Tag: University of Pennsylvania

CFP CARGC: 2025 Biennial Conference (USA)

ConferencesCall for submissions: The Center for Advance Research for Global Communication Fellows 2025  Biennial Conference: Unsettling Global Media and Communication Studies, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA, 10-11 April 2025. Deadline: 15 December 2024.

In April 2023, CARGC hosted the Fellows’ Symposium, centered around “Doing Global Communication and Media Studies.” Since then, the world has witnessed a surge in political violence, multiple genocides, media censorship, and a subsequent dependence on social media for news. During this time, student activists across college campuses raised awareness about what the United Nations and the International Court of Justice believe to be evidence of a genocide in Gaza. As the intersections of manufactured humanitarian and media crises continue to evolve, this symposium asks not what a global approach to media and communication can achieve today, but rather, what it should strive to accomplish. What are the conditions under which we produce knowledge in our field, and what are the outcomes of that production — is there a media scholarship crisis? This symposium reflects upon our tools and methodologies to rethink entrenched power structures and disrupt prevailing narratives of objectivity and neutrality.

This conference asks: historically, what has been the role of media and communication scholars in times of global crises? To what extent is the “political” — whether understood broadly or through specific contextualization — linked with the civic, ethical, elemental or epistemic underpinnings of global media scholarship? How can scholarly practices — methodologically and pedagogically — challenge and unsettle existing ideological frameworks? Certainly, media reporting on Palestine and the erasure of its people raises questions regarding the responsibilities of media studies scholars in and out of academic spaces. What broader insights can we glean from this crisis about the strengths and limitations of global media studies? Additionally, how can a critical analysis of these crises deepen our understanding of the historical, geographical, and future dimensions of the field?

U Penn: Postdoc in Communication, Group Identity, and Computational Methods (USA)

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Postdoctoral Researcher in Communication, Group Identity, and Computational  Methods, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA. Deadline: 15 August 2024.

The successful candidate for this position will work in the Annenberg School for Communication under the supervision of Dr. Deen Freelon. A recent hire at Annenberg, Freelon is in the process of starting a new lab, and this postdoc will play a crucial role in helping him do so. The unifying idea of the new lab’s work is that many facets of group identity—including race, gender, sexuality, religion, nationality, and others—have historically been neglected as potential factors in co-determining communication patterns and outcomes. Quantification of such characteristics must be done carefully to maximize construct validity and minimize harm and exclusion. (The term “group identity” is used broadly and without reference to any particular theoretical tradition.) Applicants with strong interests in these and related issues are encouraged to apply, as are those with experience analyzing under-studied media types including podcasts, images, and video.

Roughly half this individual’s time will be spent working on Freelon’s projects, while the other half will be devoted to projects initiated independently and with other research groups. The position is designed to allow a highly motivated researcher to build a strong CV under the mentorship of a longtime innovator in political communication and computational social science. Extension of the position to a second year (if desired) will depend on effective performance in the first.

A Different Vision of the World

“Intercultural Dialogue Quotes”

Ahlborn, Susan. (2023). Emily Wilson’s epic life. Omnia: All Things Penn Arts and Sciences (pp. 34-39).

Emily Wilson, Professor of Humanities and Classical Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, has received enormous attention for publishing new translations of Homer’s works, The Odyssey and also The Iliad. This description of her efforts and interview with her includes several wonderful quotes about translation.

It is a privilege to spend so much time confronting this kind of insoluble problem, exploring the crannies between two languages…

You get a different vision of the world if you can think in a different language.

U Penn: Global Programs Manager (USA)

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Global Programs Manager, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA. Deadline: open until filled (posted 17 July 2023).

Reporting to the Associate Director, the Global Programs Manager (GPM) is responsible for the coordination and administration of Penn Abroad’s outbound programming and advising on a portfolio of semester abroad programs. In close collaboration with on-campus academic partners and overseas partners, the GPM administers the student application, selection, and admissions related to the semester abroad portfolio. The GPM coordinates and delivers student advising, outreach, and info sessions for semester abroad, leads student pre-departure programming, and manages student communications and support at all phases of their experience, from pre-departure through their return to campus. With oversight from the Associate Director, this position manages partner engagement and relationships within their assigned portfolio. The GPM is also a member of the faculty-led programming team and manages a small portfolio of Penn Global Seminar programs including support and coordination of travel itineraries, logistics, student advising, admissions, pre-departure orientations, and group health consultation, and other related duties. Under guidance from the Associate Director, the GPM will work alongside faculty to develop robust courses and respond to crises during travel periods.

U Penn: CARGC Postdoc (USA)

Postdocs
International Call for Applications: Postdoctoral Fellowship, Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA. Deadline: 1 February 2023.

The Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication (CARGC) at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania invites applications for a “CARGC Postdoctoral Fellowship.” This is a one-year position renewable for a second year based on successful performance. CARGC produces and promotes scholarly research on global communication and public life. Their work brings together “area studies” knowledge with theory and methodology in the humanities and social sciences to understand how local, lived experiences of people and communities are profoundly shaped by global media, cultural, and political-economic forces. This synthesis of deep regional expertise and interdisciplinary inquiry stimulates critical conversations about entrenched and emerging communicative structures, practices, flows, and struggles.

