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1. Funding
Opportunities
- Institute for Humane Studies - Humane
Studies Fellowship 2008 - 2009
Application
deadline: December 31, 2007
- John F. Kennedy School of Government,
Harvard University - The Kokkalis Program Fellowships for Master´s
Studies
Application deadline: January 4, 2008
- European Commission and Open Society
Institute - Internship for Young Roma University
Graduates
Application deadline: January 7, 2008
- Policy Association for an Open Society -
Helping Impoverished and Vulnerable Groups Navigate out of
Poverty:
Legal and Regulatory Obstacles to Local Poverty
Reduction - Applied Research and Policy
Advocacy Application deadline: January 15, 2008
- INTERREG IVC - European Territorial
Cooperation Programme
Application
deadline: January 15, 2008
- World Bank –
Internships
Application
deadline: January 31, 2008 (for summer program), October 31 (for
winter program)
- Europe for Citizens: Action 1: Active
citizenship for ! Europe - Town Twinning
Application
deadline: February 1, 2008
- Five College Women's Studies Research
Center - Fellowship Opportunities
Application
deadline: February 11, 2008
- Georgetown University - Master of Arts in
Conflict Resolution
Application
deadline: February 15, 2008
- Romanian Environmental Partnership
Foundation - Speak Up and Get Involved program –
Call for
projects (for Romanian environmental NGOs) Application
deadline: February 15, 2008, 4:30 p.m
- CoDe - Joint European Master in
Comparative Local Development
Application
deadline: February 16, 2008
- Support to Master's Degree Programmes in
Human Rights and Democratisation Outside the European
Union
Application deadline: February 19, 2008 (date at place
of dispatch)
- European Youth Foundation - Grants for
International Youth Activities
Application
deadline: April 1, 2008 (category A and B)
- Rot ary Foundation -
Rotary World Peace Fellowships 2009
- The Norwegian Cooperation Programmes for
Economic Growth and Sustainable Development in Bulgaria and
Romania
Application deadline: December 31, 2008
- Black Sea Trust for Regional Cooperation
- Request for Proposals
Application
deadline: rolling basis
2.
Announcements and Upcoming Events
- Challenges of a New Europe: In
between Local Freeze and Global Dynamics. Inclusion and Exclusion
in Contemporary European Societies,
International Course, April
14 – 18, 2008, Dubrovnik, Croatia
- Glocal 2.0: Blogging: Evolution
Treated as Revolution, May 8 - 10, 2008, Skopje, Republic of
Macedonia - Call for papers
Application
deadline: December 23, 2007
- Centre for Scientific Research,
Faculty of Law, SEE University in Tetovo, Republic of Macedonia -
'Organized Crime - Legal Aspects'
Anthology - Call for
papers Application deadline: December 31,
2007
- School competition
‘50 Years Together in Diversity’
Application
deadline: December 31, 2007
- ‘Central and Eastern Europe in a
Globalised World’ 3rd Changing Europe Summer School,
July 28 -
August 2, 2008, Bremen, Germany - Call for
applications Application deadline: January 5,
2008
- ERSTE Foundation - PATTERNS.
Researching And Understanding Recent Cultural History - Call For
Submissions
Application deadline: January 11,
2008
- HUMSEC Journal - Call for
papers
Application deadline: January 14,
2008
- ! SEEU Review - Issue with emphasis on
the environment - Call for Papers
Application
deadline: January 15, 2008
- 'War, Virtual War and Human Security’
5th Global Conference, May 5 – 7, 2008, Budapest,
Hungary
Application deadline: January 18,
2008
- Polis Journal – Call for
papers
Application deadline: January 30,
2008
- ‘Transatlantic Dialogues. Eastern
Europe, The U.S., and Post-Cold War Cultural Spaces’
Workshop,
May 24, 2008, Bucharest, Romania - Call for
Papers Application deadline: January 31,
2008
- Analytical Journal -
Call for papers
Application deadline: January
31, 2008
- International Association for
Political Science Students' Academic Journal ‘Politikon’ - Call
for papers
Application deadline: January 31,
2008
- CEU Political Science Journal –
‘Institutional Reforms and State Capacity’ Vol. 3, No. 2, April
2008 - Call for Papers
Application deadline:
February 1, 2008
- Department of Sociology and Social
Anthropology, Central European University - ‘Framing Struggles:
Critical Approaches to Anth! ropology
and Sociology’
Postgraduate Conference, Jun! e 13 211; 14, 2008, Budapest,
Hungary Application deadline: February 1,
2008
- Topical Issues in Curriculum
Development Workshop: Incorporating Diversity in Public
Administration Education,
March 17 – 21, 2008, Budapest,
Hungary Application deadline: February 4,
2008
- Public Interest Law Institute –
‘Teaching Law, Human Rights and Ethics’ Summer Course, July 7 -
11, 2008, Budapest, Hungary
Application
deadline: February 14, 2008
- CEU Summer University - 'Public
Management of Urban Change in Transitional Cities' Course, July 7
- 18, 2008, Budapest, Hungary
Application
deadli! ne: February 14, 2008
- University of Amsterdam, Eastern
European History and Eastern European Studies - 'Nationalism and
Communism' -
Workshop/Call for Papers, April 25,
2008 Application deadline: February 15, 2008
- ‘Design Cinema 2008’, 3rd
International Design and Cinema Conference, November 19 - 22,
2008, Istanbul, Turkey - Call for
Papers
Application deadline: March 30,
2008
- 3rd International Youth Media Summit,
August 20 – 27, 2008, Belgrade, Serbia
- BEST - Courses for Students o! f
Technology
- Test Theatre to
Students - ‘Theatre at the Universities in SEE: Founding a
Regional Centre of IUTA’ Regional Conference,
January 24 - 26,
2008, Zagreb, Croatia
3. Useful
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Institute for
Humane Studies - Humane Studies Fellowship 2008 - 2009 Application deadline: December 31,
2007
The
Institute for Humane Studies awards scholarships up to $12,000 for
undergraduate or graduate study in the United States or abroad. Last
year IHS awarded 120 scholarships to outstanding undergraduate,
graduate, law, and professional students who are exploring the
principles, practices, and institutions necessary to a free society
through their academic work. Select winners and finalists are
invited to present and discuss their research at the annual Humane
Studies Research Colloquium.
Required Materials To apply
for a 2008 - 2009 Humane Studies Fellowship, please visit the
application site to complete the online application. The online
application requires a short registration process and allows online
document uploads of all supporting materials. The entire application
is online this year and we strongly encourage you to upload or paste
all material into the online system. Some items, however, may be
mailed; these items are listed below: official score reports for
your most recent standardized test (GRE, LSAT, etc.) formatted
resume (optional) a $25.00 non-refundable application fee (if paying
by check). Please begin collecting supporting materials early, as
certain items may take time to compile. Instructions for how to
submit supporting materials are detailed at the end of the online
application. The deadline for your recommenders to submit their
recommendations is January 16, 2008.
More information Website:
http://www.theihs.org/scholarships/id.775/default.asp
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John F.
Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University - The Kokkalis
Program Fellowships for Master´s Studies Application deadline: January 4, 2008
The Kokkalis
Program strives to support individuals committed to invigorating the
public sector in Southeastern and East-Central Europe by providing
fellowships for study at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of
Government.
Eligible to apply for a 2008 Kokkalis Fellowship
are natives of Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia,
Greece, Hungary, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Moldova,
Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia and Turkey who are applying
for one of the following degree programs at the Kennedy School of
Government: Master in Public Policy (MPP); Master in Public
Administration (MPA2); Mid-Career Master in Public Administration
(MC/MPA); Master in Public Administration in International
Development (MPA/ID).
Candidates with academic and/or
professional backgrounds in one of the following fields are highly
encouraged to apply: public policy and/or administration, the
non-profit sector, law, economics, social sciences, or related
fields. All applicants should demonstrate a strong commitment to
public service and the region of Southeastern and East-Central
Europe.
More information Website:
http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/kokkalis/fellowships3.html http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/apply/index.htm
http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/apply/deadlines.htm
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European
Commission and Open Society Institute - Internship for Young Roma
University Graduates Application deadline:
January 7, 2008
The European
Commission in co-operation with the Open Society Institute is
pleased to offer 5 five-month internships beginning on 1st March,
2008 for young Roma university graduates from all new member states
(excluding Cyprus and Malta), Croatia, F.Y.R.O.M, Serbia, including
Kosovo, and Montenegro. These training periods involve work
experience in one of the Commission's departments.
The
internship has the following main aims: · To give Roma interns a
general idea of the objectives and problems of European integration
· To provide them with practical knowledge of the working of
Commission departments · To enable them to acquire personal
experience by means of the contacts made in the course of their
everyday work · To enable them to enrich and put into practice
the knowledge they have acquired during their studies or
professional careers.
Profile of interns: · Nationals
from all new member states (excluding Cyprus and Malta), Croatia,
F.Y.R.O.M, Serbia, including Kosovo, and Montenegro, who are of Roma
origin · Applications from women are encouraged · The
candidates must have completed a course of university education and
obtained a full degree or its equivalent by the closing date for
applications. Applications are only accepted if they are accompanied
by a photocopy of the candidate's degree certificate (or, in the
absence of this document, an official statement from the university
confirming the degree result) · Preference will be given to
candidates with proven experience in civil society work · Working
knowledge of at least English or French. Ability to draft reports in
one of these languages. Other languages would be appreciated ·
Minimum computer literacy · The age limit for interns is minimum
25. However, the Selection Committee may, if there is a good reason,
make exceptions to this age limit at the candidate's request (in
which case, a cover letter should be submitted with the application
form). As the nature of the Commission's in-service training
programme is young graduates at the beginning of their career, this
age limit should not be considered to be discriminatory · The
internship scheme at the Commission is open to candidates who have
not benefited yet from in-service training in another European
institution or body
Time frame: Five-month internship -
Starting date: 1st March, 2008
Note: Candidates should only
apply if they seriously intend to take up the offer of an internship
within the European Commission. Notification of withdrawal from the
program after selection is unacceptable as it precludes others from
this opportunity and is a source of inconvenience to both Open
Society Institute and the European Commission.
Financial
assistance for the internship is provided by the Open Society
Institute. The 5 month internship grant covers: · Travel expenses
to and from Brussels will be arranged by OSI/RPP (using the cheapest
available means of transportation). Actual travel expenses will be
covered by the OSI up to a maximum of 600 Euro. · Accommodation,
subsistence and health and accident insurance: 6000 Euro (1200
Euro/month). Note: The Commission is not involved in budget
management or making the relevant payments in relation to this
programme.
