Women in Technological History (WITH) SHOT Conference Grant

a Society for the History of Technology (SHOT) Special Interest Group (SIG) 

WITH CONFERENCE GRANT - 2017

The Society for the History of Technology (SHOT) Special Interest Group (SIG) for Women in Technological History (WITH) announces its conference grant for 2017. Designed to defray some costs associated with attending the SHOT conference (such as lodging, meals, and other incidental expenses), the grant is open to individuals giving a paper at the 2017 annual meeting in Philadelphia. The reviewing committee prioritizes scholars whose presentations address women, gender, race, ethnicity, and/or difference in the history of technology. Women, minorities, international scholars, and those who are new to SHOT, are particularly encouraged to apply. 

For more information on SHOT 2017 in Philadelphia, see: https://www.historyoftechnology.org/annual-meeting/.

Awardees receive a check for $250 with the possibility of additional funds depending on stated need and WITH’s resources. Winners will be recognized in Philadelphia at the WITH luncheon meeting, where they will receive a check for the amount of the grant. Applicants should register and pay for the SHOT Conference and the WITH luncheon individually, prior to the conference registration deadline.

To apply, please send 1) a cover letter that incorporates a brief budget of anticipated expenses associated with your trip to Philadelphia, a list of any other grants or funding that may offset these expenses, and a brief abstract of your proposed paper, 2) evidence that your paper has been accepted by the SHOT program committee, and 3) a one page curriculum vitae. All application materials should be forwarded to pamedwards251@gmail.com. 

The application deadline for the WITH Travel Award is August 15^th, 2017.

Applicants should also consider applying for a SHOT travel grant, a larger program intended to help cover the more substantial costs of airfare and basic conference registration, or an EDITH conference grant, which focuses on diversity and international participation at SHOT. You may receive both a WITH and EDITH conference grant and a SHOT travel grant in the same year. Scholars with higher travel expenses may be able to piece together funds from all three sources. 

SHOT travel grants are particularly intended for graduate students, independent scholars, and young professionals just beginning their careers, as well as SHOT International Scholars. Eligible members residing outside the US, Canada, and Western Europe are especially encouraged to apply. For more information on SHOT travel grants, please see: https://www.historyoftechnology.org/about-us/travel-grants/. 

For more information and contact information about EDITH conference grants, please see:

https://www.historyoftechnology.org/special-interest-groups/.

  

Contact Email: 

pamedwards251@gmail.com

IHS Conference & Research Grant to cover travel costs and fees for career-related expenses - Graduate Students in the Humanities and Social Sciences

You’re a motivated graduate student who’s moving toward an academic career. You have an incredible paper that you’re going to be presenting at a conference. You’re ready to share your ideas with your professional community.

You’re also looking for resources to help you accomplish all of this.

The IHS Conference & Research Grant provides up to $750 to cover travel costs and fees for career-related expenses.

The Grant is awarded on a rolling basis to current graduate students advancing the principles of freedom through their career. Eligible activities include, but are not limited to:

•   Presentations at academic or professional conferences
•   Travel to academic job interviews on a campus or at professional/academic conferences
•   Travel to archives or libraries for research
•   Participation in career-development or enhancing seminars
•   Submission of unpublished manuscripts to journals or book publishers

Please note, Conference & Research Grants cannot be used solely for conference attendance. Funding will only be considered for individuals presenting a paper or interviewing for a job at a conference.

If you have previously participated in an IHS academic program or discussed your academic career with a member of IHS staff, please apply through the Hayek Fund for Scholars. 

How Do I Apply?

Applications for the IHS Conference & Research Grant are accepted on a rolling basis, and must be submitted online, preferably three to four weeks before your event or activity. Applications should be submitted through your existing IHS account. You may save your application and return later to submit it. (If you have previously participated in an IHS academic program or discussed your academic career with a member of IHS staff, please apply through the Hayek Fund for Scholars.)

