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Maynooth U: Applied Linguistics (Ireland)

“JobAssistant Professor / Lecturer in Applied Linguistics (English) School of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures, Maynooth University, Maynooth, Ireland. Deadline: 2 July 2023.

Maynooth University is seeking an excellent academic to join their staff as an Assistant Professor in Applied Linguistics with a specialism in English-language Pedagogy. Given the SMLLC’s plans for strategic development in the coming years, they would be especially interested in candidates whose research focuses on English as a Medium of Instruction (EMI), English-Medium Education (EME), TESOL, Integrated Content and Language Learning in Higher Education (ICLHE), TESL, and/or the intercultural dimensions of teaching of, and through, English in a higher-education context.

The person appointed will have a proven record of teaching, research, and publication, appropriate to career stage. They will be expected to make a strong contribution to the teaching programme of the School and to undertake teaching duties on the School’s undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, as well as the supervision of Master’s and PhD students.

Open Call for DEMO (Democracy, Elections, Mentorship, Organizing)

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Open Call for D.E.M.O. – Democracy, Elections, Mentorship, Organizing Programme, European Alternatives, France / Germany / Italy. Deadline: 30 June 2023.

The “D.E.M.O.” programme aims at encouraging and facilitating the active engagement of a wide network of European citizens through both training & hands-on action, in the context of the upcoming 2024 European Elections. They have just launched the open call to identify and select 50 change-makers from at least 8 countries (Austria, Bulgaria, Czechia, Greece, Slovakia, Slovenia, Romania, Sweden and others) to participate in the D.E.M.O. programme. Those selected change-makers will receive the necessary tools to re-imagine democracy in their local communities and to encourage democratic participation.

The project will achieve this through a series of eight training sessions: 2 residential and 6 online, accompanied by additional informal skill-sharing sessions, peer-to-peer exchange, mentorship sessions, etc. After the training process, the participants will be encouraged to implement two activities in their local communities that engage other people, based on the skills acquired through the content of the training sessions.

Some of these activities may be participatory art creations, podcasts, videocasts, workshops, lectures, etc. In addition, the project will be presented as part of the programME of significant events around Europe in 2023-2024. “D.E.M.O.” will specifically engage people who often feel underrepresented in their locality and whose voice remains unheard when it is time for political and social decisions, such as women, people of colour, migrants, representatives of the LGBTQI+ community, etc.

The open call is for 50 change-makers with no specific age requirement; who are citizens or residents of the following countries (but not limited to): Austria, Bulgaria, Czechia, Greece, Slovakia, Slovenia, Romania, Sweden; and people who want to expand their skills in: community organizing, facilitation, political gatherings, political artistic creation, podcast production, video production.

CFP Korean Journal of Communication

“PublicationCall for papers: new journal established – the Korean Journal of Communication. Deadline: ongoing; first issue to be published in March 2024.

(Sponsored by the Korean American Communication Association. Do Kyun David Kim, Editor in Chief, and Yeonsoo Kim, Associate Editor.)

The Korean Journal of Communication (KJC) is a peer-reviewed publication dedicated to disseminating scholarly research, book reviews, insightful commentaries, and meticulous field notes and data analysis. The journal’s primary objective is to foster the advancement and wider dissemination of Korean communication studies. KJC places significant emphasis on the breadth of its scope, which encompasses theory-based research, pioneering theory development, and cutting-edge methodological approaches to Korean communication research. Furthermore, the journal highly values contributions from both the social sciences and humanities disciplines, recognizing their unique insights and perspectives. Consequently, manuscripts from disciplines other than communication scholarship are also welcomed and appreciated by the journal.

KJC comprehensively addresses a broad spectrum of topical areas, encompassing, but not limited to, Korean pop culture and media studies, language and social interaction, cultural studies, interpersonal communication, organizational communication, advertising, public relations, corporate communication, health communication, communication technology, traditional and new media, communicative social change, international communication, journalism, mass communication, and developmental studies.

