Uni Bremen - PhD positions

*Department of Geosciences, University of Bremen, Germany*

*3 Ph.D. positions in paleoclimate modeling*
- under the condition of job release-

In the framework of the new Priority Programme SPP 1266 "Integrated Analysis of Interglacial Climate Dynamics (INTERDYNAMIK) " funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG), the Geosystem Modeling Group at the Department of Geosciences, University of Bremen, Germany, has three openings for Ph.D. students in the area of paleoclimate modeling.

*Position 1* (reference number A 118/07):* *The Ph.D. project aims at investigating climate-vegetation dynamics during Late Quaternary interglacial periods. The successful candidate will carry out numerical simulations with the comprehensive global climate model CCSM coupled to vegetation and ice-sheet models in a parallel supercomputing environment. The main objective of the work is to identify and analyze differences between individual interglacials and to explore the importance of feedbacks between land cover and climate. Results will provide insight into potential future climate system change associated with anthropogenic carbon dioxide
inputs. The project is a collaborative effort between the University of Bremen, the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (Bremerhaven) and the Free University Berlin. *Deadline for application is 26 October, 2007*.

*Position 2* (reference number A 119/07): The Ph.D. project aims at investigating the variability of the southern hemisphere westerlies during the past 10,000 years. The successful candidate will carry out transient simulations with the comprehensive global climate model CCSM in a parallel supercomputing environment. The main objective of the work is to identify the major forcing mechanisms that determine variability of the southern hemisphere westerlies and to improve understanding of the role of the westerly wind belt in shaping global climate change. The project is a
collaborative effort between the University of Bremen, the Geoforschungszentru m Potsdam and the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (Bremerhaven) . *Deadline for application is 26 October, 2007 *.

*Position 3* (reference number A 120/07): The Ph.D. project aims at investigating the variability of the Arctic ocean-sea ice system during the Holocene. The successful candidate will carry out computer simulations with a regional numerical model of the Arctic Ocean. The main objective of the work is to assess the role of the Arctic Ocean in shaping past and future climate changes. The project is a collaborative effort between the University of Bremen, the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (Bremerhaven) and the IFM-GEOMAR (Kiel). *Deadline for application is 4 October, 2007*.

For all positions, applicants must have a Diploma or M.Sc. in *physics*, *Earth sciences* or a related discipline and enjoy working in an international and interdisciplinary team. Experience in numerical modeling and scientific computation (UNIX/LINUX, FORTRAN) is helpful. Good English language skills are required.

Salary will be according to the German civil service remuneration system E13 TV-L/2. All appointments are initially for two years with possible extension to three years.

As the University of Bremen intends to increase the proportion of female employees in science, women are particularly encouraged to apply.

In case of equal personal aptitudes and qualification, disabled persons will be given priority.

For further information please contact Dr. Matthias Prange (mprange@palmod. uni-bremen. de) and Prof. Dr. Michael Schulz (mschulz@uni- bremen.de).

Please submit your application, together with a detailed curriculum vitae, a statement of research interests and names/addresses of two referees under the corresponding reference number to
* *
*Dr. Matthias Prange, University of Bremen, FB 5 – Geosciences, P.O. Box 33 04 40, 28334 Bremen, Germany*
*or electronically (as PDF attachment) to **mprange@palmod. uni-bremen. de*

We would be very grateful, if you could submit your application documents as copies (no folders), we can not send your documents back because of cost reasons; after the application process the documents will be destroyed.

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Forschen für die Umwelt
Aufgabe des Helmholtz-Zentrums für Umweltforschung - UFZ mit seinen Standorten in Leipzig, Halle und Magdeburg ist es, die komplexen Wechselwirkungen zwischen Mensch und Umwelt in genutzten und gestörten Landschaften zu erforschen. Vom UFZ entwickelte Konzepte und Verfahren sollen dazu beitragen, die natürlichen Lebensgrundlagen für die nachfolgenden Generationen zu sichern.

Im Rahmen einer Forschungskooperati on mit dem Sächsischen Landesamt für Umwelt und Geologie ist im Department Isotopenhydrologie zum nächstmöglichen Zeitpunkt eine Stelle eines

Doktoranden (m/w)

zum Thema

"Untersuchung des Nitrattransportes in der ungesättigten und gesättigten Zone zur Ableitung nachhaltiger Maßnahmen für die Minderung der Nitratbelastung im Sicker- und Grundwasser auf landwirtschaftliche n Nutzflächen"

zu besetzen.

Ziel der Arbeit ist die Analyse und Bewertung von Nitrattransportpfad en in drei Trinkwassereinzugsg ebieten mit Hilfe von bodenphysikalischen , hydrogeologischen, isotopenhydrologisc hen und geochemischen Untersuchungsmethod en. Neben der Konzeption und Durchführung eines umfangreichen Feld-Untersuchungsp rogrammes soll eine Stofftransportmodel lierung für den kompletten Weg des Nitrates von der
Quelle bis zum Förderbrunnen erfolgen, in die die gewonnenen Felddaten eingehen. Ein weiterer Arbeitsschwerpunkt ist die experimentelle Optimierung eines analytischen Verfahrens zur Isotopenmessung am gelösten Nitrat.

Erwartet werden ein abgeschlossenes Hochschulstudium in geowissenschaftlich en Fachrichtungen oder Chemie. Kenntnisse in Hydrogeologie sind erwünscht. Hilfreich bei der Projektbearbeitung wären Erfahrungen in Isotopenhydrologie, Isotopengeochemie und/oder numerischer Modellierung.

Der Arbeitsort ist Halle.

Das UFZ strebt eine Erhöhung des Anteils an Wissenschaftlerinne n an und fordert deshalb qualifizierte Frauen nachdrücklich auf, sich zu bewerben. Die Stellenbesetzung erfolgt vorbehaltlich der endgültigen Mittelbewilligung zunächst für zwei Jahre befristet. Die Vergütung erfolgt in Anlehnung an die Richtlinien für den Öffentlichen Dienst nach TVöD-O, Entgeltgruppe 13/2.

Schwerbehinderte Bewerber/innen werden bei gleicher fachlicher Eignung bevorzugt eingestellt.

Nähere Auskünfte zu dieser Stelle erteilen Ihnen:

Dr. Kay Knöller: 0345-558-5433,
kay.knoeller@ ufz.de
Dr. Stephan Weise: 0345-558-5435,
stephan.weise@ ufz.de

Alle Doktoranden nehmen an der Graduiertenschule HIGRADE des UFZ teil
(http://www.ufz. de/index. php?en=11429
).

Aussagekräftige Bewerbungen senden Sie bitte bis zum 05.10.2007 unter der
Kennziffer 101/07 an die Personalabteilung des Helmholtz-Zentrum für
Umweltforschung - UFZ, Permoserstraß e 15 in 04318 Leipzig oder senden Sie
Ihre Bewerbung per E-Mail an
martin.schroeder@ ufz.de
.

Von:

Martin Schröder
martin.schroeder@ ufz.de
Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung GmbH - UFZ
Halle

Ansprechpartner: Dr. Stephan Weise: 0345-558-5435,
stephan.weise@ ufz.de

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Forschen für die Umwelt
Aufgabe des Helmholtz-Zentrums für Umweltforschung - UFZ mit seinen
Standorten in Leipzig, Halle und Magdeburg ist es, die komplexen
Wechselwirkungen zwischen Mensch und Umwelt in genutzten und gestörten
Landschaften zu erforschen. Vom UFZ entwickelte Konzepte und Verfahren
sollen dazu beitragen, die natürlichen Lebensgrundlagen für die
nachfolgenden Generationen zu sichern.

Im Department Analytik sind zum 1. Februar 2008 zwei Stellen für

Doktoranden (w/m)

für drei Jahre zu besetzen.

Wir bieten eine anspruchsvolle und abwechslungsreiche Forschungstätigkeit
bei exzellenter Betreuung in einem motivierten Team, das mit neuen Konzepten
an einem besseren Verständnis des Umweltverhaltens von organischen
Chemikalien arbeitet.

Thema 1: Anreicherung von organischen Chemikalien in der Nahrungskette
Die Anreicherung organischer Chemikalien in den verschiedenen Teilen der
Nahrungskette wird bisher über einer Korrelation mit Kow-Werten
vorhergesagt. Für polare Chemikalien wird diese Methode aber vermutlich
keine befriedigenden Ergebnisse liefern. Am Beispiel von Milch und Plankton
soll die Anreicherung von polaren und unpolaren organischen Chemikalien
untersucht und mit der Vorhersage durch alternative Methoden verglichen
werden. Die ideale Kandidatin/der ideale Kandidat hat Erfahrung in
organischer Spurenanalytik, Umweltchemie und/oder Lebensmittelchemie.

Thema 2: Verflüchtigung von Pestiziden von Bodenoberflächen
Die Verflüchtigung von Pestiziden direkt nach ihrer Applikation mindert die
beabsichtigte Wirkung und schadet der Umwelt. In der geplanten Arbeit soll
ein Mini-Windtunnel im Labor aufgebaut werden, um die Verflüchtigung unter
genauer Kontrolle der verschiedenen Einflussgrößen zu messen. Die Luftproben
werden auf Adsorbentien gesammelt und mit Hilfe von Thermodesorption- GC/MS
analysiert. Die Ergebnisse werden mit Modell-Vorhersagen verglichen.
Die ideale Kandidatin/der ideale Kandidat hat Erfahrung in organischer
Spurenanalytik, Bodenphysik und der Modellierung des Umweltverhaltens
organischer Schadstoffe.

