Nov 22, 2011

CfP: Romanian Journal of Political Science (PolSci), DL 30.11.2011

Submissions are now accepted for the next issues of the biannual Romanian Journal of Political Science (PolSci) edited by the Romanian Academic Society (http://www.sar. org.ro/polsci). PolSci is indexed by ISI Thompson under the Social Sciences Citation Index and by other prominent institutions such as IPSA, GESIS, EBSCO, CEEOL and ProQuest. Previous PolSci contributors include Francis Fukuyama, Larry Diamond or Philippe Schmitter, as well as a significant number of young researchers.

The winter issue of PolSci is open to contributions from Romanian and foreign social scientists of different backgrounds (political science, history, sociology, etc.). We are mainly interested in theory-grounded papers based on solid empirical work. Contributions drawing upon inferential analysis are especially encouraged, as are papers from fields currently under-covered, such as comparative politics, public policy, political economy, political psychology. Foreign policy scientists writing on Romanian or broader Central and Eastern European issues are also encouraged to contribute.

The publishing language is English. The recommended length of an article submitted for publication is between 5000 and 8000 words (book reviews should be no longer than 1000 words). The articles submitted should be edited in Times New Roman, 12 font size and 1.5 lines spacing. References and citations will preferably follow the HarvardStyle. Your submission must be accompanied by the following information:

name and surname of the author(s);
institution and position held;
research interests (max 50 words/ author);
abstract (200-250 words);
keywords (max 5).

Please submit your work saved as a Microsoft Word document at polsci@sar.org. robefore the 30 of November, midnight Central European Time. Please note that we will not review manuscripts that have already been published, are scheduled for publication elsewhere, or have been simultaneously submitted to another journal. The POLSCI selection board is committed to ensuring a timely selection process and informing the authors of the selection process outcome in 20 days or less from the call deadline. The Romanian Academic Society requires the assignment of copyright.

For further information and additional questions please contact the editorial team at polsci@sar.org. ro.


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Diaspora: Sultan Post Doctoral Fellow - University of California at Berkeley

UC Berkeley, the Center for Middle Eastern Studies (CMES), the Department of Near Eastern Studies (NES), the Department of Architecture (ARCH), and the Department of the History of Art, invite applications for a Sultan Post Doctoral Teaching Fellow / Visiting Assistant Professor in the area of History of Islamic Art, Architecture, and Urbanism. This is a shared position between the above units but the Sultan Post Doctoral Fellow will be based at the CMES, and one of these departments will serve as the home department for the teaching component of the position. (Individuals who hold the Assistant Professor title may be eligible for this position as Visiting Assistant Professors, otherwise the appointment will be at the lecturer rank.)

The appointment will be for one year with a possible extension for another year depending on funding and performance. The Sultan Post Doctoral Teaching Fellow is expected to teach 2-3 courses a year and advise students. The Ph.D. must have been completed by the end of the spring of 2012. Salary scale for the Sultan Post Doctoral Teaching Fellow is equivalent to the Assistant Professor Step I position at Berkeley ($50,000).

Endowed through a gift from the Sultan bin AbdulAziz Al-Saud Charity Foundation, the Sultan Program in Arab Studies supports teaching, research, and public outreach on topics related to the Arab and Muslim worlds with the overarching goal of furthering scholarship on this
important region at UC Berkeley and beyond. The Sultan Program encompasses the social sciences, humanities, and professional fields, with a special emphasis from the following disciplines: anthropology, architecture, history, literature, sociology, and urban studies. The
Sultan Program currently offers grants in the following categories: Post-Doctoral Fellowship; Graduate Fellowship; Undergraduate Scholarship; and Other Scholarly Initiatives. This position is part of the first component of the program.

We seek an outstanding interdisciplinary scholar with training in the history of Islamic art, architecture, and urbanism. Interest and expertise in early and modern Islamic visual expression is expected. Candidates must demonstrate commitment to interdisciplinary scholarship and effective teaching. Teaching duties may include: an introductory undergraduate survey course of Islamic Art and Architecture (from 7th century to present) along with a graduate level seminar on Arab, Muslim, or Middle Eastern Urbanism, and possibly a third course in the scholar’s area of specialty. Teaching experience and a publication record are desirable.

Please send CV., dissertation abstract, letter of interest, one page curriculum proposal for each of the three courses described above, teaching evaluations, citizenship or resident status, and three letters of reference, to: Professor Nezar Al Sayyad, Chair, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, University of California at Berkeley, 340 Stephens Hall #2314, Berkeley CA 94720-2314 (cmes@berkeley. edu). Deadline: January 20, 2012.


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CfA: Programul de burse DanceWeb 2012, VIena, DL 15.12

A fost lansat Programul de burse DanceWeb 2012!

Programul de burse DanceWeb se deruleaza sub forma unei rezidente de 5 saptamani, in fiecare an in lunile iulie si august in Viena, in cadrul Festivalului international de dans ImPulsTanz. Programul ofera unui numar de aproape 65 de tineri dansatori si coregrafi profesionisti - in
principal din Europa, dar si din tarile non-europene - posibilitatea de a participa intr-un program multinational de formare intensiva.

Sunt invitati sa se inscrie dansatori si coregrafi cu ambitii profesionale incontestabile din tarile europene, est-europene si non-europene, de preferat cu varsta intre 22 si 30 de ani si cu cunostinte bune de limba engleza. Calitatea pregatirii candidatilor in dans reprezinta principalul criteriu de participare in acest program.

Data limita pentru inscriere este: 15 decembrie 2011

Mai multe informatii gasiti in baza de date Eurodesk:
http://www.eurodesk.ro/program.php?progid=EU0010000302

sau direct pe site-ul programului:
http://www.jardindeurope.eu/index.php?id=57


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PhD scholarships, Center for the Study of Manuscript Cultures,

The Graduate School of the "Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures" (CSMC, Integriertes Graduiertenkolleg im Sonderforschungsber eich 950 "Manuskriptkulturen in Asien, Afrika und
Europa") at the University of Hamburg invites applications for 6 PH. D. Scholarships (2012-2015)

Scholarships of € 1.365 per month (tax free) are granted for a period of three years, starting April 1st, 2012. Additional support according to individual need is available.

The CSMC is a unique research centre for the historical and comparative study of manuscript cultures in Asia, Africa, and Europe building on decades of manuscript studies at the University of Hamburg. It was recently established with a generous grant from the German Research Association (DFG) in order to develop a comprehensive approach to manuscript cultures including disciplines such as philology, palaeography, codicology, art history, and material analysis.

Communication in the international research community of the Centre is conducted in English, Ph. D. (Dr. phil.) dissertations should be written in English or German.

First information can be found on the Centre’s webpage which will be continually updated: http://www.manuscript-cultures.uni-hamburg.de

We are looking for highly qualified and highly motivated Ph. D. students with an M.A. or equivalent degree in all disciplines studying manuscript cultures regardless of region. Applications from candidates expecting to finish their degree before April 2012 are welcome.
Applications with a research proposal compatible with the programme of the Centre’s objectives, CV and copies of B.A., M.A. or other relevant certificates must be sent to the Director of the Graduate School before December 31st, 2011: Prof. Dr. Oliver Huck, Fakultät für Geisteswissenschaft en, CSMC, Edmund-Siemers- Allee 1, 20146 Hamburg, Germany or via email to
oliver.huck@ uni-hamburg. de.


