Month: August 2024

KC88 Critical Cultural Linguistics Translated into German

Key Concepts in ICD

Continuing translations of Key Concepts in Intercultural Dialogue, today I am posting KC88: Critical Cultural Linguistics, originally written by Paola Giorgis for publication in 2017, and now translated by Marlena Pompino into German.

As always, all Key Concepts are available as free PDFs; just click on the thumbnail to download. Lists organized chronologically by publication date and number, alphabetically by concept in English, and by languages into which they have been translated, are available, as is a page of acknowledgments with the names of all authors, translators, and reviewers.

Giorgis, P. (2024). Kritische kulturelle Linguistik. (M. Pompino, trans.) Key Concepts in Intercultural Dialogue, 88. Available from:

The Center for Intercultural Dialogue publishes a series of short briefs describing Key Concepts in Intercultural Dialogue. Different people, working in different countries and disciplines, use different vocabulary to describe their interests, yet these terms overlap. Our goal is to provide some of the assumptions and history attached to each concept for those unfamiliar with it. As there are other concepts you would like to see included, send an email to the series editor, Wendy Leeds-Hurwitz. If there are concepts you would like to prepare, provide a brief explanation of why you think the concept is central to the study of intercultural dialogue, and why you are the obvious person to write up that concept.

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U York: Research Fellow (UK)

“JobResearch Fellow, University of York, York, England, UK. Deadline: 30 August 2024.

The University of York wishes to recruit a fulltime, 27-month Research Associate to conduct research into the political dynamics of local vaccine manufacturing in South East Asia under the supervision of Dr Peg Murray-Evans. They are looking for an excellent candidate trained in the social sciences, with expertise in at least one of the following: (1) the political economy of global trade and production; (2) the politics of global health; (3) political economy/public policy in South East Asia. Knowledge of the pharmaceutical sector and/or vaccine manufacturing will also be an advantage.

The post holder will be part of a team working with Dr Murray-Evans as part of the UK-South East Asia Vaccine Manufacturing Research Hub, funded by the Department of Health and Social Care and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) as part of the UK Vaccine Network (UKVN).

In addition to the Vaccine Hub team, you will join a strong and vibrant postdoctoral community in the Department of Politics and International Relations. You will be given the opportunity to bring your own research interests to the project and your career trajectory will be supported through mentoring, peer support and professional development and training. The post is available from 1 January 2025.

CFP WSCA Intercultural Communication (USA)

Conferences

Call for papers: Intercultural Communication Interest Group, Western States Communication Association, Albuquerque, NM, 14-17 February 2025. Deadline: 2 September 2024.

The Intercultural Communication Interest Group (ICIG) invites submissions from intercultural communication teachers, scholars, and practitioners who examine different cultural phenomenon within trans/national contexts that can provide us with a nuanced understanding of the world we live in. ICIG also supports co-sponsored programs with other interest groups that consider the conference theme.

The 2025 convention theme is support. “Support” encompasses critical ideologies, acts, practices, and sites of inquiry for us to carefully examine how we view, understand, and make sense of the meaning and capacity of communicating through differences. Specifically, interrogating the role of support in challenging the historical continuum of power and envisioning the equitable and accessible care for marginalized communities is particularly urgent in today’s world more than ever, given ongoing institutional barriers such as #CommunicationSoWhite, restriction on academic freedom, anti-DEI and anti-trans legislatures, and policed anti-war protests. Therefore, ICIG asks members to critically engage with the role of support (in its various forms) in intercultural communication in order to foster constructive academic conversations and actions, advocating for social (in)justices and creating inclusive and equal space.

Howard U: Rangel Fellowships in Foreign Service for 2025 (USA)

FellowshipsGraduate Fellowships in Foreign Service, Charles B. Rangel International Affairs Program, U.S. Department of State, Washington, D.C., USA. Deadline: 19 September, 2024.

The Rangel Graduate Fellowship is a program that aims to attract and prepare outstanding young people for careers in the Foreign Service of the U.S. Department of State in which they can help formulate, represent, and implement U.S. foreign policy. The Rangel Program selects outstanding Rangel Fellows annually in a highly competitive nationwide process and supports them through two years of graduate study, internships, mentoring, and professional development activities. This program encourages the application of members of minority groups historically underrepresented in the Foreign Service, women, and those with financial need. Fellows who successfully complete the program and Foreign Service entry requirements will receive appointments as Foreign Service Officers, in accordance with applicable law and State Department policy, one of the most exciting and rewarding careers available.

In 2025, the Rangel Program plans to award 45 fellowships of up to $42,000 annually for a two year period for tuition, room, board, books, and mandatory fees for completion of a two-year master’s degree.

Applied Linguistics, Ethics and Aesthetics of Encountering the Other

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Special Issue: Applied Linguistics, Ethics and Aesthetics of Encountering the Other, Applied Linguistics Review, 8(2-3), 2024.

Guest Editors: Magdalena Kubanyiova and Angela Creese

1 Kubanyiova, M., & Creese, A. (2024). Introduction: Applied linguistics, ethics and aesthetics of encountering the Other.

2 Beiler, I. R., & Dewilde, J. (2024). “When we use that kind of language…someone is going to jail”: Relationality and aesthetic interpretation in initial research encounters.

3 Creese, A. (2024). The humanism of the other in sociolinguistic ethnography.

4 Williams, Q. (2024). Towards a sociolinguistics of in difference: Stancetaking on others.

5 Krause-Alzaidi, L.-S. (2024). Becoming response-able with a protest pacard: White under(-)standing in encounters with the Balck German Other.

6 Kubanyiova, M. (2024). (Im)possibility of ethical encounters in places of separation: Aesthetics as a quiet applied linguistics praxis.

