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• 21 Sep 2012

  Paris

  Study days - Political studies

  Governing the Sustainable Development

  Evolution of Environmental Administrations in Europe and United States

  In 2007 a new French “Ministry for sustainable development” was created, a "super Ministry" which houses the functions of the former Ministries of Environment, Energy, Housing, and Transport under one single roof. This merger applies to all levels of government, with the creation of large regional services for sustainable development. This mode of reform does not seem to be specific to the French case. At first glance, it echoes the concerns for more coordination and integration which have been already observed in several other countries including Germany and the United Kingdom. This workshop aims to compare different national situations regarding environmental administrations and their impact on public policies.

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• 12 Oct 2012

  Munich

  Scholarship, prize and job offer - History

  Professorship of Early Modern History, specialising in Western European History

  The Faculty of History and Art of the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München invites applications for a Professorship (W2) (6 years/tenure track) of Early Modern History, specialising in Western European History commencing as soon as possible. Prerequisites for this position are a university and a doctoral degree. With an excellent record in research and teaching to date, prospective candidates will have demonstrated the potential for an outstanding academic career.

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• 27 Oct 2012

  Paris

  Scholarship, prize and job offer - History

  History of electricity grants 2012 -2013

  Comme chaque année, le Comité d'histoire de l'électricité propose aux étudiants travaillant en sciences humaines sur l’électricité : Quatre bourses annuelles de 3000 euros ; Entre trois et six bourses annuelles de 3000 ou 1500 euros, selon la qualité des dossiers.

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• 12 Sep 2012

  13 Sep 2012

  14 Sep 2012

  Paris

  Conference, symposium - Ethnology, anthropology

  Corpses and Destrcution

  First Annual Workshop of the Research Programme "Corpses of mass violence"

  This workshop addresses the first phase of the research programme “Corpses of mass violence and genocide”. In the context of mass violence and genocide, death is not the end of the executors’ work. After the abuses, the victims’ corpses are treated and manipulated in very specific ways, amounting in some cases to true social engineering; this phase is remarkably little documented in the existing research. This conference aims therefore to explore this phase of destruction, across a range of extreme situations including mass cremations, concealment, profanation, displacement or re-burials. Focused on the 20th century, the conference will seek to reevaluate the motivations, the ideological frameworks and the technical processes at work in the destruction of corpses, taking a comparative and instrumental perspective which should open to new research in mass violence and genocide studies.

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• 01 Oct 2012

  Lille

  Call for papers - History

  “This Is the Modern World”. For a social history of rock music

  Si l’histoire du rock passe par l’histoire des courants musicaux, elle ne se limite pas à cela. Le rock est un phénomène socio-musical complexe, qui mérite d’être étudié non seulement pour lui-même, mais comme un révélateur de mutations sociales et culturelles essentielles à la compréhension des sociétés depuis la seconde moitié du XXe siècle. C’est dans cet objectif qu’est organisé ce colloque, qui entend rendre compte de la richesse du champ, dans une perspective internationale et interdisciplinaire.

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• 15 Oct 2012

  Call for papers - Information

  E-learning 2.0 Technologies and Web Applications in Higher Education

  This book will aim to provide relevant theoretical frameworks and the latest empirical research findings in the area. It will be written for professionals and academics who want to improve their understanding of the strategic role of E-learning at different levels of the information and knowledge society, that is, E-learning at the level of the global economy, of networks and organizations, of teams and work groups, of information systems and, finally, E-learning at the level of individuals as actors in the networked environments.

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• 11 Oct 2012

  Arras

  Study days - History

  Fighting Underground: The Moles of the Great War

  La Grande Guerre n’est pas seulement une histoire de fantassins combattant au prix de lourdes pertes dans le no man’s land, ou de pilotes se battant au-dessus des champs de bataille. Plus méconnue, la guerre des mines est pourtant une part essentielle de la guerre de position. Cette journée d'étude invite à découvrir cette lutte souterraine.

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• 19 Oct 2013

  Lisbon

  Call for papers - Africa

  African dynamics in a multipolar world

  The fifth European Conference on African Studies (ECAS 5)

  The fifth European Conference on African Studies (ECAS 5) will take place in Lisbon, Portugal, on June 26 to 28, 2013. It will be organized by the Centro de Estudos Africanos - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa on behalf of AEGIS, the Africa-Europe Group for Interdisciplinary Studies. Its general theme will be ‘African Dynamics in a Multipolar World’.

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• 29 Nov 2012

  30 Nov 2012

  Rome

  Conference, symposium - Information

  Tracking Innovation through Grey Literature

  Fourteenth International Conference on Grey Literature

  Innovation is a process manifested in and through grey literature. Both have their origins in knowledge generation and both demonstrate value for government, academics, business and industry through their uses and applications. In a way, innovation and grey literature are two sides of the same coinage. Innovation is the catalyst for positive change and grey literature is the measure of benchmarks in the further process of research and development. The goal of the Fourteenth International Conference on Grey Literature seeks to track the process of innovation by tracing the research life cycle and observing its convergence in the field of grey literature.

