Contact making seminar "Young people, citizenship and participation", UK
Contact making seminar "Young people, citizenship and participation", United Kingdom
Dear colleagues!
We received an urgent request from our colleagues working for National agency of the YOUTH programme in United Kingdom and would hereby like to inform you of the following possibility to participate in the below mentioned seminar.
National agency of the YOUTH programme in United Kingdom in co-operation with The Regional Youth Work Unit: Contact making seminar "Young people, citizenship and participation"
Application deadline: 11 February 2005
National agency of the YOUTH programme in United Kingdom in co-operation with The Regional Youth Work Unit are organising a Contact making seminar "Young people, citizenship and participation" to be held from
12 to 18 March 2005 in North East England.
The seminar will bring together youth workers from Programme countries as well as youth workers from all three groups of Partner countries (term used before was "third countries"). 15 participants from all Partner countries are envisaged to participate at this seminar.
The aim of the seminar is to provide youth workers coming from different countries and working with young people with the opportunity to advance their work in the field of citizenship and participation. The participants will also meet, learn about each other's provision and formulate working proposals for joint projects in the framework of the YOUTH programme. Youth workers directly involved in the programmes of work, which increase levels of participation and decision-making skills in young people are invited to apply.
The organisers will cover travelling and visa costs and costs related to accommodation, food and programme. Participants from Partner countries will not have to pay participation fee.
Further details as well as application form can be found in the SALTO European Training Calendar at
http://www.salto-youth.net/find-a-training/486.html.
The 2005 Conference of the European Academy of Management (EURAM 2005)
CALL FOR PAPERS
The 2005 Conference of the European Academy of
Management (EURAM 2005)
"Responsible Management in an Uncertain World"
4 - 7 May 2005, Munich, Germany
Technische Universitaet Muenchen, TUM Business School
http://www.euram2005.de
Conference Chairs: Anne Sigismund Huff and Ralf
Reichwald
Paper submission deadline: February 15th, 2005
Call for Papers
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The EURAM tradition is to host stimulating
conversations on contemporary
issues, proposed and organized by the EURAM community.
Following this year's
conference theme "Responsible Management in an
Uncertain World", the 2005
conference provides an opportunity for management
researchers and reflective
practitioners to discuss a wide range of issues from
sustainability and other
values to the challenges and solutions offered by
innovation and technology.
For the 2005 conference, 36 tracks were selected from
a large number of track
proposals from the international management research
community. We are waiting
for your paper submission for one of our tracks and
would be delighted to have
you as a presenter and/or participant at the EURAM
2005.
The EURAM 2005 tracks include:
1 Just Identity: Reflecting and Responding to
Difference
2 Responsible Management as Identity in Practice
3 (IR-) Responsible Leadership
4 Responsibility in Public Management
5 Careers, Stress and Mental Health
6 Ethics and Organizational Processes/Practices
7 Design in the 21st Century: The Business of
Responsibility
8 Non-Profit Management
9 Accumulation and Depletion Systems to Capture Firms'
Heterogeneity
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10 Strategy Development and Dynamics
11 A Stakeholder Perspective on Financial Markets
12 E-Business: Adding Value
13 Sourcing and Providing Information Systems for
Strategic Agility
14 Performance Management
15 Management of Projects: Reconciling Uncertainty and
Responsibility
16 Gender, Diversity and Management
17 Management and the Arts
18 Innovation, Creativity & Design
19 Corporate Governance
20 Open Source and Open Innovation
21 Entrepreneurship and International Business
22 Management and Growth of Closely Held Firms and
Family Businesses
23 Knowledge Management
24 Strategic Heterogeneity, Knowledge Dynamics and
Performance
25 Managing Work-Family Relations
26 Managing the Production of Academic Knowledge
27 Networks and Alliances Supporting Early Ventures
28 Design, Collaboration and Relevance in Management
Research
29 Rhetorical Methods in Management Studies
30 Emotions: Perspectives and Practicalities
31 Leadership Challenges in the World of Multiple
Realities
32 Relational Perspectives in Organization Studies
33 Corporate Social Responsibility
34 Not-Yet Published Books Track
35 Second Order Strategic Renewal: Co-evolution of
Firm, Industry and its
Environment
General Track: "European Management Perspectives " in
...
36a Human Resource Management
36b International Management
36c Marketing
36d Service Innovation and Management
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36e Media Management
Read the full call for papers here:
http://www.euram2005.de
Doctoral Consortium
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As pre-conference activity on May 4th 2005, the
EURAM-EDAMBA-EIASM doctoral
consortium provides a unique opportunity for Ph.D. and
DBA students to present
their ideas and to discuss their research projects
with an international
scientific community.
Check the web site for more information.
Submissions
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Submissions should open a dialogue across theoretical,
methodological and
disciplinary boundaries, including co-creation with
practitioners. The typical
EURAM paper is about 20 pages (max. 7000 words). To
encourage new and creative
ideas we also invite work-in-progress papers, which
can be 8-15 pages in
length (max. 5000 words).
Please refer to the EURAM 2005 web site for a style
guide and submission
checklist (http://www.euram2005.de).
Important Dates
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Submissions of papers: 15 February 2005
Notification of authors: 15 March 2005
Conference Date: 4-7 May 2005
About the European Academy of Management (EURAM)
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The European Academy of Management is a professional
society for scholars in
the field of management. EURAM aims to be an open,
international and
multicultural European forum for networking and
research in general management,
strategy, corporate governance, organizational theory,
organizational behavior
and
decision-making.
