De Montfort U: International Politics (UK)

“JobLecturer in International Politics, De Montfort University, Leicester, England, UK. Deadline: 3 March 2024.

The Faculty of Art Design and Humanities is looking for someone to teach and lead on a range of modules in International Politics, with specific expertise around global inequalities, as well as issues focussing on democracy, to undergraduate and postgraduate students. This will involve the preparation and delivery of lectures and other classes, as well as supervising dissertations, and the associated marking and administrative roles in such a post.

You will be working as part of a team in the delivery of the teaching of politics and international relations. Within this team, there is a strong research ethos which informs and underpins that teaching.

Meertens-NIAS Fellowship 2024-25 (Netherlands)

FellowshipsMeertens-NIAS Fellowship, 2025-25, Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Deadline: 18 March 2024.

The fellowship was set up in 2023 to advance scholarly work in the field of either language or culture in the Netherlands and Dutch language or culture in the world. NIAS and the Meertens Institute firmly believe that strengthening the internationalization of Dutch linguistics and ethnology, contributes to better science.

The Meertens-NIAS Fellowship provides the opportunity for international scholars (both from abroad and residing in the Netherlands) to come to Amsterdam, where they will be able to investigate new ideas, work on a challenging project, and get inspired by the international, interdisciplinary academic community of the KNAW.

The Meertens-NIAS Fellowship is granted for a period of 10 months (Sept 2024 – June 2025). Applicants should have obtained their PhD-degree.

The project proposal should relate to the broad thematic lines of research as explained in the document ‘The Netherlands in the world’, and more specifically should address one of five strategic themes:

  • Intensifying quests for tradition and heritage
  • Dynamics of religion and culture
  • Food, body and wellbeing
  • Affective (language) cultures
  • Shifting relationships between people and nature

The research should include a topic related to the Netherlands, but that does not exclude projects abroad, as long as they pertain to the research programme ‘The Netherlands in the world’.

Other NIAS fellowships are also available; see here.

CFP Football Politics and Cultural Production in Africa

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Call for submissions: Football Politics and Cultural Production in Africa: Issues and Discourses. Deadline: abstract: 30  April 2024; entire chapter: 30 August 2024.

Volume Editor: Dr. Floribert Patrick C. Endong (University of Dschang, Cameroon)

In the popular imaginary, sports and politics do not mix. In line with this, most international footballing authorities – notably the International Governing Body of Association Football (FIFA), and the African Football Confederation (CAF) – claim to be apolitical in their modi operandi. They also claim not to be involved in the political affairs of countries. Yet, football remains one of the most politicised phenomena in the world. Football in Africa has likewise been political or politicised at all levels.

Against this background, the present project focuses on engaging academics in various disciplines to interrogate the interaction between political football and cultural institutions in Africa. Specific attention is given to the media and the creative industries in Africa. The editor, therefore, calls for chapters relating to:

 Football politics and the African creative artist
 Football politics and media production/programming in Africa
 Football politics, hate speech and the social media in Africa
 Football art and political activism in Africa
 Football politics, xenophobia and media diplomacy
 Politics and the organisation of football events in Africa
 Politics, football management and the socialites in Africa
 The opening ceremonies of football competitions and political propaganda in Africa
 Football politics and dance in Africa
 Football politics and cultural activism in Africa
 The representation of football politics in African cinemas
 The representation of football politics in visual arts
 Football politics and musical production in Africa
 Football politics, advertising and branding
 Football politics and traditional media in Africa
 Football politics and diasporic cultures
 Football, the arts and technological innovation
 Football politics, the arts and sustaining peace in Africa
 Football politics, gender and the arts in Africa

Intercultural Achievement Awards 2024 (Austria)

AwardsCall for nominations: Intercultural Achievement Awards, Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs, Vienna, Austria. Deadline: 17 March 2024.

The Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs is inviting applications for the Intercultural Achievement Award – a prize for outstanding, innovative intercultural and interreligious projects from Austria and abroad. The award highlights best practices and promotes the work of dialogue projects from all over the world with prize money and opportunities for international networking. Both domestic and international organisations that are committed to intercultural and interreligious dialogue in the fields of art and culture, youth, human rights, global citizenship education, integration and gender equality are eligible to apply.

Since 2014, the award has received over 1,913 submissions from 110 different countries, illustrating its growing recognition. In 2024, the winning projects will receive prize money of 6,000 to 10,000 euros. Recognition prizes of 3,000 euros may also be awarded.