More information Website:
http://www.soros.org/initiatives/roma/news/romaintern_20071116
E-mail: rpp@osi.hu
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Policy
Association for an Open Society - Helping Impoverished and
Vulnerable Groups Navigate out of Poverty: Legal and Regulatory
Obstacles to Local Poverty Reduction - Applied Research and Policy
Advocacy Application deadline: January 15,
2008
For the
millions of impoverished peoples living in the transition region of
Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, working, residing and
functioning in the informal, or extra-legal, sector is often a fact
of life. Evidence has shown that in some regions this is largely a
result of cumbersome and prohibitive legal and regulatory obstacles
when it comes to employment, entrepreneurship, housing, property and
public services. Aside from relegating people to a gray zone of
existence, these conditions often inhibit economic activity, reduce
opportunities and ultimately contribute to local poverty.
The
objective of this project is to contribute to the removal/
modification of laws and regulations (national, local and others)
that prevent or reduce the ability of low-income groups to increase
their incomes and improve their living conditions. It is also
expected that the findings of this research, and the possible
follow-up advocacy and actions, may serve as an inspiration and
guide for those trying to achieve similar goals in other parts of
the world.
Policy centres should produce an analytical policy
paper identifying and analysing the obstacles described above,
concluding with suggestions of modifications to be introduced to the
legal and regulatory frameworks at the pertinent levels. Centres
should also devise an advocacy strategy and seek partnership
opportunities to promote the introduction of these
changes.
As a general rule, the research should focus on two
to five municipalities, or areas of those municipalities, containing
a large proportion of low-income or impoverished households. The
research should identify the municipalities that would be analysed
in the above context in their proposals. Areas of inquiry should
include, but are not limited to, obstacles that inhibit: -
Employment and/or productive, commercial, entrepreneurial, and other
income-earning activities) - Acquiring adequate housing or
incremental upgrading substandard housing (considering household
expenditure capacity) - Acquiring property rights - Access to
utilities and services.
The principal sources of data at this
level should be the selected representative households, local
government officials/employees, relevant NGOs and policy centres,
and other qualified information sources. This ‘demand side’ data on
the obstacles as experienced in real life will need to be
complemented by research on relevant legislation, ordinances and
regulations.
In developing policy recommendations, policy
centres will be encouraged to seek good practice examples from their
own countries and abroad where demonstrable achievements have been
made towards improving legal and regulatory impediments to the poor.
Analysis of how similar interventions may be applied in the centres’
respective local settings should then be included in the
studies.
Proposals (maximum five A4 pages) should state the
total fee (including specified VAT charges where applicable), which
should be in the range €2,500 - €4,500. Up to eight proposals will
be funded under this call issued by PASOS (Policy Association for an
Open Society), with the support of the Local Government and Public
Service Reform Initiative (LGI) of the Open Society Institute (OSI).
More information E-mail:
poverty@pasos.org jefflovitt@pasos.org
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INTERREG IVC
- European Territorial Cooperation Programme Application deadline: January 15,
2008
The INTERREG
IVC Programme aims to helps regions of Europe work together to share
their knowledge and experience. Launched in 2007, the programme will
run until 2013. This EU programme is part of the European
Territorial Cooperation Objective. The programme is targeted at
regions of the 27 EU Member States, plus Norway and Switzerland, to
exchange their experiences and transfer good practice.
The
programme is organised around two thematic priorities related to the
Lisbon and Gothenburg agendas. A certain number of sub-themes are
defined for each of the priorities: Priority 1: Innovation and
the knowledge economy: innovation, research and technology
development; entrepreneurship and SMEs; the information society;
employment, human capital and education.
Priority 2:
Environment and risk prevention: natural and technological risks;
water management; waste management; biodiversity and preservation of
natural heritage; energy and sustainable transport; cultural
heritage and landscape.
The following types of interventions
are supported in the framework of the programme: 1. Regional
Initiative Projects - classic interregional cooperation projects
with a large spectrum of intensity of cooperation: from traditional
networking activities to transfer of experience and/or
implementation of pilot projects, and even light mini-programmes.
2. Capitalisation including Fast Track projects - exclusive
transfer of regional development good practices into Structural
Funds mainstream programmes.
Eligibility: · The eligible
INTERREG IVC cooperation area covers the entire territory of the
European Union, including all new Member States and insular and
outermost areas. · Partners coming from non EU Member States can
participate in INTERREG IVC but at their own cost. However, partners
from Norway and Switzerland can make use of the respective
allocations of Norwegian/Swiss funding in the programme. ·
INTERREG IVC projects have to involve partners who represent at
least three EU Member States and who are financed under the INTERREG
IVC programme. · INTERREG IVC is a programme dedicated to public
authorities (in particular regional and local authorities) and to
bodies governed by public law.
More information Website:
http://www.interreg4c.net/projects.html http://www.interreg4c.net/faqs.html http://www.interreg4c.net/application.html E-mail:
regio-territorial-cooperation@ec.europa.eu
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World Bank –
Internships Application deadline: January 31,
2008 (for summer program), October 31 (for winter
program)
The World
Bank offers internships to young people interested to learn more
about the economic and social issues that affect people's lives
around the world. The programme offers opportunities for study and
work that provide hands-on experience. The Bank Internship Programme
offers graduate students an opportunity to improve their skills as
well as the experience of working in an international
environment.
Paid internships are available for winter and
summer programmes. It is open to students who are nationals of the
Bank's member countries. Candidates must possess an undergraduate
degree and be already enrolled in a full-time graduate study
programme (pursuing a Master's degree or Ph.D. with plans to return
to school in a full-time capacity).
This programme seeks
candidates in the following fields: economics, finance, human
resource development (public health, education, nutrition,
population), social science (anthropology, sociology), agriculture,
environment, private sector development, as well as other related
fields. Fluency in English is required. All applications MUST be
submitted on-line.
The Bank pays an hourly salary to all
interns and, where applicable, provides an allowance towards travel
expenses. Interns are responsible for their own living
accommodations. Most positions are located in Washington, DC, with a
minimum duration of four weeks.
More information Website:
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/EXTHRJOBS/0,,contentMDK:20515785~menuPK:1477648~pagePK:64262408~piPK:64262191~theSitePK:1058433,00.html
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Europe for
Citizens: Action 1: Active citizenship for Europe - Town
Twinning Application deadline: February 1,
2008
Town
twinning is aimed at activities that involve or promote direct
exchanges between European citizens through their participation in
town twinning activities and encourage networking and cooperation
between twinned towns. The measure Town twinning is part of Action 1
‘Active Citizens for Europe’ within the ‘Europe for Citizens’
programme.
Action 1 - Active Citizens for Europe, is directed
at activities involving citizens and at bringing together people
from local communities across Europe to share and exchange
experiences, opinions and values, to learn from history and to build
for the future. It encourages meetings, exchanges and debates among
European citizens from different countries and through different
means.
1.1. Town twinning citizens' meetings Town
twinning citizens' meetings consist in bringing together a wide
range of citizens and citizens' groups from twinned towns, taking
benefit of the partnership between the municipalities for developing
strong, informal and personal relations between their
citizens. Those meetings should present the following three
features: · Commitment to European integration · Friendships
in Europe - to foster mutual understanding and friendship between
people from the twinned towns · Active participation - Town
twinning citizens' meetings should be an experience of active civic
participation at local level
Town twinning citizens' meetings
must: · Be organised in the framework of already existing or
prospective town twinning arrangements between towns and
municipalities in the eligible countries. · Involve
municipalities from at least two participating countries, from which
at least one is an EU Member State; · Involve the following
minimum number of participants: - in bilateral meetings: at least
ten participants from the invited municipality - in multilateral
meetings (more than two municipalities involved): at least five
participants from each invited municipality.
The maximum
accepted duration of the meeting is 21 days. The maximum grant to
be awarded is EUR 20,000 per project, the minimum EUR 2,000 per
project.
Eligible applicants: The applicant must be the
municipality in which the meeting takes place, or its twinning
association/twinning committee with a legal status (legal
personality), and be established in a participating
country.
1.2. The thematic networking of twinned
towns Thematic networking between municipalities on issues of
common interest enables informed discussions and exchange of good
practice. Support is given to thematic conferences and workshops
involving at least three towns, developed within the framework of
town twinning. Communication tools produced in the context of
these events with the aim of promoting a structured and sustainable
thematic networking may also be supported.
Conferences and
workshops must: · Correspond to the objectives of this Programme
and to the concept of networking of twinned towns · Take place
in the framework of town twinning and in one of the participating
countries · Involve at least a total of 20 participants from at
least three municipalities from three different participating
countries of which at least one is an EU Member State · Present
a balanced participation of the delegations involved: at least 25%
of the participants must come from eligible countries other than the
host country. · Have a minimum duration of 1 day and maximum 3
days.
The minimum grant to be awarded is EUR 3,5000 per
project.
Eligible applicants · Municipalities and
twinning committees · Local and regional governments ·
Associations representing local authorities · Be from 27 EU
Member States (on the 1st of January 2007). The programme can also
be opened to other countries, according to the agreements signed:
EFTA countries: Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway; Candidate
countries: Croatia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
(FYROM), Turkey, Countries from the Western Balkans: Albania, Bosnia
and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia (incl. Kosovo).
More information Website:
http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/citizenship/action1/towntwinning/funding_en.htm E-mail:
eacea-p7@ec.europa.eu
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Five College
Women's Studies Research Center - Fellowship Opportunities Application deadline: February 11,
2008
A
collaborative project of Amherst, Hampshire, Mount Holyoke, and
Smith Colleges and the University of Massachusetts,
Amherst.
The Center invites applications for its Research
Associateships for 2008 - 2009 from scholars and teachers at all
levels of the educational system, as well as from artists, community
organizers and political activists, both local and international.
Associates are provided with offices in our spacious facility,
library privileges, and the collegiality of a diverse community of
feminists. Research Associate applications are accepted for either a
semester or the academic year. The Center supports projects in all
disciplines so long as they focus centrally on women or gender.
Regular Research Associateships are non-stipendiary. We accept about
15-18 Research Associates per year.
Applicants should submit
a project proposal (up to 4 pages), curriculum vitae, two letters of
reference, and application cover sheet.
