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Saturday, June 10, 2017

DAAD Helmut-Schmidt Scholarship Programme 2018 (Fully funded to Study in Germany)

Friday, June 9, 2017

Conference on Feminist & Gender studies in a global perspective:Interdisciplinary & International, February 8-11, 2018 Pondicherry, India






FEMINIST & GENDER STUDIES IN A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE:





CONCEPT NOTE:

   Since the early 1980s when a number of feminists, including Chandra Mohanty in her essay “Under Western Eyes” urged critics to examine the interplay of the local and the global and to expose the power-relations – both historical and contemporary – in discussions of postcolonial and global feminisms, there has been an increased emphasis on understanding “global feminism” through the intersecting aspects of race, class, gender and through colonialism and anticolonial forms of nationalism. Of late, emerging feminisms and gender studies as interconnecting disciplines, have tried to incorporate the pluralities,temporality and constructedness of all identities in a shifting discourse of changing power and resistance. Identity politics based on such precarious foundations are undermined even more by the rise of nationalism. But the query is how global feminism and gender studies can, continue to offer their valuable critiques given the rise of new nationalisms across the globe, nationalisms that threaten the formation of cross-border collectivities and alignments? And might the growing class, ethnic, and religious tensions within nations impede the solidarity that global perspectives regarding feminist and gender studies seek to forge? Who gets to set the framework for these debates, and which perspectives are elided when we fail to take into account the positionality of the critic? Can global perspectives on feminism and gender alter perceptions of masculinity and male gender? Similarly, in a changing global scenario, how and where do we place indigenous/aboriginal/subaltern women’s narratives and how do new alignments of nationalism represent LGBTQ and sexuality? Finally how does the global become personal? Are there feminisms of everyday life that can address or attend to the larger global issues that construct gender and sexuality? The aim of this conference is to re-view and re-frame these and related questions from a wide range of disciplinary and multidisciplinary fields, such as literature, philosophy, history, sociology and so on.







Themes:
The conference organizers seek papers from scholars exploring various subjects, including (but not limited to) the following:
  • Academic institutions and Work places.
  • Body politics, masculinity and sexuality studies.
  • Civil society and Human rights.
  • Diaspora/transnationalism and Translation
  • Feminist and Gender theories/Methodologies for a global world
  • Indigenous/Aboriginal/Subaltern narratives
  • Feminist historiographies
  • Literature, art, media, Popular art and Consumerism
  • Neoliberalism, feminism and gender
  • Social movements, Women’s writing and Political activism






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CONFIRMED SPEAKERS (Till Date):

  • Dr. Julia Vivienne Emberley, Ph.D.,FRSC, Professor, Department of English and Writing Studies, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
  • Dr. Nandi Bhatia, Professor, Associate Dean (Research and Graduate Studies), Arts and Humanities, Department of English, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.
  • Dr. Teresa Hubel, Professor and Chair, Department of English and Cultural Studies,Huron University College, London, Ontario, Canada
  • Dr. Tracy Isaacs, Professor, Philosophy and Women’s Studies and Feminist Research, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.








TYPES OF SESSIONS:

Registrants at The Sahitya can participate in only one session.  The Sahitya’s International Conference on Feminist and Gender Studies in a Global
Perspective
encourages the following types of submissions:
  • Research Papers: Completed research papers in any of the topic areas listed above or related areas. (15 min presentations followed by Q&A).
  • Round Table: Short presentations on any of the themes stated above (5 minute presentations). Session is open to conversation and debate between participants and the audience.
  • Panels of Work-in-Progress Reports or Proposals for Future Research: Incomplete research or ideas for future research in order to generate discussion and feedback in any of the topic areas listed above, or related areas. (10 minute presentations).Only for Research scholars.









FORMAT OF PRESENTATIONS:

  • Research Paper sessions will consist of three 15 minute presentations and a 5 minute Q & A time in a 60 minute session. The session will be divided equally between the presenters.
  • Round Table would be limited to 30 minute presentation with a maximum of 4 presenters and 10 minutes discussion time.
  • Panel sessions will provide an opportunity for five presenters to speak in a more open and conversational setting with conference attendees. Each participant will have 10 minutes for presentation.
  • Submissions for any of the sessions should include the name, department, affiliation, and email address in addition to a description of the presentation and the title page.









SUBMITTING A PROPOSAL/PAPER:

Before making your submission keep the following ready.
  • Title of the submission (be sure to use proper capitalization)
  • Topic area of the submission (choose a topic area from the list at the top of this page)
  • Presentation format (choose one: Paper session, Round table, Panel session)
  • Abstract of 300 words
  • Email Address (all acceptance/rejection letters are sent noted through the abstracts portal.
  • Registration would open on JULY 31, 2017 (Monday)









DURATION OF THE CONFERENCE:

The conference would begin on 8th February evening (Thursday) at 6 pm and close on 11th morning (Sunday) at 11 am. A local trip is arranged on 11th
afternoon at 12 pm. Those interested may look up the trip information.








