Lectures, Local Conferences, and Academic Events:
Cultural Events:
Funding, Grants, and Scholarships:
Calls for Papers and Out-of-State Conferences:
Other Announcements:
Language Tables and Coffee Hours:
Detailed Descriptions of Events
Lectures, Local Conferences, and Academic Events:
5:30 PM, IMU Starbucks
2. Thursday, January 20: “Contesting the Name of God: State Power, Sacred Geographies, and Mystical Practices in Early Twentieth-Century Russian Orthodoxy”
4:00 PM, IMU Maple Room
Scott Kenworthy, Department of Comparative Religion, Miami University, Ohio.
January 20: 5-7 PM, International School of Indianapolis, 4330 North Michigan Road, Indianapolis
January 21: 9:30 AM-noon. Carmel Clay Community Room, 10701 North College Avenue, Carmel
Co-sponsored by Association of International Women. Information and reservations, Rosaleen Crowley, 317:574-0630; deadline 19 January. "Featuring Virginie Raguenaud, author of Bilingual by Choice: Raising Kids in Two (or More!) Languages, and Margriet Lacy, Professor Emeritus and retired Dean, Butler University."
4. Friday, January 21: Nationalism, Racism, and Propaganda in Early Weimar Germany: Contradictions in the Campaign against the 'Black Horror on the Rhine'"
3:00 PM, IMU Sassafras Room
European History Workshop, History faculty member Julia Roos presents "Nationalism, Racism, and Propaganda in Early Weimar Germany: Contradictions in the Campaign against the 'Black Horror on the Rhine'" Contact Email: cipsen@indiana.edu
5. Friday, January 21: Toivo Raun, “Estonia Joins the Euro Area: Impact and Prospects”12:00-1:00, IMU Walnut Room
This talk will provide an overview of the process by which Estonia joined the euro area on January 1, 2011 as its 17th member and assess the success of the transition from the Estonian crown to the European currency. The focus will be on the following questions.
Why have all Estonian governments since the restoration of independence supported full economic integration with Europe? What do the Estonian authorities expect to gain from membership in the euro area? In view of the euro zone’s serious problems in Greece, Ireland, and elsewhere, is this the optimum time for Estonia to become a member? How has the population of Estonia reacted to the change in currency? How has the transition gone and have there been any major problems or difficulties in the changeover?
7:30 PM, Rawles Hall, Room 100
Fraser is one of the leading political philosophers and feminist theorists practicing today, her writing addresses issues of concern to a broad audience, including globalization, cosmopolitanism, identity politics, neoliberalism, the welfare state, and gender issues.
In her first lecture, "Nature, Labor, Money: Flashpoints of Capitalist Crisis in the 21st Century," Fraser will discuss Karl Polanyi's concept of fictitious commodification from his 1944 book, The Great Transformation. After proposing a post-metaphysical reinterpretation of this concept, she will use it to analyze burgeoning markets in nature, reproductive labor, and finance as flashpoints of the current crisis of neoliberalism. The result will be a revised understanding of commodification that better grasps both the system dynamics and the normative deficits of contemporary capitalism. Contact Email: ivirk@indiana.edu For more information: http://patten.indiana.edu/
In her first lecture, "Nature, Labor, Money: Flashpoints of Capitalist Crisis in the 21st Century," Fraser will discuss Karl Polanyi's concept of fictitious commodification from his 1944 book, The Great Transformation. After proposing a post-metaphysical reinterpretation of this concept, she will use it to analyze burgeoning markets in nature, reproductive labor, and finance as flashpoints of the current crisis of neoliberalism. The result will be a revised understanding of commodification that better grasps both the system dynamics and the normative deficits of contemporary capitalism. Contact Email: ivirk@indiana.edu For more information: http://patten.indiana.edu/
Cultural Events:
7:30 PM, Student Building 150
[dir. Borys Lankosz, Poland, 2009, 99 mins.] 1950s Poland: mousy Sabina doesn’t have much success with men. Then why is handsome, suave Bronislaw taking such an interest in her? A superb comedic thriller.
4:00 PM, Auer Hall
With works by Copland, Dvorak, Haydn, Kreisler,Mendelssohn, Paganini, and Sarasate.
Mark Kaplan, violin
Violin Virtuosi
The String Academy Chamber Orchestra
Ilya Friedberg, piano
Violin Virtuosi
The String Academy Chamber Orchestra
Ilya Friedberg, piano
4:00 PM, Auer Hall
Shostakovich: Quartet No. 10, Op. 118
Quartet No. 9, Op. 117
Quartet No. 12 in D-Flat Major, Op. 113
Quartet No. 9, Op. 117
Quartet No. 12 in D-Flat Major, Op. 113
8:00 PM, IU Auditorium
Under the leadership of Music Director Franz Welser-Möst, The Cleveland Orchestra has become one of the most sought-after performing ensembles in the world. In concerts at its winter home at Severance Hall and at each summer's Blossom Festival, in residencies from Miami to Vienna, and on tour around the world, The Cleveland Orchestra sets standards of artistic excellence, creative programming and community engagement.
The Orchestra will perform works by R. Strauss, Wagner and Bartók at IU Auditorium, Jan. 25, and selected IU students will have an opportunity to perform in a side-by-side rehearsal with the musicians on Jan. 24. Music Director Franz Welser-Möst, orchestra musicians and administrators will offer additional educational activities for IU and Bloomington students during the three-day residency. The Cleveland Orchestra's first residency is rescheduled from a date previously announced.
The centerpiece of the residency will be an appearance by The Cleveland Orchestra led by Franz Welser-Möst on Tuesday, Jan. 25, at 8 p.m., at IU Auditorium. The Orchestra will present the Overture to Wagner's Tannhäuser, Richard Strauss's Ein Heldenleben ("A Hero's Life"), and pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard as soloist in Bartók's Piano Concerto No. 2. When Aimard performed the Bartók concerto at Lincoln Center last year, the New York Times' Anthony Tommasini wrote: "The concerto would be a staple if it were not so fiendishly difficult. But without any facade of virtuosic showiness, the intensely focused and technically prodigious Mr. Aimard played it with ease."