More information Website:
http://www.fivecolleges.edu/sites/fcwsrc E-mail:
fcwsrc@fivecolleges.edu
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Georgetown
University - Master of Arts in Conflict Resolution Application deadline: February 15,
2008
Applicants
for the M.A. in Conflict Resolution hold bachelors degrees in a
variety of fields, such as Government, Psychology, Business,
Philosophy, Theology, History, Sociology, Anthropology,
Communications, and Economics. They have a broad range of
professional, volunteer and overseas experience. The GRE is required
for all applicants. The TOEFL is also required for non-native
English speakers (except those who have earned a bachelors degree
from an institution where English is the primary language of
instruction).
Students are generally expected to finance
their study through a combination of personal resources, part-time
employment, loans, scholarships and federal or employer assistance.
Some partial tuition fellowships may be awarded through the Conflict
Resolution program.
Applications must include the
following: · Your CV or resume · An official copy of your
undergraduate transcript · An official copy of your graduate
transcript (if applicable) · Statement of purpose · Academic
writing sample (approx. 10-20 pages) · Three (3) letters of
recommendation · The application fee · The appropriate
Georgetown Graduate School of Arts and Sciences admissions forms.
More information Website:
http://conflictresolution.georgetown.edu/ E-mail:
conflictresolution@georgetown.edu
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Romanian
Environmental Partnership Foundation - Speak Up and Get Involved
program – Call for projects (for Romanian environmental
NGOs) Application deadline: February 15,
2008, 4:30 p.m
The program
will be implemented in the 2006-2009 period. The mission of the
program is to enhance, strengthen and support the advocacy and
watchdog activities of Romanian environmental NGOs, for the purpose
of increasing the contribution of these organizations and their
constituency to policy shaping, law enforcement and legislation
implementation (both EU and national) monitoring.
The
program is co funded by the Trust for Civil Society in Central and
Eastern Europe and it was developed in order to contribute to the
enhancement of the accountability, transparency, and effectiveness
of public institutions as well as to the strengthening of civic
support for democracy, promoting democracy of citizens and engaging
other stakeholders.
Specific objectives: · To improve
environmental law enforcement and monitoring on local and national
level · To improve the public funding mechanisms for NGOs ·
To initiate environmental policy analysis and dialogue between NGOs
and local and national decision makers · To raise awareness and
take action against illegal and unsustainable initiatives through
NGO and public involvement Beside grantmaking, the program will
include capacity building and networking components as well. The
available sum for 2008 is of 152.500 RON.
More information Website:
http://www.repf.ro/atituden.htm E-mail: csillad@repf.ro (Csilla
Daniel)
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CoDe - Joint
European Master in Comparative Local Development Application deadline: February 16,
2008
The
University of Trento, coordinator, (Italy), the Corvinus University
of Budapest (Hungary), the University of Ljubljana (Slovenia) and
the University of Regensburg (Germany) offer a number of fellowships
for incoming Scholars from non EU countries.
The main
objective is to enhance the exchange of teachers and researchers
dealing with issues in Comparative Local Development, also from an
interdisciplinary point of view, in order to share, acquire and
contribute to create knowledge and to pursue research in Local
Development.
The Call is open to scholars submitting
research projects for the study of Local Development in the main
disciplinary areas of Law, Economics, Sociology and the Political
Sciences.
The normal length of each fellowship is three
months. Scholars will be able to spend their period at one or more
of the Partner Universities. During this period, they will be
requested to conduct research in Local Development, to participate
in the activities of the Joint European Master in Comparative Local
Development, including teaching, giving seminars and supervising
students. Scholars can make their staying period between September
2008 and March 2010.
A number of fellowships is offered to
scholars who meet the eligibility requirements. The amount of the
grants offered is Euro 13,000. Each fellowship consists of a fixed
amount of Euro 1,000 for covering the travel expenses, and a
scholarship of Euro 4,000 per month.
In order to qualify for
the fellowship the applicant must be a non-EU country citizenship.
Candidates meeting this requirement are requested to submit the
following documentation: Letter of Application, including a
motivation for applying and the preference for one or more of the
partner universities, CV, List of publications, Research Project.
More information Web:
http://www.unitn.it/mastercode E-mail:
master-code@economia.unitn.it master-code@unitn.it
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Support to
Master's Degree Programmes in Human Rights and Democratisation
Outside the European Union Application
deadline: February 19, 2008 (date at place of dispatch)
The European
Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR) was adopted by the
European Parliament and the Council in December 2006 under the
Financial Perspectives 2007-2013. This new financing instrument is
the successor to the European Initiative for Democracy and Human
Rights, established upon the initiative of the European Parliament
in 1994. This thematic instrument, which entered into force on 1
January 2007, reflects the high political profile and specific
Treaty mandates relating to the development and consolidation of
democracy and the rule of law, and respect for human in this
area.
The general objectives of the new financing instrument
are to contribute to the development and consolidation of democracy
and the rule of law, and respect for all human rights and
fundamental freedoms, within the framework of the Community’s policy
on development cooperation, and economic, financial and technical
cooperation with third countries, and consistent with the European
Union’s foreign policy as a whole.
The European Commission
has drawn up a Strategy Paper 2007-2010 for the implementation of
the EIDHR. The EIDHR Strategy Paper identifies five distinct
objectives, forming the response strategy for the period
2007-2010: 1) Enhancing respect for human rights and fundamental
freedoms in countries and regions where they are most at risk 2)
Strengthening the role of civil society in promoting human rights
and democratic reform, in supporting the peaceful conciliation of
group interests and consolidating political participation and
representation 3) Supporting actions on human rights and
democracy issues in areas covered by EU Guidelines, including on
human rights dialogues, on human rights defenders, on the death
penalty, on torture, and on children and armed conflict 4)
Supporting and strengthening the international and regional
framework for the protection of human rights, justice, the rule of
law and the promotion of democracy 5) Building confidence in and
enhancing the reliability and transparency of democratic electoral
processes, in particular through election observation.
The
present guidelines concern the Call for Proposals launched in order
to select actions to implement Objective 4 of the EIDHR Strategy
Paper entitled ‘Supporting and strengthening the international and
regional framework for the protection of human rights, justice, the
rule of law and the promotion of democracy’. The global objective is
to strengthen the international frameworks for the protection of
human rights, justice and the rule of law, and the promotion of
democracy in accordance with European Union policy priorities.
The specific objective is to provide assistance to regional
networks for the training of specialists in the application of
international human rights instruments, in particular, to support
Master's Degree Programmes in Human Rights and Democratisation
outside the European Union.
The overall indicative amount
made available under this Call for Proposals is EUR 5.2 million from
the 2007 budget, subject to the adoption of the relevant financing
decision (2007 Annual Action Programme). Subject to the final
decision of the budgetary authority, an additional EUR 0.45 million
may be allocated to this Call for Proposals. Any grant awarded under
this Call for Proposals must fall between the following minimum and
maximum amounts: EUR 400,000 - 1,500,000. No grant may exceed 80% of
the total eligible costs of the action.
The initial planned
duration of an action may not be lower than 18 months nor exceed 36
months.
The present Call for Proposals aims to support at
least 5 networks of higher education institutions running 5 regional
Master's Degree Programmes in Human Rights and Democratisation. The
regional Master's Degree Programmes in Human Rights and
Democratisation supported under this Call will be located outside
the European Union.
More information Website:
http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/tender/data/d87/AOF80487.doc E-mail:
EuropeAid-MASTERS2007@ec.europa.eu
europeaid-on-line-registration-hd@ec.europa.eu
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European
Youth Foundation - Grants for International Youth
Activities Application deadline: April 1,
2008 (category A and B)
The European
Youth Foundation (EYF) is a fund established by the Council of
Europe to provide financial support for European youth activities.
It aims to encourage co-operation amongst young people in Europe by
providing financial support to youth activities. It concerns
activities, which serve the promotion of peace, understanding and
co-operation in a spirit of respect for human rights, democracy,
tolerance and solidarity.
The EYF provides financial support
to the following types of activity undertaken by youth NGOs or
networks, or by other NGOs involved in the areas of youth work
relevant to the Council of Europe's youth policies and work: ·
Educational, social, cultural and humanitarian activities of a
European character · Activities aiming at strengthening peace
and co-operation in Europe · Activities designed to promote
closer co-operation and better understanding among young people in
Europe, particularly by developing the exchange of information ·
Activities intended to stimulate mutual aid in Europe and in the
developing countries for cultural, educational and social purposes
· Studies, research and documentation on youth
matters.
The EYF may support the following operations: A.
International youth meetings for youth leaders (Category A) -
including seminars, conferences, workshops, camps, and festivals.
The EYF will cover up two-thirds of the total cost. B. Youth
activities other than meetings (Category B) - apart from meetings,
the types of youth activities eligible for EYF financial support are
studies, research projects and the production of information and
documentation on youth issues. In the same category, the EYF can
also grant study visits enabling youth organisations and networks to
make new contacts in Europe and thus extend partnerships and develop
co-operation.
D. Pilot projects (Category D) - youth meetings
or activities, which contribute more particularly to priority
objectives of the Council of Europe. Priority in 2007 goes to
projects linked to the themes of the European Youth Campaign for
Diversity, Human Rights and Participation ‘All Different, All
Equal’. A Category D-HRE is a pilot project focusing specifically
on Human Rights Education, as part of the Council of Europe's Youth
Programme on Human Rights Education.
Applicants must
represent either an international non-governmental youth
organisation or network, a national or local non-governmental youth
organisation or network, or non-governmental structures involved in
youth work, from the Council of Europe member states
(http://www.coe.int/T/e/com/about_coe/member_states/default.asp).
Application
Deadlines: · For categories A and B, the deadlines are 1 April
for activities under category A and B of the EYF taking place
between 1 January and 30 June of the following year; and 1 October
for activities under category A and B of the EYF taking place
between 1 April and 31 December of the following year · For
category D, there are no fixed deadlines for pilot project
applications or first (ad hoc) applications to the EYF, which may be
submitted at any time. However, according to the decision of the
Programming Committee on Youth (the decision-making body), all ad
hoc applications including pilot projects should be submitted at
least three months prior to the beginning of the activity in order
to allow a proper assessment.
More information Website:
http://www.eyf.coe.int/fej/portal/media-type/html/user/anon/page/How_to_grantA http://www.eyf.coe.int/fej/portal/media-type/html/user/anon/page/How_to_grantB http://www.eyf.coe.int/fej/portal/media-type/html/user/anon/page/How_to_grantD E-mail:
eyf@coe.int
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Rotary
Foundation - Rotary World Peace Fellowships 2009
The Rotary
Foundation is now accepting applications for the 2009-11 Rotary
World Peace Fellowship. Pursue a master's degree in international
studies, sustainable development, peace, and conflict resolution at
one of the six Rotary Center at: University of California, Berkeley;
Duke University, University of North Carolina, University of
Bradford, International Christian University, University of
Queensland, Universidad Del Salvador. Applicants must be committed
to peace and have a minimum of three years professional experience,
be proficient in a second language and have demonstrated a
commitment to world peace and conflict resolution.
