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Wendy Leeds-Hurwitz, the Director of the Center for Intercultural Dialogue, manages this website.

CFP Freedom of Expression: Communication, Identity and Culture (USA)

ConferencesCall for proposals: Across Borders IX: Freedom of Expression: Communication, Identity and Culture, May 16-29, 2022, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, USA. Deadline: 15 January 2022.

The organizers of the conference wish to invite scholars in humanities, social sciences, and fine and performing arts, including communication, literature, linguistics, translation and interpretation, media, journalism, cultural studies, theatre, dance, graphic design, art, music and others to a discussion on the broad topic of Freedom of Expression: Communication, Identity and Culture. Potential submissions can include traditional paper abstracts, videos of performances, photographs, images of art, etc. Contributions will be paneled for discussions related to the conference theme.

Potential topics most likely of interest to CID followers include: Minority culture, the Other and identity; Globalization and freedom of expression; Language, translation and their impacts on expression; Translation and interpreting as multifaceted intercultural mediation.

Candost Aydın Profile

ProfilesCandost Aydın is a senior advisor with an academic background in Economics, Law and Political Science, and Asian Studies. Currently, he coordinates technical assistance programmes. His research interests are economic policies, geopolitics, urban policies, and environment in the context of and beyond area studies.

Candost Aydin

He has contributed to the following publications: Place-based and Transnational Strategies for Advancing Rights (Universität Duisburg-Essen, RC02 International Political Economy of Labour Migration Conference, Jul 18, 2024), Principles and Dynamics of Steering and Coordination in Recovery and Reconstruction in Adıyaman and Hatay Cases (Middle East Technical University, Disaster Management Conference, Feb 26, 2024), Women as Change Agents in Post-conflict Reconciliation and Reconstruction (Universität Hamburg, International Migration Conference, Aug 24, 2023), Navigating through Conflict and Fragility (GIZ, NICD International Cooperation in Conflicts and Disasters, Berlin, Oct 20, 2022), Engaging and Involving Displaced Persons and Host Communities in Project Implementation (GIZ, Sept 19, 2022), Promotion of Digital and Green Transformation for Employment Prospects (25th International Metropolis Conference in Berlin · Sep 19, 2022), Cooperatives as Agencies to Provide Livelihoods for the Refugees in Istanbul During the Covid-19 Pandemic (RC21 – Research Committee on Urban and Regional Development Conference, Athens · Aug 25, 2022), Strengthening the Resilience and Preparedness for Labour Market Disruptions in the Context of Forced Displacement (GIZ, Dec 17, 2020), Business Sector Involvement in TVET in the MENA Region (GIZ, Dec 10, 2020), From Subsidised Employment to the ‘Primary’ Labour Market: A Strategy for Bad Economic Times and for the ‘Hard-to-employ’? (GIZ, Dec 19, 2019).

He can be contacted via candost.aydin AT alumni.metu.edu.tr

Work for CID:

Candost Aydın translated KC2: Cosmopolitanism, KC11: Intercultural Discourse and Communication, KC16: Migration, KC18: Intractable Conflict, KC24: Asiacentricity, KC26: Global-Local Dialectic, KC27: Globalization, KC49: Intersectionality, KC52:Harmony, KC53: Conflict Management, KC54: Critical Moments, KC64: Peacebuilding, KC68: Social Justice, KC71: Safe Space, KC77: Negotiation, KC79: Social Cohesion, KC89: Xenophobia, KC93: Transnationalism, KC95: Transnational Media, KC100: Transcultural Communication, and KC103: Geoculture into Turkish.

Macquarie U: Linguistics (Australia)

“JobLecturer or Senior Lecturer in Linguistics, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. Deadline: 19 December 2021.

Seeking a teaching and research academic to join the leading Department of Linguistics in NSW at Macquarie University. A unique opportunity for a professionally qualified academic with expertise in Sociolinguistics/Applied Linguistics to take up a position of Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in the Department of Linguistics at Macquarie University. Requires demonstrated expertise in sociolinguistics with a focus on at least two of the following areas: multilingualism, second language learning, TESOL. The successful candidate will be expected to actively engage in a research program, contribute to the teaching of linguistics at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, supervise research students from Masters to higher degree, and contribute to the administration of the Department and Faculty.

City U Macau: Global Exchange Office (China)

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Head of the Global Exchange Office, City University of Macau, Macau, China. Deadline: 20 December 2021.

 

The City University of Macau is now inviting applications for the Head of their Global Exchange Office. Job description and qualifications include:

  • Assist the senior management in steering the development of the University in global affairs according to its vision & mission;
  • Responsible for the University’s global strategies. global education, exchange programs, and the University’s institutional development and partnerships in mainland;
  • Liaise collaborations and partnerships with international universities and corporations;
  • Responsible for agreements and MOUs with external entities;
  • Responsible for Study Abroad Programs;
  • Responsible for international visits by university delegations;
  • Responsible for other University affairs as assigned.

Lisbon Forum: ICD in the Infodemic Era (Portugal but Hybrid)

ConferencesLisbon Forum 2021: Intercultural Dialogue in the Infodemic Era, Luso American Development Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal (hybrid event), 9-10 December 2021.

