Center for Intercultural Dialogue

Dai Xiaodong Profile

Dai Xiaodong is associate professor at the Foreign Languages College of Shanghai Normal University (SHNU), P. R. China.

Dai Xiaodong Presently he serves as the executive chief of Intercultural Communication Research Center of SHNU, and the vice president of China Association for Intercultural Communication (CAFIC). His major research interests are identity negotiation and intercultural competence. In 2007-2008, he won a Fulbright grant and conducted research at the Department of Communication Studies of University of Rhode Island in the US. He has published numerous articles which have appeared in Chinese Journal of European Studies, American Studies Quarterly, World Economics and Politics, Contemporary International Relations, International Survey, China Media Research, Academic Research, and so forth.

His recent books include Identity and Intercultural Communication (I): Theoretical and Contextual Construction (2010, co-edited with Steve J. Kulich), Identity and Intercultural Communication (II): Conceptual and Contextual Applications (2011, co-edited with Steve J. Kulich), Intercultural Communication Theories (2011), Intercultural Adaptation: Theoretical Explorations and Empirical Studies (2012, co-edited with Steve J. Kulich), and Intercultural Communication Competence: Conceptualization and its Development in Cultural Contexts and Interactions (2014, co-edited with Guo-Ming Chen).

CFP Explorations in Ethnography, Language and Communication (Sweden)

6th conference on Explorations in Ethnography, Language and Communication (EELC)
Södertörn University (Sweden)
22-23 September 2016

The aim of the conference is to examine how linguistic ethnography can be used in order to capture cultural, gendered, linguistic and other kinds of diversity in today’s global societies. In line with Södertörn University’s intercultural profile, conference papers will explore the role of language in diverse settings: in the workplace, in education, in the community and at home. Today, with the development of technology, information and capital are transcending social and geographical barriers thus giving new forms to communication. The challenges of conducting ethnography in order to capture these new globalized yet diverse settings are larger than ever and in this conference we wish to explore new theories and methods and discuss research results from studies that have set out to achieve this.

The following plenary speakers have confirmed their participation:
Jan Blommaert, Professor of Language, Culture and Globalization and Director of the Babylon Center at Tilburg University
Celia Roberts, Professor Emerita of Applied Linguistics at King’s College.
Rickard Jonsson, Associate Professor in the Department of Child and Youth Studies at Stockholm University

Forms of participation
We welcome participants to give a paper, present a poster, or hold a workshop. Paper presenters will be allowed 20 minutes, with a further 10 minutes for discussion. Poster presenters will be assigned a special session for brief presentations and discussions. Workshops may last 90 minutes to two hours and can be run by one organizer or a group of organizers with complementary projects. All workshop proposals should indicate a relevant thematic discussion and associated audience activity, such as critical questions on theory, issues of methodology, or exercises on data analysis.

Important dates and abstract submission
Deadline for abstract submission for papers and workshops: 1 April 2016
Notification of acceptance: 29 April 2016

SUNY Buffalo @ Singapore Institute of Management job ad

Applications are invited for a position teaching University at Buffalo (UB) undergraduate level courses in Communication within UB’s undergraduate programs at the Singapore Institute of Management. Singapore is a safe, multinational, English-speaking city-state located off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula. Further details here.

Available Communication courses may include those in the following areas: Communication Theory, Mass Communication, Intercultural Communication, Organizational Communication, Interpersonal Communication, Communication Technology, Advertising and Public Relations.

Positions are available beginning with the Fall 2016 semester, and the individual hired may be employed on a single-semester or a multi-semester basis. Position salary will depend on qualifications as well as number and type of courses supported. Local accommodations and round-trip airfare to Singapore are provided.

A Master’s degree in Communication, and one to three years’ experience teaching undergraduate students in a US college or university are required as is experience teaching in an intercultural context. A Ph.D. degree in Communication or closely related field is preferred, as is additional teaching experience. Experience living and teaching in an overseas, especially an Asian environment, are a plus.

