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http://www.sci.utah.edu/jobpost_postdoc-position.html
Post Doctoral Fellow (E)
Location: Main Campus
Reference: 020229
UofU Division of Human Resources
Post Doctoral Fellow: Scientific Problem Solving Environments:
The Scientific Computing and Imaging (SCI) Institute at the University of Utah invites applications for a postdoctoral researcher in the area of scientific problem solving environments. This project is primarily supported by a collaborative NIH biomedical computing grant. The primary responsibilities of this position include porting third party software to the SCI Institute's SCIRun problem solving environment and performing research in scientific computing software architecture and environments. This position will work with SCI Institute researchers and external collaborators to integrate scientific computing and visualization software with SCIRun and apply it to important real-world science and engineering problems.
The SCI Institute is seeking a highly talented and committed individual with a demonstrated ability to work well in a multi-disciplinary research environment. The successful candidate will work toward furthering the institute's world-class research and software development in problem solving environments.
Position Requirements:
-Ph.D. in computer science or closely related field
-Expert knowledge in scientific problem solving environments with an emphasis in interactive scientific computing and scientific visualization.
-Advanced skills in C++, and scripting languages.
-Background in biomedical computing and knowledge of OpenGL is desirable.
Non-Technical Skills:
Excellent oral and written communication skills are mandatory. A willingness to participate in a highly diverse, multi-disciplinary environment is also essential.
Benefits: The University of Utah offers a very competitive benefits package.
Comments: Please apply to the University of Utah Human Resources Department. Please include the names of at least three references along with a curriculum vitae and list of publications.
Start date: Immediate.
The initial appointment will be for a one-year period, with the possibility of an extension based upon performance and availability of funding.
The SCI Institute: The SCI Institute is a world-class research institute on the University of Utah campus. We are a highly dynamic, driven group of 100+ faculty, staff and students. The overarching goals of the SCI Institute's scientific computing research are to create new techniques, tools, and systems, by which scientists may solve problems affecting various aspects of human life. We believe that to advance the state-of-the-art and create meaningful computational solutions for such complex systems, one needs to advance research in a number of areas within scientific computing, including: visualization, simulation, and modeling. Furthermore, to enable such new algorithmic and software research to have real impact outside of scientific computing and computer science, these components must be integrated with data and application specific knowledge within intuitive software systems, problem solving environments (PSEs) or "computational workbenches." The SCI Institute presents a highly demanding work environment that can be deeply rewarding for the right individual.
The University of Utah, an AA/EO employer, encourages applications from women and minorities, and provides reasonable accommodation to the known disabilities of applicants and employees.
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Obavestavamo korisnike foruma da je otvoren deo foruma pod nazivom "Ask Alexandra" na kojem mogu da postavljaju pitanja o akademskom zivotu u SAD. Aleksandra je student druge godine University of Penn i spremna je da odgovara na sva vasa pitanja vezana za studiranje i zivot u SAD.
U skoroj buducnosti ce na ovom delu foruma biti vise slicnog sadrzaja.
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TSE
in Archive 2005
Postovani,
Za sada ne postoji nacin da se TSE polaze u Beogradu. Najblizi centri u kojima je moguce polaganje su u Pristini i Sofiji. Datume i uslove mozete videti ako krenete u registraciju ispita na stranici www.toefl.org, izaberete paper based testing, TSE umesto TOEFL ispita i potrazite odgovarajuce lokacije.
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Prema najnovijim podacima do kojih smo dosli tokom procesa registracije jednog od nasih gostiju, SAT ispita nece biti u oktobru u Beogradu. U tom roku je izlistan samo test centar u Pristini. Oni kojima su rezultati SAT ispita hitno potrebni mogu da se prijave za polaganje u Skoplju, Sarajevu, Budimpesti, Zagrebu ili Sofiji.
Sledeci SAT ispit u Beogradu najavljen je za 5. novembar. Rok za registraciju za ovaj rok je 30. septembar.
Rok za registraciju oktobarskog ispita je 7. septembar.
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Prema najnovijim informacijama, SAT ispit nece biti odrzan u Beogradu u oktobru. Umesto tog roka, u Beogradu ce biti organizovan ispit u novembru.
Oni kojima su hitni rezultati sa SAT ispita mogu da se prijave za sve okolne zemlje na sajtu www.collegeboard.com.