The Intercultural Achievement Award is presented in the following categories:

  • Sustainability: Best ongoing intercultural and/or interreligious project focusing on the environment
  • Recent Events: Best intercultural and/or interreligious project related to a current event
  • Technology: Best application of technology to support an intercultural and/or interreligious project
    Innovation: Most innovative intercultural and/or interreligious project
  • Media: Best media contribution for intercultural and/or interreligious understanding
  • Integration in Austria
  • Best Austrian project in the categories of Sustainability, Recent Events, Technology, or Innovation

CFP Media and Intersectional Identities

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Call for submissions: Proposals for edited volume: Companion on Media and Intersectional Identities. Deadline: 1 September 2024 (entire chapter).

Volume Editors: Kalyani Chadha (Northwestern University) and Linda Steiner (University of Maryland)

The editors are seeking proposals for chapters for an edited book to be titled Companion on Media and Intersectional Identities. The editors have signed a contract with Routledge, a leading publisher of work about media and journalism. They hope to obtain initial drafts by September 2024.

The collection will focus on issues of intersectional identity—a fluid and expansive category encompassing race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation and class, as well as geography, political affiliation, cultural taste, and interests. Meanwhile, we see the term media broadly, as including, among others, journalism, advertising, films, television, social media, and gaming. We seek contributions from scholars across the globe— especially those focusing on contexts in the Global South, who through varied modes of qualitative inquiry, engage in the critical analysis of identity in relation to production, representation and audience meaning-making while also interrogating the ways in which identity issues turn out to be central to ideological contestation around the role of media in society. Chapters may investigate but are not limited to:

  • the implications of such contestation both in terms of mediating individual and group subjectivities
  • questions about power and authority
  • implications of identity with regard to content production (for instance, in terms of who has access and the ability to enter this arena)
  • specific patterns of representation in specific forms of media
  • various kinds of audiences’ responses to media content focused on issues of identity
  • Please feel free to submit a 250 – 500 word abstract or to discuss a potential idea by contacting either Kalyani Chadha (Northwestern University)  or Linda Steiner.

ReDICo 2024 Encounters: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Digital Interculturality (Germany but Online)

ConferencesReDICo 2024 Encounters: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Digital Interculturality, ReDICo, Germany but online, February-March 2024.

(Participation in the Encounters is free of charge.)

Digital practices have been defined as assemblages of actions and digital technologies connected to social goals and social identities. Apart from being ‘digital’, these practices are also often intercultural, as the online worlds of video-streaming platforms, social media, and micro-blogging, to mention some concrete contexts, are replete with cultural diversities of many kinds. Yet, if our object of research is digital intercultural communication, can we expect the existing definitions of interculturality, originally conceived to describe situations of physical mobility and migration, to still hold true? Thus, the first aim of the ReDICo 2024 Encounters is to foster dialogue between the epistemologies of linguistics and intercultural communication that may benefit the study of digital interculturality. The second aim is to explore methodologies that can be adopted in empirical studies using digital intercultural data.

The ReDICo Encounters will bring together leading international researchers from intercultural communication and linguistic studies to introduce theoretical and/or empirical perspectives on digital intercultural practices and engage in dialogue surrounding possible points of theoretical and methodological synergy.

Overview of the Encounters:
Encounter 1: Feb. 16, from 2 to 4 pm (CET), online – ReDICo team
Encounter 2: Feb. 23, from 2 to 4 pm (CET), online – Dominic Busch & Rodney Jones
Encounter 3: March 1, from 2 to 4 pm (CET), online – Zhu Hua & Jannis Androutsopoulos
Encounter 4: March 4 (evening) & March 5 (all day), Friedrich Schiller University Jena – Ben Rampton, IKS & ReDICo team
Encounter 5: March 7, from 4 to 6 pm (CET), online – Adam Brandt & Alexandra Georgakopoulou-Nunes
Encounter 6: March 15, from 2 to 4 pm (CET), online – Çiğdem Bozdağ & Daniel Nascimento Silva
Encounter 7: March 22, from 2 to 4 pm (CET), online – ReDICo team

Leeds Trinity U: International Operations Officer (UK)

“JobInternational operations Officer, Leeds Trinity University, Leeds, England, UK. Deadline: 16 March 2024.

An exciting opportunity is available in the Global Engagement Office for an experienced and motivated International Operations Officer. This post will support the Global Engagement Office (GEO) delivery with planning and organisation of key activities, as well as implementing and managing key processes and operations for both internal and external partners to meet our global objectives across all areas of international.