7:00 PM, Woodburn Hall 101
A collection of Jan Švankmajer’s short films, “The Ossuary and Other Tales,” will be shown on Wednesday January 26 at 7:00 in Woodburn Hall 101. This is a collection of remarkable short films from the surrealist artist Jan Švankmajer, who has mesmerized audiences the world over and has inspired filmmakers from the Brothers Quay to Tim Burton and Terry Gilliam.
Please note that this location is different from the room in which Czech films have been shown in the past. Woodburn Hall is located at 1100 E. 7th St., near the Indiana Memorial Union and the IU Auditorium.
The film will be introduced by Laura Ivins-Hulley.
Please forward this information to anyone who might be interested and feel free to contact Matthew Slaboch (mslaboch@indiana.edu) with any questions.
Funding, Grants, and Scholarships:
Deadline: January 24, 2011
The Whitaker International Program sends emerging leaders in biomedical engineering (or bioengineering) to all world regions to carry out research projects aimed at increasing international collaboration in the field. Deadline for applications is January 24, 2011. More information at: Whitaker International Program (http://www.whitaker.org/home)
2. Doctoral Fellowships, Physical Violence and State Legitimacy in Late Socialism, Centre for Contemporary History, Potsdam
Deadline: January 24, 2011
The Centre for Contemporary History Potsdam (ZZF Potsdam) is pleased to invite applications for four fellowships (PhD) to provide graduate students with the opportunity to accomplish a doctoral thesis within the thematic field of the international research network 'Physical Violence and State Legitimacy in Late Socialism'. The duration of each fellowship will be limited to three years. The designated start of the fellowships will be April 1, 2011. The research agenda of the network is concerned with the relationship between physical violence and the societal disintegration in East Central and South Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union during the post-Stalinist period of communism. For details and how to apply go to www.zzf-pdm.de/site/653/default.aspx.
Deadline: January 25, 2011
CULTURAL FELLOWSHIPS IN RUSSIA
The Likhachev Foundation (St. Petersburg, Russia) together with Committee on External Relations of Saint Petersburg and B. Yeltsin Presidential Center (Moscow, Russia) announces competition for 2-week cultural fellowships in Russia (St. Petersburg) from May 9 till May 22, 2011 for American professionals in the field of arts and culture who work on projects related to Russian culture. Airfare and accommodation in St. Petersburg will be covered by the organizers.
By January 25, 2011 the Likhachev Foundation will accept applications from professionals in the field of culture and history or arts from the USA who are currently working on creative projects related to Russian culture or history. Command of the Russian language is very helpful but not required.
Students are not eligible. Creative project could be a museum exhibition project, a theater performance, a film, photo exhibition, preparation of fiction or research books, etc. related to Russian culture or history. Creative project should be conceived in the USA for a broad American audience. Residence in Russia should serve as an important stage in the realization of the applicant’s cultural project.
The Likhachev Foundation will prepare individual programs for the fellows according to their projects’ specifics, to help them achieve maximum results during their fellowships.
These programs will include meetings with Russian colleagues, possibilities to work at St. Petersburg museums, libraries, archives and other organizations. Ten two-week fellowships will be organized from May 9 till May 22, 2011 in St. Petersburg (Russia).
Deadline for submitted applications is January 25, 2011.
Applicants will be notified of the review panel decision by February 15, 2011.
Application should include:
· CV (including information on Russian language skills, previous creative projects related to Russia and previous visits to Russia).
· Description of creative project (up to 3 pages) such as museum or exhibition project, theater performance, film, preparation of fiction or research book and other types of cultural projects related to Russian culture or history. It should contain, in particular, a paragraph on how a residency in St. Petersburg will benefit the applicant’s creative project and which cultural organizations in St. Petersburg the applicant would like to work with.
Please, email your application in Russian or English to the competition coordinator Mrs. Elena Vitenberg at vitenberg@lfond.spb.ru and elenavitenberg@gmail.com with subject line «application for the fellowship».
The D. S. Likhachev International Charitable Foundation
http://www.lfond.spb.ru/chronicle/411/
http://www.lfond.spb.ru/chronicle/411/
The name of the Academician D. S. Likhachev (1906-1999) is symbolic for the 20 century Russian culture. A Russian intellectual, survivor of the Soviet Gulag, a great scientist and thinker, a popular figure, he managed to preserve under the totalitarian regime his integrity, honor and fealty to Russia. In the 90s he has become a moral gold standard for many Russians. During his late years D. S. Likhachev conceived the idea of a humanitarian charitable foundation. The idea has been implemented after his death. The D. S. Likhachev International Charitable Foundation had been founded in St. Petersburg at the end of 2001. The mission for the Foundation was stated by D. S. Likhachev himself as promotion of the Russian culture, education, humanities as well as affirmation of democratic and humanistic values in the society. The foundation supports both regional and international programs, awards grants, promotes seminars and conferences, publishes books, etc.
B. Yeltsin Presidential Center
www.yeltsin.ru
www.yeltsin.ru
The Fund of the First Russian President Boris N. Yeltsin was founded in November 2000, as a charity whose main aim is to give the youth of Russia the opportunity to reach their creative potential. The Fund has also taken it upon itself to analyze the various changes that Russia and the world in general went through during the end of the 20th century: to carry out studies on the historical and political foundations of the reforms that took place in Russia. The Fund is working to nurture peaceful and friendly relations between the world’s nations, offering help in the battle against social and religious conflict.