Für beide Stellen erwarten wir zusätzlich von Ihnen folgende fachlichen und
persönlichen Voraussetzungen:

● einen hervorragenden Hochschulabschluss
● Fähigkeit und Begeisterung für eine interdisziplinä re Arbeit
● ein ausgeprägtes Forschungsinteresse im Bereich Umweltchemie
● Selbständigkeit und Zuverlässigkeit
● sehr gute Englischkenntnisse

Nähere Auskünfte zu dieser Stelle erteilt Ihnen gerne
Dr. Kai-Uwe Goss, Telefon 0341/235-2408, E-Mail
kai-uwe.goss@ ufz.de

Der Arbeitsort ist Leipzig.
Die Vergütung erfolgt in Anlehnung an die Richtlinien für den Öffentlichen
Dienst nach TVöD-O, Entgeltgruppe 13/2.

Alle Doktoranden nehmen an der Graduiertenschule HIGRADE des UFZ teil
( http://www.ufz. de/index. php?en=11429).

Das UFZ strebt eine Erhöhung des Anteils an Frauen an und fordert daher
qualifizierte Frauen nachdrücklich auf, sich zu bewerben. Schwerbehinderte
Bewerber/innen werden bei gleicher fachlicher Eignung bevorzugt eingestellt.

Aussagekräftige Bewerbungen senden Sie bitte bis zum 10. November 2007 unter
der Kennziffer 100/07an die Personalabteilung des Helmholtz-Zentrum für
Umweltforschung - UFZ, Permoserstraß e 15 in 04318 Leipzig oder senden Sie
Ihre Bewerbung per E-Mail an
martin.schroeder@ ufz.de
.

Von:

Martin Schröder
martin.schroeder@ ufz.de
Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung GmbH - UFZ
Leipzig

Ansprechpartner: Dr. Kai-Uwe Goss, Telefon 0341/235-2408, E-Mail
kai-uwe.goss@ ufz.de

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An der Universität Tübingen wird ab 1. Oktober 2007 ein interdisziplinä rer
Forschungsverbund "Einblicke in die Bakterien-Material- Wechselwirkung"
gefördert. Darin stehen fünf Doktorandenstellen zur Verfügung, die
interdisziplinä r zwischen Arbeitsgruppen aus den Richtungen Mikrobiologie,
Geowissenschaften, Physikalische Chemie und Physik angesiedelt sind. Diese
Stellen bieten den Bewerbern eine Gelegenheit, an der Schnittstelle
verschiedener Disziplinen zu arbeiten, Kreativität einzubringen und sich
selbst zu fordern. Die Stellen bieten Absolventen die Möglichkeit, eine
breit angelegte, interdisziplinä re Ausbildung zu erhalten und sich dadurch
gute Chancen für anschließende Bewerbungen zu erarbeiten. Bewerber sollten
ein naturwissenschaftli ches Studium mit einer Diplom- oder Masterarbeit
abgeschlossen haben, gerne in einem Team arbeiten, über gute Management-,
Kommunikations- und Präsentationsfä higkeiten verfügen, sehr motiviert sein
und Freude an interdisziplinä rer Arbeit ha!
ben. Nähere Informationen mit Links zu den beteiligten Arbeitsgruppen und
die vollständige Ausschreibung finden Sie auf der Homepage des Koordinators:
http://www.condense d-matter. uni-tuebingen. de/
Bewerbungsanschrift /Kontaktadresse: Prof. Dr. Thomas Chassé, Universität
Tübingen, Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Auf der
Morgenstelle 8, D-72076 Tübingen, E-Mail:
thomas.chasse@ uni-tuebingen. de,
Tel.: (07071) 29 76904, Fax: 29 5490.

Von:

Prof. Dr. Thomas Chassé
thomas.chasse@ uni-tuebingen. de
Universität Tübingen, Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie
Tübingen

Ansprechpartner: Prof. Dr. Thomas Chassé,
thomas.chasse@ uni-tuebingen. de

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Für das von der DFG geförderte interdisziplinä re Graduiertenkolleg
"Modellbasierte Entwicklung von Technologien für selbstorganisierend e
dezentrale Informationssysteme - zur Anwendung im Katastrophen- management"
sind

ab dem 1.12.2007 oder später

4 Doktoranden/ -innen-Stipendie n

zu vergeben. Dabei sollen insbesondere neue Herausforderungen an
leistungsfähige Routing-Verfahren, vernetzte Informationssysteme , robuste
Workflow-Steuerunge n sowie an die Integration von Geoinformationssyst emen
angenommen werden. Das Kolleg vereint Forscher aus der Informatik sowie den
Geowissenschaften und stützt sich auf die Kompetenzen seiner
Kooperationspartner aus Hochschulen und außeruniversitä ren
Forschungseinrichtu ngen.

Wir bieten spannende Forschungsfelder mit intensiver Betreuung sowie eine
feste Einbettung in das reichhaltige wissenschaftliche Umfeld von Berlin und
Potsdam.

Weitere Informationen (Laufzeit, Anforderungen, Stipendiumshoehe
etc.) finden Sie unter:
http://metrik. informatik. hu-berlin. de/grk-wiki/ index.php/ Stellen

Ulf Leser
Humboldt-Universitä t zu Berlin

Von:

Ulf Leser
leser@informatik. hu-berlin. de
Humboldt Universitaet zu Berlin
Berlin

Ansprechpartner: Prof. Fischer,
fischer@informatik. hu-berlin. de

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CfP: 3rd Symposium on Economic Theory / Policy / Applications, Greece

CALL FOR PAPERS AND PARTICIPATION
3rd INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON
ECONOMIC THEORY, POLICY AND APPLICATIONS
4-7 AUGUST 2008, ATHENS, GREECE

The Economics Research Unit of the Athens Institute for Education and Research (ATINER) will hold its 3rd International Symposium in Athens, Greece, August 4-7, 2008. There are two types of registration fees. First, a simple registration fee of 250 euro, covering access to all sessions, 2 lunches, coffee breaks and conference material. Second, a full registration fee of 450 euro, covering access to all sessions, 2 lunches, coffee breaks and conference material, a Greek night of
entertainment, a dinner, a half-day tour to archaeological site in the Prefecture of Attica and a special one-day cruise in the Greek islands. Special arrangements will be made with local hotels for a limited number of rooms at a special conference rate.
Papers (in English) from all areas of Economics are welcome.

Sessions will be organized along the lines of the Journal of Economic Literature Classification Index:
· General Economics and Teaching,
· Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology,
· Mathematical and Quantitative Methods,
· Welfare Economics,
· Microeconomics,
· Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics,
· International Economics,
· Financial Economics,
· Public Economics,
· Health, Education and Welfare,
· Labour and Demographic Economics,
· Law and Economics,
· Industrial Organization,
· Business Administration & Business Economics - Marketing – Accounting,
· Economic History,
· Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth,
· Economic Systems,
· Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics,
· Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics,
· Cultural Economics.
Selected papers will be published in a Special Volume of Conference Proceedings or thematic books. Papers to be included are blindly peer reviewed.

If you think you can contribute, please send an abstract of about 300 words, via email, before January 7th, 2008 to: Dr. John Roufagalas, Professor, Radford University, USA & Academic Member, ATINER, 8 Valaoritou Street, Kolonaki, 10671 Athens, Greece. Tel.: + 30 210 363-4210 Fax: + 30 210 384-7734 Email: atiner@atiner. gr.

URL: www.atiner.gr/ docs/Economics. htm

bstracts should include: Title of Paper, Family Name(s), First Name(s), Affiliation (Institution) , Current Position, an email address and at least 3 keywords (or JEL Index Numbers) that best describe the subject of your submission.

If you want to participate without presenting a paper, i.e. chair a session, evaluate papers to be included in the conference proceedings or books, contribute to the editing, or any other offer to help please send an email to Dr. Gregory T. Papanikos, gtp@atiner.gr Director, ATINER.

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CfPart: Conference - Towards a "Post Carbon Society", Brussels, 24 O

Dear Colleagues,

I am pleased to inform you that we are organising a Conference entitled "Towards a post-carbon society - European research on economic incentives and social behaviour" which will take place on 24 October 2007 at the European Commission, Rue de la Loi 170, Charlemagne building.

The objective of the conference is to highlight how the political, social and economic dynamics can make a huge difference over the long-term in facing the two major challenges of adaptation to climate change and to more expensive energy resources.

The focus of the conference is on the "demand side" of the energy and climate change debate. It enriches from the social sciences and humanities perspective the scientific and technology initiatives aiming to achieve the European Union greenhouse gas emissions, energy efficiency and renewables targets.

This conference should also help to identify concrete research opportunities on the topic "Socio-economic factors and actors that shape the post-carbon society" of the seventh RTD Framework Programme (Call for Proposals FP7-SSH-2007- 1 – Deadline on 29/11/2007).

There are no fees for this Conference but registration is necessary before the 8 October 2007 at the following web site address:
http://postcarbonso ciety.teamwork. fr/

As the places are limited, we will have to make a selection on the basis of the nationality, disciplines and sectors in order to have a balanced distribution of stakeholders across Europe.

All those invited will then receive a confirmation by Email by the 11 October 2007. Registration:
http://postcarbonso ciety.teamwork. fr/registration_ form.php

Best regards,

Jean-Michel BAER
Director , European Commission
DG Research - Directorate Science, Economy and Society

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CfA: Program of studies, Masters and MBA for Romanian Students at WS

WSB-NLU este o Universitate Internationala din Polonia aflata in top 3 preferinte ale angajatorilor in ceea ce priveste gradul de pregatire al absolventilor. Datorita parteneriatului cu USA si UK, facultatea ofera la terminarea studiilor diploma acreditata in Statele Unite precum si UK.