EURAM
emphasizes
multidisciplinary
theoretical
perspectives and methodological pluralism as well as
critical examinations of
the historical and philosophical roots of management
theory and practice.
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EURAM is an association for everybody with a
professional interest in the
field of management. If you teach or do research in
management, or if you
practice management and are interested in reflecting
on your profession, EURAM
is the association for you. For more information,
please refer to the EURAM
web site (http://www.euram-online.org).
More information: track@euram2005.de
http://www.euram2005.de
Contact
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Conference Co-Chairs:
Anne Sigismund Huff, TUM Business School,
Ralf Reichwald, TUM Business School
Heads of Organizing Committee:
Kathrin Moeslein, Tobias Fredberg, Frank Piller,
Sascha Seifert
(track@euram2005.de)
http://www.euram2005.de
NATO Internship Programme
NATO Internship Programme
2004-2005
Programme Summary
This year, NATO is pleased to introduce its new Internship Programme to provide a small number of current or recent students with the opportunity to intern with the International Staff at NATO Headquarters in Brussels. We are looking for highly motivated candidates from a wide variety of disciplines including: political science, international relations, security studies, economics, engineering, law, linguistics, human resources, information technology, and journalism.
Interns will benefit by gaining understanding of an international organisation while substantiating their Curriculum Vitae.
All internship placements will run in principle for six months. The first group of interns will start September 2005, though placements can be made before that on a rolling basis, according to divisional need and the availability of the intern.
Programme Objective
The NATO Internship Programme has four main objectives:
To provide the Organisation with access to the latest theoretical and technical knowledge that the intern can apply through practical work assignments, as well as with additional staff resources.
To provide interns with an opportunity to learn from the NATO community and get a better understanding and a more balanced view of the Organisation
To contribute to creating a more diverse and gender-balanced workforce
To expand understanding of NATO in alliance countries
Conditions for Internship
Please note that NATO internships will not be remunerated. Interns are required to have health insurance coverage, and take care of formalities with the Belgian authorities regarding their stay in Belgium. Most interns will require a security clearance from their national authorities prior to working at NATO. Please refer to the Document on Conditions for Internship (.PDF/62Kb) for a full description of the programme.
Eligibility Criteria
Mandatory:
Under the age of 30 at the time of an application
A citizen of a NATO member country
At least two years of University study (1)
Proficiency in one of the two official NATO languages English and French is essential (2)
Application Instructions
Please send the following three documents:
A completed application form (.doc/226kb);
A Curriculum Vitae;
A one-page essay on your motivations for an internship at NATO
All applications must be sent per e-mail to the following address: intern.applications@hq.nato.int
All applications must be received by 1 March 2005
Please note that we will be unable to place interns in all divisions. Candidates will be notified per e-mail on the status of their application.
Contact
Questions about the Internship Programme can be sent by e-mail to:
internships@hq.nato.int
Depending on specific divisional requirements, interns may be required to have a university degree, and/or a master’s degree
Working knowledge of the other official language and knowledge of additional languages is desirable
Initial professional experience is also desirable but not mandatory
http://www.nato.int/structur/interns/index.html
Seminar on "European Citizenship in an Enlarged EU" Seminar in Istanbul/ TURKEY in July-2005
Dear Friends,
We invite you to participate in the “ European Citizenship in an
Enlarged EU” Seminar that will take place in Turkey (Istanbul or Ankara) in
July-2005.
European citizenship has become crucially important issue in recent
years. It aims to develop the notion of a diverse and inclusive European
citizenship and encourage active citizenship in young Europeans. This
project aims at bringing together young people, workers, experts and
youth leaders from Europe and program counties in a discussion about what
European citizenship means to them and impart the knowledge, skills and
understanding necessary for citizens to play effective roles in society
at local, national and international level. We are also going to
discuss the issues, which are also of prime importance for youth-related
matters. The seminar is planned to be a balanced mixture of both theory and
case studies selected from everyday examples. We also hope to have the
opportunity to exchange our experiences and create good networks that
could work in the future.
Turkey–European Union Association (TURABDER) is the first
non-governmental organisation that is established with presidency decision in 1987.
TURABDER is a Member of “European Movement” and “Fédération
Internationale des Maisons de l’Europe”–“Federation of European Houses” that plays
an important role in the formation period of the European Union.
The main aim of the Association is to increase the public awareness on
the relations between Turkey and European Union. It contributes the
integration process of Turkey to EU with its effective lobbying activities
both in national and in international level.
For two years, the association incorporated a project team that submits
projects both to European Youth Project or Euromed Calls and to the
other calls such as EU Sixth Framework Programme, CFCU Active Labor
Market, Women Entrepreneurship Training Programme Project etc. “A Young Wiev
of Integration” Youth Exchange Program will be held on May 9-16
together with participants from France, Hungary and Malta. We have already
made contact with two host organisations for sending volunteers in EVS
from England and Germany. We will be sending organisation this time, but
also applying for being a host organisation . According to our EVS Plan
for 2005, we decided to send at least 6 volunteers in EVS and be host
or organizer for 3 volunteers in EVS.
