking papers that take up this topic from any disciplinary angle. We will accept individual papers or panel proposals. All inquiries and proposals should be sent by e-mail to: hassans3@msu.edu
Posted by fisherhe at 03:14 PM
December 10, 2007
Call for Papers
The 3rd Muslim Studies Conference
Michigan State University
East Lansing, Michigan
Conference Title: “Muslims, Race and the Public Sphere”
Conference Dates: April 3-5, 2008
Abstract Submission Deadline: December 15, 2007
Keynote Speakers: Mahmood Mamdani, Geneive Abdo, and Howard Winant
Conference Topic:
“Muslims, Race and the Public Sphere” is an interdisciplinary conference sponsored by the Muslim Studies Program at Michigan State University. This conference is one the first forums in the US to address the problematics of race as they have impacted Muslims. In an effort to understand the relationship between Islamophobia and what might be viewed as a Muslim racial formation, the conference will address both the history and more recent process by which Muslims in the West, particularly in North America and in Europe, have been subjected to racial discourses in the public sphere. The conference raises the question as to whether Muslims, or cultural characteristics associated with Islam, have become the grounds for constituting a racialized subjectivity. In public policy, the media, and popular culture, are Muslims or individuals thought to be Muslims, increasingly identified in terms of racial otherness? Is the classic confusion of Muslim with Arab, the confusion of Sikhs with Muslims, and the racial profiling of Asians, Africans and Latinos, assumed to be Muslims, indications that in the public sphere the category of Muslim is being constituted racially? What are the connections between anti-Semitism and Islamophobia? What is the history of the racial discourses that have contributed to the racialization of Muslims? Can the history be traced to the period of modern European colonialism and to US and European citizenship laws of the 19th and 20th century? This conference seeks to engage these questions and the wide range of other issues that have contributed to thinking of Muslims in racial terms. The conference organizers are seeking papers that take up this topic from any disciplinary angle. We will accept individual papers or panel proposals. All inquiries and proposals should be sent by e-mail to: hassans3@msu.edu
Salah D. Hassan
Associate Professor
Department of English
Michigan State University
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December 07, 2007
Central Intelligence Agency
Foreign Language Instructors
Central Intelligence Agency, Washington DC
Work Schedule: Full Time
Salary: $50,703 - $86,801
Location: Washington, DC metropolitan area
The Central Intelligence Agency is hiring qualified and experienced
Language Instructors of Arabic, Chinese/Mandarin, Dari, French,
German, Greek, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Pashtu, Persian
(Farsi), Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, Spanish, Thai,
and Turkish to work in the Washington, DC metropolitan area.
The CIA provides first-class training for energetic, creative and
committed intelligence professionals. CIA Language Instructors deliver
programs that provide students with the foreign language
communications skills and cross-cultural awareness they need to live
and work abroad effectively, or to perform other language-related
duties. Foreign Language Instructors apply the latest instructional
methodologies to meet highly customized student needs and conduct
language proficiency testing in reading, speaking and understanding
for skills evaluation. In addition, they may be asked to provide a
variety of language support services worldwide.
Minimum requirements include a Bachelor's in foreign language,
linguistics or a related field; native fluency in the language; 2-5
years of teaching experience; demonstrated knowledge of the respective
area's history, culture, politics and economy; and the ability to use
the latest technology and teaching techniques. Also desired are
experience in teaching language skills to a wide range of adult
students, from beginners to those at a more advanced proficiency
level, and experience in program and/or education management. As part
of the screening and interview process, applicants will be required to
take language proficiency tests in their native language. Advanced
English proficiency is also required.
Web Address for Applications: http://www.cia.gov
Posted by fisherhe at 10:13 AM
December 06, 2007
Foreign Language Instructors
Central Intelligence Agency, Washington DC
Work Schedule: Full Time
Salary: $50,703 - $86,801
Location: Washington, DC metropolitan area
The Central Intelligence Agency is hiring qualified and experienced
Language Instructors of Arabic, Chinese/Mandarin, Dari, French,
German, Greek, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Pashtu, Persian
(Farsi), Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, Spanish, Thai,
and Turkish to work in the Washington, DC metropolitan area.
