Peace Research Institute: PHD Studentship (Norway)

“Studentships“Doctoral Researcher on Attitudinal Impacts of Refugees on Host Populations (TRUST), Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) and Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Oslo, Norway. Deadline: 10 August 2020.

The Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) invites applications for a three-year, full-time position as Doctoral Researcher. The position provides the opportunity to work in a leading international research institution with high academic standards and an interdisciplinary environment. Primary supervisor of the Doctoral Researcher will be Associate Professor Karin Dyrstad at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). Senior Researcher Andreas Forø Tollefsen at PRIO will serve as secondary supervisor.

This position is financed as part of a grant from the Research Council of Norway to PRIO for the project “TRUST: Attitudinal Impacts of Refugees on Host Communities in the Global South”, led by Research Professor Halvard Buhaug. Working within the fields of social sciences, the Doctoral Researcher to be employed in this project will conduct theoretical and empirical research on how the arrival and presence of refugee populations in various African contexts affect core sociopolitical attitudes among host communities, drawing on existing population survey data and other relevant source material. While statistical analysis of georeferenced survey responses will constitute the primary scientific tool, qualitative case study analysis may serve as a complementary analytical strategy. The work will result in an article-based PhD dissertation in English.

Why is it Worth Waking Up Every Morning? (Greece)

“Book NotesKefalaki, Margarita (Ed.). (2020). Why is it worth waking up every morning? Impressions and reflections on inspiration, motivation, and collaboration. Athens, Greece: Communication Institute of Greece.

This example of intercultural communication, this multilingual and multicultural co-creation, aims to become a voice that unites us all! – Margarita Kefalaki

Why is it worth waking up every morning?For their first collaborative project, the Vice Presidents of the Communication Institute of Greece (COMinG) have worked together to pass on a message of hope through their motivational book entitled: Why is it worth waking up every morning? This book was created as a sign of hope, especially during the difficult times we face as a global collective (e.g., the COVID-19 global crisis in 2020). It is a book of encouragement with impressions and reflections on inspiration, motivation, and collaboration.

The VP Community of the Communication Institute of Greece includes: Karl-Heinz Pogner, Sophia Karanicolas, Michael A. Altamirano, Christian Schnee, Ailson J. De Moraes, Fotini Diamantidaki, Robert J. Bonk, Carolin Rekar Munro, and Jürgen Rudolph, who have all  shared their viewpoints on why it is, or is not, worth it to wake up each morning.

Note: Follow the link provided to download a free copy of the ebook.

Emilija Jovanovska Profile

ProfilesEmilija Jovanovska is currently a Ph.D. student at the Department of Curriculum & Instruction at the University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho. She is also an ESL and English Composition instructor at the Global Students Success Program and the English department at the University of Idaho.

Emilija Jovanovska

Additionally, she enjoys the privilege of contributing to World education by teaching English Composition at the University of the People to students from all over the world. Her research interests are in the fields of Intercultural Communication, Academic Socialization, Leadership Studies, EdTech, and Curriculum Design. Her project “Language Socialization of Balkan Graduate Students into the Universities of the Palouse” was given an award by the Palouse Culture and Language Symposium, held annually at the University of Idaho.

Since one of her passions is educating educators, she dedicates part of her time to creating professional development projects for university educators, such as Navigating Academic Culture at US Universities by International Students, a lecture that she collaboratively delivered to the faculty at the University of Idaho and published on the Navitas Teaching & Learning website.

For more information about her, please follow the link to her website.

Work for CID:

Emilija Jovanovska has translated KC2: Cosmopolitanism, KC3: Intercultural Competence, and KC5: Intercultural Communication into Macedonian, and participated in a CID/UNESCO focus group for the Futures of Education Initiative.

UNESCO: Culture & COVID-19

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Culture & COVID-19: Impact and Response Tracker, UNESCO, Paris, France.

Culture & Covid Issue 10

To address the profound impact the COVID-19 pandemic will have on the culture sector, UNESCO has launched a weekly “Culture & COVID-19: Impact and Response Tracker” to provide an overview of the rapidly evolving situation. It explores both the immediate impact of the health crisis and examples of how countries around the world are adapting to the situation. This is one of several initiatives by the Organization to respond to the impact of the pandemic on the cultural sector worldwide.

Ten issues have already appeared, examining such issues as the impact on world heritage sites, tourism, museums, archaeological sites, and indigenous peoples.

The Future of Intercultural Training (Webinar)

EventsThe Future of Intercultural Training by Nicole Barile (President & Founder of NB Intercultural), offered by SIETAR Tri-State, USA, July 28, 2020, 11:00 am to 12:00 pm (EST), online event.

The future of work is here – and it’s global. No matter your industry, role, or where you work, you will be interacting with people from other cultures, even if you never leave home. Intercultural training is needed more than ever, but it needs to adapt to today’s modern worker. Technology is shaping how we do business, and it’s shaping how we learn. Traditional approaches to intercultural learning will need to make way for new solutions as technology advances. Find out what trends are shaping the next generation of intercultural training for expatriates and organizations, as well as where the field is headed.

