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November 27 | novembre 2014
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*1. CALLS || APPELS*
*a) Opportunities || Opportunités*
*b) CFP Publications & Conferences || Appel à contributions pour les
publications et conférences*
[1] Proposal - Conference - Rethinking Spirituality Through Gender and
Youth - Deadline: December 15, 2014
[2] Abstract - Workshop - Social Networking in Cyber Spaces: European
Muslim's Participation in (New) Media - Deadline: January 10, 2015
[3] Abstract - Conference - Confronting Categories - Deadline: January 10,
2015
[4] Proposal - Panel - European Heritages, Realities and Utopias: The
Elderly's Consumption Of Coffee, Tea and "Leisure" Time” - Deadline:
January 14, 2015
[5] Abstract - Symposium - Beyond Gypsy Stereotypes: Voicing Romani
Pluralities - Deadline: January 15, 2015
[6] Manuscript - Journal Special Issue - Complicating the Politics of
Deservingness: A Critical Look at Latina/o Undocumented Migrant Youth -
Deadline: April 15, 2015
*2. FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES AND AWARDS || PRIX ET BOURSES*
[1] Fellowships (2 Types) - Summer Scholar Fellowships- The School for
Advanced Research (SAR) - Deadline: January 12, 2015
[2] Scholarship Proposals - Field School for Social and Cultural
Anthropology - Deadline: January 25, 2015
*3. EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES || OFFRE D'EMPLOI* (in addition to/ en plus de
http://www.cas-sca.ca/latest-jobs)
[1] Resident Professor - Global Health - OTS Global Health Undergraduate
Semester Abroad Program in Costa Rica
[2] Cultural Anthropologist - Latin American - University of Arkansas -
Deadline: December 15, 2014
*4.* *REQUESTS AND QUERIES* from members of the CASCA Student Network
(reply directly to the poster) || *REQUÊTES DES ÉTUDIANT(E)S* pour obtenir
des conseils ou ressources (les réponses seront envoyées directement à
l'étudiant(e) en question).
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*5. EVENTS || ÉVÉNEMENTS & SUMMER COURSES || COURS D'ETE*
[1] Panel - Launching a Career in Academia - AAA Meeting - December 4, 2014
[2] Panel - "Producing Anthropologists" in a Landscape of Uncertainty: A
Workshop for Surviving and Navigating the Job Market in a Climate of
Scarcity and Precarity - AAA Meeting- December 6, 2014
[3] Applicants - Summer School - Citizens Resilience in Times of Crises -
Deadline: December 15, 2014
*Submissions to the CASCA Grad List: English posting guidelines
<http://bit.ly/1wMCpSE>
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*1. CALLS || APPELS*
*a) Opportunities || Opportunités*
*b) CFP Publications & Conferences || Appel à contributions pour les
publications et conférences*
*[1] Proposal - Conference - Rethinking Spirituality Through Gender and
Youth - Deadline: December 15, 2014*
We are inviting paper proposals for a panel at the Conference of the
International Society for the Sociology of Religion entitled “Rethinking
Spirituality Through Gender and Youth” coordinated by Mia Lövheim, Kristin
Aune and Anna Fedele.
The conference will be held in Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium), from 2-5 July
2015 and the deadline is December 15, 2014. Please note that you do not
need to be a ISSR member to propose a paper.
All the Best, Anna Fedele
http://www.sisr-issr.org/English/Conferences/Conferences.htm
Rethinking Spirituality Through Gender and Youth
Coordinated by Mia Lövheim, Kristin Aune and Anna Fedele
This session aims to debate the conceptual distinction between ‘religion’
and ‘spirituality’, which has been widely used in the sociology of
religion. Drawing on the changing religious practices of the “Baby-boom
generation” and the public interest in the “new age” phenomena in the
1980s, the concept of spirituality became crucial in describing a shift
from institutional religion, characterized by adherence to traditional
religious doctrines, to newer forms of flexible, individual and holistic
religiosity. In previous research spirituality has, on the one side, been
interpreted as a sign of religious decline through privatization and, on
the other, hailed as a way for religion to accommodate to the new
situations faced by late modern social actors. This session critically
explores whether ‘spirituality’ is a useful concept for studying the ways
in which people live out religio-spiritual lives in the twenty-first
century. It does so through the lenses of gender and youth, two aspects of
social identity that have received significant new attention from religion
scholars since the late twentieth century. Scholars such as Woodhead (2012)
have advocated ‘spirituality’ as better able to reflect the complex lives
of women and young people, and as more open to material and emotional
aspects of religious experience and practice. A new body of work, including
Fedele and Knibbe’s (2013) collection of ethnographic studies of gender,
critique the spirituality/religion distinction. Scholars such as McGuire
(2008) and Ammerman (2013) have argued for the concept of ‘lived religion’
or ‘everyday religion’ as a better alternative. This session invites
scholars conducting empirical studies of youth and gender to contribute
their findings to help answer these questions: How, if at all, is the
distinction between religion and spirituality helpful in interpreting the
experiences of these social groups, especially through embodied and sensory
encounters with the divine? How can the religio-spiritual practices of
young people, women and gender-marginal men (e.g. men marginalised by
ethnicity, sexuality or non-conformity to gender stereotypes) contribute to
a development of concepts and theories about religion and spirituality?
French abstract :
Repenser la spiritualité à travers le genre et la jeunesse
Dans ce panel on discute la distinction entre « religion » et
« spiritualité », largement utilisée dans la sociologie de la religion.