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Graduate School of North American Studies invites applications for 10 Doctoral Grants

The Graduate School of the John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies invites applications for the academic year 2012/2013. Six academic disciplines in the humanities and social sciences collaborate in offering a structured curriculum. The doctoral program
is interdisciplinary in its approach and focuses on those social transformations impacting the United States and Canada at the beginning of the 21st century. Areas of emphasis include domestic and foreign policy, economic development, ethnic identity and relations, as well as recent transformations in media, art, literature, culture, and religion. The language of instruction is English. Applicants interested in pursuing a doctorate with an emphasis in North American Studies must have a completed degree (Master, M.A. or the equivalent) with above average marks in one of the following disciplines or closely related academic programs: American Cultural Studies, American Literature, History, Political Science, Sociology and Economics.
Grants are awarded for a maximum of three years. Continued funding past the first year is based upon a positive annual evaluation of progress. Scholarships amount to ca. 1.500 euro per month.

It is also possible to apply for admission to the program independently from applying for a stipend. Guest students are welcome to stay for a period of up to one year. Guest students must be self-supporting. All application materials (completed application form, statement of purpose of 3 pages, outline of dissertation project of 8-10 pages, curriculum vitae, two recent letters of reference, copies of earned degrees, proof of language skills, and a writing sample) must be received by January 31, 2012 at the following address: Freie Universität Berlin, John F. Kennedy Institute, Graduate School of North American Studies, Dr. Katja Mertin, Managing Director,
Lansstrasse 5-9, 14195 Berlin, Germany

For further information on application requirements and the graduate program, and for the application form, please see: www.gsnas.fu-berlin.de
Please address all inquiries to our Program Assistant: office@gsnas. fu-berlin. de


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CfP: 5th Global Conference--Diasporas: Exploring Critical Issues, Mansfield College, Oxford, United Kingdom

Friday 29th June 2012 – Sunday 1st July 2012
Mansfield College, Oxford, United Kingdom

Call for Papers:
This inter- and multi-disciplinary project seeks to explore the contemporary experience of
Diasporas – communities who conceive of themselves as a national, ethnic, linguistic or other form of cultural and political construction of collective membership living outside of their 'home lands.' Diaspora is a concept which is far from being definitional. Despite problems and limitations in terminology, this notion may be defined with issues attached to it for a more complete understanding. Such a term which may have its roots in Greek, is used customarily to apply to a historical phenomenon that has now passed to a period that usually supposes that Di­asporas are those who are settled forever in a country other from where they were born and thus this term has lost its dimension of irreversibility and of exile.

In order to increase our understanding of Diasporas and their impact on both the receiving
countries and their respective homes left behind, key issues will be addressed related to Diaspora cultural expression and interests. In addition, the conference will address the questions: Do Diasporas continue to exist? Is the global economy, media and policies sending different messages about diaspora to future generations?

Papers, workshops, presentations and pre-formed panels are invited on any of the following themes:

1. Movies and Diasporas
The presence and impact of displaced / globalized populations of audiences, spectators and producers of new mainstream /Hollywood /Bollywood cinema are crucial to the emergence of this post-diasporic cinema, as these narratives from texts to screen constitute a fundamental challenge for the negotiation of complex diasporic issues

2. Motivational Factors for Research into Diaspora Factors are numerous including most prominently, artistic and musical creations, intellectual outputs, and specific religious practices and which have made a significant international impact.

3. Myths and Symbols: how to meet, and get to know each other through the use of creative lenses
Diasporas group, re-group and their group myths and symbols change accordingly. Or Diasporas
remain dominated, their myths and symbols mirror (or rebel) their domination. This manifestation
could take in linguistic, artistic and other creative forms…right down to graffiti to propaganda. The effects of Diaspora through a creative lens, as often this is where the true
effects of migration and cultural adjustment expose themselves in a personal and celebratory
way. These could include:

* Creative Expression as a result of shifting and integrating cultures. Cross cultural and cross
disciplinary practices / cross cultural collaboration / representing the self and the nation / connecting history to the future / third space practice

* Shifting Art Practices and how traditional folk based art forms (art / music / literature /
dance) can accommodate and represent modern diasporic communities in flux

* New Languages that represent broken boundaries such as graffiti / rap / interactive&
web based art forms / global design aesthetics / symbolism / sound& vision / poetry and text /
Esperanto

4. Public, Private and Virtual Spaces of Diaspora The controversial meaning of private/public spaces remain fundamental arenas in the re/construction of gendered identities in an in-between space as a Diaspora context nurtures challenges to traditional socio-cultural behaviors. Virtual
Diasporas – This questions a range of pre conceived notions about physicality, actuality and
place (which in turn open up the discussions around ownership, representation and nation). Virtual diasporas are not limited to the arts of course but the shifts toward new
technologies within art and design production are highlighting such issues through various forms of creativity and the critique that surrounds it.

We anticipate that these and related issues will be of interest to those working/researching in
philosophy, education, ethics, cinematic / literature, politics, sociology, history,
architecture, photography, geography, globalization, international relations, refugee studies, migration studies, urban studies and cultural studies.

5. Novel ways to think about Diaspora due to globalization In the new global world in which
cultures act simultaneously how should we be thinking about Diaspora?

Some pertinent questions in this area that the conference is interested in addressing are: What
are some of the ways to identity and define the subject in changing political boundaries where
cultural interactions are amplified? What are the processes of social formation and reformation of? Diasporas that is unique to a global age? How do an intensified migration age that is coupled with broader and more flexible terrains of social structures can give Diaspora communities a window of opportunity to redefine their social position in both the country of origin and the host country? How does immigration in an age where the media and the internet are highly accessible, bring individuals to deal with multiple levels of traditions and cultures? What new cross- 'ethnoscapes' and cross-'ideoscapes' are emerging in? In what new methods can we capture the web of forces that influences Diasporas at the same time?

Other aspects of Diaspora that we are interested in having discussions about are:

* Economics of diaspora
* Gendered diasporas
* Queer diasporas 'flexible citizenship'
* Contested diasporic identities
* Invisible diasporas
* Emerging and changing patterns – is there an
'American diaspora' in China? In Dubai? Etc.
* Stateless or homeless diasporas – diasporas of no return
* Guest workers as diasporans?
* Diasporas created by shifting state boundaries
* Internal (intranational diasporas) – for example, First Nations or Indigenous/Native migration into urban areas
* Diasporans by adoption or 'diasporans- in-law' (partners of diasporans adopted into diasporic communities, extended diasporas through family relations, etc.)
* Overlapping diasporas, entanglement
* Competing claims or multiple claims on diasporans Inter-diasporan or multi-diasporan realities

The Steering Group particularly welcomes the submission of pre-formed panel proposals. Papers
will also be considered on any related theme. 300 word abstracts should be submitted by Friday 13th January 2012. If an abstract is accepted for the conference, a full draft paper should be submitted by Friday 11th May 2012. Abstracts should be submitted simultaneously to both Organising Chairs; abstracts may be in Word, WordPerfect, or RTF formats with the following information and in this order:

a) author(s), b) af filiation, c) email address, d) title of abstract, e) body of abstract, f) up to 10 keywords.