General information:
Partners: From European Union Member countries, Bulgaria and Romania (2
or 3 persons from each country) (Mediterranean countries are not
programme countries)
Duration: 5 days (excluding travel dates)
Finance: according to Action (5) funding rules (%70 of the travel cost
will be covered from the project budget)
Estimated dates: July 2005
Age Limit: No age limit
Participation fee: 40 Euro
Contact person: Derya Buyuktanir
drbuyuktanir@yahoo.com
Note: The participants must be the members of any non-governmental
organization (NGO), youth organization, etc. Please send Partner Agreement
(PART-3) with stamp of your organization and signature by fax (Fax: +90
312 447 93 46 or +90 312 4805379) and also by post to this address
before 29th January 2005:
Osman Temiz Mah. 44. Sok. 24/27 Dikmen Ankara – TURKEY
Kind Regards
DERYA BUYUKTANIR
Project Coordinator
Tel: (+90) 532 7114941
Turkey European Union Association
Mahatma Gandi Caddesi , No 90 / 4 06700, Gaziosmanpaþa Ankara
Phone : 0 312 447 40 39 Fax : 0 312 447 93 46
University of Economics Prague Summer School
http://nb.vse.cz/cesp/
SUMMER SCHOOL 2005
CESP offers a summer program combined with field research and study
tours.
Price: 1,000 € (EUR) includes:
· scholastic instruction
· accommodation
· study materials
· three field study trips (two lasting one day, one lasting
three days)
Courses in English include business, politics and culture. Field study
trips around The Czech Republic with faculty guides are a part of the
Summer School's educational activities.
The following courses will be offered:
· Course CEP 001: Elementary Czech
· Course CEP 361: Global Marketing in the Context of Central
Europe
· Course CEP 353: Central European Managerial Systems
· Course CEP 357: Environmental Economics and Policy
Credits: 3 credits each course (or 7.5 ECTS credits)
To apply complete our standard Application and Registration Form.
For further information please contact:
CESP
University of Economics Prague
nam. Winstona Churchilla 4
130 67 Prague 3
Czech Republic
or visit http://nb.vse.cz/cesp
or see your Study Abroad Advisor.
Summer Schools in Irish Studies
University of Limerick
OLLSCOIL LUIMNIGH
College of Humanities
Summer Schools in Irish Studies
(4 Course Options)
Irish Life and Literature
Irish Politics in a Global Age
Between Boston and Berlin
Visual Culture in Ireland 1400-1950
1 – 22 June 2005
Introduction
The College of Humanities in the University of Limerick is pleased to
announce the continuation of the successful Summer Schools in Irish
Studies, Irish Life and Literature (introducted in 2002), Irish Politics in
a Global Age (introducted in 2003) and Between Boston and Berlin
(introduced in 2004). I am pleased to announce the introduction of a fourth
option in June 2005, Visual Culture in Ireland 1400-1950. As all
options are offered simultaneously, students choose just one option.
These Summer Schools are being offered as a result of many requests by
students, academic colleagues, and friends in the United States of
America and elsewhere. We believe we have devised challenging and enjoyable
summer school options, which will combine academic rigour with
opportunities to experience contemporary life in Ireland and view some
spectacular scenery!
Professor Pat O'Connor, Dean, College of Humanities
International Education Division
University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
Tel: +353 61 202414 Fax: +353 61 213062
Summer Schools in Irish Studies
Course Fee and Application Procedures
Course Fee: €2,640.00 (same as 2004)
Course Fee includes:
Transfers from/to Shannon Airport (SNN)
B & B accommodation in Dromroe Village (individual en suite rooms)
Lunch each day
45 hours class tuition
3 Excursions with guides
Free e-mail account at UL
Receptions
Membership of the University Arena
Assessments and transcript
Attendance certificate
Entrance Requirements
Minimum entry requirement is GPA cum. 2.5. Admission is either by
direct application or on the recommendation of an approved source (e.g. home
college/university or study abroad agency). A recommendation from a
home college/university professor or instructor is also required.
Application Form
Please download, and complete, the application form here. Send it to:
Irish Studies Summer Schools 2005
International Education Office
University of Limerick
Limerick
Ireland
Tel: +353 61 202338
Fax: +353 61 213062
E-mail: mary.hayden@ul.ie
International Summer University Berlin - Munich - Prague
International Summer UniversityBerlin - Munich - Prague
http://www.european-study.de/financial/fees.asp
Summer Session I:
European StudiesJuly 17 - August 18, 2005
Summer Session II:
European Studies + German Language CourseJuly 17 - August 26, 2005
Registration and Tuition
Final registration deadline: May 31th, 2005
Final registration and tuition fee deadline: June 20, 2005
Registration Fee
€ 100,00 registration fee
€ 50,00 late registration fee
(a non-refundable, one-time registration fee applies in addition to the
tuition)
Tuition
Session 1: European Studies/Intensive
1.300,00 € (100 contact hours)
Session 2: European Studies + German language course
1.630,00 € (150 contact hours)
Tuition includes the following:
- all lectures
- course reading material (reader)
- participation in all class excursions
- transport from Berlin to Munich; Munich to Prague
Costs for housing, books and supplies, meals, and extra-curricular
activities are not included in the tuition or registration fee.
Housing
We offer accommodation for the participants in student residential
halls. The anticipated cost for a single-bed student apartment:
€ 150.00 / 220.00 in Berlin
€ 310.00 in Munich/Prague
Freie Universitat Berlin International Summer University
Freie Universitat Berlin International Summer University
The Freie Universität Berlin International Summer University (FUBiS) is
one of the most successful summer programs within Germanys growing
academic summer landscape. In 2004 over 400 students from 45 different
countries (6 continents) studied at FUBiS in 35 content based and/or German
language courses.
FUBiS is an intensive summer program that seeks to bring together
students from all over the world to promote international education and
cross-cultural understanding.
