11 December | décembre 2014

 

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.

 

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 français et anglais.

 

1. CALLS || APPELS

a) Opportunities || Opportunités

[1] Call for Journal Articles and Reviewers - Journal - Contingent Horizons - York University - Deadline: December 15, 2015

[2] Call for Book Reviewers - Women in Judaism Journal 2015 Issues - Deadline: Ongoing

[3] Call for Book Reviewers - Journal of Religious & Theological Information -

 

b) CFP Publications & Conferences || Appel à contributions pour les

publications et conférences

[1] Call for Abstract - Conference Panel - Gender, Sexuality and Music - Central States Anthropological Association Meetings - Deadline: December 14, 2014

 

[2] Call for Papers - Conference - Unsettling Colonial Modernity: Islamicate Contexts in Focus - University of Alberta - Extended Deadline: December 15, 2014

 

[3] Call for Papers - “Ruins and the Future” - 7th Annual McGill University Anthropology Graduate Student Conference - Montreal, Quebec - Deadline: January 5, 2014

 

[4] Call for Papers - Conference - Confronting Categories- Western Anthropology Graduate Society - Western, Ontario - Deadline: January 10, 2015

 

[5] Call for Papers - Conference - Social Networking in Cyber Spaces: European Muslim's Participation in (New) Media - KU Leuven University, Belgium - Deadline: January 10, 2015

 

[6] Call for Papers - Graduate Symposium – System breakdown? Critical reflections on the European Union In Crisis - Department of Political Science and The European Union Centre of Excellence - Dalhousie University - Deadline: January 15, 2015

 

[7] Call for Papers - Conference - 2015 Society for Psychological Anthropology Biennial Meeting - Deadline: January 25, 2015.

 

[8] Call for Abstracts & Curatorial/Artists Statements - Graduate Conference - Mind the Gap(s): Spaces of precarity/spaces of possibility - Social Anthropology Graduate Association - York University - Deadline: January 31, 2015

 

2. FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES AND AWARDS || PRIX ET BOURSES

[1] Call for Applications - Halperin Memorial Fund 2015 - Society for Economic Anthropology - Deadline: December 15, 2014

 

[2] The Camargo Foundation Core Fellowship Program 2015/2016 - Residency Opportunity - Deadline: January 13, 2015

 

[3] Bertha V. Corets Memorial Fellowship - American Jewish Archives - Deadline: February 23, 2015

 

3. EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES || OFFRE D'EMPLOI (in addition to/ en plus de http://www.cas-sca.ca/latest-jobs)

[1] Ethnographer/Applied Social Scientist Position - Publicis Healthcare - Deadline: Immediately

 

[2] Tenure Track position in Anthropology specializing in Latin America – Department of Anthropology – University of Arkansas – Deadline: December 15, 2014

 

[3] Tenure track position in Aboriginal/Indigenous Youth - Concordia University - Deadline: January 15, 2015

 

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'ÉTÉ

workshops, seminars

[1] Field Study Abroad - Open School of Ethnography and Anthropology - Deadline: Ongoing

 

*Submissions to the CASCA Grad List: English posting guidelines

 

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1. CALLS || APPELS

a) Opportunities || Opportunités

 

[1] Call for Journal Articles and Reviewers - Journal - Contingent Horizons - York University - Deadline: December 15, 2015

Dear fellow students and peers,

Pat yourself on the back: you’ve survived the fall term! During the past few weeks, you’ve probably written a number of final papers. Maybe among those papers there is one that you are particularly proud of for the ideas you put forth, or for the depth of your research, or for the quality of your writing.  Or perhaps you have a paper from a previous term that you think exemplifies the best of your work. We’d like you to consider submitting that paper to the second issue of Contingent Horizons, The York University Student Journal of Anthropology. Don’t worry about making revisions now, as our peer reviewing process will give you time and constructive feedback for revisions during the winter term. The deadline for submissions is December 15, 2014.

Another way you could contribute to this growing student journal is as a peer-reviewer. We receive submissions from undergraduate and graduate students from anthropology departments worldwide; their works benefit greatly from the constructive criticism they receive from our peer reviewers as part of preparing the article for publication.

With classes over, and a little extra time on your hands, we hope that this winter break you submit your papers, volunteer to peer review and take a look at our inaugural issue at www.contingenthorizons.com. Contact us at [log in to unmask] for any further questions.

Wishing you all a relaxing and enjoyable winter break!

All best,

The Contingent Horizons Collective

 

[2] Call for Book Reviewers - Women in Judaism Journal 2015 Issues - Deadline: Ongoing

WOMEN IN JUDAISM: A MULTIDISCIPLINARY JOURNAL IS SEEKING BOOK REVIEWERS FOR ITS 2015 ISSUES.

