NIAS Fellowships 2026-27 (Netherlands)

FellowshipsNIAS Fellowships, 2026-27, Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Deadline: 16 March 2026.

NIAS has opened its fellowship calls – welcoming thinkers whose curiosity and insight transcend disciplinary boundaries. Scholars, journalists, artists and writers come together in a vibrant community where ideas breathe, collide and take shape.

NIAS has opened its fellowship calls – welcoming thinkers whose curiosity and insight transcend disciplinary boundaries. Scholars, journalists, artists and writers come together in a vibrant community where ideas breathe, collide and take shape.

In a time of complex global challenges, these fellowships are more important than ever: they create space to move beyond comfort zones, question assumptions, and pursue ideas unbound by immediate utility. At NIAS, the value of research is not measured primarily by immediate outcomes but by the questions it provokes, the perspectives it reveals, and the conversations it sparks.

The fellows include Safe Haven researchers: scholars whose work has been disrupted by war, conflict or persecution. Their presence signals a form of intellectual life that is grounded in the world, alert to its pressures, and free in its thinking.

The calls are an invitation to inhabit a space where curiosity reigns, creativity flourishes, and the boundaries of knowledge expand – one bold question at a time.

Founded in the 1970s, NIAS was the first institute for advanced study in continental Europe and the third globally, following Princeton and Stanford. At a time when academia was siloed and national in scope, NIAS brought together scholars from different disciplines and countries to rethink boundaries – a mission it continues to uphold.

Coalition for Language Education: Going Local in Language Education (UK)

EventsGoing local in language education: Cities as sites for cross-sectoral connection, Coalition for Language Education, UCL, East London, UK, 28 March 2026.

Cities are multilingual.  At home, at work, in community life and across a range of media, people learn, switch & blend languages and ways of speaking in both routine and creative ways.  But can we do more in education to cultivate and capitalise on this linguistic energy and expertise? We can’t ignore rising xenophobia and hostility to difference, alongside declining provision in modern languages, massive underfunding in ESOL, overwhelming neglect in EAL and heritage/community languages, and the siloed fragmentation of language education more generally.  Even so, we have ‘Cities of Languages’ in the UK, and the DfE’s Curriculum & Assessment Report calls on “local authorities, multi-academy trusts and schools to explore the potential benefits of a coordinated approach in their local areas”.  So in what ways can cities serves as sites for regenerating language education?

This one-day event brings people together from schools, universities, adult education, community organisations and policy to consider how cities can act as spaces for language development and cross-sector collaboration. Through case studies, structured discussions and cross-sector dialogue, we will look at what it means to organise locally for languages, exploring the principles emerging for locally driven, inclusive and critically informed strategies for language.

CFP Global Communication and Global Governance (China)

Conferences

Call for submissions: Global Communication and Global Governance, Xiamen University, China, 29-31 May 2026. Deadline: 1 March 2026.

Xiamen University is pleased to announce an international communication conference on “Global Communication and Global Governance,” organized in collaboration with members of the National Communication Association (NCA) and leaders from the Communication University of China (CUC). The conference will be held at Xiamen University, China, from May 29 to 31, 2026. Under this overarching theme, organizers invite research presentations that engage broadly with the communication discipline, particularly within three thematic tracks; the one most likely to be relevant to followers of the Center for Intercultural Dialogue is:

Theme 2: Video Trends in Intercultural and International Communication

From short-form video, proliferating entertainment platforms, and livestreaming to documentaries, viral clips, and transnational media flows, video has become a central site of cultural expression, negotiation, and contestation. This track foregrounds video as a key mode of symbolic action in intercultural and international communication, inviting scholarship that examines how video technologies and practices shape representation, identity, power relations, and cross-cultural understanding. They invite scholarship on platform cultures, digital storytelling, creator and influencer economies, diasporic media, and the transnational circulation of video across linguistic and cultural boundaries, foregrounding dialogue on how evolving video practices are transforming intercultural communication. They welcome perspectives that critically engage how contemporary video trends both enable and constrain intercultural and international dialogue in an increasingly mediated and contested global environment.

CID Poster 11: Language and Intercultural Communication Translated into Italian

CID PostersSeveral years ago, Brandon Peña created CID Poster 11: Language and Intercultural Communication.

Here we present the Italian translation, CID Poster 11: Lingua e comunicazione interculturale, illustrating a quote related to KC78: Language and Intercultural Communication by Jane Jackson. This new version of the poster exists thanks to the Italian translation provided by Maria Flora Mangano, and the graphic design work by Yan Qiu.

CID Poster 11 Language and Intercultural Communication translated into Italian

 

Just in case anyone wants to cite this poster, the following would be the recommended format:

Center for Intercultural Dialogue. (2026). Lingua e comunicazione interculturale [M. F. Mangano, trans.]. CID Posters, 11. Available from:
https://centerforinterculturaldialogue.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/cid-poster-11-italian.png

As with other series, CID Posters are available for free on the site; just click on the thumbnail to download a printable PNG. They may be downloaded, printed, and shared as is, without changes, without cost, so long as there is acknowledgment of the source.

As with other CID Publications, if you wish to contribute an original contribution, please send an email before starting any work to receive approval, to minimize inadvertent duplication, and to learn about technical requirements. As is the case any series, posters should be created initially in English. If you want to volunteer to translate a poster into a language in which you are fluent, send in a note before starting, to receive approval and to confirm no one else is working on the same one.

