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FELLOWSHIPS / СТАЖИРОВКИ И СТИПЕНДИИ
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Fung Global Fellows Program
http://piirs.princeton.edu/funggfp/call-applications
The 2017-18 program topic is “The Culture and Politics of Resentment.” The six Fung Global Fellows are expected to be in residence at PIIRS for one academic year and to participate in the program’s seminars and intellectual life of the university. Within the limits of its resources, the program provides a salary that equals the base salary at a fellow’s home institution. Should a home institution salary be significantly below the norm, it may be adjusted upward. The program will also cover the most economical roundtrip travel for a fellow, spouse or domestic partner and children from his or her home institution, as well as visa fees. Further, fellows receive a research account, an office, access to a desktop computer and are eligible for health insurance and other benefits through the university plan. The program will assist in finding housing through the university housing office and private landlords.We invite applications from scholars whose work addresses this topic in any historical period or region of the world and from any disciplinary background in the humanities and social sciences. Applications are due on November 21, 2016 (11:59 p.m. EST) and must be submitted through the online application portal.
Eligibility
1. Eligible are scholars in the social sciences and humanities who received their Ph.D. (or the equivalent of an Anglo-American Ph.D.) within 10 years of the proposed start date of the fellowship; for the 2017-18 program that is no earlier than September 1, 2007. The receipt of the Ph.D. is determined by the date on which all requirements for the degree at the applicant’s home institution, including the defense and filing of the dissertation, were fulfilled.
2. Applicants must hold a position outside the United States of America at the time of application, to which they are expected to return at the conclusion of the fellowship.
3. Fellowships will be awarded to candidates who have already demonstrated outstanding scholarly achievement and exhibit unusual intellectual promise but are still at the beginning of their careers. Criteria for the fellowship include the strength of the candidate’s research projects, the relationship of those projects to the program’s theme, the candidate’s previous scholarly work, the candidate’s ability to contribute to the intellectual life and intellectual exchange of the program, and the candidate’s work experience outside the United States. The selection committee is looking to establish a cohort of fellows whose work represents diverse analytical approaches and disciplinary backgrounds and addresses a wide variety of places.
4. U.S. citizens and non-citizens, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law are eligible to apply.
5. Fellows must be in residence in Princeton during the academic year of their fellowship (September 1 - June 30) so that they can interact with one another and participate actively in the program’s seminars and other events on campus. Fellows are also expected to present their ongoing projects in seminars organized by the program.
Princeton University is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Application Requirements
The following items will need to be submitted by the applicant, in English:
· Completed online application form
· Cover letter (1.5 pages maximum)
· Curriculum Vitae / Bibliography (may be submitted as one document)
· Research proposal (maximum of 3 pages, single spaced)
· One writing sample (article or book chapter, maximum of 50 pages)
· An official letter from the applicant’s employer affirming that, should the fellowship be awarded, the applicant would be permitted to accept it and to spend the academic year 2017-2018 at Princeton University (on the application portal, upload this document as “Other 1”)
In addition, three (3) confidential letters of recommendation, in English, will need to be uploaded directly by the referees to the application portal on or before the November 1 application deadline:
· Letters are best submitted in PDF format; electronic letterhead and signature preferred, or a signed, scanned letter on letterhead.
· Letters may be addressed to the Search Committee, Fung Global Fellows Program.
· It is not necessary to mail a hard copy of the letter. However, if a referee is unable to submit the letter electronically, sending it by mail, postmarked by November 21, 2016 , will be acceptable. Send to Fung Global Fellows Program, Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies, Aaron Burr Hall, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544.
Inquiries about the program and the application process may be directed to [email protected] or + +1-609-258-2453 .
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New-York Historical Society - Research Fellowships
The application deadline for all fellowships is January 6, 2017.
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=54042
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The Frick Collection - Anne L. Poulet Curatorial Fellowship 2017–19
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=54065
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The Bodleian Libraries Visiting Fellows Programme 2017-18 http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/csb/fellowships
The Libraries encourage research that makes use of Bodleian Special Collections, an outstanding resource for scholarly study and discovery, containing rare printed books, classical papyri, medieval and renaissance manuscripts, literary, political and historical papers, archives, printed ephemera, and maps and music in both manuscript and printed form. Fellowships give applicants from outside of Oxford the opportunity to undertake an uninterrupted period of research with the Bodleian collections.
Applications for the 2017-18 Visiting Fellowships are open.
Deadline 5 December 2016.
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Call for Applicants: The Mary Baker Eddy Library Fellowship
The Mary Baker Eddy Library in Boston is now accepting online applications for our Summer 2017 Research Fellowships. The fellowship program is open to academic scholars, independent researchers, and graduate students. The Library’s collections, centered on the papers of Mary Baker Eddy and records documenting the history of Christian Science, offer scholars countless opportunities for original research. A select list of such resources includes: Mary Baker Eddy’s correspondence and manuscript material, scrapbooks, and copybooks; household account ledgers and receipts; a fully-indexed file of newspapers clippings that date to the late nineteenth century; an extensive historic photograph collection; architectural records; early histories of branch Churches of Christ, Scientist; and the publication records for The Christian Science Monitor , Eddy's books, and church magazines. Mary Baker Eddy (1821-1910) authored a groundbreaking book on science, theology, and healing titled Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures and founded the Church of Christ, Scientist, a publishing society, and The Christian Science Monitor . Previous fellowship topics have included: Mary Baker Eddy and intellectual property; demographic survey of early Christian Science church members; military ministry; material culture and memory; church architecture; Christian Science and divine healing. Stipend provided. Apply at our website by February 6, 2017. For further information about the Library’s holdings and the fellowship program go to http://www.marybakereddylibrary.org/fellowships or contact 617-450-7124, [email protected] .
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American Philosophical Society Library - Research Fellowships
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=54154
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Harvard University , Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics
Fellows-in-Residence program
The Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University invites applications from a broad range of researchers who will work over the course of the year on pressing issues in ethics. Faculty, postdoctoral scholars, practitioners, and researchers from industry, government, and NGOs seeking sabbatical time to pursue research directly relevant to ethical issues are eligible to apply.
The majority of fellows will be selected in relation to an annual theme, but in ech year some "open" slots will be reserved for applicants working on any issue in ethics. In each year, the goal will be to craft a cohort in which "thematic" fellows and "open" fellows will all find valuable intellectual partnerships to support and spur their work. For the 2017-18 academic year, the theme at the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics will be Political Economy and Justice.
The one-year fellowship terms runs the course of the academic year, typically from the beginning of September through the end of May. All Fellows-in-Residence will be expected to devote the majority of their time to their individual projects and to participate in regular work-in-progress seminars. In addition, Fellows whose work intersects most direclty with the annual theme will be invited to participate in the thematic components of the Center's programming, which consists of public lectures, conferences, and workshops.
For more information and to submit an application, please visit the Center's website at http://ethics.harvard.edu/fellows-in-residence
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CONFERENCES / КОНФЕРЕНЦИИ
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CFP for Junior Scholars
Pedagogy of Images II: Depicting Communism for Children Symposium
Princeton University,
March 31 – April 1, 2017
https://pedagogyofimages.princeton.edu/the-2017-symposium/
The Pedagogy of Images project started in 2015 with an exploratory symposium that mapped out approaches to studying the process of amalgamation of text and image within the boundaries of the illustrated book for young Soviet readers. As a part of the general desire to translate Communism into idioms and images accessible to children, these books visualized ideological norms and goals in a way that guaranteed easy legibility, without sacrificing the political appeal of the message.
Using a corpus of Soviet-era illustrated books for children from the collections of the Cotsen Children’s Library at Princeton University, the participants of the first meeting focused on the dual verbal-visual representation of the Communist imaginary and sensibility in early Soviet books. The initial symposium also had a second purpose: to achieve a more nuanced awareness of the ways in which digitization of these works can facilitate more exhaustive mining of the information contained in these rich graphic and verbal artifacts. An edited volume growing out of the work of this first symposium is currently in production.
The goal of the second symposium is to expand the generational boundaries of scholars working on early Soviet children’s books. We invite advanced Ph.D. students and recent graduates from a range of disciplines and backgrounds to submit their proposals for participating in a two-day symposium that will take place at Princeton University on March 31- April 1, 2017.