Committee on External Relations of Saint Petersburg
http://www.kvs.spb.ru
http://www.kvs.spb.ru
The executive authority - The City Administration is the superior executive body of St. Petersburg headed by the Governor of the city and other executive departments - the city committees and the administrative-territorial departments. The St. Petersburg Administration is formed of the Governor, the Government, The Governor's Chancellery, the city committees and the administrative-territorial departments of the Administration subordinate to him. The Committee on External Relations is responsible for state policy of Saint Petersburg in external relations.
Eight to ten graduate students will be selected for a three and a half week advanced study tour of Poland, focused on Polish-Jewish relations, Holocaust history, and and Polish-Jewish history. Applications from students with an interest in Holocaust studies, Jewish Studies, Polish-Jewish history, genocide prevention, and human rights are strongly encouraged. The program will begin in the last week of June 2011.
Dates will be announced on www.ajcf.org when they become available.
Applications can be found at www.ajcf.org. An eligible candidate is matriculated in a graduate program or has completed an undergraduate degree and is engaged in meaningful continuing studies. Applicants will be required to submit academic transcripts, references, and a letter of recommendation, in addition to two reflective essays. It is strongly suggested that the applicant choose references that can attest to his/her leadership experience and qualities, as well as his/her experience with the issues of Holocaust education, human rights, or social improvement.
Completed applications must be received by January 17, 2011. The selection committee will review the applications, and inform all candidates of their decisions by February 28, 2011. Those selected to the program will have the costs of the program covered, including international travel and lodging, and will receive a food stipend.
Deadline: February 1, 2011
Requirements include:
- US citizenship or permanent residency
- PhD or equivalent degree awarded within the last five years
- Residence in the Washington, D.C. area for the 2011-12 academic year
- One course taught in both the Fall and Spring semesters (two courses total)
- Participation in academic and outreach programs
- Conduct of the scholar's research related to contemporary Central
Asia or the Caucasus
To apply, submit:
- C.V.
- Graduate transcripts
- Dissertation abstract
- Brief statement of research interests
- Two letters of academic reference
- Detailed proposed course outlines
All to the attention of:
Dr. Jennifer Long
Associate Director
Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies (CERES) Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service Georgetown University Box 571031, ICC 111 Washington, DC 20057-1031
Deadline for applications: February 1, 2011
This fellowship will include a stipend of $40,000 and benefits. The award is contingent upon funding from the U.S. Department of Education.
Visit http://ceres.georgetown.edu/academics/postdoc for more information
Deadline: February 18, 2011
To support research-related summer travel abroad a full year prior to conducting dissertation research abroad. Activities supported include exploring potential research sites, archives, or other research resources; establishing institutional affiliations; identifying and meeting local scholars and contacts.
Awards: Transportation and $1,000 stipend.
Contact: Paul Fogleman, OVPIA, 201 North Indiana Avenue, IU Bloomington; Phone: 812-855-3948; Fax: 812-855-6271; E-mail: pfoglema@indiana.edu
Awards: Transportation and $1,000 stipend.
Contact: Paul Fogleman, OVPIA, 201 North Indiana Avenue, IU Bloomington; Phone: 812-855-3948; Fax: 812-855-6271; E-mail: pfoglema@indiana.edu
Guidelines and Application: Available at: http://www.indiana.edu/~ovpia/ovpia/funding/oGrants.php#SPTG
Deadline: February 18, 2011
To help students pursue academic training which adds or enhances an international component of their graduate degree program. Training activities supported include: enrollment in a foreign language or an area studies course not offered at IU; participation in a structured international internship or a formal training program or workshop on an international topic.
Awards: Up to $2,000
Contact: Paul Fogleman, OVPIA, 201 North Indiana Avenue, IU Bloomington; Phone: 812-855-3948; Fax: 812-855-6271; E-mail: pfoglema@indiana.edu
Awards: Up to $2,000
Contact: Paul Fogleman, OVPIA, 201 North Indiana Avenue, IU Bloomington; Phone: 812-855-3948; Fax: 812-855-6271; E-mail: pfoglema@indiana.edu
Guidelines and Application: Available at http://www.indiana.edu/~ovpia/ovpia/funding/oGrants.php#IEG
The American Research Center in Sofia (www.einaudi.cornell.edu/arcs), Bulgaria, sponsors a three-week summer session on Bulgarian history and culture (July 14-August 4). The session consists of lectures at ARCS with visit sites throughout Bulgaria. Lectures and site reports are given by leading experts from Bulgarian universities and museums.
The program is open to graduate and advanced undergraduate students in North America, and college teachers, and other scholars with a serious interest in Bulgarian history and culture. The total cost for participation not including international travel is $2,000 (full room and board, use of research facilities, local travel, and lectures).
All application materials must be sent by March 1. The approved participants will receive a notification by March 15.
Contact: Prof. Denver Graninger, Director of ARCS
graninger.arcs@gmail.com
graninger.arcs@gmail.com
Deadline: March 4, 2011
The Aleksanteri Institute is pleased to invite applications for Aleksanteri Visiting Fellowships for the 2011-2012 academic year from scholars holding a PhD degree and pursuing research that relates to the Institute's research agenda. The Fellowship carries a monthly stipend of 2400 euros to cover all the expenses related to the research visit that can range from two to four months. The Visiting Fellowship scheme is intended for scholars who reside outside of Finland. The deadline for applications is 4 March, 2011.
The Aleksanteri Institute is the Finnish Centre for Russian and Eastern European studies and an independent institute of the University of Helsinki. For more information on the fellowships and on the Aleksanteri Institute and its research agenda, please visit http://www.helsinki.fi/aleksanteri/english
Deadline: March 11, 2011
Call for Proposals:
Collaborative Heritage Management in the Republic of Armenia
Collaborative Heritage Management in the Republic of Armenia
The American Research Institute of the South Caucasus (ARISC) invites proposals from collaborative teams in support of the preservation and conservation of the Republic of Armenia's archaeological and historical heritage. This ARISC program, generously funded by Project Discovery!, seeks to foster joint work between American and Armenian scholars and institutions dedicated to the proper curation of heritage materials such as artifacts, sites, and manuscripts. Successful applications will demonstrate substantive collaborations that not only contribute to heritage conservation but also demonstrate efforts to build capacity and enhance local knowledge of current techniques and approaches to heritage management.