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Northwestern University will offer need-based financial aid awards to a small group of international students entering in Fall 2006. Citizens of countries outside the United States who apply under Regular Decision for financial aid will be reviewed as a separate group. The usual selective admission criteria, as well as the amount of financial aid needed by an applicant, will be factors in the admission committee's decision. As a result, Northwestern will not offer admission to some candidates who are otherwise well-qualified. For these reasons, the admission rate for international applicants requesting aid is substantially lower than for those not requesting aid. Only those students who apply for and receive financial aid for their freshman year will be eligible to receive financial assistance in subsequent years. There is no financial aid available for international transfer applicants or international students applying under Early Decision. Everything you need to know about applying to NU as an international student can be found at: http://www.ugadm.northwestern.edu/intl/. Specific information about our new aid policy is at: http://www.ugadm.northwestern.edu/intl/financing/. Last year we accepted and gave aid packages to 24 of the 320 students who applied. 10 of them are enrolling.
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The Senses & Society -- New Journal
Call for Papers
A heightened interest in the role of the senses in society is rapidly supplanting older paradigms and challenging conventional theories of representation, which to date have prioritized the visual over other forms of experience. 'The Senses & Society' is an international, refereed journal that aims to provide a crucial forum for the exploration of the role the senses have played in culture throughout history and up to the present day.
Highly interdisciplinary, it welcomes submissions from sensory history, the arts, sociology, anthropology, design, architecture, cultural and media studies. The first volume will publish in March 2006. To submit an article please contact Michael Bull at: senses@sussex.ac.uk
Michael Bull
The Senses & Society
Department of Media & Film Studies
University of Sussex
Brighton, Sussex BN1 9QQ UK
Email: senses@sussex.ac.uk
Visit the website at http://www.bergpublishers.com/us/senses/se...enses_about.htm
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Third International Linguistic Symposium LENCA, June 2006, Russia
Full Title: The Grammar and Pragmatics of Complex Sentences in Languages spoken in Europe and North and Central Asia (LENCA-3).
Date: 27 June 2006 - 30 June 2006
Location: Tomsk, Russia
Contact Persons: Elizaveta Kotorova, Andrey Filchenko, Pirkko Suihkonen Meeting Email: tomsk@eva.mpg.de
Conference Web Site (Eng, Rus): http://www.lenca3.siblang.org
Mirror Site (Eng. only): http://www.ling.helsinki.fi/uhlcs/LENCA/LE...-3/lenca-3.html
Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics; Pragmatics; Syntax; Semantics, Complex Sentence.
Call Deadline: 15 December 2005
Meeting Description: The organizing committee of the third international symposium on the languages spoken in Europe and North and Central Asia (LENCA) to be held at Tomsk State Pedagogical University, Tomsk, Russia, on June 27-30, 2006, announces the CALL FOR PAPERS for LENCA-3.
Europe and North and Central Asia form a large natural geographical area for distribution of languages spoken in the area, and for diffusion of peoples and cultures. This area is the geographical basis for the LENCA-project which forms a framework for research of these languages and collecting information on these languages.
The LENCA-1 symposium on the languages belonging to the LENCA-group was at the Udmurt State University, Izevsk, Udmurtia, Russia in 2001. The topic of the first symposium was "Deixis and quantification" in languages spoken in Europe and North and Central Asia. The LENCA-2 symposium took place at the Kazan State University in 2004, with the theme "Argument structure and grammatical relations".
The theme of the LENCA-3 symposium centers on structural and semantic features of complex sentences: different strategies of subordination and coordination employed by languages, their geographic distribution and historical development, discourse-pragmatic features of their usage as a means of ensuring inter-clausal coherence, i.e. the semantic-pragmatic connectivity of the functional dimension of event integration vis-a-vis the syntactic dependency (grammatical bonds) of clause integration.
It is anticipated that a number of presentations will deal with these various aspects of complex sentences from a Siberian areal perspective. That is, the conference aims to encourage the development of a local typological view of complex sentences in languages native to Western and Central Siberia (such as Khanty, Selkup, Nenets, Evenki, Ket, Siberian Turkic, etc.), as well as possible contact influence from Russian. The scale, depth, terminology, and methodology of existing descriptions in this area vary considerably, and with this in mind one of the objectives envisioned for the symposium is to facilitate a negotiation of theoretical frameworks, methodologies, terminologies, and data as a prerequisite for further advancing of the topic. To this end, both a general typological and a historical perspective as a means to inform this discourse will be welcomed.
Plenary Speakers (Confirmed):
Dr. Balthasar Bickel, University of Leipzig, Germany
Dr. Bernard Comrie, MPI for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany
Dr. Alexander Kibrik, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia
Dr. Osahito Miyaoka, Osaka Gakuin University, Japan
Dr. Vladimir Plungian, Institute of Linguistics of the Academy of Science, Moscow, Russia
Dr. Edward Vajda, Western Washington University, USA
Dr. Robert D. Van Valin, University of New York, Buffalo, USA
Important Dates:
Deadline for submitting abstracts: 15-December-2005
Notification of acceptance: 15-February-2006
Time of the symposium: 27-30-June-2006
Abstract Requirements:
Anonymous abstracts in English or Russian are to be submitted to the Programme Committee in electronic version by e-mail at tomsk@eva.mpg.de and should not exceed two pages in length, including examples, notes, and bibliography (1 page of text and 1 page of examples and references).