The work site is the campus of the Singapore Institute of Management, Singapore and employment in this position will be conditional upon receipt of applicable employment authorization from the Government of Singapore.

For additional information, and to apply, please visit UBJobs. All applications must be submitted via UBJobs. Applications submitted in any other manner can not be accepted

The application deadline is January 27, 2016

CFP Literature, Culture & World Peace (India)

Call for papers
International Conference on Literature, Culture and World Peace
23^rdand 24^th September, 2016
Pune, India
Higher Education and Research Society, Navi Mumbai

Contact: Dr Sudhir Nikam

Last date of Abstract: 22^nd September, 2016
Last date of Paper Submission: 23^rd September, 2016

Sub Themes include:
Peace Studies
Peace Polemics
Philosophy of Peace
War and Peace
Role of Literature/s in Promoting Peace
Environment and Peace
Democracy and Peace
Immigration/Migration and Peace
Conflict Resolution and Disarmament
Literature and Human Rights
Cultural Integration and Fragmentation
Non-violence and Peace
Globalization and Peace
Inequality and Justice
Globalization and Geopolitical Polarization
Religion of War/Religion on War
Literatures of Underrepresented
Ethnocentrism in Literature
International Relations: Literary Depictions
Globalization, Media and Peace
Education/Teaching for Peace

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CFP Frontiers and borders of superdiversity (UK)

CALL FOR PAPERS
Frontiers and borders of superdiversity: theory, method and practice
International Conference, Birmingham 23-24 June 2016
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION: 15 JANUARY 2016

The unprecedented speed, scale and spread of international migration and the global refugee crisis have firmly placed migration at the top of the political agenda in Europe and elsewhere and further increased the diversification of diversity that Vertovec describes as superdiversity. Researchers have an important role to play in producing empirically informed knowledge, unpacking discourses and narratives on migration and diversification, developing new methods and theories to advance understanding of a rapidly changing and increasingly complex society.

To date much academic research on superdiversity has been focusing on specific localities in which people of different backgrounds meet and interact. The concept of superdiversity needs to expand these earlier works on local social relations by way of looking at what kinds of categorical differences make a difference in varying contexts and scales.

The aim of the conference is to map the state of the art in knowledge on superdiversity and reflect on the analytical and heuristic uses of the concept, its potential and limits.
Invitation to submit

The Institute for Research into Superdiversity (IRiS) at the University of Birmingham is organising the second international interdisciplinary conference on superdiversity. The conference will be held at University of Birmingham on the 23 -24 June 2016. It will feature keynote speeches, invited plenaries, academic panels, and a research/policy roundtable on topics at the forefront of the superdiversity research agenda.
We are inviting paper and panel submissions on the following themes:
• The migration and refugee crisis and changing demographies in Europe
• Diasporized and creolized worlds: superdiversity and transnationalism
• Urban complexity and experiences of place
• Axes of differentiation and politics of difference
• Private and public interactions and encounters
• Policy, rights, service delivery and citizenship
• Xenophobia, racism and social exclusion
• Identity, representations and belonging
• Researching and (re)presenting superdiversity
• Superdiversity, work and enterprise
• Gendering superdiversity

We welcome academics from a range of disciplines, including, but not exclusively, anthropology, sociology, social policy, geography, linguistics, history, psychology, economics, business, medicine, demography, politics, and development studies, policy makers and practitioners to submit innovative papers, and panel proposals.
Doctoral researchers are welcome to submit their work. The conference will be an opportunity for meeting early career researchers and senior academics working on superdiversity.

Submission Guidelines
Abstracts should be submitted electronically, using the online submission system by 15th January 2016.
 Paper submissions should include an abstract (max 250 words) and short biographical note (100 words) about the author including his/her current position and relevant experience related to superdiversity. Submission form for Papers
 Panel submissions should include the names of three speakers and a chairperson, an overview abstract (250 words) and an abstract for each associated paper (250 words). Submission form for Panels
Acceptance decisions will be communicated at the beginning of March 2016.
Presentation Format: The selected papers will be grouped by themes in parallel sessions. Each presentation will last 20 minutes and followed by 10 minutes discussion.
Conference Publications: Delegates will be offered the opportunity after the conference to submit their papers for consideration to be included in an edited book and/or journal special edition.

