Conference: Europe Meets China: A Forum for Young Leaders (EMC)

Europe Meets China: A Forum for Young Leaders (EMC)
(Berlin, September 4th-7th, 2012)

Seminar Agenda
Europe Meets China: A Forum for Young Leaders (EMC) is a network of individuals who have an interest in exploring and strengthening the relations between Europe and China. Participants join the forum by taking part in a EMC Weeklong Seminar, following which they are encouraged to conduct their own research and organize their own activity in the field. ICD Weeklong Seminars are targeted at students and young professionals with an interest in the European-Chinese relationship.

Weeklong Seminars are held several times throughout the year and consist of 4-5 day programs of lectures, seminars, and workshops, together with cultural and social activities. The Seminars aim to give the participants an insight into key perspectives on, the European-Chinese relationship and to introduce them to a network of like-minded individuals, and allow them to explore the cultural landscape of the city of Berlin.

Once individuals have taken part in an EMC Weeklong Seminar and joined the forum, they become a part of the ICD’s network, which facilitates communication between like-minded individuals across the world. Members are supported by the ICD in organizing leadership initiatives and conducting academic research whilst they are also invited to join the ICD Online Forum - enabling them to share information and communicate with like-minded individuals across the world.

The next EMC Weeklong Seminar will run from September 4th - 7th, 2012. In addition to looking in greater detail at the history and development of cultural diplomacy, the next UKMG Weeklong Seminar will focus on the following theme; “Young Chinese and Europeans in an Information age: Lessons from each other”.

Seminar Speakers
The speakers during the conference will include leading figures and experts from international politics, academia, the diplomatic community, civil society and the private sector, from across the world. These speakers will include a number of individuals from the ICD Advisory Board.

Participants
Europe Meets China: A Forum for Young Leaders (EMC) is open to all relevant stakeholders and individuals with an interest in exploring and strengthening the European-Chinese relationship.

Participants will include young professionals, students and academics, representatives from politics, diplomats, practitioners from the civil society and the private sector, Media representatives and other stakeholders with an active interest in the Program’s themes.

Participation Cost
The participation cost for the program is 195 Euros. If offered a place in the program, applicants are then required to transfer the participation cost to reserve their position.

To apply please visit:
http://www.culturaldiplomacy.org/culturalbridges/index.php?en_ylf_application-form

For more information please visit:
http://www.culturaldiplomacy.org/cdea/index.php?europe-meets-china-a-forum-for-young-leaders-emc



http://www.culturaldiplomacy.org/cdea/index.php?europe-meets-china-a-forum-for-young-leaders-emc

Scholarship: 2013-2014 IREX Research Grant Opportunities‏

2013-2014 INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIPS FOR
U.S. SCHOLARS AND PROFESSIONALS

Individual Advanced Research Opportunities Program (IARO)
Short Term Travel Grants Program (STG)

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IREX is pleased to announce that applications are now being accepted
for the 2013-2014 Individual Advanced Research Opportunities Program
and Short Term Travel Grants Program. These innovative and flexible
programs offer U.S. scholars and professionals the opportunity to
conduct policy-relevant research in Eastern Europe and Eurasia.
Researchers are able to increase their understanding of current
regional issues, develop and sustain international networks, and
directly contribute to the formation of U.S. public policy by
conducting research on topics vital to the academic and policymaking
communities. Fellowships provide international airfare, a
living/housing stipend, visa support, emergency evacuation insurance,
logistical support and, in many countries, field office support.

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The Individual Advanced Research Opportunities Program (IARO) provides
students, scholars and professionals with support to conduct
policy-relevant field research in the countries of Eastern Europe and
Eurasia.
* Eligibility: Master’s students, pre-doctoral students, postdoctoral
scholars, and professionals with advanced degrees are eligible.
Applicants must be U.S. citizens.
* Information and online application:
http://www.irex.org/application/individual-advanced-research-opportunities-iaro
* Deadline: November 14, 2012
* Examples of Recently-Funded Research Topics: Role of Social Media in
Political Engagement, Peace Education in Post-Conflict Settings,
Cultural Identity and Nation Building, Migration Studies
* Contact: By email at iaro@irex.org or by telephone at 202-628-8188

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The Short-Term Travel Grants Program (STG) is a short-term, flexible
program for postdoctoral scholars and professionals to conduct
targeted, policy-relevant research in Eastern Europe and Eurasia.
* Eligibility: Postdoctoral scholars and professionals with advanced
degrees are eligible. Applicants must be US citizens.
* Information and online application:
http://www.irex.org/project/short-term-travel-grants-stg
* Deadline: February 6, 2013
* Examples of Recently-Funded Research Topics: Regional Economic
Development, Islamic Influence in Central Asia, Human and Civil Rights
in Eastern Europe, Gender and Politics
* Contact: By email at stg@irex.org or by telephone at 202-628-8188