Please adhere to the requirements for formatting of abstracts. The text of the abstract is to be submitted as an attachment following these guidelines:
- format the title: Times New Roman, bold, size 12, all caps, aligned by center
- format the body of the text and the list of references: (MS Word .DOC or .RTF); Times New Roman, size 12, paragraph break 1cm, line interval 1,5; margins - all 2,5 cm
- citations in text to be noted in square brackets, as follows [1, p.134], [2, p. 567]
- bibliography list to be added in the end listed in the order of appearance; the title "References": Times New Roman, font size 12 regular, title aligned by center
- examples: please number and, when possible, use IPA font(SILDoulosIPA) and/or Unicode font (DoulosSIL)
- body of the e-mail should contain the title and the information about the author: name & affiliation
Accepted abstracts will be published for the symposium, and an internet version of the collection of abstracts will be available at the symposium website. Authors are encouraged to design their abstracts with the view that most of the papers presented at the symposium could be published later in the proceedings or selected papers volume.
Official Languages:
Russian, English, German, French
Contact Information:
E-MAIL of the conference: tomsk@eva.mpg.de
URL of the conference (English and Russian): http://www.lenca3/siblang.org
Mirror Site (Eng. only): http://www.ling.helsinki.fi/uhlcs/LENCA/LE...-3/lenca-3.html
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Archives Association of Ontario
Call for Papers
2006 Conference
June 7th - 9th 2006
Come join the Archives Association of Ontario at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario at their 13th annual conference.
The 2006 theme is The Philosophy of Archives. Papers are invited for any and all topics relating to the philosophy of archives. This includes the nature of our work as archivists, how we apply theory, the changing directions of the theories which direct our work etc.
Please submit a copy of your proposal, a brief biography, all relevant contact information, including mailing address, telephone number and e-mail.
Deadline for proposals is November 1, 2005.
Jane Boyko
Archivist
Bank of Canada/Banque du Canada
234 Wellington
Ottawa ON K1A 0G9
(613) 782-8673
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CHRISTIANITY IN EGYPT AND SINAI CONFERENCE
The Department of Theology of Shoumen University in Bulgaria organizes on 22nd and 23rd October 2005 in Shoumen an international scientific conference titled Christianity in Egypt and Sinai. There are no restrictions as regards the chronological and thematic choice of topics from church history, dogmatics, liturgics, hagiography, history of monasticism, heresies, schisms, church art, palaeoslavistics etc.
The papers of 10 to 15 pages in English, Russian or Bulgarian will be published as a miscellany and possibly in the Internet.
There is no participation fee. A free cocktail and, if the participants wish, a free bus trip can be organized to the ruins of nearby ancient Bulgarian capitals of Pliska and Preslav (9th-10th century). The participants must cover their travel and lodging expenses.
Rev. Prof. Pavel Stefanov, Katedra teologia, st. 301, Shumenski universitet, 115 Universitetska St., 9712 Shoumen, Bulgaria
++359 54 830495, fax: ++359 54 830371
Email: vladimir@shu-bg.net
Visit the website at http://www.shu-bg.net
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The American Association of Teachers of Turkic Languages (AATT) is pleased to announce the establishment of an annual "Graduate Student Pre-Conference in Turkish and Turkic Studies". This conference is being established to mark the 20th anniversary of the establishment of AATT. The first Pre-Conference is co-sponsored by the Institute for Turkish Studies and Georgetown University.
The first annual Pre-Conference will be hosted on Friday evening, November 18 and Saturday, November 19 by Georgetown University. It will be held in conjunction with the 2005 meeting of the Middle East Studies Association to be held November 19-22, 2005 in Washington, DC. (Future meetings may also be coordinated with the annual meeting of the Central Eurasian Studies Society.)
The Pre-Conference is designed to encourage research making significant use of sources in Turkish and Turkic languages by graduate students in Turkish and Turkic Studies in North America. It will promote contact between students at various institutions and allow for feedback from faculty discussants participating in the pre-conference. Another goal is to help students progress towards more formal presentations at national conferences such as those of MESA, CESS, and organizations devoted to specific disciplines.
AATT will award a limited number of travel awards to help subvent the cost of student participation. Students are also encouraged to seek funding from their home institutions.