More information Website: www.rotary.org
E-mail: laura.tell@rotary.org (Laura Tell)
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The Norwegian
Cooperation Programmes for Economic Growth and Sustainable
Development in Bulgaria and Romania Application deadline: December 31,
2008
In July
2007, agreements to include Bulgaria and Romania in the European
Economic Area (EEA) were signed. Following this enlargement, Norway
is granting 68Euro million through a new set of Cooperation
Programmes with the two new member states.
The objective is
to stimulate economic growth and sustainable development, and to
promote innovation and technology transfer. Consequently, the
programmes will prioritise sectors in which Norway has specific
competencies and technologies, and the Beneficiary States have
specific needs.
To be eligible for support, a partnership
between a participant from one of the beneficiary states and a
participant from Norway must be established, and it must be
established prior to application.
Who can
participate? Public or private companies, institutions,
ministries, non-governmental organisations and social partners are
all eligible applicants within the sectors of priority to the
programmes, provided that they are legal entities, and that a
partnership has been established. Partnership means cooperation
between at least one legal entity in the Beneficiary State and at
least one legal entity in Norway, and where all entities are
independent of each other and perform substantial tasks in the
completion of the project.
The amount of grant assistance
applied for individual projects shall not be less than 250.000Euro
and normally not more than 5.000.000Euro, projects promoted by NGOs
and social partners excepted. For such projects no lower limit will
apply.
The application is to be submitted only in an
electronic version, and signed versions of a hard copy of the grant
offer letter with supporting documents from Innovation Norway will
constitute the grant agreement between the project promoter and
Innovation Norway. The application and supporting documentation must
be in English. Euros must be used as the monetary unit in the
application form and supporting documentation. Only integers should
be used. Hard copy of supporting documentation may be posted to
Innovation Norway’s relevant office when the task manager for the
project is known. The hard copies need to be signed by the
applicant.
More information Website:
www.norwaygrants.org E-mail:
info@norwaygrants.org bucharest@innovationnorway.no sofia@innovationnorway.no
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Black Sea
Trust for Regional Cooperation - Request for Proposals Application deadline: rolling
basis
Black Sea
Trust for Regional Cooperation is inviting proposals from
organizations and institutions in the countries of the Wider Black
Sea Region on the Trust’s three programs: civic participation,
cross-border initiatives and east-east cooperation.
The
Black Sea Trust operates with a small, skilled staff with extensive
experience in the region. BST grantmaking is overseen by an Advisory
Board with representatives from every BST-supported country, as well
as from the BST founding partners (Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
and USAID). BST grantmaking committee is composed of GMF and BST
staff members, and BST founding partners. An extensive network of
proposal reviewers made up of partner donors and local experts
further guide BST grantmaking review and ensure
coordination.
Through its grantmaking, BST supports a wide
range of innovative and creative forms of citizen participation,
cross-border initiatives and east-east cooperation. Preference will
be given to those proposals designed to increase citizen engagement
with government; have an impact on public policy; strengthen
leadership skills of individuals and organizations; facilitate
cross-border and/or cross-sector cooperation; and allow for the
transfer of experience and innovative ideas through a clear
communication and dissemination plan. Average grant awards are
approximately $18,000. Grants over $25,000 have to be approved by
GMF Board of Trustees.
Who is eligible: Non-governmental
organizations, governmental entities, community groups, policy
institutes, other associations legally registered in Armenia,
Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Georgia, Moldova, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine and
Russia (the oblasts of Krasnodar and Rostov). The projects have to
be implemented in one or more of the countries
mentioned.
Individuals and political parties may not apply.
Non-indigenous organizations may not apply. Cooperative projects
between indigenous and non-indigenous organizations are considered
under East-East Cooperation component, yet non-indigenous
administrative costs will not receive BST support.
The Black
Sea Trust does not support scholarly research, academic fellowships
and scholarships, one-off events, humanitarian aid, refugee or IDP
return, religious activities, the arts or sciences. BST only
supports travel and website creation/maintenance as components of
larger activities.
Duration of projects: Generally, the
maximum duration of projects is 12 months. Exceptionally,
outstanding projects of a longer duration may be
considered. Amount granted: The average grant will be between USD
16,000 – 19,000.
How to apply: BST grants generally range
from $5,000 and $75,000, with most grants falling between $15,000
and $25,000. BST can support exceptional multi-year projects,
renewable on an annual basis contingent upon satisfactory interim
reports and performance.
There are no application deadlines.
Project proposals are accepted on a rolling basis and grant
decisions are made monthly. Final approval will be made by a
grantmaking committee or, if over $25,000, by the German Marshall
Fund's Board of Trustees.
Applicants must complete the
following two forms in English only: Application Form and Budget
Form. All inquiries will be acknowledged by email within two weeks
of receipt. Final decisions are typically announced within 10 weeks
of application.
More information E-mail:
BlackSeaTrust@gmfus.org (Subject line should include: the word
'PROPOSAL', the name of your organization, and the country in which
your organization is located)
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Challenges of
a New Europe: In between Local Freeze and Global Dynamics. Inclusion
and Exclusion in Contemporary European Societies, International
Course, April 14 – 18, 2008, Dubrovnik, Croatia
Europe is
facing a number of challenges. How can the rights of minorities be
safeguarded through political institutions?; in what ways do social
and economic differences within Europe pose a threat to the enlarged
EU and to the relations between the EU and its neighbours?; is
cultural diversity within Europe an asset or does it block further
cooperation?; can Europe afford its ambitious ideals for economic
and social development?; what kind of global player should Europe
become?; and what national or supranational policies are needed to
deal with the forms of inclusion and exclusion which are connected
with these challenges?
This course deals with the challenges
of a new Europe and focuses on the emerging choices which will have
to be made to cope with both the social problems we face and the
ambitions we cherish. The world outside Europe is looking at
European unification with great interest, enthusiasm, admiration,
curiosity and even jealousy, whereas the European countries and
peoples themselves seem to have a much more sceptical and sometimes
even negative view on this process.
In his latest book 'the
European Dream' the American futurist Jeremy Rifkin even states that
nowadays Europe - more than the United States of America - offers a
hopeful perspective for the future of humankind. The time of the
American Dream as an inspiring vision for so many people in the
world is over and has been replaced by the newly emerging European
Dream, he argues.
This course deals with this emerging
European experiment, which in many ways is unique and incomparable
with anything in history before. It is an open-ended process the
outcome of which cannot be foreseen in advance or, in other words,
it is a process we are working on together. In this course we shall
stress that we are not only observers of this Europeanization
process, but also, and perhaps even more so, active participants in
it.
This course is the sixth edition of a bi annual series
of courses of which Inclusion and Exclusion in Contemporary European
Societies is the central theme. In 1998 the emphasis was on the
exploration of the concept In- and Exclusion. In 2000 there was an
accent on empirical data. The edition of 2002 paid extra attention
to Inclusion and Exclusion in terms of (policy and governmental and
non-governmental) intervention. In 2004 the course focussed on the
EU-enlargement and the future of 'civil society' and 'governance'
and in 2006 we were looking at the dilemmas in dealing with
diversity and the directions that are open for action.
This
year our main focus is on some of the dichotomies which come to mind
when looking at the strategies available to deal with concrete
problems in the wider European space and in relation to the position
of Europe in the world, namely: - Parochial Europe versus
Cosmopolitan Europe - Provincial Europe versus Europe as a Global
Player - Frozen Europe versus Dynamic Europe - Stagnating
Europe versus Innovative Europe
During the course, in plenary
presentations and in interactive workshops, we will discuss Europe
as an idea and will look at the challenges contemporary Europe is
facing. We will explore the conditions for innovation and the
conditions under which Europe and the EU can develop, as well as new
forms of European Governance and strategies to support European
citizens to cope with Europe.
Working methods In this
course we try to bring together students that are likely to have a
future career within or connected with the public domain (and
lecturers and researchers) from the so called 'old EU'; new and
candidate member states of the EU; and from the so called new
neighbours. The aim is to share and to discuss our knowledge and
perspectives on the challenges of Europe. The intensive
international part of the course in Dubrovnik includes different
longer and shorter plenary presentations by resource persons from
different countries, workshop sessions with presentations by
participants, forum debates, simulation games, future creating
workshops, and so on. As lecturers and participants stay in the same
hotel, discussions will be extended during evening hours within an
informal setting.
Participants The course is open to
Masters and Ph D students and, in some circumstances, final year
undergraduates. In general the course is aiming at students of
disciplines that are dealing with issues related to the public
domain (social sciences including e.g. sociology, political science,
public administration and policy sciences, anthropology, European
Studies, law, economics, organizational sciences). The course is
selective. The selection will be made by the course directors and/or
the participating institutes.
Assignments Participants are
expected to give a workshop presentation and to prepare a paper on
research related to the central theme of the course. During the
months preceding the course there will be assistance through
information on the website and by e-mail. The final papers will be
published on the website after the course. Furthermore the
participants are expected to write a short summary of their own
presentation and a short report on one of the other presentations.
The summaries will be part of the hard copy and the e-version of the
final report of the course.
Students from Albania, Bosnia
and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and the
province of Kosovo should contact Dr Paul Stubbs, The Institute of
Economics, Zagreb, Croatia, e-mail: pstubbs@eizg.hr.
More information Website
www.inclusionexclusion.nl E-mail: W.E.Bakker@uu.nl (Dr. Wieger
Bakker, course co-director)
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Glocal 2.0:
Blogging: Evolution Treated as Revolution, May 8 - 10, 2008, Skopje,
Republic of Macedonia - Call for papers Application deadline: December 23,
2007
The majority
of the content daily published on the world wide web is user
generated, most of it posted on blogs or other social media
platforms. The exact number of blogs is impossible to state at any
given point due to the highly decentralised and dynamic character of
the blogosphere. The evolution of the Internet is driven by that
dynamic and decentralised nature of this new rhetorical opportunity
that is becoming more available and easier to use. There is a
growing need for sophisticated discussion of social media including
blogs, blogging, blogosphere and social software in
general.
The International Conference Glocal 2.0: Blogging:
Evolution treated as Revolution invites researchers and
practitioners (bloggers) for a discussion and analysis, as well as
for sharing thoughts and experiences on the emerging networked
society we live in.