Proposals are submitted jointly by a team of two or more researchers.
At least one must be a citizen of the U.S. and one a citizen of the Republic of Armenia. Proposals must show evidence of endorsement from all relevant institutions in Armenia in order to demonstrate the feasibility of the undertaking.
At least one must be a citizen of the U.S. and one a citizen of the Republic of Armenia. Proposals must show evidence of endorsement from all relevant institutions in Armenia in order to demonstrate the feasibility of the undertaking.
Awards are usually made for a period of 12 months during which the work described in the proposal must be completed. Extensions will be granted only with the explicit approval of ARISC. Grants will typically not exceed $2500.
Application requirements: Please send a complete application including the application form, narrative description of the project, supporting documents, budget and curriculum vitae by March 11, 2011 to info "at" arisc. org. All information must be received by March 11, 2011 in order for the proposal to be considered for the fellowship.
For a full description, please visit www.arisc.org.
Deadline: April 11, 2011
Fellowships:
2011 International Scholars
Academic Fellowship Program
Higher Education Support Program
Open Society Foundations
The Academic Fellowship Program (AFP) announces the 2011 competition for the International Scholars Fellowship. The program invites highly qualified scholars in the social sciences and humanities to consult at carefully selected university departments in the AFP region: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Macedonia, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Russia, Serbia, Tajikistan, and Ukraine.
Fellowships include a modest stipend, transportation, accommodation, and various other allowances, begin in August or September 2011, last one academic year, and are renewable. Those selected for the fellowship, or "International Scholars," offer advice on the overall reform agenda of AFP partner departments and share with departmental colleagues the latest developments in their discipline, collaborate on the introduction of new courses, and encourage the development of skills critical to academic work.
Eligibility
- A PhD (or highest degree customarily awarded) in: anthropology, area/cultural studies, economics, gender studies, history, human rights & public law, international relations, journalism/media studies, philosophy, political science, psychology, public policy/public health, public policy/environmental studies, social work and sociology. Applicants must be senior or well-established academics currently employed by an institution of higher education. Recent degree recipients will not be considered.
- Extensive experience in research and scholarly teaching. The successful candidate will show proficiency in innovative teaching methodologies specific for the discipline, and a strong commitment to high-quality teaching.
- Willingness to participate in the peer review of teaching materials and scholarly interaction available through the Webfolio Project (www.academicwebfolio.org).
- Ability to evaluate departmental needs and determine how the department could most benefit from their expertise. Before final placement, AFP and the partner department work with the International Scholar to design a work plan that is both rewarding and feasible for the fellow and of greatest help to the department.
Application deadline: April 11, 2011.
Apply online at https://oas.soros.org/oas/
For information and application guidelines, please see the AFP
Open Society Institute
Academic Fellowship Program
Higher Education Support Program
Academic Fellowship Program
Oktober 6 utca 12, H-1051, Budapest, Hungary
E-mail: afp@osi.hu
Telephone: (36-1) 882 - 3219
Fax: (36-1) 882 - 3112
Calls for Papers and Out-of-State Conferences:
1. The Center for Gender and Politics of the Belgrade University: “Feminist Critical Analysis: Witnessing the Past, Remembering the Future”
Deadline: January 21, 2011
Inter-University Center (IUC), Dubrovnik May 30th to June 3rd, 2011
Inter-University Center (IUC), Dubrovnik May 30th to June 3rd, 2011
The Center for Gender and Politics of the Belgrade University (Political Science Department), Women’s and Gender Studies at Rutgers of the State University of New Jersey, and the Department of Gender Studies of the Central European University (CEU) in Budapest are pleased to announce the next annual postgraduate course in “Feminist Critical Analysis: Witnessing the Past, Remembering the Future”. The course will be held at the Inter-University Centre, Dubrovnik (www.iuc.hr) from May 30 to June 3 2011.
The course is co-directed by Dasa Duhacek, Center for Gender and Politics, University of Belgrade, Ethel Brooks, Women’s and Gender Studies Department, Rutgers University and Allaine Cerwonka, Gender Studies Department, Central European University (CEU).
The course is built on the intellectual dialogue among a diverse body of scholars from different geographical locations and the participating faculty is drawn from different universities.
TOPIC
After more than a decade of our Feminist Critical Analysis courses, organized on a wide range of major themes, that resonated not only regionally, but also with a broader international academic community, in the year 2011 the course Feminist Critical Analysis: Witnessing the Past, Remembering the Future will address a number of issues that will both take us into the past - while critically assessing it - but will also allow us to look toward the future.
After more than a decade of our Feminist Critical Analysis courses, organized on a wide range of major themes, that resonated not only regionally, but also with a broader international academic community, in the year 2011 the course Feminist Critical Analysis: Witnessing the Past, Remembering the Future will address a number of issues that will both take us into the past - while critically assessing it - but will also allow us to look toward the future.
By addressing time, highlighting women’s time, and exploring the myriad, seductive and sobering ways that temporality plays out we will follow complex paths of discussion: we will continue to insert our concerns into the current debates of memory and witness studies; and, in the process, we hope to add yet more elements to the diverse and growing ‘feminist memoir projects.’
