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)

CONGRESS' WEBPAGE

Contact Info: 

For any inquiries, please contact the organising committee

Contact Email: 

localhistory.ihc.2017@gmail.com

URL: 

http://ihc.fcsh.unl.pt/en/scientific-meetings/call-for-papers/item/41861-1st-international-congress-on-local-history

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

Copy to: Iccsaexchange@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

URL: https://sites.google.com/a/lclark.edu/fritzman
Web pages: http://www.facebook.com/societyforindianphilosophyandreligion?ref=hl*.
 http://iccsa.wordpress.com/upcoming-events/
 https://sites.google.com/a/lclark.edu/fritzman/ .

ICIT 2018 : 20th International Conference on Interpreting and Translation London, United Kingdom

ICIT 2018 : 20th International Conference on Interpreting and Translation London, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

October 15 - 16, 2018

Call for Papers

The ICIT 2018 : 20th International Conference on Interpreting and Translation is the premier interdisciplinary platform for the presentation of new advances and research results in the fields of Interpreting and Translation. The conference will bring together leading academic scientists, researchers and scholars in the domain of interest from around the world. 

Conference Aims and Objectives

The ICIT 2018: 20th International Conference on Interpreting and Translation aims to bring together leading academic scientists, researchers and research scholars to exchange and share their experiences and research results on all aspects of Interpreting and Translation. It also provides a premier interdisciplinary platform for researchers, practitioners and educators to present and discuss the most recent innovations, trends, and concerns as well as practical challenges encountered and solutions adopted in the fields of Interpreting and Translation.

Topics of interest for submission include, but are not limited to:

- Interpreting and Translation

- Ad hoc translation/interpreting

- Adult/Child language brokering (oral and/or written), Family interpreting

- Anthropology

- Applied linguistics

- Bilingual dictionaries and translation

- Brokering between deaf adult signers and hearing groups

- Cognitive science

- Crime in Translation

- Crime, translation and the law

- Cultural studies

- Education, and other social sciences

- Ethnicity, translation and tradition

- Foreign Languages, Translation and Interpreting Studies

- Gender and Sexuality Studies

- Globalisation, translation and cross-cultural dialogue

- Historical survey of a journal and its use of translation

- Intellectuals and the impact of translation

- Intercultural Studies

- Interdisciplinary approaches to the study of Non-professional Interpreting and Translation

- Interpreting studies

- Journal as a vehicle of translation

- Language politics and cultural translation

- Literacy brokering

- Literary translation and journal publication

- Media and Visual Studies

- Modernity, translation and transformation

- Non-professional interpreting and/or translation

- Non-professional media interpreting and translation

- Non-professional, church/religious interpreting and translation

- Political Discourse

- Scholarship, translation and journals

- Science and Technology

- Scientific and Technical Discourse

- Semantics and Pragmatics

- Social change, translation and interpreting

- Sociology and Politics

- Subtitling and dubbing thrillers

- Terminology

- Text/Corpus Linguistics

- The challenges of translating crime fiction

- The role of translation and interpreting in criminal justice

- Theory and Practice of Translation

- Transfer studies

- Translation studies

Important Dates

Abstracts/Full-Text Paper Submission Deadline   December 23, 2017

Notification of Acceptance/Rejection   March 23, 2018

Final Paper (Camera Ready) Submission & Early Bird Registration Deadline   June 23, 2018

Conference Dates   October 15 - 16, 2018

Important Notes

Please ensure your submission meets WASET's strict guidelines for accepting scholarly papers. Downloadable versions of the check list for Full-Text Papers and Abstract Papers.

Please refer to the Paper Submission GUIDE before submitting your paper. 

https://www.waset.org/conference/2018/10/london/ICIT/dates 

International Conference on Gender Equality, Culture, Education and Social Sciences - 2017 21st to 22nd July 2017 Mysore, India

International Conference on Gender Equality, Culture, Education and Social Sciences - 2017

21st to 22nd July 2017

Mysore, India.

Call For Abstracts:

The International Conference on Gender Equality, Culture, Education & Social Sciences - 2017 is one of the largest conferences in the field of Gender Studies , Culture, Education and Social Sciences.

It is held every year under the encouragement of the International Multidisciplinary Research Foundation in collaboration with different universities and educational institutions.

The Conference is designed with Special Invited Research Lectures, Paper-Presentations and Poster Presentations. Each International Conference on Gender Equality, Culture, Education & Social Sciences - 2017 publishes a peer reviewed UGC Approved - Social Sciences International Research Journal issue with ISSN 2395 - 0544 and Peer Reviewed Arts & Education International Research Journal issue with ISSN 2349 - 1353 .Also an Edited Book on Gender Equality, Culture, Education & Social Sciences with ISBN as each full paper as a Chapter .