E-mails should be entitled: DIAS5 Abstract Submission.

Please use plain text (Times Roman 12) and abstain from using footnotes and any special formatting, characters or emphasis (such as bold, italics or underline). Please note that a Book of Abstracts is planned for the end of the year. We acknowledge receipt and answer to all paper proposals submitted. If you do not receive a reply from us in a week you should assume we did not receive your proposal; it might be lost in cyberspace! We suggest, then, to look for an alternative electronic route or resend.

Organising Chairs
Dr S. Ram Vemuri
School of Law and Business
Faculty of Law, Business and Arts
Charles Darwin University
Darwin NT0909
Australia
Email: Ram.Vemuri@cdu. edu.au

Rob Fisher
Network Founder and Leader
Inter-Disciplinary. Net
Freeland, Oxfordshire,
United Kingdom
Email: dias5@inter- disciplinary. net

The conference is part of the 'Diversity and Recognition' series of research projects, which in
turn belong to the At the Interface programmes of ID.Net. It aims to bring together people from
different areas and interests to share ideas and explore various discussions which are innovative and challenging. All papers accepted for and presented at the conference will be published in an ISBN eBook. Selected papers may be invited to go forward for development into 20-25 page chapters for publication in a themed dialogic ISBN hard copy volume.

http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/at-the-interface/diversity-recognition/diasporas/call-for-papers/



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CfBC: Immigrant Entrepreneurship, Institutions and Deveopment, DL 23.12.2011

We inform you about an upcoming book on "Immigrant Entrepreneurship, Institutions and Development" , which will be edited by a reputed publisher in Granada / Spain and coordinated by a research team from University of Granada.

The papers will be evaluated by the scientific committee. The language of publication is Spanish. However, for evaluation only, texts will be accepted in English and French. Finally, if the paper receives a positive evaluation and is accepted, the Spanish translation will be completed by the author.

Deadline: 23rd of December 2011


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Predoc: Dynamics of Institutional cooperation in the European Union

Research Position available within Initial Training Network Dynamics of Institutional cooperation in the European Union (INCOOP) This multi-disciplinary Initial Training Network (ITN) on Inter-institutional Cooperation in the EU (INCOOP) brings together a group of 8 Universities, 3 professional organisations and high-level officials which share an interest in a better understanding of the functioning of institutions in the European system of multi-level
governance. The participating Universities are: Maastricht University (coordinator) ; Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies; Cambridge University, Fondation nationale des Sciences Politiques Paris (Sciences Po); University of Loughborough; Université de Luxembourg; University of Mannheim; University of Osnabrück.

The University of Mannheim offers a pre-doctoral position for the duration of 24 months (maximum), starting in February or March 2012. The position is financed by the European Union within the framework of the People Programme: Initial Training Networks (FP7-PEOPLE- ITN-2008) .
The focus of the research is the rapidly evolving field of inter-institutional cooperation within the European system of Multi-level governance.

The main objective of INCOOP is to improve the European career opportunities of young researchers by offering them a coherent academic training programme, complemented with a professional skills training programme and by exposing them to experience on the
work-floor through an internship at a professional organisation such as the European Institute of Public Administration (EIPA, Maastricht), DLA Piper Brussels and the and Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS, Brussels).

Who is eligible?
a) Nationality The researcher may be a national of a Member State of the European Union, of an Associated Country or of any other third country.

b) Mobility The researcher shall not be a national of the State in which the host institution is located. At the time of appointment, the researcher may not have lived or carried out his/her main activity in the country of the host institution for more than 12 months in the 3
years immediately prior to his/her appointment. For more information see: ftp://ftp.cordis.europa.eu/pub/fp7/docs/fp7-mga-annex3intramulti-v2_en.pdf

Application requirements
Applicants need to meet the following requirements: - a Master’s degree or equivalent (for doctoral researchers) in political science;- excellent command of the English language;- be highly motivated;- and where relevant meet the requirements of the host institution.

Recruitment Procedure

Please provide- a covering letter including a statement of research interests and motivation, including how this relates to the work of the host institution; - a detailed curriculum vitae;- certified copies of diploma / grade list of master degree;- two letters of recommendation; - 1 sample of written work.

The selection procedure will also comprise an English language test, unless the candidate’s first language is English or s/he has studied at an English-speaking University (all non-native English candidates have to pass the Academic IELTS – minimum score: 7,5 – or TOEFL Internet-based test – minimum score: 113).

Application and further information
Applications must be received no later than 10 December 2011 and sent by Email to Prof. Dr. Berthold Rittberger (berthold.rittberger @gsi.lmu.de).
For more information please see: www.in-coop.eu


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CfP: 2012 Annual SOYUZ Symposium "Affections / Afflictions / Afterlives", University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI March 23-24, 2012

SOYUZ, the Post-Communist Cultural Studies Interest group, invites paper proposals for its 2012 meeting. The symposium has met annually since 1991, and is an intimate forum where scholars (from graduate students to senior faculty) from across the world can exchange ideas.

The 2012 symposium will ponder the sentiments, the failures, and the successes around making do with those ongoing, productive connections that are afforded by infrastructures and procedures conceived during (or in response to) socialism.

How to speak about what lives "after" without abjecting the "remains"? Topical foci might draw upon themes current in the humanities and social sciences: biopolitics and biopowers (for instance, bricolage in ways of dealing with affliction, means of training the body, etc.);
knowledge-making or sentiment-forming (e.g. recombination of religious, ethnic-folk, scientific, poetic ideologies and resources); material and narrative repurposing; modes of redistribution or
(re)portioning of entitlements.

The 2012 symposium will feature a keynote address by Judith Farquhar, Max Palevsky Professor of Anthropology and of Social Sciences and Chair, Department of Anthropology, University of Chicago.

SOYUZ began in 1991 as a regionally focused group responding to the fall of the Soviet and socialist states. Since then, it has broadened to include scholars working in any region touched by socialism, by the oppositions of socialism to capitalism, or by those phenomena formerly
known as "post-socialist. " The 2012 conference organizing committee includes University of Michigan anthropologists working across regions where socialism has figured in important ways: Kelly Askew (Tanzania), Anya Bernstein (Buryatia), Krisztina Fehervary (Hungary), Alaina Lemon
(Russia, Romani diaspora), Erik Meuggler (China), Damani Partridge (Germany).

Presentations may work in any discipline (anthropology, history, sociology, literary criticism and film studies, etc.) and may focus on any aspect of social life (religion, politics, kinship, sexuality, exchange, performance, etc.). At the same time, papers must strive to combine ethnographic evidence with theory.

We hope to make a limited number of travel subsidies available to graduate students as well as to presenters from outside the United States.

The deadline for abstracts is December 15, 2011

Please send abstracts of 250 words by email to: amlemon@umich. edu

Please include your full name, paper title, and academic affiliation, and please write "SOYUZ 2012" in the subject line. Papers will be selected and notifications made by January 15, 2012.

Sponsors: U-M?s Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies; African Studies Center; Center for Chinese Studies; Department of Anthropology; Institute for the Humanities;
International Institute; College of Literature, Science, and the Arts; Office of the Vice President for Research; and Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia.