Students should submit a 250 word proposal for a paper together with the following information:
1. Name
2. Current institutional affiliation (department/university)
3. Adviser's name
4. Educational background (undergraduate and graduate degree programs)
5. Current status (taking courses, preparing for exams, researching dissertation, writing dissertation, defended/deposited dissertation)
6. Title of dissertation (if applicable)
7. Contact information (email, telephone number, preferred mailing address)
The deadline for submission of proposals is September 15, 2005.
Proposals should be submitted by email to:
Professor Uli Schamiloglu
Department of Languages and Cultures of Asia University of Wisconsin-Madison
uschamil@wisc.edu
OR
Professor Erika H. Gilson
Department of Near Eastern Studies
Princeton University
ehgilson@princeton.edu
Applicants will be informed of the selection committee's decision by October 1, 2005.
Erika H. Gilson
Near Eastern Studies, Princeton University
Jones Hall
609 258-1435
609 258-1242
Email: ehgilson@princeton.edu
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Intellectuals and the Nation-State
30 November v 1st December 2005
Plenary speakers include:
Declan Kiberd (University College Dublin)
Eric Lott (University of Virginia)
Slavoj Zizek (Institute for Sociology, Ljubljana/Birkbeck College, University of London).
What role and effect do intellectuals have in the making and contesting of national identities and state policies? This conference will consider historical and current implications of this question. The critical voice of the intellectual has long been considered important to the evolution of modern Western cultures. How and why was this voice so often tied to the development of national identity? How have ideals of intellectual autonomy and dissent been formulated within and across nation-states? What forms of intellectual production have states acknowledged and supported? What remains of the Enlightenment origins of the idea of the intellectual?
We will focus on current issues of intellectual identity and activity in the context of global challenges to the power and authority of the nation-state. Today, as new global networks of cultural interaction emerge and new public spheres take shape, what is happening to the intellectual's affective relation to the nation-state? What is the role of critical thinking and the value of ideas in an increasingly global 'knowledge society'? What is the role of intellectuals in the making of a new world order and in shaping responses to international crises? What is the role of think tanks and advocacy intellectuals in the formation of state policy? How have new media redefined intellectual activity and identity?
Please send one-page proposals with a brief CV by 31 August 2005 to:
Catherine Carey, Clinton Institute for American Studies, C211 John Henry Newman Building, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.
Tel: +353 1 716 8303. Fax: +353 1 716 8643.
E-mail: Catherine.Carey@ucd.ie
Inquiries may be directed to the conference organiser Professor Liam Kennedy at Liam.Kennedy@ucd.ie
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http://www.princeton.edu/~uchv/LSR_Fellowships.html
Laurance S. Rockefeller Visiting Fellowships
The University Center invites applications from all disciplines for Laurance S. Rockefeller Visiting Fellowships. These fellowships will be awarded for the academic year 2006-07 to outstanding scholars and teachers interested in devoting a year in residence at Princeton writing about ethics and human values. A central activity for the Fellows is participation with University Center faculty members in a Fellows Seminar to discuss work in progress.
Fellows are also invited to participate in other activities, including seminars, colloquia, and public lectures. Fellows enjoy access to Firestone Library and to a wide range of activities throughout the University.
Applicants typically have a doctorate or a professional postgraduate degree and cannot be in the process of writing a dissertation.
Fellows normally receive stipends of up to one-half their academic year salaries (not exceeding a maximum stipend set each fall) for the fellowship period, which extends from September 1 to July 1. The Fellows? home institutions are expected to provide at least half of their salaries in addition to all benefits. A selection committee of University Center faculty evaluates applicants on the basis of:
The significance of their proposed research and its relevance to the purposes of the University Center;
The quality of their previous research and their ability to benefit from the activities of the University Center;
The contribution they are likely to make to higher education in the future through teaching and writing about ethics and human values.
How to apply:
For Fellowships beginning in September 2006, applicants must submit all of the following to be recieved by November 1, 2005:
A curriculum vitae;
A scholarly paper written in the past three years;
A statement (no more than 1,500 words) describing the proposed research project;
An online information summary form;
Three letters of reference (at least one from someone who was not a dissertation supervisor) sent directly to the University Center by November 1, 2005;
A confidential statement on a separate sheet that indicates the applicant?s salary for the current academic year, what financial support their home institution and other sources are likely to provide, and what support they are likely to need from the University Center. This confidential information will not be presented to the faculty committee.
All materials, including letters of reference, must be RECEIVED by November 1, 2005. The Selection Committee begins reviewing applications immediately, and incomplete applications may be at a disadvantage.
Recipients of the Laurance S. Rockefeller Visiting Fellowships for 2006-07 will be announced by February 1, 2006.
All application materials must be mailed to:
Rockefeller Fellowships
University Center for Human Values
5 Ivy Lane
Princeton University
Princeton, New Jersey 08544
Princeton University is an equal employment opportunity, affirmative action employee.