Other: Travel and accommodation expenses should be covered by the participants. However, there will be a limited number of registration fee bursaries for participants under exceptional circumstances.

Further info: please contact Ann Bolstridge, IRiS manager.

CFP Gendered Violence and Global Documentary

Call for Book Chapters and Book Chapter Proposals
Working Title: Gendered Violence and Global Documentary

Editors Lisa M. Cuklanz, Ph.D., Communication Department, Boston College
Heather McIntosh, Ph.D., Mass Media Department, Minnesota State University, Mankato

Submission Deadline for Proposals or completed chapters: February 15, 2016

Overview
On December 16, 2012, 23-year-old Jyoti Singh and her male friend Avanindra Pandey boarded a bus home after seeing a movie in South Delhi, India. Several men trapped them on the bus, and after subduing Pandey, they beat and gang-raped Singh. The perpetrators then threw them from the bus. Singh died 12 days later. Protests occurred throughout India after her death, and ultimately, all the perpetrators in the incident were convicted.

Directed by Leslee Udwin, the documentary India’s Daughter attempted to tell the story of Jyoti Singh’s experience. The documentary featured footage of one of the jailed perpetrators, Mukesh Singh, sharing his views: “A girl is far more responsible for rape than a boy … A decent girl won’t roam around at nine o’clock at night … Housework and housekeeping is for girls, not roaming in discos and bars at night doing wrong things, wearing wrong clothes.” Footage of his shocking comments appeared on YouTube before the documentary’s BBC broadcast and went viral. Although the documentary broadcast and YouTube footage were blocked in India, people still showed the documentary in communities throughout India. Ultimately, India’s Daughter drew both praise and criticism within and outside India.

Documentaries about gender-based violence throughout the world perform multiple functions, such as telling stories of people’s experiences, providing witness to traumas, calling attention to cultural and structural issues, and making impacts on policy and practices. India’s Daughter remains one of the most well-known titles and serves as an illustration of some of these important functions. Building on our previous edited collection Documenting Gendered Violence: Representations, Collaborations, and Movements, Gendered Violence and Global Documentary is an edited collection that will bring together scholarship addressing these issues in diverse contexts.

We seek completed chapters and chapter proposals that address gender-based violence and documentary film and video within global contexts. Gender-based violence includes subjects such as rape, sexual assault, sexual harassment, forced sterilization, forced prostitution, human trafficking, genital mutilation, child marriage, child abuse, elder abuse, honor killings, femicide, and gendercide. Documentary refers to non-fiction film, video, and multi-media projects that engage audiences in ways that can include but move beyond entertainment, including awareness and advocacy.

Possible topics include — but are not limited to — the following:
— Representational analyses of gender-based violence within documentaries
— Analyses of productions that engage gender-based violence via transmedia storytelling, cross-platform distribution, crowdsourcing, or other innovations
— Analyses of collectives or programs that support documentary production about gender-based violence
— Analyses of documentaries as part of social or media campaigns raising awareness about gendered violence issues
— Analyses of documentaries’ roles within policies and policy making

Chapters may use any appropriate methodology. Submissions from scholars at all career levels are welcome. Working language for the volume is English.

Submission Guidelines
Chapter submissions must be original works not under review or previously published elsewhere. They should be 6,000-8,000 words, including title, abstract, and references. Along with your submission, please attach a current CV. Use .pdf, .doc, .rtf, or other accessible file format for your attachment. Citation style should be consistent throughout, such as APA, MLA, or Chicago.

While complete chapters are preferred, we also will consider proposals, which should run 1,000 words and include a working bibliography and title. Along with your submission, please attach a current CV.