The successful applicant will also manage, lead and develop processes around all aspects of customer service for partners, through the implementation of long term online and offline strategies and support in the development of relations with external and internal stakeholders to enhance recruitment opportunities, whilst aligning against the new Global Engagement strategy. Key areas of focus will remain on enhancing recruitment and partnership activities and support whilst ensuring that the University quality and compliance standards, in areas such as finance and legal, are met at all times. They must also ensure they maintain highly effective policy, governance, systems and processes.

It is expected that the postholder will be required to work at both the Horsforth and Leeds City Campus from Academic Year 2024/25. Through an agile working framework, you will also spend time working remotely, which will be discussed further at interview.

This advert will close as soon as a suitable number of applications have been received. So, if you’re interested in this opportunity, apply now.

Forward College: International Relations or Development Studies (Portugal)

“JobAssistant Professor of International Relations or Development Studies, Forward College, Lisbon, Portugal. Deadline: 28 February 2024.

This is an exceptional opportunity for an ambitious academic to join Forward College, a new, innovative and pan-European university based in Paris, Berlin and Lisbon. They are looking for an Assistant Professor in International Relations and/or Development Studies for the Lisbon Campus to

  • Teach first-year students registered for a BSc in Politics and International Relations and a BSc in Economics & Politics (both in partnership with the London School of Economics) and an interdisciplinary Bachelor’s in Social Sciences and Technology.
  • Develop impact oriented research
  • Build collaborations within the College and beyond.

Wabash College: Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Dialogue & Deliberation 2024-25 (USA)

PostdocsPostdoctoral Fellowship in Dialogue and Deliberation 2024-25, Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana.. Deadline: 25 February 2024 (or until filled).

Wabash Democracy and Public Discourse, an interdisciplinary program at Wabash College, is pleased to announce a post-doctoral Fellowship in Dialogue and Deliberation to begin July 1, 2024. This position is a one-year appointment, with the possibility of a one-year renewal. The area of concentration is open to a broad range of fields including but not limited to communication, rhetoric, anthropology, economics, cultural studies, political science, and sociology; however, the candidate’s teaching and research should connect the intersections of dialogue and deliberation, and diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Wabash Democracy and Public Discourse is an undergraduate research and practice program that trains students to research, design, and facilitate public dialogue and deliberations on a range of issues. The post-doctoral fellow will join an enthusiastic team of a faculty director, program associate staff member, and undergraduate Democracy Fellows. WDPD has partnered with campus organizations and communities to host dialogues and deliberations on varying topics including those relating to race, diversity, equity, and inclusion.

 

CFP Human Communication Research: Communication & the Self

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Call for articles for Human Communication Research: Special Issue on  Communication and the Self. Deadline: 1 March 2024 (abstract only).

Guest Editors: Markus Appel (University of Würzburg), and Amanda Holmstrom (Michigan State University)

The study of communication as it relates to the self boasts a rich scholarly history. Dating back over a century, this research encompasses a wide range of theories and concepts (e.g., social identity, self-knowledge, self-disclosure, self-presentation) that describe and explain how individuals think, feel, and communicate about themselves. The rise of digital technologies, ranging from social media to virtual reality and artificial intelligence, has introduced new dimensions to the study of communication and the self. At the same time, communication researchers are faced with new challenges as family structures and societies continue to evolve. Given the rich, yet often fragmented nature of the literature, it is a fitting time for a special issue dedicated to work that sheds light on the multifaceted ways in which communication both influences and reflects aspects of the self in online and offline contexts. For this special issue, authors are invited to submit theoretically-informed proposals that enhance our insight and understanding of the study of communication as it relates to the self. Editors encourage proposals focusing on a wide range of social, relational, cultural, and organizational contexts from various theoretical traditions. For instance, topics could include (but are not limited to) empirical inquiries or essays on (a) communication and the formation of cultural and social identities; (b) interpersonal interactions that contribute to the development and/or maintenance of the self-concept and/or self-esteem; (c) the role of culture in self-presentation; (d) stories and the self; (e) intersections between the self and social media/online interactions; (f) the role of the self in interactions in virtual realities, with AI, or with robots; and g) self-related questions in applied settings (e.g., organizational communication; health communication). They encourage proposals from a variety of scholarly areas and welcome all methodological approaches. Both empirical research reports and theoretical or conceptual essays are welcome.