For more information about applying to Princeton and how to self-identify, please link to http://web.princeton.edu/sites/dof/ApplicantsInfo.htm.
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http://www.amacad.org/vsp/guidelines.aspx
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS & SCIENCES
VISITING SCHOLARS PROGRAM 2006-2007
GUIDELINES
Deadline for Applications and Three Letters of Reference:
October 14, 2005
OVERVIEW
In fall 2006, the American Academy will welcome its fourth group of post-doctoral fellows and junior faculty to its Visiting Scholars Program in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Throughout its history, the Academy has been concerned with advancing knowledge in the public interest by analyzing complex social and intellectual issues from diverse disciplinary and professional perspectives. Fellowships will be awarded to individuals who can demonstrate that their work will make a substantial contribution in one or more of the Academy's four major research areas: Science and Global Security, Social Policy and American Institutions, Humanities and Culture, and Education. Proposals should take into account the Academy's emphasis on interdisciplinary work, as well as its interest in broadening public understanding of important intellectual trends and contemporary policy choices (see Program Descriptions).
ELIGIBILITY
Fellowships are open to US citizens and permanent residents. The Ph.D., J.D, or equivalent professional training (e.g., public policy) should have been completed within the last 10 years (although exceptional circumstances will be taken into consideration). Graduate student applicants must complete all degree requirements by August 1, 2006.
TERMS AND STIPENDS
Visiting scholars are expected to be in residence throughout the academic year (September-May). The annual stipend provided by the VSP is $35,000 for postdocs. Faculty can receive up to $50,000 (not to exceed one-half of current salary). The Academy provides scholars with office space, computer services, library privileges, and information on locating housing. Health benefits can be arranged.
SELECTION PROCESS
Committees of Academy Fellows and experts in relevant fields will review the applications and recommend candidates to the VSP advisory panel. Applications will be judged on the basis of:
- Clear exposition of the study to be undertaken; if you are planning to rewrite a dissertation for publication, please describe specifically how you intend to alter or expand your original work;
- Quality and significance of the proposed project;
- Reasonable work plan;
- Intellectual distinction of candidate's previous work;
- Relevance of proposed study to Academy programs;
- References. Letter must relate directly to the applicant's proposed research; please do not submit standard dossier letters.
APPLICATION PROCESS
Applications and three (3) letters of reference must be postmarked no later than October 14, 2005.
The application must be submitted in its entirety, including:
Completed application form
(If you prefer, the 100-word project summary may appear at the beginning of your project description, but it must be included)
A 1,500-word project description covering the following:
- Project's contribution to the field;
- Status of research you have initiated or completed on this topic;
- Plan of work to be accomplished at the VSP.
A curriculum vitae
Applicants are responsible for contacting three (3) references and ensuring that their letters are mailed to the Academy by the postmark deadline. We strongly recommend that you send your project description to your references and request that they refer to the content of your statement in their letters.
We cannot accept applications by email or fax. All applications must be written in English. (If you wish receipt of your materials to be acknowledged, please enclose a self-addressed, stamped postcard.)
Two collated but unstapled copies of the complete application (application form, project essay, and c.v.), postmarked no later than October 14, 2005 should be sent to:
By Regular U.S. Mail:
Visiting Scholars Program
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
136 Irving Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
By Priority Mail or Other Express Service:
Visiting Scholars Program
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
200 Beacon Street
Somerville, MA 02143
For general information on the Visiting Scholars Program, contact Alexandra Oleson at 617-576-5014; email: aoleson@amacad.org.
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Harvard Academy Scholars Program 2006-07
The purpose of the Academy Scholars Program is to identify outstanding scholars who are at the start of their careers and whose work combines disciplinary excellence in the social sciences (including history and law) with an in-depth grounding in particular non-Western countries or regions, including domestic, comparative, or transnational issues.
The Academy Scholars are a select group of individuals who show promise of becoming leading scholars at major universities. The competition for these awards is open only to recent PhD (or comparable professional school degree) recipients and doctoral candidates. Pre-doctoral applicants must have completed all course work and general examinations at the time of application and are expected to have made some significant progress on their dissertations.
Scholars are appointed and supported by the Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies to provide opportunities for advanced work while in residence at Harvard University, although travel for research is allowed. Academy Scholars are given time, guidance, access to Harvard facilities, and substantial financial assistance as they work for two years conducting either post-doctoral or dissertation research in their chosen fields and areas. Some teaching is permitted but not required. The Senior Scholars, a distinguished group of senior Harvard faculty members, act as mentors to the Academy Scholars to help them achieve their intellectual potential.
Stipends for post-doctoral Academy Scholars will be $44,000 for the 2006-07 academic year and $25,000 for pre-docs. For more information on how to apply, see our website at: www.wcfia.harvard.edu/academy.
