Anna Lindh Foundation Mobility Programme (2023)

Grants

ALFinMOTION: Anna Lindh Foundation Mobility Programme, Alexandria, Egypt. Deadline: 1 April 2023.

In a post-Covid-19 recovery context, the Anna Lindh Foundation (ALF) is ensuring thriving Civil Society National Networks through ALFinMOTION, its interdisciplinary cross-sectoral mobility programme across the region. Capitalising on the diversity of the ALF members on both shores of the Mediterranean, it supports collaborative initiatives aiming at strengthening equal partnerships. An application must be submitted by a host organisation and may involve, depending on the mobility modality, up to two representatives from two hosted organisations from the complementary shores of the Mediterranean. The ALF network webpage can help to make connections between ALF members. The host organisation must be a legal entity and comply with the ALF communication and visibility guidelines when implementing the intercultural dialogue initiative.

ALFinMOTION intends to be a stimulus to incite intercultural dialogue actions between both shores of the Mediterranean through physical mobilities, involving diverse types of expertise and profiles. Host organisations are provided with lump sum allocations and mobilities must always imply the full proactive participation of the hosted organisations. A gender, age and geographic balance share between both shores of the Mediterranean must be observed.

The proposed mobilities under this call can take place anytime between July and December 2023, respecting visa application schedules and requirements.

CFP ECREA: Diaspora, Migration & the Media (Netherlands)

ConferencesCall for abstracts: Diaspora, Migration and the Media: Transnational Families and Media Practices: Methods, Ethics and Critical Approaches, ECREA International and Intercultural Communication Sections Conference, 7-9 December 2023, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands. Abstract Deadline: 28 April 2023.

Transnational families, through their ability to cross borders, connect cultures, expand the meanings and limits of national belonging, and negotiate the cultural, linguistic and psychological challenges of migration, have become exemplary models of “mobile lives” (Elliott and Urry, 2010). Transnational families offer insights into the contradictions and complexities of interculturality (Dervin, 2017) as a lived reality permeating more and less intimate interpersonal experiences. The centrality of transnational family communication in today’s world is enhanced by everyday digital media usage, the ubiquity of portable devices and the new technical affordances of platforms and apps. Transnational families therefore help us apprehend historical transformations connected to mediated experiences of crossing borders and interculturality.

While the attention of scholars has intensified around how transnational families both shape and are shaped by the (urban) spaces they leave and enter, organizers contend that more attention needs to be paid to the methodological and ethical challenges researchers face when studying transnational families and communities. This conference provides an opportunity for scholars to discuss the assumptions underpinning their research and to share critical reflections on the ethical responsibilities that researchers have when observing transnational families and communities, including through digital platforms and their connection with mobility processes in and through cities.

They invite scholars and PhD researchers to submit abstract proposals that engage with new theoretical, methodological and ethical approaches to the study of transnational families and their communication practices in Europe and beyond. They also welcome submissions that can provide historical perspectives into the (dis)continuities characterizing transnational families and their media practices. Contributions that call into question Eurocentric forms of knowledge through decolonial narratives and frameworks are especially welcome.

UNESCO: We Need to Talk: ICD and Peace

Resources in ICD“ width=UNESCO and Institute for Economics and Peace. (2022). We Need to Talk: Measuring intercultural dialogue for peace and inclusion. Paris, France: UNESCO.

For those interested in the relationship between intercultural dialogue and peace, this new publication by UNESCO may be of particular interest.

“For the first time, We Need to Talk presents evidence of the link between intercultural dialogue and peace, conflict prevention and non-fragility, and human rights. Building upon the groundbreaking data from the new
UNESCO Framework for Enabling Intercultural Dialogue, this report highlights key policy and intervention opportunities for intercultural dialogue as an instrument for inclusion and peace.

Using data covering over 160 countries in all regions, the report presents a framework of the structures, processes and values needed to support intercultural dialogue, examining the dynamics and interlinkages between them to reveal substantial policy opportunities with broad spanning benefits.”

See also KC64: Peacebuilding and/or KC91: Peace Communication for brief explanations of those two concepts.

Colorado State U: Center for Public Deliberation Postdoc (USA)

PostdocsThree-Year Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Public Deliberation, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA. Deadline: 10 April 2023.