De curand aceasta a semnat un parteneriat cu Compania Google. Aceasta ofera internshipuri si burse de studii pe diverse domenii studentilor facultatii. Google este doar una dintre multinationalele cu care Universitatea are un asemenea parteneriat datorita retelei dezvoltate de Alumni, aflati in pozitii de top management.

O data cu intrarea Romaniei in Uniunea Europeana, facultatea si-a deschis portile si studentilor romani. Pentru mai multe informatii despre programele de studii in limba engleza, precum si alte detalii, gasiti mai multe informatii pe siteul universitatii.

http://www.wsb- nlu.edu.pl/ en/index. html

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JOB: Research assistants (PhD students in Economics), Brussels

Research Assistants

to support research at Bruegel and collaborate with fellows on specific projects. These positions are reserved to students actively enrolled in a PhD programme in the field of economics. We are currently looking for Research Assistants interested in industrial organisation or macroeconomics

More info: http://www.bruegel. org/Public/ Section.php? ID=1159&depth= 4&x=78&y= 13

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INTERNSHIP: YFU Belgia (Flamanda) [DL: 1 ian 08]

Stagiu de practica (Internship) la Youth for Understanding -YFU Belgia (Flamanda)

Perioada stagiului: 7 iulie - 31 octombrie 2008

Data limita pentru inscriere este: 1 ianuarie 2008

Stagiarul va participa la organizarea schimburilor interculturale. YFU asigura cazarea (intr-o familie din apropierea Leuven, bani de buzunar si cheltuielile de calatorie pentru activitatile YFU in Belgia).

Informatii suplimentare:
http://www.eee- yfu.org/download /Flanders_ Intern_07. pdf

Formular de inscriere:
http://www.eee- yfu.org/download /Flanders_ Internship_ application_ 2007_06_06. doc

YFU Romania

http://www.yfu. ro/

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New book: research by Save the Children reveals children's insights

Save the Children has carried out an extensive, field-based research in 7 countries/entities in Southeast Europe, speaking to more than 600 children in individual interviews and focus-group discussions on how they perceive the risks of trafficking and exploitation, what are their own strengths and coping mechanisms and how states and civil society can better provide protection and assistance to children most at risk. The findings from this research have been presented in a regional report "Children spoke out" which was launched on September 18th 2007 at an event hosted by Ms. Edit Bauer, MEP, at the European Parliament in Brussels.
The main objective of Save the Children's research has been to learn more about what causes some children to be more at risk of being trafficked than others, and how efforts and interventions to prevent child trafficking can be designed to better assist and protect these children. The report "Children Speak Out" also aims to inform national and regional policy makers, NGOs and civil society at large on what changes are required to meet the needs of children at risk of exploitation and trafficking. It documents the importance of listening to children and taking their views into account.

The children in this study have been randomly selected from groups of children considered to be at high risk of trafficking and exploitation, including children living and working on the streets, children in institutional care and children from ethnic minorities. The research documents children's remarkable resources in coping with extremely adverse conditions and provides invaluable insights into their daily lives and relationships with family, friends and community. It also tells us why so many of these most vulnerable children have lost trust and confidence in people who should support and protect them as well as the institutions designed to assist them.

The present publication summarises the findings from the participating countries/entities in one regional report. The brand new regional report "Children spoke out" can be downloaded from the Save the Children Alliance website (the link: http://www.savethec hildren.net/ alliance/ what_we_do/ newsdesk/ 2007-09-18. html ) [Adobe PDF, 1759 Kb] or obtained by e-mail from: savealbania@ savealbania. org

The research results were also published (May - June 2007) in national reports in countries/entities that participated in the research, i.e. Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia and the UN-administered province of Kosovo and can be received in electronic form as well from the SC office (they are all burned on the CD which follows the regional report in hard copy). Facts and findings from this research will inform Save the Children's on-going advocacy and programmes on child trafficking in Europe and help identify children most at risk, monitor impact of programme interventions and formulate more focused and better targeted advocacy messages.

Ana Stojovic Jankovic
Policy and Advocacy Manager
Save the Children UK
SEE - Montenegro Country Programme
Atinska 54, Gorica C, 81000 Podgorica, Montenegro
Direct line +382 (0)81 655 015 ext.117 / Fax.ext. 112
+382 (0)81 655 020 ext.117 /Fax.ext. 112
Email a.stojovicjankovic@ savethechildrenu k.cg.yu
For more information please visit www.savethechildren .org.uk

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CfA: International Conference of Young Researchers, Chisinau, 9.11.2

International Conference of Young Researchers, Vth edition
November 9, 2007, Chisinau, Moldova

We are happy to invite you to participate in the 5th International Conference of Young Researches, which will take place in Chisinau, Republic of Moldova, November 9, 2007. This multidisciplinary meeting became a good tradition from 2003. Every year this event gather a greater number of participants and we are glad that it has such interest of young researches from Moldova and abroad.

Conference topics:
- Section of Biological, Medical, Chemical, Agricultural and Ecological Sciences;
- Section of Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences;
- Section of Economical, Humanistic and Art Sciences;

Submission:
To participate in the conference you should send the thesis and the review by e-mail icyr07@gmail. com or to the conference secretariat: of. 348, #3 Academiei str., Chisinau, MD-2028, Moldova. You have to indicate the type of your data presentation - oral presentation or poster. The deadline is September 30, 2007.

Fees:
Participation fee is 20 EURO and include conference materials, coffee breaks and lunch.
Participation fee for participants from Moldova is 50 MDL.

Publication:
Abstracts will be published till conference date.

Further details are available at -
http://pro-science. asm.md/?lang= en&view_conf& co=1&set= link1

Please do not hesitate to contact conference secretariat, should you have any further questions.

We look forward to welcoming you in Chisinau this November.

The International Conference of Young Researchers, Vth edition is organized by Moldovan Association of Young Researchers "PRO-Science" .

--
With kind regards,
Valeriu Ciorba,
On behalf of organizational committee,
of. 348, #3 Academiei str., Chisinau, MD-2028, Moldova.
E-mail: icyr07@gmail. com
Web: www.pro-science. asm.md

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CfA: Bosch Stiftung Cultural Managers for placements in SEE Cultural

Invitation of tender for guest institutions 2008/09

The Robert Bosch Stiftung (www.bosch-stftung. de)is one of the main corporate foundations in Germany and pursues non-profit-making projects only.

The Robert Bosch Stiftung offers Cultural institutions in South Eastern Europe Albania, Bosnia Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia the opportunity to apply for the assignment of a Robert Bosch Cultural Manager.

The programme
The Robert Bosch Stiftung sends young cultural managers from Germany for a maximum of three years to cultural institutions in South Eastern Europe where they concentrate on promoting dialogue with German language and cultural areas. The cultural managers support guest institutions conceptionally and organisationally in fulfilling their tasks. The projects they initiate should appeal above all to
young people. The main tasks of the cultural manager are to link-up guest institutions with other cultural institutions and to give support in their conceptional development, fundraising and public relations work. The start of the programme year 2008/2009 is 1 August 2008.

The cultural manager
The cultural managers have completed corresponding studies, have experience in project work und usually bring with them knowledge of the guest country and its language. Parallel to their tasks at the guest institutions they are qualified for international cultural exchanges through their participation at regular seminars for young managers. They receive a grant from the Robert Bosch Stiftung. The costs for the visa and essential insurance (health, accident, personal liability and baggage insurance) are also paid for by the foundation.

Conditions of application
In the programme year 2008/09 two or three grants are available for establishing new cultural manager locations. In order to qualify as a guest institution the following minimum requirements must be fulfilled:
- the institution already has experience in cultural exchanges with Germany or wishes to systematically create a similar field of activity
- the purpose of the institution is not solely to organise a festival
- the institution is not in a town that already has a Goethe Institute
- the institution has been in existence for at least one year and has solid basic financing at its disposal
- the institution already has the support of at least two active employees
- the institution is able to pay the cultural manager a standard local salary, or offer something comparable (eg. provision of free accommodation) in return for his/her services
- the institution can provide the cultural manager with a workplace equipped with the appropriate communication aids (free use of telephone, fax, copier, computer with internet access, printer etc.)
- the institution aids the cultural manager in organisational matters such as search for accommodation, residence permit, etc.

The decision to establish a cultural manager position is made by the Robert Bosch Stiftung together with the programme management of the East Europe Centre at the University of Hohenheim. Upon successful application the guest institution is included in the programme and takes part in the choice of the new cultural managers.

Information and application
Further information can be found at www.kulturmanger. net. Applications letter and completed application forms can be sent by post by 31.10.2007 and in advance by fax or e-mail to meet the required deadline.

Robert Bosch Kulturmanagerprogra mm
Programmleitung
Universität Hohenheim
Osteuropazentrum (770)
Christine Haller
70593 Stuttgart
Germany
Phone +49-(0)711-4592- 3007
Fax +49-(0)711-4592- 3868
christine.haller@ kulturmanager. net

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youth exchange in cappadacia-TURKEY

INVITATION FOR INTERESTED ORGANIZATIONS

Partnership Programme youth 4.3
09.-14. APRIL 2008. TURKEY
Dear Friends,
With this letter we would like to invite you to participate in Partnership which is planed to be held from 09.-14. APRIL 2008. TURKEY

A main theme of Partnership – Building activity is making contacts and partnership for future cooperation and together applying for Youth Exchanges and European Voluntary Service projects.

We are looking for partner organization that:
Ø Is located and acts in Member States of European Union (plus Iceland , Liechtenstein , Norway ) or in South East Europe ( Albania , Bosnia and Herzegovina , Croatia , Macedonia and Montenegro )
Ø Has the status of NGO
Ø Is interested in the topic of the project and strong motivation for future cooperation in field of sustainable development
Ø Is able and ready for efficient cooperation and participation in project

Each partner organization will be represented by 3 youth leader/youth worker.

