UCD International College Beijing Job: Media (China)

Job adsInstructor, International College Beijing, University of Colorado Denver (China)

The CU Denver Department of Communication invites applications for a full-time, non-tenure-track teaching position at the International College Beijing (ICB). The job will commence in September, 2018. Depending on the performance of the individual hired, multi-year renewals are possible. Depending on departmental needs, this position may also have the opportunity to teach a semester at the Denver campus, thus rotating semesters between teaching in Beijing and teaching in Denver. We seek to hire a colleague who can teach a wide range of Communication courses touching upon New Media, Strategic Communication, Workplace Communication, New Media Production and Management, Media Writing Skills, Advanced Strategic Communication, Internships, Transitioning from College to Career, and others. Above all else, we seek a dynamic and charismatic teacher committed to best practices in student-centered pedagogy and advancing the internationalization of communication via hands-on, skills-based experiential and problem-based learning.

 

Will Baker Profile

ProfilesWill Baker is an Associate Professor in Applied Linguistics and the Deputy Director of the Centre for Global Englishes, Modern Languages and Linguistics, University of Southampton, UK.

Will Baker

His research focuses on Global Englishes and intercultural/transcultural communication. He is particularly interested in the interface between English as a lingua franca and intercultural communication research, as well as new transcultural perspectives this gives rise to. His wider research interests include the practical implications of Global English and intercultural communication research for English language teaching and higher education, especially  English medium instruction. He has published and presented internationally in all these research areas. He also supervises doctoral students in these fields as well as convening MA programmes and courses in Global Englishes and Intercultural Communication.

He is the author of Culture and Identity through English as a Lingua Franca (DeGruyter Mouton), co-editor of the Routledge Handbook of English as a Lingua Franca and co-editor of the book series Developments in English as a Lingua Franca (DeGruyter Mouton). Recent research projects include the British Council ELT Research Partnership Award “From English language learners to Intercultural Citizens: Chinese student sojourners development of intercultural citizenship in ELT and EMI programmes” and Newton Fund Researcher Links Workshop Grant “English as an ASEAN lingua franca: Implications for language education policy and practice.”

For further information please see his campus profile.

KC18 Intractable Conflict Translated into Russian

Key Concepts in ICDContinuing translations of Key Concepts in Intercultural Dialogue, today I am posting KC#18: Intractable Conflict, which Andrew R. Smith published in English in 2014, and which Anna Klyueva has now translated into Russian.

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.

KC18 Intractable Conflict_RussianSmith, A. R. (2017). Intractable conflict [Russian]. (A. Klyueva, trans). Key Concepts in Intercultural Dialogue, 18. Available from:
https://centerforinterculturaldialogue.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/kc18-intractable-conflict_russian.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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CFP Global Approaches to Multilingualism (UK)

ConferencesCall for papers for the conference on Global approaches to multilingualism and standardisation. Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge, 16-18 April 2018. Deadline: 30 November 2017.

Proposals are welcomed from Early Career Researchers on any of the conference themes, or anything else that relates to standard languages and language standardization. Proposals are particularly encouraged regarding linguistic contexts which comparatively have received little attention from work on language standardization, or which consider theoretical or methodological issues.

This conference is being organised as part of the AHRC-funded project Multilingualism: Empowering Individuals, Transforming Societies (MEITS).

Thanks to the generosity of the Historical Sociolinguistics Research and Training Program, funded by the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO), we hope to make four awards of up to €375 per person to cover accommodation and travel expenses.

Anna Klyueva Profile

ProfilesAnna Klyueva is an assistant professor of communication and public relations at the University of Houston-Clear Lake, teaching in the Communication and Digital Media Studies programs.

Her research program revolves around the matters of international and global strategic communication, global media, public relations ethics, and public diplomacy. An important part of her scholarship investigates the uses of strategic communication and questions of media ethics internationally.

Dr. Klyueva has authored over 20 publications on the topics of media transparency, cultural and public diplomacy, and online political engagement. Her most recent work investigated the social media potential for facilitating and empowering social movements in Russia through an examination of the political protests in 2011–2012.

Her work is published in the International Journal of Communication, JOMEC, Journal of Historical Research in Marketing, Public Relations Review, Journal of Russian Communication, and Central European Journal of Communication, among others. Anna Klyueva’s professional experience includes broadcast journalism and communication management in the airline industry and nonprofit organizations in Russia, Central Asia, and the United States.

Sample Publications:

Klyueva, A., & Mikhaylova, A. (2017). Building the Russian World: Cultural diplomacy of the Russian language and cultural identity. JOMEC: Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies Journal, 11, 125-143.

Klyueva, A. (2016). Taming online political engagement in Russia: Disempowered publics, empowered state and challenges of the Fully Functioning Society. International Journal of Communication, 10, 4661-4680.