MPI: Internships (USA)

“JobPaid internships: The Demetrios G. Papademetriou Young Scholars Program, Migration Policy Institute, Washington, DC, USA, onsite or remote. Deadline: 1 July 2023 for fall, 1 November 2023 for spring, 1 March 2024 for summer.

The Migration Policy Institute is an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit think tank based in Washington, DC, and dedicated to the study of migration worldwide. The Demetrios G. Papademetriou Young Scholars Program, named in honor of MPI’s co-founder and first president, has trained more than 375 future global migration scholars and policy analysts, many of whom are now leaders in the field. MPI’s internship program has two goals: harnessing the valuable contributions of interns for MPI’s work and training the next generation of migration leaders. MPI is committed to recruiting and supporting interns who reflect the breadth of experiences, backgrounds, and perspectives in the countries where it works. As such, the Institute is committed to making sure that interns and staff members of all backgrounds work in an inclusive environment with equity and access for all.

Research Interns work within one of MPI’s four program areas: U.S. Immigration, International Migration, U.S. Immigrant Integration, or Latin America and Caribbean Initiative. There are also Communications and Event Internships, as well as Executive Office Internships. There are also MPI Europe Internships, also paid, but they follow a different timeline.

ReDICo: Cosmopolitanism in a Postdigital, Postimigrant Europe, and Beyond (Germany but Online)

ConferencesCosmopolitanism in a Postdigital, Postimigrant Europe, and Beyond, ReDICo, Germany but online, 27 June-7 July 2023.

The second Researching Digital Interculturality
Co-operatively (ReDICo) conference will be on “Cosmopolitanism in a Postdigital, Postmigrant Europe, and Beyond,” combining different themes from the field of digital interculturality. It may indeed be observed that ‘the digital world’ has been gradually intertwining with the material ‘analog world’, to an extent that the differences between these two spheres are no longer really visible (‘postdigitality’). At the same time, differences between ‘migrant’ and ‘indigenous or ‘native’ have also dissolved in modern migrant societies, a phenomenon that gives space to the challenges of an even more ambiguous and complex postmigrant society. Finally, this interplay influences how we, as people, meet each other on an equal footing as citizens of the world and offers new reflections on Cosmopolitanism in a Postdigital, Postmigrant Europe, and Beyond.

You can look forward to ten sessions (90 minutes each) spread over six days, during which 27 scholars from a variety of countries and fields will give short and precise presentations of 15 minutes. There will be extended discussions, reflections, and new contacts. Organizers wish to involve voices from civic society in the academic discourse, and so have invited six representatives and activists from non-governmental institutions to share their perspectives.

Keynote speakers: Professor Gerard Delanty (University of Sussex, on Tuesday, the 27th of June) and Professor Naika Foroutan (DEZIM Berlin, on Wednesday, the 5th of July).

Participation in the online conference, funded by the German Federal Ministry for Education and Research, is free. Registration via e-mail.

Global Case Study Challenge Virtual Exchange 2023 (Austria)

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2023 Global Case Study Challenge Virtual Exchange/COIL, Global Work Competency Laboratory, Klagenfurt, Austria, 2 October-29 November 2023. Deadline: 7 July 2023.

2023 GCSC COIL

The Global Case Study Challenge (GCSC) is an award-winning 8-week teaching and learning program for BA and MA-level students. It’s a high-impact career-oriented VE focusing on collaborative global virtual teamwork and the development of intercultural, digital communication and sustainability competencies.

Organizers are excited to be moving into the sixth iteration of the GCSC. To date, 1850 students and 60 educators from 36 universities across 22 different countries have worked together in the GCSC on real-life business cases in 415 Global Virtual Teams.

Feel free to share with interested colleagues across the globe.

Sign-up here.

World Learning: Program Associate (USA)

“JobProgram Associate (Global UGRAD, World Learning, Inc., Washington, D.C. (DC based, hybrid schedule). Deadline: 20 June 2023.