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PhD in General Linguistics; French

Level: PhD

Duties: Research

Specialty Areas: General Linguistics
French Linguistics
Required Language(s): French (fra)

Description:

The Department of French and Italian at The University of Texas at Austin will Offer merit-based graduate scholarships for outstanding students in French Linguistics entering in fall 2012. The Julia Emerson Walther Scholars will Receive generous multi-year packages that include highly competitive stipends, Professional development support, and pre-dissertation funding for extensive Study in a Francophone country.

There is currently a strong cohort of 18 graduate students in French Linguistics In the Department of French and Italian and 6 full-time faculty members. Interested applicants are invited to visit our homepage to view the profiles of French Linguistic faculty and graduate students or to visit us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/utfrenchitalian

Students in French Linguistics gain a strong theoretical background and Methodological training that enable them to conduct extensive empirical research On the French language. Areas of specialization within the Department include Historical linguistics, sociolinguistics, bilingualism, language contact and Language change, dialectology, second language acquisition, and language Production, perception and processing. The Department has an excellent
placement Record for its graduates.

The program, which aims to train future French linguists who intend to pursue a Career in academic research and teaching, benefits from strong links with the Departments of Linguistics, Anthropology, Psychology, Education, Spanish, German, Middle Eastern Studies, and Communication Sciences. In addition, the University of Texas at Austin has a student and faculty research exchange with The Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics in Nijmegen, Netherlands.

Several long standing student-organized language and linguistics conferences are Held on an annual basis at the University of Texas at Austin, including SALSA (Symposium about Language and Society-Austin), TexFLEC (Texas Foreign Language Education Conference), and the TLS Conference (Texas Linguistics Society Conference).

In addition, UT-Austin is now home to The Center for Open Educational Resources And Language Learning (COERLL). The Center seeks to draw on and expand UT's many Open educational resources for language learning. One such resource, designed at UT for the Internet public, is the globally popular Tex's French Grammar.

Applications Deadline: 01-Jan-2012

Apply on-line: http://www.utexas.edu/cola/depts/frenchitalian/

Interested applicants should contact the Graduate Adviser, Professor Barbara E. Bullock

Application Deadline: 01-Jan-2012

Web Address for Applications: http://www.utexasedu/cola/depts/frenchitalian/graduate-program/Admissions1.php

Contact Information:
Prof Barbara E. Bullock
Bbullock@Austin.utexas.edu

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Nov 18, 2011

Black Sea Link Fellowships

The Black Sea Link Fellowship Program, sponsored by the VolkswagenStiftung (Hannover, Germany), targets talented young researchers from Moldova, Ukraine, Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan, as well as from other regions around the Black Sea. The grants allow fellows to work on projects of their choice while in residence in Bucharest, Romania. NEC welcomes a wide variety of disciplines in the fields of the humanities and social sciences.

Conditions: Applicants must be doctoral students, or hold a Ph.D. title. Preference will be given to candidates below the age of 40.

Duration of the Fellowship: one term (5 months), from October 1, 2012 to February 28, 2013, or from March 1 to July 31, 2013; or a full academic year (10 months) from October 1, 2012 to July 31, 2013.

Location: New Europe College-Institute for Advanced Study in Bucharest.

The Fellowship consists of: a monthly stipend of 650 € (tax free), accommodation, international transportation to and from the home country of the Fellows at the beginning and the end of the Fellowship. Fellows are offered a one-month research trip abroad to an institution of their choice (2,600 € for transportation, accommodation, and per diem). In addition, fellows can order literature for up to 500 €, to be used for their research during the Fellowship, and included, at its end, in the library of their home institution.

Working languages: English, French, and German. A good command of English is desirable.
The deadline for sending the completed application is January 15, 2012.

The evaluation procedure includes several stages, among which an interview with the international Academic Board of the NEC, scheduled for March 29-31, 2012. Applicants selected for the interview will be notified by the beginning of March 2012.

The application form and additional information on the Program and on New Europe College can be downloaded from: www.nec.ro or requested by e-mail from: applications@nec.ro (please include in the Subject entry of the message the following: “Black Sea Link Fellowships”).

Contact person: Irina Vainovski-Mihai
applications@nec.ro
Mailing address: New Europe College
str. Plantelor 21, 023971 Bucharest, Romania
Phone: (+4) 021 307 9910,
Fax: (+4) 021 327 0774

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Nov 16, 2011

PhD position in Highly Multiplex Assays using Mode-Locked Whispering Gallery Mode Resonators, University of Manchester, UK

This project is intended to create microscopic lasers to replace coded fluorescent beads in multiplexed bioassays. Current methods of coding are cumbersome and require labelled analytes to permit the analyte concentration to be determined. Our proposed laser method will provide a high degree of multiplexing, while also eliminating the need for labelling of analytes. The method will work either as a homogeneous assay using flow cytometric measurement methods, or as a heterogeneous assay where the microlasers are tethered to a surface. The homogeneous assay methodology would permit a high throughput of measurements, while the heterogeneous method would permit time courses to be measured or binding kinetics to be determined. The lasers will be created using two-photon stereolithography, using one of only three instruments of this type in the UK. This technique permits objects to be written with a resolution of ~ 150 nm.

see http://www.dtpstudentships.ls.manchester.ac.uk/howtoapply/ for details of the application process

Funding Notes:

Applicants must have obtained, or be about to obtain, a first or upper second class UK honours degree, or equivalent qualifications gained outside the UK, in an appropriate area of science or technology.

The studentship provides funding for fees and stipend at the Research Council UK rate and are available to eligible UK and EU nationals (due to funding criteria, EU nationals MUST have resided in the UK for three years prior to commencing the studentship). EU applicants that have not resided in the UK for three years prior to commencing the studentship, are eligible for a ‘fees only’

PhD Supervisor:Prof N Goddard

Application Deadline:25 November 2011

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Phd position in Chemical Biology Tools for Structure-Function Studies on Heparan Sulfate Glycans, University of Liverpool, UK

The heparin/heparan sulfate family of complex glycans are important cellular regulators of the activity of proteins, including growth factors and enzymes of therapeutic relevance. This project will develop and apply novel methods for exploring the structure-function relationships of these molecules. The aim will be to design and synthesise heparin/HS mimetics for testing in bioassays, along with the development of novel tools for understanding heparin-protein interactions and biology (including on-chip glycan synthesis using mass spectrometric reaction analysis and glycan molecular imaging probes). The student will receive training in advanced glycan analysis (including glycoarrays and mass spectrometry), glycan synthetic chemistry and bioassays.

This inter-disciplinary project will be carried out jointly between Liverpool and CIC biomaGUNE (a Bionanomaterials research institution in San Sebastain, northern Spain). The Spanish supervisors will be Prof Manuel Martin-Lomas and Dr Niels Reichardt. Applications are invited from students from residents of the UK and EU who are strongly motivated for research and discovery and either hold or expect to obtain, a First or Upper Second class Honours or an equivalent degree (eg Masters level) in natural sciences or medicine.

Applications will be reviewed starting from 15 September.

Funding Notes:

Inter-disciplinary 4-year PhD studentships where the successful candidate will spend two years in Spain and two in Liverpool. This studentship is open to candidates from any European country, including Spain and the UK. The scholarship will cover the tuition fee and provide a tax-free salary of £14000 per annum.