The FUBiS program is designed to deepen the understanding of Germany
and its role within the broader context of Europe and the world. Emphasis
is placed on the Humanities and Social Sciences. The interdisciplinary
approach that unites all FUBiS courses as well as the connection of
different forms of learning, such as class discussions and excursions to
various sites of interest, enrich the academic curriculum of each course
and create an intense experience of German culture. At the same time,
the students are able to earn credits that will be transferable to their
home university. Now in its 8th year, FUBiS will offer over twenty-five
fully-credited courses taught in English to enable students to
participate in this unique opportunity of studying abroad in Berlin, regardless
of whether they speak German or not. At the same time, the
International Summer University also sees itself as a meeting place for students
who are interested in German culture, history, language, literature and
art. Thus, we have complemented our curriculum with German language
courses on at least five levels of proficiency (including semi-intensive
language instruction courses that can be combined with courses taught
in English) as well as with a number of courses on literature and
culture, taught exclusively in German. A six week summer session will be
added to the regular FUBiS program in 2005, offering classes with an even
more intensive schedule:
Summer Session I is taking place from June 5th until July 14th, 2005 (6
weeks)
Summer Session II is taking place from July 17th until August 12th,
2005 (4 weeks)
Our distinguished Summer University faculty, consisting of fully
qualified professors and scientists, will teach courses that focus on topics
in their respective areas of research. In order to assure maximum
interaction between students and faculty, participation is limited to 18
students per class (15 for language courses). By taking part in this
unique opportunity to study abroad, students will become part of our lively
International Summer University community, make new friends, share
views with others, and may discover new academic interests. The
international profile of FUBiS students provides the opportunity to get to know
many students from different cultural backgrounds while emerging in the
multicultural Germany of today. Last but not least, in attending FUBiS
you will benefit from the intellectual, cultural, and recreational
opportunities of Berlin as a unique European metropolis, a place of history
and dynamic change.
For more information go to
http://www.fubis.org
E. W. Beth Dissertation Prize: call for submissions
Beth Dissertation Prize
E. W. Beth Dissertation Prize: call for submissions.
Since 2002, FoLLI (the European Association for Logic, Language, and
Information, www.folli.org) awards the E. W. Beth Dissertation Prize to
outstanding dissertations in the fields of Logic, Language, and
Information. Submissions are invited for 2004. The prize will be awarded
to the best dissertation which resulted in a Ph.D. in the year 2004. The
dissertations will be judged on the impact they made in their respective
fields, breadth and originality of the work, and also on the
interdisciplinarity of the work. Ideally the winning dissertation will be
of interest to researchers in all three fields.
Who qualifies: Those who were awarded a Ph.D. degree in the areas of
Logic, Language, or Information between January 1st, 2004 and December
31st, 2004. There is no restriction on the nationality of the candidate
or the university where the Ph.D. was granted. However, after a careful
consideration, FoLLI has decided to accept only dissertations written in
English.
Prize: The prize consists of
… a certificate
… an invitation to present the thesis during ESSLLI 05
… a donation of 2500 euros provided by the E. W. Beth Foundation.
… fee waive for ESSLLI 05 attendance
… the possibility to publish the thesis (or a revised version of it)
in the new series of books in Logic, Language and Information to be
published by Springer-Verlag as part of LNCS or LNCS/LNAI. (Further
information on this series will be posted on the FoLLI site soon.)
How to submit: We only accept electronic submissions. The following
documents are required:
1. the thesis in pdf or ps format (doc/rtf not accepted);
2. a ten page abstract of the dissertation in ascii or pdf format;
3. a letter of nomination from the thesis supervisor. Self-nominations
are not admitted: each nomination must be sponsored by the thesis
supervisor. The letter of nomination should concisely describe the
scope and significance of the dissertation and state when the
degree was officially awarded;
4. two additional letters of support, including at least one letter
from a referee not affiliated with the academic institution that
awarded the Ph.D. degree.
All documents must be submitted electronically to
beth_award@dimi.uniud.it. Hard copy submissions are not admitted.
If you experience any problems with the email submission or do not receive
a notification from us within three working days, please write to
policriti@dimi.uniud.it or folli@inf.unibz.it
* Important dates:
Deadline for Submissions: March 15, 2005.
Notification of Decision: June 30, 2005.
The prize will be officially assigned to the winner at ESSLLI'05
(http://www.macs.hw.ac.uk/esslli05/), the 17th European Summer School in
Logic, Language, and Information, to be held in Edinburgh, Scotland,
August 9-19, 2005. Prize winner will be expected to attend the ceremony
and to give a presentation of her/his Ph.D. dissertation at ESSLLI?05.
Committee
… Anne AbeillÈ (UniversitÈ Paris 7)
… Johan van Benthem (University of Amsterdam) [+ KNAW] [*]
… Veronica Dahl (Simon Fraser University)
… Nissim Francez (The Technion, Haifa)
… Valentin Goranko (University of Johannesburg)
… Alessandro Lenci (University of Pisa)
… Ewa Orlowska (Institute of Telecommunications, Poland)
… Gerald Penn (University of Toronto)
… Alberto Policriti (chair) (Universitý di Udine)
… Christian RetorÈ (UniversitÈ Bordeaux 1 )
… Rob van der Sandt (University of Nijmegen)
… Wolfgang Thomas (RWTH Aachen)
Getting European experience - European NGO looking urgently for EVS volunteer!!!
The European Association of Service Providers for Persons with Disabilities is looking for an EVS volunteer!
We are looking for a student (aged less than 26) who wants to join our team for the period of one year, starting from next summer (15/7). The cooperation will be in the framework of the work EASPD carries out in the field of Education for people with a disability.
In 2006 we will organise a major conference in Paris on the right to education for everybody, also for people with rather severe needs. The EVS student will join the team, responsible for the preparation and organisation of this conference. His or her task would consist of content-related as well as purely organisational tasks.