Youth leader/youth worker participating in Partnership Building activity need to:
Ø Be interested in sustainable development
Ø Motivate for future cooperation in field of Sustainable development
Ø Know English (to be able to communicate with other participants)
Ø Actively participate in activity during project

Cost cover by project:
Ø 65 % of actual travel cost from home to the venue of the project. Use of the cheapest means and fares (APEX airfare, 2nd class train ticket, bus)
Ø Accommodation and food
Ø Materials for work
Ø Excursions


Working language: English

Date: 09.-14. APRIL 2008.

Venue: TURKEY

All interested organizations need to send PART III until 20. OCTOBER 2007.

By fax on
+903862131003

And

If you have any question please contact coordinator of project ALI ERDEM
Alierdem1907@yahoo.com

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PhD in computational mathematics, NTU, Singapore

Applications for Postdoc Positions & PhD Graduate Students (Computational Math Group)

Applicants are invited to join the computational mathematics and scientific computing group in NTU (Nanyang Technological University) on interdisciplinary computational imaging, computer vision and computer graphics, at the boundaries between mathematics, computer science and engineering. This group has been funded for four years to build a national resource to explore new mathematical and
computational methods for PDE-based image processing and analysis, surface processing involving compression, reconstruction, remeshing and encoding for Interactive Digital Media development.

We hereby invite applications for 5 Postdoc positions and up to 9 PhD scholars.

All positions are available from December 1 2007. Review process will start October 1 2007 and continue until all positions are filled.
The postdoc positions will be granted for a period of one year and can be extended up to three years after appropriate probation. The Ph. D scholarships will be granted for a period of 4 years.

Requirements for the Postdoc Positions

The postdoc candidates will be working with image processing and computer visualization related to surfaces. Candidates having experience with numerical simulations for partial differential equations, or in any area of medical imaging, image processing, computer vision, computer graphics and data compression are
encouraged to apply. Salary will be commensurate with experience and background.

Requirements for the PhD Scholars

The PhD candidate should have taken sufficient courses in applied mathematics related to numerical approximations or have a strong course record in image processing, medical imaging, optimization or computer vision. Experience with numerical simulations and project work is an advantage. The candidate is supposed to finish a PhD degree in applied mathematics within 4 years.

For more information on the project, please contact
- Professor Tai Xue-Cheng, Email: xctai@ntu.edu. sg or tai@math.uib. no; or
- Recruit Committee for Computational Math Group, Email: compmath@ntu. edu.sg.

Submission of applications

For the postdoc positions, please click here to complete the form for submission. In addition, CV, Degree Scrolls & Transcript (in English), and two independent reference letters shall be sent directly to Tai Xuecheng and Recruit committee via email.

For application for the PhD scholarships, please visit the website http://www.spms. ntu.edu.sg/ PropGrad/ GraduateAdmissio n.html for details and follow the instructions for the submission of the application.

website link:
http://www.spms. ntu.edu.sg/ mas/Employment/ Recruitment. htm

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PhD Fellowship in Scientific Computing, Univ. of Bergen, Norw

Research Fellow in Scientific Computing/Applied Mathematics with application to CO2-Sequestration– re-announcement

A three-year position as research fellow (PhD position) is available at the Department of Mathematics.

The position is part of the project "Geological Storage of CO2: Mathematical Modelling and Risk Assessment", a joint effort of the University of Bergen and SINTEF Applied Mathematics, Oslo. The project aims at strengthening the scientific understanding of the risks associated with storage of CO2 for the purpose of reducing atmospheric emissions. The investigations are related to the study of non-linear partial differential equations arising from the multi-phase flow in porous media. Methods from Scientific Computing will be applied, i.e. the investigations will involve mathematical and numerical models, numerical simulations and their physical and mathematical interpretation.

The candidate is expected to work in the multidisciplinary environment of the project (applied mathematics, computational science and engineering) . The candidate is expected to spend 3 to 6 months abroad collaborating with international partners.

Applicants must hold a master's degree in mathematics, physics or a similar education, or have submitted their master thesis for assessment by the application deadline. It is a prerequisite, however, that the examination results are out within 4 weeks of the closing date for submitting the master thesis.

For more information on the position please contact Helge K. Dahle, +47-555 84856, helge.dahle@ mi.uib.no
Klaus Johannsen, +47-555 84314, klaus.johannsen@ bccs.uib. no or
Jan M. Nordbotten, jan.nordbotten@ mi.uib.no.

The research fellow must take part in the University's approved PhD programme leading to the degree within a time limit of 3 years. Hence, applicants must meet the formal admission requirements for the PhD programme. Application for admission to the PhD programme, including a project plan outline for the training module, will be worked out in collaboration with the actual research group.

In total, the fellowship period is 3 years. The fellowship may be reduced if the successful applicant has held previous employment as a research fellow.

Starting salaries at salary level 43 (code 1017) on the government salary scale (currently NOK 325 800 per year); following ordinary meriting regulations (wage levels 43/47). From the gross wage a 2 % law-enforced membership fee in the State Pension Fund ("Statens Pensjonskasse" ) is deducted.

The University of Bergen wishes to attain a more equal gender distribution for academic positions. Female candidates are thus strongly encouraged to apply. If several applicants are equally qualified for the position, the internal rules for gender quotas for academic positions will be applied.

State employment shall reflect the multiplicity of the population at large to the highest possible degree. The University of Bergen has therefore adopted a personnel policy objective to ensure that we achieve a balanced age and sex composition and the recruitment of persons of various ethnic backgrounds. Persons of different ethnic backgrounds are therefore encouraged to apply for the position.

The University of Bergen applies the principles of public openness when recruiting staff to scientific positions.

The successful applicant must comply with the guidelines that apply to the position at any time.

The application must include a complete overview of education and professional activities (CV), scanned copies of diplomas and transcripts, publications, a list of publications and other scientific works, and contact details of two or three referees.

Applications should be sent to post@cipr.uib. no

Closing date: November 16, 2007

Quote reference number: 07/7412

website link:
http://melding. uib.no/doc/ Ledige_stillinge r/1190037475. html

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PUBLICATION: Political Science, Media Studies Books from UMS

PRIMITIVE AMERICA: The Ideology of Capitalist Democracy
Paul Smith
University of Minnesota Press | 176 pages | 2007
ISBN 978-0-8166-2826- 1 | hardcover | $54.00
ISBN 978-0-8166-2827- 8 | paperback | $17.95

An urgent examination of the deep cultural roots of America's response to 9/11.

For cultural critic Paul Smith, the tension between progressive and primitive is a constitutive condition of American history and culture. In Primitive America, Smith contemplates this primary contradiction as it has played out in the years since 9/11. An urgent and important engagement with current American policies and practices, Primitive America is, at the same time, an incisive critique of the ideology that fuels the ethos of America's capitalist culture.

"Primitive (as in accumulation) America (as in underlying political-economic contradictions that have always structured the republic): a land of fundamentalisms only accelerated by 9/11. Paul Smith is the ideal reader of this conjuncture—mordant, biting, refreshingly savage." —Eric Lott

For more information, including the table of contents, visit the book's webpage:
http://www.upress. umn.edu/Books/ S/smith_primitiv e.html

INVESTED INTERESTS: Capital, Culture, and the World Bank
Bret Benjamin
University of Minnesota Press | 296 pages | 2007
ISBN 978-0-8166-4872- 6 | hardcover | $67.50
ISBN 978-0-8166-4873- 3 | paperback | $22.50

Exposes the global cultural impact of the World Bank.

In Invested Interests, Bret Benjamin contends that the World Bank has, from its inception, trafficked in culture. From the political context in which the Bank was chartered to its evolution into an interventionist development agency with vast, unchecked powers, Benjamin explores the Bank's central role in the global dissemination of Fordist-Keynesianis m, its conflicted support for nationalism and
the nation-state, and its emerging awareness of the relationships between economics and culture

"Bret Benjamin shows us how important it is to break down the traditional academic barriers between economics and culture. By taking economics and economic institutions seriously he opens up new, exciting avenues for literary and cultural studies." —Michael Hardt

For more information, including the table of contents, visit the book's webpage:
http://www.upress. umn.edu/Books/ B/benjamin_ invested. html

MONEY AND LIBERATION: The Micropolitics of Alternative Currency Movements
Peter North
University of Minnesota Press | 240 pages | 2007
ISBN 978-0-8166-4962- 4 | hardcover | $75.00
ISBN 978-0-8166-4963- 1 | paperback | $25.00

A firsthand view of local currencies that are providing alternatives to global capital.

Money and Liberation examines the experiences of groups who have tried to build a more equitable world by inventing new forms of money. Presenting profiles of the trading networks that have been constructed, including Local Exchange Trading Schemes (England), and Green Dollars (New Zealand), Peter North shows how the use of currency has been redefined as part of political action.

"An invaluable, fair-minded guide to alternative currency movements by an acknowledged expert in the field. Forward to different and more expansive notions of what constitutes the economy and the economic!"
—Nigel Thrift

For more information, including the table of contents, visit the book's webpage:
http://www.upress. umn.edu/Books/ N/north_money. html

AMERICA TOWN: Building the Outposts of Empire
Mark L. Gillem
University of Minnesota Press | 392 pages | 2007
ISBN 978-0-8166-4952- 5 | hardcover | $75.00
ISBN 978-0-8166-4953- 2 | paperback | $24.95

How the United States has exported the suburban way of life through the design of its military bases.

Mark L. Gillem reveals modern military outposts as key symbols of not just American power but also consumer consumption. Through case studies of several U.S. military facilities Gillem exposes these military installations as suburban culture replicated in the form of vast green lawns, three-car garages, and big-box stores and questions the impact of this practice on the rest of the world.