References:

Zhi Z, Laurent N, Powell AK, Voglmeir J, Wright A, Karamanska R, Fais M, Blackburn J, Crocker PR, Russell D, Flitsch S, Field R. & Turnbull JE. (2008) A Versatile Gold Surface Approach for Fabrication and Interrogation of Glycoarrays. ChemBioChem 9, 1568-1575.

SE Guimond, TM Puvirajesinghe, M Skidmore, I Kalus, T Dierks, EA Yates and JE Turnbull. (2009) Rapid purification and high sensitivity analysis of heparan sulfate from cells and tissues: towards glycomics profiling. J Biol Chem. 284, 25714-25722. Paper of Week & Cover image.

AK Powell, YA Ahmed, Yates EA & JE Turnbull (2010) Generating heparan sulfate saccharide libraries for glycomics applications. Nature Protocols 5, 829-841 (2010)

Construction of N-Glycan Microarrays by Using Modular Synthesis and On-Chip Nanoscale Enzymatic Glycosylation. Serna S., Etxebarria J., Ruiz N., Martin-Lomas M. and Reichardt N.C.; Chem. Eur. J. 16, 13163 - 13175 (2010).

A New Linker for Solid-Phase Synthesis of Heparan Sulfate Precursors by Sequential Assembly of Monosaccharide Building Blocks. Czechura P., Guedes N., Kopitzki S., Vazquez N., Martin-Lomas M. and Reichardt N.C.; Chem. Commun. 47, 8 2390 - 2392 (2011).

Application Deadline:15 December 2011

PhD Supervisor:Prof J E Turnbull
Co-Supervisor:Dr E A Yates


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Ph.D in Applied Linguistics; Cognitive Science; Language Acquisition; Psycholinguistics

Level: PhD

Duties: Research,Teaching

Specialty Areas: Applied Linguistics; Cognitive Science; Language Acquisition; Psycholinguistics

Description:

The Department of Second Language Studies at the University of Hawai'i at Mânoa Invites applications to its PhD program from strong candidates with research Interests in any area of second language learning. A limited number of graduate Assistantships are available to support the best qualified candidates for up to Four years. For the fall 2012 admissions cycle, applications are especially Encouraged from strong candidates with research interests in the following three

Areas:

Area: Psycholinguistic approaches to L2 processing The successful candidate will have a strong background in psycholinguistics And/or linguistics, and an interest in conducting research on language Processing at the sentence and discourse level with child and/or adult learners.
Applications from candidates with programming skills (e.g., R, Matlab) and/or Previous experience with eye-tracking are particularly encouraged. For further Inquiries, please contact Dr. Theres Grüter (theres@hawaii. edu).

Area: Statistical language learning
The successful candidate will have interests in probabilistic and embodied Approaches to bilingual language acquisition and processing. S/he will Investigate basic mechanisms of learning in one or more of these research lines: A) infant bilingual development; b) experience-induced constraints on plasticity And sensitive periods; c) individual differences in statistical learning; d) Training interventions targeting learning abilities to improve second/foreign Language proficiency. Under the guidance of Dr. Luca Onnis, s/he will have the
Opportunity to conduct a multidisciplinary program of research that combines Methods of behavioral experimentation (artificial grammars, mouse- and Eye-tracking), cross-linguistic computational analyses of large corpora, and Computer simulations (e.g., connectionist modeling). For further inquiries, Please contact Dr. Luca Onnis (lucao@hawaii. edu).

Area: Language learning and technology
The successful candidate will have a strong background in technology use and Design, and interests in one or more of the following areas: a) affordances of New technologies for rethinking second language acquisition; b) language as Social coordination in online learning environments, (e.g., virtual worlds, Massively multi-player online games); c) comparison of ecological niches between Online and face-to-face environments; d) multimodal analysis and new media Literacies for L2 development. Please contact Dr. Dongping Zheng (zhengd@hawaii. edu) with inquiries.

Resources: Experimental resources are housed within the Language Analysis and Experimentation (LAE) labs, a complex of 5 distinct spaces dedicated to human Language and the cognitive mechanisms responsible for it. Recent additions to These resources include a SMI RED250 remote eye-tracking system, Sound-attenuated booths, a baby station equipped for preferential looking
Experiments with infants, as well as a multiuser version of Transana, a audio And video transcription software for national and international collaborations. These facilities serve a vibrant interdisciplinary community of students and Faculty with interests in language learning, processing, and cognition, which Successful candidates will have the opportunity to join. For more information,

Please see

http://www.ling.hawaii.edu/lae/ and http://www.hawaii.edu/sls/sls/ .

Application Deadline: 15-Jan-2012

Web Address for Applications: http://www.hawaii. edu/sls/sls/ ?page_id= 93

Contact Information:
Theres Gruter
Theres@Hawaii. edu

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PhD student / post-doctoral researcher Biostatistics

Task description

The research activities are part of an interuniversity collaboration between the institute VAXINFECTIO of the University of Antwerp, and the Center for Statistics, Hasselt University. The main interdisciplinary research themes are i) to improve and/or increase the understanding of the immune system, ii) to develop strategies for the containment of antibiotic resistance and iii) to develop new methodology in modeling infectious disease spread. For this, a post-doctoral researcher of PhD student will be appointed.

Postdoctoral researcher: To support and to develop new statistical methodology in vaccine and infectious disease research.

Predoctoral researcher: PhD in statistical methodology in vaccine and infectious disease research.

Profile
You have a strong quantitative background;
You are intrinsically motivated, think analytically and creatively, and work in an organised and focused manner;
You enjoy working in an multidisciplinary environment (statistics, epidemiology, medical sciences, life sciences);
Experience in the use of statistical/mathematical software such as SAS, R, etc., is a plus

Diploma
Postdoctoral researcher: PhD in sciences: (bio)statistics, mathematics, physics, biology or related field. Predoctoral researcher: Licentiate, Master, or equivalent degree in (bio)statistics, mathematics, physics, biology or related field.

Employment
2 years (for appointment as postdoctal researcher)
2x2 years (for appointment as predoctoral researcher)

Further information
Content job responsibilities:
Prof. dr. Niel HENS, +32-11-268232, niel.hens@uhasselt.be
Prof. dr. Marc AERTS, +32-11-268247, marc.aerts@uhasselt.be
Prof. dr. Geert MOLENBERGHS, +32-11-268238, geert.molenberghs@uhasselt.be

Content terms of employment and selection procedure:
jobs@uhasselt.be, +32-11-268080

Application
Applicants must use the official application forms which can be downloaded here http://www.uhasselt.be/download/APengelsUH.doc.

Application by e-mail will only be taken into consideration when sent to the following address: jobs@uhasselt.be.

Please add a copy of your diploma, a list of courses and your results per course. Without these we cannot evaluate your application.

The completed application forms must reach the above mentioned address no later than 07 December 2011.

