CID Video Competition: Only 2 Weeks to Submit!

CID Video CompetitionThe CID video competition is open. The first set of entries have already been submitted and the first judges have agreed to serve. Two weeks remain to the final deadline of May 31, 2018. To submit an entry, click here.

CID is running its first ever video competition, open to students enrolled in any college or university during the 2017-2018 academic year.

CID Video Competition

To enter, participants must submit a video no longer than 2 minutes that highlights the importance of intercultural dialogue, responding to the question: “What does intercultural dialogue look like?”

One winner will receive a $200 prize. The top entries will be posted to the CID YouTube channel, and be highlighted on the CID website, along with posts describing the creators and highlighting each of their videos, throughout the rest of 2018. Submissions will be evaluated based on originality, clarity, cultural message, effective use of technology, and overall impact. Feel free to work independently or in groups. Get creative, show off your skills and, most importantly, have fun!

Video Competition FAQ

Competition Rules

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RAI Visiting Scholars (UK)

Professional OpportunitiesThe Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland is able to act as academic host to a small number of Visiting Scholars for short periods of research using the RAI Collection (archival, photographic and film material). Research visits must be individually arranged with the RAI.

Prospective Visiting Scholars must provide academic credentials and must arrange their own travel, accommodation and funding; the RAI can provide limited work space and supervision, subject to capacity. A small supervision fee may be charged in appropriate cases. It may be possible to arrange linked access to research facilities elsewhere in London.

Enquiries are particularly welcome from scholars based outside the UK.

CFP Ethnography with a Twist (Finland)

ConferencesCall for Papers and Panels: ETHNOGRAPHY WITH A TWIST, 12–14 February 2019, Jyväskylä, Finland. Deadline: August 31, 2018.

Contemporary political, environmental, and social challenges and crises, rapidly changing societies, development of technology, and encountering of people and cultures produce new environments of research and a need to rethink innovative research methods. The ETHNOGRAPHY WITH A TWIST conference will bring together researchers from diverse disciplines in the humanities and social sciences. Organizers welcome papers and panels that explore ethnographic research from a wide range of perspectives that reflect the variety of backgrounds and/or address personal and affective experiences of the researchers. The conference will provide an interdisciplinary arena for lively discussion and exchanges in an inspiring environment that allows ethnographic research to be approached without the weight of tradition and encourages thinking outside the box and the usual comfort zones in our respective fields.

KC33: Moral Conflict Translated into Greek

Key Concepts in ICDContinuing translations of Key Concepts in Intercultural Dialogue, today I am posting KC#33: Moral Conflict, which Kristen L. Cole wrote for publication in English in 2014, and which Anastasia Karakitsou  has now translated into Greek.

As always, all Key Concepts are available as free PDFs; just click on the thumbnail to download. Lists of Key Concepts organized chronologically by publication date and number, alphabetically by concept, 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.

KC33 Moral Conflict_GreekCole, K. L. (2018). Moral conflict (Greek). (A. Karakitsou, trans). Key Concepts in Intercultural Dialogue, 33. Retrieved from:
https://centerforinterculturaldialogue.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/kc33-moral-conflict_greek.pdf

If you are interested in translating one of the Key Concepts, please contact me for approval first because dozens are currently in process. As always, if there is a concept you think should be written up as one of the Key Concepts, whether in English or any other language, propose it. If you are new to CID, please provide a brief resume. This opportunity is open to masters students and above, on the assumption that some familiarity with academic conventions generally, and discussion of intercultural dialogue specifically, are useful.

Wendy Leeds-Hurwitz, Director
Center for Intercultural Dialogue

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Royal Roads U Job Ad: Leadership (Canada)

Job adsFaculty, School of Leadership Studies, Royal Roads University, Victoria, BC, Canada. Deadline: May 25, 2018.

Royal Roads University is seeking applications for a faculty position in the School of Leadership Studies, Faculty of Social and Applied Science, at the rank of Assistant Professor or Associate Professor, based on qualifications and experience.  Reporting to the School Director, as a full-time Faculty Member you will be invited to contribute to all aspects of the School.  The initial focus will be to play a leadership role in the Master of Arts in Leadership, a flagship program that admits over 100 students annually.  The program has been successful for over 20 years and continues to engage students in intensive on-campus residencies, online delivery of courses, and action-oriented capstone projects and theses.

Tsuda U Job Ad: Intercultural Communication (Japan)

Job adsLecturer/Associate Professor in Intercultural Communication, Tsuda University, Tokyo, Japan. Deadline: June 11, 2018.

The Department of English at Tsuda University, the oldest women’s college located in Tokyo, Japan is looking for applicants for a full-time (tenured) position in Intercultural Communication. A successful candidate should be able to teach the following subjects, among others, in his/her areas of expertise: Case Studies in Intercultural Communication, Cross-cultural Training, Gender and Communication, Ethnography of Communication. The successful candidate is also expected to teach such classes as Academic Writing II, Public Speaking, and Debate as well to fulfill the Department’s practical English language training needs.

U Oulu PHD Studentships (Finland): CA/Interaction

FellowshipsThree 4-year and salaried doctoral student positions in conversation analysis / interaction analysis open at the University of Oulu in the COACT (Complexity in (inter)action) research community. Deadline: May 31, 2018.

1. Doctoral student, Faculty of Humanities (Topic: The use of mobile devices in face-to-face interaction).

2. Doctoral student, English philology, Faculty of Humanities (Topic: Interaction in international crisis management).

3. Doctoral student, English philology, Faculty of Humanities (Topic: Linguistic and embodied features of interactional multitasking).

Mind Over Media European Network

Intercultural PedagogyOf possible interest to followers of CID:

This website showcases the work of the Mind Over Media European Network, which is supported by the Evens Foundation and the European Commission’s Literacy for All initiative. They provide a space for educators to share strategies and approaches for addressing teaching and learning about contemporary propaganda. The Media Education Lab maintains this website in conjunction with the crowdsourced online gallery of propaganda, Mind Over Media: Analyzing Contemporary Propaganda.  

CFP Linguistic Landscape and Educational Spaces

Publication OpportunitiesContributions are invited for an edited volume with the working title Linguistic Landscape and Educational Spaces in the series New Perspectives on Language and Education published by Multilingual Matters. The book will be edited by Edina Krompák, Víctor Fernández-Mallat and Stephan Meyer, with publication envisaged for 2019. Multilingual Matters has indicated strong interest in the collection, and we are now compiling a list of authors and abstracts to finalise an agreement with them. Prospective contributors are requested to submit an abstract by 31 May 2018. See attached PDF for details.

SPEAK: Crowdsourcing Language and Culture Exchange

Applied ICDSPEAK is a language and culture exchange that fights intolerance by promoting diversity, creating new networks and sharing languages. It is primarily based in Portugal (a country that is doing a particularly good job at accepting and integrating new immigrants), but also Spain, Germany, and Italy.

From their website: “SPEAK is a linguistic and cultural program built to bring people closer together – a crowdsourcing language and culture exchange between migrants and locals that breaks barriers, promotes multilingualism, equality and democratizes language learning. Anyone can apply to learn or teach any language or culture including those of the country where they are residing. Continue reading “SPEAK: Crowdsourcing Language and Culture Exchange”