"America Town illuminates an overlooked effect of U.S. arrogance. Through his perspective as a former service-member and an architect, his accessible writing, and pictorial evidence of spatial disparities, Gillem offers a disturbing depiction of how policies devised in Washington harm the lives of innocent people the world over." —In These Times

"When an architect and land use specialist takes a look at the huge American military bases abroad, the results are spectacular. From the small-town American housing to the bars and brothels next door to the main gates, Mark Gillem gives us new insights into the ecological dimensions of American imperialism. This is a truly original and important analysis." —Chalmers Johnson, author of Blowback, The
Sorrows of Empire, and Nemesis

For more information, including a military base fact sheet and the table of contents, visit the book's webpage:
http://www.upress. umn.edu/Books/ G/gillem_ america.html

For information about examination copies, view our exam copy policy online:
http://www.upress. umn.edu/ordering /examination. html

For more political science books, visit our website:
http://www.upress. umn.edu/bysubjec t/political_ science.html

STUPENDOUS, MISERABLE CITY: Pasolini's Rome
John David Rhodes
University of Minnesota Press | 240 pages | 2007
ISBN 978-0-8166-4929- 7 | hardcover | $60.00
ISBN 978-0-8166-4930- 3 | paperback | $20.00

An Italian film radical shown in rich context for the first time.

John David Rhodes places the city of Rome at the center of this in-depth examination of the work of Italian director Pier Paolo Pasolini—but it's not the classical Rome you imagine. Discussing films such as Accattone, Mamma Roma, and The Hawks and the Sparrows, Rhodes shows how Pasolini used the public housing on the periphery of the
city to draw attention to the contemptuous treatment of Rome's poor.

"In this remarkable book, John David Rhodes makes an invaluable contribution to scholarship on cinema and the city. Analyzing Pier Paolo Pasolini's Rome films and his political and emotional engagement with the city, Rhodes has provided a fascinating and moving background to this period of Pasolini's life, vision, and politics." —Laura Mulvey

For more information, including the table of contents, visit the book's webpage:
http://www.upress. umn.edu/Books/ R/rhodes_ stupendous. html

SHIMMERING SCREENS: Making Media in an Aboriginal Community
Jennifer Deger
University of Minnesota Press | 256 pages | 2006
ISBN 978-0-8166-4921- 1 | hardcover | $67.50
ISBN 978-0-8166-4922- 8 | paperback | $22.50
Visible Evidence Series, volume 19

Reconsiders the interplay between aboriginal communities and media.

A rich ethnographic study, Shimmering Screens examines the productive, and sometimes problematic, conjunctions of technology, culture, and imagination in contemporary Yolngu life. Jennifer Deger offers a new perspective to ongoing debates regarding "media imperialism. " Reconsidering assumptions about the links between representation, power, and "the gaze," she proposes the possibility of a more mutual
relationship between subject, image, and viewer.

"Organized as a spiral-shaped flow, Jennifer Deger's ethnography explores the way in which the small community of Gapuwiyak engages with photography, video and audio recordings in the context of the Broadcasting in Remote Aboriginal Communities Scheme (BRACS) program. It also describes, with profound sentiment and methodological
sophistication, the dialogue, and frequent misunderstandings, of Western Yolngu knowledge systems, epitomized by Deger and Bangana Wunungmurra' s collaboration and friendship. A remarkable aspect of Shimmering Screens is the way in which Deger not only discusses but meditates Yolngu mimesis. This is achieved by means of a narrative
that weaves theory and fieldwork descriptions, personal insights and ethnographic observations. If at times this shimmering effect is dazzling, it nevertheless facilitates the understanding of Yolngu ontological and phenomenological systems." —Media International Australia

For more information, including the table of contents, visit the book's webpage:
http://www.upress. umn.edu/Books/ D/deger_shimmeri ng.html

For more information on the Visible Evidence Series:
http://www.upress. umn.edu/byseries /visibleevidence .html

F Is for Phony: Fake Documentary and Truth's Undoing
Alexandra Juhasz and Jesse Lerner, editors
University of Minnesota Press | 244 pages | 2006
ISBN 978-0-8166-4250- 2 | hardcover | $60.00
ISBN 978-0-8166-4251- 9 | paperback | $20.00
Visible Evidence Series, volume 17

The first sustained critique of the mockumentary.

The essays in F Is for Phony discuss a broad scope of works and explore issues raised by "fake docs" such as the fiction/documentary divide, the ethics of reality-based manipulation, and whether documentariness derives from form or reception. Defining the borderline between fact and fiction, the contributors reveal what fake
documentaries imply and usually make explicit: that many documentaries lie to tell the truth, and that the truth is relative.

Contributors: Steve Anderson, Catherine L. Benamou, Mitchell W. Block,
Luis Buñuel, Marlon Fuentes, Craig Hight, Charlie Keil, Alisa Lebow,
Eve Oishi, Robert F. Reid-Pharr, Gregorio C. Rocha, Jane Roscoe,
Catherine Russell, Nizan Shaked, Elisabeth Subrin.

For more information, including the table of contents, visit the book's webpage:
http://www.upress. umn.edu/Books/ J/juhasz_ f.html

For more information on the Visible Evidence Series:
http://www.upress. umn.edu/byseries /visibleevidence .html

RETHINKING GLOBAL SISTERHOOD: Western Feminism and Iran
Nima Naghibi
University of Minnesota Press | 232 pages | 2007
ISBN 978-0-8166-4759- 0 | hardcover | $67.50
ISBN 978-0-8166-4760- 6 | paperback | $22.50

The first analysis of how Western and Iranian feminism both converge and conflict.

Nima Naghibi makes powerful connections among feminism, imperialism, and the discourses of global sisterhood. Naghibi investigates topics including the state-sponsored Women's Organization of Iran and the involvement of feminists such as Betty Friedan and Gloria Steinem in the Iranian feminism movement. She also examines the veiled woman in the films of Tahmineh Milani, Ziba Mir-Hosseini and Kim Longinotto, and Mahnaz Afzali.

"Rethinking Global Sisterhood is a book that not only tears apart stereotypes and assumptions about the significance of Muslim women's dress, but levels harsh critique against those feminist who invoke `global sisterhood' as their cause while perpetuating colonial attitudes of superiority toward their veiled `sisters'." —In These Times

For more information, including the table of contents, visit the book's webpage:
http://www.upress. umn.edu/Books/ N/naghibi_ rethinking. html

For information about examination copies, view our exam copy policy online:
http://www.upress. umn.edu/ordering /examination. html

For more film and media studies books, visit our website:
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CfP: 2nd Global Conference: Persons, Intimacy and Love

2nd Global Conference
Persons, Intimacy and Love

Monday 17th March - Thursday 20th March 2008
Salzburg, Austria

300 word abstracts should be submitted by Friday 2nd November 2007. If an abstract is accepted for the conference, a full draft paper should be submitted by Friday 22nd February 2008.

URL:
http://www.inter- disciplinary. net/ptb/persons/ pil/pil2/ cfp.html

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INTERNSHIP: SALTO Cultural diversity - Londra [DL: 30 nov]

Centrul de Resurse SALTO Diversitate Culturala lanseaza oficial, pentru prima oara, un apel la candidatura pentru un stagiar (intern), care sa asiste Centrul pe anumite proiecte derulate in cadrul anului european al dialogului intercultural 2008.

Stagiarul va lucra impreuna cu echipa SALTO din cadrul Biroului British Council din Londra. Stagiul de 5 luni va oferi ocazia de a lucra la nivel international (contract direct cu Comisia Europeana), de a dobandi experienta in cadrul British Council si de a intelege din interior cum functioneaza Centrele de Resurse SALTO. Pe parcursul stagiului se acorda o alocatie lunara de 1000 € care sa acopere cazarea, masa si transportul local.

Data limita pentru depunerea candidaturii este: 30 noiembrie 2007

Informatii suplimentare:
http://www.salto- youth.net/ internship2008/

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Cursuri limba italiana in Roma si Florenta - oferta octombrie

Pentru luna octombrie, Edu Project, agent in Romania al Scuola Leonardo da Vinci din Italia, va propune urmatoarele oferte speciale de cursuri de limba italiana:

Oras = Roma
Tip curs = Intensiv (6 lectii pe zi, 4 dimineata si 2 dupa-amiaza)
Cazare = camera singla in apartament cu alti studenti
Data incepere curs = 08/10/2007
Pret = 800 euro
Nr. de saptamini de curs = 2

Oras = Florenta
Tip curs = standard (4 lectii pe zi)
Cazare = camera singla in apartament cu alti studenti
Data incepere curs = 08/10/2007
Pret = 880 euro
Nr. de saptamini de curs = 3

Oras = Roma
Tip de curs = standard (4 lectii pe zi)
Cazare = pat in camera dubla in apartament cu alti studenti
Data incepere curs = 22/10/2007
Pret = 565 euro
Nr. de saptamini de curs = 2

Nota: numarul de locuri este limitat

Pentru alte detalii si inscriere, va rugam sa contactati Edu Project:
office@eduproject. ro
www.eduproject. ro

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The Martin Buber Institute For Dialogical Ecology - Updated Contact Information

Dear Friends,

For the MA in the Humanities at Prescott College with a Concentration in Dialogical Ecology, and for the Martin Buber Institute For Dialogical Ecology, the new on-line contact address is: http://MBIDE.blogspot.com.

The email address is: hune@martinbuberinstitute.org. Please find information on the MA in the Humanities at Prescott College with a concentration in Dialogical Ecology by checking the Prescott College catalogue or by visiting http://MBIDE.blogspot.com.