The CIA provides first-class training for energetic, creative and
committed intelligence professionals. CIA Language Instructors deliver
programs that provide students with the foreign language
communications skills and cross-cultural awareness they need to live
and work abroad effectively, or to perform other language-related
duties. Foreign Language Instructors apply the latest instructional
methodologies to meet highly customized student needs and conduct
language proficiency testing in reading, speaking and understanding
for skills evaluation. In addition, they may be asked to provide a
variety of language support services worldwide.
Minimum requirements include a Bachelor's in foreign language,
linguistics or a related field; native fluency in the language; 2-5
years of teaching experience; demonstrated knowledge of the respective
area's history, culture, politics and economy; and the ability to use
the latest technology and teaching techniques. Also desired are
experience in teaching language skills to a wide range of adult
students, from beginners to those at a more advanced proficiency
level, and experience in program and/or education management. As part
of the screening and interview process, applicants will be required to
take language proficiency tests in their native language. Advanced
English proficiency is also required.
Web Address for Applications: http://www.cia.gov
Posted by rashmira at 10:11 AM | Comments (0)
December 05, 2007
Call For Papers for the International Conference: CULTURAL TRADITIONS IN EGYPT AND MIDDLE EASTERN COUNTRIES. PAST. PRESENT. FUTURE.
Institute of Oriental Studies Russian Academy of Sciences and Egyptian-Russian University are organizing in Cairo on October 26-31, 2008 the International Conference: "CULTURAL TRADITIONS IN EGYPT AND MIDDLE EASTERN COUNTRIES. PAST. PRESENT. FUTURE."
The aim of the Conference is to bring together the researchers doing the respective problematics in the whole variety of its contexts, within the framework of different academic schools and traditions from the positions of a wide range of Orient studies disciplines: archaeology, coptology, history of Orient, social anthropology, traditional culture, political science, sociology, philosophy, psychology, etc.
The objective of the Conference is to discuss the following issues:
- archaeology and ancient history;
- from simple societies to the world-system: pathways and forms of political and cultural integration;
- civilizational and evolutionary models of historical development;
- historical and ethno-cultural variability in Islamic countries;
- socio-political and cultural-mental factors of social transformations;
- cultural and socio-biological foundations of dominance in human societies;
- ideology and legitimation of power in different civilizational contexts of Islamic countries;
- cultural models in different civilizations;- violence and non-violence in the history of political institutions;
- tradition and ethics in Islamic countries,
- power, society, and culture in the era of globalization;
Suggestions for discussion of any other aspects of the general problematics of the Conference reflected in its title, are also welcomed.
The working languages of the Conference are Russian and English. Papers on French or German might also be presented.
The Organizing Committee is welcomed of any panel proposals
(within 500 words in any of the Conference working languages) which has to be received by May 15, 2008. The information to be submitted alongside with the proposal, includes the panel convenor’s full name, title, institutional affiliation, full mail and e-mail addresses, and fax, as well names, institutional affiliations, and e-mail addresses.
The Organizing Committee will inform the applicants about the results of their panel proposals’ consideration by April 15, 2008. None of the proposals may be accepted or rejected on the basis of its submitter’s previous academic credentials, ethnic or national origin, sex, or otherwise, but only on the basis of the proposal’s relevance to and importance for, the Conference’s general problematics. In the case the proposal is accepted, the Organizing Committee will send you the list of documents necessary to support your and your panel participants’ visa application process at the Russian Consulate
or Embassy in the respective countries.
The Organizing Committee can assist in accommodation booking at the hotel or the roоm in the guest house of Egyptian-Russian University.
The price for one person - including accommodation in the University guest house, food and excursions during 5 days of the Conference is 300 dol.USA:
All the correspondence should be sent for the Conference Secretaries,
Dr. Nina NASIROVA preferably by e-mail: reception@pgsivran.ru, or by ordinary mail:
Dr. Nina NASIROVA, Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, 12 Rojdestvenka,
Moscow, 107033, Russia.
The telephone number is: + 7 495 624 22 14
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