CARGC postdoctoral fellows work on their own research while also participating in and leading ongoing research projects within CARGC. During the fellowship, they present their work as part of a postdoctoral colloquium and work closely with the Senior Research Manager on a plan for publishing their research. There are limited opportunities for teaching that are decided in consultation with Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies.

CFP CARGC: Global Media Studies 2023 (USA)

ConferencesCall for papers: Doing Global Media Studies: Theories, Practices, Reflections, CARGC symposium, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA, March 22 – 23, 2023, Hybrid. Deadline: 15 December 2022.

To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication, the 2023 biannual fellows’ symposium will reflect on evolving concepts and methodologies in the field of global communication and media studies. We are witnessing ongoing global crises, from widespread displacements and climate disasters to pandemics and the rising threat of fascism. In light of these circumstances, organizers invite emerging scholars, artists, and activists to explore what a global approach to media and communication can do today. What is at stake in studying global communication and media at this historical moment?

U Penn: Outreach Coordinator of South Asia Center (USA)

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Outreach Coordinator in SAS South Asia Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA. Deadline: open until filled (posted 5 May 2022).

The Outreach Coordinator, reporting to the Associate Director and the Center Director, is responsible for administrative support for Center programs, as well as planning and implementing global and South Asia-specific outreach programs intended to inform the Penn community, K-12, post-secondary schools and the general public about South Asia (India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Afghanistan). The outreach coordinator is responsible for outreach activities that involve (1) Elementary and secondary schools; (2) Postsecondary institutions; and (3) Business, media, and the general-public. General duties include event and program coordination; strengthening present and forging new partnerships with the Center’s outreach constituencies, particularly schools and teachers in the region; helping develop the Center’s online resources, and various financial processes.

The Outreach coordinator is also responsible for planning, implementing, and promoting structured research and academic opportunities on and in South Asia involving Penn faculty, students, and alumni. The position will support and organize academic programming including summer research internships and promotion of South Asia-related research at Penn and in South Asia via newsletter, website, and social media venues.

The Center is supported by a grant from the US Department of Education and will require some data collection of outreach programming for annual reports. Position is contingent on continued funding.

U Penn: Global Communication Postdoc 2022 (USA)

PostdocsPostdoctoral fellowship, Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. Deadline extended: February 15, 2022.

The Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication (CARGC) produces and promotes scholarly research on global communication and public life. As an institute for advanced study dedicated to global media studies, they revisit enduring questions and engage pressing matters in geopolitics and communication. Our vision of “inclusive globalization” recognizes plurality and inequality in global media, politics, and culture. Their translocal approach fuses multidisciplinary “area studies” knowledge with theory and methodology in the humanities and social sciences. This synthesis of deep expertise and interdisciplinary inquiry stimulates critical conversations about entrenched and emerging communicative structures, practices, flows, and struggles. They explore new ways of understanding and explaining the world, including public scholarship, algorithmic culture, the arts, multi-modal scholarship, and digital archives. With a core commitment to the development of early career scholars worldwide, CARGC hosts postdoctoral, doctoral, undergraduate, and faculty fellows who collaborate in research groups, author CARGC Press publications, and organize talks, lectures, symposia, conferences, and summer institutes.

U Penn: Global Communication (USA)

“JobProfessor of Global Communication Studies, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA. Deadline: 30 September 2021.

The Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania is searching for an internationally recognized senior scholar to join our faculty and lead the School’s endowed Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication to begin the fall semester 2022. The School is looking for a productive researcher, engaged scholar, and committed teacher/mentor who studies cross-national, supranational, transnational and/or translocal theories and subjects, using qualitative and/or quantitative methods. Topics may include but are not limited to critical and/or comparative studies of media institutions, systems, and audiences as they relate to digital inequalities; diasporas; development; the uses and structural impacts of technologies; legal, economic and policy frameworks; journalism; the geopolitics of the popular; postcolonial and indigenous studies; and implications of communication infrastructures. Preference will be given to researchers whose work centers on the Global South. Candidates who add to the School and University diversity are strongly encouraged to apply.

CIDOB: Research Fellow, Migration (Spain)

“JobResearch Fellow for the Whole-COMM project on Migrations, Barcelona Centre for International Affairs, Spain. Deadline: 27 June, 2021.

CIDOB (Barcelona Centre for International Affairs) opens a research fellow position for its area of Migrations, in particular for the Whole-COMM project with the possibility of working on other projects. The candidate will participate in the research related to the integration processes of recently arrived immigrants in small and medium-sized towns and rural areas. The Whole-COMM Project, funded by the European Commission through its H2020 programme, promotes scientific knowledge about the dynamics and causal mechanisms that influence the complex relationship between integration policies and Community cohesion. This is through a comparative approach between countries (8 EU and 2 non-EU) and between localities (40), and a mixed methodology that combines qualitative and quasi-experimental techniques, an attitude survey and a quantitative analysis on the impact of policies on social cohesion and immigrant integration trajectories.

CIDOB is an international affairs research centre that, through excellence and relevance, seeks to analyse the global issues that affect political, social and governance dynamics, from the international to the local.