CUHK: Director of Diplomacy & International Studies (Hong Kong)

“JobDirector of inter-faculty undergraduate programme in Diplomacy and International Studies, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. Deadline: 17 July 2026.

The Faculty of Social Science invites applications for the post of Professor. The appointee will be expected to serve as the inaugural Director for the new inter-Faculty undergraduate programme in Diplomacy and International Studies at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). This innovative programme aims to nurture high-level, interdisciplinary talent who are proficient in both Chinese and Western cultures and are prepared to excel in international relations, international organizations and diplomatic arenas. With a particular focus on China’s role in global governance, the programme sees to students’ developing a deep understanding of the historical, cultural, and political dimensions of China’s engagement in international affairs. The Faculty is seeking a visionary leader with demonstrated commitment to teaching, programme management, and the development of this distinctive new initiative.

U Macau: Head, Department of Portuguese (China)

“Job

Head, Department of Portuguese, University of  Macau, China. Deadline: 4 August 2026.

The Faculty of Arts and Humanities invites applications for the position of Head of Department of Portuguese (at the rank of Full/Associate Professor). The Department of Portuguese is an established and lively scholarly community. The Department offers an undergraduate degree in Portuguese Studies concentrating on Portuguese with selected courses in Language, Linguistics, Literature, Culture, History and Translation. At the undergraduate level, the Department also teaches Portuguese language within the Faculty of Law and offers elective courses in Portuguese as a foreign language to students from all faculties of the University. At the postgraduate level, the Department offers two Master programmes (i) Portuguese Language and Intercultural Studies; (ii) Translation Studies (Portuguese-Chinese), as well as one PhD programme covering various areas of Portuguese Studies.

CFP Fulbright Alumni Conference 2026 (USA)

ConferencesCall for papers: Fulbright Alumni Conference (FALCON), 23-25 October, 2026, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, Washington, DC, USA. Deadline: 15 July 2026.

Organizers welcome proposals from current grantees, alumni (U.S. or non-U.S.), and anyone who supports the ideals of the Fulbright Program. You do not have to be a member of the Fulbright Association, but all presenters must register to attend the conference.

Conference Focus Areas may overlap; please select the area which is the best match for your presentation proposal.

  • Diplomatic Legacy – Advancing the Global Fulbright Mission
  • Career Pathways – Building the Pipeline from Exchange to Employment
  • Global Resilience – Navigating Risk as First Responders of Ideas
  • Civic Impact – From Scholar to Citizen: Leading Local Change

CFP Vienna Conference on the Social Sciences 2026 (Austria)

ConferencesCall for papers: The Vienna Conference  on the Social Sciences, 13-17 November 2026, Vienna, Austria. Deadline: 30 July 2026.

International Academic Forum (IAFOR) Vienna 2026 is part of the IAFOR European City Conference Series and is a dual conference event featuring the Vienna Conference on Arts and Humanities (VCAH2026) alongside the Vienna Conference on the Social Sciences (VCSS2026). The event provides an essential comparative and contrastive space for people to engage in multidisciplinary research across borders of nation, culture, discipline, and professions.

IAFOR’s conference programme provides an essential comparative and contrastive space for people to engage in multidisciplinary research across borders of nation, culture, discipline, and professions. They encourage mixed approaches and methodologies, combining theory and practice between and across the disciplines, and look to harness the collective intelligence of our International Academic Forum in addressing some of the most pressing issues of our time. Through the implementation of new formats in conference programme over the last year, including Intelligence Briefings, Keynote Interviews, and The Forum, they gather insights into what has been discussed at the theoretical and policy levels, identify the challenges, and the outlook for best practices in tackling global contemporary issues, which have been identified as the themes for 2025-2029. These are international, intercultural, and interdisciplinary, and include:

  • Technology and Artificial Intelligence
  • Humanity and Human Intelligence
  • Global Citizenship and Education for Peace
  • Leadership

These four themes can be seen as standalone themes, but they are also very much in conversation with each other. Themes may be seen as corollaries, complementary, or in opposition / juxtaposition with each other. The themes can be considered as widely as possible and are designed, in keeping with IAFOR’s mission, to encourage ideas across the disciplines.

 

British Council: U Edinburgh IAS in Humanities Postdoc 2027 (UK)

Postdocs
British Council 90th Anniversary Research Fellowships, Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities, University of Edinburgh, Scotland. Deadlines: 31 July 2026.

 

The British Council celebrated its 90th anniversary in 2024. They have announced a research partnership between the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities (IASH) at the University of Edinburgh and the British Council.

 

They are awarding up to two 12-month Fellowships starting in January 2027 – open to postdoctoral researchers based in any ODA-recipient country where the British Council operates. These Fellowships are intended to support research that is aligned with the overarching vision of the British Council (“a more peaceful and prosperous world built on trust”) and the purpose outlined in their strategy: We support peace and prosperity by building connections, understanding and trust between people in the UK and countries worldwide

 

Fellows will spend the first ten months of their Fellowships at IASH, followed by up to two months based in their home countries focused on knowledge exchange and dissemination in collaboration with the British Council.

 

The Fellowship provides a bursary of £2,500 per month and travel expenses as well as desk space, library access and academic mentoring as part of the vibrant scholarly community of visiting fellows at IASH. Fellows will also be expected to engage closely with the British Council throughout their Fellowships (including visits to UK offices), with the option to spend time in a British Council office in their home country as part of the knowledge exchange component of the Fellowship.

Royal Roads U: Postdoc Possibilities 2026-28 (Canada)

Postdocs

Multiple postdoc opportunities, Royal Roads University, Victoria, BC, Canada. Deadline: 3 July 2026.