IMPORTANT DATES:

  • Last date for sending abstract: June 16, 2017 (Friday)
  • Notification for selected paper-presenters: July 16, 2017 (Sunday)
  • Opening of Registrations July 31, 2017 (Monday)
  • Closing of Early Bird registration: October 15, 2017 (Sunday)
  • Opening and Closing of Second Registration: October 16, 2017 (Monday) and November 18, 2017 (Saturday)
  • Opening and Closing of Third registration: November 19, 2017 (Sunday) and December 1, 2017 (Friday)
  • Opening and Closing of Final Registration: December 2 (Saturday) upto December 10, 2017 (Sunday)
  • Conference dates: 8-11 February, 2018. (Thursday evening- Sunday noon)














Fellowships "Digital Humanities"

Fellowships "Digital Humanities", 

Marbach Weimar Wolfenbüttel Research Association











Call For Applications: 
The German Literature Archive Marbach, the Klassik Stiftung Weimar, and the Herzog August Library Wolfenbüttel collect, preserve, and provide access to more than 500 years of German and European cultural history. With the aim of intensifying their partnership, these three institutions have joined together to form a research association, supported by the Federal Ministry for Education and Research. This cooperation provides the framework for research work on three projects entitled Writers’ Libraries, Authors’ Portraits and Text and Frame. Another objective of the research association is to develop a digital research infrastructure. For more information on the association’s research projects go to: www.mww-forschung.de/en/.







The three institutions are calling for applications for several fellowships in the field of Digital Humanities, ideally lasting six months (at least three, a maximum of twelve). The programme is open to all disciplines and is directed towards young scholars (graduates at Master level) from Germany and abroad. Applicants must be working on a project linked to the interests and collections of at least one of the three institutions and make use of methods and techniques from the Digital Humanities (e.g. Markup Methods for Electronic Editions, Stylometry, Topic Modelling, Visualisation). Prior to the application it is recommended to contact the respective collection department for further information on the holdings of interest.




Fellows will receive a monthly stipend (€ 1,200 for graduates, € 1,800 for postgraduates); an additional travel allowance will be granted. The particular institution will support the fellow’s project with its own expertise and in finding suitable accommodation (guest houses may be available). Fellows are expected to contribute to the academic life of the particular institution and to participate in scholarly exchanges. The fellows are required to reside in Marbach, Wolfenbüttel or Weimar respectively. Unless otherwise stated, the general terms and conditions of the individual institutions apply.


Application deadline: July 15 (for a fellowship beginning at the earliest on October 15)








Application documents:







Contact Info: 
Please send your application documents and enquiries to the institution from which you are requesting the scholarship:

Deutsches Literaturarchiv Marbach | Postfach 1162 | D-71666 Marbach am Neckar
Tel. +49 (0) 7144/848-103 | E-Mail: stipendien@dla-marbach.de


Klassik Stiftung Weimar | Postfach 2012 | D-99401 Weimar
Tel. +49 (0) 3643/545-579 | E-Mail: forschung.bildung@klassik-stiftung.de


Herzog August Bibliothek | Postfach 1364 | D-38299 Wolfenbüttel
Tel. +49 (0) 5331/808-237 | E-Mail: forschung@hab.de






Thursday, June 8, 2017

1st International Congress on Local History: Concept, Practices and Challenges in Contemporaneity- 28 and 29 September 2017, Portugal

1st International Congress on Local History: Concept, practices and challenges in contemporaneity






Organisation: Institute of Contemporary History FCSH/NOVA

Venue: Cascais Cultural Centre

When: 28 and 29 September 2017
Deadline for proposals: 15 June 2017








Since mid-nineteenth century, local history has aroused the interest of historians and researchers who study the past of a particular region or community with the purpose of restoring their collective and individual memories. At the scientific level, this reality is manifested in the multiplication of master and doctoral thesis on themes related to local history, fostering innovative knowledge and giving birth to a new wave of historians interested in working on such topics.

The 1st International Congress on Local History proposes to create a space of interdisciplinary sharing and reflection, valuing the importance of local history in contemporary historiography, through a critical approach to the concept and opening a debate around research methodologies and practices. Contributing to problematize several issues inherent to a theoretical-methodological consideration, in the contemporary period, this initiative intends to promote an effort for the confluence of visions and solutions that hopefully will help to overcome everyone’s difficulties.












Call for Papers
The opening of this call for papers for all interested in this subject pretends, in addition to the dissemination of local and regional historical studies, to stimulate an attempt to understand the challenges and obstacles met by researchers as well as the creation of an international network involving all those who work in this area.