Application deadline: October 14, 2005
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Call for articles for _Gender & History_ 2007 Special Issue on gender / chronology / periodisation
This Special Issue of the journal _Gender & History_ will bring together articles on *any geographical area* and * any historical period* that explore aspects of the following questions:
Deadline for abstracts: 1 September 2005. Please send an 500 word abstract as an attached file in Word or rich text format to Drs Alex Shepard on ajs45@cam.ac.uk and Garthine Walker on walkergm@cardiff.ac.uk.
Deadline for complete articles of 9,000 words: 1 October 2006.
Garthine Walker
School of History & Archaeology
Cardiff University
Humanities Building
Colum Drive
CARDIFF CF10 3EU
UK
Phone: +44 29 2087 5640
Email: walkergm@cf.ac.uk
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Contributors Wanted for an encyclopedia, The Age of Imperialism, 1800-1914 to be published by Greenwood Publishing in 2007.
Scholars are invited to contribute entries, varying in length from 150 to 4,000 words, on key themes, wars, treaties, places, ideas, inventions, and people involved in the imperial rivalries in Europe and beyond from the Napoleonic Wars to the outbreak of World War I. Of special interest are entries dealing with the German Empire, South and Central America and the Caribbean. The Age of Imperialism will consist of two volumes organized around 1,000 A ? Z entries totaling approximately 400, 000 words.
This round of contributions is to be complete by April 15, 2006. Modest remuneration is available for major contributors.
Carl Hodge
University of British Columbia/Okanagan
Kelowna, BC
Canada V1V 1V7
Phone (250) 762-5445 ext.7321
Email: chodge@shaw.ca
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International Sephardic Journal ISSN: 1547-5808
Volume 2. No. 2.
Summer 2005 - The International Society for Sephardic Progress is welcoming submissions for its official publication, the International Sephardic Journal, a multi-disciplinary publication featuring scholarly works related to Sephardim (the descendants of the Jews of historic Spain, Portugal, North Africa and the former Ottoman Empire who share common religious and cultural bonds).
The International Sephardic Journal, is the only primarily English language refereed Jewish publication focusing on Sephardic Jewry. The majority of papers selected for publication are in English, with a limited amount accepted in Castilian, French, and Portuguese.
All interested scholars, professionals, including university students and independent researchers, as well as members of the rabbinate are invited to submit papers. Proposed topics may include, but are not limited to:
Sephardic/Mizrahi history, culture, language, religion (halakhot, minhagim), Diaspora, translations, biographies, Sephardic life and experience in the Americas, Europe, Asia or Africa.
Topics related to converso descendants (descendants of Anusim / crypto-Jewish populations), as well as Sephardic interaction with non-Jewish communities are also welcome.
In addition, contemporary topics such as modern Sephardic society, politics, literature, religion, psychology, and science related to Sephardim will be considered. The International Sephardic Journal also welcomes first-person memoirs of the Sephardic experience for its "Portals to the Past" section, and book reviews of current publications relating to Sephardic life, culture, or religion.
Submissions may be made by e-mail. Please include name, institutional affiliation (if applicable), address, phone number, e-mail address, paper title, and short abstract in the body of the e-mail. Attach the article, in MS Word format.
The deadline for submissions is September 20, 2005.
Questions regarding potential submissions are welcome, please email them to email@isfsp.org. Submission guidelines may be found here:
http://sephardicjournal.org/sub.html
Shelomo Alfassa
Executive Director
International Society for Sephardic Progress
Publisher, International Sephardic Journal
Email: email@isfsp.org
Visit the website at http://www.ISFSP.org
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The Department of Gender Studies at Indiana University - Bloomington announces a search for one TENURE-TRACK Assistant Professor to begin August 2006.
For this position, we seek scholars working in transnational gender studies. We are particularly interested in candidates whose transnational research focuses on the construction of sexualities and genders in their global iterations.
The Department invites applications from interdisciplinary feminist scholars who are actively addressing core questions of gender and sexuality through ambitious research agendas and energetic teaching/mentoring on the undergraduate and graduate levels.
Applicants will be expected to assist in the development of the doctorate, teach core Gender Studies courses, and work collectively to develop the Department. Candidates must have prior teaching experience, preferably in Women's or Gender Studies and must have their PhD by August 2006.