Thank you!

Hune Margulies, Ph.D., Director
The Martin Buber Institute For Dialogical Ecology
Larchmont, New York, 10538. USA
1-914-439-7731
hune@martinbuberinstitute.org


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CfP: Slovo - inter-disciplinary journal of Russian, Eurasian, and East-Asian

Dear all,

Please find enclosed a call for papers for the next issue of Slovo. Slovo is an inter-disciplinary journal of Russian, Eurasian, and East European affairs published by the postgraduates of the School of Slavonic and East European Studies (SSEES) at University College London.

Please note we can only accept articles in English.

We look forward to your contributions.

Best wishes,
Dragana Obradovic
Executive Editor, 2006-2007

CALL FOR PAPERS Volume 20.1 (Spring 2008)
Contributions, including research articles, book and film reviews, and review articles are welcome from all research students and scholars. 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. In addition, we ask that contributors submit two hard copies of all articles and reviews, and a 100-200 word abstract for all articles.
Contributors must adhere to the style-sheet in advance of submission, which can be found on the journal website, www.ssees.ucl. ac.uk/slovo . All manuscripts are refereed and undergo a review process. Contributions submitted must not be under consideration by other publications at the time of submission. The editors reserve the right to make any changes thought to be necessary or appropriate to typescripts accepted for publication. A duplicate should be retained by the author. No disks or hard copies shall be returned. The maximum length for consideration of an article is 6,000 – 7,000 words (including footnotes), and 700 words for a review.

The deadline for article submissions for Volume 20.1 is the 26th of October 2007.

If you have any queries about becoming a contributor for Slovo please do not hesitate to get in touch with us via slovo@ssees. ucl.ac.uk and we will be happy to assist.

The address for postal correspondence is:
SlovoSchool of Slavonic and East European StudiesUniversity College
LondonGower Street LondonWC1E 6BT

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Professorships, Department of Turkish & Modern Asian Studies, University of Athens

The Department of Turkish & Modern Asian Studies, University of Athens will recruit five (5) faculty members in the following areas of specialization:

1. Turkey: Civilization and Society (Rank: Reader or Senior Lecturer)
2. Modern & Contemporary History of Central Asian Peoples (Rank: Reader or Senior Lecturer)
3. Linguistics: Typology of Asian Languages (Rank: Senior Lecturer or Lecturer)
4. Turkish Language and Literature (Rank: Senior Lecturer or Lecturer)
5. Turkey & the Middle East (Rank: Lecturer)

Candidates should be EU citizens and hold a PhD in a topic relevant to an area of specialization. They should also demonstrate excellence in teaching and scholarship.
Greek is the language of instruction at the University of Athens, so fluency in Greek is also required.

The deadline for all applications is 29 October 2007.

For more information, please contact Ms. Katerina Pavlopoulou (tel.
+30-210-3637 947 email: pavlocat@turkmas. uoa.gr)

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CfP: Narrative Matters 2008, Toronto, Canada

Call for Papers, Narrative Matters 2008
Narrative Matters 2008: An Interdisciplinary Conference on Narative
Research, Perspectives, Practices and Issues
Theme: Storying our World
Location: University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Dates: May 7-10, 2008
Deadline: September 30, 2007
URL: http://www.narrativ ematters. com/

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CfP: Poverty Reduction and Social Protection Conference 2007, Bangkok

Poverty Reduction and Social Protection Conference 2007
09-11 November 2007, Bangkok, Thailand

Tomorrow People Organization is happy to invite you to Poverty Reduction and Social Protection Conference which is going to be held from 9th -11th November 2007 in the beautiful city of Bangkok, Thailand. This event will offer you the opportunity to: expand your knowledge of poverty related issues, social protection and poverty reduction strategies, share your own achievements and experience with fellow participants and benefit from their feedback while making important international contacts, publicize your research, stay up-to-date in this important field, learn how to reconcile the commitment to social mission with financial returns, and network with some of the leading experts in the fields of social studies from around
the world, creating a global network of leaders for life.

Poverty Reduction and Social Protection Conference 2007 is a three-day program, which consists of following components: Study sessions on the chosen topics related to the povert and social protection, presentations of the accepted papers and open discussions. It is open to all of those interested and involved in building and maintaining strategies for poverty reduction and social equality in the regions of
the world affected with poverty, cultural, racial or other form of discrimination and oppression. The aim of the conference is to raise awareness on social equality necessity and poverty reduction tools and techniques for its sustainability, on the macro/micro level.

This project is designed to have lasting effects on the lives of those who participate in the Conference, as well as members of their community. The young persons who participate will gain new knowledge, skills, and resources, which will enable them to improve their home communities and become deeply involved in the global need for poverty reduction. The participants from all over the world will become more aware of the similar problems that exist in other geo-economical parts
of the world and share the gained know-how in poverty reduction strategies. Let?s make our contribution to such a noble cause!

More information on PSPC 2007 including price is available at:
http://www.tomorrow people.org/ prsp/welcome. htm

The program will benefit to different groups of people: graduate students, NGO?s that handle and support peace building and maintaining poverty reduction and social protection strategies, Global/Local government agencies, Academic researchers in the field of poverty and social issues, members of the government directly involved in poverty reduction, community members that will use the knowledge and resources
and bring it back to their communities We encourage our participants to implement their newly acquired skills in practice and to share their knowledge with their colleagues and community members, thus acting as agents of positive change. Our
mission is to educate global citizens?future leaders!

Thank you for your time and hope to see you in Bangkok!
We are at your disposal for any questions or comments you might have.

Cordially yours,

PSPC Team 2007
Tomorrow People Organization
contact@tomorrowpeo ple.org
tel. +381113629446
fax.+381113629447

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CfP: Britishness - The View From Abroad, Huddersfield, UK

Britishness - The View From Abroad
5 - 6 June 2008
Huddersfield, United Kingdom

The Centre for Constructions and Identity at the University of Huddersfield is organizing a two day conference to be held on 5th-6th June 2008. The main theme of the conference is 'Britishness' within global contexts, addressing such issues as
transnationality of identity, British diasporas, representations of Britishness in non-British media, education and culture, and the implications of dual citizenship across the former Empire and beyond.

Keynote speakers and plenary participants already confirmed include Professor Sir Bernard Crick (University of Edinburgh), Professor Krishan Kumar (University of Virginia), Shahid Mailk MP, Professor Christopher G. A. Bryant (University of
Salford), and Professor Paul Ward (University of Huddersfield) .

The conference will provide an integrated programme of presentations from invited keynote speakers, plenary sessions, and a number of themed invitational panels addressing the core themes (including a dedicated post-graduate poster presentation session).

We would invite abstract submissions of 300 words from those interested in presenting papers to the organizers by November 1st 2007.

For more information see the website:
http://www.hud. ac.uk/hhs/ dbs/conference/ bic/index. htm
Or e-mail Dr. Andy Mycock: a.j.mycock@hud. ac.uk

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CfP: Modern Dress: Modes of Identification, Modes of Recognition in the Balkans

Dear colleagues,

New Europe College - Institute for Advanced Study in Bucharest, Romania, is organizing a regional symposium, From Traditional Attire to the Modern Dress: Modes of Identification, Modes of Recognition in the Balkans (XVI-XXI Centuries). Please find further details concerning this event below.

The symposium is scheduled to take place on 13-14 June 2008 at the New
Europe College, 21 Plantelor str., 023971 Bucharest, Romania. Our aim is to gather scholars from prestigious research institutes and universities in Central and South-eastern Europe (but also outside it), who work on such topics. Should you be interested to take part in this symposium, we kindly ask you to send us the title of your contribution and a short abstract (200-300 words), together with a one-page CV (including title, positions, institution, degrees, awards, main publications) until 31 January, 2008. The selection committee will inform you about their decision in due time (by the end of February at the latest).

The working languages of this international symposium will be French and English. The organizers will cover travel and accommodation expenses within the limits of the budget. We would be grateful if you could also find additional financial support for participating in our symposium.

Papers must be submitted by e-mail no later than 31 January 2008 to Constanta Vintila-Ghitulescu : c_ghitulescu@ yahoo.fr

Best wishes,

Constanta Vintila-Ghitulescu
Researcher, "Nicolae Iorga" Institute of History, Bucharest, Romania

From traditional attire to the modern dress: modes of identification, modes of recognition in the Balkans (XVI-XX Centuries)

Convener: Constanþa Vintilã-Ghitulescu, historian, researcher at the Nicolae Iorga Institute of History, Bucharest, NEC and GE-NEC alumna

According to a Romanian saying, “dress doesn’t make a person”. True as it may be, the moral implications of this saying are of less concern to us here than its possible social significance, which would rather suggest its reading in the affirmative. In the past, dress was an important social indicator. It told a lot about the social condition, the status of a person, her wealth. But dress can also provide information on the evolution of a society, on the dynamic interrelation between fashion and social behavior. Dress can thus become the prime matter for the analysis of a society through the joint efforts of historians, anthropologists, ethnologists, and sociologists.

The Balkans, a cultural, ethnic and social mosaic, provides an ideal setting for such a research. One can find here similarities at a regional level, and wide differences coexisting in proximity, in the same geographic region. An oriental mode of dressing, induced by Ottoman occupation or domination, was taken over by the elites of a community as a token of loyalty towards the regime; side by side with it, one could find a diversity of “folk” costumes, the garb of the “common people”. As the Ottoman Empire declined, dress became one of the major means of asserting the emancipation of the former subjects and the modernization of the Balkan societies, of expressing the mental changes taking place within them. In a Europe of nations, the “folk” costumes became bearers of political and ideological meaning, emblems of the newly established nations. Their instrumentalisation didn’t end with the 19th century, however. In some cases, they were rediscovered by the Communist
regimes and put to use in the construction of a novel identity.