Women in Judaism: A Multidisciplinary Journal is published exclusively on the Internet as a forum for scholarly debate on gender-related issues in Judaism. It is particularly intended to promote critical analysis of gender inequalities within Jewish religion, culture, and society, both ancient and modern. The journal does not promote a fixed ideology, and welcomes a variety of approaches. The material may be cross-methodological or interdisciplinary.

The Journal’s Website: http://www.womeninjudaism.org

To access the list of the review copies, click on the Books Received button on the homepage of the journal. The list can also be obtained by emailing the editor-in-chief.

All reviews are 500-1000 words and due 30 days from receipt of the book. They may be formal or informal, as long as they are fair and engaging. Presently, our fiction list is in urgent need of reviews. (Some of the books are somewhat dated, but still available in print.)

Queries, along with a short bio and a writing sample, should be made by e-mail to: [log in to unmask]

 

[3] Call for Book Reviewers - Journal of Religious & Theological Information

The Journal of Religious & Theological Information is currently accepting review articles that address books or electronic resources on the anthropology of religion, aligned with the aims and scope of the journal. The review process is an essential scholarly activity that provides critical review and comment on resources available for a variety of academic and non-academic audiences. We welcome your input to this process. 

The Journal of Religious & Theological Information focuses on scholarship in the field of library and information studies as it relates to religious studies and related fields, including politics, culture studies, art and literature, sociology, and anthropology. The possibilities for contributions to this aim are vast.

A list of possible titles for review is listed below. Suggestions for books or electronic media to review are also encouraged. If you would like to review a book—or if you simply have questions—please contact Darin Freeburg, review editor, at [log in to unmask]. Please include a CV with an indication of the book you would like to review.

Original and objective reviews are accepted on a rolling basis and will be edited for content, grammar, and style. Reviews should be submitted to the review editor within two months of receiving the resource. Guidelines for reviews are available by request.

Information about the journal—as well as previous editions—can be found here (http://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?journalCode=wrti20#.VHN-_ofv-uc).

Sincerely,

 Darin Freeburg

Review Editor

Journal of Religious & Theological Information

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 Current Titles for Review (more available by request or suggestion)

 

Crossing the water and keeping the faith : Haitian religion in Miami

Author:	Terry Rey
Publisher:	New York : NYU Press, [2013]

 

Down in the chapel : religious life in an American prison

Author:	Joshua Dubler
Publisher:	New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2013.

Heaven bent : Australian lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex experiences of faith, religion and spirituality

Author:	Luke Gahan; Tiffany Jones
Publisher:	Melbourne : Clouds of Magellan, 2013.

 

Missionary impositions : conversion, resistance, and other challenges to objectivity in religious ethnography

Author:	Hillary K Crane; Deana L Weibel
Publisher:	Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, ©2013.

 

A companion to the anthropology of religion

Author:	Janice Patricia Boddy
Publisher:	Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley and Sons, 2013.

 

The anthropology of religious charisma : ecstasies and institutions

Author:	Charles Lindholm
Publisher:	New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.

 

The anthropology of eastern religions : ideas, organizations, and constituencies

Author:	Murray J Leaf
Publisher:	Lanham : Lexington Books, 2014. Darin Freeburg, PhD Book Review Editor Journal of Religious & Theological Information [log in to unmask]

 

 

b) CFP Publications & Conferences || Appel à contributions pour les

publications et conférences

 

[1] Call for Abstract - Conference Panel - Gender, Sexuality and Music - Central States Anthropological Association Meetings - Deadline: December 14, 2014

Angela Glaros (Eastern Illinois U) and I (Amber Clifford, University of Central Missouri) are assembling a panel on gender, sexuality, and music for the 2015 meeting of the Central States Anthropological Association.  The meeting is April 2015 in Minneapolis.  

We welcome graduate students and advanced undergraduates.  Please send a 250 word abstract of your proposed paper, along with your contact information, to Amber Clifford ([log in to unmask]). Information must be received by midnight CST on Sunday for consideration. Feel free to email if you have questions.

 

[2] Call for Papers - Conference - Unsettling Colonial Modernity: Islamicate Contexts in Focus - University of Alberta - Extended Deadline: December 15, 2014

April 24-25, 2015 Keynote speakers: Dr. Sherene Razack*, Dr. Parin Dossa**

The late-19th century acceleration of European colonialism in the Middle East and North Africa gave rise to a range of cultural, sociopolitical, and socioeconomic projects seeking to restructure Islamicate societies after modern Europe. Such Eurocentric projects were predominantly advanced through subordinating Islamicate traditions, cultures, and identities. This traumatic historical experience evokes the image of a Muslim other laid on the Procrustean bed of European modernity; Islamicate traditions, cultures, and identities were either stretched out of shape or sawed off so that they would fit the hegemonic conception of modernity.

