Month: September 2025

CFP International Conference on Language and Social Psychology (USA)

ConferencesCall for papers: International Conference on Language and Social Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA, 19-22 May 2026. Deadline: abstract only 1 October 2025.

The International Conference on Language and Social Psychology (ICLASP19-Tucson) is a biennial event that brings together scholars from around the world to explore the multifaceted relationship between language and social psychological processes and outcomes. This year’s conference, ICLASP19-Tucson, highlights the ways in which language shapes and is shaped by social interactions, identities, relationships, and societal structures.

They invite submissions that address a wide range of topics, including but not limited to:

Accent and Accent Bias
Aging and Lifespan Communication
Communication Accommodation
Discourse and Rhetoric
Framing
Health and Wellbeing
Identity
Intercultural Communication
Intergroup Communication
Language Acquisition and Learning
Language Revitalization
Linguistic Bias
Multilingualism
Natural Language Processing
Personal Relationships
Social Media
Sociolinguistic Contexts
Stereotypes

Scoville Peace Fellowships 2026 (USA)

Fellowships

Call for applications: Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship, Washington, DC, USA. Deadline for Spring 2026: 6 October 2025.

The Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship Program invites recent college and graduate school alumni to apply for full-time, six-to-nine month fellowships in Washington, DC. Outstanding individuals will be selected to work with nonprofit, public-interest organizations addressing peace and security issues. Applications are especially encouraged from candidates with a strong interest in these issues who have prior experience with public-interest activism or advocacy.

Scoville Fellows will choose to work with one of the twenty-five organizations participating in the program. With the assistance of alumni, board, and staff, fellows will select a placement which best matches their interests and the needs of the host organization. Participating organizations provide office space and support, supervision and guidance for fellows’ work. With the exception of Congressional lobbying, fellows may undertake a variety of activities, including research, writing, and organizing that support the goals of their host organization.

Scoville Fellows create a project, in partnership with their host organizations, related to one of four broad areas, including: nuclear nonproliferation, climate and security, emerging technology threats, global health security. The one most closely aligned with the interests of the Center for Intercultural Dialogue is:

• Peacebuilding and Conflict Resolution. This category includes but is not limited to: current and potential incursions within or between neighboring countries; conventional weapons and arms trade; cross-border refugee movements; ethnic tensions with security implications; atrocity prevention; building international and regional institutions to resolve conflicts; development and implementation of novel conflict resolutions strategies; counterterrorism and terrorism reduction strategies; supporting international agreements that can lead to peace, prosperity, and sustainability.