We invite you to submit a paper proposal
in the proposed areas of interest: Blogging and Journalism; The
information flow within the blogosphere; Topical clusters in the
blogosphere; Topical blogs - sports, culinary, politics, etc.; PR
blogs and blogs in education; Citizen journalism in the (g)local
framework; Forms and consequences of emerging social software
practices; The political impact of social software; Blogosphere vs.
Mediasphere; Semantic Web (knowledge management, crowdsourcing);
Blogs and public opinion; Workshop(s) - Step by step
blogging.
Please submit your paper proposals (abstracts,
200-300 words) and a short CV through e-mail. Working language (s):
Conference – English, Workshop(s): English and
Macedonian.
More information Website:
http://glocalconference.wordpress.com/ E-mail:
glocal2.0@nyus.edu.mk (Jana Ivanovska)
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Centre for
Scientific Research, Faculty of Law, SEE University in Tetovo,
Republic of Macedonia - 'Organized Crime - Legal
Aspects' Anthology - Call for papers Application deadline: December 31,
2007
The topics
are: General - Organized Crime, Money Laundering, Smuggling of
People, National & International Perspectives of Organized
Crime.
The articles have to be on a high level and have a
high scientific content with a clear introduction, discussion and
conclusion. Each article must be accompanied by an abstract of not
more than 150 words. Each article should be 10-15 pages maximum (A4
paper format). The articles must be submitted in the English
Language.
More information Website:
www.see-university.edu.mk E-mail: b.netkova@seeu.edu.mk (Director
of CSRLF) arta.selmani@seeu.edu.mk (Arta Selmani, Director's
Assistant)
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School
competition ‘50 Years Together in Diversity’ Application deadline: December 31,
2007
European
Schoolnet launched in partnership with the Museum of Europe, the ‘50
Years Together in Diversity’ school competition that aims to raise
awareness about European cultural values, the milestones of European
integration and the 50 years of unity in diversity. The competition
is intended to enhance and support European citizenship education in
schools, in the year when the European Union celebrates its 50th
anniversary.
Competition theme: The competition theme is
‘50 years together in diversity’. The competition entries should
consist of an essay and a visual composition. · The essay should
answer the questions: In your opinion, what are the major challenges
that the European Union will be faced with in the next 50 years? How
can it deal with these challenges? · The visual composition
should focus on the topic ‘Europe in our daily
lives’
Participants: All schools and organisations in
charge of extra-curricular school activities in the 27 EU Member
States can set up teams of 10 to 20 students to take part in the
competition. The students must be aged between 14 to 20 years
old. There is no limit to the number of entries that may be sent
by a school. The student teams are encouraged to submit entries
resulting from a classroom-based activity, approached in a
cross-curricular manner (involving a number of school subjects).
Each student team must be coordinated by two
teachers.
Prizes: The competition prizes consist of a trip
to Brussels to visit the Museum of Europe, in March 2008. The trip
for all the 27 winning teams, including the travel and
accommodation, will be covered by the Museum of Europe. Each winning
team will be accompanied by two coordinating teachers.
More information Website:
http://www.50years.eun.org E-mail: info@eun.org
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‘Central and
Eastern Europe in a Globalised World’ 3rd Changing Europe Summer
School, July 28 - August 2, 2008, Bremen, Germany - Call for
applications Application deadline: January 5,
2008
Organised by
the Research Centre for East European Studies at the University of
Bremen in cooperation with the EU Institute for Security Studies,
funded by the Volkswagen Foundation.
The topic: The
changes in post-socialist Central and Eastern European countries
have been affected by outside influences more than any preceding
wave of democratisation in this ever-shrinking world. Most Central
European states quickly and successfully set course for EU and NATO
membership, which had major implications for the transformation of
their polities, societies and economies. States and societies on the
territory of the former Soviet Union and in the Balkans had much
bumpier trajectories, resulting in a broad spectrum of hybrid
political regimes with varying degrees of global
integration.
As globalisation is a two-way street, the
Changing Europe Summer School 2008 will focus on two sets of issues:
The first evolves around the influence of external impulses on the
transformation processes in Central and Eastern Europe in the era of
ongoing globalization. The second addresses the ways in which
political systems, societies and economies have reacted (and
continue to react) to these external forces and how they integrate
themselves into the global environment.
The Summer
School: Each year the Changing Europe Summer School brings
together about 30 young academics (i.e. mainly doctoral students
from disciplines like political science, economics, sociology,
social anthropology, law and geography) working on issues related to
countries in Central and Eastern Europe. Participation in the Summer
School gives them a chance to present and discuss their research
projects and to become better integrated into the academic
community.
The core of the Summer School consists of the
presentation of doctoral research projects and their discussion with
senior researchers of international repute in their respective
fields. In addition, there will be several sessions with experts on
how to acquire funding, obtain access to information, get published
and make oneself heard by decision-makers. The sessions will be
framed by lectures and excursions as well as other activities
designed to give participants the opportunity to socialise and
establish contacts. Selected contributions to the Summer School will
be published in an edited volume. The participants will be
integrated into an alumni network.
Paper proposals: Paper
proposals must be based on original research and may not exceed 1000
words. They must be drafted in English and must connect an empirical
question with a theoretical approach and concept in order to be
accepted. Comparative approaches (inter- as well as intra-regional)
are encouraged. An international review panel will assess the papers
for the conference in an anonymous review.
Costs: Funding
by the Volkswagen Foundation covers travel costs as well as
accommodation and participation fees.
More information Website:
www.changing-europe.de
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ERSTE
Foundation - PATTERNS. Researching And Understanding Recent Cultural
History - Call For Submissions Application
deadline: January 11, 2008
PATTERNS is
a transnational programme in Central and South Eastern Europe (CSEE)
that aims to research and understand recent cultural history.
PATTERNS initiates, commissions and supports contemporary culture
projects in a variety of formats and media. It aims to document,
analyse and investigate different aspects of and practices related
to the transformation of daily life and culture in CSEE, while
accounting for the pluralities that describe the region. The
programme focuses on the visual arts and culture that deal with
cultural phenomena before 1989 until today, including aspects of
popular, marginal and counter culture. It seeks to promote
understanding and knowledge of a differently lived past, which can
facilitate a shared present and future. In doing so, it takes on the
role of a ‘contemporary witness’.
The call for submission
addresses projects in CSEE that share PATTERNS' areas of interest.
ERSTE Foundation supports research, publications, as well as
artistic and cultural projects and initiatives. The Foundation is
particularly interested in projects which are just about to start
and develop cross-border issues from local contexts, strengthening
local structures and initiatives.
The call is open to
projects in the framework of non-profit organisations in Central and
South Eastern Europe. Since PATTERNS is an international programme,
projects from other countries are also invited to apply if the
topics they tackle are connected to the region or operate in at
least one country of the region.
Funding is offered
exclusively to non-profit organisations. Grants are not made to
individuals or political parties. Individual project work must be
embedded in the framework of a non-profit organisation.
More information Website:
http://www.erstestiftung.org/patterns-call/ E-mail:
culture@erstestiftung.org
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HUMSEC
Journal - Call for papers Application
deadline: January 14, 2008
The HUMSEC
Journal aims to widen the discussion on the issue of human security
in general and in particular on the impact of transnational
terrorist and criminal organizations on the peace-building process
of the Western Balkan region, the influence of transnational and
criminal organisations on the state and on the society, and the
connection between transnational terrorist and criminal
organisations in the Western Balkan region.
The Editorial
Board welcomes original scientific papers addressing the issues of
human security, terrorism and organised crime. The main topic of the
second edition of the HUMSEC Journal is: ‘The influence of
transnational terrorist and criminal organisations on the state and
on the society.
More information Website:
www.humsec.eu E-mail: journal@humsec.eu
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SEEU Review -
Issue with emphasis on the environment - Call for Papers Application deadline: January 15,
2008
SEEU Review
aims to provide an international forum for research, analysis, and
debate from a broad range of fields, such as economics, law, public
administration, education, language and linguistics, sociology and
environmental health sciences. SEEU Review will accept the following
types of articles for consideration: research, position papers,
white papers, and reviews.
SEEU Review seeks to publish
original work that demonstrates currency and relevance to the field
of study. Submitted manuscripts must not be currently under
consideration for publication elsewhere, and authors must assign
copyright to South East European University if the manuscript is
selected for publication.
We encourage all those who are
researching in the environment and health sphere from all aspects
(law, administration, science, education etc). Authors are expected
to read the guidelines before submitting an article. Authors who
have submitted papers that have not been accepted for publication in
previous issues are encouraged to submit their papers again using
the new guidelines. In addition to submitting the article in English
language, all authors must provide translation of the abstract in
both Albanian and Macedonian languages.
Authors should
submit their articles electronically to SEEU Review in Microsoft
Word format, and all manuscripts must be spell-checked and proofread
prior to submission. All submissions must follow APA (American
Psychological Association) style for format and references
(footnotes and end notes are not permitted). Manuscripts should not
exceed 8,000 words, including the abstract (which should be 200 to
300 words), references, and other elements.
The entire
manuscript, including the abstract, the reference list, and any
tables, should be presented as A4 size paper with single-spaced
typescript in 12-point Times New Roman. It should begin with a cover
page, giving the title of the paper, the name(s) of the author(s),
institutional affiliation(s) and correspondence address(es), e-mail
address(es), a suggested shorter title for running heads, and three
to five keywords. On the next page, put the article title and the
abstract, then continue with the body of the article. All pages must
be numbered.
More information E-mail:
review@seeu.edu.mk
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'War, Virtual
War and Human Security’ 5th Global Conference, May 5 – 7, 2008,
Budapest, Hungary Application deadline:
January 18, 2008
Is war an
extension of politics by other means? The locomotive of technology?
Is it humankind in its most natural state; or is human society -
despite perceptions and ongoing conflict around the world today -
actually moving toward an aversion to war and a state of peace? This
inter-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary conference seeks to
provide a challenging forum for the examination and evaluation of
the nature, purpose and experience of war, and its impacts on all
aspects of security, human security and to communities across the
world. Viewing war as a multi-layered, multi-factorial phenomenon,
the conference series seeks to explore the historical, legal,
social, human, religious, economic, and political contexts of
conflicts, and assess the place of art, journalism, literature,
music, the media and the internet in representation and
interpretation of the experience of warfare.
In particular
papers, workshops, reports, and presentations are invited on any of
the following themes: 1. How do we Talk about and Describe War?
Portrayal, awareness, language and expression. How do we come to
understand war in contemporary and historical cultures? 2.