Good language, communication and organisational skills are very important ( good English and French would be required) !
Our organisation is EASPD: The European Association of Service Providers for Persons with Disabilities, based in Brussels.
EASPD promotes the affairs of service provider organisations and their umbrella associations which provide services to people with a disability throughout Europe.
FOR MORE INFO PLEASE CONTACT
HILDE DE KEYSER, Project Coordinator in EASPD,
E-mail: hilde@easpd.be
Tel.: 0032-(0)2- 282 46 12
Asia Research institute: Research/Postdoctoral Fellowships
Applications are invited for (Senior) Visiting Fellowships, (Senior)
Research Fellowships and Postdoctoral Fellowships at the Asia Research
Institute (ARI).
The positions are intended for outstanding active researchers from both the Asian region and the world, to bring to completion an important program of research in the social sciences and humanities. Interdisciplinary interests are encouraged. "Asia" as
a research field is defined loosely in terms of the region in which Singapore is
positioned. Up to three months of a 12-month fellowship can be spent
conducting fieldwork in the Asian region.
A majority of the positions will be allocated to the Institute's current areas of research focus, as listed below. However some will be reserved for outstanding projects in any area. Applicants should mention which category they are applying in or if none, write "open category".
Terms and conditions
(Senior) Visiting Fellowships have a normative tenure of one year, though shorter periods may be negotiated. A competitive remuneration and benefits package, depending on seniority, will be provided, with (except in exceptional cases) a ceiling of $10,000 a month.
(Senior) Research Fellowships are intended for areas of particular interest to the Institute, and for scholars with at least three years of post-doctoral experience and a significant research profile.
Appointments are for two years, with the possibility of extension for a
further two. The salary ranges are $42,000 to $95,000 per annum
(Research Fellow) and $84,000 to $175,000 per annum (Senior Research Fellow).
Postdoctoral Fellowships Candidates must have fulfilled all requirements
of the PhD within the last 4 years. The research may be in any field in
the humanities and social sciences, extending into legal, commercial and
environmental concerns. The salary package is $ 3,500 per month, with a
one-time relocation allowance of $2000, and support for fieldwork and
conference attendance.
Areas of research focus
1) The changing family (Prof Gavin Jones) focuses onchanging family
forms, roles and structures in Asian societies, as other institutions
take over some family functions, low fertility,delayed marriage and
longevity transform family composition, and labour market realities and
changing gender relations affect internal family dynamics.
2) Migration (A/Prof Brenda Yeoh) explores the issues arising from
increased levels of human mobility in the region, both within and across
national borders. Mobility of high-level professional and managerial
personnel, labour migration, both documented and undocumented, and human
trafficking all raise theoretical and methodological questions and major
policy issues, as does the role of migration in urban change.
3) Religion and Globalisation (Prof Bryan Turner)explores the changing
patterns of religious practice, belief and identity in recent times,
particularly in Southeast Asia, China and South Asia.
The title implies a particular interest in transnational and diasporic
interactions, the engagement with modern technologies and values, and
new global or 'glocal' forms of identity.
4) Cultural Studies in Asia (Prof Chua Beng Huat)consciously challenges
disciplinary boundaries to address new topics, issues and concerns
thrown up by the rapid globalization of contemporary cultures. ARI is
interested in new understandings of the everyday life cultural practices
of contemporary Asia, as in adaptations of older patterns in literature,
and the performing and graphic arts, in rapidly changing contemporary
conditions.
5)Southeast Asia China interactions (Prof Anthony Reid) explores both
historical and contemporary themes that are bringing East and Southeast
Asia closer together, and is interested in any mix of the political,economic, cultural or social.
6) Southeast Asian Archeology ( A/Prof John Miksic)focuses on a
problems connected with early historic sites of Southeast Asia. Major topics include: early trade; urbanization; maritime archaeology;intercommunication between sites; and ceramics as indicators of spheres of cultural and economic interaction.
The Asia Research Institute (ARI) is a university-level institute formed
in July 2001 as one of the strategic initiatives of the National University of Singapore (NUS). The mission of the Institute is to provide a world-class focus and resource for research on the Asian region, located at one of its communication hubs. ARI engages the social sciences broadly defined, and especially interdisciplinary frontiers between and beyond disciplines. Through frequent provision of short-term
research appointments it seeks to be a place of encounters between the region and the world. Within NUS it works particularly with the Faculties of Arts and Social Sciences, Business, Law and Design, to support research, conferences, lectures, and graduate study at the highest level.
Interested applicants are invited to email/facsimile/mail their
curriculum vitae (including details of referees and email), a synopsis
of the research project, at least one sample of their
published work, and ensure that 2 or 3 referees submit directly to us
a report on their academic standing and comment on their research
project by
28 February 2005. Send applications and references to the
Institute Manager at address below.
Contact Info:
The Institute Manager, Asia Research Institute
National University of Singapore
AS7, Level 4
5 Arts Link
Singapore 117570
Fax: (65) 6779 1428
Email: joinari@nus.edu.sg
Website:
http://www.ari.nus.edu.sg/appointments.htm
European Summer Carnivals in Comparative,Berlin, 13th - 15th of May 2005
European Summer Carnivals in Comparative
Perspective
Call for Papers
"Performing Policy - Enacting Diversity"
European Summer Carnivals in Comparative Perspective
International Colloquium, Department of European Ethnology
Humboldt-University, Berlin, 13th - 15th of May 2005
Organised by: Dept. of European Ethnology, Humboldt-University Berlin
and Dept. of Radio, Television and Cinema, Kadir Has University Istanbul
Deadline for Submitting Paper Proposals: 20 February 2005
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to announce a call for papers for the international
colloquium "Performing Policy - Enacting Diversity. European Summer
Carnivals in Comparative Perspective." The colloquium will be held at
Humboldt-University from May 13th to 15th, 2005 and is organized by Prof.