Memory has on the one hand been a part of the philosophical inquiry since its beginnings, but, on the other hand it has forcefully been placed on the agenda of contemporary theory by the unbearable weight of trauma, urgency of testimony and the necessity of witnessing – all brought about by the unimaginable horrors of genocides, feminocides, slavery... Since it is a truism that the history of memory has been male, despite the female figure of Mnemosyne (and Clio), attention will also be given to Lemosyne and the history of forgetting. The history of memory has introduced countless forms, figures and tropes: from a wax tablet to a blank paper, from an inscriptional mode to its designations through spatial metaphors, from loci memoriae to sites of commemoration. Memory has been a pathway to the inner self but has especially in the histories of the present introduced the complexities of collective memories; it has alerted us to “estranged conceptual prisms…” that painfully point to our failures “to contain and account for what has happened in contemporary history.”
Contemporary theory has through feminist theoretical contributions and other entry points, such as the issues of the body, space, and many others, highlighted the irreplaceability of the gender perspective; and, has, within this framework, appended memories of the past to the understanding of the future.
ELIGIBILITY
IUC courses are conducted at a postgraduate level.
All postgraduate students interested in the topic may apply for participation. Participants should seek funds from their own institutions to cover travel and accommodation costs. Limited financial support is available for participants from Central and Eastern Europe. All meetings are conducted in English.
IUC courses are conducted at a postgraduate level.
All postgraduate students interested in the topic may apply for participation. Participants should seek funds from their own institutions to cover travel and accommodation costs. Limited financial support is available for participants from Central and Eastern Europe. All meetings are conducted in English.
APPLICATION PROCEDURE
A short narrative (up to 250 words) explaining your interest in the topic and your C.V. with your current complete contact information should be submitted by e-mail; deadline for application is Friday, January 21st 2011. Submissions will be reviewed by the selection committee and results will be announced by mid February. The number of participants is limited to 15 students from different countries.
A short narrative (up to 250 words) explaining your interest in the topic and your C.V. with your current complete contact information should be submitted by e-mail; deadline for application is Friday, January 21st 2011. Submissions will be reviewed by the selection committee and results will be announced by mid February. The number of participants is limited to 15 students from different countries.
Please send your applications to Center for Gender and Politics, University of Belgrade at > with 'Dubrovnik 2011' in the subject heading.
Center for Gender and Politics
Faculty of Political Sciences
Jove Ilica 165
11000 Belgrade
phone/fax: +381 11 2491 219
Faculty of Political Sciences
Jove Ilica 165
11000 Belgrade
phone/fax: +381 11 2491 219
Deadline: January 24, 2011
March 25 & 26, 2011, Indiana University
March 25 & 26, 2011, Indiana University
In March 2011, Indiana University’s Romanian Studies Organization (RomSO) will host the fourth annual interdisciplinary Romanian Studies Conference for graduate students and recent PhDs in the humanities and social sciences. We welcome paper proposals from graduate students and recent PhDs on any topic related to Romania, Moldova, or the Romanian diaspora in any discipline or methodology, including but not limited to history, political science, economics, international relations, anthropology, literature, sociology, musicology, and cultural studies. Especially encouraged are papers that take an interdisciplinary approach. Please forward this call for papers to anyone who may be interested in participating. Please submit abstracts of 250-300 words, along with your contact information to RomSO@indiana.edu by January 24, 2011. Please submit abstracts in .doc file format rather than .docx or .pdf. We will be pre-circulating the papers so that our commentators can provide more extensive feedback. Therefore, if your paper is selected we ask that you submit a completed paper by March 11, 2011. Any other inquiries about the conference may be directed to the Indiana University Romanian Studies Organization at RomSO@indiana.edu.
Deadline: January 31, 2011
The submission deadline for the American Hungarian Educators Association conference has been extended to 31 January 2011. For more information see: http://ahea.net/sitefiles/2011_Call_for_Papers-3.pdf. Papers can be submitted on-line at http://ahea.net/conferences/2011/submit-paper or sent directly to the organizer(s) listed for the appropriate topic:
Cultural Studies: Louise Vasvári, louise.vasvari@sunysb.edu
History: Julia Bock, Julia.Bock@liu.edu and
Peter Pastor pastorp@mail.montclair.edu
Music/Folklore: Kálmán Magyar, magyar@magyar.org and
Judith Olson, JudyOlson@aol.com
Science/Economics: Susan Glanz, glanzs@stjohns.edu
Deadline: March 1, 2011
Columbia University, New York, NY
Monday, June 13 - July 1, 2011 (3 weeks)
A Summer Institute Sponsored by The National Endowment for the Humanities.
Building upon a successful NEH Institute of 2009 which dealt with Russian-American cultural contacts, the 2011 institute examines the evolution of America's "academic" engagement with Eurasia (defined here as including Eastern and Southeastern Europe, Russia/the Soviet Union, Central Asia, and the Caucasus) from the 19th century down to the present. The historic personalities, institutions, organizations, and research resources that collectively constituted the foundation of Eurasian studies in America will be considered within the broad framework of the geopolitical relations of America and Eurasia over more than 150 years.
The Institute's Principal Investigator Timothy Frye, and Co-Directors Edward Kasinec and Robert Davis hope also to suggest a more broadly applicable paradigm of area studies development in the United States (for Middle Eastern, East Asian, African, Latin American studies, etc.), suggesting avenues of comparative research.
Twenty-five undergraduate faculty, research librarians, curators, and museum educators will participate in sessions led by distinguished educators and professionals. This year, up to three graduate students may be selected to participate as well. Participants will have a hands-on opportunity to work with the unparalleled material and academic resources of Columbia University and the city of New York.
For a summary description and online application information, visit:
http://nehsummerinst.columbia.edu or contact Robert Davis
(rhd2106@columbia.edu) 212 854-47101 or Edward Kasinec
(ejk83@columbia.edu) 516 712-8305. Application postmark deadline is Tuesday, March 1, 2011.