S’appuyant sur les pratiques religieuses changeantes de la « génération du
baby-boom » et l’intérêt public pour les phénomènes « new age » dans les
années 1980, le concept de spiritualité devint crucial pour décrire le
passage de la religion institutionnelle à des formes récentes de
religiosité flexible, individuelle et holiste. Dans les recherches
antérieures, la spiritualité a été interprétée comme un signe du déclin du
religieux via la privatisation mais ausi comme un moyen pour la religion de
s’accommoder aux nouvelles situations modernes.
On s’interroge si la « spiritualité » est un concept utile pour étudier les
vécus religieux-spirituels des individus au XXIème siècle. Cela sera fait à
travers les categories de genre et jeunesse, qui ont suscité une nouvelle
attention de la part des chercheurs de la religion. Des penseurs comme
Woodhead (2012) ont soutenu que la notion de « spiritualité » est mieux
capable de refléter les vies complexes des femmes et des jeunes gens, et
qu’ elle est plus ouverte aux aspects matériels et émotionnels de
l’expérience religieuse. Un nouveau corpus de textes sur le genre tel que
Fedele et Knibbe (2013), critique la distinction entre spiritualité et
religion et McGuire (2008) et Ammerman (2013) ont affirmé que le concept de
« religion vécue » ou de « religion quotidienne » est une meilleure
alternative.
Nous invitons les chercheurs conduisant des études empiriques sur la
jeunesse et le genre à répondre à ces questions : Comment, si c’est le cas,
la distinction entre religion et spiritualité est-elle utile dans
l’interprétation des expériences de ces groupes sociaux, surtout à travers
des rencontres corporelles et sensorielles avec le divin? Comment les
pratiques religieuses-spirituelles des jeunes, des femmes et des hommes
marginalisés du point de vue du genre (ex. les hommes marginalisés à cause
de leur appartenance ethnique, de leur sexualité ou de leur non-conformité
aux stéréotypes de genre) peuvent-elles contribuer à un développement de
théories sur la religion et de la spiritualité ?
*[2] Abstract - Workshop - Social Networking in Cyber Spaces: European
Muslim's Participation in (New) Media - Deadline: January 10, 2015*
The Gülen Chair for Intercultural Studies (Social and Cultural Anthropology
KU Leuven), is organizing a two day international workshop. The details and
guidlines for abstract submission is stated below. For more details and
updates please visit our website,
http://www.gulenchair.com/articles/call-for-paper-social-networking-in-cyber-spaces-european-muslims-participation-in-new-media.
Best. Merve Kayikci, Ph.D Candidate in Anthropology
Interculturalism, Migration and Minority Research Center
KU Leuven, Belgium
Call for Paper: Social Networking in Cyber Spaces: European Muslim's
Participation in (New) Media
28-29 May 2015
Gülen Chair for Intercultural Studies
KU Leuven University, Belgium
Keynote Speakers:
Vít Šisler - Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Arts at Charles
University in Prague, Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of
Religion, Media and Digital Culture, Managing Editor of CyberOrient, a peer
reviewed journal of the virtual Middle East.
Heidi Campbell - Associate Professor at the Department of
Communication and an Affiliate Faculty in the Religious Studies
Interdisciplinary Program at Texas A&M University
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_A%26M_University>. She studies religion
and new media and the influence of digital and mobile technologies on
religious communities.[5]
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heidi_Campbell#cite_note-5> Her work has
covered a range of topics from the rise of religious community
online, religious blogging and religious mobile culture within Christianity
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity>, Judaism
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judaism> and Islam
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam>, to exploring technology practice and
fandom as implicit religion and religious framings within in digital games.
Key words: Social Networks and Media, Social Movements, Networking,
European Muslims, Transnationalism, Cyber Communities, iMuslims
The increasing growth of the Internet is reshaping Islamic communities
worldwide. Non-conventional media and social networks such as Facebook and
Twitter are becoming more popular among the Muslim youth as among all parts
of the society. The new channels of information and news attract new Muslim
publics in Europe. The profile of the people using these networks range
from college students to Islamic intellectual authorities. Such an easy and
speedy way of connecting to millions of people across the globe also
attracts the attention of social movements, which utilize these networks to
spread their message to a wider public. Many Muslim networks and social
movements, political leaders, Islamic institutions and authorities use
these new media spaces to address wider Muslim and also non-Muslim
communities, it is not uncommon that they also address and reach certain
so-called radical groups.
Much attention also has been given to the use of social media technologies
and their ability to spark massive social change. Some commentators have
remarked that these connection technologies, ranging from smartphones to
Facebook, can cause revolutionary digital disruptions, while others have
even gone so far as to suggest that social media platforms such as Facebook
and Twitter may have incited the Arab Spring. During the Arab Spring or
Revolutions, the role of social media as an important and effective tool
that had a political force to mobilize people, has been commonly
acknowledged. Zeynep Tüfekçi of the University of North Carolina quotes
that, "Social media in general, and Facebook in particular, provided new
sources of information the regime could not easily control and were crucial
in shaping how citizens made individual decisions about participating in
protests, the logistics of protest, and the likelihood of success."
However, many scholars argue today that the reason of the revolutions were
not social media, they also commonly agree that information dispersion,
whether by text or image, was pre-dominantly managed through social media.
Hence similar arguments were made in part of the Gezi Protests that took
place in Turkey, in the late spring of 2013, where the protesters declared
themselves journalists as they spread images and information through social
media; such information they claim was censored by the mainstream media.