The Center for Public Deliberation at Colorado State University seeks a three-year Post-Doctoral Fellow who specializes in deliberative democracy and/or civic engagement. Competitive candidates will have experience working with communities through either engagement efforts or engaged scholarship. Responsibilities will include assistance with the design, implementation, and research of civic interventions. Initial projects will focus on the development of engaged and inclusive civic curriculum for high schoolers and civic capacity building in rural communities. In addition, the fellow will be expected to assist with training students and community members in facilitation techniques and oversee graduate and undergraduate research teams. If a candidate does not have previous facilitation experience, they will be expected to undergo training provided by the CPD during their first year as a fellow.

Swedish Institute of International Affairs: 4 Postdocs (Sweden)

Postdocs
Four postdoctoral research fellowships, Swedish Institute of International Affairs, Stockholm, Sweden. Deadline: 10 April 2023.

The Swedish Institute of International Affairs is one of Europe’s oldest and most established research institutes, founded in 1938. The institute is politically independent and provides information, analysis and research on international issues. Successful applicants will pursue their own proposed research projects within the framework of existing and emerging thematic programmes. Each position is 100% funded for a two-year period. The successful candidates will first and foremost pursue their research plans at an international scientific standard. They will also participate in, and receive support from, the institute’s research environment and the institute’s wider activities. Each position will be affiliated with one of the institute’s thematic programmes or centres.

Applicants in this round of recruitments are encouraged to propose projects in the following areas:

  • European politics, especially but not limited to European or Euro-Atlantic related security questions.
  • Global politics, especially but not limited to geopolitics surrounding the green transition.
  • Middle East and North African politics, especially but not limited to geo-economic competition playing out in the region.
  • Asian politics, especially but not limited to Indo-Pacific relations.

Zhejiang U: Multiple Positions (China)

“JobMultiple faculty positions, College of Media and International Culture, Zhejiang University, China. Deadline: Open until filled, but review begins 10 April 2023.

The College of Media and International Culture, Zhejiang University, has established a complete bachelor, master, and doctoral education system with courses offered in both Chinese and English. For all the positions below, they are interested in candidates who have expertise in one or more of the following areas:Journalism, Communication, Radio and Television Art, Film Studies, Advertising, Public Relations, Aesthetics, Cultural Studies, Data Science, Linguistics, Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language, and other related interdisciplinary studies.

Chair Professor

Candidates should achieve national or international prominence and a distinguished reputation within his or her chosen field through significant contributions to academic work. They should also have outstanding leadership and service to the profession. Candidates should be able to teach both undergraduate and graduate, maintain an active research agenda, produce world-class research outputs, and acquire competitive external funding.

Full Professor/Associate Professor

Candidates should establish him/herself as a major researcher, scholar, or creative artist at the national and often international level. Candidates should be able to teach both undergraduate and graduate, maintain an active research agenda, produce world-class research outputs, and acquire competitive external funding.

Postdoc Positions

Candidates must have recently earned a PhD degree in above mentioned areas, under the age of 35, and work full-time in the college.

Non-Full-time Positions: Visiting Professor/Associate Professor/Assistant Professor

Candidates should be able to work at ZJU forat least 2 months annually, as well as to teach undergraduate and/or graduate course(s) in English.

Collective Healing, Social Justice and Global Well-Being (Online)

EventsRoutes of Enslaved Peoples: Webinar on Collective Healing, Social Justice and Global Well-Being, UNESCO, Paris, France, 3 April 2023 – 4:00-5:00 pm (GMT +2; virtual).

UNESCO’s Routes of Enslaved Peoples Project is starting its series of webinars on collective healing, social justice and global well-being. UNESCO and the University of Wales Trinity Saint David (UK) are jointly hosting the first webinar in an innovative series on “Collective Healing, Social Justice and Global Well-Being.” In this first webinar, Gabriela Ramos (UNESCO’s Assistant Director-General for Social and Human Sciences) will be joined by Zeinab Badawi (BBC Television and Radio Journalist) and Professor Medwin Hughes (Vice-Chancellor of the University of Wales Trinity Saint David) to explore strategies and approaches for valorising the culture and contributions of African-descendent populations as a means of combatting the racism and discrimination which persists as one of the ugly legacies of enslavement and the slave trade. Participants in the webinar will be able to ask questions to the expert panel. The debate will be moderated by Professor Scherto Gill (Director of Global Humanity for Peace Institute at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David). Simultaneous interpretation will be made available in English, French and Spanish.

CFP Hallryu (Korean Wave) as a Global Popular Cultural Force

“PublicationCall for proposals: Twenty-Five Years Later: Rethinking the Impact of Hallryu (Korean Wave) as a Global Popular Cultural Force, Special Issue of the Journal of Asian Pacific Communication. Deadline for abstracts: 30 April 2023.