The proposals should focus on the expanded corpus of digitized materials from the Cotsen collections , which consists currently of more than 160 titles. In the interest of increasing the scope of disciplinary approaches to the visual language of the Soviet children's book (and to avoid thematic duplications), we ask potential participants to consult the list of the contributions already included in the edited volume .
Please, send a short CV and a 500-word proposal , describing your choice of children’s books, methods, and arguments, which you would like to develop for your presentation at the symposium to < [email protected] > by December 15, 2017.
Finalists will be notified by January 15, 2017. Final papers should be submitted by March 15, 2017. During the symposium, participants will be paired with leading senior experts in the field, who would provide critique of the contribution and guidance for its future development.
The symposium will be held at Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey.
Every effort will be made to offer assistance with travel and accommodation expenses to selected candidates.
The Organizing Committee:
Thomas F. Keenan
Serguei A. Oushakine
Katherine M.H. Reischl
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http://iphras.ru/congress_2018.htm
Первый Конгресс Русского общества истории и философии науки «История и философия науки в эпоху перемен», 20–21 июня 2018 г.
Первый Конгресс Русского общества истории и философии науки
«История и философия науки в эпоху перемен»
20–21 июня 2018 г.
Информационное письмо
Институт философии РАН приглашает принять участие в Первом Конгрессе Русского общества истории и философии науки «История и философия науки в эпоху перемен», который состоится 20–21 июня 2018.
Программный комитет
* Смирнов Андрей Вадимович – председатель
* Аршинов Владимир Иванович
* Касавин Илья Теодорович
* Кузнецов Валерий Григорьевич
* Лекторский Владислав Александрович
* Маркин Владимир Ильич
* Печенкин Александр Александрович
* Порус Владимир Натанович
* Пружинин Борис Исаевич
* Сироткина Ирина Евгеньевна
* Целищев Виталий Валентинович
Организационный комитет
* Касавин Илья Теодорович – председатель
* Родин Андрей Вячеславович – ученый секретарь
* Бажанов Валентин Александрович
* Баюк Дмитрий Александрович – ученый секретарь
* Грифцова Ирина Николаевна
* Лешкевич Татьяна Геннадиевна
* Невважай Игорь Дмитриевич
* Севальников Андрей Юрьевич
* Соколова Татьяна Дмитриевна
* Труфанова Елена Олеговна
* Тухватулина Лиана Анваровна
* Юдин Борис Григорьевич
* Яковлева Александра Федоровна
В конференции планируется участие ведущих, в том числе зарубежных философов и историков науки.
Тематика конференции
Исследования в области истории и философии науки (ИФН) в России имеют солидную традицию и бесспорные достижения, которые высоко оцениваются мировым академическим сообществом. Исследовательская работа в этой области активно продолжается сегодня в профильных институтах Российской академии наук и в российских университетах. Учебные курсы по ИФН читаются практически во всех российских университетах и других высших учебных заведениях. В мае 2016-го года российские исследователи и преподаватели высшей школы, работающие в области ИФН, учредили Русское Общество истории и философии науки (РОИФН), которое служит площадкой для консолидации национального профессионального сообщества. Одним из инструментов такой консолидации являются национальные профессиональные конгрессы, первый из которых состоится в Москве 20-21 июня 2018 года. Они продолжаются традицию, которая имела место в СССР, но прервалась вскоре после его распада.
Актуальность развития истории и философии науки и техники в российском социокультурном контексте определяется тем, что Россия в начале 21 века сталкивается с рядом особых возможностей и рисков. Важнейшие среди них связаны с необходимостью опережающим образом развить собственную экономику в определенных наукоемких параметрах. Все они предполагают такую перестройку процесса производства и управления им, при котором в производительных силах на первый план выходят интеллектуальные способности, навыки и знания, горизонтальное саморегулирование творческой деятельности, «мягкие» диалогические формы организации и общения. При этом научно-философские исследования когнитивных и социальных измерений науки и техники, определяясь уровнем развития науки и общества, оказывают существенное обратное влияние на свой предмет. В условиях грядущего технологического уклада эта связь становится особенно явной: исследования науки и техники выходят на лидирующие позиции в странах с развитой экономикой. Вместе с тем их развитие обременено совокупностью методологических проблем, нередко обозначаемой как кризис и требующих углубленных и прорывных исследований. Во многом текущее положение дел побуждает к пересмотру дисциплинарной структуры исследований науки и актуализации их социально-философской компоненты; к определению национальной специфики истории и философии науки в России с точки зрения ее мировоззренческого содержания и практических потребностей.
Цели конференции
Целью конференции является продвижение новой повестки в философии науки и техники, обсуждение инфраструктурных сдвигов в данной области и принятие решений в рамках Русского общества истории и философии науки.
Тематика Конгресса включает в себя все разделы ИФН, которые в настоящее время представлены в России, включая новые области исследований, которые только начинают развиваться в нашей стране. Предварительный список планируемых секций и круглых столов приведен ниже.
Секции
* Философия математики (В.А. Бажанов)
* Философские проблемы современного естествознания (А. Ю. Севальников)
* Философские проблемы нормативных наук (И.Д. Невважай)
* Философские проблемы когнитивных наук (В.А. Лекторский)
* Философская логика (В.И. Маркин)
* Логика и риторика науки (И.Н. Грифцова)
* Этика науки (Б.Г. Юдин)
* История науки и техники (Д.А. Баюк)
* История философии науки (И.Т. Касавин)
Круглые столы
* Коммуникации в науке (Е.О. Труфанова, А.Ф. Яковлева)
* Конвергенция естественнонаучного и социогуманитарного знания (Т.Г. Лешкевич)
Представление и отбор докладов
Тезисы принимаются до 1 сентября 2017 года по электронной почте [email protected] . Объем тезисов до 10000 знаков, оформление по правилам РИНЦ. Тезисы принимаются в формате Word или RTF в виде приложения к электронному письму. На первой странице тезисов должны быть указаны имя и фамилия автора на русском, а затем на английском языке, место работы, электронный адрес и название предпочтительной секции. За этим следует аннотация на английском языке (100 слов) и основной текст на русском. Сноски концевые, в автоматическом режиме.
Список тезисов, принятых по итогам рецензирования, размещается на сайте конференции к 1 декабря 2017 года. Принятые тезисы докладов публикуются в материалах конференции. Оргкомитет за собой право предложить авторам сделать очный доклад на пленарном заседании, секции или круглом столе, а также стендовый доклад. Авторам лучших докладов будет предложено подготовить полноформатную статью по той же теме для опубликования в Epistemology & Philosophy of Science и других российских рецензируемых журналах.
Во время Конгресса пройдет очередное годовое собрание РОИФН со следующей повесткой:
* Обсуждение и принятие поправок к Уставу РОИНФ
* Кадровые вопросы
* Финансовый отчет
* О следующем конгрессе РОИФН
* Прочее
Условия участия в конференции
К участию приглашаются философы и ученые, интересующиеся проблематикой истории и философии науки.
Организационный сбор составит 500 рублей для учащихся; 1000 рублей для кандидатов и докторов наук.
Зарегистрированные члены РОИФН, уплатившие членские взносы, освобождаются от организационного сбора.
Возможна финансовая поддержка иногородних участников. Соответствующие заявки отправляются вместе с тезисами. Решение будет принято на конкурсной основе в зависимости от доступного финансирования.
Место проведения конференции
г. Москва, Институт философии РАН
Контактная информация
Электронная почта для справок [email protected]
Контактный телефон: (495)6979576 (по вторникам и четвергам с 13 до 17.00).
Почтовый адрес: 109240 Москва, Гончарная 12, Институт философии РАН, сектор социальной эпистемологии.
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Call for Papers for the 2017 conference which will be held in the beautiful and historically significant city of Padua , from 19-22 April .
Proposals are invited for the sixth annual Scientiae conference on disciplines of knowing in the early modern world (roughly 1400-1800), which will take place at the University of Padua, 19-22 April 2017 . Our Keynote Speakers will be Paula Findlen (Stanford), Claire Preston (QM London), and Antonio Clericuzio (Roma Tre).