While many researches have focused primarily on the Internet that has
played a role in Muslim radicalization, there is less emphasis on the
Internet that is also being utilized to encourage Muslims to advocate for
gender equality, citizenship and human rights within an Islamic framework,
more generally. The social, political and cultural participation of Muslims
via Internet open new discussions topics and research areas on Muslims
living in Europe. Discussions groups, Facebook communities and all other
cyber activism are interlinked with the debates on public sphere and
citizenship. The never ending space of cyber activism transform the old
debates on Islamic knowledge, authority, citizenship, Muslim communities
and networks. The way that this transformation comes out is that young
Muslims who are familiar with online platforms, use these spaces to enter
debates and get a be-it informal space to present and represent their
identities, ideologies, aspirations and even solutions. These platforms can
offer the periphery voices to raise their experiences with stereotypes and
marginalization. According to some scholars, bloggers and internet forums
challenge the traditional media landscape by contributing to public
constructions of Islam. The cyber space not only offers internet-natives
platforms to argue about social problems but it also allows them to ask
questions and find immediate and updated answers to problems concerning
their own religious obligations and ethical concerns. Social media provides
information accessible to Muslims all over the world, who can connect. It
also provides them spaces to argue about belonging to a minority religion
of a country they are a citizen of, and how to balance their
cultural-religious sensibilities with their citizenship duties.
During this workshop we want to address the politics of identity
construction and representations of Muslims in Europe through having a look
at the updated mediascape based on but not limited by following headlines:
1. Muslim networks and movements in Western Europe : Formation of
transnational communities
There are current debates about the links Muslims in Europe have with
Muslims around the globe, and whether these links create a separate global
Muslim identity in contrast to an integrated European identity. There is
also the debate as to whether such links create a passage to radicalism.
This section focuses on how Muslims in Europe “link” with other Muslims and
Muslim groups across the globe. It looks into how Muslim networks across
the globe influence Muslims in the West in terms of integration,
social-political participation, education, etc. It also looks into how
these groups influence each other, and how they reflect on issues
concerning Muslim in Europe and across the globe.
On a second level it ask the following questions; how do communication
technologies create a new transnational Muslim community? How are
transnational Muslim communities regardless of ethnic differences created
through the use of mass media and social media? How is Islamic discourse
spread through mass media, how is an Islamic thought developed and
dispersed through social (mass) media? How do virtual communities bring
about social change? What are the dynamics between Muslim intellectuals,
mass media, and knowledge dispersion? What are the relationships between
diaspora’s and online networking?
Social networking and Muslims in the West
This section focuses on how Muslims connect online to learn more about
their religion, for online dating/marriage, to share experiences of
stereotyping/victimization/racism/islamophobia, to present/represent their
ideology. It also looks into how through social media, Muslims create a
space of debate, construct and share aspirations-imaginaries-products. How
is consumerism among Muslims affected by shared images on these networks?
How does the common sharing of certain video’s and texts, create a global
common culture among Muslim youth?
(Social) Media and Participation: Muslims in Europe
This section focuses on how social media and the press influences political
tendencies of Muslims in Europe. How do Muslims construct a sense of
belonging and political responsibility in Western Europe, and does social
media and the press have an effect on these phenomena? How does media
create a common sense of awareness and how does this awareness in the
global and local scene have an impact on their social participation? How do
Muslim charity organizations function within the sphere of media and social
media?
Tuition Fees
Presenters and participants are expected to pay the costs of their travel
and accommodation. The organizers have a reduced prize from hotel ‘La
Royale’ in Leuven.
The tuition fees to attend the workshop will be arranged as follows:
Speakers and delegates: 50€
The registration fee includes a conference dinner and refreshments.
Outcome
A proceedings book of the workshop with ISBN code will be printed and
distributed in advance of the workshop itself.
Within six months à maximum 1 year of the event, an edited book will be
produced and published by the GCIS with Leuven University Press, comprising
some or all of the papers presented at the Workshop, at the condition that
they pass a peer review organized by the publisher. The papers will be
arranged and introduced, and to the extent appropriate, edited, by
scholar(s) to be appointed by the Editorial Board.
Copyright of the papers accepted to the Workshop will be vested in the GCIS.
Selection Criteria
The workshop will accept up to 20 participants, each of whom must meet the
following requirements:
- have a professional and/or research background in related topics of the
workshop;
- be able to attend the entire programme.
Since the Workshop expects to address a broad range of topics while the
number of participants has to be limited, writers submitting abstracts are
requested to bear in mind the need to ensure that their language is
technical only where it is absolutely necessary and the language should be
intelligible to non-specialists and specialists in disciplines other than
their own; and present clear, coherent arguments in a rational way and in
accordance with the usual standards and format for publishable work.
Timetable
Abstracts (300–500 words maximum) and CVs (maximum 1 page) to be received
by 10th January 2015.
Abstracts to be short-listed by the Editorial Board and papers invited by
20th January 2015.
Papers (3,000 words minimum – 5,500 words maximum, excluding bibliography)
to be received by 10th March 2015.
Papers reviewed by the Editorial Board and classed as: Accepted – No
Recommendations; Accepted – See Recommendations; Conditional Acceptance –
See Recommendations; Not Accepted, by 20th March 2015.
Final papers to be received by 15th April 2015.
Workshop Editorial Board
Leen D’Haenens, KU Leuven
Johan Leman, KU Leuven
Merve Reyhan Kayikci, KU Leuven
Saliha Özdemir, KU Leuven
Workshop Co-ordinator
Merve Reyhan Kayikci, KU Leuven
Saliha Özdemir, KU Leuven
Mieke Groeninck, KU Leuven
Venue
KU Leuven University
The international workshop is organized by KU Leuven Gülen Chair for
Intercultural Studies. It will be entirely conducted in English and will be
hosted by KU Leuven Gülen Chair in Leuven.