Your completed Conference & Research Grant application must include the following items:

• A completed online application form
• Your CV or resume
• An itemized list of expenses

For those seeking the scholarship for career development you will also need:

• A summary of your presentation, such as an abstract or copy of the paper you intend to present at a conference, a description of arranged interviews, or a description of your planned research (e.g., a dissertation proposal)
• A brief essay, no more than 500 words, describing how your proposed activity will advance your career
• A brief essay, no more than 500 words, describing how your proposed activity advances our understanding of the principles, practices, and institutions necessary for a free society or our understanding of the classical liberal or libertarian tradition

Applications for the IHS Conference & Research Grant are accepted year-round on a rolling basis.

Applicants will be notified of the committee’s decision within four weeks of submission. Preference will be given to applications received at least three to four weeks before the fundable activity.

Awards are disbursed after the awardee presents original receipts. 

Awards are only granted for future activities, and are not awarded retroactively. 

For more Details: https://theihs.org/funding/ihs-conference-research-grant/?utm_source=hnet&utm_campaign=hnet%2017&utm_medium=Posting&utm_content=CRG%20March%20Push%20-%20Travel%20Grant%20Angle

Funded International Workshop on Hate Speech in KOREA, JAPAN AND FRANCE: A Comparative Approach Jan. 2018, Japan

Jan. 17(Wed) – 18(Thu), 2018

Ritsumeikan University, Japan

ORGANIZERS:

Asia Center,Seoul National University, Korea

Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations,

Université Paris Diderot (Paris 7), France

Institute of International Language and Culture Studies,

Ritsumeikan University, Japan

Call For Applications:

In recent years, hatred or instigation of discrimination has increased against foreigners, immigrants or various religious, ethnic and sexual minorities in different developed societies. Hate speech has more and more become a fatal problem to the social, cultural and political life of contemporary democracies. How should democratic societies respond to such persistent problem as well as to the broader forms of “othering” that motivate hate speech? How can we prevent it? It seems to us that neither the cause of nor cure for this pernicious phenomenon is well appreciated in the context of today’s globalized world. Societies in Europe and East Asia present ample occasions for examining the various dimensions of hate speech phenomenon. Many of the cases show that hate speech involves a complex web of historical injustices, economic inequalities, religious tensions, socio-political ideologies and emerging democratic challenges, as well as divergent legal constructions.

This project seeks to illuminate the national, regional and global dynamics of hate speech from diverse viewpoints that include the political, legal, historical, ideological and religio-cultural perspectives. To this end, it focuses on the cases of hate speech in the three countries of Korea, Japan and France. We will examine the contours of hate speech in the Korean, Japanese and French contexts; explore the historical, ideological or religio-cultural background of hate speech production and dissemination in each society that is globalized; and evaluate the cases and provide policy proposals from a human rights perspective. This research project is intended not only to show similarities in this global phenomenon observed beyond the political and geographical boundaries, but also to distinguish differences in the historical, legal and cultural foundation of each nation-state that cause and maintain the expression and structure of the discrimination. The comparative nature of this collaborative research will help fill in blind spots and lead to better informed and more sophisticated and practical recommendations for the prevention of hate speech in many Eastern and Western societies.

We invite paper proposals from different approaches such as communication, media studies, history, sociology, anthropology, political science, legal studies, religious studies that examine, but not restricted to, the following questions:

● What are the current contours of hate speech in Korea, Japan and France?

● How can we best respond to the challenges presented by hate speech in ways that promote a just and peaceful society?

● What are alternative strategies for managing the public sphere against hate speech?

● How is hate speech defined and delimited in law and public policy in the three societies?

● What are the differences and similarities in the phenomenon of hate speech between Europe and East Asia?

● What are the legal and discursive characteristics of Korea, Japan and France in dealing with hate speech?

● What are the most urgent issues regarding hate speech in Korea, Japan and France?

● How is mass media, especially the Internet, employed in expressing hatred against different minorities?

● In what forms do ethnic, sexual or religious differences play a role in provoking hate speech in the three societies?