2nd Prize in CID Video Competition – Shanoy Coombs

CID Video CompetitionCID’s third video competition is now over, and the judges have reviewed all the videos. As a reminder, the instructions were to show that listening is how intercultural dialogue starts, in 90-120 seconds, on video.

2nd prize goes to Shanoy Coombs,  who comes from Jamaica, and who is studying Intercultural Communication and International Development at the University of Sheffield, in the UK, where she blogs about communication, culture and Intercultural communication issues.

Title: Listen Towards Intercultural Dialogue

Description: “It’s easy to listen to others who are like you but not always those who think and act differently. Yet for Intercultural Dialogue to be effective, we have to listen to those who are different from us. This video highlights the many benefits of listening as a part of the conflict resolution process. The video specifically highlights the native voices of persons from different cultural backgrounds and each person shares one main benefit of listening as a part of the Intercultural Dialogue process. The video then transitions to a singular language and emphasizes the point about listening. The video therefore shows the importance of individuality in Intercultural Dialogue as well as collective aims of the process.”

There were first, second and third place winners, and an award of excellence. Each of these is being highlighted in a separate post, as they warrant our attention. My thanks to the judges of the competition, professionals who made time to review student videos. Thanks also to all the competitors, who took the time to really think about how listening is where intercultural dialogue starts, despite the pandemic.

Wendy Leeds-Hurwitz, Director
Center for Intercultural Dialogue

U Amsterdam: Media & Culture (the Netherlands)

“JobAssistant professor of Media and Culture, Department of Media Studies, Faculty of Humanities, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Deadline: 3 August 2020.

The Department of Media Studies is looking for an Assistant professor in Media and Culture who will bring to the position an innovative research agenda and relevant teaching expertise in cultural approaches to media. We are looking for a candidate with a strong research profile in media in film, television and cross-media studies.

The selected candidate will teach courses in the BA programme in Media and Culture, as well as in our MA programmes in Film Studies, Television and Cross Media Culture, and the Research MA Media Studies. Ideally, the candidate will be able to teach courses across a range of media, in particular television, film, and digital media, as well as their intersections.

NOTE: There is also a position available in Media and Information.

Latvian Academy of Culture: Multiple Positions (Latvia)

“JobMultiple visiting academic positions, Latvian Academy of Culture, Riga, Latvia. Deadline: 1 June 2021.

The aim of the project is to promote internationalisation and international competitiveness of the Latvian Academy of Culture by attracting foreign academic staff in the study direction Humanitarian Sciences and Arts. Minimum participation set at 6 months.

The specializations are quite specific, but also remarkably broad, including cultural diplomacy; Norwegian or Danish culture; Arts and entrepreneurship, strategic management in arts; current issues in creative business and society, business ethics, critical and lateral thinking, intercultural competences in global entrepreneurship; scriptwriting theory and practice in feature films, short films; structure, analysis and practice of TV series scripts; and history of the U.S. independent cinema, viewed through the presence and development of political themes in films.

Oslo Metropolitan U: PHD Fellowship (Norway)

FellowshipsPhD Fellowship on employment of vulnerable citizens in small and medium sized enterprises (ENGAGE), Centre for Welfare and Labor Research, Oslo Metropolitan University, Oslo, Norway. Deadline: 24 August 2020.

The PhD position is part of the project “Sustained employment of ‘hard-to-place’ citizens in small and medium sized enterprises: A mixed-method study in Norway and the Netherlands” (ENGAGE). The project is financed by the Norwegian Research Council and Oslo Metropolitan University, and it will run from September 2020 to August 2024.

The project will study employer engagement to promote sustained employment of people with work impairments or disabilities in small and medium sized enterprises. The project is interdisciplinary and finds inspiration in social policy and active labour market studies, Human Resource Management and organization studies, governance studies and studies vocational and occupational rehabilitation.

CFP Journal of Linguistic Anthropology: Race, Racism, Racialization

“PublicationThe Journal of Linguistic Anthropology is calling for papers on race, racism, and racialization. Submission type is open: full-length articles, theoretical pieces, fieldnotes, interviews, reflections, poetry, cartoons. Deadline for the submission of article manuscripts: September 15, 2020. Deadline for all other types of submissions: October 15, 2020.

Scholarly work intersecting with other approaches, including but not limited to criminal justice studies, critical race theory, education studies, gender & sexuality studies, legal studies, medical anthropology, STS, and visual anthropology, is especially encouraged. If you are interested in submitting your work, do familiarize yourself with the journal’s submission procedures, and write to Sonia Das (sonia.das AT nyu.edu) or Chaise LaDousa (cladousa AT hamilton.edu). If you are interested in writing a book review of a book pertaining to race, racism, and racialization, please write to JLA’s book review editor, Christina Davis (c-davis AT wiu.edu).