Papers and abstract should be sent to Merve Reyhan Kayikci:
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For more information plz contact:
Merve Reyhan Kayikci
KU Leuven Gülen Chair for Intercultural Studies
Parkstraat 45 - box 3615
3000 Leuven
*[3] Abstract - Conference - Confronting Categories - Deadline: January 10,
2015*
CALL FOR PAPERS
The Western Anthropology Graduate Society (WAGS) jointly with the
Anthropology Undergraduate Society at Western University (London, ON) are
pleased to announce Western University’s 3rd Annual Anthropology Graduate
Student Conference entitled: Confronting Categories to be held from Friday,
March 6 through Sunday, March 8, 2015.
History, women’s studies, geography, sociology, political science, First
Nations studies, as well as archaeology, linguistic, biological, and
socio-cultural anthropology incorporate a wide range of techniques and
strategies in order to explore the human experience. These disciplines
converge in the use of categories to conceptualize and make sense of human
behaviour and cultural practices. We invite abstracts that will facilitate
scholarly discussion and critical thinking in one or more of three major
areas of academic research as it relates to the application of categories
in the social sciences:
How do the humans and nonhumans we study classify the observable world
around them and why?
How does the use of categories in academia help or limit us in
communicating our ideas? (i.e., what information is lost when we divide our
data into categories? What information is gained?)
Which categories and labels still present in anthropological research (and
other academic disciplines) are rooted in colonial thought, and how can we
best decolonize the discipline(s)?
This conference provides the opportunity for graduate and undergraduate
students to reflect critically on how “categories” influence their own
research, as well as broader academic and applied contexts.
We invite you to submit paper abstracts for 15-minute oral presentations
by Saturday January 10, 2015 to [log in to unmask] Please include
your name and affiliation, paper title, abstract (up to 250 words), and 3-4
keywords.
We highly encourage students from outside of London, Ontario to make
submissions. Non-London residents whose abstracts are received by the
deadline (January 10, 2015) and are accepted will be eligible to apply for
the Western Anthropology Conference Student Travel Bursary.
Updates, the program, keynote speaker(s), bursary guidelines and
eligibility, and other resources will be posted on the conference website:
http://anthropology.uwo.ca/graduate/association_clubs/wags_annual_graduate_student_conference.html
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Please circulate widely to interested parties and direct any questions to
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*[4] Proposal - Panel - European Heritages, Realities and Utopias: The
Elderly's Consumption Of Coffee, Tea and "Leisure" Time” - Deadline:
January 14, 2015*
Call for Papers: We are opening a call for papers for a panel taking place
during the SIEF 2015 12th Congress, in Zagreb Croatia (June 21-25, 2015).
The panel is part of the “Food” stream and focuses on aging in a European
context.
Conference: SIEF 2015 12th Congress, Zagreb, Croatia (June 21-25, 2015).
Panel: European heritages, realities and utopias: the elderly's consumption
of coffee, tea and "leisure" time”
Panel Organizers: Lisa Le Fevre, TC, Columbia University and Santa Clara
University; Brian O’Hare, Columbia University
Panel Description:
“When exploring conceptions of aging and the life course, media outlets
offering the “feel-good” article have often concentrated on topics of
enigmatic longevity, an individual’s miraculous ability to perform an
activity or quaint gatherings of grandmothers and grandfathers for social
causes. While articles such as these draw the public’s attention to
“successful aging,” they also hint at the importance of sustained
engagement to individual and social life. Researchers and scholars in
anthropology, sociology and psychology, have long understood and focused on
the importance of social and interpersonal relationships for sustaining
healthy and meaningful lifestyles across the life course. As such, this
panel takes a look at the heritages, realities and utopias that aging
individuals bring to the table when they meet for coffee, tea or other
“leisure” activities – particularly in the context of European lifestyles
or ancestry. Using ethnographic data conducted during fieldwork and studies
in countries such as Bulgaria and Spain, questions that the panel seeks to
address ask what exactly is being “consumed” during these meetings, what
are the intentional/unintentional meanings held in such gatherings and how
can moments like these become movements to benefit those aging in Europe
and beyond.”
Submission Requirements and Deadline:
· All paper proposals should be submitted electronically at the
following link by January 14, 2015: (
http://nomadit.co.uk/sief/sief2015/panels.php5?PanelID=3505)
· Please include the paper’s title, author(s) name(s) and email(s), a
short 300 character or less abstract and a longer 250 word or less
abstract. More information on the guidelines for submitting papers, and on
the conference theme can be found at: (
http://www.siefhome.org/congresses/sief2015/cfp.shtml)
· If you have any further questions, please feel free to email the
conveners Lisa Le Fevre or Brian O’Hare through the submission site at: (
http://nomadit.co.uk/sief/sief2015/panels.php5?PanelID=3505)
*[5] Abstract - Symposium - Beyond Gypsy Stereotypes: Voicing Romani
Pluralities - Deadline: January 15, 2015*
Call for Papers
Beyond Gypsy Stereotypes: Voicing Romani Pluralities
A symposium at New York University as part of the Opre Khetanes! program
organized by the Initiative for Romani Music in conjunction with the Center
for Traditional Music and Dance and Voice of Roma, April 24-25, 2015. The
program will also include a dance workshop with Sani Rifati and a concert
of local Romani music.
Proposals for 20-minute papers will be accepted in the fields of
musicology, anthropology, sociology, history, political science, Romani
studies and related disciplines. Papers can be on any subject related to
representations and perceptions of of Romani (Gypsy) people. Through
presentations and informal discussions, the meeting will encourage dialogue
between performers, activists and scholars.
The meeting will address a range of questions, including but not limited to
the following:
• What are the roads and obstacles to Romani participation in public
and private institutions?
• What particular challenges do Roma in America face concerning
economic opportunities?
• What does it mean to be Romani in the 21st century?
• What roles does language play in forming Romani identities?