The Department is in an extraordinary period of growth and we are now poised to inaugurate the first doctorate in Gender Studies in the nation. We anticipate admitting the first cohort of doctoral candidates in the fall of 2006. The Department currently offers a Bachelor of Arts, an undergraduate minor, and a PhD minor in Gender Studies. At present, our faculty includes seven full-time (100%) positions, and eight jointly-appointed lines. Over twenty-five additional faculty at Indiana University are affiliated with the Department and we work closely with other units on campus, most notably the Kinsey Institute for Research on Sex, Gender, and Reproduction. Our faculty has remarkable breadth and we envision a unique doctoral program focusing on sexuality and the body as seen through multiple lenses, including culture/media, social structural/political economic, medical/scientific, and transnational/comparative perspectives. We seek to complement our departmental strengths in the study of sexualities; bodies and their technologization and medicalization; representation and cultural production; and feminist epistemologies.
Indiana University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer and is committed to employing faculty who will enhance the rich diversity of our academic community.
Please submit a letter of interest, detailing research agendas as well as teaching experience and philosophy, along with a CV and names, addresses, e-mails, and phone numbers of three references (please do not have references sent unless requested) by October 15, 2005 to the following address:
Prof. Suzanna Walters
Chairperson, Search Committee
Indiana University, Department of Gender Studies
Memorial Hall East, Room 130
1021 East Third Street
Bloomington, Indiana 47405
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Institute for Social and European Studies
Szombathely, Berzsenyi t?r 2.
H-9700 HUNGARY
Tel/fax.: (+36)-94-504581
E-mail: europa@bdtf.hu
www.ises.hu
The Institute for Social and European Studies is pleased to announce the
inauguration of its English-language MA program in International and
European Studies, September 2005 in K szeg, Hungary. The program consists of 2 semesters of course work on site in K szeg, and 1 semester elsewhere devoted to the writing of the MA thesis.
This 3 semester pilot MA has been made possible by support from the
Austrian-Hungarian INTERREG IIIA program which generously covers the costs of tuition and housing for students. Students are only required to cover their travel, food and incidentals costs during the 2 semesters on campus.
Students interested in applying must have already completed 6 semesters of university course work in a related field. They must prove an advanced knowledge of English. Deadline for application is September 15, 2005. The semester begins with an orientation week September 26, 2005.
For more information, please check our website: www.ises.hu, for the
application form and program information. For additional information,
please contact us at: contact@easymail.hu
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Global Forum on Civil Society Law
November 17-19, 2005
Istanbul, Turkey
The Global Forum on Civil Society Law will draw together approximately 100 leading experts in the field of civil society law. Participants will
represent a cross-section of stakeholders, including civil society
organizations (CSOs), the government, the legislative branch, academia, and the donor community. The Forum will address cutting-edge issues organized under five thematic tracks:
? Reform and Advocacy
? Contemporary Issues and CSO law
? CSO Sustainability and the Law
? CSO Accountability, Transparency, and Regulations
? CSO-Government Relations
In addition, the Forum will include regional workshops to enable
participants to share experiences and develop regional networks of civil
society law reformers.
Please note that space is extremely limited, so if you are interested, we
encourage you to submit an application as soon as possible. It is best to
do this on-line, and the application is available
at: www.icnl.org/globalforum.
The Global Forum is being organized by the International Center for
Not-for-Profit Law (ICNL), an international not-for-profit organization
that promotes an enabling legal environment for civil society and civic
participation worldwide. The host organization is the Third Sector
Foundation of Turkey (T?SEV), which is dedicated to strengthening the
legal, fiscal and operational infrastructure of the third sector in Turkey.
For additional information on the Global Forum and an application form,
please see www.icnl.org/globalforum or contact ICNL at globalforum@icnl.org.
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Prema podacima sa Internet sajta www.gre.org i iz biltena ETS-a, GRE Subject Test bice odrzan u Beogradu 12. novembra 2005. i 1. aprila 2006. godine. Rok za prijavu za novembarski test je 30. septembar.
Kao lokacija polaganja, navedena je Treca beogradska gimnazija.
Cena subject testa je 150 USD.
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http://www.ned.org/forum/visiting_fellows.html
The International Forum for Democratic Studies hosts a small number of Visiting Fellows per year as part of its program. Visiting Fellows are scholars and practitioners who wish to conduct research and writing at the Forum for a limited period of time but do not need any financial assistance. (To learn more about funded fellowships at the National Endowment for Democracy, please see the Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellows Program.)
Space permitting, Visiting Fellows may be in residence at the Forum for periods ranging from three to ten months, during which time they are expected to carry out a written or other project related to democracy. While Visiting Fellows do not receive stipend and travel support, the Forum is able to provide use of the Democracy Resource Center and Library and, depending on space availability, a fully equipped office as well. Visiting Fellows have the opportunity to participate in the many events at the Endowment, and to interact with staff and other fellows in residence from around the world.