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Countries Eligible for Research:
Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina,
Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary,
Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova,
Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia,
Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan

IARO and STG are funded by the U.S. Department of State Title VIII Program

Scholarship: LSEE-Research on South East Europe is currently accepting applications for Visiting Fellows and Visiting Senior Fellows‏

LSEE-Research on South East Europe is currently accepting applications for Visiting Fellows and Visiting Senior Fellows by academics or policy practitioners who may want to spend time at the LSE to conduct independent research on a topic relevant to the work of the LSEE.



Applications are invited for submission to Euroinst.LSEE@lse.ac.uk by the deadline of 2 November 2012 at 5pm.



For application guidelines and for information on what documents are required to apply, please click here.

Post Doctoral Fellowship-LSE Hellenic Observatory & Neapolis University, London

The purpose of the fellowship is to enable a post-doctoral researcher to propose and carry out a project of research on ‘Cyprus and the EU Presidency’. It has been made possible by the generosity of the Neapolis University Pafos.



You are eligible to apply if you have successfully defended your PhD within the last two years; do not currently hold a tenure track academic position; have a good knowledge of Cyprus; and possess academic qualifications relevant to the intended research project. Candidates are invited to propose their research project which they will be able to be complete within 6 months; this will be part of the selection criteria.



This is a full-time fixed term post for six months starting in January 2013. You will be based in the Hellenic Observatory at LSE and will be expected to make visits of 2-3 days to Neapolis University Pafos, on at least 3 occasions during this tenure.



To apply for this post please go to www.lse.ac.uk/Jobs at LSE and select “Visit the ONLINE RECRUITMENT SYSTEM web page” and follow the instructions. If you have problems with the online system, please contact the Resourcing Team on 020 7955 7859 or email hr.jobs@lse.ac.uk quoting reference 1273323.



The closing date for receipt of applications is 23.59 (UK time) on 4 October 2012. Regrettably, we are unable to accept any late applications received after this date.



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Conference: Orthodox Christianity in Russia and Eastern Europe: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives, Havighurst Center for Russian & Post-Soviet Studies, Oxford OH, 28-31 March 2013‏

Orthodox Christianity in Russia and Eastern Europe: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives

12th Annual International Young Researchers Conference
Havighurst Center for Russian & Post-Soviet Studies

Organizer: Scott M. Kenworthy
Miami University
Oxford, OH

March 28 – 31, 2013

Before the collapse of communism, religion in Russia and Eastern Europe was rarely a topic of scholarly research. The prevalence of the secularization thesis in the West, combined with the dominance of militantly atheist regimes in the East, led scholars to assume that religion no longer mattered in the region. Moreover, long held stereotypes about the Orthodox Church contributed to the dismissal of Orthodoxy’s importance as a factor in Russian or East European history; only a few pioneers in the field challenged this tendency. Since the collapse of communism, however, religion has reasserted itself in the public sphere in the former communist bloc as in many other parts of the world. There has been a renewed appreciation of Orthodoxy’s significance in the history of the region, as well as growing interest among political scientists and anthropologists who study Russia and Eastern Europe.

This conference seeks to tap into a new wave of research on Orthodoxy in Russia and Eastern Europe. It is intended to be interdisciplinary, so we invite papers from a number of disciplinary perspectives: historical, anthropological, sociological, intellectual, literary, and/or political science. We also seek to cut across geographical lines, so papers can be concerned with the Russian Empire/Soviet Union and its successor states as well as Eastern Europe (former Habsburg and Ottoman empires, Romania, Bulgaria, and the former Yugoslavia). We invite papers that tap into the transnational dimensions of Orthodoxy—ties between Russia or Eastern Europe and the new world, for example, or Orthodox missions outside traditional territories. We also invite papers that explore the relationship of Orthodoxy to other religious traditions in the region.

We encourage proposals from young researchers who have already completed their dissertation research (ABD) or have defended their dissertation within the last three years. This will be an intensive 2-1/2 day working conference (March 28-31, 2013) during which each of the selected papers will be critiqued by the other participants, including all invited presenters, keynote speakers, and a team of discussants made up of Miami University faculty. Papers will be circulated in advance, and participants are expected to be prepared to discuss other participants’ papers. The conference will include two keynote speakers: Dr. Lucian Turcescu (Concordia University, Montreal) and Dr. Gregory Freeze (Brandeis University).