This homogenizing conception of modernity, however, has faced serious challenges from within and without its European bedrock. Critics have problematized the unilinear view of historical progress in the discourse of Enlightenment modernity and its homogenizing universalism; they have also highlighted the (in)formal colonial trajectory of European modernity in non-European contexts. Out of these critical engagements, have emerged counterdiscourses such as “indigenous modernities”, “multiple modernities”, and “alternative modernities”, as well as a rich body of literature provincializing Europe, historicizing lived experiences of European modernity, and unveiling its darker side. These critiques have opened up new possibilities for transcending false binary oppositions of West/East, modernity/tradition, secular/sacred, and culture/nature.

The organizing committee of this interdisciplinary conference invites contributions to the current rethinking of post-19th century identity formations and sociopolitical transmutations in Islamicate contexts (both national and diasporic) vis-à-vis the colonial project of modernity. We are particularly interested in examining practical implications as well as challenges and prospects of such dialogical investigations. Topics might include, but are not limited to:

§  Modern nation-building and its discontents

§  Postcolonialism, indigeneity, and decoloniality

§  Narrative resistance

§  Feminist theories of experience and first-person knowledge

§  Identity politics and intersectionality

§  Subjectivity, theories of the self, and narrative identities

§  Racialization and epistemologies of ignorance

§  Trauma, affect, memory, and their link to identity

§  The return of the repressed in myth, phantasy, and neurosis  

§  Islamophobia in the post-War-on-Terror era

§  Orientalization of diasporic identities in popular culture  

§  Radical pedagogies in interrogating Islamophobia/orientalism

§  Religion, secularism, and democracy

§  Orientalism and occidentalism

§  Critical race and whiteness studies

§  Marxist literary criticism

§  Critical (ir)realism

§  Technophobia, eco-criticism, and post-apocalyptic literature

§  Post-modernism as the return of Romanticism

§  Globalization and socio-economic development

Contributions can take the form of papers or posters. Please send abstracts (150-200 words for posters; 300-500 words for papers), along with a short bio of author(s), to [log in to unmask] by December 15, 2014. Decisions on selected proposals will be sent out early January 2014. Presenters whose abstracts are accepted must submit their papers (3000-5000 words) or posters (2-4 slides) by March 27, 2015, one month prior to the conference date.

A selection of papers presented at the conference will be published in a peer-reviewed, edited volume. A final draft of selected papers is to be submitted within two months after the conference. Should you have any questions or require more information, please contact us via email at [log in to unmask], or visit http://www.ucmconf.com/.

*Dr. Sherene Razack is Professor of Social Justice Education at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto. She is the author and editor of several books on feminism, race, gender, settler colonialism, and imperialism, including Race, Space and the Law: Unmapping a White Settler Society (2002); Dark Threats and White Knights: The Somalia Affair, Peacekeeping and the New Imperialism (2004); Casting Out: Race and the Eviction of Muslims From Western Law and Politics (2008); and States of Race: Critical Race feminism for the 21st Century (with Malinda Smith and Sunera Thobani) (2010).

**Dr. Parin Dossa is Professor of Anthropology and Associate Member in the Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies, at Simon Fraser University. Based on her research on social suffering and narratives of trauma, Dr. Dossa explores the differential effects of structural violence on the lived realities of Muslim women, including diaspora. Her works include Politics and Poetics of Migration: Narratives of Iranian women in the Diaspora (2004); Racialized Bodies, Disabling Worlds: Storied Lives of Immigrant Muslim Women (2009); and Afghanistan Remembers: Gendered Narrations of Violence and Culinary Practices (2014).

 

[3] Call for Papers - “Ruins and the Future” - 7th Annual McGill University Anthropology Graduate Student Conference - Montreal, Quebec - Deadline: January 5, 2014

Ruins and the Future, McGill University, Friday, April 10, 2015

“No matter how hard I worked, no matter how long I waited, the future never seemed to arrive.”
-- Arata Isozaki, “Ruins”

In the early 1960s, Japanese architect Arata Isozaki superimposed his designs for “the city of the future” atop images of the ruination left in the wake of the atomic bomb. In his struggle to live up to the utopian vision of his contemporaries, he found himself forced to ask,"If the image of those ruins burned so deeply in my eyes and if my memory was prohibiting me from exercising my imagination on the future, should I not simply embrace the idea and accept that the future would be composed of the same kind of ruins?" Imagined in decay, Isozaki’s city of the future rises up among the ruins of its past.