The major premise of this conference series is that knowledge during this period was inherently interdisciplinary, involving complex mixtures of theories, practices and objects, which had yet to be separated into their modern ‘scientific’ configurations. Although centred on attempts to understand and control the natural world, Scientiae addresses natural philosophy, natural history, and the scientiae mixtae within a wide range of related fields, including but not restricted to Biblical exegesis, medicine, artisan practice and theory, logic, humanism, alchemy, magic, witchcraft, demonology, divinatory practices, astronomy, astrology, music, antiquarianism, experimentation and commerce.
This year attention is especially given to the history of early modern knowledge and erudition, the history of universities, particularly though not exclusively the history of the university of Padua, as well as the history of the book and the history of political thought.
In addition to individual panels, we seek panel proposals about, though not exclusively:
* Teaching with Collections
* The Enlightenment
* The Republic of Letters
* Early Modern Universities and Amateur Knowledge
* Venice-Vienna-Costantinople-Moscow: The Other Early Modern Europe
Please email your 250-word abstract, together with a one-page CV to [email protected] .
The deadline for abstract submission is 15 December 2016 . We shall be notifying the selection outcome by 15 January.
Many thanks for your consideration, and looking forward to your participation,
Cornelis J. (Kees-Jan) Schilt
Scientiae Communications Director
www.scientiae.co.uk
Newton Project Transcription Manager
www.newtonproject.sussex.ac.uk
DPhil Researcher in History of Science at Linacre College, Oxford
www.corpusnewtonicum.wordpress.com // @keesjanschilt
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The 20th International Conference on Conceptual History
University of Oslo, Norway
September 21-23, 2017
Concepts in the World: Politics, Knowledge, and Time
As the annual International Conference on Conceptual History celebrates its twentieth anniversary, conceptual history is gaining ground in an ever-increasing number of fields, disciplines and parts of the world. The number of scholars identifying with some version of conceptual history is increasing, as is the breadth of topics, theories, and approaches. This conference aims to reflect that diversity.
Few other approaches are as conducive to dialogues across disciplinary borders, and we want to use this occasion to invite in all those who center their inquiry on social, historical, political and scientific concepts and their history. Our ambition is that this conference shall be both a meeting-place for all those working on conceptual history, regardless of approach or topic, while also trying to expand the field by soliciting proposals on three specific, although broad themes:
1. Concepts in the World
Acknowledging that conceptual history is moving beyond single-language traditions of inquiry, and that scholars working on non-European material have begun using conceptual history as a tool for philological study, we want to encourage more studies of entanglements between traditions, translations as well as more cross-linguistic comparison. Trying to move away from the Eurocentrism that is almost inevitable in a field that emerged and flourished in Europe, and the single-language (and often national language) focus that often also pervades those using conceptual history on non-European texts, we seek papers that explore new ways of studying the entanglements between different linguistic traditions, in their most historically specific and practical forms like transfers and translations as well as in their theoretical ramifications, moving beyond Europe and beyond Western modernity.
2. Conceptual history as history of knowledge
Among the most innovative fields in the humanities and social sciences in the last decades has been the history and sociology of science, or, in a more comprehensive mode, the history of knowledge. Independent of the different disciplinary labels, like history of science, STS, historical epistemology, or Wissensgeschichte, all these approaches give attention to concepts used to gain new knowledge, defend old, or make claims to truth and authority, always in connections with non-linguistic practices, technologies, and instruments. For this conference we invite papers that explore the interface between the history of concepts and the history of knowledge, by means of case studies, theoretical exchanges, or explorations of key figures and traditions in both fields.
3. The Multiple Times of Concepts and Histories
Modernization and globalization have brought about more complex and heterogeneous temporal relations, in which the global times of commerce, technology and media come in conflict with the different rhythms and dynamics in diverse cultures and communities. At present, one of the foremost challenges for policy makers, as well as researchers in the humanities and social sciences, is to find ways to understand the existence of multiple temporalities within the overarching narrative of global progress. The plurality of historical times poses a major challenge for anyone who aims to map the intentions or causes leading up to an event, the consequences following from it, or to decide if an event constitutes rupture or continuity with what lies before and comes after it. Conceptual history stands out from other approaches in the way it is able to identify and analyze the multiple temporalities of human life and history, based on what Reinhart Koselleck referred to as “a theory of historical times”. However, in order to make good on this theoretical heritage new and critical engagements with the Eurocentric, modernist, and historicist biases framing this line inquiry are necessary, as are new and innovative studies of the vocabularies of time in different languages as well as the practices they are linked to.
Proposals for individual papers should be no longer than 400 words, and proposals for panels should not exceed 800 words. Short bios of the speakers should be added (maximum 100 words). Panels at the conference will last two hours. There should be no more than four papers and a discussant/chair per panel.
Please send your proposals to concept [email protected]
The deadline for sending in proposals is 15 April 2017
Authors will be notified of paper acceptance or non-acceptance no later than 15 May
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CALL FOR PAPERS
55th Annual Meeting
Southern Conference on Slavic Studies
Alexandria, VA
April 6-8, 2017
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF PROPOSALS: January 15, 2017
The Fifty-Fifth Annual Meeting of the Southern Conference on Slavic Studies (SCSS) will be held at the Westin Alexandria Hotel in Old Town Alexandria, Virginia, April 6-8, 2017. The meeting will be hosted by George Mason University’s program in Russian and Eurasian Studies. The SCSS is the largest of the regional Slavic and Eurasian Studies associations and its programs attract national and international scholarly participation. The purpose of SCSS is to promote scholarship, education, and in all other ways to advance scholarly interest in Russian, Soviet, and East European studies in the Southern region of the United States and nationwide. Membership in SCSS is open to all persons interested in furthering these goals.
Papers from all humanities and social science disciplines are welcome, as is a focus on countries other than Russia/USSR. We encourage participation from scholars of all Slavic, East European, and Eurasian regions. Papers can be on any time period and any topic relevant to these regions. Papers on the special theme of the centenary of the Russian Revolution of 1917 are especially welcome.
The program committee is accepting panel and paper proposals until January 15, 2017. Whole panel proposals (chair, three papers, discussant) are preferred, but proposals for individual papers will also be accepted. Whole panel proposals should include the titles of each individual paper as well as a title for the panel itself and identifying information (email address and brief CV with institutional affiliation) for all participants. Proposals for individual papers should include email address, brief CV with institutional affiliation, paper title, and a one-paragraph abstract to guide the program committee in the assembly of panels. If any AV equipment will be needed, the panel and paper proposals should indicate so when they are submitted. AV will be of limited availability and assigned on a first-come, first-served basis. Email your proposals to Emily Baran at [email protected]. If necessary, you may also send it by conventional post to:
Dr. Emily B. Baran
Department of History
Middle Tennessee State University
MTSU Box 23
1301 E. Main Street
Murfreesboro, TN 37132
For local arrangements or conference information other than the program, please contact Steven Barnes at [email protected]. For questions regarding the program, please contact Emily Baran at [email protected].
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Fifteenth International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities
Imperial College London, London, UK
5-7 July 2017
http://thehumanities.com/londonconference-2017
CALL FOR PAPERS
The Fifteenth International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities will be held at Imperial College London, London, UK, 5-7 July 2017. We invite proposals for paper presentations, workshops/interactive sessions, posters/exhibits, virtual lightning talks, virtual posters, or colloquia addressing one of the following themes:
Theme 1: Critical Cultural Studies
Theme 2: Communications and Linguistics Studies
Theme 3: Literary Humanities
Theme 4: Civic, Political, and Community Studies
Theme 5: Humanities Education
2017 SPECIAL FOCUS: New Directions of the Humanities in a Knowledge Society
CONFERENCE SUBMISSION DEADLINES
The next proposal deadline is 5 December 2016. We welcome the submission of presentation proposals at any time of the year up until 30 days before the start of the conference. All proposals will be reviewed within two to four weeks of submission.
A COLLECTION OF JOURNALS
The New Directions in the Humanities Journal Collection consists of six journals and an annual review. The New Directions in the Humanities Journal Collection encourages the widest range of submissions and aims to foster the highest standards of intellectual excellence. Articles may be submitted by in-person and virtual participants as well as Research Network Members.