Themes

Gender Equality :

Original research papers on Women’s Issues like Education, Leadership, Safety, Health, Empowerment, Challenges and/or any topic in relation to women’s and gender studies. Papers from activists, social workers, representatives of NGOs, Government institutions, scholars, and the general public - including men - are welcome for presentation at the Conference.

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Culture :

Advancing technology for humanity, Biopolitics, Critical discourse analysis, Cultural anthropology, Cultural criticism, Cultural diversity, Cultural geography, Cultural governance, Cultural heritage, Cultural policy, Culture and globalization, Culture and society, Culture industry, Culture studies, Cyberculture, Diaspora identities, Difference, Digital humanities, Ecological humanities, Ethnicity, Galleries, libraries, archives, and museums, Gender studies, Geopolitical thoughts, Human rights, diversity and justice, Humanities, technology and sustainability, Identity, Immigration, Intercultural communication, Language and culture, Metaphysics, Philosophy, ethics, consciousness, Popular culture, Religion studies, Sustainable development and humanities, Interdisciplinary approaches to cultural studies, Other emerging issues related to cultural studies

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Arts : 

Aesthetics, Arts and technology, Arts education, Art history, Contemporary trends in art, Dance, Design

Digital media, Documentary, Film studies, Folk art, Gallery management, Interactive design, Literary arts practices

Media arts practices, Musicology, Performing arts practices, Policy and management of arts, Theatre, Theory and criticism of Arts, Visual arts practices, Interdisciplinary approaches to arts, Other emerging issues related to arts.

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Education : 

Accreditation, Arts & Humanities, Blended Education, Business Education, Contemporary Issues in Education, Curriculum, Distance Education, E-Learning, Early Education, Engineering Education, ESL, Health Education, Higher Education, International Education, K-12 Education, Language Education, Professional Development,Secondary Education, Special Education, Social Sciences, Teacher Education, Teaching Methods, Technology, Tenure

Social Sciences :

Also original research papers on Social Sciences, Anthropology, Communication Studies, Economics, Education, Geography, History, Law, Linguistics, Political science, Public Administration, Psychology, Sociology, and Social Work are invited for presentation at the Conference.

Important Dates
Abstract /Full Paper Submission dead line 15 JULY  2017
Notification of acceptance (After review ) Will be served in 2 to 3 working days after the receipt of your Abstract/Paper.

Submission of Papers

Participants intending to present papers at the Conference are requested to submit a soft copy of the Abstract (200 Words). Full papers should be submitted if interested in publication (neatly typed in MS word format with 1.5 line spacing 12 point Times New Roman font on A-4 size paper). The motivation, method of solution and important findings of the investigations undertaken should be clearly outlined and sent to gces2017@gmail.com​​

For More Details Please Do Visit our Website: http://gces2017.wixsite.com/conference

Women, Social Change and Activism: Then and Now: Interdisciplinary Conference March 22-24, 2018

Christopher Newport University’s

College of Arts and Humanities

seeks abstracts for the forthcoming conference on the

Global Status of Women and Girls

to be held at CNU, March 22-24, 2018

We are pleased to announce that the theme for this year’s conference is:

Women, Social Change and Activism:

Then and Now

Call For Abstracts: 

This interdisciplinary conference seeks to use the tools of the arts, humanities, social sciences, and other fields to address challenges faced by women and girls around the world, both historically and today. We invite scholars from all academic disciplines to submit proposals that explore these topics and shed light on women’s efforts to affect social change.

Through the study of the past and present of local and global activism, the conference will engage researchers interested in the artistic, economic, educational, ethical, historical, literary, philosophical, political, psychological, religious, and social dimensions of women’s lives and resistance. 

Themes 

Submissions from any academic discipline are welcome, including but not limited to art, history, philosophy, religious studies, sociology, psychology, chemistry, environmental science, medicine, biomedical ethics, economics, political science, gender studies, communication studies and literature. We also invite professionals in nonacademic settings to submit proposals.

Topics may include, but are not limited to:

• Social Movements / Protest Movements
• Global Feminism / Anti-Feminism / History of Feminism
• Cultural Representations of Resistance
• Art as Activism
• Women’s Activism in the Arts and Media
• Literary / Film Portrayals and Trends
• Anti-Sexual Assault Activism
• Activist Responses to Rape Culture
• Cyber-Activism
• Combating Daily Life Machismo and Gender Inequalities
• Resistance to Femicides and Violence against Women
• Anti-War Movements
• Anti-colonialism / Postcolonial Approaches
• Activism Regarding Economic Issues
• Activism Regarding Religious Issues
• Activism Regarding Educational Issues
• Activism Regarding Poverty / Stratification
• Activism Regarding Health Inequalities
• Activism Regarding Body Issues
• LGTBQ Activism
• Social Justice and Social Change

Deadline: 

Please submit a 350 to 500-word abstract on this topic by September 3, 2017. All submissions will be peer reviewed, and those accepted will be notified no later than October 3, 2017. Paper presentations will ideally be 15-20 minutes in length. 