For the 7th Annual McGill Anthropology Graduate Student Conference, we ask: How do such overlays--of futures and pasts, destruction and possibility, growth and death--resonate in the curiosities, priorities, and methodologies of anthropology? What are our relationships to ruins, to ruination, and to projects for the future?
The contemplation of ruins has a long history of its own--from sentimental Romantic fixations to contemporary concerns with traces, materiality, critique, and capitalism. Stoler’s (2013) recent edited volume productively attends to ruins and ruination as fragments, traces, and symptoms of ‘imperial’ histories. Dawdy (2010) has likewise approached ‘modern ruins’ as markers of domination, but also fertile landscapes, “tears in the spaciotemporal fabric through which new social forms can emerge” (18). In each case, these authors depict the trails of debris that mark both historical and contemporary processes and presences. Yet ruins also seem to confound time in the crumbling of foundations, perhaps inspiring new ecologies of diversity, or even offering strategic sites for nation-building.
Our aim is to provide a space to collectively think about and reflect upon 'ruins' and their relation to various temporal horizons. For instance, we invite participants to consider how ruins might trouble conceptions of time, progress and history. Can we think of the present as a site of ruination? How do material and immaterial traces of the past constitute a memory of the contemporary? Further, ruins may bring our attention to layered histories--for example, in drawing attention to how Khmer Rouge and Vietnam War bulletholes in 10th century temples flatten time or layer multiple temporalities. We might also ask how today’s technical or infrastructural ruins attest to futures that never were, or imminently may be.
Submitted papers are welcome to expand upon these themes in creative and unanticipated
ways, but in the spirit of promoting a generative and lively conversation, we ask:

• Beyond an immediate historical materiality, how might ruins trouble or produce various futures?
  If ruins have so often been viewed as physical testaments to a nostalgic or an imperial past, what might they instead tell us about an imminent or forgotten future?
• What anthropological engagements might emerge when we view ruins as conceptual
  tools, dynamic processes, or theoretical provocations?
• How can we approach the absence of ruins through sites of historical removal or landscapes of dispossession?
• What kinds of traces do we allow to persist in the future? What endures through time? What can become a ruin and what cannot?

Submit your short abstracts (250 words) to [log in to unmask] by January 5th, 2015. Please include your name, university affiliation, and contact information. You will be notified of the reception of your abstract, and invitations will be distributed by
January 23rd, 2015.  Invited participants should prepare 15 minute papers for presentation.

Attendees are additionally invited to join us for a welcome reception the evening of Thursday, April 9th, and a participatory workshop the morning of Saturday, April 11th.

Feel free to use the provided email to contact us with any questions.Additional information and updates can be found at: http://mcgillanthroconference.wordpress.com/

 

[4] Call for Papers - Conference - Confronting Categories- Western Anthropology Graduate Society - Western, Ontario - 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.

 Please circulate widely to interested parties and direct any questions to [log in to unmask]. 
3rd Annual Anthropology Graduate Student Conference  
Western University, London, Ontario

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[5] Call for Papers - Conference - Social Networking in Cyber Spaces: European Muslim's Participation in (New) Media - Deadline: January 10, 2015

Social Networking in Cyber Spaces: European Muslim's Participation in (New) Media - Gülen Chair for Intercultural Studies - KU Leuven University, Belgium 28-29 May 2015

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. She studies religion and new media and the influence of digital and mobile technologies on religious communities.[5] Her work has covered a range of topics from the rise of religious community online, religious blogging and religious mobile culture within Christianity, Judaism and 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?

2   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?

3   (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 to 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

1   Abstracts (300–500 words maximum) and CVs (maximum 1 page) to be received by 10th January 2015.

2   Abstracts to be short-listed by the Editorial Board and papers invited by 20th January 2015.

3   Papers (3,000 words minimum – 5,500 words maximum, excluding bibliography) to be received by 10th March 2015.

4   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.

5   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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[6] Call for Papers - Graduate Symposium – System breakdown? Critical reflections on the European Union In Crisis - Department of Political Science and The European Union Centre of Excellence - Dalhousie University - Halifax, Nova Scotia - Deadline: January 15, 2015

System Breakdown? Critical Reflections on the European Union in Crisis

Abstract deadline: January 15

Conference Dates: March 19-20, 2015

The current state of the European Union appears precarious. Reoccurring currency issues, increasingly Insecure borders, economic stagnation, difficulties in migration flows, volatile politics, and waning public support for the Union, among other problems, have all given rise to debates over the future course of the world’s most ambitious supranational project. Scholars and practitioners are invited to critically reflect on these issues by examining ways we can learn from the European Union’s failures and successes and better identify best practices going forward.