Representations and Experiences Viewing War as a multi-layered
social phenomena. 3. History and Development of Warfare and War
Fighting How have we fought and why. Lessons learned, mistakes
repeated. 4. Extent, Conduct and Morality Can war even be
distinguished from peace, combatant from non-combatant, who are
legitimate targets? The totality of war in modern culture. 5.
Human Rights and Human Security Have the means and methods in
war, finally outpaced International law and norms of behaviour? What
protection is available? If truth is the first casualty in war, is
human rights the second? 6. The Boundaries of War How far
will humankind push the limits of acceptable behaviour and practice
in war? 7. Prevention and Peace Can we give peace a chance?
Viewing war as un-natural, preventable within a variety of
frameworks. The legal mechanisms and the trans-national social
movements 'waging peace'. 8. Non-state Actors and NGOs in
War Breaking the state conundrum, participation in relief from
the depredations of war, alleviating the suffering, advocacy from
theatres of war. Or compromising humanitarian Aid? Force
multipliers? Abrogating combatant’s responsibilities toward their
populations. 9. Future War: Revolutions in Military Affairs –
Emerging Types of Warfare. Be afraid, be very afraid. Are there
no limits to mans inhumanity to man?
The Steering Group
particularly welcomes the submission of pre-formed panel proposals.
Papers will also be considered on any related theme. 300 word
abstracts should be submitted to both Organising Chairs; if an
abstract is accepted for the conference, a full draft paper should
be submitted by Friday 18th April 2008. Abstracts may be in Word,
WordPerfect, or RTF formats, following this order: author(s),
affiliation, e-mail address, title of abstract, body of abstract. We
acknowledge receipt and answer to all paper proposals submitted. If
you do not receive a reply from us in a week you should assume we
did not receive your proposal.
More information Website:
http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/ptb/wvw/wvw5/cfp.html
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Polis Journal
– Call for papers Application deadline:
January 30, 2008
Polis an
academic journal published by the European University of Tirana
(UET), Albania, would like to invite post - graduate students,
researchers and academics in general to submit papers for its fifth
issue. The journal is published in Albanian and comes out three
times a year. It focuses on issues directly or indirectly related to
democratization in general and Albanian democratization in
particular. The four previous issues of Polis have focused on
political representation, Albanian Euro-scepticism, informality in
Albania, and the role of the international community in the Albanian
democratization, respectively. The papers published in the last
issue of Polis can be accessed on line at or through the UET
website: www.universitetieuropian.com
The fifth issue of
Polis will have as its central theme ‘The Crises of Representation
in Albania’. There are high and growing levels of dissatisfaction
with politics and politicians in Albania. Political debates often
seem to be disconnected from the everyday concerns of the citizens,
while the political scene is often characterized by high levels of
conflict and polarization. This in turn has produced a growing sense
of alienation with politics as reflected by a growing anti-politics
discourse in Albania. Citizens, intellectuals and even politicians
increasingly blame politics for most of the shortcomings of the
Albanian democracy.
It is this phenomenon that the fifth
issue of Polis seeks to explore by looking at it from different
angles, including but not limited to institutional, structural,
discursive, cultural or sociological perspectives. Therefore, we
would like to invite submissions that explore different aspects of
the crises of representation from a critical perspective. The aim is
to identify the sources of the dissatisfaction with politics and/or
assess potential remedies. We are open to submissions that focus on
the crises of representation in the democratization process in other
countries that might be relevant to the Albanian case as well. The
papers can be submitted in Albanian or English. If submitted in
English and selected for publication they will be translated into
Albanian by the Polis staff.
More information Website:
www.revistapolis.com E-mail: bkajsi@essex.ac.uk
kajsiu@yahoo.com
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‘Transatlantic Dialogues. Eastern Europe, The U.S., and
Post-Cold War Cultural Spaces’ Workshop, May 24, 2008, Bucharest,
Romania - Call for Papers Application
deadline: January 31, 2008
This
Workshop is organized within the framework of the Fifth
International Conference of the Romanian Association for American
Studies, ‘The Sense of America. Histories into Text’.
The
workshop focuses on the topical issue of transatlantic relations in
the post-Cold War period, and specifically addresses the question of
transatlantic exchanges, representations and misrepresentations that
characterize this age of transition and upheaval. Post-communism,
itself a highly volatile term, has come to signify a cluster of
historical, social, cultural, economic discourses about change in
Eastern Europe. While Cold War mythology was largely responsible for
drawing up a vision of a highly polarized world, the post-Cold War
configuration is still undergoing a process of negotiation to
account for new structures of organization that cut across fields as
diverse as culture, literature, education, politics, social life,
economics.
The organisers welcome approaches dealing with
the multiple binds of post-Cold War configurations from a variety of
disciplinary and inter-disciplinary perspectives including
literature, history, political science, sociology, economy, visual
arts, media and film studies, popular culture. Papers may address
themes such as those below: - Converging discourses:
post-communism, post-colonialism, post-modernism - The
post-communist transition and the renegotiation of Eastern European
identity - The postmodern ethos and post-Cold War cultural/social
dynamics - Eastern European predicaments and models for the
future - The ‘end of history’ in transatlantic perspective -
Transatlantic relations in the age of globalization - U.S.
cultures in Eastern European contexts - Exporting Eastern Europe
to the USA: techniques of representation and dissemination -
Post-Cold War U.S. literary and media discourses about Eastern
Europe.
The organizers are inviting proposals for 20 minute
papers on these and other themes related to the topic of the
workshop. Please submit 300-word abstracts by e-mail. A selection of
papers will be published in the workshop proceedings.
More information E-mail:
transatlanticdialogues@gmail.com (prof. dr. Rodica Mihaila, Dr.
Roxana Oltean or Ioana)
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Analytical
Journal - Call for papers Application
deadline: January 31, 2008
Analytical
is an electronic journal published by Analytica, which is focused on
studying and analyzing the recent and ongoing socio-political and
economic developments in the Western Balkans and the wider region.
The journal includes contributions artticles, opinions, comments -
that approach the subject area counntries of the Western Balkans
from various perspectives: politiccal, IR, economic, historical,
sociological, educational, etc.
Analytical now accepts
submissions for the first issue. The topic of the first issue is:
‘The Western Balkans part of the EU?’
The contributions to
the first issue are expected to address the subject of prospective
EU membership of the Western Balkan states, as well as the EU
experiences of Romania and Bulgaria that joined the EU in the last
round of EU enlargement. Contributions could address the various
aspects of EU accession efforts of the Western Balkan countries
including but not limited to: political efforts to fulfill
Copenhagen criteria and SAP requirements, public perceptions, public
discourse and popular culture, efforts for economic integration and
regional cooperation, foreign investments in the area, migration
issues and migration policies, historical perspectives of European
integration, etc.
The papers should be original and not
previously published. Format: MS Word Document. Papers should be
written in APA style (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/APA_style). Times
New Roman Font size: 12. Line spacing: 1,5. No indentation. Standard
MS Word margins. Limited to 2000 - 5000 words.
More information Website:
http://www.analyticamk.org/ http://www.analyticalmk.com/ E-mail:
journal@analyticamk.org
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International
Association for Political Science Students' Academic Journal
‘Politikon’ - Call for papers Application
deadline: January 31, 2008
Founded in
2001, the journal is published twice yearly and distributed in hard
copy and online to more than 10,000 IAPSS members in more than 40
countries on every continent. Politikon publishes the best in
undergraduate and graduate student scholarship from around the
world. Politikon is recognised globally for its position as one of
the leading academic journals publishing the work of students from
across the fields of political science and international relations.
The peer-review and refereeing process involves full Professors,
leading academics and experts from across the world and abstracts
from Politikon are included in the International Political Science
Association's (IPSA) Annual International Political Science
Abstracts.
Articles submitted to the journal should meet the
following standards: · English language · 4000 - 7000 words,
including footnotes · Microsoft Word or RTF file format ·
Fully referenced in Harvard style (see
http://tinyurl.com/nsfcg) · An abstract of no more than 125
words · Biographical information of the author (no more than 50
words) · Be concerned with political science, international
relations, international law, political economy, public policy or a
related field. For this issue the Editorial Board is particularly
interested in articles which consider environmental
issues.
More information Website:
www.iapss.org E-mail: politikonjournal@iapss.org
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CEU Political
Science Journal – ‘Institutional Reforms and State Capacity’ Vol. 3,
No. 2, April 2008 - Call for Papers Application deadline: February 1,
2008
CEU
Political Science Journal is a peer review publication established
at the beginning of 2006 within the academic community of Central
European University, Budapest. It is primarily targeted to promote
the work of graduate students and young scholars with a special
interest in the CEE space, welcoming also valuable contributions
outside this focus.
This issue aims to gather contributions
that focus on understanding the profound changes occurred at the
level of role and function of the state and the institutional
changes undertaken after the fall of the Communist regimes. The
contributions are expected to focus on the structural transformation
of state institution followed in the attempt to create new
political, economic and social systems in the post-Communist
societies. Some of the questions that could be answered are: What is
the impact of institutional and cultural legacies of the Communist
era on the institutional setting and development of post-communist
societies? What factors shaped the evolution State agencies'
financial capacity, enforcement power, and organizational resources?
What was the role of institutional transformation in creating
democracy and capitalism simultaneously? How did the distribution of
institutional reforms affect the distribution of resources and power
alongside the vertical structures of! the State (decentralization)?
What are the reforms meant to promote accountability, transparency
and good governance? What was the role of the EU accession process
in guiding these changes? What are the effects of institutional
imports, given the fitness with the existing institutional
environment?
The Journal contains a special Work in Progress
section designed to present research still under finalization and
PhD research proposals. Moreover, the section of book reviews
approaches the relevant books in Political Science and related
fields.
More information Website:
www.ceu.hu/polscijournal E-mail: ceu_polsci@yahoo.com
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Department of
Sociology and Social Anthropology, Central European University -
‘Framing Struggles: Critical Approaches to Anthropology and
Sociology’ Postgraduate Conference, June 13 – 14, 2008, Budapest,
Hungary Application deadline: February 1,
2008
Until
recently, most social research has focused on political and economic
struggles to the detriment of understanding cultural struggles. But
an undue focus on culture tends to ignore the contested nature of
economic and political interactions that provide the structural
underpinnings to cultural form and content. Anthropology can
contribute equally to understanding frames of struggles, and framing
the relevant problematic that needs to be exposed to public
scrutiny, while sociology is able to situate and analyse these
struggles in a broader perspective through its focus on macro-micro
interactions.