• How can the practice of music counteract or perpetuate “Gypsy”
stereotypes?
• How might Romani speakers, authors and performers attain a greater
voice in the public sphere?
• To what extent do Roma have access to, and an active voice in,
secondary and tertiary education?
• How and to what ends do Romani artists and service providers
engage in self-essentializing, both within their communities and in public
settings?
Please send a 500-word abstract to [log in to unmask] by January 15,
including your name, affiliation (if any), and the best way to reach you.
For more information, please visit the website of the Initiative for Romani
Music at New York University (www.romanimusic.org), which links directly to
the conference website (
https://sites.google.com/site/beyondromanistereotypes/), as well as the
website of the Center for Traditional Music and Dance (http://www.ctmd.org/
).
*[6] Manuscript - Journal Special Issue - Complicating the Politics of
Deservingness: A Critical Look at Latina/o Undocumented Migrant Youth -
Deadline: April 15, 2015*
CALL FOR PAPERS
Association of Mexican American Educators (AMAE) Journal Special Issue
Complicating the Politics of Deservingness: A Critical Look at Latina/o
Undocumented Migrant Youth
Guest Editors: Genevieve Negrón-Gonzales (University of San Francisco),
Leisy Abrego (University of California, Los Angeles) and Kathleen Coll
(University of San Francisco)
The separation of marginalized people into categories of
deserving/undeserving, civil/uncivil, and worthy/unworthy is not new; yet
it took on a new dimension when, in the summer of 2014, tens of thousands
of Central American refugee children crossing the U.S.-Mexico border made
headlines. Although the migration and settlement of Mexican and Central
American children has a long history, for the first time, the public saw
images of children packed into bare rooms, sleeping on the floor, in
overcrowded and unsanitary conditions. The collective, if short-lived,
outrage was later followed simultaneously by angry protests that blocked
buses of children from entering towns and supporters who welcomed them.
Protesters considered them dangerous invaders while supporters invoked
notions of innocent childhood. The media coverage and competing actions
opened the space for conversations about what is now very clearly a
“broken” U.S. immigration system tied to violently consequential foreign
policies in the region. Indeed, undocumented youth in the immigrant rights
movement have been mobilizing to put an end to the reprehensible immigrant
detention and deportation system that makes them and their families
vulnerable.
In this special issue, we aim to highlight the complex and important ways
in which the experiences and institutional interactions of refugee
children, undocumented youth, and young immigrants are both distinct and
interconnected. Challenging notions of deservingness that distinguish
between “good” versus “bad” immigrants, we solicit contributions informed
by a structural analysis of childhood and youth as it has played out in the
discourse about the lived experiences of immigrant youth and their
families. Our goal is to open the space for a critical immigration
scholarship that grapples with the production of illegality, citizenship as
a commodity, and a disruption of the deserving/undeserving immigrant
narrative. We invite pieces that complicate the contemporary conversation
about undocumented young people as well as those that problematize the myth
of a U.S. context that protects childhood and families of color.
The special issue will bring together conversations about “DREAMers,”
unaccompanied migrant children, and grassroots struggles working to
transform the current immigration system and end the institutional violence
it engenders. Together, submissions will acknowledge U.S. intervention,
global capitalism, geopolitics, and racism in this multi-layered migration
regime. We are particularly interested in manuscripts that are
interdisciplinary and that engage with the complexity of these dynamics and
the nuances in the broader field. We welcome manuscripts that offer
theoretical perspectives; research findings; innovative methodologies;
pedagogical reflections; and implications related to (but not limited to)
the following areas:
● Political subjectivities of “DREAMers” & unDACAmented youth
● The unaccompanied child migrant “crisis”
● Grassroots activism around immigrant rights
● Deportation, detention, and the state
● The politics of a divide between “deserving” children and “undeserving”
adult immigrants
● Undocumented children and the educational system
● Legal services provision and due process for youth
● Local and municipal responses to federal policies
● The relationship between immigration debates and the welfare and
carceral systems
Submissions suitable for publication in this special issue include
empirical papers, theoretical/conceptual papers, historical work, essays,
book reviews, and poems. It is important to note that the special issue is
interested in the broader Latina/o experience and not solely focused on the
experiences of Mexican Americans (per the title of the journal).
The selection of manuscripts will be conducted as follows:
1. Manuscripts will be judged on strength and relevance to the theme of the
special issue.
2. Manuscripts should not have been previously published in another
journal, nor should they be under consideration by another journal at the
time of submission.
3. Each manuscript will be subjected to a blind review by a panel of
reviewers with expertise in the area treated by the manuscript. Those
manuscripts recommended by the panel of experts will then be considered by
the AMAE guest editors and editorial board, which will make the final
selections.
Manuscripts should be submitted as follows:
1. Submit via email both a cover letter and copy of the manuscript in
Microsoft Word to: Dr. Genevieve Negrón-Gonzales ( [log in to unmask]
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> ).
2. Cover letter should include name, title, short author bio (100 words),
and institutional affiliation; indicate the type of manuscript submitted
and the number of words, including references. Also, please indicate how
your manuscript addresses the call for papers.
3. Manuscripts should be no longer than 7,000 words (including references)
and have an abstract of 200 words or less. Please follow the standard
format of the American Psychological Association (APA). Include within the
text all illustrations, charts, and graphs. Manuscripts may also be
submitted in Spanish.
Deadline for submissions is April 15, 2015. Please address questions to Dr.
Genevieve Negrón-Gonzales ([log in to unmask]<mailto:
[log in to unmask]> ) or Dr. Patricia Sánchez (
[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> ). Authors will
be asked to address revisions to their manuscripts during the summer months
of 2015. This special issue is due to be published in December 2015.