The Symposium, organized by the Political Science graduate cohort and faculty, invites papers and posters from across disciplines and perspectives, including, but not limited to: Political Science, Public Administration, Economics, Sociology, Anthropology, History, Law, Gender & Development Studies, Geography, Psychology, Linguistics, Communications Studies, and Environmental Sciences.

Suggested topics for paper and poster submissions include any combination of the following:

• Governance, Regulation & Political Integration

• Foreign Policy & Relations

•Economics & Finance

•Trade & Currency

•Security & Borders

•Internal & External Migration

•Health & Demographic Shifts

•Energy, Environment, & Sustainability

Papers and posters are meant to spur debate and will be assigned to panels with the panel chair and one contributing panel author acting as discussants for each paper.

Graduate Students and Faculty interested in participating are invited to submit paper abstracts (maximum 400 words) in English, along with a current C.V., by no later than

December10th.

Posters require a C.V., title (maximum 20 words), public abstract (maximum 50 words prepared for print), and full abstract (maximum 250 words).

Notification of acceptance will be given by January 25th, and a full draft by those selected for presentation must be submitted by March 1. Final post-conference drafts must then be resubmitted by May 1st, in order to be considered for peer reviewed publication in the edited conference journal due out for the Fall of 2015.

Send all abstracts to: [log in to unmask]

http://www.dal.ca/content/dam/dalhousie/pdf/Diff/euce/Events/System%20Breakdown_Call%20for%20Papers.pdf

 

[7] Call for Papers - Conference - 2015 Society for Psychological Anthropology Biennial Meeting - Boston, MA, Deadline: January 25, 2015.

The Society for Psychological Anthropology invites you to submit proposals for its 2015 Biennial Meeting to be held at the historic Omni Parker House in Boston on April 9-12^th, 2015. We will be accepting submissions of individually volunteered papers and posters, volunteered paper sessions, and discussion roundtables on any topic in the field of psychological anthropology. Details on conference registration and abstract submission can be found on our conference website. Deadline for submission is: Sunday, January 25^th, 2015.

Plenary Sessions:The Biennial Meetings will include a plenary session on “CONTROVERSIES IN GLOBAL MENTAL HEALTH” organized by Dr. Byron Good, Professor of Medical Anthropology at Harvard University and Dr. Janis Jenkins, Professor of Anthropology at the University of California at San Diego. We will also be hosting a second plenary session on “POST-COLONIAL PSYCHOLOGIES” featuring a presentation by Dr. Homi Bhabha, Anne F. Rothenberg Professor of the Humanities at Harvard University.

Special Events:The Biennial Meetings will include two special events. There will be a breakfast session entitled “METHODS THAT MATTER: THE HISTORY AND PURPOSE OF MIXED METHODS IN PSYCHOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY” featuring lectures from Dr. Robert LeVine, Roy Edward Larsen Professor of Education and Human Development, Emeritus at Harvard University and Dr. Thomas Weisner, Professor of Anthropology, Departments of Psychiatry and Anthropology at UCLA. Finally, our SATURDAY NIGHT BANQUET will include presentation of the SPA’s 2015 Lifetime Achievement Award and a talk by Dr. Paul Farmer, Kolokotrones University Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard University.

Conference Hotel: Opened in 1885, the elegant OMNI PARKER HOUSE is located in the heart of downtown Boston with easy access to Boston Common, Beacon Hill, and a wide variety of Boston’s many attractions. Special conference rates of $219 for double rooms and $269 for suites are available for conference attendees by following the link to the Omni's website.

International Early Career Scholars: Travel grants for international graduate students and early career scholars to attend the meetings will be available through the SPA’s new International Early Career Scholar Travel Grant program. We anticipate awarding three grants of up to $2,000. Details on the IECST Grant program can be found here. If you are a session organizer, please consider inviting an international scholar to participate in your session.

Book Exhibit:If you have a recent published book or edited volume and want it to be included in the conference’s book exhibit, please contact your publisher and request that they contact Scholar’s Choice (Mary Lynn Howe ([log in to unmask]).

 

[8] Call for Abstracts & Curatorial/Artists Statements - Graduate Conference - Mind the Gap(s): Spaces of precarity/spaces of possibility - Social Anthropology Graduate Association - York University - Toronto, Ontario - Deadline: January 31, 2015

York University’s Social Anthropology Graduate Association (SAGA)

is proud to present an anthrosalon: Mind the Gap(s): Spaces of precarity/spaces of possibility March 21, 2015 | York University, Toronto

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS & CURATORIAL/ARTIST STATEMENTS

DUE: January 31, 2015

The Social Anthropology Graduate Association of York University invites submissions from scholars for our anthrosalon. Drawing on this year’s theme, Mind the Gap(s): Spaces of precarity/spaces of possibility, we seek to explore how gap(s) are contextualized, investigated, analysed and critiqued in theory, methodology, and practice by academics, artists, and activists.