The symposium proposes to gather researchers from various fields, and from a number of academic and research centers in South-Eastern Europe and in other parts of the world, inviting them to focus their reflections on dress and its role in social, political, and ideological change, on the lines suggested below:

A. The significance of dress in the establishment and acceptance of a political regime
1. the “oriental dress” and the modes of representation of a social elite
2. “from oriental attire to the tail coat”: dress as an indicator of modernization
3. dress and its manipulation in the process of social/political emancipation

B. Diversity in dress / Diversity of social categories
1. dress, color schemes, norms as indicators of social hierarchy
2. the dress of the “parvenu” as a symbol of social promotion
3. egalitarian modes of dressing and the leveling of “social visibility”

C. Dress and identity construction 1. Romanticism and the rediscovery of the “national” costume
2. identity construction – dress construction
3. the folk costume between tradition, modernity, and contemporary handicraft
4. fashion: lost or reconfigured meanings in a unified Europe

The preservation of local identities in an enlarged European Community has become a growing concern. Can dress still define social categories and peoples? Or do certain types of traditional dress become mere museum objects? Do they find refuge in a handicraft that reinvents and refashions an idealized, barely known, largely imaginary past? The symposium will attempt to investigate the ways in which dress entered the political, social and cultural play; the major role attributed to dress by social actors in a more or less distant past, and within its various constructions; its instrumentalisation in modern times, in search of identity. The Balkans, where an earlier common history developed into a variety of distinct trajectories, are a particularly propitious field for such a research, which may shed some light on certain peculiarities of “Balkanism”.

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Faculty of Engineering, Physical Sciences and Architecture International Scholarships

Scholarship / Financial aid: a number of scholarships are available
Date: academic year 2007/2008
Deadline: 15 October 2007
Open to: international students


Announcement follows:

The Faculty of Engineering, Physical Sciences and Architecture (EPSA) offers a number of scholarship opportunities for outstanding international students intending to study in an EPSA undergraduate or coursework masters program.

To be eligible for a Faculty International Scholarship, you must be an international student from one of the available categories and able to study in Australia on a student visa.

How to apply:
1. Lodge an official UQ undergraduate application form or postgraduate application form for international students to the International Office
2. Receive a UQ Student ID Number
3. Complete the Faculty of Engineering, Physical Sciences and Architecture International Scholarship Application Form and submit to the Faculty Office:
Faculty of Engineering, Physical Sciences and Architecture
The University of Queensland QLD 4072
AUSTRALIA

Phone: +61 7 3365 4777
Fax: +61 7 3365 4444
Email: admin@epsa.uq.edu.au

The scholarship application must be received by 15 October 2007 .

Conditions:
The scholarship can cover 50% - 100% of the tuition fee for the standard duration of the program. The successful application must commence study in Semester 1 2008 The scholarship does not provide for:

Overseas Student Health Cover
Living Allowances
Books
Tuition fees for repeating failed courses

Obligations of Students:
Students are expected to fulfil all requirements associated with their student visas.
Students shall diligently and to the best of their ability apply themselves to the successful completion of their degree.
Students are required to conform to University regulations (including disciplinary provisions).
Students are required to pay the tuition costs of any failed course that must be repeated.
Notification in writing to the Director of Studies is required if the student wishes to defer, transfer, or withdraw from the approved program wishes to apply for an extension is absent for any reason (other than recreation leave) for a period of 14 days or more from the place of study, except with prior approval of the Head of School.

Health Insurance:
Students are required to pay for their own medical insurance through the Overseas Student Health Cover (OSHC) scheme. Overseas Student Health Cover (OSHC) is a compulsory requirement of your student visa. The University has appointed Worldcare Assist as the preferred provider for OSHC.

Termination of Award:
The scholarship can be terminated:

If, after due inquiry, the Faculty of Engineering, Physical Sciences and Architecture concludes that the student has not fulfilled obligations, or is not making satisfactory progress.
If the student has not resumed study after an approved maximum period of deferment of 1 year.
If the student transfers to another program in UQ or withdraws from the University. Please note approval from the University is required if a student wishes to transfer or withdraw from the program. The University may require the student to repay the scholarship funds.
If the student fails to maintain full-time study.

Closing date: 15 October 2007

Website: http://www.epsa.uq.edu.au/

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American Philosophical Society Franklin Research Grants Program

Scholarship / Financial aid: grants up to $6,000 are available
Date: 1 semester
Deadline: see Deadlines
Open to: PhDs candidates


Announcement follows:

Since 1933 the American Philosophical Society has awarded small grants to scholars in order to support the cost of research leading to publication in all areas of knowledge. In 2005 the Franklin Research Grants program awarded $303,000 to 70 scholars, and the Society expects to make at least that many awards in this year’s competition. The Franklin program is particularly designed to help meet the costs of travel to libraries and archives for research purposes; the purchase of microfilm, photocopies, or equivalent research materials; the costs associated with fieldwork; or laboratory research expenses.

Eligibility
Applicants are expected to have a doctorate or to have published work of doctoral character and quality. Pre-doctoral graduate students are not eligible, but the Society is particularly interested in supporting the work of young scholars who have recently received their PhDs. American citizens and residents of the United States may use their Franklin awards at home or abroad. Foreign nationals must use their Franklin awards for research in the United States. Applicants who have received Franklin grants may reapply after an interval of two years.

Awards
Funding is offered up to a maximum of $6,000 for use in calendar year 2007. Grants are not retroactive; the beginning work date cannot antedate the month of the meeting when the proposal will be considered. Grants are payable to the individual applicant. Franklin grants are taxable income, but the Society is not required to report payments. It is recommended that grant recipients discuss their reporting obligations with their tax advisors.

Deadlines
For applications and two letters of support ON OUR FORM:

-October 1, 2007, for a January 2007 decision for work in March and beyond
-December 1, 2007, for a March 2007 decision for work beginning in May and beyond

Requirements
Reports are due no later than one month after completing the work for which the award was made.

How to Apply
Retrieve the 4-page application form below. Fill it out completely using 11-pt type or larger. Do not add extra pages. Send your completed application as an e-mail attachment to LMusumeci@amphilsoc.org or mail to:
Franklin Research Grants
American Philosophical Society
104 South Fifth Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106-3386

For Application Form please visit http://www.americanscholarship.info

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Arthritis Foundation

Scholarship / Financial aid: US$50,000 per year for salary
Date: Three years
Deadline: December 1, 2007
Open to: all interested


Announcement follows:

Purpose:
To encourage individuals in health care to carry out innovative research projects in areas related to arthritis and the rheumatic diseases.

Eligibility:
Ph.D. or equivalent committed to arthritis related research questions. Not for laboratory research. M.D. holders are not eligible. Citizenship unrestricted.
Financial Provisions : The award amount is US$50,000 per year for salary and research expenses.

Duration
Three years; third year is competitive renewal.

Deadline:
Typically March 1, June 1, September 1, December 1. Confirm deadlines on website.

Research Department
Arthritis Foundation
1330 West Peachtree Street
Atlanta, GA 30309
Phone: (404) 965-7537 or 1-800-568-4045
Fax: (404) 872-9559

Fields of Study: Arthritis and arthritis-related research.

Website: http://www.arthritis.org/

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Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Scholarship / Financial aid: 8-10 each of $2,750
Date: One year
Deadline: December 11, 2007
Open to: graduating seniors


Announcement follows:

Description:
The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, in Washington, DC, allows graduating seniors the opportunity to be junior research fellows. The students will work with senior associates on international affairs issues.

Qualifications:
Applicants must be graduating college seniors or have graduated within the past academic year and have not yet begun graduate studies. Students must be nominated by their university and should have extensive coursework in international affairs, political science, economics, history, or Russian studies.

Amount of Award: A monthly salary of $2,750 and a $400 allowance for relocating to Washington, DC. Medical, dental, and life insurance, and vacation leave are also available.

Length of Award: One year.
Number of Awards: 8-10.

Application Deadline: BYU Deadline: December 11,2007

Application Process:
The applications must be coordinated through a designated university official and BYU is only allowed to nominate two students. Students are required to submit the following materials to the university official: a resume, two recommendations, transcripts, and an essay on a selected topic.

Website: http://www.carnegieendowment.org

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The University of Atlanta's First International Symposium on Online Teaching and Learning

The University of Atlanta's first International Symposium- Online Learning:
Toward the Globalization of Higher Education 24 to 26 October 2008
ATLANTA, GA

Explore recent advances, enhanced strategies and altered paradigms within the rapidly evolving realm of online teaching and learning. Focus on the Embrace of chalenge via the implementation of innovative models.

The Deadline for Abstracts/ proposals is 1 April 2008

Enquiries: Provost@UofA. edu & quliyev_ceyhun@ yahoo.com
Web Address : http://www.UofA. edu
Sponsored by University of Atlanta

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Human Rights Advocates Program (HRAP) at Columbia University

Dear friends and colleagues:

I am delighted to announce that the application for the 2008 session of the annual Human Rights Advocates Program (HRAP) at Columbia University is now available. I would like to take this opportunity to ask you to disseminate this information and application to human rights activists based in the Global South as well as grassroots activists in the United States.

HRAP is designed to prepare proven human rights leaders from the Global South and marginalized communities in the U.S. to participate in national and international policy debates on globalization by building their skills, knowledge, and contacts. The Program features a four-month residency at Columbia University in New York City with a structured curriculum of advocacy, networking, skills-building, and academic
coursework.

Since 2004, HRAP has concentrated its support on individuals and organizations that address issues broadly related to globalization.