Association of Mexican American Educators (AMAE) Journal
http://amaejournal.utsa.edu
*2. FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES AND AWARDS || PRIX ET BOURSES*
*[1] Fellowships (2 Types) - Summer Scholar Fellowships- The School for
Advanced Research (SAR) - Deadline: January 12, 2015*
Call for Applications: Summer Scholar Fellowships at SAR
The School for Advanced Research (SAR) in Santa Fe, NM invites applications
for its 2015 Summer Scholar Fellowships.
SAR awards fellowships each year to several scholars in anthropology and
related fields to pursue research or writing projects that promote
understanding of human behavior, culture, society, and the history of
anthropology. Scholars from the humanities and social sciences are
encouraged to apply.
Competitive proposals have a strong empirical dimension, meaning that they
address the facts of human life on the ground. They also situate the
proposed research within a specific cultural or historical context and
engage a broad scholarly literature. Applicants should make a convincing
case for the intellectual significance of their projects and their
potential contribution to a range of disciplines in the humanities and
social sciences.
SAR provides summer scholars a small stipend, a rent-free apartment and
office on campus, an allowance account, library support, and other benefits
during a seven-week tenure, which starts in mid-June.
Two types of fellowships are available:
* Ethel-Jane Westfeldt Bunting Fellowship. Up to three residential
fellowships are available each summer for doctoral level scholars and PhD
candidates in the social sciences, humanities, or arts.
* William Y. and Nettie K. Adams Fellowship in the History of
Anthropology. One residential fellowship is available each summer for a
doctoral level scholar or PhD candidate whose project focuses on the
history of anthropology.
Deadline for applications is January 12, 2015.
For more information on summer scholar fellowships and other SAR programs,
please visit our website<http://sarweb.org/index.php?summer_scholars>.
Maria Spray
Scholar Programs Assistant
School for Advanced Research
(505) 954-7237
P.O. Box 2188
Santa Fe, N.M. 87504
*[2] Scholarship Proposals - Field School for Social and Cultural
Anthropology - Deadline: January 25, 2015*
10th Edition of the Field School for Social and Cultural Anthropology
Gozo (Malta), Europe
June 10, 2015 - June 29
July 4, 2015 - July 23
July 28, 2015 - August 16
CALL FOR SCHOLARSHIP PROPOSALS
This call is aimed at budding researchers with a creative and open mind
towards the challenges of applied research. We offer a unique learning
opportunity in a multidisciplinary research project on the isle of Gozo,
Malta. Expeditions and the University of Leuven hand out eight scholarships
that cover part or all of the tuition fee for the 2015 Malta Summer School.
Scholarships are granted on a competitive basis, based on a research
proposal.
More information on the project can be find on:
www.anthropologyfieldschool.org
Eligible candidates
· Undergraduate and graduate students
· PhD students
· Everyone with a genuine interest in anthropology
· Previous participants of the project
Selection is NOT based on academic merit, originality or complexity. We aim
for enthusiasm, dedication and creativity. In the past years even students
who were not enrolled in an anthropology program got scholarships for the
project.
Selection Procedure
Candidates are invited to propose two or more creative research concepts
that can be performed during the summer school. So the research topic has
to relate to something on which you can do fieldwork on Malta, and
preferably Gozo.
From these proposals, the academic board of Expeditions will select 15
different candidates to work out a more detailed research plan within a
deadline of two months (February/March). The three best research proposals
will be granted a full scholarship. The next five runners-up will be
granted a scholarship of 1,700.00? (about 60% of the total tuition) which
will be deducted from their tuition fee.
In the first stage:
· All submissions will compete equally. You are allowed to send in as much
research ideas as you like.
· Concepts should be rudimentarily explained.
· Applicants are asked to focus on creativity and an initial-stage
argumentation on why the research is valuable.
After initial acceptance:
· Applicants will develop further one selected proposal under assistance of
our tutors (via e-mail or skype).
· Elaboration on feasibility, methodology and research layouts should
fleshed out in this stage only
· Final research proposals to be submitted within two months after initial
acceptance
How to apply?
· Send us 2 or more research concepts (but at least two!).
· 150-250 words per research concept.
· Submitting can only be done through the form on our website.
· The deadline for submissions is January 25th, 2015.
Please note that the number of students accepted in the program is limited.
Scholarships will be granted only after the completion of the selection
procedure, while registration is open to non-scholarship participants. In
case you wish to join the project even if you don't get the scholarship, we
advise to register through the regular procedure as early as possible since
non-scholarship slots are usually filled by the end of December.
More information on the project can be find on:
www.anthropologyfieldschool.org
Official certificate when completing.
Leading professor: Marc Vanlangendonck
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University of Leuven and IMMRC
*3. EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES || OFFRE D'EMPLOI* (in addition to/ en plus de
http://www.cas-sca.ca/latest-jobs)
*[1] Resident Professor - Global Health - OTS Global Health Undergraduate
Semester Abroad Program in Costa Rica*
The Organization for Tropical Studies (OTS) is seeking applicants for the
position of Resident Professor with the OTS Global Health Undergraduate
Semester Abroad Program in Costa Rica. This is a field-based program
designed to provide undergraduate students with outstanding training in
tropical medicine, public health, ethnobiology, research abilities,
community work, and Spanish Language and Culture. More information about
the program can be found here:
http://ots.ac.cr/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=339&Itemid=467
Successful applicants will work closely with the Education Director,
Undergraduate Programs Coordinator, and other Resident Professors in
curriculum design and implementation, and will be responsible for teaching
aspects of the Public Health, Ethnobiology, and Research Practicum courses.
He/she will be responsible for leading the Research Practicum course, teach
statistics and research design, thus should be comfortable with developing
and conducting short research projects with students in the field and in
the community.