Wolfgang Kaschuba and Dr. Michi Knecht on behalf of the Department of
European Ethnology in cooperation with Asst. Prof. Levent Soysal (Department
of Radio, Television, and Cinema, Kadir Has University, Istanbul).
Funding for the conference is granted by the Thyssen-Foundation, Germany.
The conference will explore some of the most recent anthropological and
ethnographic contributions on contemporary urban summer carnivals in
different European cities in a comparative perspective. It pursues three
goals: First, by comparing various summer carnivals we aim to map out
differences in development, aesthetic production and related social
practices and analyse them in the context of their diverse socio-cultural,
urban and political formations. Second, we will discuss
the transfer of styles, organizational structures, discourses and
actors between the various summer carnivals in Europe as well as elsewhere,
and the production of larger contexts and networks connected to
transfer practices. Third, by drawing on the method of "comparison of distant
case studies" (Gingrich 2000) the colloquium aims to contribute in
heuristic and explorative ways to a more pronounced theoretical
understanding of urban spectacles of diversity and identity in the
context of new forms of political regulation, changing migratory
regimes and progressive processes of Europeanization.
A compelling characteristic of festivals and carnivals in the
metropolitan centres of Europe and elsewhere is that they seek to cultivate a
civic sense of plurality and advocate tolerance, multiculturalism, and
diversity. Employing markers of ethnicity, culture, gender, youthfulness,
hip- and coolness, these events delimit and present identities and
celebrate cultural particularisms within an imaginary of diversity. It is
no coincidence that the goals stated by organizers of the festivals and
conveyed to the public through carnival slogans and publicity material
correlate with the civic virtues the new Europe desires to foster:
Understanding, tolerance, and cooperation among peoples within and without
Europe. The colloquium will map out the contours of the newly emerging
expressive culture of contemporary urban
summer carnivals and festivals, delineate their affinities to
Europeanization and interrogate the policies and processes that lead to their
proliferation. Authors of ethnographic case studies on "multi-ethnic"
summer carnivals or carnivalesque urban events will discuss with
colleagues from the social and cultural science, political
science and history. Policy makers and artists of urban summer
carnivals from several European cities are invited as partners in dialogue and
for commentaries.
Prospective Panels:
1. From Centre to Periphery and Back. The Expansion of the
Carnivalesque
2. Spectacles of Identity. Expressive Culture in Urban Public Space
3. Affirming "Unity in Diversity". Affective Europeanness and Emergent
Forms of Participation and Regulation
4. "Comparison and Transfer" Revisited
Applications:
We particularly invite contributions on the basis of recent
ethnographic or otherwise empirical research on summer carnivals or comparable
spectacles of diversity and identity in London, Rotterdam, Brussels,
Birmingham, Berlin and other European cities that attend to one or more of
the following questions: How does the expansion of urban summer
carnivals and comparable "spectacles of diversity and identity" change our
understanding and experience of public space? What do public festivals
reveal about the relation of immigrants and minorities to the metropolis
and the degree of their participation in the economies and social and
cultural life of the city? What are the cultural properties and confines
of the public displays of identity and diversity? In what ways do
carnivals produce feelings of expectation and tension, belonging and
exclusion, difference and identification and how is this connected to
political programmes and forms of regulation? Which insights into the
relationship
between different national contexts of migration, various displays of
diversity and specific forms of participation can be revealed through
ethnographic case studies?
Papers are limited to 20 minutes; the conference language will be
English and a publication is planned. Abstracts (in English) should not
exceed the limit of 350 words and have to be handed in by 20 February 2005
per email (michi.knecht@rz.hu-berlin.de) or mail (to Michi Knecht, see
address below). The selection Committee will finalize its decision by 1
March 2005. Please include your academic affiliation in your letter.
And please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions.
Yours sincerely,
Michi Knecht (michi.knecht@rz.hu-berlin.de)
Levent Soysal (levsoy@kas.edu.tr)
Dr. des. Michi Knecht
Dept. of European Ethnology
Humboldt-University Berlin
Mohrenstrasse 41
D - 10117 Berlin
phone: +49 (0)30 2093 3713 /-3703
fax: +40 (0)30 2093 3726
Asst. Prof. Levent Soysal, Chair
Department of Radio, Television, and Cinema
Kadir Has University
Cibali Campus
Hisaralti Caddesi
34230 Fatih, Istanbul/Turkey
phone: +90 212 533 6532 x638
fax: +90 212 534 0965
4th International Central and Eastern European Conference on
4th International Central and Eastern European Conference on
Multi-Agent Systems
15-17 September 2005, Budapest, Hungary
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About the Conference
The aim of the CEEMAS conference series is to provide a biennial forum
for the presentation of multi-agent research and development results.
With its particular geographical orientation towards Central and Eastern
Europe, CEEMAS has become an internationally recognised event with
participants from all over the world. CEEMAS’05 expects papers from every
fundamental research fields of multi agent systems. Papers which focus
on the following three areas are especially welcome: scalability and
reconfigurability of multi agent systems; deployment scenarios exploiting
synergies of multi agent systems and other related technologies like
grid, web services and semantic web; applications of multi agent systems
in design and manufacturing, transport and logistics, space
applications, tourism industry, e-commerce and many other application areas. The
Organising Committee solicits research submissions for the main research
track of the conference, as well as for the accompanying industrial and
posters track. A tutorial program is also an integral part of
CEEMAS’05. For further details visit other sections of this web site.
