Center for Intercultural Dialogue

Richmond American U London: International Internships Coordinator (UK)

International Internships Coordinator, Richmond, The American International University in London, UK. Deadline: 18 August 2023.

The Open University is recruiting a Project Manager to manage the Horizon-Europe and Innovate UK co-funded research project entitled OppAttune: Countering Oppositional Extremism through Attuned Dialogue: Track, Attune, Limit. OppAttune is focused on reducing extreme political narratives and building capacity for democratic dialogue in Europe and beyond. OppAttune is a jointly co-ordinated project involving co-ordination between the Open University, UK, Panteion University, Athens, Greece and Glasgow Caledonian University, UK. The successful project manager will work closely with the three joint coordinators Professor Kesi Mahendran (OU), Professor Xenia Chryssochoou (Panteion) and Professor Umut Korkut (GCU). The project manager will have the opportunity to work with a large OppAttune research team based within the centre, the work package leads, the steering committee and the full consortium of 17 international partners to deliver the project on time within budget. The project began in April 2023 and will run until March 2026.

Musser Fund Grants for Intercultural Harmony 2023 (USA)

Intercultural Harmony Initiative, Laura Jane Musser Fund. Deadline: October 16, 2023.

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 15 – October 16, 2023.

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.

CFP: 8th Int’l Conference on Multicultural Discourses (South Africa)

Call for papers: 8th International Conference on Multicultural Discourses: The Choice/Voice of cooperation in the Post-Pandemic World, 26-28 October, 2023, Cape Town, South Africa. Deadline: 30 August 2023.

The 8th International Conference on Multicultural Discourses, under the auspices of the International Association of Multicultural Discourses, will be co-organised by the Centre for Advanced Studies of African Society (CASAS), the University of the Western Cape (UWC), South Africa, and the School of Contemporary Chinese Discourse Studies, Hangzhou Normal University, China. The theme of this year’s conference is “The Choice/Voice of Cooperation in the Post-pandemic World.” The event will be hosted by the University of the Western Cape at the Life Sciences Auditorium, University of the Western Cape (UWC), Robert Sobukwe Rd, Bellville, Cape Town, South Africa, October 26 – 28, 2023.

Deadline for submission of abstracts and panel proposals: 30 August, 2023. Notification of acceptance will be sent out not later than 10 September 2023 for the abstracts received before the closing date, the rest will receive feedback as they are received.

CFP Thinking Critically about Critical Communication

Call for Papers: Special Issue on Thinking Critically about Critical Communication, Review of Communication, to be edited by Uttaran Dutta (Arizona State University). Deadline: 15 September 2023.

Critical theories and approaches to human communication are conceptualized, studied, and applied in a variety of ways by the scholars and practitioners. Conventionally speaking, critical perspectives examine and analyze the relationships of power, forms of domination, and the underlying social structures that constrain human freedom, with an intention of overcoming oppressions and transcending contemporary social realities. However, some contemporary scholars, challenge critical theories and their self-reflexive and emancipatory potentials; they question the credibility and rigor of critical studies and label them as ‘grievance studies’ (i.e., according to them, critical theories are less interested in finding truth, and more invested to make complaints), and thereby, they argued that such approaches corrupting the academic research. On the other hand, ongoing debates on critical communication domain oftentimes focus on engaging praxis and applied aspects, specifically on how to bring about meaningful and mindful transformations and societal justice, particularly in the underserved contexts. For example, how can we (re)envision about advocacy, action, creativity (i.e., creative imagination and expression), relationships (between academia and wider societal stakeholders) and transformative practices in practically addressing emerging glocal challenges.

Thus, this themed issue asks us as a discipline to critically rethink and revisit the concepts, scopes and applications of critical communication. The following topics are of particular interest when considering the interdisciplinary nature of critical communication:

(Re)-envisioning/-conceptualizing critical communication
Review of critical communication literature
New paradigmatic thinking on critical communication
Interdisciplinary approaches to critical communication
Rethinking on engaged and applied critical communication
Newer ways of doing advocacy, and action research
Reflection on creativity and creative-turn on critical communication
Engaging critical research and role of academia in transforming society

MOOC: Intercultural Competency in Education (Iceland but Online)

MOOC: Intercultural Competency in Education, offered by the University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland, through edX. Free enrollment every 6 weeks.

Instructors: Hanna Ragnarsdóttir, Professor of Multicultural Studies at the School of Education, University of Iceland; Fríða Bjarney Jónsdóttir, Director at Reykjavík City Department of Education, Iceland; and Ingebjørg Lundevall, teacher at Oslo VO Rosenhof, Norway.

“Some of the challenges we are facing in the world today are related to the ongoing trends towards immigration and globalization of education and the labour market. Combined with increased numbers of refugees in many countries, this has led to greater interpersonal cross cultural encounters and heightened cultural concerns. All school levels are facing complex challenges in adjusting their services to an increasingly diverse student population, irrespective of their background. It is therefore of great importance that employees at all school levels are culturally competent and can understand and adapt their services when working with people with diverse cultural backgrounds.

The aim of this course is to help the students develop intercultural competence by broadening their understanding of different cultures and different identities, as well as promoting students´ awareness of their own culture, learning from the experiences of international educators as well as professionals at the municipality level in the Nordic countries. An added value is that the course is open to participants from different parts of the world, which creates a cross-cultural learning and teaching environment.

By the end of this course you should have learned practical intercultural skills and increased your understanding of intercultural competence; how to talk about and address intercultural opportunities and challenges, how to develop strategies to respond to diverse and hybrid identities in a fairer way, and how to promote social justice in education and respect for different languages, preventing conflicts and enhancing societal cohesion.”