Proposals for communication on local history in the contemporaneity can be conceived around the following thematic axes, without excluding others correlated:

Theory and methodology of local history;

The role of local cultural associations;
The importance of local history in high school and University curricula;
What does this subject means and represents;
Themes and works involving the history of a region (18th-20th centuries);
Municipalities and Wars.











This call for papers invites the submission of 250/300-word proposals for communications (including title) in Portuguese or English, with a short biography of the author (maximum 100 words). Communications accepted will result in 15-minute presentations.

Please send your proposal to the following email: localhistory.ihc.2017@gmail.com
Working languages: Portuguese and English (there will be no interpretation available)













Deadlines
Submission of proposals: 15 June 2017

Notification of acceptance: 30 June 2017


Registration
Researchers and Regular fee: 25€

Students: 15 €







Organising committee

Ana Paula Pires (IHC-FCSH/NOVA and Stanford university)

Diogo Ferreira (IHC-FCSH/NOVA)

Inês José (IHC-FCSH/NOVA)
João Pedro Santos (FCSH/NOVA)
Mariana Castro (IHC-FCSH/NOVA)
Pedro Leal (FLUL)
Teresa Nunes (FLUL e IHC-FCSH/NOVA)









Contact Info: 
For any inquiries, please contact the organising committee




International and Interdisciplinary conference, Kolkata, India, Dates: January 7-9, 2018

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Call for Paper and Panel Proposal
India Conferences:
International and Interdisciplinary
Kolkata and Jayanti Hills, India






International and Interdisciplinary Conference
Kolkata, India
Dates:  January 7-9, 2018
Topic: Person,Culture and Identity
Venue: Derozio Memorial College, Kolkata, India

Directed and organized by the Institute of Cross Cultural Studies and Academic Exchange, Society for Indian Philosophy and Religion Elon, NC, USA in collaboration with Derozio Memorial College, Kolkata,India








Subtopics:  Concept of Person and Personal Identity,  Society and Media, Society and Women Empowerment, Language and Cultural Identity, E-Culture, Sociology of Culture, Semiotics of Culture, Cultural Relativism, Culture and Ethnology, Cultural Diplomacy, Folk Culture, Material Culture, Culture of War, Transfer of Culture, Morality: Nature or Culture, Culture and Morals, Culture and Global Ethics, Theology of Culture, Globalization of Culture, etc.


Acceptance of proposal will be mailed within 2 weeks or earlier to participants
Email your abstract: chandanachak@gmail.com
Copy to: Iccsaexchange@gmail.com






Advisory Board: Yolanda Espina(Portugal), Tommi Lehtonen(Finland), Debkumar Mukhopadhyya (India),Deven Patel(USA),Nina Petek(Slovenia), Rizwan Rahman( India)Ming Shao(China),Dibyendu Talapatra(India), Richard Vulich(USA)Su Chen Wu(Taiwan),Yanling Xu(China)

Scholars from different corners of the world join our conferences. The Cambridge Scholars Press has published seven books co-edited by members of our advisory board from selected papers from our last conferences. We also publish papers in our Journal of Indian Philosophy & Religion if the theme of the paper is in the area of publication of the Journal.

Scholars can bring their students to join the undergraduate competition and “Encounter India program”.
Undergraduates can submit papers for international competition. Best 2 papers selected will be awarded a discounted short trip inside India along with free tickets to cultural programs.








Jayanti Hill conference( January 10-12,2018)
International and Interdisciplinary Conference
Topic:  Envioronmentalism, Globalism and Morality
January 10-12,2018 Jayanti Hills ,India.
Please  submit abstract (150words)by email
Sponsored and organized by the Institute of Cross Cultural Studies and Academic Exchange, Elon, NC, USA in Collaboration with Maynaguri College, India

Acceptance of proposal will be mailed within 2 weeks or earlier to participants
Email your abstract: chandanachak@gmail.com
Subtopics:
Environment and Economic Jusitice,Ecosystem and Sustainability, Enviornmental Ethics, Global warming,Climate Change and Biodiversity,Environmental Ethics,Green Ideology,Environmentalism, Feminism and Multiculturalism, Vegetariansim, Environmentalisn and Animal Advocacy, Gender, Race and Sextuality: Environmentalism in American Popular Culture, Environmental and Social Responsibility, Global Capitalism, Justice Globalism, Economic Globalism, Envioromental Globalism and Social Globalism, Democratic Roots of Globalism,Nationalism VS Globalism, Culture and Global Ethics, Global Village,Ethics,Morality and Society, Morality and Moral Controversies, Faith,Morality and Environment Subtopics are suggestive only. Conference organizers are open to other relevant topics addressing the theme








Contact Info: 
Dr. Chandana Chakrabarti
Institute of Crss Cultural Studies and Academic Exchange
Elon, NC 27244, USA
Contact Email: chandanachak@gmail.com