7 Brizić, K. (2024). Unsettled hearing, responsible listening: Encounters with voice after forced migration.

Munich School of Philosophy: Ethics of Intercultural Dialogue (Germany)

Study AbroadEthics of Intercultural Dialogue Certificate Programme, Munich School of Philosophy, Munich, Germany (but online). Application deadline: 15 September each year to begin in October.

What is right and what is wrong in a globalized world? What values count in a society of diversity? The part-time English study programme “Ethics of Intercultural Dialogue” focuses on the ethical questions professionals face in today’s globalized and culturally diverse world. This programme was introduced for the first time in the winter semester 2023/24 and is a graduate level certificate programme available entirely online and in English. It offers a robust ethical foundation, political-philosophical insights, and practical orientation knowledge, ideal for professionals who aspire to deepen their skills and broaden their understanding and reflection. Important facts:

  • Offered by: the Munich School of Philosophy and Jesuit World-Wide Learning
  • Programme Type: Certificate programme (36 ECTS), graduate level, English, fully online
  • Start: every year fall term (October), application any time (deadline Sept. 15th)
  • Tuition fees: 2,880.00 € plus semester fees (approx. 240€/Semester)
  • Q&A Session: 30th July 2024 at 7pm CEST online.

The course is designed for working professionals and leaders who are confronted with the challenges of globalization in their professional contexts and are particularly interested in ethical reflection. These are, for example, people who work in international companies, educational institutions, non-governmental organizations, social work, churches, advocacy groups, medical fields incl. care work, political institutions or as freelance consultants. EID is also attractive for students who seek expertise in intercultural communication. Since this programme is a collaborative effort with Jesuit Worldwide Learning, marginalized people and refugees from around are also a crucial target group.

For more information check out their website hfph.de/eid or contact the programme-coordinator, Julianne McCormack.

Musser Fund Grants for Intercultural Harmony 2024 (USA)

Grants

Intercultural Harmony Initiative, Laura Jane Musser Fund. Deadline:  October 16, 2024.

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 September 16 – October 16, 2024.

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.

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

Fordham U: Senior Director, Fordham London (UK)

“JobSenior Director of Fordham University London, Fordham University, London, England, UK. Deadline: 16 August 2024.

Fordham University is seeking an outstanding leader for the post of Senior Director of Fordham London. Continuing its 40-year tradition of providing international education in London, Fordham London’s new global campus in the city’s Clerkenwell neighbourhood is a symbol of the University’s commitment to education abroad and a furtherance of its mission beyond New York. At the heart of Fordham London is an inclusive learning environment which fosters intercultural competence and prepares undergraduate and graduate students to thrive in an increasingly multicultural, global society.

London is the classroom in which undergraduate study abroad students from Fordham and other colleges and universities explore subjects from new perspectives and in a unique setting. The 2023-24 academic year saw Fordham London set an annual enrolment record with over 550 students during the fall, spring and summer semesters.

Beyond its premier undergraduate study abroad programmes, Fordham London is host to short-term graduate programmes, a community of international research scholars, and is actively planning to increase and enhance its undergraduate and graduate presence in London.

As Senior Director, you will serve as the Chief Administrative Officer of Fordham London and hold primary responsibility for identifying, implementing and articulating a future vision for the institution. You will be a leader in international higher education and provide visible advocacy on behalf of Fordham London to both internal and external constituencies and audiences.

With significant administrative experience at the university level, and proven leadership, you will advance the nature and reputation of Fordham London and provide academic programming reflecting Fordham’s mission of educating students to lead and serve in an increasingly multicultural and multinational society. You will also advocate in the areas of governance, academic standards, curricular development, research and pedagogy, academic facilities and operations and mission integration in collaboration with Fordham’s global community.

The successful candidate will have the ability work effectively and collaboratively with individuals from all backgrounds to promote diversity, equity and inclusion and effect positive change within Fordham University and society.

U Winchester: Reconciliation & Peacebuilding (UK)

“JobLecturer in Reconciliation and Peacebuilding, University of Winchester, Winchester, England, UK. Deadline: 14 August 2024.

The University is seeking a new Lecturer to teach and coordinate an MA programme in Reconciliation and Peacebuilding. The successful applicant will have a strong academic and professional background in reconciliation / peace studies and have competence in digital teaching and learning methods.

Delivered primarily online, the MA Reconciliation / Reconciliation and Peacebuilding programme supports the advanced study of contemporary theoretical and practical approaches to reconciliation and peacebuilding, with a particular emphasis on religious and cultural contexts. The programme enables students to engage profoundly in key methods of reconciliation and religious peacebuilding through reflection and analysis of relevant theories, case studies, and examples of best practice.

Taught modules include Theories and Dynamics of Reconciliation, Dialogue and Disagreement, and Practical Bridge-building. This role will also include the supervision of dissertation projects.

George Washington U: International Graduate Admissions (USA)

“JobAssistant Director of International Graduate Admissions, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA. Deadline: 17 August 2024.

The Office of Graduate Admissions and Student Services (OGA) at the George Washington University’s (GWU) School of Engineering and Applied Science (GW Engineering) provides comprehensive information about GW Engineering’s graduate programs, processes a high volume of graduate applications and admission decisions, and provides professional advising services to the current GW Engineering’s graduate student body.

The Assistant Director of International Graduate Admissions reports to the Associate Director of OGA and is responsible for providing international student support that enhances the admissions experience of GW Engineering’s graduate students from prospective applicant to matriculation. The Assistant Director and the OGA team serve an integral role directly impacting targeted GW Engineering’s enrollment projections per semester. The Assistant Director is the primary international credential evaluator on the OGA team and may serve on the admissions committee.

This position also participates in or hosts information sessions or other virtual or in-person events and may coordinate special programs/projects in support of admissions efforts.