The four-month intensive capacity building program based at Columbia University in New York focuses on the following key issue areas:

* Environmental injustice
* Labor rights violations
* Abuses by multinational corporations
* Ramifications of resource extraction
* Public health crises
* Unsustainable development
* Intolerance, xenophobia, and social exclusion related to globalization

Special attention is given to the above issues and their intersection with gender, race, ethnicity, sexual identity, and/or other sources of marginalization.

HRAP's current focus has emerged in recent years as a response to the negative effects of globalization on those with the least access to decision-making processes. Given their physical and symbolic distance from centers of power, grassroots leaders are typically unable to lobby for equitable outcomes from global policymakers.

The design of HRAP is intended to help level the playing field for those lacking the access and relevant skills or knowledge to lobby effectively for their causes. The Program provides advanced training, support, and networking opportunities to respected human rights leaders. The focus is both on strengthening the skills of the individual Advocates and providing tools to build sustainable organizations that advocate for disadvantaged peoples.

Participants are selected on the basis of their previous work experience on human rights and globalization, commitment to the human rights field, and demonstrated ability to complete graduate-level studies. Advocates must originate from and reside in either the Global South or the United States. Fluency in English is required. Advocates must secure institutional endorsement from their organizations for their
participation in the Program and must commit to returning to that organization upon completion of the Program.

This extremely competitive Program will admit approximately ten participants. We make every effort to provide full fellowships to cover program costs as well as travel and living expenses for selected Advocates each year. Our staff will work with interested candidates who have been waitlisted for the Program to identify potential funding sources in cases where we do not yet have the resources to provide a full fellowship.

Attached please find an overview of the Program and the 2008 application form. The 2008 HRAP will take place from the middle of August to the middle of December 2008. The completed application is due by October 9, 2007. Those who make it to the second round of the application process will be asked to submit additional materials including essays and letters of reference. Please note that late or incomplete applications will not be accepted.

For further information or to download additional copies of the application, please refer to our website at http://humanrights. columbia. edu/hrap/ .

Additional information can be requested by email from hradvocates@ columbia. edu, by phone at +1 (212) 854 7372, or by fax at +1 (212) 316 4578.

Yours sincerely,

Margaret Ladner
Director, Capacity Building Programs
Center for the Study of Human Rights
Columbia University

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Berlin-Scholarships

The Berlin-Scholarship- Program allows international students to study for one year at Humboldt-Universitä t zu Berlin or at one of its partner institutions: Freie Universität Berlin, Technische Universität Berlin, Universität der Künste Berlin, and Fachhochschule für Wirtschaft Berlin.

Along with their studies in Berlin, the scholarship holders work together in small groups on a project. In the academic year 2007/2008 the topic is "People in Motion – Migration and Integration in Historical and Current Contexts". The project is supervised academically. The scholarship holders meet once or twice a month to
discuss and develop their project ideas.

Grant holders can carry out their study proposals within two semesters by attending courses at one of the universities in Berlin. The study proposals should be developed according to the home university's academic requirements.

The program starts on September 1 and ends on July 31.

Application requirements
Students of all fields of study may apply. We encourage students in particular from Central and Eastern Europe, the CIS-States, Israel and the USA to apply. The program is directed to students with a good proficiency in German and a special interest in the history of National Socialism. We especially encourage descendants of former
forced laborers and other victims of the National Socialist regime to apply.

Please submit a draft proposal for a project that can be accomplished within the scholarship year. Proposals should include a description of the content, plans for its realisation and a list of results envisioned by the project. Once granted a scholardhip, participants will be divided into work groups on the basis of their proposal during the first session of the seminar. The results of the project work will be published in a yearbook.

Scholarship

The scholarship includes a one-year study period, a monthly stipend of 700 Euros, a subsidy towards travel expenses, a one-month German language course as well as an accompanying program

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CfA: BH field school for 2008 projects

Dear colleagues, partners, students and friends,
Balkan Heritage (BH) fieldschool has just opened the application session for BH projects in 2008 located in both Bugaria and Macedonia.

Balkan heritage (BH) field school by BYC association- Bulgaria has operated since 2003 implementing projects in the areas of study, protection, restoration and promotion of sites, artifacts and practices presenting cultural heritage of Southeastern Europe. Our participants are students, scholars and volunteers from all over the World.

BH field school admits participants in the following types of projects:

Field school session s usually attached to an excavation, expedition or other kind of research project. Each includes 3 basic modules:
educational (lectures, trainings and workshops)

practical (excavations, lab work, fieldtrips, documentation, restoration and conservation etc.)

excursions to attractive archaeological and cultural sites around the project's location.

Volunteer workcamp s supporting in various ways local heritage protection in Southeastern Europe.
Projects' duration 15 - 45 days
Projects' location: Bulgaria, Macedonia
Projects' language: ENGLISH
Projects 2008:

AVGUSTA TRAIANA-BEROE- BORUI rescue excavation (Bulgaria)
June 30 - August 16, 2008 (season dates). 3 field school sessions available. Rescue excavation at the Roman, Late Antique and Medieval period site beneath Stara Zagora, Bulgaria.

"FRESCOES-HUNTING" PHOTO EXPEDITION TO MEDIEVAL CHURCHES OF WEST BULGARIA
May 1125, 2008. 1 field school session available. An expediition to some abandoned West Bulgarian medieval churches and chapels (in bed condition) to document frescoes preserved inside.

KALOYANOVETS Cataloging Project(Bulgaria)

June 15 - July 14, 2008 (season dates). 2 field school sessions available. Field surveys and cataloging an artifact collection from Late Neolithic site Kaloyanovets (6-th millenium B.C.) at the museum of Stara Zagora, Bulgaria.
STARA ZAGORA heritage workcamp (Bulgaria)

July 16-30, 2008. Balkan Heritage. Rescue excavations and maintenance of archaeological sites in the town of Stara Zagora.
BITOLA heritage workcamp (Macedonia)

July-August, 2008. Balkan Heritage. Excavations and maintenance of archaeological sites in the ancient town of Heraclea Lyncestis near Bitola, Macedonia.
HERACLEA LYNCESTIS (Macedonia)

July - August, 2008 (season dates). 1 field school session available. Excavation at the Hellenistic, Roman, Late Antique town near Bitola, Macedonia.
For more detailed information about BH projects please visit our web site at: www.bhfieldschool. org

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CfP: Nation as a problem or a solution & Historical revisionism in Serbia

Novi Sad, Serbia
23.-24.11.2007

Nation as a problem or solution

In Serbia in last 18 years have been series of political and social excesses, which were based on nationality and mutual non-tolerance, which had significantly defined present living environment, especially for young people. Atmosphere of tolerance of cultural, national and religion diversities, typical for Vojvodina, was drastically changed, which directly contributes to the growing number of ethnic, political and religion incidents. All this changes had big influence on young population in Serbia concerning uncritical adoption of nationalistic tendencies and patterns of violent behavior. Today in Serbia, young generations are increasibly liable to adopting different kind of retrograde ideologies, being raised in the times of wars, hatred and poverty, where prejudices have become a common habit.

Project Nation as problem or solution was started with purpose to find answers on questions about role of national problem and nationalism in the life of contemporary Europe and especially post-Yugoslav area, their perspectives and a perspective of young generations, which was raised in environment marked by domination of prejudices, national exclusivity and intolerance.

Project examines in different ways questions of nation, nationalism, its definitions and historical development, its role in contemporary Serbian society and perspectives concerning modern globalization processes, and also its perception from the perspectives of young people today and how it influences on the formation of their opinions, behavior and actions.

Research will be carried out through series of public debates, individual and group researches and cooperation with high-school pupils and students who will be participants of questionnaire, and who’s answers will be used as key examples for initiation of debates.

Historical revisionism in Serbia

We are presently witnessing drastic changes in public discourse on the field of different historical and real-political topics, which is mostly result of identity crisis in contemporary Serbia. Problem of revalidation and new interpretation of close and distance Past is becoming one of the most important problems. It is well known fact that needs of political elites are representing the biggest role in phenomena of revalidation of history, because they are serving like philter for division of “useful” from “useless” history. This is very important because of other well known fact, that who controls the Present is controlling the Past and so can create the Future. Parallel existence of at least two different versions of the same historical events, rehabilitation of chetnik’s movement and followers of Dimitrije Ljotic and Milan Nedic, revision of historical schoolbooks are only some parts of this phenomena, and because of that detail research in the way of scientific objectivity is really important and needed.

Project Historical revisionism in Serbia is searching for answers on questions of role of revisionist tendencies in modern Serbian society, its influence on general development of Serbia, its ideological meaning and influence of new and different interpretation, mostly populist and falsely, on making of “new Serbian man” i.e. mostly influence on young generations.

Project is having multidisciplinary approach to research of historical revisionism phenomena, its definitions, earlier cases in other countries, its manifestations, concrete examples and its role in contemporary Serbian society, and its influences on young generations and their opinions.

Research projects are involving experts in different topics, also as young non-affirmed researchers, multidisciplinary approach on two general topics, series of public discussions, seminar, publication of research results and series of promotions in different cities in Vojvodina and Serbia.

Call for papers

Please send your papers to Petar Atanackovic (avantgarde@ml1. net) or to office@ck13. org until 01.11.2007.
The conference will take place from 23.11. to 24.11.
Information:
www.ck13.org

Production:
Youth Center CK13, Novi Sad

Realization:
New media center_kuda. org
Alternative cultural organisation - AKO
Center for social researches/Kruž ok

Project support:
Royal Netherlands Embassy, Belgrade
Fund for Open Society, Belgrade

Project coordinator
Petar Atanackovic
avantgarde@ml1. net
office@ck13. org
www.ck13.org

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