Institute Co-Directors:
Edward Kasinec, Curator emeritus of the Slavic and Baltic Division of
The New York Public Library and a Harriman Research Scholar, is an
internationally known bibliographer and historian of the Slavic culture.
Robert Davis is Librarian for Russian, Eurasian & East European
Studies at Columbia.
Faculty Principal Investigator:
Timothy Frye is Director of the Harriman Institute and a distinguished political scientist and student of the dramatic social, political, and economic transformations that swept Eurasia in the post-Soviet period.
Presenters
Valerie Bunce, Aaron Binenkorb Professor of International Studies, Cornell David Engerman, Associate Professor of History, Brandeis Robert Huber, President, National Council for Eurasian & East European Research Robert A. McCaughey, Janet H. Robb Professor of History, Barnard James Neal, Vice President for Information Services and University
Librarian, Columbia
Catharine T. Nepomnyashchy, Ann Whitney Olin Professor of Russian, Barnard John Schoeberlein, Director, Program on Central Asia & the Caucasus, Harvard Mark L. VonHagen, Director, School of Historical, Philosophical & Religious Studies, Arizona State University
Discussants
Rafis Abazov, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Hunter College, CUNY Gordon Bardos, Assistant Director, Harriman Institute Thomas A. Bird, Associate Professor, Queens College, CUNY Cynthia Buckley, Social Science Research Council Tanya Chebotarev, Curator, Bakhmeteff Archives, Columbia Marta M. Deyrup, Professor, Seton Hall University Libraries and
Co-Director, Elizabeth Ann Seton Center for Women's Studies Sergey Glebov, Five College Assistant Professor, Smith Nancy Walbridge Collins, Research Director, the European Institute, Columbia Pamela Graham, Director of Area Studies, Columbia University Libraries Denise Hibay, Susan & C. Douglas Dillon Librarian for Collection
Development, NYPL
Michael Kennedy, Director, Watson Institute, Brown Gulnar Kendirbaj, Adjunct Assistant professor, Columbia Stephen Kotkin, Rosengarten Professor of Modern & Contemporary
History, Princeton
David Magier, Associate University Librarian for Collection
Development, Princeton
Steven A. Mansbach, Professor of Twentieth Century Art, University of Maryland John Micgiel, Director, East Central European Center, Columbia Alexander J. Motyl, Professor of Political Science, Rutgers Jack L. Snyder, Robert & Renee Belfer Professor of International
relations, Columbia
Andrej Tymowski, Director of International Programs, American Council
of Learned Societies
Elizabeth K. Valkenier, Adjunct Associate Professor of Art History &
Archaeology, Columbia
Alla Zeide, Independent Scholar
Deadline: March 1, 2011
August 25-27, 2011, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
The last two decades have witnessed the confluence of many different kinds of radical change—the demise of communism as a force in politics, the resurgence of religious community, the emergence of global warming as a major challenge to traditional economies and communities, and the innovative growth of technology. Concepts of community have been radically altered. Maps, borders, governments, and alliances have shifted. The World Wide Web came into being, bringing with it major changes in cultural ritual, self-perception, and community-building. The universalist ideologies characteristic of modernity have retreated, replaced by some older concepts of identity and community. In many parts of the world new versions of traditional religions have emerged as mass forces. The arts and architecture have experienced a shift in focus and form.
The combined area and international studies centers at the University of Kansas (African; East Asian; Latin American; Russian, East European, and Eurasian; Global and International Studies) invite 200-word proposals for papers in both Humanities and Social Sciences, as well as History and Sociology of the Natural Sciences, that address issues of “Identity and Community after the Cold War Era.” We seek papers focusing on a specific world area or country; interdisciplinary and trans-regional proposals are also welcome.
The goal of the conference is to describe, examine, and understand the various areas and kinds of shift that have happened since the late 1980s and to attempt a complex model of the world humanity now inhabits.
Possible topics might include but are not limited to concepts of identity and community informing:
• post-communist arts/literature/architecture • concepts of ideal space/utopia/built environment • history and memory • political, cultural, and social implications of the internet • new states, new alliances • language and shifts in consciousness • party formation/deformation • borders, centers, peripheries • religious alliances/communities • meanings and uses of national identity • censorship
A volume of selected conference papers is planned.
Please send your proposal and updated c.v. by March 1, 2011, to: crees@ku.edu<mailto:crees@ku.edu> Put in the subject header of your email: August 25-27 conference proposal.
Deadline: March 1, 2011
September 15-18, 2011, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
The Central Eurasian Studies Society (CESS) invites panel and paper proposals for the Twelfth Annual CESS Conference, September 15-18, 2011, in Columbus, Ohio. The event will be held at Ohio State University, hosted by the Center for Slavic and East European Studies, the Middle East Studies Center and the East Asian Studies Center. Panels begin Friday morning, September 16, and continue through mid-day on Sunday, September 18.
Panel and paper topics relating to all aspects of humanities and social science scholarship on Central Eurasia are welcome. The geographic domain of Central Eurasia extends from the Black Sea and Iranian Plateau to Mongolia and Siberia, including the Caucasus, Crimea, Middle Volga, Afghanistan, Tibet, Xinjiang, and Central and Inner Asia. Practitioners and scholars in all humanities and social science disciplines with an interest in Central Eurasia are encouraged to participate.
The program will feature approximately 50 panels. There will also be a supplementary program including a welcome reception on Thursday, a conference dinner and a plenary speaker.
Deadline for submission of panel/paper proposals: Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Submissions of pre-organized panels are strongly encouraged and will be given some preference in the selection process. In forming panels, consider including scholars whose work is situated outside of Central Eurasia but who can speak to the panel topic thematically or comparatively, especially in discussant roles. For complete details, please see the complete Call for Papers (http://www.units.muohio.edu/cess/CFP_2011.html) on the CESS website.
Registration information
The registration fees cover a welcome reception on Thursday and the conference dinner on Friday. The deadline for pre-registration payment (required for all presenters) is August 1.