The North-South Centre of the Council of Europe would like to invite you to join the upcoming Lisbon Forum that will take place on 9-10 December, in a hybrid format on the topic: Intercultural dialogue in the infodemic era. During two days, decision makers, experts, activists, organisations and institutions from all regions of the world will gather in Lisbon and online to discuss on the urgent necessity to support intercultural dialogue to counter misinformation, disinformation and hate speech.

Under the slogan #BreakYourBubble, the Lisbon Forum 2021 will focus on four different perspectives :

  • Intercultural dialogue
  • Human rights
  • Democratic internet
  • Global solidarity and social justice

You may find additional information (Concept note, Provisional Programme) on the webpage (in French and English). Register to participate online by Sunday 5th December 2021.

The Lisbon Forum is a distinctive platform for dialogue for policymakers, academics, and activists on issues related to global interdependence and solidarity. It enables networking, sharing of knowledge, and the mainstreaming of good practice among people from different fields of expertise, in order to mobilise commitment to act together in response to global challenges.

Global Challenges Teaching Awards 2022 (USA-UK)

Awards

Call for applications: Global Challenges Teaching Awards, USA-UK Fulbright Commission. Deadline: 13 December 2021.

The Global Challenges Teaching Award supports US and UK higher education institution teaching faculty to co-deliver a virtual exchange course for undergraduate students. The calamity of COVID-19 has disrupted every dimension of our lives across the globe. Racial injustice persists in society. Climate change continues to melt glaciers and wreak extreme weather and havoc around the globe. Tackling these global challenges requires global collaboration. International education exchange is one tried and tested way of bringing minds together, but traditional, in-person exchange, is under severe economic and environmental pressure and, crucially, is not a viable option for everyone.

The Global Challenges Teaching Awards support pairs of teaching faculty – one at a US higher education institution (HEI), one at a UK HEI – to co-deliver a virtual exchange programme for undergraduates between their two universities. There are three awards available focusing on three specific global challenges:

  • Racial Justice
  • Pandemics
  • Climate Change

The award is open to faculty across the UK and US and selected grantees will take part in a year-long programme to support the development and delivery of a virtual exchange course.

 

U Notre Dame: Visiting Research Fellowships for 2022-23 (USA)

FellowshipsVisiting Research Fellowships, Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, Keough School of Global Affairs, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, USA. Deadline: January 1, 2022.

Each year, the Kroc Institute’s Visiting Research Fellows Program brings outstanding scholars focused on peace research to the University of Notre Dame for a semester or a full academic year. The Institute particularly seeks scholars who will actively integrate their research with ongoing Kroc research initiatives. Applicants must have completed a doctoral, or equivalent, degree (with the exception of the Alumni Visiting Research Fellow). Visiting Fellow Openings for 2022-23 will emphasize several specific areas:

  • Gender, Intersectionality, Conflict, and Peacebuilding
  • Peace Accords Matrix
  • International Mediation
  • Systemic Racism in the United States

US-Japan Foundation: Communication & Public Opinion Grants 2022

Grants

Communication and Public Opinion grants, United States – Japan Foundation for 2022. Deadlines: Letter of interest by January 15, 2022; Full application by March 1, 2022.

The United States – Japan Foundation’s grant program supports projects that seek to enhance communication and mutual understanding between the American and Japanese people. Technology has evolved, and the institutions and topics of conversation keep changing, but the high value of greater awareness and communication among average citizens, as well as leaders in a variety of fields from our two countries is a constant.

The Foundation will consider communication and public opinion projects that not only raise awareness about Japan in the US and/or US in Japan, but also deal with concrete issues that affect the bilateral relationship (or are faced by the two nations). As foreign policy increasingly is subject to public opinion (and is often influenced by non-governmental actors), there is a need in both countries for increased and more diversified coverage of international news and current events, as well as strong links between certain non-government organizations (NGOs) to enhance bilateral and multilateral cooperation.

In addition, since mutual understanding between American and Japanese society requires deeper cultural knowledge, the Foundation occasionally supports documentary films, performances, exhibitions, and lectures that focus on Japanese/American culture. The Foundation also maintains grants in US-Japan Policy Studies.

KC12 Third Culture Kids Translated into Arabic

Key Concepts in ICDContinuing translations of Key Concepts in Intercultural Dialogue, today I am posting KC#12: Third Culture Kids, which Anastasia Lijadi published in English in 2014, and which Mohammed Guamguami has now translated into Arabic.

As always, all Key Concepts are available as free PDFs; just click on the thumbnail to download the PDF. 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.

KC12 TCKs_ArabicLijadi, A. A. (2021). Les enfants de la troisième culture (ETC). (M. Guamguami, trans.) Key Concepts in Intercultural Dialogue, 12. Available from: https://centerforinterculturaldialogue.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/kc12-tcks_arabic.pdf

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 per stranieri: Interculturalism (Italy)

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Researcher, Università per stranieri Dante Alighieri, Reggio Calabria, Italy. Deadline: 2 December 2021.

 

This three-year research project in the field of general sociology (SPS/07) will investigate the topic of interculturalism in its different dimensions and issues. The research will take into account the socio-economic problems of Calabria, a region that requires suitable support in terms of policies and interventions. The main objective is to investigate social policies related to the promotion of inclusion and the fight against inequalities, in order to identify the most appropriate tools, competences and professional profiles to tackle some of the main challenges faced by contemporary society.