Journals in the Collection are indexed by:
The Australian Research Council (ERA), Communication Source (EBSCO), Fuente Académica Plus (EBSCO), Genamics Journal Seek, Humanities International Complete (EBSCO), Humanities International Index (EBSCO), Humanities Source (EBSCO), Humanities Source International (EBSCO), Literary Reference Center Plus (EBSCO), Modern Language Association, Political Science Complete (EBSCO), Scopus, Ulrich's Periodicals Directory
For more information and to submit a proposal visit:
http://thehumanities.com/londonconference-2017
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Eighth International Conference on The Image
Conference
31st October to 1st November 2017
Venice, Italy
Website: http://ontheimage.com/2017-conference
Contact person: Conference Director
The Image Research Network: a conference and journal founded in 2011, exploring the nature and functions of images and image making.
Organized by: Common Ground
Deadline for abstracts/proposals: 30th September 2016
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PUBLICATIONS / ПУБЛИКАЦИИ
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We invite scholarly submissions on the philosophy of Benedict de Spinoza (1632-1677), for a special issue of Interstices journal and for the annual Interstices symposium to be held in Auckland, New Zealand, 26-28 May 2017. The intent is to further consolidate the recent intensifications of interest in Spinoza’s thought, and to reaffirm his status as an enormously powerful thinker of contemporary relevance. Papers on any aspect of Spinoza studies are thus welcomed. But the more specific aim of the symposium and journal issue is twofold: firstly, to extend the burgeoning scholarship on Spinoza into the domains of study parsed by Interstices , namely arts and architecture, and secondly, to situate Spinoza’s philosophy within the particular locus of New Zealand, Australasia, the South Pacific, and the Pacific Rim more broadly. Each of these aspects will be tackled in separate sessions or separate days of the symposium.
With regard to the first aim, we welcome submissions that put Spinoza’s philosophy in productive proximity with a particular artform or an individual work of art, whether literature, painting, sculpture, architecture, film, music, dance, performance, etc. — or that have an especial focus on any of the numerous artistic and literary figures who are known to have read Spinoza appreciatively and in whose works Spinozist shadings might be discerned (Goethe, Coleridge, George Eliot, Jorge Luis Borges, Louis Zukofsky, Kenzaburo Oe, Thomas Hirschhorn, Maira Kalman, Philippe Grandrieux, etc. — and of course Isaac Bashevis Singer and his Spinoza of Market Street ). Contributors might like to think of this event and journal issue as extending, in the direction of arts and architecture, the very fine work done by the anthology Spinoza Beyond Philosophy (2012, ed. Beth Lord).
Since Interstices ’s particular interest is in architectural studies, we would be keen to see contributions that consider Spinoza as helpful for thinking any of the design and spatial disciplines (architecture, urban design, landscape, cartography, interior design, and so on). Geographers, planners, and landscape designers might note the way in which Spinoza’s natura pre-empts the conceptual categories by which we continue to delineate nature and cities and spaces. Contributors might also choose to take ‘architecture’ in the sense of ‘structure’, in which case not only would built environments and tectonics be the subject of analysis, but also the very structure of Spinoza’s texts, the extraordinary way in which his texts are wrought (the famous geometric architecture of the Ethics , for example).
We also invite submissions that don’t necessarily fall under any of the artistic disciplines listed above, and that interpret “arts” in the broadest possible sense. Spinoza’s philosophy predates the modern idea of a differentiated domain of the arts, and so the Latin word that Spinoza uses — ars — has the older and broader sense of skill or craft or ability or proficiency. We thus welcome submissions that are about ‘arts’ in this more general sense — for example, about what Spinoza teaches us about the arts of living ( ars vivendi ) or the arts of constructing a liberal polity ( ars politica , government, statecraft).
With regard to the second aim (“Pacific Spinoza”), we invite submissions on any aspects of Spinoza studies that have a connection to New Zealand, Australia, the South Pacific, or Asia-Pacific and the Pacific Rim more broadly. Such papers might, for example, examine the historical reception and interpretation of Spinoza in New Zealand, Australia, the Oceanic “sea of islands”, or any proximate sister region. The idea is to give geographic concreteness and local specificity to the interpretation of Spinoza — to see how Spinoza might be or has been read in New Zealand and the Pacific, and inversely to see how our ways of thinking about New Zealand and the Pacific might be productively inflected by reading Spinoza.
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Abstracts of 300 words (for fifteen- to twenty-minute paper presentations), along with a short biographical statement of 100 words, to be sent to [email protected] , by midnight NZST, 30th January 2017 . For purposes of peer review, the abstract should be sent in a separate self-contained file with no identifying information in it. Please send Microsoft Word files only (DOC or DOCX). Abstracts will be vetted through a process of blind peer review.
Selected papers from the symposium will be invited for revision, peer review, and publication in the subsequent issue of Interstices . If you are unable to attend the symposium in New Zealand, but wish to submit a paper for the journal issue ( Interstices volume 18, to be published at the end of 2017), please send the full and completed paper to [email protected] by 31st May 2017.
Further inquiries can be directed to the convenor EU JIN CHUA, [email protected] ; FARZANEH HAGHIGHI, [email protected] ; or to SUSAN HEDGES, the Coordinating Editor of Interstices , [email protected] .
www.interstices.ac.nz/call-for-papers-spinoza-auckland-2017/
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Call for Papers to Contributions to the History of Concepts
The Political Rhetoric of Isms
Isms form a great part of our political, cultural, and scholarly language. It would be quite difficult to conduct a serious conversation on literature, music, religion, or sciences without isms like “romanticism,” “classicism,” “neorealism,” “constructivism,” “Freudianism,” or “Platonism.” And it would be hard to imagine any news broadcasting on politics without words such as “liberalism,” “conservatism,” “communism,” “feminism,” or “multiculturalism.” The ism suffix has spread to nearly all languages either as a direct adaptation, or as a sign that roughly corresponds to the idea of an ism. In short: the use of ism is an irreplaceable feature of political and social language globally.
In debate, isms tend to be used to reduce a complex figure of thought into one word. By doing this, isms have often been a way of forging a long tradition of thought (e.g. Aristotelianism), pointing toward a wished for state of things (e.g. socialism), including or excluding strands of thought (e.g. true or false liberalism), delineating a set of unwanted practices (e.g. racism), or labeling an intellectual or political movement (e.g. feminism). In many cases, isms have been a way of setting the agenda for debate, making them unavoidable for anyone who wants to be heard in public life.
The call for this special issue in Contributions to the History of Concepts is motivated by the need to study the conceptual history of isms from a comparative perspective. By including articles that deal with the history of particular ism concepts, the journal issue will shed light on how the rhetorical and temporal properties of isms have varied over time and space.
Scholars working on the conceptual history of particular ism concepts are urged to send their full articles to Contributions to the History of Concepts at ([email protected]). All articles should include an abstract of 200–500 words. Authors are asked to consult the style guide of Contributions to the History of Concepts (see http://journals.berghahnbooks.com/_uploads/choc/contributions_style_guide.pdf )
The deadline for submissions is 30 March 2017. Each submission will first be assessed for scope and suitability for Contributions to the History of Concepts by the editors. Articles that are deemed to be within scope will be further sent to peer review within a month after submission. While assessment of scope is based on full articles, the editors are also willing to comment on abstracts by potential authors prior to the deadline. Papers that are accepted after peer review are planned to be included in a special issue to be published as the first issue of 2018. The editors also reserve the possibility of organizing the special issue in another matter if the accepted submissions give cause to it.
The call welcomes submissions from all spheres of life. There is no chronological, thematic or geographical limit to the empirical cases that the articles can address. All articles should however include analysis of historical examples of ism concepts in use. We prioritize papers that focus on the contextual reading of sources and show that the author is familiar with the tradition of conceptual history.
Contributions to the History of Concepts is an international peer-reviewed journal. The journal serves as a platform for theoretical and methodological articles as well as empirical studies on the history of concepts and their social, political, and cultural contexts. It aims to promote the dialogue between the history of concepts and other disciplines, such as intellectual history, history of knowledge and science, linguistics, translation studies, history of political thought and discourse analysis. For more information, see http://journals.berghahnbooks.com/contributions .