The course can be taken for free, or with a variable certificate for $69. It is designed to take 5 weeks, with 2-4 hours/week of time.

New CID Competition/Publication: Student Voices

This is a reminder the Center for Intercultural Dialogue has invited students to apply for the opportunity to be published in a new publication, to be titled Student Voices.

Students (at any level, high school to doctoral students) may submit entries at any time; they will be judged four times/year. All entries submitted will be reviewed, and the best ones prepared for publication. This is not a competition with just a few winners; all entries passing review will be published. The students whose work is accepted for publication will be given profiles on the website.

The goal is to invite a wide range of students to tell the story of their own experience with intercultural dialogue, or what they have learned about intercultural dialogue, or what they want to share with others. As made clear on our website, intercultural dialogue is jointly constructed by participants, requiring cooperation to engage in new and different ways of interacting. This series is designed to publicly amplify the voices of students who have engaged in intercultural dialogues. Those dialogues do not have to have been successful; we can learn as much from things that go wrong as when things go right.

There will be several deadlines per year, to accommodate different schedules. The first deadline is August 31, 2023. Details about Student Voices can be found by reading the original post.

Simon Wiesenthal Center: Associate Director, Tools for Tolerance for Educators (USA)

Associate Director, Tools for Tolerance for Educators, Simon Wiesenthal Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA. Deadline: Open until filled; posted 21 July 2023.

The Simon Wiesenthal Center (SWC) is a global Jewish human rights organization that confronts anti-Semitism, hate, stands with Israel, defends the safety of Jews worldwide, and teaches the lessons of the Holocaust for future generations. It is an accredited Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) at the United Nations, UNESCO and the OSCE, the Organization of American States, the Latin American Parliament, and the Council of Europe. The SWC is headquartered in Los Angeles with offices in New York, Chicago, Miami, Toronto, Paris, Jerusalem and Buenos Aires. The Museum of Tolerance Los Angeles, founded in 1993, is the educational arm of the SWC. Moriah Films is the Center’s two-time Academy Award®-winning film division and the Museum of Tolerance Jerusalem is scheduled to open in 2024.

The Museum of Tolerance is seeking an experienced education professional to be responsible for the successful administration and implementation of all activities of Tools for Tolerance® for Educators. Tools for Tolerance® for Educators is an acclaimed interactive, experiential professional development program at the Museum of Tolerance designed to help California educators fulfill their potential both as people and professionals. Over 100,000 educators have successfully completed programs both virtually and on-site since 1996. These dynamic professional development programs provide customized workshops, facilitated dialogue, and teacher guide resources for creating inclusive and equitable schools and are designed to address the challenges facing educators today in K-12 and beyond. Programs are currently being offered in-person and virtually.

U Penn: Global Programs Manager (USA)

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Global Programs Manager, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA. Deadline: open until filled (posted 17 July 2023).

Reporting to the Associate Director, the Global Programs Manager (GPM) is responsible for the coordination and administration of Penn Abroad’s outbound programming and advising on a portfolio of semester abroad programs. In close collaboration with on-campus academic partners and overseas partners, the GPM administers the student application, selection, and admissions related to the semester abroad portfolio. The GPM coordinates and delivers student advising, outreach, and info sessions for semester abroad, leads student pre-departure programming, and manages student communications and support at all phases of their experience, from pre-departure through their return to campus. With oversight from the Associate Director, this position manages partner engagement and relationships within their assigned portfolio. The GPM is also a member of the faculty-led programming team and manages a small portfolio of Penn Global Seminar programs including support and coordination of travel itineraries, logistics, student advising, admissions, pre-departure orientations, and group health consultation, and other related duties. Under guidance from the Associate Director, the GPM will work alongside faculty to develop robust courses and respond to crises during travel periods.

NTU: Linguistics & Multilingual Studies (Singapore)

Assistant Professor in Linguistics and Multilingual Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Deadline: 17 September 2023.

The School of Humanities invites outstanding academics to apply for two tenure-track positions in Linguistics and Multilingual Studies at the rank of Assistant Professor. Successful candidates must have PhD at the time of appointment. The Linguistics and Multilingual Studies programme strongly encourages and supports interdisciplinary research and welcomes applicants who pursue research in an empirical theoretical framework. Successful applicants can look forward to a research-stimulating environment. The teaching load is typically 2/2. This appointment is expected to begin in July 2024.

The suitable applicants should have PhDs in Linguistics or related fields and be able to contribute to the Linguistics programme by teaching core courses. The appointees will also be expected to offer electives in one or more areas of specialization. They seek applicants with one or more of the following specializations:
1. Language documentation
2. Pragmatics
3. Cognitive linguistics
4. Intercultural communication
5. Applied linguistics
6. Computational or digital linguistics

Seeking Support for New Sub-Saharan African Caucus (USA)

Seeking Support for New Sub-Saharan African Caucus, National Communication Association, USA. Deadline: 31 July 2023.

Communication scholars representing and studying the Sub-Saharan African region are organizing an effort to create a Sub-Saharan African Caucus at the National Communication Association (NCA, based in the US). This caucus will serve as a dedicated space to share and promote the Sub-Saharan African scholarship covering a range of communication subfields. This will be the first Sub-Saharan African Caucus at a major communication association.

Following the procedures laid out by NCA to consider caucus proposals, the organizing committee is seeking support from the NCA membership. If you are an NCA member and are willing, please indicate your support at the link below. We also ask to please distribute the link and its purpose widely.

Thank you for your consideration and support!

Prisca S. Ngondo, Texas State University
Anna Klyueva, University of Houston-Clear Lake
Dane Kiambi, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

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