If you are interested in an unfunded Visiting Fellowship, it is recommended that you first send a preliminary e-mail or letter of inquiry to the address below, including a brief summary of your project, the desired dates of the fellowship and a C.V., in order to determine space availability. There is no deadline for applying: to receive timely consideration, inquiries and applications must be received at least six months in advance of the proposed starting date of the fellowship.
To submit a formal application, please provide the following materials:
Note: Your application should make clear that you are applying for a Visiting Fellowship.
Applications should be mailed to the following address:
Program Asst., Fellowship Programs
International Forum for Democratic Studies
National Endowment for Democracy
1101 Fifteenth Street, N.W., Suite 800
Washington, DC 20005 USA
Applications may also be submitted electronically to fellowships@ned.org.
If you need further information, please send us an email to the address above.
We can also be reached by telephone at (202) 293-0300 and fax at (202) 293-0258.
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U.S. EMBASSY BELGRADE ANNOUNCES THE 2006-2007 ACADEMIC YEAR ANNUAL COMPETITION FOR THE FULBRIGHT VISITING SCHOLAR PROGRAM FOR CITIZENS OF SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO
The Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program is a non-degree research program for junior and senior researchers, university lecturers and experts from academic institutions in Serbia and Montenegro. This program sends scholars to the United States for advanced research and university lecturing. All applicants must currently be affiliated with one of the universities in Serbia and Montenegro. Special preference will be given to candidates who have the capacity and commitment to take full advantage of a program of research or lecturing at a U.S. university, and who are willing to share their experience and knowledge after returning to SAM.
Fields of Specialization: For the 2006-2007 Fulbright Scholar program, special consideration will be given to those projects that will have substantial and timely impact on the SAM's transition to democracy and a market economy. Applications will be considered in the following areas of specialization:
Agriculture
American History
American Literature
American Studies
Archeology
Architecture
Business Administration
Communications
Economics
Education
Environmental Sciences
Journalism
Law
Medical Sciences
Political Science
Public Administration
Public/Global Health
Religious Studies
Social Work
Sociology
Urban Planning
Eligibility requirements:
? Applicants must be citizens of Serbia and Montenegro
? Applicants must hold a Ph.D. in the field of research or lecturing
? Applicants must be proficient in oral and written English
? Applicants must be eligible for J-1 visa, which requires a grantee to return to Serbia and Montenegro for a minimum of two years at the end of the grant period
? Applicants must receive satisfactory medical clearance
? Persons desiring permanent residence in the United States are not eligible
Dependents: Since the funds are limited, the Fulbright program at this time does not permit accompanying dependents.
Completed applications must be submitted (in person or by mail) in triplicate in English to the addresses below by November 30, 2005. Interviews for candidates will take place in early December, and the final selection and placement will be made in early 2006.
Any application arriving in the United States or elsewhere, separate from the official U.S. Embassy submission, will not be considered.
For applicants from Montenegro, additional information can be obtained from the Office of Public Affairs, United States Consulate, Krusevac bb, 81000 Podgorica; phone: 081/225-417 x. 132; e-mail address: rosics@state.gov
For applicants from the Republic of Serbia, additional information can be obtained from the Office of Public Affairs, Embassy of the United States, Kneza Milosa 50, 11000 Belgrade; phone: 011-306-4771; e-mail address: stojanovicd@state.gov
Check this web location for applications:
http://belgrade.usembassy.gov/embassy/pa/f...lbright0607.htm
Maria Sybilla Merian-Award 2005
in Archive 2005
Posted
http://www.uni-duisburg-essen.de/imperia/m...erian_award.pdf
MARIA SIBYLLA MERIAN-AWARD 2005
Essen Collegium of Gender Studies
University of Duisburg-Essen/Campus Essen
Germany
The award is given to
female scientists for their achievements in the following disciplines: natural and engineering science, economics and medicine or international outstanding scientists of all disciplines who have researched in the area of civilization and gender. Members of all disciplines are invited to join.
The award is endowed with 7.500 €
The Essen Collegium of Gender Studies aims to research the relations of gender, especially in the disciplines of technology, science and medicine. In addition prospects of research on female and males are examined and transformed into questions of gender.
An independent, interdisciplinary jury of experts judges and nominates the award winner.
The award is sponsored by the Deutsche Telekom AG. It will be awarded at an international ceremonial act in November 2005.
Closing date will be September 15, 2005.
Please send proposals and applications to:
Essener Kolleg f?r Geschlechterforschung
Universit?t Duisburg-Essen/Campus Essen
Prof. Dr. Doris Janshen
Postfach
45117 Essen
For further information:
Doris Janshen fon: +49-(0)-201-183-3521
mail to: doris.janshen@uni-essen.de
Randi Wallmichrath: fon: +49-(0)-201-183-4552
mail to: randi.wallmichrath@uni-due.de
URL: www.uni-duisburg-essen.de/ekfg