Please contact Lori Underwood, Dean of the College of Arts and Humanities, at ahconf@cnu.edu with any questions about the conference.

Please include with your abstract: your full name and your academic or professional affiliation and rank (graduate student, professor, artist, etc.).

All submissions will be peer reviewed, and those accepted will be notified no later than October 3^rd, 2017. Paper presentations will ideally be 15-20 minutes in length. Please direct inquiries about the conference to ahconf@cnu.edu. 

Contact Info: 

Rocio Gordon

Contact Email: 

ahconf@cnu.edu

URL: http://globalstatusofwomen-conf.org/

Performance and Performativity in Modern South Asia

Performnace and Performativity in Modern South Asia: An Interdiciplinary preconference

Madison, WI 

October 26-29, 2017

This preconference approaches ‘performance’ as both a rich object of analysis and a theoretical framework for the study of South Asian culture and praxis. In so doing, it demands a dedicated engagement with the diverse forms of performance in South Asia ¬– including but not limited to theatre, performance art, dance, music, and performativity. The use of performance as both a tool and an object of analysis is an often under-represented field within the discipline of South Asian Studies, and we seek in this conference to emphasize its importance to topics as diverse as government bureaucracy, feminist protest, and recuperative historiography. By invoking performance as a conceptual category, we illuminate the potential for performative modes of reading and analysis to generate new understandings of the articulations of caste, class, gender and sexuality within South Asia. Given the wide scope of this preconference, we hope to attract scholars and performers from a range of disciplines and sub-fields, uniting them around the question of what performance can do for the study of Modern South Asia.

Possible topics include:

• Feminist protest and performativity

• Neoliberal frameworks in performance

• Theater as historiography

• The relationship between performance, memory and the archive

• Performance and community: questions of ‘nation,’ ‘culture,’ and belonging

• Interculturalism/global networks and the circulation of performance

• Performance and the question of caste

• Performing queer identities.

• Dance, movement, and the circulation of affect

• Theater and dance in the diaspora

Deadline:

Please submit an abstract of no more than 250 words and a bio of no more than 100 words by June 15, 2017 to Jisha Menon, Kat Frances Lieder, and Sharvari Sastry at sharvarisastry@uchicago.edu. Please also include any technical needs your presentation may have. We will do our best to accommodate.

This preconference is invested in approaching performance as a generative site that produces its own forms of embodied knowledges and discursive practices that can challenge, critique and extend the scope of academic scholarship. To this end, we invite enthusiastically invite performers to submit proposals for performances of no more than 30 minutes in length.

Keywords: performance, theater, dance, music, performativity, affect, audience, spectacle

Contact Info: 

Contact Sharvari Sastry at sharvarisastry@uchicago.edu

Contact Email: sharvarisastry@uchicago.edu

URL: http://southasiaconference.wisc.edu/562.htm

Government of Delhi Internships

Government of Delhi Internships

Call For Applications

This is an internship for young college students or professionals who wish to understand governance, public-policy and administration. The scope of this internship is to monitor and support the projects being undertaken from MLA-LAD funds. The Member of Legislative Assembly [MLA] Local Area Development [LAD] refers to the fund of Rs. 4 Crore rupees available to MLAs for undertaking works for the development of their constituencies. This is an important project since the works undertaken with MLA-LAD fund reflects the aspirations of the people and hence are very sacrosanct. Government of Delhi seeks to engage with the youngsters of this country in the process of improving the implementation of the MLA-LAD scheme. Details are provided below:

Internship requires you to work full time and hence to be based out of Delhi. IIt's minimum duration is 4 weeks, extendable by another 4 weeks depending upon performance.

Interns would be supervised by Deputy Chief Minister's Office and are not entitled for any reimbursements, stipend or any claim of employment with Government of Delhi.

Important Dates:

Last Date to Apply: 2nd June 2017

Final Decision Communication by 7th June 2017

Starting Date: 12th June 2017

Minimum Essential Qualification:

- Fluency in English and Hindi

- MS Office

- Enrolled or having graduated from a recognised college

Preferred Qualification:

- Strong Data Analysis

Roles & Responsibilities:

1. Monitoring the progress of the MLA-LAD Projects by means of field visits

2. Assist in coordination with all stakeholders- Deputy Chief Minister , MLA, Government Officials, and Local Residents.

3. Assist the Deputy Chief Minister’s Office in day-to-day activities in carrying out review of MLA-LAD projects.

Number of Positions: 20

Contact: In case of any questions, please write to mlaladreview@gmail.com

Apply online :https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1j4bF8ctQzzdtG3WaCmA8p5DpLzu8Z5YrPT7Zv3Odfr0/viewform?c=0&w=1&edit_requested=true