This theme builds upon anthropology’s attunements to the, “precarities” (Allison 2013, Butler 2012), “possibilities” (Graeber 2007) and “frictions” (Tsing 2005) that gesture toward “an anthropology of the otherwise” (Povinelli 2011). We consider gap(s) as spaces where both precarity and possibility reside; as spaces where what has not yet been imagined takes shape, where the inarticulate and the unseen dwell and where the potential exists for new things to emerge. We approach gap(s) as ontological spaces where opportunities, desires, tensions, intensities, failures, and anxieties build. We ask: What constitutes the gap? How can we think about, through, and with gaps? What and who is being de-/re-/activated in the gap? How can we account for and represent gaps in our work? What is there to gain by discussing the gap?

We encourage participants to interpret the topic broadly. Submissions should inspire, challenge and expand our assumptions, understandings, and approaches to the notion of ‘gap.’ The examples below suggest just a few of the ways that you might consider your own research with respect to the theme:

· between affect and articulation

· between sensation and perception

· between zones of inclusion and exclusion

· between matters of concern and matters of fact          

· between official accounts and lived realities  

· between genealogies and narratives

· between ‘naturalized’ categories and emergent categories

· between evidentiary regimes and contested fields of power

· between academia and activism

·  between culture and materialities

We welcome proposals of traditional papers, panels and poster presentations, but we also strongly encourage submissions that explore the theme through multimedia, performance, installation, and collaboration. To propose a presentation, please submit an abstract or statement of no more than 250 words. Paper presentations are limited to 15 minutes and panels (3 to 4 presenters) to 75 minutes. For interactive-, exhibition-, or event-based formats, please submit a curatorial/artist statement of up to three pages, including any space, time, or technical requirements you require.

Send submissions to [log in to unmask] by January 31, 2015. Include your name, institutional affiliation (if applicable), and contact information (mailing address, phone number, and email) on all submissions.

A fee of $20 will apply to those invited to participate. Notifications will be sent in early February. The anthrosalon will result in a special issue of Contingent Horizons: The York University Student Journal of Anthropology (www.contingenthorizons.com).

 

2. FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES AND AWARDS || PRIX ET BOURSES

 

[1] Call for Applications - Halperin Memorial Fund 2015 - Society for Economic Anthropology - Deadline: December 15, 2014

The Halperin Memorial Fund Committee is pleased to announce that the 2015 award

represents an increase over previous years: $2000 for initial research field work, plus $500 for travel to the meetings of the Society for Economic Anthropology to present initial results.

The Rhoda Halperin Memorial Fund celebrates the life and work of Rhoda Halperin by supporting PhD students in anthropology who emulate her love of economic anthropology and concern for people on the social margin. In memory of Rhoda’s convivial collegiality, the Fund also encourages student professional development through participation in the scholarly meetings of the SEA and AAA. To meet these goals, students engaged in economic research focused on social exclusion and poverty are provided small grants for preliminary dissertation field work and subsequent travel money to present their findings at the Society for Economic Anthropology annual conference [http://econanthro.org/awards/halperin-memorial-fund/].

Because Rhoda Halperin’s career exemplified the integration of anthropological theory with social activism, for the purposes of this award, economic anthropology is broadly defined to include applied and non-applied perspectives, research that engages with issues of poverty, exclusion from the political process, and access to education.

DONATIONS TO THE FUND

The Halperin Memorial Fund is a fund of the Society for Economic Anthropology, a Section of the American Anthropological Association, which is a 501(c)3 organization. Donations to The Halperin Memorial Fund are typically exempt from federal income tax, as are membership fees, but please consult your tax advisor regarding your specific situation. When you make a donation to support the Halperin Memorial Fund by check, please make your check to “SEA/American Anthropological Association” and note that the donation is for the Halperin Memorial Fund.

American Anthropological Association

attn: Accounting

2300 Clarendon Blvd, Suite 1301

Arlington, VA 22201-3386

ELIGIBILITY

a. Any student enrolled in an anthropology (or allied field) doctoral program, regardless of citizenship or nation, is eligible for the award.

b. Strong preference is given to students early in the dissertation process rather than to those who are further along and have already developed their proposals.

c. The funds are not intended for language study.

APPLICATION AND DEADLINE

Applicants who meet the eligibility requirements may apply for the award by providing the following materials by the deadline listed below. All materials should be submitted via email to Martha Rees ([log in to unmask]) by December 15, 2014. We will announce awards by February 15, 2015.

a. Proposal Cover sheet

b. Abstract (100 words)

c. Project description, < 500 words about research goals, itinerary, primary research tasks,

potential outcomes

d. Curriculum Vitae

e. Letter of recommendation (included or under separate cover)

Find application forms at [http://econanthro.org/awards/halperin-memorial-fund/].