Tentative timeline:
30 March, submission of articles
End of April, notification of articles sent to peer review
May–July, peer review and selection of articles
August-October, revision of articles
December, final articles are accepted for publication
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Assistant Professor, Contemporary Russian Politics/International Relations
Indiana University Bloomington
OAA# 21610-17
The Department of International Studies and the Russian Studies Workshop at the School of Global and International Studies at Indiana University invite applications for a full-time tenure-track position at the rank of assistant professor in Contemporary Russian Politics/International Relations to commence July 1, 2017. While all sub-fields will be considered, preference will be given to those whose research and teaching focus on Russia’s role in the world, including Russian foreign policy, political economy, international organizations, or security.
Candidates should demonstrate broad theoretical interests, an active research agenda, and the promise of publication in high quality venues. Preference will be given to those who demonstrate policy-relevant research, excellence in appropriate research methods, and proficiency in Russian. In addition to maintaining an impressive research program, the holder of this position must possess strong teaching credentials. She or he is expected to teach courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Applicants should have or expect to receive a doctoral degree by August 2017.
Indiana University is an equal employment and affirmative action employer and a provider of ADA services. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ethnicity, color, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation or identity, national origin, disability status or protected veteran status.
To ensure full consideration applicants must submit a letter of application, curriculum vita, three letters of reference, copies of research publications and course syllabi, and teaching evaluations (if available) by November 15, 2016. Applications will be considered until the position is filled. To apply: http://indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/2925 Questions may be referred to Prof. Regina Smyth ([email protected]).
Candidates should demonstrate broad theoretical interests, an active research agenda, and the promise of publication in high quality venues. Preference will be given to those who demonstrate policy-relevant research, excellence in appropriate research methods, and proficiency in Russian. In addition to maintaining an impressive research program, the holder of this position must possess strong teaching credentials. She or he is expected to teach courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Applicants should have or expect to receive a doctoral degree by August 2017.
https://indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/3064
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Assistant Professor, History of Modern Russia,
University of Warwick
The Department of History seeks to appoint an
Assistant Professor in the History of Modern Russia.
You will conduct research in the history of Modern
Russia, and be prepared to work in collaboration
with colleagues within the Department, and across
the University. You will be expected to build
research networks in your specialism beyond
the University.
You will have a proven record of achievement in
research, with clear potential for/or demonstrated
excellence in publication in any of the history of
Modern Russia. We welcome applicants working in
any area of this field. However, we particularly
encourage applications from candidates who will be
able to enhance existing research strengths in the
department.
http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/AVL075/assistant-professor-in-history-of-modern-russia-78072-116/
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Lecturer, Early Modern European History,
University of New England, Australia
As Lecturer in Early Modern European History you
will be active in securing grant funding for history
projects, proactively contribute towards service
roles within the school, interact with the New
England community and promote historical
engagement in the region. Core to the role is the
ability to develop, coordinate and teach
undergraduate and postgraduate units and courses
on history, and to research and publish in the area
of early modern European history [pre-1600].
http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/AVK884/
lecturer-in-early-modern-european-history/
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Assistant Professor, Russian Language and
Area Studies, St. Olaf College
The Russian Language and Area Studies
Department at St. Olaf College invites applications
for a full-time (1.0 FTE) tenure-track position in
Russian language at the Assistant Professor level,
beginning August 2017. Teaching load is six
courses with three courses in the fall semester and
three courses in the spring semester. This position
will teach courses from beginning through advanced
culture-centered language courses including our
fourth-year language capstone course. Native or
near-native proficiency in Russian is absolutely
required. Candidates should have earned their
Ph.D. by August 2017, though ABD's nearing the
completion of their degree will be considered.
https://stolaf.hiretouch.com/job-details?jobID=1190&job=russian-language-and-area-studies-tenure-track-2017
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World Language Russian Teacher, Newton Public
Schools - Newton Centre, Massachusetts
The Russianteacher is responsible for delivering the
curriculum at various levels through an immersion-
type environment as well as for assessing student
learning. The teacher is also expected to maintain
open communication with parents and counselors/
housemasters, contribute to the regular
functioning and development of the World
Language Department, attend meetings for
students and teachers, attend to administrative
duties, and fulfill other responsibilities/duties as
a member of the broader community.
https://www.teachers-teachers.com/referral/
newton-public-schools/job/world-language-russian-teacher-278765?source=indeed&v=e278765
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ST. PETERSBURG CENTER FOR THE HISTORY OF IDEAS
SOCIETY FOR THE HISTORY OF IDEAS IN ST. PETERSBURG
http://ideashistory.org.ru/
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President of the Society: Tatiana Artemyeva:
(admission to the Society, subscription) [email protected]
Administrator of the distribution: Tatiana Novikova: [email protected]
We are grateful for the information that may be interesting
and useful for all members of the Society. Please, send it to [email protected]
To unsubscribe, please send a letter "unsubscribe" to [email protected]
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ОБЩЕСТВО ИСТОРИИ ИДЕЙ В САНКТ-ПЕТЕРБУРГЕ
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Информация для гуманитариев: гранты, стажировки,
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Председатель Общества: Татьяна Владимировна Артемьева
(прием в Общество и подписка на бюллетень): [email protected]
Администратор рассылки: Татьяна Олеговна Новикова: [email protected]
Будем благодарны за информацию, интересную и
полезную всем участникам подписки.
Пожалуйста, посылайте ее по адресу: [email protected]
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FELLOWSHIPS / СТАЖИРОВКИ И СТИПЕНДИИ
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Fung Global Fellows Program
http://piirs.princeton.edu/funggfp/call-applications
The 2017-18 program topic is “The Culture and Politics of Resentment.” The six Fung Global Fellows are expected to be in residence at PIIRS for one academic year and to participate in the program’s seminars and intellectual life of the university. Within the limits of its resources, the program provides a salary that equals the base salary at a fellow’s home institution. Should a home institution salary be significantly below the norm, it may be adjusted upward. The program will also cover the most economical roundtrip travel for a fellow, spouse or domestic partner and children from his or her home institution, as well as visa fees. Further, fellows receive a research account, an office, access to a desktop computer and are eligible for health insurance and other benefits through the university plan. The program will assist in finding housing through the university housing office and private landlords.We invite applications from scholars whose work addresses this topic in any historical period or region of the world and from any disciplinary background in the humanities and social sciences. Applications are due on November 21, 2016 (11:59 p.m. EST) and must be submitted through the online application portal.
Eligibility
1. Eligible are scholars in the social sciences and humanities who received their Ph.D. (or the equivalent of an Anglo-American Ph.D.) within 10 years of the proposed start date of the fellowship; for the 2017-18 program that is no earlier than September 1, 2007. The receipt of the Ph.D. is determined by the date on which all requirements for the degree at the applicant’s home institution, including the defense and filing of the dissertation, were fulfilled.
2. Applicants must hold a position outside the United States of America at the time of application, to which they are expected to return at the conclusion of the fellowship.
3. Fellowships will be awarded to candidates who have already demonstrated outstanding scholarly achievement and exhibit unusual intellectual promise but are still at the beginning of their careers. Criteria for the fellowship include the strength of the candidate’s research projects, the relationship of those projects to the program’s theme, the candidate’s previous scholarly work, the candidate’s ability to contribute to the intellectual life and intellectual exchange of the program, and the candidate’s work experience outside the United States. The selection committee is looking to establish a cohort of fellows whose work represents diverse analytical approaches and disciplinary backgrounds and addresses a wide variety of places.
4. U.S. citizens and non-citizens, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law are eligible to apply.
5. Fellows must be in residence in Princeton during the academic year of their fellowship (September 1 - June 30) so that they can interact with one another and participate actively in the program’s seminars and other events on campus. Fellows are also expected to present their ongoing projects in seminars organized by the program.
Princeton University is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Application Requirements
The following items will need to be submitted by the applicant, in English:
· Completed online application form
· Cover letter (1.5 pages maximum)
· Curriculum Vitae / Bibliography (may be submitted as one document)
· Research proposal (maximum of 3 pages, single spaced)
· One writing sample (article or book chapter, maximum of 50 pages)
· An official letter from the applicant’s employer affirming that, should the fellowship be awarded, the applicant would be permitted to accept it and to spend the academic year 2017-2018 at Princeton University (on the application portal, upload this document as “Other 1”)
In addition, three (3) confidential letters of recommendation, in English, will need to be uploaded directly by the referees to the application portal on or before the November 1 application deadline:
· Letters are best submitted in PDF format; electronic letterhead and signature preferred, or a signed, scanned letter on letterhead.