Klyueva, A., & Tsetsura, K. (2015). Economic foundations of morality: Questions of transparency and ethics in Russian journalism. Central European Journal of Communication, 1(14), 21-36.

Work for CID:
Anna Klyueva translated KC18: Intractable Conflict into Russian; she has also served as a reviewer for Russian. One of her students designed CID Poster #11: Language and Intercultural Communication.

KC37 Dialogic Listening Translated into Greek

Key Concepts in ICDContinuing translations of Key Concepts in Intercultural Dialogue, today I am posting KC#37: Dialogic Listening, which Robyn Penman wrote for publication in English in 2014, and which Rania Spiridakou 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.

KC37 Dialogic Listening_GreekPenman, R. (2017). Dialogic listening [Greek]. (R. Spiridakou, trans). Key Concepts in Intercultural Dialogue, 37. Available from:
https://centerforinterculturaldialogue.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/kc37-dialogic-listening_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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Hong Kong Postgraduate Fellowships

FellowshipsApplications are invited for the Hong Kong Postgraduate Fellowship Scheme (HKPFS) studentships to commence study in September 2018.  HKPFS is a special scheme run by the HK University Grants Council designed to attract the best students for doctoral study in Hong Kong.  The scheme is extremely generous in terms of remuneration and benefits and it is open to all applicants irrespective of nationality.  HKBU-specific information is also available.

Over the last few years, the School of Communication at Hong Kong Baptist University has been increasingly successful in helping students obtain these very competitive awards.

The deadline for applications for a September 2018 start is 12.00 Hong Kong time (GMT+8) on 1st December 2017.

Harron Chair @ Villanova U 2018

Job adsThe Department of Communication at Villanova University invites applications for the annual Harron Family Endowed Chair in Communication. The Department seeks a senior colleague whose scholarship, regardless of specialization or methodological orientation, has made a significant contribution to the discipline of Communication. This visiting, one-semester appointment is for the Fall of 2018. University-sponsored housing will be provided for the duration of the appointment. The responsibilities of the position include teaching one undergraduate and one graduate course related to his/her area of expertise, delivering a lecture to the Villanova community during the semester in residence, and mentoring faculty and students in the Communication Department. In addition to the salary generated by the Endowment and University-sponsored housing, The Harron Family Endowed Chair in Communication is eligible to receive graduate assistant support and to apply for a grant of up to $10,000 from the Waterhouse Family Institute for the Study of Communication and Society. This visiting position may be used to supplement sabbatical leave, but the Department encourages all interested, qualified candidates to apply.

Review of applications will begin December 16, 2017, and will continue until the 2018 Harron Family Chair is selected.

The Department of Communication will be hosting a reception at NCA in Dallas. Applicants are strongly encouraged to attend. To attend the reception and meet with Villanova faculty at the upcoming NCA conference, please email Dr. Heidi Rose.

NOTE: Wendy Leeds-Hurwitz, Director of the Center for Intercultural Dialogue, was Harron Chair in 2013-14, and can also answer questions about the position.

Study Abroad in Northern Ireland: Peacebuilding through Storytelling & Dialogue

Study AbroadSpecial Opportunity for short term study in N. Ireland: Peacebuilding through Storytelling and Dialogue in Northern Ireland. Application deadline: November 30, 2017.

This unique course is designed to learn how communication through storytelling and dialogue can lead to Peace in a highly divided society. Students will work with former combatants to share stories and to develop healing and ethical remembering in the process to transforming the culture of Northern Ireland.

Building on Transmedia Skills including, photography, blogging, journaling and interviewing, students will be engaged in documenting this arduous but transformative process.  This cultural immersion process will have many take-away skills including intercultural competence and communication skills enhancement, peace and conflict negotiation, healing and ethical remembering.

Open to all undergraduate and graduate students

Class meetings will take place in Derry, Northern Ireland December 31, 2017 – January 15, 2018.  Course materials will be placed online with discussion opportunities and there will final material due at the conclusion of the course

Weber State U Job: Global/Intercultural Communication (Utah)

Job adsThe Department of Communication at Weber State University in Ogden, Utah, invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Global/Intercultural Communication and General Education who will begin Fall Semester 2018.

We seek a strong teacher and scholar with a critical and practical understanding of global/intercultural communication and the ability to teach our general education courses of Mass Media and Society, Public Speaking and/or Interpersonal and Small Group Communication. The successful candidate should expect to teach theoretical and applied courses at all levels of the undergraduate and master’s curricula in areas such as intercultural communication, communication theory, gender and communication, and interpersonal and conflict management. Our department is growing and updating curriculum so there may be the potential for expanding our offerings of intercultural/global communication courses and developing a Study Abroad program. International experience is a plus for consideration.

 

 

Review of applications will begin December 1, 2017, and will continue until the position is filled.