CFP Translanguaging and Repertoires across Signed and Spoken Languages (Germany)

“Translanguaging and repertoires across signed and spoken languages: Insights from linguistic ethnographies in (super)diverse contexts”
20-21 June 2016
Göttingen (Germany)
Deadline for abstracts: 31 December 2015

Admission is free but registration is necessary

Confirmed presentations:
Alastair Pennycook, University of Technology Sydney
Adrian Blackledge, University of Birmingham
Angela Creese, University of Birmingham
Ulrike Zeshan, University of Central Lancashire
Annelies Kusters, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Ethnic and Religious Diversity
Massimiliano Spotti, Tilburg University
Ruth Swanwick, University of Leeds

The aim of this symposium is to foreground contributions based on linguistic ethnographies which were undertaken in educational settings and public/private/parochial settings in which people engage in the practice of translanguaging. With translanguaging we mean the linguistic practices in which people with diverse and multilingual backgrounds engage in order to make themselves understood by others. When doing so, they do not make use of separated languages but use elements/lexicon/grammar of (what might be regarded as) two or more different languages, hence the term ‘translanguaging’. In the process of translanguaging, people typically make use of a variety of channels or modalities: they may speak, point, gesture, sign, write, in a variety of combinations – ie multimodality.

When translanguaging, people draw upon linguistic repertoires, a term which denotes that people learn and use to speak, sign, write, read (parts of) different languages throughout their lives. Linguistic repertoires are typically multimodal, for example gestures are inherent part of spoken language production and mouthings are inherent part of many signed languages. In addition to biographic linguistic repertoires, there are spatial repertoires, linked to specific locations such as markets and repertoires linked with a certain culture and/or religion. Importantly, translanguaging not only draws on but also transforms repertoire.

Current works into spoken languages translanguaging include Angela Creese and Adrian Blackledge’s ongoing AHRC project “Translation and Translanguaging: Investigating Linguistic and Cultural Transformations in Superdiverse Wards in Four UK Cities” (2014-2018). Alastair Pennycook is (with Emi Otsuji) the author of the recently published book “Metrolingualism: Language in the City”, which sheds light on the ordinariness of linguistic diversity as people go about their daily lives in the city and make use of diverse linguistic resources. Massimiliano Spotti’s research focuses on asylum seeking 2.0 where identity negotiation in spoken interaction is supplemented with online evidence that corroborates the discourse of suspicion used as standard by the authorities.

Current works into multilingualism/translanguaging in relation to signed languages and/or gesture include Ulrike Zeshan’s ongoing ERC (2011-2016) project “Multilingual Behaviours in Sign Language Users, focusing on “cross-signing”, “sign-speaking”, and “sign-switching”, breaking new ground with respect to a field of research that can be called “Sign Multilingualism Studies”. Ruth Swanwick’s British Academy project is titled “Deafness and bimodal bilingualism: A plurilingual language framework for education”. Annelies Kusters focuses on gestural interactions and multimodality between fluent deaf signers and hearing non-signers in customer interactions and public transport in Mumbai.

We invite/include contributions that are based on the study of translanguaging in practice: how do people make use of different languages and different modalities (signed/gestured, spoken, written) when drawing on different repertoires in order to make themselves understood? The fact that contributions about the full spectrum of human language use (including signed/gestured/spoken/written) are invited, exploring a common theme, is innovative because the study of signed and spoken languages sociolinguistics have developed rather separately from each other. The focus on language use in practice (in which gesture is an inherent element of spoken languages production and mouthed/spoken/written/fingerspelled language is used by people who use signed languages) will be instrumental in bridging these separate strands, which is a much needed development in order to understand human language production in general. The study of gesture has brought signed and spoken language researchers of theoretical linguistics together, but a parallel bridge has not yet been built in sociolinguistics and linguistic anthropology. Thus the symposium and the special issue will be cutting edge and highly competitive, as they extend concepts of translanguaging because of the unique ways in which signed and spoken languages are be used together. In short, the goal of the symposium is to create new knowledge, dialogue or transactions between studies of sign and spoken language diversity and plurality.