Fees for 2011 are as follows (figures are in US dollars):
Regular fee members*: | $80 | $120 (after August 1) |
Reduced fee members**: | $40 | $60 (after August 1) |
Non-members: | $140 | $180 (after August 1) |
* "Regular fee members" are those who have paid their annual dues at $60 or $75.
** "Reduced fee members" are those who qualify and have paid for membership at reduced fees.
Panel participants may submit the registration fee at the same time as submitting their proposal form, or at any time before the pre-registration deadline of August 1. We accept payment by credit card (preferred; see the Credit Card Payment Form (http://www.units.muohio.edu/cess/utilities/ccard.php); all payments are in US$), or by check or money order. Check and money order payments should be mailed to: Central Eurasian Studies Society, Havighurst Center, Harrison Hall, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio 45056, USA. Please consult the CESS Membership Form (http://www.cess.muohio.edu/cesspg_memb_form.html) for full details on methods of payment.
NOTE: CESS does not have funds to support the costs of conference participation, and does not waive the conference fee for participants who cannot afford it. Participants must obtain their own funding -- from personal resources, their own institutions, or grant-giving organizations which provide conference travel grants.
Further Information
If you do not have web access, or if you do not find the answer to your questions on the conference website, you can contact the conference organizers by e-mail at cess@muohio.edu.
7. CALL FOR PROPOSALS, Poster Session: "GENERATIONS: Exploring Race, Sexuality, and Labor across Time and Space"
Deadline: March 15, 2011
2011 Berkshire Conference on the History of Women, June 9-12, 2011, University of Massachusetts Amherst
The Berkshire Conference of Women Historians seeks proposals for its first Poster Session, to be held at the 2011 Berkshire Conference on the History of Women. The Poster session aims to allow for one-on-one discussion between scholars of all levels on topics pertaining to the broader theme of the conference:
“GENERATIONS: Exploring Race, Sexuality, and Labor across Time and Space.” The session will be held on Friday June 10th, from 4pm to 6pm.
The Poster Session offers an alternative to presenters of all levels--junior researchers, mid-career professionals and senior scholars—to share and discuss work-in-progress, technology- bound projects, table-size exhibits, or other presentations that cannot be easily accommodated in a regular panel session. The poster committee strongly encourages students and professionals of all levels to apply. Works in progress and alternative history projects will be welcomed and considered.
Presenters will be required to format and print their own poster (which should not exceed the limits of 36” x 48”). Further guidelines and information will be provided upon selection.
The Berkshire Conference will provide a table, a bulletin board, and/or electrical connection depending upon availability. Wireless access will be available.
The submissions for the poster sessions should include the following (please submit your proposal in PDF format):
- A 300 word abstract of the poster
- A one-page CV containing your name, affiliation, and contact information
- A simple sketch or mock-up of the display (guidelines on how to create an effective poster can be found on the University of Minnesota’s website at:
- The material needs of your presentation:
__ I require one bulletin board (69?? x 45??)
__ I require one table (15?? x 60??)
__ I require both a table and a bulletin board
__ I will be using a laptop and need access to an outlet
The poster proposals should be submitted at berkspostersession@gmail.com no later than March 15th, 2011. For more information you can contact the committee at berkspostersession@gmail.com.
8. Rural Women's Studies Association Triennial Conference University of New Brunswick and Saint Thomas University: "Rhymes, Rhythms, and Rituals:25 Years of Rural Women's Studies Revisited"
Deadline: May 15, 2011
July 26-28, 2012
The Triennial Conference of the Rural Women's Studies Association (RWSA) will be hosted by the University of New Brunswick and Saint Thomas University, in Fredericton, New Brunswick, in cooperation with Nova Scotia Agricultural College in Nova Scotia, Canada, on July 26-28, 2012. The RWSA is an international association for the advancement and promotion of research on rural women and gender in historical perspective. It welcomes as members and conference participants academic scholars, public historians and archivists, graduate students, and representatives of rural organizations and communities. The theme of the conference, "Rhymes, Rhythms, and Rituals: Twenty-Five Years of Rural Women's Studies Revisited," reflects the dual focus of the meeting. It will include presentations on current research on rural women and gender as well as presentations that take a retrospective look at the field of rural women's studies. The RWSA seeks proposals for individual papers, panel sessions, workshops, and roundtable discussions on topics related to the conference theme or organized around historiographical reviews or state-of-the- field assessments of research on rural women and gender.
Topics related to the conference theme might include:
The role of the arts, music, and literature and literary movements in rural and gendered contexts;
Comparative and/or interdisciplinary frameworks and ethnographic approaches that give structure, agency, rhythm and sense to rural women's voices as forms of power and arbiters of change;
Research that examines the intersection of rural women and/or gender with social, cultural, and political institutions.
The significance of gender in social and social reform movements, social and welfare policy initiatives, and in agriculture (including policy, production, land use, and the utilization of science and technology).
Sustainability, ecology, and environment-related topics.
The RWSA especially welcomes proposals for panels that provide an overview of sub-themes in rural women's history, such as those that examine the relationship between gender and labor, health, the professions, cultural heritage, leadership, and creative expression in rural contexts. Proposals that are inter-, trans- or multi-disciplinary are encouraged, as are those that develop connections between rural women's history and present-day social and economic concerns, worldwide. Alternative methods of presentation, such as workshops, interactive sessions, posters, performances, readings, and/or audiovisual presentations are encouraged and welcomed.