THE AWARD

Recipients receive $2,000 for preliminary PhD research, issued upon acceptance of the award and notification to the Treasurer of the SEA [http://econanthro.org/awards/halperin-memorial-fund/]

Recipients receive a one-year membership in the Society for Economic Anthropology.

Recipients receive $500 to supplement the costs of traveling to the SEA spring conference during the year following the research award to present a poster or paper on the dissertation research or background work.

                                     

[2] The Camargo Foundation Core Fellowship Program 2015/2016 - Residency Opportunity - Deadline: January 13, 2015

Eligibility: The Camargo Foundation welcomes applications from individuals from all countries, nationalities, and career levels, working in the following fields:  

• Scholars working in French and Francophone cultures, including cross-cultural studies that engage the cultures and influences of the Mediterranean region. This includes graduate students whose academic residence and general requirements have been met and who are completing the dissertation required for their degree.
• Artists, in all disciplines, who are the primary creators of new work        
• Leading thinkers in the arts and humanities

Length: The Camargo Foundation’s primary program consists of fellowship residencies of four to eleven weeks. The dates for 2015/2016 are:

          Fall 2015: 8 weeks from September 1st to October 27, 2015

          Winter 2016: 4, 8 or 11 weeks starting on January 27, 2016. Applicants can choose between         

4 weeks from January 27 to February 24, 2016 or

8 weeks from January 27 to March 23, 2016 or

11 weeks from January 27 to April 13, 2016

Facilities: The Camargo Foundation’s campus includes twelve furnished apartments, a reference library, a music/conference room, an open-air theater, an artist’s studio with darkroom, and a composer’s studio. The Camargo Foundation does not have a dance studio.

Stipend: A stipend of 600US$ per month is available, as is funding for basic transportation to and from Cassis for the residency. In the case of air travel, basic coach class booked far in advance is covered.

Regional Contacts: During the residency, the Camargo Foundation will provide formal and informal links with the region, meetings with professionals relevant for the fellows if desired, opportunities to attend events, and the option of inviting outside professionals/artists to project discussions.

For further information and the online application see: http://www.camargofoundation.org/pdfs/Guidelines%20EN.pdf

 

[3] Bertha V. Corets Memorial Fellowship - American Jewish Archives - Deadline: February 23, 2015

Established by the Corets Family in loving memory of their mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, the Bertha V. Corets Memorial Fellowship will enable students and scholars to spend one-month intensively researching the courageous actions of Mrs. Corets and the Non-Sectarian Anti-Nazi League to Champion Human Rights in their efforts to boycott American businesses-particularly retailers-that continued the importation and sale of goods from Nazi Germany before World War II. Bertha V. Corets (1897-1973) was a wife, mother, businesswoman, store-owner and advocate for social justice. Her many accomplishments include working to ensure the rights of women to vote, helping found a synagogue in her home community, forming Bronx Post 64, Ladies Auxiliary of the Jewish War Veterans of the U.S., and tirelessly advocating for the rights of Jews at home and in Nazi Europe.

The purpose of the Corets Fellowship is to encourage research in this instrumental yet little-known effort and to highlight the courage and conviction of persons such as Bertha V. Corets, who faced personal danger in their work. Her extensive papers consist of her personal file of over 1,000 pages and publications recording the day-by-day activities of the boycott.

Applicants must submit a fellowship application together with a five-page (maximum) research proposal that outlines the scope of their project and lists those collections at the American Jewish Archives that are crucial to their research. Applicants should also submit two letters of support, preferably from academic colleagues. For graduate and doctoral students, one of these two letters must be from their dissertation advisor. See here for further information: http://americanjewisharchives.org/programs/fellowship.php

Download a fellowship application or request to have one sent via postal mail. The submission deadline for applications is no later than February 23, 2015. All inquiries and application materials should be forwarded to:

Kevin Proffitt

Senior Archivist for Research and Collections

Director/Fellowship Programs

American Jewish Archives

3101 Clifton Avenue

Cincinnati OH 45220

513.221.7444, x3304

[log in to unmask]

 

3. EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES || OFFRE D'EMPLOI (in addition to/ en plus de http://www.cas-sca.ca/latest-jobs)

[1] Title/position- department- university/other- location- deadline

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[1] Ethnographer/Applied Social Scientist Position - Publicis Healthcare - Deadline: Immediately

(Publicis Healthcare) is looking to hire an ethnographer/applied social scientist with experience doing qualitative research in healthcare.  For this position, the team has a strong preference for candidates with a PhD in Anthropology, Sociology, or Psychology.  We are especially interested in candidates whose academic or consulting work has focused on links between psychology and social and cultural context (e.g., Cultural Psychology, Medical Anthropology, Social Psychology, Phenomenology).  