· Letters may be addressed to the Search Committee, Fung Global Fellows Program.
· It is not necessary to mail a hard copy of the letter. However, if a referee is unable to submit the letter electronically, sending it by mail, postmarked by November 21, 2016 , will be acceptable. Send to Fung Global Fellows Program, Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies, Aaron Burr Hall, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544.
Inquiries about the program and the application process may be directed to [email protected] or + +1-609-258-2453 .
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New-York Historical Society - Research Fellowships
The application deadline for all fellowships is January 6, 2017.
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=54042
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The Frick Collection - Anne L. Poulet Curatorial Fellowship 2017–19
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=54065
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The Bodleian Libraries Visiting Fellows Programme 2017-18 http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/csb/fellowships
The Libraries encourage research that makes use of Bodleian Special Collections, an outstanding resource for scholarly study and discovery, containing rare printed books, classical papyri, medieval and renaissance manuscripts, literary, political and historical papers, archives, printed ephemera, and maps and music in both manuscript and printed form. Fellowships give applicants from outside of Oxford the opportunity to undertake an uninterrupted period of research with the Bodleian collections.
Applications for the 2017-18 Visiting Fellowships are open.
Deadline 5 December 2016.
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Call for Applicants: The Mary Baker Eddy Library Fellowship
The Mary Baker Eddy Library in Boston is now accepting online applications for our Summer 2017 Research Fellowships. The fellowship program is open to academic scholars, independent researchers, and graduate students. The Library’s collections, centered on the papers of Mary Baker Eddy and records documenting the history of Christian Science, offer scholars countless opportunities for original research. A select list of such resources includes: Mary Baker Eddy’s correspondence and manuscript material, scrapbooks, and copybooks; household account ledgers and receipts; a fully-indexed file of newspapers clippings that date to the late nineteenth century; an extensive historic photograph collection; architectural records; early histories of branch Churches of Christ, Scientist; and the publication records for The Christian Science Monitor , Eddy's books, and church magazines. Mary Baker Eddy (1821-1910) authored a groundbreaking book on science, theology, and healing titled Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures and founded the Church of Christ, Scientist, a publishing society, and The Christian Science Monitor . Previous fellowship topics have included: Mary Baker Eddy and intellectual property; demographic survey of early Christian Science church members; military ministry; material culture and memory; church architecture; Christian Science and divine healing. Stipend provided. Apply at our website by February 6, 2017. For further information about the Library’s holdings and the fellowship program go to http://www.marybakereddylibrary.org/fellowships or contact 617-450-7124, [email protected] .
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American Philosophical Society Library - Research Fellowships
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=54154
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Harvard University , Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics
Fellows-in-Residence program
The Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University invites applications from a broad range of researchers who will work over the course of the year on pressing issues in ethics. Faculty, postdoctoral scholars, practitioners, and researchers from industry, government, and NGOs seeking sabbatical time to pursue research directly relevant to ethical issues are eligible to apply.
The majority of fellows will be selected in relation to an annual theme, but in ech year some "open" slots will be reserved for applicants working on any issue in ethics. In each year, the goal will be to craft a cohort in which "thematic" fellows and "open" fellows will all find valuable intellectual partnerships to support and spur their work. For the 2017-18 academic year, the theme at the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics will be Political Economy and Justice.
The one-year fellowship terms runs the course of the academic year, typically from the beginning of September through the end of May. All Fellows-in-Residence will be expected to devote the majority of their time to their individual projects and to participate in regular work-in-progress seminars. In addition, Fellows whose work intersects most direclty with the annual theme will be invited to participate in the thematic components of the Center's programming, which consists of public lectures, conferences, and workshops.
For more information and to submit an application, please visit the Center's website at http://ethics.harvard.edu/fellows-in-residence
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CONFERENCES / КОНФЕРЕНЦИИ
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CFP for Junior Scholars
Pedagogy of Images II: Depicting Communism for Children Symposium
Princeton University,
March 31 – April 1, 2017
https://pedagogyofimages.princeton.edu/the-2017-symposium/
The Pedagogy of Images project started in 2015 with an exploratory symposium that mapped out approaches to studying the process of amalgamation of text and image within the boundaries of the illustrated book for young Soviet readers. As a part of the general desire to translate Communism into idioms and images accessible to children, these books visualized ideological norms and goals in a way that guaranteed easy legibility, without sacrificing the political appeal of the message.
Using a corpus of Soviet-era illustrated books for children from the collections of the Cotsen Children’s Library at Princeton University, the participants of the first meeting focused on the dual verbal-visual representation of the Communist imaginary and sensibility in early Soviet books. The initial symposium also had a second purpose: to achieve a more nuanced awareness of the ways in which digitization of these works can facilitate more exhaustive mining of the information contained in these rich graphic and verbal artifacts. An edited volume growing out of the work of this first symposium is currently in production.
The goal of the second symposium is to expand the generational boundaries of scholars working on early Soviet children’s books. We invite advanced Ph.D. students and recent graduates from a range of disciplines and backgrounds to submit their proposals for participating in a two-day symposium that will take place at Princeton University on March 31- April 1, 2017.
The proposals should focus on the expanded corpus of digitized materials from the Cotsen collections , which consists currently of more than 160 titles. In the interest of increasing the scope of disciplinary approaches to the visual language of the Soviet children's book (and to avoid thematic duplications), we ask potential participants to consult the list of the contributions already included in the edited volume .
Please, send a short CV and a 500-word proposal , describing your choice of children’s books, methods, and arguments, which you would like to develop for your presentation at the symposium to < [email protected] > by December 15, 2017.
Finalists will be notified by January 15, 2017. Final papers should be submitted by March 15, 2017. During the symposium, participants will be paired with leading senior experts in the field, who would provide critique of the contribution and guidance for its future development.
The symposium will be held at Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey.
Every effort will be made to offer assistance with travel and accommodation expenses to selected candidates.
The Organizing Committee:
Thomas F. Keenan
Serguei A. Oushakine
Katherine M.H. Reischl
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http://iphras.ru/congress_2018.htm
Первый Конгресс Русского общества истории и философии науки «История и философия науки в эпоху перемен», 20–21 июня 2018 г.
Первый Конгресс Русского общества истории и философии науки
«История и философия науки в эпоху перемен»
20–21 июня 2018 г.
Информационное письмо
Институт философии РАН приглашает принять участие в Первом Конгрессе Русского общества истории и философии науки «История и философия науки в эпоху перемен», который состоится 20–21 июня 2018.
Программный комитет
* Смирнов Андрей Вадимович – председатель
* Аршинов Владимир Иванович
* Касавин Илья Теодорович
* Кузнецов Валерий Григорьевич
* Лекторский Владислав Александрович
* Маркин Владимир Ильич
* Печенкин Александр Александрович
* Порус Владимир Натанович
* Пружинин Борис Исаевич
* Сироткина Ирина Евгеньевна
* Целищев Виталий Валентинович
Организационный комитет
* Касавин Илья Теодорович – председатель
* Родин Андрей Вячеславович – ученый секретарь
* Бажанов Валентин Александрович
* Баюк Дмитрий Александрович – ученый секретарь
* Грифцова Ирина Николаевна
* Лешкевич Татьяна Геннадиевна
* Невважай Игорь Дмитриевич
* Севальников Андрей Юрьевич
* Соколова Татьяна Дмитриевна
* Труфанова Елена Олеговна
* Тухватулина Лиана Анваровна
* Юдин Борис Григорьевич
* Яковлева Александра Федоровна
В конференции планируется участие ведущих, в том числе зарубежных философов и историков науки.
Тематика конференции
Исследования в области истории и философии науки (ИФН) в России имеют солидную традицию и бесспорные достижения, которые высоко оцениваются мировым академическим сообществом. Исследовательская работа в этой области активно продолжается сегодня в профильных институтах Российской академии наук и в российских университетах. Учебные курсы по ИФН читаются практически во всех российских университетах и других высших учебных заведениях. В мае 2016-го года российские исследователи и преподаватели высшей школы, работающие в области ИФН, учредили Русское Общество истории и философии науки (РОИФН), которое служит площадкой для консолидации национального профессионального сообщества. Одним из инструментов такой консолидации являются национальные профессиональные конгрессы, первый из которых состоится в Москве 20-21 июня 2018 года. Они продолжаются традицию, которая имела место в СССР, но прервалась вскоре после его распада.