● Why do ethnicity, sexuality or religion act as flashpoints in hate speech?

We are pleased to provide presenters with partial subsidies for accommodation and travel expenses depending on funding availability and on participant's needs. We intend to publish selected papers from the workshop as a journal special issue and/or an edited volume with a reputable academic press. We also plan to hold the second workshop at Université Paris Diderot (Paris 7) in the second half of 2018.

GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSION

1. Deadline: Please submit your proposal with a title, an abstract of not more than 500 words and a list of references, together with your name, position, institutional affiliation and email address by June 30, 2017.

2. Submission method: Send in MS Word via email to hatespeech2018@gmail.com

3. Final papers: Paper presenters are requested to submit full papers by December 31, 2017.

Please do not hesitate to contact us for any questions regarding this workshop.

Conveners: 

  Professor Jaejin LEE, Hanyang University, Korea

  Professor Myungkoo KANG, Seoul National University, Korea

  Professor Wooja KIM, Ritsumeikan University, Japan

  Professor Rivé-Lasan MARIE-ORANGE,Université Paris 

  Dr. Kyuhoon CHO, Seoul National University, Korea

Contact Info: 

If you have any questions, please contact at Sojeong Park(hatespeech2018@gmail.com), a research associate of this workshop, or Dr. Kyuhoon Cho(kcho28@snu.ac.kr), a convener of this workshop.

Contact Email: hatespeech2018@gmail.com

NeMLA conference Globalizing English: Translation and the Production of World Literature 2018 Pittsburgh, PA.

Abstract:

Translation makes contemporary global spaces possible. As J.W. Goethe says: “Whatever one may say of the inadequacy of translation, this activity nonetheless remains one of the most essential tasks and one of the worthiest of esteem in the universal market of world trade [emphasis added].” But how does translation create global literary spaces? What is the role of translation in world literature courses? Goethe tells us to admire the translator--do we?

Scholars like Pascale Casanova and Gayatri Spivak have engaged forcefully with translation, arguing for recognition of the “untranslatable” and warning against replicating Anglo worldviews. Partially as a result of this intense conversation, translation has become more important in the typically “parochial” United States. More than ever, texts are translated into English, thereby bringing the world to us while encouraging the extreme proliferation of world literature, both as academic discipline and pedagogical endeavor. And yet, translation has also diminished--consider the fact that many world literature scholars and/or instructors cannot tell you the names or qualifications of the translators involved in creating world literature texts, let alone explain how translation affects readers’ perceptions of what they read and, consequently, their understanding of the world.

Participants are encouraged to review their experience in translating texts and/or teaching translated texts, in discussing translation with students, or to share findings in translation studies, particularly as related to works routinely found in world literature classrooms. Participants may focus on texts from any genre--poetry, prose, and drama, fictional or nonfictional, in order to best represent the variety of texts found in common anthologies like the Norton Anthology of World Literature or the Longman Anthology of World Literature.

Description:

The goal of this panel is to foster an interdisciplinary discussion on the role of translation in the globalization of the American university curriculum, particularly in regards to improved world literature pedagogy. We encourage collaboration between comparative literature, English literature, languages, and translation scholars. The intended audience for this roundtable includes graduate students, professors, translators, and current world literature instructors. The roundtable also invites more established scholars, particularly those involved in managing or creating world literature programs.

This is a CFP for a roundtable panel on translation and the production of world literature, which will be held at the 2018 NeMLA conference in Pittsburgh, PA. Translators, world literature professors and instructors, translation scholars, and comparative literature scholars, etc. are invited to participate in this roundtable panel. Please contact genewaite@gmail.com for further information or to submit an abstract proposal by September 15, 2017. 

Here is the official CFP link on the NeMLA website: 

https://www.cfplist.com/nemla/Home/S/16743.