This position is ideal for people early in their careers; it's a full-time position located in NYC in a collaborative and congenial environment.   

If you have an interest in the position, please forward a cover letter and resume to Sal Zerilli at [log in to unmask].

 

[2] Tenure Track position in Anthropology specializing in Latin America – Department of Anthropology – University of Arkansas – Deadline: December 15, 2014

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 o

f Anthropology, University of Arkansas, Old Main 330, Fayetteville, AR 72701. Inquiries may be directed to the search committee at [log in to unmask].<http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fuark.edu%2F&h=qAQHohSSE&enc=AZPWko_cpzPu-jxMGq4fjRxFNMb-3vPR2yojWIhzY4-pM8JFo200_kbUB0KpoANVo-a-ST7wWxHCzUZFfrMNzUv4_6v74o3cYYYS8OiG9fCyvNBSGfnlawgjZl1L3Tqcpih_YCqUhhR_UfcKQpi-nLrU&s=1> The closing date for applications is December 15, 2014.

 

[3] Tenure track position in Aboriginal/Indigenous Youth - Concordia University - Deadline: January 15, 2015

Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec invites applications for a tenure track position in Aboriginal/Indigenous Youth. Applicants for this position must have a superior record of research and leadership in the field of Aboriginal/Indigenous Youth in Canada. The successful candidate will have a PhD (or ABD) and demonstrated abilities to secure external funding for research, to work in collaborative community-university settings, and to attract graduate students. S/he will be expected to take a leadership role within an emerging research focus area at Concordia (in Sociology, Sustainability Research, First Peoples Studies and Youth Work) in participatory, applied, or engaged research working with Aboriginal/Indigenous youth in Canada. Depending on the candidate, the position may be located in the department of Applied Human Sciences, School of Community and Public Affairs, Geography, Planning and Environment or Sociology and Anthropology. The position will involve collaborating with faculty members from multiple disciplines who share interests in developing interdisciplinary research and graduate training working with Aboriginal/Indigenous Youth.

Applications in either digital or paper format must consist of a cover letter, a current curriculum vitae, copies of recent selected publications and/or writing samples, a statement of research achievements and plans, a statement of teaching philosophy/interests, and evidence of teaching effectiveness. Candidates must also arrange to have three letters of reference sent directly to : Dr. Warren Linds, Chair, Hiring Committee for Strategic Hire in Aboriginal/Indigenous Youth

c/o Soheyla Salari, Assistant to the Dean

Faculty of Arts and Science, L-AD-328

1455 de Maisonneuve Ouest,

Montreal, Quebec, H3G 1M8

Email: [log in to unmask]

Subject to budgetary approval, we anticipate filling this position, normally at the rank of Assistant Professor, for August 1, 2015. Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position has been filled. All applications should reach the Faculty no later than January 15, 2015. All inquiries about the position should be directed to Dr. Warren Linds c/o [log in to unmask]

All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadian citizens and permanent residents of Canada will be given priority. Concordia University is committed to employment equity and encourages applications from women, aboriginal peoples, visible minorities, and persons with disabilities.

 

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'ÉTÉ

workshops, seminars

[1] Field Study Abroad - Open School of Ethnography and Anthropology - Deadline: Ongoing

*OSEA* *Open School of Ethnography and Anthropology* Field Study Abroad 2015

All Programs Are 6 Weeks July 21 To August 1, 2015: http://www.osea-cite.org/program/

OSEA provides field study abroad programs in Maya Yucatán. Ethnography Field School provides experiential hands on training in learning ethnographic methods in contexts of community action research and service learning.

Ideal for any undergraduate seeking unique educational and international experience to enter med school, continue in a graduate program, or pursue a career in non-profit community work.

*Ethnography Field School 6 weeks 8 credits

http://www.osea-cite.org/program/ethnography_overview.php

with focus on Sustainable Community Tourism Development; Digital Anthropology, Youth Culture and Cultural Change; Visual Ethnography; Heritage, Service Learning; Maya Health and Health and Healing; New Maya Subjectivities

*Teach English Community Service Learning, 8 credits*

http://www.osea-cite.org/program/selt_overview.php

*Maya Language Immersion, 6 credits

http://www.osea-cite.org/program/maya_overview.php,

OSEA courses are accredited through partner institution the Facultad de Antropología of the Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán

Visit www.osea-cite.org or email [log in to unmask]

See OSEA ethnography vids & photos and join group on FB

https://www.facebook.com/pages/OSEA-Open-School-of-Ethnography-and-Anthropology/179705342064451?sk=photos_stream

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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.

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.

 

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