Selection procedure
Preselection on the basis of CV. Interview with the selected candidates.

http://www.uhasselt.be/vacancies_detail?taal=04&vacid=156

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Twenty PhD Positions Available (UNESCO-IHE The Netherlands)

*Twenty PhD Positions are available in the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Funded Project on Pro-poor Sanitation Innovations, named "Stimulating local innovation on sanitation for the urban poor in sub-Saharan Africa and South-East Asia".*

UNESCO-IHE, The Netherlands, and the following partners: Makerere University in Uganda, KNUST in Ghana, AIT in Thailand, 2iE in Burkina Faso, ITB in Indonesia, UCT in South Africa, UFMG in Brasil, and Univalle in Colombia were awarded a US$8 million grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

The grant will be used to finance a 5-year capacity building and research project to stimulate local innovation on sanitation for the urban poor in sub-Saharan Africa and South-East Asia.

To support the research component of the project 20 PhD positions for junior researchers are funded by the project at 8 host institutions.

*Deadline for application: 15 December 2011*

http://www.unesco-ihe.org/Pro-poor-Sanitation-Innovations/Twenty-PhD-Positions-Available

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PhD Scholarship in Supply Chain Management - Houston, Texas,

University of Houston

http://www.bauer.uh.edu/doctoral/scm/

Ph.D. in Supply Chain Management (SCM)

The Ph.D. program in Supply Chain Management IS NOW accepting applications for the fall 2012.

The Supply Chain Management (SCM) field covers the planning, execution, and control of strategic, tactical, and operational decisions involved in the movement of materials, services, resources, and information among and within organizations. Demand for SCM graduates has grown significantly in recent years and faculty salaries in the area are highly competitive.

Content and Length of Program

For the typical student the program requires a 4-year full-time commitment. During this period the student establishes residency (Section 7.80 of C. T. Bauer College of Business Policies - BCB policies) and employment outside the university is prohibited. Ph.D. students may be qualified to receive support from the university in the form of Assistantships. Students receiving assistantships are expected to serve 20 hours each week during the academic year as research and/or teaching assistants to the SCM faculty. Compensation ranges from $31,870 to $35,710, based on a $2100 per month stipend with annual increases through the third year, also on a fellowship during a student's first two years and teaching compensation thereafter, plus tuition waiver (less student-paid fees).

Research Focus and Placement

The doctoral program in Supply Chain Management at the University of Houston is designed to produce outstanding scholars/teachers who possess a breadth of understanding of the overall field as well as a depth of understanding in selected sub-fields within SCM. The program is designed to provide the necessary skills to enable graduates to have successful academic careers in which they contribute to the growing body of academic and practical SCM knowledge through sound research, and educate and instruct future scholars and business professionals in the SCM field. Past graduates have accepted faculty positions at the University of Southern California, The Ohio State University, George Mason University, Oakland University, the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, Lehigh University, the University of Glasgow, and the Air Force Institute of Technology.

Advisory Committee

The student's Advisory (coursework) Committee chairperson shall be named during the first semester of the student's enrollment in the program. Approval of the members of the Advisory Committee by the SCM Ph.D. Coordinator is required. This committee has primary responsibility for:

Structuring the coursework program and insuring that all program requirements and equivalencies are satisfied.
Monitoring the student's progress.
Supervising the oral comprehensive examination.

General Timeline and Milestones for Doctoral Studies in SCM
First year of studies

Fall semester:

Nine semester hours.
Appointment of the advisory committee (also called course committee). Required by the end of semester.
Appointment of the doctoral student mentor. Required by the end of semester.

Spring semester:

Nine semester hours.
Degree plan completed. Required by the end of semester.
Qualifying examination. Required by the end of the semester.

Summer semester:

Six semester hours.

Second year of studies

Fall semester:

Nine semester hours.

Spring semester:

Nine semester hours.

Summer semester:

Six semester hours.

Third year of studies

During the third year of studies: Oral defense of the dissertation proposal. Suggested.

Fall semester:

Nine semester hours.
Comprehensive examination. Required.

Spring semester:

Nine semester hours.

Summer semester:

Six semester hours.

Fourth year of studies

During the fourth year of studies: Oral defense of the dissertation. Suggested.

Fall semester:

Nine semester hours.

Spring semester:

Nine semester hours.

Summer semester:

Six semester hours.

The Dissertation must be completed within four years of the comprehensive examination (college policy), and a student who fails to successfully defend a dissertation within six years of entering the program must retake the comprehensive examinations (college policy).
Required Examinations
Qualifying Examination

The purpose of the qualifying examination is to determine whether the student has achieved acceptable mastery of the Supply Chain Management field in order to continue in the program.

Each student has to complete a qualifying examination by the end of the first Spring semester of their studies. SCM faculty will assign the materials, design the qualifying examination questions and grade the questions. The examination is graded as a "pass" or a "fail". Failing the qualifying examination terminates the student's eligibility to continue in the program.
Comprehensive Examination

The purpose of the Comprehensive examination is to determine if the student has achieved acceptable mastery of the Supply Chain Management field in order to successfully complete a doctoral degree in this program. The comprehensive examination has a written and oral component.

Each student must complete the comprehensive examination by the end of the Fall semester of the third year of studies after completing the coursework specified in their degree plan (as specified by the College Ph.D. policies). SCM faculty will assign the materials, design the comprehensive examination questions and grade the questions. The examinations are graded as a "pass" or a "fail" and the student will be notified within the timeline specified by the College Ph.D. policies.

If the student has failed either the written or the oral part of the comprehensive examination, they have the right to retake it within six months of the notification. Only one reexamination is allowed.
Annual Review

Consistent with Bauer Guidelines, each candidate will be formally evaluated on an annual basis. This evaluation will encompass the following aspects of the students' performance:

Performance in coursework.
Performance as a teaching/research assistant.
Performance in research and participation in the DISC related research seminar series
Progress toward completion of degree.

Form of the Evaluation

The evaluation will be conducted by the SCM Ph.D. coordinator with input from SCM faculty. After considering all relevant information including, but not limited to, that provided by the chairperson of that candidate's Advisory Committee or Dissertation Committee and the student's faculty research or teaching mentors, one of four recommendations will be made to the Associate Dean for Academic and Research Programs:

The candidate's progress is satisfactory in all regards, and the candidate should be retained in the program.
The candidate's progress is unsatisfactory in some regards, and the candidate should be carefully counseled and monitored to eliminate these deficiencies.
The candidate's progress is unsatisfactory and gives cause for serious concern, and the candidate should be placed on probation with a specified time for correcting the noted deficiencies.
The candidate's progress does not warrant continuation in the program and the candidate should be dismissed from the program.

Written copies of the evaluation will be transmitted to the candidate, the chairperson of that candidate's Advisory Committee or Dissertation Committee, and the Associate Dean for Academic and Research Programs.

Dismissal from Program

In the event that the recommendation is dismissal from the program, a majority vote by the tenure-track faculty in the SCM area is required. Consistent with Bauer Guidelines, the action of dismissing a candidate from doctoral program is the responsibility of the Associate Dean for Academic and Research Programs.

http://www.bauer.uh.edu/doctoral/admissions/


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Nov 14, 2011

CfA: Human Rights Advocates Program, Columbia University

Institute for the Study of Human Rights at Columbia University Invites Applications for Human Rights Advocates Program

The Human Rights Advocates Program, an initiative of the Institute for the Study of Human Rights at Columbia University, is a capacity-building program designed to strengthen the skills,
knowledge, and networks of proven human rights defenders at the grassroots level. The program focuses both on strengthening the skills of the individual advocates and providing the tools for them to build sustainable organizations that advocate for disadvantaged peoples.

