CFP Migrating Minds: Journal of Cultural Cosmopolitanism

“PublicationCall for papers: Migrating Minds: Journal of Cultural Cosmopolitanism. Deadline: 15 December 2023 for first issue; ongoing after that.

Migrating Minds: Journal of Cultural Cosmopolitanism is a new peer-reviewed, open-access scholarly journal devoted to interdisciplinary research on cultural cosmopolitanism from a comparative perspective. It provides a unique, international forum for innovative critical approaches to cosmopolitanism emerging from literatures, cultures, media, and the arts in dialogue with other areas of the humanities and social sciences, across temporal, spatial, and linguistic boundaries. By placing creative expressions at the center of a wide range of contemporary and historical intercultural relationships, the journal explores forms of belonging and spaces of difference and dissidence that challenge both universalist and exclusionary paradigms.

The Inaugural Issue is scheduled to appear in Fall 2023. Submissions invited for the first regular issue, Vol. 1 (1), Spring 2024. The journal welcomes original and theoretically insightful contributions to cultural cosmopolitanism in connection with the following disciplinary domains and methodological approaches (but not exclusively): Anthropology; Border studies; Cultural historiography; Cultural sociology; Ecology, ecocriticism, environmental studies; Exile, migration, and diaspora studies; Feminism, gender, sexuality, queer and transgender studies; Film and media studies; General linguistics, sociolinguistics; Global South studies; Mediterranean studies; Nativism and indigeneity; Oceanic and island studies; Performance studies; Philosophy; Poetics and aesthetics; Politics and cosmopolitics; Postcolonial studies; Psychology and psychoanalysis; Race and ethnic studies; Transatlantic studies; Translation studies, history and theories of translation; Transnational and globalization studies; Visual arts; World literature.

CID Has Left Twitter

About CIDIf you used to follow the Center for Intercultural Dialogue on Twitter, please read! We have left the platform, so you should follow us elsewhere.

Over the past few weeks we warned that we would be leaving Twitter. If you did not notice those posts, but have just realized that you can no longer follow us on Twitter, that’s because we did, in fact, delete our account on that platform. Please switch to another platform and follow us there. We have a Facebook group, a LinkedIn group, and a YouTube channel (though obviously only videos appear there, not all daily posts). In addition, a popular choice is to follow us directly on the website, by providing your email (in the box on the right side of the page if you view the website on a computer; use the triple bar (≡) at top left if you view it on a phone). That gets you an email daily or weekly, your choice.

Hoping to see you on other platforms. (None of the other options currently available, such as Mastadon or Threads, seem appropriate, but if you have strong feelings about where this community should be located, do send an email about that.)

Wendy Leeds-Hurwitz, Director
Center for Intercultural Dialogue

Open U: OppAttune Research Project Manager (UK)

“Job
OppAttune Research Project Manager, Open Psychology Research Centre, Open University, Milton Keynes, UK but work from home. Deadline: 28 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.

Richmond American U London: International Internships Coordinator (UK)

“Job
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)

Grants

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)

Conferences

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

“PublicationCall 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)

“MOOCs”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

“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)

“Job
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.