The main purpose of this trans-disciplinary
conference is to investigate how cultural, political, and economic
struggles are framed, both by actors and scholars. By framing
struggles we mean the ways in which participants themselves construe
and delimit the meanings of their actions in an era of accelerating
global changes, as well as the manner in which scholars and
researchers select their own frames of reference to make sense of
these social upheavals. Regarding social phenomena in an integrated
and multifaceted persepective, the conference will reflect on and
mediate between broad, distant, and sometimes seemingly incompatible
research fields and approaches e.g., religious studies, studies of
popular culture, as well as social movement studies and the
scholarship on migration and informal economy.
Concentrating
on a variety of issues concerning struggles, we seek to encourage
critical ethnographic/ sociological research enriched by theoretical
grounding. The conference will tackle the issue of framing struggles
from four main perspectives in the following panels (also see the
more detailed descriptions further down): Panel I: Borders,
Economy, Conflict Panel II: Approaching Religious Modernities:
Constructions, Contestations, Mobilizations Panel III: Performing
and Representing Culture, Ethnicity and Gender Panel IV: Activism
in (Post-)Socialist Contexts
Each applicant should submit an
(max. 250 words) and abstract introduction (max. 100 words) of their
academic affiliation/ research topic/ general research interests .
The organizers will be able to provide partial reimbursement
of travel expenses and accommodation at a hostel in central Budapest
to a number of panel participants. A possibility exists that some
participants be hosted by students from the department - please
indicate if you are interested in such option. Participants are also
requested to state whether they would need a visa for Hungary so
that organizers can assist in the visa process.
More information E-mail:
framing.struggles@gmail.com (Mariya Ivancheva)
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Topical
Issues in Curriculum Development Workshop: Incorporating Diversity
in Public Administration Education, March 17 – 21, 2008,
Budapest, Hungary Application deadline:
February 4, 2008
Organized
by: Curriculum Resource Center (Central European University), Center
for Policy Studies (Central European University), Managing
Multiethnic Communities Program of the Local Government and Public
Service Reform Initiative (OSI).
Ethnic, linguistic,
religious, gender and other forms of diversity are central issues
for public administration. This is certainly true for communities in
which diversity appears in devise forms, such as in post-conflict
contexts; it is also the case for any society in which principles of
democracy and good governance are established as norms. However, in
contemporary public administration education, public administrators
are rarely sensitized to the relevance of diversity to their work,
let alone how to address it comprehensively. Schools and institutes
of public administration must play a lead role in this regard,
incorporating diversity into their curriculum in a thematic or
topical sense (how diversity is relevant to public service delivery,
for example), and in their own policies (such as through application
or recruitment strategies).
This CRC workshop will present
an opportunity for the synthesis of views and experiences from a
range of social, political, and economic contexts. It will aim to
address ways of integrating diversity into public administration
education comprehensively. Discussions will consider diversity
topically and as an issue that should be integrated into all aspects
public administration education. What models of incorporating
diversity into public administration education exist? How can
curriculum be designed such that public administrators are
sensitized to the need to address diversity in their work? How can
public administration education itself be a model for incorporating
diversity into all aspects of work?
Topical Curriculum
Development Workshops of the CRC cover topical issues of particular
importance to the development of higher education in the region, in
all areas related to curriculum development. Organized by the CRC
office in co-operation with a wide range of strategic partners,
these sessions address current trends in curriculum development,
degree structures and particular or special interest issues. These
sessions are directed at a particular group of academics or focus on
a target region or institution(s).
All CRC Applicants
must: - Be university teachers and/ or professionals (who teach
part-time) in the Social Sciences and Humanities from the region
(non EU countries) who are preparing to revise or develop their
courses - Have sufficient English language ability, both written
and spoken, to participate in discussions and use resource
materials - Submit an application with all accompanying required
documents as stated on the CRC application form
All costs
related to transportation and accomodation during the sessions will
be covered by the CRC.
More information Website:
http://www.ceu.hu/crc/ http://www.ceu.hu/crc/crc_visit_appl.html
E-mail: lgiresearch@osi.hu (Meghan
Simpson) crc@ceu.hu
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Public
Interest Law Institute – ‘Teaching Law, Human Rights and Ethics’
Summer Course, July 7 - 11, 2008, Budapest, Hungary Application deadline: February 14,
2008
Public
Interest Law Institute (PILI) in cooperation with Columbia Law
School within the framework of the SUN program of Central European
University is organizing a summer course titled 'Teaching Law, Human
Rights and Ethics'.
This is a one-week course for junior law
faculty and senior students interested in pursuing academic career,
who wish to learn more about the use of innovative methods of
teaching about human rights in relation to various aspects of rule
of law, ethics, including experiential learning. The course is
devoted to giving participants knowledge on cutting-edge topics,
specifically within the themes of: (1) human rights, and (2)
professional ethics. The course will also provide skills development
in new methods of pedagogy. The ultimate goal of the course is to
convey challenging material, technical know-how and motivation to a
group of young academics, who will be expected to have an impact on
reform of higher legal education through their own curricular
innovations.
The program encourages applications from junior
law faculty, with 1-3 years of teaching experience. Basic knowledge
of international human rights law and commitment to educational
reform is expected.
The language of instruction is English;
thus all applicants have to demonstrate a strong command of spoken
and written English to be able to participate actively in
discussions at seminars and workshops. (In some instances
shortlisted applicants may be contacted for a telephone
interview.)
Application forms are encouraged to be submitted
through the on-line registration system. In addition to the
completed application form, the following supporting documents are
requested to be sent by regular mail: · CV (with a list of
publications if any) · A Statement of Purpose In the Statement
of Purpose please describe how the course is relevant to your
teaching, research or professional work, and in what way you expect
to benefit from it. You are advised to consult the detailed course
description on the course web page so that the statement of purpose
is in accordance with the main objectives of the course. · An
English language article or research paper in progress, which you
would like to develop as the outcome of the course. · One Letter
of Recommendation
Optional documents: · A copy of an
article in English, which you have recently published · A copy of
any English language certificate · A special cover letter, if a
tuition waiver is applied for
More information Website:
http://www.sun.ceu.hu/ https://online.ceu.hu/osun/ E-mail:
sunreq@ceu.hu
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CEU Summer
University - 'Public Management of Urban Change in Transitional
Cities' Course, July 7 - 18, 2008, Budapest, Hungary Application deadline: February 14,
2008
The course
will explore concepts and applications of urban policy, management
and planning within transitional cities. The goal of the course is
to create a conceptual framework to analyze approaches to urban
governance, planning and management within various communities and
their potential application at different spatial scales and levels
of economic and social development. Particular reference will be
made to the challenges of local leadership and strategy drafting,
and on how can they effectively impact urban change in transitional
cities. The course will help participants to understand the
complexities of local planning and how the application of urban
management tools and governance approaches will vary according to
local conditions, needs and the political environment.
The
Summer University was established in 1996 and is aiming to involve a
high-level international faculty (including CEU faculty), and
excellent advanced doctoral students, junior or post-doctoral
researchers, teachers and professionals as participants. While
application from all over the world is encouraged, continued
priority is given to applicants from Central and Eastern Europe, the
former Soviet Union and countries experiencing emerging democracies
worldwide. Applicants from these countries, when admitted on merit,
will be eligible for scholarship, while those from developed
countries will usually be expected to pay fees.
More information Website:
http://www.sun.ceu.hu
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University of
Amsterdam, Eastern European History and Eastern European Studies -
'Nationalism and Communism' - Workshop/Call for Papers, April 25,
2008 Application deadline: February 15, 2008
After the
fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 nationalism suddenly resurfaced in
Eastern Europe, or so the common wisdom goes. This implies communism
and nationalism have little to do with each other. In reality, the
communist regimes of Europe all flew the national flag in order to
gain popular legitimacy. After 1948, the People's Republics of
Central and Eastern Europe constructed the state ideology of
'Socialist Patriotism', a conscious blend of national and socialist
imagery. Parties presented themselves as heirs to national
traditions, and as guardians of national interests. They
appropriated national symbols and heroes, and pursued ‘national’
policies whenever possible. This was not just the case in Europe.
From Cuba to Korea, communist parties and states presented
themselves as patriots. A national communist self-image was not the
exception, but the rule. It is surprising that the communist !
'invention of tradition' and the socialist 'imagined community' have
been studied relatively little. Though there is an extensive body of
literature on the relationship between communism and nationalism,
the national element in communist ideology has on the whole remained
from view.
This has changed in recent years. Independent of
one another, several excellent studies have been published on
attempts by communists in individual countries to gain national
legitimacy. This informal workshop aims to be a first step towards a
more comprehensive view. Students of nationalism, historians of
communism, specialists on Cold War history, as well as country or
regional experts, are invited to give their
opinion.
Presenters of papers are welcome to concentrate on
an individual state, party, national symbol or policy, but are asked
to place these in a broader context. To what extent does 'Socialist
Patriotism' fit into existing theories of nationalism? Could
communists actually be called 'nationalistic' or even
'nationalists'? Was the communist use of national propaganda
instrumental and exploitative, or was it founded on progressive
traditions of nationalism? How were national credentials of local
parties squared with proletarian internationalism and the alliance
with other communist countries? To what extent did communist parties
construct ethnic 'enemies of the people'? In what way did
anti-Semitism influence the national credentials of communist
parties? Was communist national propaganda ultimately successful?
These and other questions will be central to the discussions at the
meeting.
A practical goal is take first steps towards the
organization of a larger workshop on this topic in 2009. This is to
culminate in an edited volume on nationalism and communism. Please
send proposals for papers (max 400 words) to dr. Martin
Mevius.
More information E-mail:
m.mevius@uva.nl
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‘Design
Cinema 2008’, 3rd International Design and Cinema Conference,
November 19 - 22, 2008, Istanbul, Turkey - Call for Papers Application deadline: March 30,
2008
The moving
image has become a powerful medium for the representation of
designed worlds and revolutionized the abstraction of that which is
designed. While designers have become more open to the interests of
cinema, cinema is expansively engaged with issues of design. This
third meeting of the series Design and Cinema is organized with the
intention of bringing together scholars and practitioners for
theorizing and rhetorizing the interpretation and production of
those environments assumed to exist as real, hyper-real and/or
virtual, embracing all hybrid forms. We believe that this theme will
uncover those other far-reaching issues related to the realized and
potential mise-en-scène designed. The real covers issues of
designing of objects and environments, and the experience of the
designed, as in the staging of the setting including both the actors
and the scenery. Since what we understand from the! hyper-real is an
illusion whose effects are more real than the reality itself, the
socio-political character of this phenomenon is expected to unravel
itself in discussions dealing with the forces involved in the
manipulation of reality and the blurring of the real for those who
experience it in their daily lives. The virtual understood as a
parallel universe, the technology and know-how employed in its
implementation, and all hybrid forms of existing parallel in the
world of the real and the virtual are expected to be the focus of
discussions here. Ideas, speculative propositions, media, practices,
products, that fall under the issues presented here are welcome.