Актуальность развития истории и философии науки и техники в российском социокультурном контексте определяется тем, что Россия в начале 21 века сталкивается с рядом особых возможностей и рисков. Важнейшие среди них связаны с необходимостью опережающим образом развить собственную экономику в определенных наукоемких параметрах. Все они предполагают такую перестройку процесса производства и управления им, при котором в производительных силах на первый план выходят интеллектуальные способности, навыки и знания, горизонтальное саморегулирование творческой деятельности, «мягкие» диалогические формы организации и общения. При этом научно-философские исследования когнитивных и социальных измерений науки и техники, определяясь уровнем развития науки и общества, оказывают существенное обратное влияние на свой предмет. В условиях грядущего технологического уклада эта связь становится особенно явной: исследования науки и техники выходят на лидирующие позиции в странах с развитой экономикой. Вместе с тем их развитие обременено совокупностью методологических проблем, нередко обозначаемой как кризис и требующих углубленных и прорывных исследований. Во многом текущее положение дел побуждает к пересмотру дисциплинарной структуры исследований науки и актуализации их социально-философской компоненты; к определению национальной специфики истории и философии науки в России с точки зрения ее мировоззренческого содержания и практических потребностей.
Цели конференции
Целью конференции является продвижение новой повестки в философии науки и техники, обсуждение инфраструктурных сдвигов в данной области и принятие решений в рамках Русского общества истории и философии науки.
Тематика Конгресса включает в себя все разделы ИФН, которые в настоящее время представлены в России, включая новые области исследований, которые только начинают развиваться в нашей стране. Предварительный список планируемых секций и круглых столов приведен ниже.
Секции
* Философия математики (В.А. Бажанов)
* Философские проблемы современного естествознания (А. Ю. Севальников)
* Философские проблемы нормативных наук (И.Д. Невважай)
* Философские проблемы когнитивных наук (В.А. Лекторский)
* Философская логика (В.И. Маркин)
* Логика и риторика науки (И.Н. Грифцова)
* Этика науки (Б.Г. Юдин)
* История науки и техники (Д.А. Баюк)
* История философии науки (И.Т. Касавин)
Круглые столы
* Коммуникации в науке (Е.О. Труфанова, А.Ф. Яковлева)
* Конвергенция естественнонаучного и социогуманитарного знания (Т.Г. Лешкевич)
Представление и отбор докладов
Тезисы принимаются до 1 сентября 2017 года по электронной почте [email protected] . Объем тезисов до 10000 знаков, оформление по правилам РИНЦ. Тезисы принимаются в формате Word или RTF в виде приложения к электронному письму. На первой странице тезисов должны быть указаны имя и фамилия автора на русском, а затем на английском языке, место работы, электронный адрес и название предпочтительной секции. За этим следует аннотация на английском языке (100 слов) и основной текст на русском. Сноски концевые, в автоматическом режиме.
Список тезисов, принятых по итогам рецензирования, размещается на сайте конференции к 1 декабря 2017 года. Принятые тезисы докладов публикуются в материалах конференции. Оргкомитет за собой право предложить авторам сделать очный доклад на пленарном заседании, секции или круглом столе, а также стендовый доклад. Авторам лучших докладов будет предложено подготовить полноформатную статью по той же теме для опубликования в Epistemology & Philosophy of Science и других российских рецензируемых журналах.
Во время Конгресса пройдет очередное годовое собрание РОИФН со следующей повесткой:
* Обсуждение и принятие поправок к Уставу РОИНФ
* Кадровые вопросы
* Финансовый отчет
* О следующем конгрессе РОИФН
* Прочее
Условия участия в конференции
К участию приглашаются философы и ученые, интересующиеся проблематикой истории и философии науки.
Организационный сбор составит 500 рублей для учащихся; 1000 рублей для кандидатов и докторов наук.
Зарегистрированные члены РОИФН, уплатившие членские взносы, освобождаются от организационного сбора.
Возможна финансовая поддержка иногородних участников. Соответствующие заявки отправляются вместе с тезисами. Решение будет принято на конкурсной основе в зависимости от доступного финансирования.
Место проведения конференции
г. Москва, Институт философии РАН
Контактная информация
Электронная почта для справок [email protected]
Контактный телефон: (495)6979576 (по вторникам и четвергам с 13 до 17.00).
Почтовый адрес: 109240 Москва, Гончарная 12, Институт философии РАН, сектор социальной эпистемологии.
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Call for Papers for the 2017 conference which will be held in the beautiful and historically significant city of Padua , from 19-22 April .
Proposals are invited for the sixth annual Scientiae conference on disciplines of knowing in the early modern world (roughly 1400-1800), which will take place at the University of Padua, 19-22 April 2017 . Our Keynote Speakers will be Paula Findlen (Stanford), Claire Preston (QM London), and Antonio Clericuzio (Roma Tre).
The major premise of this conference series is that knowledge during this period was inherently interdisciplinary, involving complex mixtures of theories, practices and objects, which had yet to be separated into their modern ‘scientific’ configurations. Although centred on attempts to understand and control the natural world, Scientiae addresses natural philosophy, natural history, and the scientiae mixtae within a wide range of related fields, including but not restricted to Biblical exegesis, medicine, artisan practice and theory, logic, humanism, alchemy, magic, witchcraft, demonology, divinatory practices, astronomy, astrology, music, antiquarianism, experimentation and commerce.
This year attention is especially given to the history of early modern knowledge and erudition, the history of universities, particularly though not exclusively the history of the university of Padua, as well as the history of the book and the history of political thought.
In addition to individual panels, we seek panel proposals about, though not exclusively:
* Teaching with Collections
* The Enlightenment
* The Republic of Letters
* Early Modern Universities and Amateur Knowledge
* Venice-Vienna-Costantinople-Moscow: The Other Early Modern Europe
Please email your 250-word abstract, together with a one-page CV to [email protected] .
The deadline for abstract submission is 15 December 2016 . We shall be notifying the selection outcome by 15 January.
Many thanks for your consideration, and looking forward to your participation,
Cornelis J. (Kees-Jan) Schilt
Scientiae Communications Director
www.scientiae.co.uk
Newton Project Transcription Manager
www.newtonproject.sussex.ac.uk
DPhil Researcher in History of Science at Linacre College, Oxford
www.corpusnewtonicum.wordpress.com // @keesjanschilt
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The 20th International Conference on Conceptual History
University of Oslo, Norway
September 21-23, 2017
Concepts in the World: Politics, Knowledge, and Time
As the annual International Conference on Conceptual History celebrates its twentieth anniversary, conceptual history is gaining ground in an ever-increasing number of fields, disciplines and parts of the world. The number of scholars identifying with some version of conceptual history is increasing, as is the breadth of topics, theories, and approaches. This conference aims to reflect that diversity.
Few other approaches are as conducive to dialogues across disciplinary borders, and we want to use this occasion to invite in all those who center their inquiry on social, historical, political and scientific concepts and their history. Our ambition is that this conference shall be both a meeting-place for all those working on conceptual history, regardless of approach or topic, while also trying to expand the field by soliciting proposals on three specific, although broad themes:
1. Concepts in the World
Acknowledging that conceptual history is moving beyond single-language traditions of inquiry, and that scholars working on non-European material have begun using conceptual history as a tool for philological study, we want to encourage more studies of entanglements between traditions, translations as well as more cross-linguistic comparison. Trying to move away from the Eurocentrism that is almost inevitable in a field that emerged and flourished in Europe, and the single-language (and often national language) focus that often also pervades those using conceptual history on non-European texts, we seek papers that explore new ways of studying the entanglements between different linguistic traditions, in their most historically specific and practical forms like transfers and translations as well as in their theoretical ramifications, moving beyond Europe and beyond Western modernity.
2. Conceptual history as history of knowledge
Among the most innovative fields in the humanities and social sciences in the last decades has been the history and sociology of science, or, in a more comprehensive mode, the history of knowledge. Independent of the different disciplinary labels, like history of science, STS, historical epistemology, or Wissensgeschichte, all these approaches give attention to concepts used to gain new knowledge, defend old, or make claims to truth and authority, always in connections with non-linguistic practices, technologies, and instruments. For this conference we invite papers that explore the interface between the history of concepts and the history of knowledge, by means of case studies, theoretical exchanges, or explorations of key figures and traditions in both fields.