Submissions are encouraged from scholars that use different theoretical and empirical approaches to the special issue of Journal of Asian Pacific Communication on the impact of Korean Wave (Hallyu) as a global popular cultural force. As the process of globalization has eroded traditional forms of national culture and identity, the interfusion between local cultures and global culture continues to increase in various corner of the world. A prominent example of the globalization of culture can be found in the Korean Wave (pronounced Hallyu in Korean). The Korean Wave, which began about 25 years ago with the exporting of Korean TV dramas across East and Southeast Asia, now refers to the popularity of South Korean popular culture including drama, movies and popular music in other Asian countries. As the seventh-largest film market in the world, Korea is now a brisk exporter of music, TV programming, and films to the Asia region and other continents such as Africa, North and South Americas, and Europe. Now this Korean version of cultural imperialism has impact on Korean language, interracial marriage, imported labors to cultural commodities such as foods, cosmetics, fashion, education, and tourism.

The special issue will examine the past, present, and future impacts of Korean Wave as a global popular cultural force in terms of political, cultural, historical, sociological, and economical aspects with a focus on the key internal and external moments, constructs, elements, fads, factors shaping current and future developments of Korean Wave. The articles will examine communication and discourse in media, social media, political and cultural arenas, and space it occupies in a certain nation or region. They will also focus on how use of language (and translation) and non-verbal symbolic systems in any on communicative contexts, including face-to-face interactions/conversations/dialog within a KW context, and popular cultural texts such as films, music, animation, television drama, etc.

The Journal of Asian Pacific Communication invites authors to submit proposals or abstract for studies that engage both empirical and critical perspectives for Korean Wave (Hallyu) research. They are particularly interested in studies that apply existing empirical and critical methodologies towards analyzing and identifying the past, present, and future perspectives and phenomena. They encourage proposals from a variety of scholarly areas (e.g., intercultural, political, interpersonal, media, organizational, cultural and global studies, economics, performance studies, music, film studies, linguistics, journalism, ads and PR, and social media, etc.). Finally, the special issue welcomes any theoretical essays that deal with Korean Wave in the context of (post) cultural imperialism and post-colonialism.

Marjorie Boulton Fellowships (USA)

FellowshipsMarjorie Boulton Fellowships, Esperantic Studies Foundation, Washington, DC. Deadline: 1 June 2023.

The Esperantic Studies Foundation (ESF) announces its 2023 competition for research fellowships in all fields of the humanities and social sciences, particularly as they relate to interlinguistics, linguistic justice, intercultural communication, Esperanto, and related phenomena. Interdisciplinary work is welcome, and primary disciplines might include, but are not limited to, linguistics, sociology, history, anthropology, communication, or media studies. Open to candidates worldwide, with a preference for candidates in North America and the global south, the fellowships may be held concurrently with other awards or fellowships and are non-renewable. These fellowships honor the legacy of the late Marjorie Boulton, a prolific author of plays, poems, and prose in Esperanto. ESF, a non-profit organization that works for linguistic justice on a global scale, values inclusion and diversity. ESF does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, language, national origin, disability, religion, age, sexual orientation or gender expression.

Awards of $10,000 USD may be given in each of two categories: Doctoral and Post-doctoral research. See below for eligibility requirements.

Category 1. Doctoral Research for students engaged in or about to begin their doctoral dissertations. Eligibility: Applicants must be admitted to candidacy for a research doctoral degree at an accredited university, in good standing in their programs, and considering or embarked on an original research project that will make a significant contribution to the field.

Category 2. Post-doctoral Research for scholars who have recently completed their dissertations, to support related research and publication. Eligibility: Applicants must be no more than five years beyond receiving the Ph.D and propose an original, significant research project; it can be either an extension of the dissertation or a new program of research.

CFP IALA: Linguistic Diversity, Inclusion & Sustainability (Malaysia)

ConferencesCall for Papers: IALA 2024: Linguistic Diversity, Inclusion & Sustainability, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 11-16 August 2024. Deadline: 31 July 2023.

The 21st International Association for Applied Linguistics (AILA) World Congress 2024 is part of a celebration of 6 decades of AILA (1964 – 2024). Building on the success of previous congresses, the theme for the 2024 event is Linguistic Diversity, Inclusion and Sustainability. Organizers look forward to new outlooks and innovations in research work on various topics in the field of applied linguistics from scholars, academics, professionals in the industry and government. To be held at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre, with the iconic PETRONAS Twin Towers as the backdrop, participants will enjoy the bustling city set against lush and serene surroundings that go beyond applied linguistics. Types of presentations and conference tracks available here.