The conference proceedings including the accepted papers of the main
conference, selected papers from the posters and industrial track, will
be published by Springer Verlag in the LNAI series. Revised and extended
versions of selected papers will be published in a special issue of the
Applied Artificial Intelligence Journal.
Topics of the conference
• agent models and architectures
• reactive and intentional agents
• planning and scheduling in MAS
• conflicts, conflict resolution and negotiation
• coordination, teamwork, coalition formation
• formal methods, logic in MAS
• personal agents, agent-based user interfaces
• learning and evolution in MAS
• holons and holarchies
• mobility, migration, accessibility
• agents' representation
• social knowledge and social reasoning
• ant colonies & swarms
• agents in electronic business and virtual organizations
• self-organising systems and emergent organization
• complexity and tractability in agent-based systems
• agent standards, communication, agent management • agent platforms
and interoperability
• knowledge management & ontologies
• agent oriented software engineering, modelling and methodologies
• agent communication, interaction protocols and mechanisms
• meta-reasoning, meta-agency, reflection in MAS
• security, authentication, intrusion detection
• reports on applications and case studies
• relationship to related technologies: middleware, grid, web services
• trust, reputation, and reliability
• scalability and performance issues, robustness
• robot teams, multi robot systems
• artificial social systems
• agent based social simulation
• verification and testing
• adjustable autonomy of MAS
Important Dates
Full paper submission:
8 April, 2005
Notification of acceptance:
13 May, 2005
Camera ready papers:
17 June, 2005
Submission
All submissions will be subject to academic peer review by at least two
members of the Program Committee. Selection criteria include accuracy
and originality of ideas, clarity and significance of results, and
quality of presentation. Authors of all submissions are requested to format
their papers according to Springer LNAI guidelines and submit them
electronically as described in the submission section.
Research track submissions
Paper submissions for the main research track of the conference should
be formatted according to Springer LNAI guidelines and must not exceed
10 pages, including graphics and references. Authors are requested to
submit their papers electronically on the conference submission web
page.
Posters track
The conference poster session provides an opportunity to present the
work in progress, enabling to discuss projects with others in the field.
Students are encouraged to submit a poster presentation. The presenters
will be invited to contribute an article as well. Papers should be
formatted according to Springer LNAI guidelines and must not exceed 3
pages, including graphics and references. Authors are requested to submit
their papers electronically on the conference submission web page.
Industrial track
The CEEMAS conference provides the opportunity to submit papers on
genuine applications of agent technology. Papers describing concrete,
practical implementations with industrial links are encouraged opposed to
pure conceptual plans or potential applications. Our goal is to
demonstrate the real life value and commercial reality of multi-agent systems as
well as to foster the communication between academia and industry on
this field. If your paper describes practical experience and real
applications, you should submit it to the industrial track. System
descriptions should be formatted according to Springer LNAI guidelines and must
not exceed 2 pages, including graphics and references. Authors are
requested to submit their papers electronically on the conference submission
web page.
Tutorial proposals
We solicit tutorials in all areas of agent-oriented models,
technologies and methodologies, aimed at either students (basic tutorials) or
researchers (new and hot topics). Tutorial duration is either half-day or
full-day. The tutorial proposal should include a brief summary and
outline, specific goals and objectives, expected background of the
audience, a biographical sketch of the presenter(s), as well as a
sample (15 to 25 slides) of the presentation. All tutorial proposals should
be directed to the Tutorials Chair Andrea Omicini
<
andrea.omicini@unibo.it>, and should be sent before
21 February, 2005.
The tutorials may be held on the morning of 15 September 2005, or if
there is enough interest, on 14 September 2005.
Submission policies
CEEMAS’05 will not accept any paper, which has already been published
or accepted for publication in a journal or another conference. These
restrictions apply only to journals and conferences, not to workshops and
similar specialized presentations with a limited audience and without
archival proceedings.
For each accepted paper, at least one author is required to attend the
conference to present the paper. Each author can give only one
presentation. Papers without at least one author registering by the early
registration deadline will be automatically excluded from the conference
programme and the proceedings.
Best paper award
The best paper of the conference, to be selected by the Programme
Committee at the conference, will receive the Best Paper Award during the
conference.
THE BORDERS OF EUROPEAN INTEGRATION Interdisciplinary Conference Friday 22nd April -23rd April 2005 Krakow, Poland
THE BORDERS OF EUROPEAN INTEGRATION Interdisciplinary Conference Friday 22nd April - Saturday 23rd April 2005 Krakow, Poland
Location:Poland
Conference Begins:2005-04-22
THE BORDERS OF EUROPEAN INTEGRATION
Interdisciplinary Conference
Friday 22nd April - Saturday 23rd April 2005
Krakow, Poland
The Tischner European University organises a conference “The Borders of European Integration” within the framework of our umbrella research project “The Power in Europe”, sponsored by Office of the Committee for European Integration in Poland.
Our aim is to research the notion of border within the process of European integration through an interdisciplinary approach. It may include: political sciences, economics, sociology, law as well as international relations.
Our intention is to deal with the notion of border as broadly as possible, including its geographical, cultural, social and psychological, civilisation as well as legal aspects. Particularly, we are interested in texts using an interdisciplinary approach of various fields of social sciences.