Ideal candidates will have a background in anthropology and/or social
science with a focus on public health, or in microbiology or epidemiology,
such that they could complement the expertise of the other resident
professors in public health and ethnobiology. The position is based in
Costa Rica, and requires a commitment of 18 weeks in Costa Rica where 13
will be in the field and the rest in OTS offices during each of two (Spring
and Fall). This is a full-time position with a required commitment of at
least one year. Any questions about the position should be directed to
[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>. We follow
Duke University quality control in all aspects; henceforth, good teaching
skills are a must.
Qualifications:
* Ph.D. in Anthropology, Public or International Health, Microbiology,
or Epidemiology with professional research experience in the tropics
* A strong interest in team teaching and interdisciplinary collaboration
* A strong background in experimental design and statistical analysis
in projects related to public health and ethnobiology
* Experience in field-based education and hands-on experiential
teaching a plus
* Experience working in Latin America, especially in Costa Rica, a plus
* Excellent bilingual (English/Spanish) communication skills
* Ability to work a flexible schedule and spend 16-18 weeks, twice a
year, in Costa Rica
* Comfortable with living in close quarters with students and faculty
at field stations around Costa Rica
Application deadline: Open enrollment.
Anticipated start date: Until successful applicant found.
To apply: Submit the following materials: cover letter describing your
interest and fit for the position, CV, statement of teaching philosophy,
statement of research interests, and 3 references. Electronic applications
are preferred and may be submitted online via the OTS website:
http://www.ots.ac.cr. Applications may also be sent electronically to
[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>.
Andrés Santana
Graduate Education Department
Organization for Tropical Studies
San Pedro, Costa Rica. 676-2050
(506) 2524-0607 ext. 1511
Skype: andres.santana_otscro
www.ots.ac.cr<http://www.ots.ac.cr/>
twitter: @ots_tropicaledu<https://twitter.com/ots_tropicaledu>
*[2] Cultural Anthropologist - Latin American - University of Arkansas -
Deadline: December 15, 2014*
Dear Colleagues:
The Department of Anthropology at the University of Arkansas is seeking to
hire a Latin Americanist cultural anthropologist, starting in August 2015.
Please see the description below. We especially encourage application by
women and minority candidates.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at:
[log in to unmask]
The Department of Anthropology at the University of Arkansas invites
applications for a tenure-track position in cultural anthropology at the
Assistant Professor level, specializing in Latin America, starting in
August 2015. We seek a colleague whose expertise complements present
department strengths. Preferred areas include: gender/sexuality, political
economy, and/or social movements. The successful candidate should be
prepared to teach Introduction to Latin American Studies, an upper-level
class in History of Anthropological Thought, as well as courses that
augment our undergraduate and graduate curricula. Candidates must have
completed a Ph.D. in anthropology by August 1, 2015 and are expected to
have an active research program, a record of scholarly publication, and
previous teaching experience at the college level. To apply, send a cover
letter, curriculum vitae, and the names and contact information for three
referees to: Chair, Latin Americanist
Search Committee, Department of Anthropology, University of Arkansas, Old
Main 330, Fayetteville, AR 72701. Inquiries may be directed to the search
committee at [log in to unmask] The closing date for applications is
December 15, 2014.
The University of Arkansas is an equal opportunity, affirmative action
institution. The University welcomes applications without regard to age,
race, gender (including pregnancy), national origin, disability, religion,
marital or parental status, protected veteran status, military service,
genetic information, sexual orientation or gender identity. Persons must
have proof of legal authority to work in the United States on the first day
of employment. All applicant information is subject to public disclosure
under the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act. Women and minority
candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
*4. REQUESTS AND QUERIES* from members of the CASCA Student Network (reply
directly to the poster) || *REQUÊTES DES ÉTUDIANT(E)S* pour obtenir des
conseils ou ressources (les réponses seront envoyées
directement à l'étudiant(e) en question).
N/A
*5. EVENTS || ÉVÉNEMENTS & SUMMER COURSES || COURS D'ETE*
*[1] Panel - Launching a Career in Academia - AAA Meeting - December 4,
2014*
APLA will be hosting a special panel at the upcoming AAAs in which graduate
students and recent Ph.D.s can converse with faculty concerning strategies
and challenges involved in finding, securing, and flourishing in academic
employment. I hope that you will be able to attend. Please also help me
to distribute the following information on this event to our colleagues:
Launching a Career in Academia
Day: Thursday, December 4, 2014
Time: 8:30 PM--9:45 PM
Location: Cleveland 1, Marriott Wardman Park (please confirm in final
program)
Confirmed speakers:
Anthony Balzano, Sussex County (NJ) Community College
Jon Bialecki, University of Edinburgh
Heath Cabot, College of the Atlantic
Daniel Goldstein, Rutgers University
If you have any questions, please email Josh Clark at [log in to unmask]
Joshua Clark
Student representative | Board of Directors | Association for Political
and Legal Anthropology
Ph.D. candidate | Department of Anthropology | University of
California, Irvine
*[2] Panel - "Producing Anthropologists" in a Landscape of Uncertainty: A
Workshop for Surviving and Navigating the Job Market in a Climate of
Scarcity and Precarity - AAA Meeting- December 6, 2014*
"Producing Anthropologists" in a Landscape of Uncertainty: A Workshop for
Surviving and Navigating the Job Market in a Climate of Scarcity and
Precarity
Saturday, December 6, 2014: 1:00 PM-2:15 PM
Harding (Marriott Wardman Park)
If you are free on Saturday December 6th at 1pm, please come to the working
panel/workshop "Producing Anthropologists" - the abstract is posted below
(and please note the time change). This is an opportunity to join together
as a community and discuss support and solidarity in a time of precarity
and uncertainty. Please post to your lists, pass along to
students/friends/colleagues, and come if you can.