The Havighurst Center will provide accommodation in Oxford, ground transportation to and from the airport, and partial travel funding ($300 for domestic travel and $800 for international travel).

To be considered for the conference, submit an abstract of approximately 250 words and a short CV tohavighurstcenter@muohio.edu by October 1, 2012. Please type "2013 Young Researchers Conference" as the subject of the email. Selected papers will be announced by December 1, 2012. If selected, participants must submit completed papers for circulation to other conference participants by March 1, 2013.

Questions can be directed to:

The Havighurst Center for Russian & Post-Soviet Studies
Miami University
Harrison Hall, Room 116
Oxford, OH 45056
(513) 529-3303
havighurstcenter@muohio.edu

Conference: New religiosity in migration, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel, 27-30 May 2013

International workshop on "New religiosity in migration"
Convenors: Nelly Elias and Julia Lerner
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
 
May 27-30, 2013
 
What are the relations between a spiritual quest and an intercultural
migration experience? Why immigrants become more religious than they were
before immigrating? How do host national contexts influence immigrant
religiosity? What are the patterns of immigrant religiosity within the
global boom of religion and spiritual movements? Based on these questions
we suggest bringing together the research insights on immigrant
religiosity emerging in the host cultural contexts and to examine new
forms, languages and meanings constituted by this intercultural religious
transformation.
 
The workshop will be organized as an exchange of ideas rising in empirical
investigations of various migration contexts and immigrant groups in
Israel, Europe, US and the post-Soviet space with a special focus on
post-socialist spiritual trends and religious trajectories in the
Russian-speaking diaspora. We believe that juxtaposition and comparison of
different manifestations of migrant religiosity will encourage new ways of
conceptualization of these phenomenon.
 
As a space of extensive migration, Israeli cultural and political context
introduces a variety of immigrant groups that bring with them different
religious and spiritual worldviews or reinvent them in their new country.
In this sense Israel serves as a strategic location for a workshop on
immigrant religiosity. Apart from intellectual discussions we invite the
participants to take advantage of the immediate surrounding and conduct
fieldwork tours to the spaces of immigrant religiosity in the area.
 
We invite scholars from social and cultural studies of migration,
contemporary religion, spirituality & new age, and post-socialist cultural
condition to join our working colloquium organized according to the
following themes:
 
Religiosity as a device of national belonging and citizenship
Religion provides symbols, rituals and scripts that immigrants can use to
affirm, pass on, or reinvent their collective identity and position
themselves vis-à-vis the host and the home countries. Therefore, religion
choices could teach us on migrants’ relocation strategies. In some
national contexts the religious practices represent imitative adoption of
the local cultural and political patterns, while in the other contexts
they represent an alternative or resistance to the host society and its
way of life.
 
Immigrant religion as acquisition of a new habitus
Any migration implies some degree of cultural change, all the more
adopting religious rules and prescriptions of everyday practice in
migration intensifies the need for adopting a new habitus. Adult migrants
work to change their everyday practice, body appearance and visibility,
consumption behavior, social network, patterns of interpersonal
communication and family relations. Using their new and old cultural
repertoire, immigrants develop everyday strategies to keep and maneuver
the cultural worlds they live in, separate or mix them together.
 
Therapeutic powers of religion in migration
Migration and settling down in a new country are often associated with
various individual and group “crises”: crisis of identify, psychological
stress, family crisis etc. In this regard, religious affiliation and
practice perform a therapeutic function when religious doctrine and
religious community serve as an emotional shelter in the state of
instability, as a surrogate family symbolically replacing distant
relatives, or as a source for a new collective meaning instead of the one
that was lost in migration. The proximity of psychological and religious
discourses in the contemporary religious and spiritual movements makes the
therapeutic appeal of religion in migration especially powerful and
evident.
 
Immigrant religiosity as intercultural translation
Immigrant religiosity often involves work of intercultural interpretation,
converting the code of the core religious ideas and symbols. As they
acquire religious thinking and practice in a new language, immigrants
learn simultaneously to speak locally and religiously. Reinventing their
beliefs in a new context they are preoccupied with the translation of
cultural ideas creating a hybrid religious code. This eclecticism becomes
intertwined with the tendency of the contemporary religious and spiritual
rhetoric to bring together discourses of different and even contradictory
cultural origins.
 
Transnational immigrant religiosity and new media
Religious life in and through new media represents a crucial factor that
affects the ways of belief and practice of contemporary religiosity. It is
especially prominent for immigrant religious communities that cross and
challenge national and cultural borders. Immigrants use new media
platforms either to reestablish their affiliation with religious
communities of their home countries or to create completely new local or
transnational frames of belonging.
 