Buildings, environments, products, film, television, computers,
costume, games, sound, all are expected to act as agents of
discussion.
Key issues include, but are not limited to the
following areas of interest: 2D, 3D, 4D, Animation, Advertisement,
Artificial Intelligence, Artwork-based entertainment, Audiovisual
media, Atmosphere creating, Character design, Cinematic design,
Comedy, Comics, Commercials, Computer games, Computer generated,
Costume, Digital media, Digital Sculpture, Disneyification,
Entertainment industry, Fiction, Film Analysis, Game industry, Game
Culture, Gender, Sexuality and Popular Culture, Graphic
Storytelling, Holography, Home theatre, Horror, Interactive game
tools, Interactive installations, Interactive media, Make-up, Matte
painting, Media Convergence, Motion Capture, Multi-dimensional
environments, Narrative media, New media, Parallel universes,
Personal immersive environment, Physical Spaces, Portable
multi-media, Post-production, Props, Robotics, Science Fiction,
Screening, Sets, Simulacra and simulation, Special effects, Society
of the spectacle, Sound, Stage design, Storytell! ing, Supernatural
Theatre buildings, Theories of Media, TV broadcasts, TV characters,
World making, Virtual spaces.
We seek to bring to the front
through this conference one of the ongoing discussions:
representation and realization of the designed setting with
reference to theory, tools, and practices.
Submitted
abstracts and papers will be reviewed by an international scientific
committee. Keynote speakers will be announced following their
confirmation, although positive contacts have been established.
Electronic submission of papers is required in .pdf and .doc format.
Abstracts of 750 words, with brief resume should be submitted by
e-mail.
More information Website:
http://www.designcinema2008.org E-mail:
submission@designcinema2008.org info@designcinema2008.org
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3rd
International Youth Media Summit, August 20 – 27, 2008, Belgrade,
Serbia
We invite
organizations, schools and other institutions working with media to
nominate two young media enthusiasts 15-22 years old to participate
in the Summit. The young participants must be candidates as Student
Filmmaker and Student Diplomat.
This Summit will continue
the work started in 2006, and will incorporate changes based on last
year's feedback from the first (Los Angeles) and second (Sydney)
Summit. One of these changes will be a greater emphasis on
developing media production skills. Also, the student delegates will
be broadcasting on a daily basis via Serbian Broadcasting
Corporation, Radio, internet Radio, podcasting and vodcasting.
We are asking those countries with the ability to raise the
necessary funds to provide their own airfare to Belgrade, Serbia.
Any funds raised by 3rd IYMS organizers will be used to pay part of
airfares for delegates from economically disadvantaged regions, or
countries facing humanitarian challenges.
· All delegates
must be 15- 22 years old being represented by a recognized media
program at a school, arts and/or cultural non for profit Non
Government Organization. (We are looking for delegates who will
continue to advocate, addressing Summit issues locally, regionally,
nationally and internationally at all times. · Student delegates
will need to complete their initial assignments and submit them to
3rd IYMS organizers. · You will also need to fill out an
application. On the application, you will find directions for those
requesting financial help for plane fare. Adults wishing to take
part in Summit 2008 should fill out an application and address the
professional capacities in which they can mentor/supervise
students.
Please start to research what you will need to do
for a visa to Serbia, and the timeline.
To insure that the
Summit can cover some expenses: a registration fee of $300US (€220)
is required per participants upon their acceptance.
Please
note that 3rd IYMS will provide local transport within the Belgrade
Airport and Youth Hostel situated at the centre of Belgrade,
Training and Facilitation by industry professionals as well as
accommodation including Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner for the duration
of the summit.
More information Website:
www.IYMS.eu E-mail: rajcevic@sbb.co.yu (Miomir Rajcevic, 3rd
Summit Coordinator)
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BEST -
Courses for Students of Technology
BEST, Board
of European Students of Technology, is a non profit student
organisation. It is run by students, working for students. BEST
organises different activities where students from member
universities get the opportunity to increase their international
experience, establish contacts, improve their English and have fun.
Each BEST Course is attended by 20-30 students of engineering.
Local BEST groups arrange short (1-2 weeks long) courses
during winter, spring and summer, where engineering students get the
chance to learn more about a specific topic in their field of
interest. BEST also organises seminars on educational issues,
engineering competitions and leisure events. In a learning event
participants attend lectures given by the university's teaching
staff or by experts from companies. They visit companies, industrial
plants or research centres and sometimes take part in case studies.
Topics of the learning events cover mainly different
technology fields, economics, marketing and management. At the end
of the course students take an exam, which is designed to test the
results of the course and evaluate the participants' success. An
increasing number of courses are recognised by many universities and
students attending these courses can get credit from their home
universities.
The organising local BEST group takes care of
accommodation and subsistence during the entire event,
transportation to lectures and all activities related to the
contents of the event, teaching and material costs and social
activities. Depending on the situation of the local BEST group,
there might be a participation fee: · Students from Czech
Republic, Croatia, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and
Slovakia pay 1/3 of the fee. · Students from Bulgaria, Macedonia
FYR, Romania, Serbia & Montenegro, Turkey, Ukraine and Russia
pay no fee.
Who can apply? · Students of technology from
universities with a Local BEST Group. You can find a list here:
http://www.best.eu.org/organisation/org_lbgs.jsp · Students from
universities belonging to partner organisations
How to
apply: · Go to BEST application system · Enter your email
address and your password, or register first if you don't have an
account yet · Enter the application to the BEST application
system. The organising local BEST group receives the
applications, and make a selection on regional aspects, the
motivation letter and on educational background of applicant. The
organisers also aim at having equal number of male and female
participants.
More information Website:
http://bas.best.eu.org/eventList.jsp E-mail:
info@BEST.eu.org
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Test Theatre
to Students - ‘Theatre at the Universities in SEE: Founding a
Regional Centre of IUTA’ Regional Conference, January 24 - 26,
2008, Zagreb, Croatia
Conference
is focused on exchanging of experiences in activities between
students, theatrical and artistic creators - amateurs and
professionals, but at the same time we will try to establish
foundation for Regional Centre IUTA (International University
Theatre Association) intended for delivering information and giving
support. There will be two working themes on the conference:
‘Artists in Residence’ and ‘IUTA SEE Regional Centre’.
The
Conference is open to all theatre practitioners who work with
university students and theoreticians of theatre/art/media at the
universities: theatre theoreticians, art historians, sociologists,
film and media schools, university students and anyone interested in
the development of contemporary art and culture among students on
our universities.
More information Website: www.test.hr
E-mail: testzg@gmail.com
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www.mva.si/see
SALTO-YOUTH
South East Europe Resource Centre and the Slovenian National Agency
for the Youth in Action Programme - Online database of youth
organisations from SEE in a new wrapping
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http://www.dianet.org/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_details&gid=20&Itemid=50
The first
guidebook on minorities and education in Southeast Europe
It
contains an overview of existing international standards, regional
experience in the field of education in legislative and practical
terms.
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www.bsph.org
Website of a
group of renowned Bulgarian publishers of books and periodicals in
human & social sciences
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Seedox.Org -
Online Digital Platfrom for Documentary Film from Southeast Europe
SEEDOX.org
is an initiative formed at the 7th goEast Film Festival aiming to
research and analyse the situation of contemporary documentary film
in Southeast Europe. SEEDOX.org was initiated by goEast Festival
Director Christine Kopf and Southeast Europe Expert Bernd Buder. It
was made possible through the support of the European Cultural
Foundation´s Balkan Fund and the Goethe-Institut. Up to now, very
little information has been available on contemporary documentary
production in Southeast Europe in the respective national
languages. There has been virtually no information on the subject in
English. The new website, online since the beginning of November,
fills this gap. SEEDOX.org provides essays on Albania, Bosnia,
Croatia, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Serbia, and UNMI Kosovo.
Credits for around 250 films, hereunder 150 with stills and
synopses, have been carefully researched for the site and are now
available. The database is a work in progress, production
companies are encouraged to supply additional information. The
website also provides extensive contacts for producers, festivals
and organisations as wells as a bibliography. Additional texts and
interviews with documentary professionals complement the essays on
individual countries, this part of the site will continue to grow.
SEEDOX.org makes information on documentary film in Southeast Europe
available to festivals and programmers internationally for the first
time. SEEDOX.org offers user-friendly search facilities.
More
information Website: www.filmfestival-goEast.de E-mail:
info@filmfestival-goEast.de
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www.developmentandtransition.net
The United
Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the London School of
Economics ‘Development and Transition’ publication
Focusing
on Central and Southeast Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent
States (CIS), the periodical is published in both English and
Russian three times a year.
The publication and website
bring together scholars from leading academic institutions with
development practitioners from UNDP. The aim is to discuss and think
differently about policy frameworks by mixing a variety of
viewpoints and analytical approaches from researchers and
practitioners to explore and explain the core issues and problems,
and to extract the best practices.
The latest edition focuses
on the private sector in Eastern Europe and the CIS, and how
development actors can boost its potential for poverty reduction.
Past issues have focused on conflict and development, poverty and
inequality, EU enlargement, growth and productivity, and minorities
and migration. The next issue (December 2007) will focus on gender,
followed by the environment (spring 2008), and reform of the
post-communist state (fall 2008).
More information E-mail:
peter.serenyi@undp.org (Peter Serenyi, Managing Editor)
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ECAS EU
Funding Guides for NGOs, 2007 Edition
The funding
guide contains: A full chapter on the 2007-13 financial
perspectives Extensive information on the restructuring of EU
external aid Information on the new structural funds which can
provide support for a wide range of projects They also guide you
on how to go about applying and give the right people to
contact
For easy handling, it comes in TWO volumes: Volume
one: Tips for fundraisers; new financial perspectives; funding
programmes for projects inside the EU; including programmes on
health, social policy, youth, environment, and culture; structural
funds; foundations Discounted price: 30Euro
Volume two:
Funding programmes for projects outside the EU, including
development aid, human rights, gender equality, AIDS initiatives;
European Neighbourhood Policy for countries bordering the EU;
Pre-accession Aid for the Western Balkans; foundations Discounted
price: 25Euro
Discounted price for set of both:
50Euro
More information E-mail: publications@ecas.org
(Vanessa Billen)
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