Wendy Leeds-Hurwitz
Director, Center for Intercultural Dialogue
intercult.dialogue AT gmail.com

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U Ramon Llull: Assistant / Associate Professor in International Business (Spain)

“JobAssistant/Associate Professor in International Business, Universitat Ramon Llull, Barcelona, Spain. Deadline: 31 March 2026.

The IQS School of Management (University Ramon Lull) is seeking to appoint a University Associate / Assistant Professorship in International Business from 1 Sep 2026. The successful candidate will be joining a vibrant, collaborative and friendly environment within one of the most traditional research centres in Barcelona.

They encourage applications from all areas of international business, broadly defined. Research themes that are of particular interest are, in no particular order:
* Strategy in international business
* Geopolitics and processes of economic integration
*Logistics and international transport
* Global talent management
* Sustainable development
* International trade
* International development.

Samaritan’s Feet: International Programs Manager (USA)

“JobInternational Programs Manager, Samaritan’s Feet International, Charlotte, NC, USA. Deadline: 6 March 2026.

The International Programs Manager oversees Samaritan’s Feet International’s global programs and operations, working closely with international partners, donors, suppliers, and affiliates to advance the organization’s mission. This role is responsible for coordinating international initiatives, supporting global development efforts, managing overseas logistics in collaboration with internal teams, and strengthening relationships that drive programmatic and fundraising success. The ideal candidate is culturally competent, highly organized, and passionate about international development, community engagement, and fundraising in a dynamic nonprofit environment.

Samaritan’s Feet International (SFI) is a humanitarian aid, 501c3, non-profit organization founded in 2003 by Manny and Tracie Ohonme. Their mission is to serve and inspire hope in children by providing shoes as the foundation to a spiritual and healthy life resulting in the advancement of global education and economic opportunities. Their purpose is to inspire hope among the world’s most impoverished through the gift of shoes. Since its founding in 2003, Samaritan’s Feet and its partners have served nearly 12 million people across 113 countries and over 625 U.S. cities.

Musser Fund Grants for Intercultural Harmony 2026 (USA)

Grants

Intercultural Harmony Initiative, Laura Jane Musser Fund. Deadline:  12 March 2026.

Through the Intercultural Harmony Initiative, the Laura Jane Musser Fund supports projects that promote mutual understanding and cooperation between groups of community members of different cultural backgrounds. Project planning grants up to $5,000 or implementation grants up to $25,000 will be considered. Applications will be accepted online through the Fund’s website from February 12 to March 12, 2026.

Priority is placed on projects that include members of various cultural communities working together on projects with common goals; build positive relationships across cultural lines; engender intercultural harmony, tolerance, understanding, and respect; and enhance intercultural communication, rather than cultural isolation, while at the same time honoring the unique qualities of each culture. Projects must demonstrate: need in the community for the intercultural exchange project; grassroots endorsement by participants across cultural lines, as well as their active participation in planning and implementation of the project;
the ability of the organization to address the challenges of working across the cultural barriers identified by the project; and tangible benefits in the larger community.

NOTE: The geographic areas for this initiative are only Colorado, Hawaii, Minnesota, Wyoming, and limited counties in North Carolina. 

CFP: Stigma as Communication

“Publication

Call for Book Chapter Proposals: Stigma as Communication. Deadline: abstract only, 20 February 2026.

Editors: Rebecca J. Meisenbach and Rikki A. Roscoe

The authors invite chapter proposals for an edited scholarly volume titled Stigma as Communication, which examines stigma not merely as an attribute or social label, but as a communicative process that shapes identities, relationships, and institutions. Building on contemporary stigma scholarship across communication studies, sociology, public health, psychology, and cultural studies, this book seeks to illuminate how stigma is and can be produced, circulated, resisted, and transformed through and as communication.

Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences: Fellowships in Southeast Asian & Caribbean Studies (Netherlands)

Fellowships

Fellowships, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Deadline: 22 March 2026.

The KITLV invites scholars working in the fields of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies to apply for a Visiting Fellowship. Duration: 3 months (Period 1 is 1 September 2026 to 1 December 2026; Period 2 is 1 December 2026 up to 1 March 2027). Fellows may work on a publication or research project of their own choice in the fields of Southeast Asian or Caribbean Studies. Applicants are not required to have an affiliation at a university or a research institute. They are, however, expected to have a steady income in the period of the Visiting Fellowship.

The KITLV Visiting Fellowship is not a salaried position. The selected candidates will be offered:

  • A return air or train fare (economy) to and from the Netherlands;

  • Reimbursement of the costs of their accommodation in Leiden (including rent, energy costs, and if applicable service costs) up to a maximum of € 2,000 per month, based on proof of payment;

  • A monthly compensation for higher living costs in Leiden, as compared to the main place of residence (calculated on a case-by-case basis).

U Pennsylvania: The Fabrication of Borders (USA and Online)

EventsThe Fabrication of Borders: Tailoring and Cartography in Early Modern Europe, lecture by Emanuele Lugli, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA (in person and online), 12 February 2026.

In early modern Europe, fashion and cartography shared far more common ground than is usually acknowledged. Popular costume books, much like geographical atlases, helped shape emerging ideas of nationhood, while maps disseminated notions of local dress across the world. Yet despite these shared aims, the connection between the two fields has gone largely unnoticed. This talk argues that this overlooked convergence is precisely where fashion, as we understand it, first took shape. Fashion is not simply the expression of the self through clothing, nor merely the perpetual recycling and trivializing of cuts; it is a specific mode of engaging with dress—one deeply shaped by early forms of nationalism.