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• 15 Sep 2012

  Waterloo

  Call for papers - Sociology

  IIEMCA 2013: Technologies and Techniques

  11th international IIEMCA conference on ethnomethodology and conversation analysis

  Ethnomethodology and Conversation Analysis are primarily concerned with the techniques actors utilize to accomplish the social, be it through workplace studies, studies of scientific knowledge, studies of interactional order, etc. The fundamental question that confronts Ethnomethodologists and Conversation Analysts - “how does this interaction get done?” – has and will thus receive a variety of related answers. We invite papers from the international community of EM/CA scholars that address the issues, practices and phenomena related to Technologies and Techniques. As is EM/CAs tradition, we cast these categories in the broadest possible conception, but are particularly interested in papers which address the themes of Technology in the Home, Workplace, or related settings; Technology’s Impact on Theory/Method; Technological Approaches to Data Analysis; Everyday Technology; and The Artful Techniques of Social Interaction.

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• 03 Oct 2012

  Berne

  Conference, symposium - Political studies

  AId, Emerging Economies and Global Policies

  Conference on the launch of the 4th issue of International Development Policy

  The emergence of new donors and development aid actors from the ‘global South’ coupled with an increased focus on global public goods are challenging long-established aid agencies and policies. Emerging economies are turning into significant aid players... A panel of policy makers, scholars and practitioners from a diversity of backgrounds will discuss these complex issues in a lively roundtable moderated by a renowned journalist.

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• 30 Nov 2012

  Call for papers - Education

  Study Abroad: Traditions, Directions and Innovations

  Call for Essay Proposals

  « Study Abroad: Traditions, Directions, and Innovations » is a volume to be edited in the MLA Teaching Languages, Literatures, and Cultures series. As a resource for both teachers and administrators, the volume will examine three distinct, related areas of study abroad classes and programs: theories and practices of language-based curricula; theories and practices of thematic and content courses taught in English or the students’ first language; and program development and study abroad vis-à-vis the university structure.

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• 15 Oct 2012

  Paris

  Call for papers - History

  Britons and Americans in transnational projects, 1783 – 1914

  Reassessing Anglo-Saxonism and Anglobalisation

  Les relations anglo-américaines sont abordées le plus souvent dans le cadre de l’histoire des relations internationales et de la diplomatie. Nous proposons de les étudier plutôt à travers l’histoire de projets internationaux, qu’ils relèvent du commerce et des affaires ou qu’ils poursuivent des objectifs politiques ou réformateurs au sens large.

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• 15 Jan 2013

  Washington

  Scholarship, prize and job offer - Representation

  Terra Foundation Fellowships in American Art

  Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.

  The Terra Foundation Fellowships in American Art seek to foster a cross-cultural dialogue about the history of art of the United States up to 1980. They support work by scholars from abroad who are researching American art or by U.S. scholars who are investigating international contexts for American art.

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• 30 Sep 2012

  Amsterdam

  Call for papers - History

  Crisis and Mobilization since 1789

  The aim of this Conference is to consider the historical trajectory of socialism—in all its diverse forms—through crisis and mobilization. We understand crisis in the broadest sense of the word, encompassing not just economic downturns, but also political, social, cultural, and environmental crises as well as war, famine, natural disasters, and other disruptions. Crises vary in scale too, from the global or continental level down to the local.

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• 15 Dec 2012

  Créteil

  Call for papers - Language

  Literacies and effective learning and teaching for all

  L’association IAIMTE en collaboration avec I'IUFM de l'Université Paris-Est Créteil (UPEC) organise son neuvième colloque international qui aura pour thème : « Literacies and effective learning and teaching for all ». Il aura pour objet de réflexion les littératies. Les thématiques abordées lors du colloque concerneront la lecture, la production écrite et le langage oral, ainsi que le rôle de la littératie dans les disciplines, envisagées du point de vue des curriculums, des pratiques d’enseignement et des apprentissages effectifs des élèves.

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• 31 Oct 2012

  Brussels

  Call for papers - Geography

  Modelling and benchmarking of borders

  Belgeo 2-2013

  L'étude des espaces transfrontaliers se fait souvent en référence à un contexte propre, dans la mesure où chaque frontière peut difficilement être analysée indépendamment du cas toujours particulier des États en présence, des organisations régionales, locales et d'une certaine histoire. L’objectif de ce numéro spécial de Belgéo est d’évaluer comment dépasser la démarche monographique et parvenir à une modélisation de ces espaces.

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• 07 Oct 2012

  Catania

  Call for papers - Urban studies

  Visible and invisible: perceiving the city between descriptions and omissions

  VI AISU Congress – Macro-Session II - Numbers

  The conference will focus on the many ways in which the city has been described, narrated, portrayed and quantified in words, numbers and images over the centuries. Description and representation techniques from ancient and medieval times onwards provide an opportunity to initiate a comparison between different cities and contexts, seeking different ways of perceiving the urban whole in its full complexity.

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• 15 Nov 2012

  Lisbon

  Call for papers - Africa

  Sport and leisure in Africa: practices and identities

  This special number of the Cadernos de Estudos Africanos aims to gather a number of research works that will stimulate critical reflexions and debates on the suject of sport and leisure in Africa.

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• 17 Aug 2012

  London

  Scholarship, prize and job offer - Sociology

  LSE Fellows in Sociology

  Salary: From £32,148 - £38,887 per annum inclusiveBoth appointments will be fixed term for one yearThe Department of Sociology is seeking two full time LSE Fellows to give lectures and conduct seminar teaching for its existing courses at both undergraduate and postgraduate level.

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