The 2012 HRAP will begin in the latter half of August and run until mid-December 2012. Advocates are expected to participate fully in the offerings provided by HRAP, including skills workshops on advocacy planning and strategies, fundraising, press and media, and building sustainable organizations; Columbia University courses on human rights, public health, the environment, development, and labor rights; and meetings and networking opportunities with NGO staff, activists, policy makers, representatives of international institutions, and academics.

The program is designed for lawyers, journalists, doctors, teachers, social workers, community organizers, and other human rights activists working with NGOs on issues, including sexual and gender-based violence, domestic violence, minority rights, LGBT rights, labor rights, migration, health, social exclusion, environmental justice, and corporate social accountability.

Participants are selected on the basis of their previous work experience in human rights, commitment to the human rights field, and demonstrated ability to pursue graduate-level studies. Full-time students or government officials will not be considered.

Advocates must work at the grassroots level. Applicants from high-income countries will not be considered except for those representing marginalized communities. Fluency in English is required. Preference is given to those who have not previously had opportunities to travel and study internationally. Advocates must provide proof of institutional endorsement from their organizations for their participation in the program and must commit to returning to that
organization upon completion of the program. Only one application per organization should be submitted.

ISHR makes every effort to provide full fellowships to cover program costs as well as travel and housing. A reasonable stipend is also provided to cover basic costs.

Visit the ISHR Web site for complete program information, an FAQ, and the application form.
http://hrcolumbia.org/hrap/apply/instructions/



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CfP: Triennial Iranian Studies Conf., Oslo, DL 15.01.2012

March 30, 2012
University of Oslo, Norway

The Scandinavian Society for Iranian Studies invites proposals for the 1st Triennial Iranian Studies Conference in all subfields of Iranian studies. SSIS encourages works that probe new scholarly approaches to Iranian Studies. The primary language of the conference will be English, but proposals for papers in Scandinavian languages will be considered.

The three conference panels are:

1. Language & Literature
2. History & Politics
3. Religion, Ethnicity & Gender

Paper proposals must be limited to 300 words and must present succinct scholarly outlines of the central themes and main arguments of the presentations. Length of presentations is 20 minutes.
Membership is a required component of the proposal process. To become a member of SSIS please visit Membership.

Paper proposals should be submitted to Dr. Yadullah Shahibzadeh before 15 January 2012: yadullah.shahibzade h@ikos.uio. no

The conference is sponsored by Institute for Comparative Research in Human Culture (Instituttet for sammenlignende kulturforskning, Oslo) and Fritt Ord Foundation.

Info: http://iranianstudies.wordpress.com/2011/11/04/ssis-1st-triennial-conference/?mid=51


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Erasmus Mundus Master Programme in Information Technology for Business Intelligence (IT4BI)

Erasmus Mundus is a certification of excellence which is delivered by the European community to the best international master programmes in Europe, and it is supported by very attractive scholarships.

Since its inception 20 years ago, Business Intelligence (BI) has become a huge industrial domain and a major economic driver, however overlooked by academics. The Erasmus Mundus Master Programme in Information Technology for Business Intelligence (IT4BI) aims at training computer scientists who understand and help develop the strategies of modern enterprise decision makers.

IT4BI is a 2-year, English-language programme jointly delivered by Universite Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) in Belgium, Universite Francois Rabelais Tours (UFRT) in France, Ecole Centrale Paris (ECP) in France, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya (UPC) in Spain, and Technische Universitat Berlin (TUB) in Germany.

IT4BI targets students from all over the world with a Bachelor of Science (or a level equivalent to 180 ETCS) with major in Computer Science, as well as an English proficiency corresponding to level B2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (e.g., TOEFL 580 or higher). Admission is granted on the basis of a selection procedure.

The first year of the programme is devoted to fundamentals: the first semester at ULB, the second one at UFRT. Then, all students participate to the European Business Intelligence Summer School (http://cs.ulb.ac.be/conferences/ebiss.html). In the third semester, the programme offers three specialisations at ECP, UPC and TUB and students move to the partner of the chosen specialisation. The fourth semester is dedicated to
the master's thesis and can be realised at either as a placement in industry, or as an internship in a research laboratory in any full or associated partner. Eventually, all students will be gathered in the workshop "Business Intelligence: Innovation Meets Research". Upon completion of the program, graduates will be awarded with a multiple degree, the national master's degrees from ULB, UFRT and the university of the specialisation.

The IT4BI programme opens in September 2012.
Application opened November 2nd, 2011.

Tuition fees are
- 鈧� 4,000 per year for European students and
- 鈧� 8,000 per year for other students.

The Erasmus Mundus programme provides EU-funded scholarships to students who have been selected by the consortium. The scholarship amount is
- 鈧� 24,000 per year for non European students and
- 鈧�11,500 per year for European students.

The deadlines for applications are:
- Students applying for an Erasmus Mundus scholarship: January 2nd, 2012
- Students not applying for an Erasmus Mundus scholarship: April 30th, 2012 for non European students and June 30th, 2012 for European students.

Please see the IT4BI website (http://it4bi.univ-tours.fr) for further details and on-line application form.


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CfP: 18th Biennial Conference on Balkan and South Slavic Linguistics, Literature, and Folklore

CALL FOR PAPERS

Abstract Submission Deadline: Friday, November 18, 2011

The 18th Biennial Conference on Balkan and South Slavic Linguistics, Literature and Folklore will take place at The University of Washington in Seattle, WA, USA, March 29-31, 2012.

The conference organizers are now accepting proposals for papers that treat some aspect of Balkan and/or South Slavic linguistics, literature, and folklore, as well as culture. Abstracts should be maximum one page, including examples and bibliography if needed (12-point font, at least 1" margins), and should be anonymous.

Abstracts should be submitted in PDF format, by email, to Bojan Belic (bojan@uw.edu). The paper title, author name(s), affiliation( s), and contact information should be given in the body of the email.

More information is available at
http://depts.washington.edu/slavweb/18BSSLLF/index.php.

Questions about the conference may be directed to James Augerot (bigjim@uw.edu) or Bojan Belic (bojan@uw.edu).


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CfE: Innovations for Health Competition, early DL: 12.12.2011

Ashoka Changemakers and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Invite Entries for Innovations for Health Competition

Ashoka Changemakers and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation抯 Pioneer Portfolio have launched a new competition, Innovations for Health: Solutions that Cross Borders, to promote healthcare solutions from anywhere in the world that have the potential to be applied in other countries to improve health and healthcare. The competition is intended to help build bridges toward a more accessible, cost-effective, consumer-engaged, and outcome-driven system of health services.

The competition is seeking breakthrough innovations such as those that deploy the full spectrum of healthcare workers and providers, thereby improving the capacity, reach, and quality of healthcare services; use simple low-cost interventions to improve medical, preventive, and dental care; help people find and access the health information, services, and providers they need through new tools and processes; provide high quality and personalized care in
non-traditional settings; and find new ways to engage patients in their care, particularly patients with chronic illnesses.

The competition' s organizers seek initiatives that have demonstrated impact, and are particularly interested in those that have the potential to help vulnerable and underserved populations in other countries that are experiencing similar barriers to health.