Contact Info: 

Genevieve Waite, Ph.D. Candidate in French Literature at The Graduate Center, CUNY

Contact Email: 

genewaite@gmail.com

URL: 

https://www.cfplist.com/nemla/Home/S/16743

Storytelling Second international conference: “(Cross-)cultures, memories and values”- 30th - 31st of October 2017,Hanze University , Groningen, the Netherlands.

Call for papers – Serielised Storytelling second international conference:

“(Cross-)cultures, memories and values”

Serielised Storytelling organises the second international conference “Cultures, memories, values” hosted by the Hanze University of Applied Sciences of Groningen, the Netherlands. The conference will be held on the 30th through the 31st of October 2017.

Storytelling in a serialised form has become a popular vehicle to convey certain values, key events and many specific traits of a given culture. Despite globalisation and homogenisation of production techniques, themes, interests, subjects and styles within the media industry, the production of serialised stories in different audio-visual media forms is still capable of showing local, regional or national identities. What defines a culture is the role played by its history (memories, representations of the past) and its values, including socially shared and socially accepted set of rules, beliefs, customs, attitudes and priorities for the future.

Topics

This conference invites papers from within and across the humanities, social sciences and media/communication disciplines. A strong Media Studies perspective and the relevance of studying media / AV in this context is preferred. Papers about serialised stories broadcast by the media should focus on at least one of the following topics:

• (cross-)cultural media events / mediated events

• (cross-)cultural media representations of the past

• (cross-)cultural histories and memories in AV media

• (cross-)cultural identities in AV media

• national and international representations of values and beliefs

• (cross-)cultural conflicts and cultural expectations

• (cross-)cultural mediation and integration

• (cross-)cultural media representations of power struggles and resistance

• framing, misrepresentation, stereotyping in AV media

• the relation between local, regional, global and transnational filter bubbles

The conference is organised around paper presentations of 15 minutes, which are clustered in panels of three or four presenters, followed by a longer discussion. In order to facilitate a fruitful exchange of knowledge and feedback, the attendance of all the presenters is mandatory for the entire duration of the conference.

Download the full CFP for more info, guidelines and conference fees.

Make use of this form to apply and to submit your abstract.

Deadline for abstracts/proposals: 2nd July 2017

 Wesite: https://serialisedstorytelling.wordpress.com/conference-2017/

International Conference on Language, Education, Humanities and Innovation,05-06, August 2017,Bangkok, Thailand

CALL FOR PAPERS

The 7th International Conference on Language, Education, Humanities and Innovation (ICLEHI) 2017 is a multidisciplinary forum that will bring together leading scholars, researchers and practitioners from around the world to present and discuss new advancements and findings in the fields of covered by the conference themes. With the slogan “Humanizing Innovation“, the 7th ICLEHI organizing committee invites everyone to participate and contribute research articles or academic papers to be presented in the event.

Themes

Abstracts should address directly at least one of the key strands of the conference:

• Language
• Education
• Humanities
• Innovation

Click here for SUB-THEMES.

All abstracts must be submitted using the ICLEHI online submission system. Please click on the following link to access the system: ACCESS ONLINE REGISTRATION SYSTEM

• Presenters are advised to adhere to the following submission guidelines when preparing their abstracts:
• The title of the paper must not exceed 15 words
• Abstracts must be written in English.
• The abstract should state the following: what is your research about, your methodology, your findings, and your conclusion.
• To maintain impartiality and avoid any bias, authors are encouraged to not use honorifics, rank titles such as Dr and Professor when referring to themselves in the document.
• The abstract text must not be longer than 250 words.
• The complete abstract must be uploaded in Microsoft Word format via the online system. The same text must also be keyed in the fields provided in the online submission form.

Important Dates:

Abstract Submission Deadline: 7 July 2017

Acceptance Notification: By 10 July 2017

Full Paper Submission Deadline: 14 July 2017

Camera Ready Paper Deadline: 21 July 2017

Conference:

Registration & 1st Day: 5 August 2017

Second Day: 6 August 2017

For More Details: http://icsai.org/iclehi7/call-for-papers/