The Program Associate position is part of the Global Undergraduate Exchange Program (Global UGRAD) team and will report to the Program Officer. Funded by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, the Global UGRAD Program provides a diverse group of emerging student leaders with scholarships to attend US colleges/universities for one semester of non-degree study and exchange. The portfolio for this role includes students from Eastern Europe.

Foundation for Intl Education: Asst Resident Director (Ireland)

“JobAssistant Residence Director – Dublin, Foundation for International Education (organization based in London; position in Ireland). Deadline: 18 June 2023.

The Foundation for International Education (FIE) is an international educational organisation working in partnership with universities and colleges in the US to provide immersive study abroad programs for undergraduate students in London, Dublin, Madrid, Barcelona, and Amman. FIE is seeking an enthusiastic, organised and dedicated professional to oversee FIE Dublin’s provision in a full-time, permanent position onsite in Dublin. The Assistant Resident Director serves supports the overall leadership and operation of FIE’s operation in Dublin and represents FIE to students and partners. The primary objective of this position is the successful planning, management, delivery, review and enhancement of programmes in Dublin. Whilst the role maintains a strong focus on operational management, the Assistant Director will equally be a point of contact and resource for students, colleagues, university and academic partners.

CERC: Under the Tent (Canada)

Intercultural Dialogue Pedagogy
Under the Tent. Canada Excellence Research Chair (CERC) in Migration and Integration, Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto, Canada.

“Under the Tent is a multimedia storytelling project that explores how individuals experience a sense of belonging or not belonging under the tent of Canadian multiculturalism…The project began in the fall of 2021 with a call to graduate students from across Canada to collaborate with CERC Migration to produce a creative work that investigated multiculturalism…Through a competitive process, a select group of graduate students were invited to receive training support and mentorship to explore their personal experiences with race and diversity in the production of a creative work using a medium of their choice. They were asked to express criticisms and also new thinking on the future possibilities of multiculturalism.”

What is now available online are 17 of the stories presented as short films, sometimes supplemented by photographs and interviews, describing ways in which each of the authors falls “under the tent” of multiculturalism in Canada. These are divided into 3 acts: Act 1: Negotiating barriers, overcoming differences; Act 2: Connections to the past, the journey ahead; and Act 3: Importance of refuge, reconciliation and empowerment. This would be a useful collection to begin a class discussion, and might well serve as inspiration for a class project.

PHD Studentship: Effectiveness of Intercultural Educational Interventions (The Netherlands)

“Studentships“PhD Candidate & Lecturer: Effectiveness of intercultural educational interventions in (international) higher education, Hotel Management School Maastricht and Eramus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Deadline: 18 June 2023.

The PhD project is a collaboration between Zuyd University of Applied Sciences in Maastricht and Erasmus University Rotterdam. You will be employed at Zuyd as a PhD candidate / lecturer and embedded as a PhD student in the Erasmus Graduate School of Social Sciences and the Humanities.

Over the past decades, educators in higher education have been designing and analyzing a variety of educational interventions and strategies to support students’ intercultural learning. The goal of these activities is to promote intercultural competences among students, and prepare them to become professionals and citizens that can thrive in a challenging, diverse and globalized world. Some programs aim to internationalize their overall curriculum, while others set up (virtual) exchange programs with international partners, offer shorter projects or courses on intercultural learning, promote international internships, or try to internationalize their staff and students and use English as a language of instruction.

The goal of this PhD project is to conduct a structural analysis on how different educational interventions affect the long-term development of intercultural competences of students in higher education. To do so, the PhD candidate will use quantitative data from a large-scale longitudinal research project from Zuyd University’s research Center Global Minds @ Work that has been running since 2017: the Global Mind Monitor (GMM). Using the GMM dataset as a basis, the PhD project will specifically focus on the long-term development of intercultural competences in higher education, applying advanced quantitative methods such as Multilevel Modeling, Latent Growth Curve Modeling or Latent Class Analysis.