Please submit the following information by May 15, 2011:
1. Title of paper/session/workshop/performance
2. One-page abstract of paper or brief description of proposed session/workshop, etc.
3. Brief vita/bio of paper presenter or session participants and complete contact information.
Submissions should be sent electronically to: pedersjm@uwec.edu If it is not possible to send proposal electronically, if submitting from the Americas, please send by regular mail to:
Jane Pederson
Department of History
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Eau Claire, WI 54702
Submissions by post from elsewhere in the world should be sent to:
Margreet van der Burg
Rural History, Social Sciences
Wageningen University
Hollandseweg 1
NL-6706 KN Wageningen
The Netherlands
For information on travel grants and letters of invitation, contact Rebecca Montgomery (rm53@txstate.edu). For additional information on the RWSA, please go to the organization website, http://www.uncp.edu/rwsa/.
Other Announcements:
2:00 PM – 4:00 PM, St. Charles Catholic Church, 2222 E. Third St
Allen Funeral Home is arranging funeral services to be held Friday, January 21st at 2 p.m. at St. Charles Catholic Church, 2222 E. Third Street, Bloomington. Flowers may be sent directly to St. Charles Catholic Church for the funeral service. For more information about the life of Daniel Sinor and expressing condolences: https://onestart.iu.edu/my2-prd/Portal.do?focused_url=https://onestart.iu.edu:443/ccl-prd/Preferences.do?methodToCall=calendarOptions&casticket=ST-677909-KyZ8vaFcs148XmoB98xj-wsa451.uits.indiana.edu. Please note that the CEUS office will be closed during the funeral service.
2. Saturday, January 29: Roy Gardner Memorial Service
2:00 PM, Frangipani Room
A celebration of Roy Gardner’s life will be held at the Frangipani Room, at the Indiana Memorial Union on January 29, 2011 at 2 p.m. An online memorial and more information can be found: http://www.allenfuneralhome.org/obituaries/roy-j-gardner.aspx.
6:30 PM-8:30PM, Career Development Center, 625 N. Jordan Ave.
It's time to think about starting your international & language-based job/internship search! Join IU Alumni and career professionals working diverse global careers for an evening of information and networking. Panelists will share their experiences abroad; provide tips on how to maximize your time here at IU, and offer strategies for Americans seeking international work and jobs related to foreign language skills. There will be time set aside to network with the panelists and other students with similar goals and interests. This night should be especially useful for students in international studies, area studies, languages, journalism, and other majors focused on global careers. Contact Email: iucareer@indiana.edu
More information: http://www.indiana.edu/~career/services/events/index.php?event_type=&event_id=1253
4. Wednesday, January 16: 2011 Internship Fair
10:00 AM – 3:00 PM, Alumni Hall, IMU
Category: Event Free/Busy: busy Description: Meet with representatives from organizations from all over the country who have internships for Indiana University students. Over 1100 students, 52 organizations, and 100 recruiters attended last year's fair. Don't miss this opportunity to network, conduct informational interviews, and connect with employers offering internships. Contact Email: iucareer@indiana.edu
For more information: http://www.indiana.edu/~career/services/events/index.php?event_type=&event_id=1145
5:00 PM, IMU Georgian Room
Opening speaker is Caroline Dowd-Higgins, author of 'This is Not the Career I Ordered' http://notthecareeriordered.com. A panel of recent interns and alums discuss experiences. Q&A follows. Refreshments served. Contact Email: pace@indiana.edu
PACE students and other interested students are welcome to attend
For more information visit the Political and Civic Engagement program – PACE – website Url: http://pace.indiana.edu/.
6. Thursday, January 27: National Clandestine Service Q & A Session11:00 AM - 12:00 PM, Ballantine 565, REEI Reading Room
National Clandestine Service will be in the REEI Reading Room for an informal Q and A session for students. Pizza and soda will be provided, and students can feel free to drop in to ask a question or two of the recruiters.
Deadline: March 1, 2011
The Margaret Sanger Papers Project seeks applications from graduate or undergraduate students to work with the editorial staff at the Project's offices in New York City. This is a wonderful opportunity for students to become proficient in primary and secondary source research, the process of editing historical documents for publication, and the application of digital technologies to historical research.
BOOK EDITION INTERNSHIP: Interns will be working on Volume IV of the Selected Papers of Margaret Sanger, covering the years
1920-1966 and focusing on Sanger's efforts to create a global birth control movement. Interns will conduct research under the supervision of editors on specific topics, tracing people, places, events and issues covered in the documents. The research will be used to produce annotation and introductory material for the volume. Research will be conducted in the Project's offices, using the comprehensive microfilm edition and other primary sources, as well as at local libraries and with resources available on the Internet. Those with an interest in the histories of 20th century China, India, Japan, Germany, and the Soviet Union are particularly encouraged to apply.
DIGITAL INTERNSHIP: Interns will work on our digital edition of Sanger's speeches and articles, focusing on texts written by Margaret Sanger in the late 1930s. Interns will proofread the texts, add XML encoding, and draft subject index entries for the documents. Interns will conduct research as needed to verify dates, titles, and publication information, or to identify the names of people, organizations and books mentioned in the documents.
WEB OUTREACH INTERNSHIP: Interns will work on strengthening the Project's growing web presence, our facebook page, website, and research blog, to draw more attention to the project's work and connect with our audiences. For this internship, familiarity with both history and web-based technologies is required.
More information and an application can be found at the project's website, http://www.nyu.edu/projects/sanger/aboutmspp/internships.html
The deadline for applications for summer internships is March 1, 2011. Internships during the academic year can be arranged on a case by case basis.
Cathy Moran Hajo, Ph.D.
Associate Editor/Assistant Director
The Margaret Sanger Papers Project
Department of History, New York University
53 Washington Square South
New York, NY 10012
(212) 998-8666
(212) 995-4017 (fax)
Visit our website at: http://www.nyu.edu/projects/sanger
Language Tables and Coffee Hours:
6:00 PM, Runcible Spoon
7:00 PM, Runcibile Spoon
5:30 PM, Pourhouse Café (314 E Kirkwood)
5:00 PM, Indiana Memorial Union Starbucks
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