Three winners selected by a panel of expert judges will each receive $10,000. Entries received by the early deadline of December 12, 2011, will also be eligible to win one of two $500 awards and one of two private consulting sessions with industry experts.

In addition, following the Changemakers competition, selected entries may be invited to submit proposals to RWJF's Pioneer Portfolio for future funding consideration. The foundation will be looking for innovations that show potential to produce significant improvement in health and healthcare in the United States. Only organizations in the United States and its territories are eligible for this post-competition funding opportunity.

Entries are welcome from any country. Entries are accepted in English, Spanish, Portuguese, and French.

Visit the Changemakers Web site for complete program guidelines and entry procedures.
http://www.changemakers.com/innovations4health


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CfP: 12th EASA Conf.- Panel on "The Other" and the de-fetishization of the state

CFP: "The Other" and the de-fetishization of the state

Call for papers for the 12th EASA conference in Nanterre (10 -13 July 2012). Deadline for Paper Proposals is 28 November. Propose your paper here:

http://www.nomadit.co.uk/easa/easa2012/panels.php5?PanelID=1284


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Two Postgraduate Chartered Studentships, Social Sciences, The Open University

Two Postgraduate Chartered Studentships
The Open University,
Faculty of Social Sciences
Based in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
Stipend euro 13,590 per annum
Start date 1st January 2012

The Faculty of Social Sciences invites applications for two fully-funded PhD Charter Studentships commencing January 2012 within the Department of Social Policy and Criminology. These studentships will be allied with the ESRC-funded research project Enduring Love?
Couple relationships in the 21st century. Research undertaken is, therefore, expected to link to this project. Full details are available at: www.enduringlove.co.uk.

Charter Studentship 1: the focus of research undertaken by this Studentship should address a dimension of the central research topic of the Enduring Love project; that is experiences of long-term couple relationships in contemporary Britain.

Charter Studentship 2: this Studentship is being funded in collaboration with Relate , the UK relationship counselling service; applications should be focused on the provision and experience of relationship support. Information about Relate is available at: http://www.relate.org.uk and details about the Relate Institute, a centre of excellence for relationship studies, can be found at: www.relateinstitute.ac.uk.

For detailed information or email the Recruitment Co-ordinator (socsci-phd-applications@open. ac.uk) quoting the reference number RD/SS/13.

To apply, go to www.open.ac.uk/employment

Closing date: midday on Thursday 10 November 2011. Interview date: Monday 28 November 2011.


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Nov 9, 2011

CfA: IFORS/EURO Exchange of Young Researchers Program XVI Latin American Summer School on Operations Research ELAVIO 2012

On behalf of Professor Elena Fernandez, EURO Vice-President of IFORS, please find herewith enclosed a Call for Candidates for the IFORS/EURO EXCHANGE OF YOUNG RESEARCHERS PROGRAM XVI Latin American Summer School on Operations Research ELAVIO 2012 Vale dos Vinhedos, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil February 5-10, 2012

http://www.inf.ufrgs.br/elavio2012/elavio2012/main.html

As the deadline for application is quite close 10 December 2011, may I ask you to make a special effort to disseminate these information among the members of your National OR Society in order to be able to submit a valuable candidate.

EURO Office
Université Libre de Bruxelles
SMG/EURO, CP 210/01
Boulevard du Triomphe
Campus Plaine, Bld. NO, level 3, room 2N3 116C
1050 Brussels, Belgium
Fax: +32 2 650 59 70
office@euro- online.org
http://www.euro-online.org/



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PhD/Postdoc in database management systems, Saarland University

The information systems group of Saarland University is offering several Ph.D. and postdoc positions in the area of database management systems. The openings are in the BMBF VIP project OctopusDB, a new 'on size fits all' adaptive database system.

http://infosys.uni-saarland.de/octopusdb.php

Requirements:
- fluent in Java and/or C++
- experience in system-oriented software development
- team-oriented working style
- interest in and fun crunching big data

Salary:
- for the Ph.D and postdoc positions: E13 (about 3100EUR/month in the first year; 3400EUR/month in the second)
- in addition: one postdoc position with extended project management responsibilities: E14 (about 3375EUR/month in the first year; 3745EUR/month in the second)
- all positions are full time, for one year (extendible to 3 years)

Further information:
- http://infosys.uni-saarland.de/index.php
- or Jens Dittrich by email

Computer Science at Saarland University: Saarbruecken is an international research-oriented center for computer science. Researchers at Saarland University cooperate closely with the Max Planck Institute for Informatics, the Max Planck Institute for Software Systems, the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI), the Center for Bioinformatics and the Visual
Computing Institute. These internationally renowned research institutes are co-located on the Saarbruecken University Campus, neighbours to the Computer Science Department with its 19 chairs. All in all, more than 300 researchers in Computer Science have made their academic home in Saarbruecken. Many work on common projects funded by the German Government, the European Union or industrial partners. In October 2007, Saarbruecken Computer Science was awarded two major grants in the framework of the Initiative for Excellence of the German federal and state governments: the Cluster of Excellence on Multimodal Computing and Interaction (M2CI) and fund!
ing for the Saarbruecken Graduate School of Computer Science. Working language is English.

http://www.cs.uni-saarland.de/

Saarbruecken is located at the heart of Europe, near to Paris, Heidelberg, and Cologne and close to Germany's borders to France (7 km away) and Luxembourg, strongly influenced by French savoir-vivre.

How to apply:
send a _single_ pdf including

(1) CV
(2) list stating relevant software development experience
(3) transcripts of high school certificate and grades
(4) transcripts of BSc/MSc (Ph.D. if applies) certificates and grades
(5) list of publications
(6) letter of motivation

to jens.dittrich@infosys

Applications not sticking to this format will not be considered!
Applications wilL be accepted until all positions have been filled.


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CfP: "Discourse / Conversation / Communication" Intl Conf., Loughborough University, UK, 21-23 March 2012

*** Deadline extended to 1 December ***

"Discourse / Conversation / Communication" , International conference, Loughborough University, UK, 21-23 March 2012

Confirmed plenary speakers: Michael Billig, David Buckingham, David Deacon, Paul Drew, Derek Edwards, Peter Golding, Jim McGuigan, Angela McRobbie, Graham Murdock, Michael Pickering, Jonathan Potter, Teun A. Van Dijk, Liesbet Van Zoonen.

CALL FOR PAPERS
We invite submissions for individual papers that engage with empirical and theoretical topics in communication studies, discourse analysis, conversation analysis, media studies, social interaction, or cultural studies. Preference will be given to papers that address in original
ways the promises and challenges or research in these areas.

Possible topics include:
* cultural economies and media industries
* popular culture and cultural history
* identity, difference and communication
* political communication
* communication and social exclusion
* media and religion
* memory and media
* comparative media research
* political and nationalist discourse
* discursive psychology
* membership categorization analysis
* conversation analysis

Abstracts should be up to 350 words in length and written in English. Only one abstract as single / first author will be accepted from any one individual.

Please submit your Abstract via Loughborough University's Conference Administration page:

http://www-staff.lboro.ac.uk/~ssca1/DCconf2012/DC2012home.html

Deadline for Abstracts: 1st December, 2011.

Looking forward to meeting you in Loughborough!

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