 
Those who wish to take part are invited to send us a short proposal (up to
250 words) of your research related to one of the workshop themes as well
as your CV by October 5, 2012 to julialer@bgu.ac.il<https://mail.h-net.msu.edu/squirrelmail/src/compose.php?send_to=julialer%40bgu.ac.il> and enelly@bgu.ac.il<https://mail.h-net.msu.edu/squirrelmail/src/compose.php?send_to=enelly%40bgu.ac.il>.
Answers are expected at November 15, 2012. Some contribution towards
participants' expenses will be available.
 
 
About the workshop venue and the convenors:
The workshop is will be hosted by the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
(Beer Sheva, Israel). BGU is known for its expertise and extensive
research on the issues of contemporary religion, migration and diaspora.
 
Prof. Nelly Elias and Dr. Julia Lerner are conducting a joint research on
“Belief and Practice of Belonging: Religious Transformation of Post-Soviet
Immigrants in Israel”. The study traces the routes of the
Russian-speaking religiosity in Israel, focusing on the newly established
Christian and Jewish movements and communities. Elias as a scholar of
immigrant media (from the Department of Communication, BGU) and Lerner as
an anthropologist of knowledge (from the departments of Sociology and
Anthropology, BGU), bring together their theoretical lens and emphasize
the cultural and discursive turn of the new post-soviet religiosity
manifested in immigrants’ narratives and experience of everyday life.
 

Conference: The frontier worker: New perspectives on the labour market in border regions, Oradea, Romania, 18-10 October 2012 [DL extended to 10th September]‏

The frontier worker: New perspectives on the labour market in border regions, Oradea, Romania, 18-10 October 2012



The European labor law, as well as labor regulations and social security of the Council of

Europe, are among the most dynamic branches of European law, and the free movement of persons is

one of the four fundamental freedoms of Community law. Although it is regulated both in the

constituent treaties and the modifying ones, as well as in the secondary legislation, there is some

legal issues incident to this freedom that raise a number of issues such as: who falls into the workers

category? The coverage of the intermediate categories and their rights? What kind of legal

restrictions that states may impose on the rights of workers and their families or the latter? The

border worker issue begins to become interesting also in the countries that entered in the last two

waves of extension in the context of the multiplication of the European groups of cross-border

cooperation. The conference allows debates, pondering and knowledge in the field of the European

social law, the border right, cross-border cooperation, especially since it has never held such a

conference in the border region of SE European Union.

The issues discussed during this conference want to find concrete solutions to the problem,

very important for the development of the border regions. The debates that will involve professors,

researchers and students will be supported by those who work in public or private institutions who

need clarification on the issues discussed in the three workshops:

1. Border region as a space of innovation

2. The frontier worker - between the European legislation and the national procedures

3. Free movement of labor force in the border regions



Important Deadlines

June 2, 2012: Start of paper proposals submission;

August 31, 2012: Deadline for paper proposals submission;

September 14, 2012: Notification of paper acceptance;

September 30, 2012: Final confirmation of participants; the deadline of fee payment;



Abstracts

The abstracts (max. 500 words followed by 3-5 keywords) will be submitted for review in

electronic MS Word format. Please provide the full names, affiliations, mailing addresses, telephone

and e-mail addresses of all authors, indicating the contact author. There will be accepted only one

paper for each participant as a first author. Abstracts will be submitted online to the following e-mail

address: apopoviciu@uoradea.ro

The official language of the conference is English.

The authors will receive confirmation via email.

Selected papers will be published, after the conference, in the conference volume. To this

end, full papers will be re-submitted to peer-review process.



Conference fee

Conference fee is 100 euro/participant.

For PhD and MA candidates the conference fee is 75 euro/participant.

The conference fee includes:

- Participants` accommodation and meals during the conference;

- The costs to print and publish all the materials of the conference including the conference

volume.



The Preliminary Programme:

Thursday, October 18

1600 - 2000 - participants` arrival and registration

2000 - Welcome reception

Friday, October 19

1000 - 1200 - The Official Opening

1300 - 1500 - Lunches

1500 - 1630 - Workshop

1630 - 1700 - Coffee break

1700 - 1900 - Workshop

2000 - Dinner

Saturday, October 20

1000 - 1130 - Final conclusions

1130 - 1200 - Coffee break

1200 - 1300 - The national meeting of the Jean Monnet professors from Romania

The national gathering of the Romanian Association of International Relations and

European Studies

1300 - 1500 - Lunches

1500 - Participants` departure



Information and contacts

Further information and updates regarding the conference venue, registration, conference

programme, and accommodation details will be available in due time on the conference website:

www.eucrossborderlaw.eu