Month: April 2023

CFP ECREA: Diaspora, Migration & the Media (Netherlands)

ConferencesCall for abstracts: Diaspora, Migration and the Media: Transnational Families and Media Practices: Methods, Ethics and Critical Approaches, ECREA International and Intercultural Communication Sections Conference, 7-9 December 2023, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands. Abstract Deadline: 28 April 2023.

Transnational families, through their ability to cross borders, connect cultures, expand the meanings and limits of national belonging, and negotiate the cultural, linguistic and psychological challenges of migration, have become exemplary models of “mobile lives” (Elliott and Urry, 2010). Transnational families offer insights into the contradictions and complexities of interculturality (Dervin, 2017) as a lived reality permeating more and less intimate interpersonal experiences. The centrality of transnational family communication in today’s world is enhanced by everyday digital media usage, the ubiquity of portable devices and the new technical affordances of platforms and apps. Transnational families therefore help us apprehend historical transformations connected to mediated experiences of crossing borders and interculturality.

While the attention of scholars has intensified around how transnational families both shape and are shaped by the (urban) spaces they leave and enter, organizers contend that more attention needs to be paid to the methodological and ethical challenges researchers face when studying transnational families and communities. This conference provides an opportunity for scholars to discuss the assumptions underpinning their research and to share critical reflections on the ethical responsibilities that researchers have when observing transnational families and communities, including through digital platforms and their connection with mobility processes in and through cities.

They invite scholars and PhD researchers to submit abstract proposals that engage with new theoretical, methodological and ethical approaches to the study of transnational families and their communication practices in Europe and beyond. They also welcome submissions that can provide historical perspectives into the (dis)continuities characterizing transnational families and their media practices. Contributions that call into question Eurocentric forms of knowledge through decolonial narratives and frameworks are especially welcome.

UNESCO: We Need to Talk: ICD and Peace

Resources in ICD“ width=UNESCO and Institute for Economics and Peace. (2022). We Need to Talk: Measuring intercultural dialogue for peace and inclusion. Paris, France: UNESCO.

For those interested in the relationship between intercultural dialogue and peace, this new publication by UNESCO may be of particular interest.

“For the first time, We Need to Talk presents evidence of the link between intercultural dialogue and peace, conflict prevention and non-fragility, and human rights. Building upon the groundbreaking data from the new
UNESCO Framework for Enabling Intercultural Dialogue, this report highlights key policy and intervention opportunities for intercultural dialogue as an instrument for inclusion and peace.

Using data covering over 160 countries in all regions, the report presents a framework of the structures, processes and values needed to support intercultural dialogue, examining the dynamics and interlinkages between them to reveal substantial policy opportunities with broad spanning benefits.”

See also KC64: Peacebuilding and/or KC91: Peace Communication for brief explanations of those two concepts.

Colorado State U: Center for Public Deliberation Postdoc (USA)

PostdocsThree-Year Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Public Deliberation, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA. Deadline: 10 April 2023.

The Center for Public Deliberation at Colorado State University seeks a three-year Post-Doctoral Fellow who specializes in deliberative democracy and/or civic engagement. Competitive candidates will have experience working with communities through either engagement efforts or engaged scholarship. Responsibilities will include assistance with the design, implementation, and research of civic interventions. Initial projects will focus on the development of engaged and inclusive civic curriculum for high schoolers and civic capacity building in rural communities. In addition, the fellow will be expected to assist with training students and community members in facilitation techniques and oversee graduate and undergraduate research teams. If a candidate does not have previous facilitation experience, they will be expected to undergo training provided by the CPD during their first year as a fellow.

Swedish Institute of International Affairs: 4 Postdocs (Sweden)

Postdocs
Four postdoctoral research fellowships, Swedish Institute of International Affairs, Stockholm, Sweden. Deadline: 10 April 2023.

The Swedish Institute of International Affairs is one of Europe’s oldest and most established research institutes, founded in 1938. The institute is politically independent and provides information, analysis and research on international issues. Successful applicants will pursue their own proposed research projects within the framework of existing and emerging thematic programmes. Each position is 100% funded for a two-year period. The successful candidates will first and foremost pursue their research plans at an international scientific standard. They will also participate in, and receive support from, the institute’s research environment and the institute’s wider activities. Each position will be affiliated with one of the institute’s thematic programmes or centres.

Applicants in this round of recruitments are encouraged to propose projects in the following areas:

  • European politics, especially but not limited to European or Euro-Atlantic related security questions.
  • Global politics, especially but not limited to geopolitics surrounding the green transition.
  • Middle East and North African politics, especially but not limited to geo-economic competition playing out in the region.
  • Asian politics, especially but not limited to Indo-Pacific relations.

Zhejiang U: Multiple Positions (China)

“JobMultiple faculty positions, College of Media and International Culture, Zhejiang University, China. Deadline: Open until filled, but review begins 10 April 2023.

The College of Media and International Culture, Zhejiang University, has established a complete bachelor, master, and doctoral education system with courses offered in both Chinese and English. For all the positions below, they are interested in candidates who have expertise in one or more of the following areas:Journalism, Communication, Radio and Television Art, Film Studies, Advertising, Public Relations, Aesthetics, Cultural Studies, Data Science, Linguistics, Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language, and other related interdisciplinary studies.

Chair Professor

Candidates should achieve national or international prominence and a distinguished reputation within his or her chosen field through significant contributions to academic work. They should also have outstanding leadership and service to the profession. Candidates should be able to teach both undergraduate and graduate, maintain an active research agenda, produce world-class research outputs, and acquire competitive external funding.

Full Professor/Associate Professor

Candidates should establish him/herself as a major researcher, scholar, or creative artist at the national and often international level. Candidates should be able to teach both undergraduate and graduate, maintain an active research agenda, produce world-class research outputs, and acquire competitive external funding.

Postdoc Positions

Candidates must have recently earned a PhD degree in above mentioned areas, under the age of 35, and work full-time in the college.

Non-Full-time Positions: Visiting Professor/Associate Professor/Assistant Professor

Candidates should be able to work at ZJU forat least 2 months annually, as well as to teach undergraduate and/or graduate course(s) in English.