Royal Roads University (RRU) invites expressions of interest from those wishing to develop a Canada Postdoctoral Research Award (CPRA) application. CPRA award amounts of $70,000 (taxable income) per year for 2 years (non-renewable) are used to fund a postdoctoral researcher position at the university and are subject to MERCs (mandatory employment related costs). RRU seeks expressions of interest specific to a series of research topics; that most likely relevant to followers of this Center is this one:

Dr. Juana Du‘s research encompasses cultural intelligence, the cross-cultural adaptation of business professionals, global virtual and hybrid teams, knowledge transfer and management, and digital innovation of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Employing an empirical research approach, her recent work inquiries into human-AI interactions (HAII) within an international business context. She invites expressions of interest from postdoctoral researchers interested in studying the experiences of sojourners (e.g. business expatriates, international students and tourists) using AI-assisted language programs and dialogue systems. Key areas of interest include the impact of AI language learning applications on individuals’ overseas experiences, cognitive abilities, multilingual competence, emotional engagement, social relationships, as well as human- AI interactions in multicultural teams, and related ethical concerns.

ICD Exercise #9: Cross-Cultural Adaptation Across Migrant Pathways

ICD Exercises

The next ICD Exercise is now available. Su-Ann Tan describes an exercise she has successfully used with students, Cross-cultural adaptation across migration pathways: Understanding different starting points and experiences.

The primary goal of this activity is to demonstrate that not all migrant groups experience adaptation in the same way; their starting position is not always equal, with success influenced by numerous internal and external factors.

To achieve this, the concept of cross-cultural adaption is introduced, followed by a scenario-based activity where participants are assigned a migrant profile (e.g., skilled professional, refugee, international student, or family reunification migrant) and given a scenario to reflect aspects of their profile as helpful or challenging to their adaptation.

As with prior publications, ICD Exercises are available as free PDFs; just click on the thumbnail to download.

ICD Exercise 9 by Su-Ann Tan

Tan, S.-A. (2026). Cross-cultural adaptation across migration pathways: Understanding different starting points and experiences. Intercultural Dialogue Exercises, 9. Available from: https://centerforinterculturaldialogue.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/icd-ex-9-tan.pdf

If you have an exercise you’ve used that works, and you would like to share it, please submit it. All authors will be asked to answer the same set of questions, and to make the exercises available for others to use, thus these are being published with a Creative Commons license (as is the case for all CID publications). If you are new to CID, please provide a brief resume. This opportunity is open to masters students and above, on the assumption that some familiarity with academic conventions generally, and discussion of intercultural dialogue specifically, are useful.

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
Wendy Leeds-Hurwitz Director Center for Intercultural Dialogue

Southern Illinois U: Study Abroad Program Director (USA)

“JobStudy Abroad Program Director, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL, USA. Deadline: 4 July 2026.

This individual is responsible for managing various aspects of study abroad programs at the university. The director’s duties include initiating and developing study abroad programs, handling budgeting, faculty recruitment, student selection, and logistics. S/he also provides leadership to study abroad staff and faculty, manages exchange programs with other institutions, coordinates international scholarship programs, and acts as the university’s international representative. Additionally, s/he works on promoting health and safety measures for students, faculty, and staff during study abroad programs and supervises advisors who assist students with study, work, and travel opportunities abroad.

U Birmingham: Global Partnerships Manager (UK)

“JobGlobal Partnerships Manager – External Relations, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, England, UK. Deadline: 21 June 2026.

This role is based in the International Team within External Relations, which directly contributes to the delivery of the University’s International Strategy. The International Team comprises international partnerships and international student recruitment and is led by the Deputy Director of External Relations. International partnerships are integral in delivering our global research and education and Global Top 50 reputation priorities.

The role will contribute to the delivery of the University’s International Strategy through supporting the development of international partnerships and collaborative opportunities for the University. Working with academics and professional services colleagues across the University, the post holder will be responsible for building trusted, collaborative relationships that support the development of sustainable and mutually beneficial international partnerships and strategic opportunities.

The role will require the post holder to act as a trusted partner to Colleges and senior stakeholders across the institution, providing informed advice, regional insight and strategic support to advance the University’s international ambitions.
Whilst primary responsibility for a region, or regions, will be defined for the post holder the role is not limited to any specific geographical region. The post holder may therefore be required to develop a detailed understanding of the political, economic, policy and legal environment of countries in which the University operates. This includes producing and contributing to policy, market and regional briefing materials to support institutional decision-making and senior engagement activity.
The post holder will also lead a range of partnership engagement activities and events, including symposia, round tables, receptions, institutional visits and delegations.

The post holder may be required to undertake occasional overseas travel, including weekends and public holidays. The post holder must be able to operate effectively and autonomously under these circumstances.

Tallinn U: PHD Position in RePIM – Revisioning Public Interest Media (Estonia)

“Studentships“

PHD Position in RePIM: Revisioning Public Interest Media, University of Tallinn, Estonia. Deadline: 29 June 2026.

The RePIM Doctoral Network is pleased to announce the reopening of the DC12 PhD position at Tallinn University (TLU), Estonia on 18 May 2026. This position is part of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie-funded project RePIM – Revisioning Public Interest Media, which brings together leading European universities and industry partners to explore the future of public interest media in a rapidly evolving, data-driven landscape.

The DC12 project, Audience Data Management and Performance Measurement in the Cross-Media Landscape, investigates how public interest media organisations can generate, manage and use audience data in ethical and effective ways. The research will address key challenges in transitioning from traditional broadcast metrics to cross-platform analytics, while maintaining the public value mission of media organisations. The doctoral candidate will contribute to developing innovative approaches to audience measurement and strategic decision-making in complex media ecosystems.