We cover all costs (travel, conference fee, accommodation, etc.) for the participants whose presentation will be accepted. Those interested in participating (faculties and PhD-candidates) should send 3-4 pages (approx. 6000 characters) abstracts of their presentations and CVs until 31 January 2005 on the following e-mail address.
If accepted for presentation, 8 page draft conference papers should be submitted by Wednesday 30th March 2005.
Most of those accepted for and presented at this conference will be published in an ISBN Book.
The conference language will be English.
The conference is organised in partnership with the University of Siena.
For more information please visit the link given below.
Hanna Szczerbak
Conference Assistant
Tischner European University
Kosciuszki 37
30-105 Krakow, Poland
tel.: (+48 12) 427 35 98
fax.: (+48 12) 427 35 94
Email: szczerbak@wse.krakow.pl
Visit the website at
www.powerineurope.pl
An overview of Creative Educational programs in Germany
An overview of Creative Educational programs in Germany
Design Studies: The advanced technical college in Pforzheim has
produced graduates who are among the leading car designers, having
trained in its unique department of Transportation Design:
http://www.fh-pforzheim.de
Communication Magazines and websites must have a clear layout and be
user-friendly. What is a good communication design can be learned in
Germany at the Staatliche Hochschule fuer Gestaltung (http://hfg-
karlsruhe.de) and the Staatliche Akademie der bildeten Kuenste
Stuttgart (
http://www.abk.stuttgart.de)
Interior Design: Since their designs for the interior of a Mars
spaceship in 2003, the Technische Universität Darmstadt and its
students mean something for Nasa (http://www.tu-darmstadt.de). Above
and beyond the technicalities of interiors, the Fachhochschule
Kaiserlautern lays great store by creativity (
http://www.fh-kl.de)
More information about the German Education programs, check out the
official website:
http://www.daad.de
The Global Supplementary Grants Program 2004-2005
Open Society Institute – New York and Open Society Foundation –
Romania
Announce:
The Global Supplementary Grants Program 2004-2005
The purpose of the program is to enable qualifies students to pursue
Doctoral Studies in the humanities and Social Sciences at accredited
universities in Western Europe, Middle/Near East Europe, Asia,
Australia, North America. Global SGP grants will be awarded on the
basis of academic record, merit of the proposed study, applicant's
long term goals and financial needs.
Eligibility criteria:
Only students who have been accepted into a full doctoral program at
an accredited university and have already been awarded partial or
full tuition, room and board stipends or other types of financial aid
may apply.
Candidates must be nationals of one of the following countries:
Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia,
Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Macedonia, Moldova, Mongolia,
Romania, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan,
Serbia and Montenegro.
Members of the Roma community are encouraged to aply.
Candidates must demonstrate proficiency in the spoken and written
language of their host institution.
Application online at:
http://www.soros.org/grants/oas
For more information, please visit the official website:
http://www.osf.ro
E-mail: info@buc.osf.ro
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CEEL Program in Adaptive Economic Dynamics
CEEL program in Adaptive Economic Dynamics
13 - 24 Qershor 2005, Sixth Trento Summer School, Trento - Itali
Kurse intensive ne Evolutionary Economic Dynamics
Deadline: 10 Mars 2005.
Pranojme aplikim elektronik por mund te dergoni dokumentat edhe ne numrin e faksit
fax (0039-0461-882222) apo e-mail (ccschool@economia.unitn.it)
Per me shume pyetje ne adrese emailin me siper.
Summer Institute on International Migration, Ethnic Diversity and Cities, 2005
Summer Institute on International Migration, Ethnic Diversity and Cities, 2005 do te organizohet serish kete vit ne veren e ketij viti nga data
13-30 Qershor 2005 ne shkollen International School for Humanities and Social Sciences, ne Universitetin e Amsterdamit. Do te marrin pjese 57 studente nga shtete te ndryshme nen bursa te dhena nga NUFFIC per kurse te shkurtra.
Deadline: 1 Shkurt 2005
Per me shume programi mund te shikohet tek adresa e meposhtme:
http://www.ishss.uva.nl/SIM/
ose kontaktoni
Amy Abdou ne email:
A.M.Abdou@uva.nl
CEU Diploma, Budapest, July 4-22 2005
Legal Studies Departmant - Departamenti i Studimeve Ligjore ne Universitetin CEU njofton diplomen me te re te tij ne fushen ligjore ne
Advanced European Union Legal Practice, organizuar nga Total Law Teaching Team,
ne datat 4-22 Qershor 2005.
Deadline: 4 Prill 2005
Per me shume ne lidhje me programet, aplikimin, kerkesat keni ne faqen:
http://www.ceu.hu/total_law.html
http://www.ceu.hu
Burse ne Madrid, Maj 2005
Helsinki Espanja organizon nje kurs te vecante per ekspertet ne paqe-mbajtje nderkombetare dhe ne konfliktet nderkombetare. Vecanerisht inkurajohen shtetas te Rumanise (arumun) pasi ka mundesi burse (schoolarship) per ta mbuluar te gjithe koston e kursit. Nese eshte dikush me shume i interesuar atehere mund te kontaktoni personin e meposhtem
Orsolya Szabo szamoc@yahoo.com;
Deadline : 30 Janar 2005
Ju lutemi shkruani ne anglisht.
MBA ne Gjermani, Media
ADC (Art Directors Club) eshte duke organizuar vitin e pare te saj te pare te programit MBA krijuesve per vitin 2005. Kjo MBA eshte krijuar vecanerisht per njerez qe punojne ne fushen e ... apo jane specializuar ne Reklama- Publicitet (advertising) dhe Media.
Me shume shpjegime keni ne:
www.adc.de
