CFP Collaborative-Dialogic Practice (Czech Republic)

ConferencesCall for Proposals: The 4th International Congress on Collaborative-Dialogic Practice, June 26-29, 2019, Brno, Czech Republic. Deadline: December 1, 2018.

The 4th International Congress on Collaborative-Dialogic Practice will focus on the exploration and practice of Collaborative-Dialogic Practice across contexts, cultures, and disciplines. Organizers invite you to submit a proposal addressing our theme: inviting connection, conversation, creativity. The aim is to be as active, open, participatory and diverse as possible. Proposals will be accepted for workshops, paper presentations, and posters. You can send proposals based, for example, on your experiences, practices, and research in social intervention, conflict mediation, and resolution, psychotherapy, political action, education, social work, sociology, anthropology, health care, among others. They are interested in presentations that are interactive and conversational and invite your creativity in designing your presentation. Workshops, papers, and posters may be presented in your language of choice, which you will be asked to indicate on the application form.

CFP Partisanship, Provocation, Protest & Pugnacity

Publication OpportunitiesCall for papers: Special Issue, Iowa Journal of Communication:  Partisanship, Provocation, Protest, and Pugnacity: Communication in a Context of Conflict. Deadline: March 22, 2019.

Manuscripts should address or relate to communicating in a context of dissent, conflict, partisanship, tension, and so on. Manuscripts may focus on any type communication, including group, face-to-face, family, or mediated communication, and may use any methodology for analysis. We are particularly interested in unique, non-standard approaches and voices, but all manuscripts are welcome.  Submissions from all geographic areas are encouraged, and one need not be a member of the Iowa Communication Association to submit a piece.

CFP SIETAR Europa 2019: Building Dialogues on Diversity (Belgium)

ConferencesCall for Papers: SIETAR Europa Congress 2019: Building Dialogues on Diversity: Towards a Future of Hope, 27 May-2 June, 2019, Leuven, Belgium. Deadline: 15 November 2018.

The need of the hour is for the world to progress towards a future of positivity and hope. This year’s congress provides Practitioner tracks in Business, Socio-political Concerns, Migration and Education along with an Academic track and the popular Film Festival. Submissions are accepted until 15th of November 2018, for the Practitioner and Academic Tracks, Film Festival and Pre- and Post-Congress Workshops.

KC92 Kintsugi

Key Concepts in ICDThe next issue of Key Concepts in intercultural Dialogue is now available. This is KC#92: Kintsugi, by Akari Takenishi. 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.

KC92 KintsugiTakenishi, A. (2018). Kintsugi. Key Concepts in Intercultural Dialogue, 92. Available from:
https://centerforinterculturaldialogue.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/kc92-kintsugi.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 Westminster PhD Studentships (UK)

“Studentships“The University of Westminster is now part of the Technē AHRC Doctoral Training Partnership. The DTP has 57 full PhD studentships to give out each year over the next three years (beginning in Sept 2019) in the areas of the arts and humanities. The Westminster Forum for Languages and Linguistics would particularly welcome applications from prospective PhD candidates in their specialist areas in sociolinguistics and historical linguistics:

  • Historical study of the English Language
  • Language and gender
  • Language contact including creole languages
  • Migration, exile, language and spaces
  • Multilingualism including community/heritage languages

Metropolitan State U Job Ads: International Comm/Media; Ethnic Studies (USA)

Job adsMETROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY, a vibrant and growing public, urban university in Minnesota, is seeking to fill two positions within the College of Arts:

Assistant Professor, International Communication and Media. Deadline: November 30, 2018.

Within the Professional Communication Program of the School of Communication, Writing and the Arts. Research interest in international/intercultural media/communication.

Assistant Professor, Ethnic Studies Faculty with an Emphasis in Black Studies. Deadline: January 7, 2019.

Within the Department of Ethnic and Religious Studies. Ability to teach Black Studies and comparative Ethnic Studies courses effectively at the undergraduate level.

 

UC London Job Ad: Sociolinguistics (UK)

Job adsLecturer in Sociolinguistics for Language Education, Centre for Applied Linguistics, University College London, UK. Deadline: 14 November 2018.

Applications are invited for a Lectureship in Sociolinguistics for Language Education. The successful candidate is required to make a major contribution to the range of Master’s programmes in Applied Linguistics and TESOL, and to research and administration in the Centre for Applied Linguistics, including programme management, supervising PhDs, and carrying out first-class research activities. This post is available from 1st January 2019.

Purdue U Northwest Job Ad: Multicultural Education (USA)

Job adsAssistant Professor of Education: Social Studies and Multicultural Education, Purdue University Northwest, Indiana. Deadline: Open until filled, posted October 10, 2018.

The School of Education and Counseling, Purdue University Northwest, is seeking applicants for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Education with expertise in Social Studies and Multicultural Education beginning August 12, 2019.   Position Responsibilities: The successful candidate will serve as a key member of the School’s educational programs and will be expected (a) to teach courses related to: diversity in the classroom; differentiation of instruction; intercultural communication; diversity, equity, and cross-cultural competency; culturally relevant pedagogy; (b)assess and evaluate student learning outcomes, skills, and dispositions; (c) supervise practicum candidates, student teachers, and other clinical/field-based experiences; (d) serve on program and school committees; and (e)demonstrate commitment to diversity and equity in education through teaching, community engagement, and advising of student organizations.   Qualifications

The successful candidate will hold a doctoral degree with expertise in Curriculum and Instruction, TESOL, Social Studies, Multicultural Education or related field from an accredited institution.  Candidates nearing completion of their doctorate (ABD) are encouraged to apply.

Media Literacy Week Resources 2018

Applied ICD4th Annual U.S. Media Literacy Week, November 5-9, 2018.

“Media Literacy is the ability to ACCESS, ANALYZE, EVALUATE, COMMUNICATE and CREATE using all forms of communication. The mission of Media Literacy Week is to highlight the power of media literacy education and its essential role in education today.” Media literacy is a prerequisite for intercultural dialogue; without it, dialogue cannot occur.

NAMLE provides a wide variety of resources, including Free DVD/Streaming + Discussion Guide (for a limited time).

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CFP IAICS East/West: New Divisions, New Connections (Czech Republic)

ConferencesCall for papers: 25th International Conference of the International Association for Intercultural Communication Studies (IAICS): East/West: New Divisions, New Connections in a Populist Political Reality, July 12–15, 2019, Brno, Czech Republic. Deadline: November 15, 2018.

Proposals sought that aim to consider the following questions:

* How do cultural and communication scholars understand the shifting discourses around the “West” and its “Others”?
* How have – fictional and non-fictional – representations of the relationship between the “West” and “Others” evolved?
* How have the centre and the periphery been re-defined, re-imagined and re-negotiated?
* What is the role of communication technologies in building connections/divisions in the current climate?
* How have major policy interventions – such as China’s Belt and Road Initiative – affected intercultural divisions/connections?
* How relevant are theories of communication/cultural integration developed in Western liberal democracies for understanding current developments?
* What are the most challenging issues that scholars of intercultural communication face at the moment?
* Are there historical lessons that can inform our understanding of the impact of technological change on intercultural communication and interaction?