Feel free to message me with questions.
See you all in DC!
Best,
Maura Finkelstein [log in to unmask]
According to the AAA, this years' meeting theme, Producing Anthropology,
"offers a provocation to examine the truths we encounter, produce and
communicate through anthropological theories and methods." But what of the
production of anthropologists? According to the AAUP, 48 percent of faculty
work part-time and 68 percent of all faculty appointments take place off
the tenure track. Over the past few years, the reality of these statistics
have led to extensive debates on college and university campuses, across
social media and the blogosphere, and within highly circulated media
outlets like the Chronicle of Higher Ed, Inside Higher Ed, PBS, and the New
York Times. Adjuncts across the country are unionizing with varying support
from their TT/Tenured colleagues. As we produce more and more Anthropology
PhD's in an academic environment with less and less Tenure Track options,
the reality of securing work (whether it be a Post Doc, a contingency
position, or the holy grail of the TT line) becomes increasingly fraught.
This open discussion session (with no scheduled speakers or assigned roles)
offers interested individuals a chance come together and discuss the
reality of navigating the job market, the forms of alliances forged across
appointments, and the potential for cooperation in an increasingly
stratified and fought academic landscape. As we produce anthropologists in
a climate of rapidly changing opportunities, this open discussion session
seeks out space for both survival and solidarity.
*[3] Applicants - Summer School - Citizens Resilience in Times of Crises -
Deadline: December 15, 2014*
We are pleased to announce that the call for applications is now open
for the Summer School on Citizens Resilience in Times of Crises, sponsored
by the LIVING WITH HARD TIMES: How Citizens React to Economic Crises and
Their Social and Political Consequences project (LIVEWHAT) (
livewhat.unige.ch) and organized at the Centre on Social Movement Studies
(COSMOS) (cosmos.eui.eu/Home.aspx).
The Summer School will take place in Florence from the 5th to the 11th
of July 2015 and will address fundamental issues such as:
• How do people respond to crises in general and to the current
economic crisis in particular?
• What strategies are developed to cope with the crisis in the public and
in the private domain, collectively and individually, and through policies,
protests and individual behaviors?
• What forms of resilience does society show in hard times?
The Summer School will bring together young scholars and more established
academics interested in these issues through an intensive curriculum of
lectures and workshops. Participants investigating the dynamics linking
crises, policy responses, and citizens’ resilience will focus on
mobilization and alternative forms of action in times of economic crises.
More generally, the Summer School aims to offer analytical and
methodological tools to investigate how citizens respond to the social and
political consequences of economic crises either individually or
collectively, privately or publicly, politically or non-politically. This
will include responses such as changing attitudes and behaviors; engaging
in collective action; adapting lifestyles; expressing discontent in the
media; voting for a populist party; and broadening social ties.
The Summer School will also feature keynote speeches from
internationally-renowned scholars:
• Prof. Javier Auyero, Sociology Department, University of Texas, Austin
• Prof. Donatella Della Porta, Political and Social Sciences Department
European University Institute, Florence
• Prof. Marco Giugni, Department of Political Science and International
Relations, University of Geneva
• Prof. Jeff Goodwin, Department of Sociology, New York University
• Prof. Maria Kousis, Department of Sociology, University of Crete
• Prof. Hanspeter Kriesi, Political and Social Sciences Department European
University Institute, Florence
• Dr. Magda Osman, Department of Psychology, Queen Mary University of
London
The Summer School is open to 20 graduate students as well as early career
researchers throughout Europe and beyond with a specialized interest in
participation and mobilization during periods of crises in different fields
of study, including political science, political sociology, political
communication, and political anthropology. Applicants should email a cover
letter (i.e two pages) in which they explain how the Summer School would be
beneficial to their research, a 500-word abstract of a proposed academic
paper, and a curriculum vitae to [log in to unmask] The
deadline for applications is the 15th of December 2014.
Applicants will be informed of the outcome by email no later than 30th of
January. Those offered places must confirm their participation within 10
days, after which places may be offered to applicants on the reserve list.
Participants to the Summer School will be required to write and submit a
7000-8000 word paper before 1st June. The paper will be presented during
the Summer School, providing a unique experience for discussion and
feedback. English will be the working language and therefore students are
expected to have a good command of written and spoken English.
The Summer School has no fees and will provide welcome drinks and a
farewell dinner, academic materials, and the use of library, computing and
internet facilities. Travel and accommodation costs are not included,
however the LIVEWHAT project can offer five travel and accommodation grants
(€700 each) to selected participants.
For more information about the application procedure and academic program,
please visit the Summer School webpage at livewhat.unige.ch/?p=1616 and/or
<http://livewhat.unige.ch/?p=1616and/or> contact the Summer School
organizing committee at [log in to unmask]
Best,
Lorenzo
The LIVEWHAT project has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh
Framework Programme for research, technological development and
demonstration under grant agreement n° 613237.
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Submissions: All members of CASCA's Student Network as well as graduate
program directors who have events or opportunities of interest to our
members are invited to contact the moderators ([log in to unmask]). Links
to detailed posting guidelines: in English and French
<http://bit.ly/1wMCpSE>.
Tous les membres du réseau des étudiants de CASCA ainsi que les directeurs
de programmes d'études supérieures qui ont des événements ou des
possibilités d'intérêt pour nos membres sont invités à contacter les
modérateurs ([log in to unmask]). Voir ci-dessous pour directives sur les
affectations détaillées: en anglais et français <http://bit.ly/1wMCpSE>.
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