The languages of presentation will be International Sign and English, and English-IS interpretation will be organized.

CFP International Conference on the Sociolinguitics of Immigration (Italy)

CFP 2nd International Conference on the Sociolinguistics of Immigration
Rapallo (Italy)
September, 22-23, 2016.

The aim of the Conference is to focus on epistemological and methodological continuities and discontinuities in the sociolinguistics of immigration. Several new approaches have begun to emerge in the last few years: translingualism, polylanguaging, truncated repertoires, crossing metrolingualism. Two main processes have contributed to this change: the epistemological orientation towards postmodernist and critical social theories within sociolinguistics as well as applied linguistics, linguistic anthropology and related disciplines and globalization. The focus of attention of the 2nd International Conference of the Sociolinguistics of Immigration is to explore these research orientations, whilst also aiming to critically discuss these and any (dis)continuities and/or potential links between “old” and “new” orientations.

Confirmed plenary speakers:
A. Creese and A. Blackledge (University of Birmingham) and M. Hundt (University of Zürich)

Abstract Submission
Each abstract should not exceed 500 words (incl. at least four keywords and references). Text should be justified and single-spaced (font size: Times New Roman 12pt).
Name, affiliation, and e-mail address should be on separate first page of the electronic copy.
Every individual presentation will last 20 minutes (plus 10 minutes for discussion and questions).

Important dates
The abstract submission period opens on October 20, 2015.
Abstracts can be submitted until January 20, 2016 and sent as a word attachment to Gerardo Mazzaferro, the local organizer.
Registration for the conference starts on October 20, 2015 and closes on February 20, 2016.
Conference dates: September 22-23, 2016.

U San Francisco Dissertation Fellowship: Diversity Scholars

UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO
Dissertation Fellowship: Gerardo Marin Diversity Scholars

Job Summary:
The University of San Francisco invites applications for the Gerardo Marin Diversity Scholars Program Dissertation Fellowship for academic year 2016-2017. The Gerardo Marin Diversity Scholars Program seeks to help increase the presence of currently underrepresented racial and ethnic groups in the U.S. professoriate by supporting advanced doctoral candidates during completion of their dissertation.

Job Responsibilities:
Scholars complete their dissertation and initiate an ongoing program of scholarly or creative work, while becoming familiar with the usual service responsibilities of a university faculty member. Scholars teach one course in their discipline each semester and serve the University in various capacities.

The program will provide compensation and limited support for relocation and research-related expenses. Additional support includes office space, computer and library privileges.

Minimum Requirements:
The successful applicant will have a persuasive record demonstrating action and commitment to the mission of USF including emphasis on its diversity mission. Candidates in disciplines in which racial and ethnic groups are traditionally underrepresented, and who have a willingness to participate in USF’s diversity initiatives will receive special consideration. Candidates must have completed all course work leading to their doctorate by Summer 2016 and must be considering a career in college teaching in one of the following fields: Arts and Sciences: Communication Studies, Economics, English, History, International Studies (BA and MA), Media Studies, Philosophy, Politics, Psychology, Rhetoric and Language, Sociology; Education: Counseling Psychology, Leadership Studies, Learning and Instruction, International and Multicultural Education, Teacher Education

To be considered for this position please visit our web site and apply online. Official transcripts should be submitted by both undergraduate and graduate institutions. Complete applications must be received by January 15, 2016 to ensure full consideration.

EEO Policy
The University of San Francisco is an equal opportunity institution of higher education. As a matter of policy, the University does not discriminate in employment, educational services and academic programs on the basis of an individual’s race, color, religion, religious creed, ancestry, national origin, age (except minors), sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, medical condition (cancer-related and genetic-related) and disability, and the other bases prohibited by law. The University reasonably accommodates qualified individuals with disabilities under the law.

Note: There is also a postdoctoral fellowship available through this program at USF.

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