3. The Multiple Times of Concepts and Histories
Modernization and globalization have brought about more complex and heterogeneous temporal relations, in which the global times of commerce, technology and media come in conflict with the different rhythms and dynamics in diverse cultures and communities. At present, one of the foremost challenges for policy makers, as well as researchers in the humanities and social sciences, is to find ways to understand the existence of multiple temporalities within the overarching narrative of global progress. The plurality of historical times poses a major challenge for anyone who aims to map the intentions or causes leading up to an event, the consequences following from it, or to decide if an event constitutes rupture or continuity with what lies before and comes after it. Conceptual history stands out from other approaches in the way it is able to identify and analyze the multiple temporalities of human life and history, based on what Reinhart Koselleck referred to as “a theory of historical times”. However, in order to make good on this theoretical heritage new and critical engagements with the Eurocentric, modernist, and historicist biases framing this line inquiry are necessary, as are new and innovative studies of the vocabularies of time in different languages as well as the practices they are linked to.
Proposals for individual papers should be no longer than 400 words, and proposals for panels should not exceed 800 words. Short bios of the speakers should be added (maximum 100 words). Panels at the conference will last two hours. There should be no more than four papers and a discussant/chair per panel.
Please send your proposals to concept [email protected]
The deadline for sending in proposals is 15 April 2017
Authors will be notified of paper acceptance or non-acceptance no later than 15 May
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CALL FOR PAPERS
55th Annual Meeting
Southern Conference on Slavic Studies
Alexandria, VA
April 6-8, 2017
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF PROPOSALS: January 15, 2017
The Fifty-Fifth Annual Meeting of the Southern Conference on Slavic Studies (SCSS) will be held at the Westin Alexandria Hotel in Old Town Alexandria, Virginia, April 6-8, 2017. The meeting will be hosted by George Mason University’s program in Russian and Eurasian Studies. The SCSS is the largest of the regional Slavic and Eurasian Studies associations and its programs attract national and international scholarly participation. The purpose of SCSS is to promote scholarship, education, and in all other ways to advance scholarly interest in Russian, Soviet, and East European studies in the Southern region of the United States and nationwide. Membership in SCSS is open to all persons interested in furthering these goals.
Papers from all humanities and social science disciplines are welcome, as is a focus on countries other than Russia/USSR. We encourage participation from scholars of all Slavic, East European, and Eurasian regions. Papers can be on any time period and any topic relevant to these regions. Papers on the special theme of the centenary of the Russian Revolution of 1917 are especially welcome.
The program committee is accepting panel and paper proposals until January 15, 2017. Whole panel proposals (chair, three papers, discussant) are preferred, but proposals for individual papers will also be accepted. Whole panel proposals should include the titles of each individual paper as well as a title for the panel itself and identifying information (email address and brief CV with institutional affiliation) for all participants. Proposals for individual papers should include email address, brief CV with institutional affiliation, paper title, and a one-paragraph abstract to guide the program committee in the assembly of panels. If any AV equipment will be needed, the panel and paper proposals should indicate so when they are submitted. AV will be of limited availability and assigned on a first-come, first-served basis. Email your proposals to Emily Baran at [email protected]. If necessary, you may also send it by conventional post to:
Dr. Emily B. Baran
Department of History
Middle Tennessee State University
MTSU Box 23
1301 E. Main Street
Murfreesboro, TN 37132
For local arrangements or conference information other than the program, please contact Steven Barnes at [email protected]. For questions regarding the program, please contact Emily Baran at [email protected].
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Fifteenth International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities
Imperial College London, London, UK
5-7 July 2017
http://thehumanities.com/londonconference-2017
CALL FOR PAPERS
The Fifteenth International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities will be held at Imperial College London, London, UK, 5-7 July 2017. We invite proposals for paper presentations, workshops/interactive sessions, posters/exhibits, virtual lightning talks, virtual posters, or colloquia addressing one of the following themes:
Theme 1: Critical Cultural Studies
Theme 2: Communications and Linguistics Studies
Theme 3: Literary Humanities
Theme 4: Civic, Political, and Community Studies
Theme 5: Humanities Education
2017 SPECIAL FOCUS: New Directions of the Humanities in a Knowledge Society
CONFERENCE SUBMISSION DEADLINES
The next proposal deadline is 5 December 2016. We welcome the submission of presentation proposals at any time of the year up until 30 days before the start of the conference. All proposals will be reviewed within two to four weeks of submission.
A COLLECTION OF JOURNALS
The New Directions in the Humanities Journal Collection consists of six journals and an annual review. The New Directions in the Humanities Journal Collection encourages the widest range of submissions and aims to foster the highest standards of intellectual excellence. Articles may be submitted by in-person and virtual participants as well as Research Network Members.
Journals in the Collection are indexed by:
The Australian Research Council (ERA), Communication Source (EBSCO), Fuente Académica Plus (EBSCO), Genamics Journal Seek, Humanities International Complete (EBSCO), Humanities International Index (EBSCO), Humanities Source (EBSCO), Humanities Source International (EBSCO), Literary Reference Center Plus (EBSCO), Modern Language Association, Political Science Complete (EBSCO), Scopus, Ulrich's Periodicals Directory
For more information and to submit a proposal visit:
http://thehumanities.com/londonconference-2017
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Eighth International Conference on The Image
Conference
31st October to 1st November 2017
Venice, Italy
Website: http://ontheimage.com/2017-conference
Contact person: Conference Director
The Image Research Network: a conference and journal founded in 2011, exploring the nature and functions of images and image making.
Organized by: Common Ground
Deadline for abstracts/proposals: 30th September 2016
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We invite scholarly submissions on the philosophy of Benedict de Spinoza (1632-1677), for a special issue of Interstices journal and for the annual Interstices symposium to be held in Auckland, New Zealand, 26-28 May 2017. The intent is to further consolidate the recent intensifications of interest in Spinoza’s thought, and to reaffirm his status as an enormously powerful thinker of contemporary relevance. Papers on any aspect of Spinoza studies are thus welcomed. But the more specific aim of the symposium and journal issue is twofold: firstly, to extend the burgeoning scholarship on Spinoza into the domains of study parsed by Interstices , namely arts and architecture, and secondly, to situate Spinoza’s philosophy within the particular locus of New Zealand, Australasia, the South Pacific, and the Pacific Rim more broadly. Each of these aspects will be tackled in separate sessions or separate days of the symposium.
With regard to the first aim, we welcome submissions that put Spinoza’s philosophy in productive proximity with a particular artform or an individual work of art, whether literature, painting, sculpture, architecture, film, music, dance, performance, etc. — or that have an especial focus on any of the numerous artistic and literary figures who are known to have read Spinoza appreciatively and in whose works Spinozist shadings might be discerned (Goethe, Coleridge, George Eliot, Jorge Luis Borges, Louis Zukofsky, Kenzaburo Oe, Thomas Hirschhorn, Maira Kalman, Philippe Grandrieux, etc. — and of course Isaac Bashevis Singer and his Spinoza of Market Street ). Contributors might like to think of this event and journal issue as extending, in the direction of arts and architecture, the very fine work done by the anthology Spinoza Beyond Philosophy (2012, ed. Beth Lord).
Since Interstices ’s particular interest is in architectural studies, we would be keen to see contributions that consider Spinoza as helpful for thinking any of the design and spatial disciplines (architecture, urban design, landscape, cartography, interior design, and so on). Geographers, planners, and landscape designers might note the way in which Spinoza’s natura pre-empts the conceptual categories by which we continue to delineate nature and cities and spaces. Contributors might also choose to take ‘architecture’ in the sense of ‘structure’, in which case not only would built environments and tectonics be the subject of analysis, but also the very structure of Spinoza’s texts, the extraordinary way in which his texts are wrought (the famous geometric architecture of the Ethics , for example).
We also invite submissions that don’t necessarily fall under any of the artistic disciplines listed above, and that interpret “arts” in the broadest possible sense. Spinoza’s philosophy predates the modern idea of a differentiated domain of the arts, and so the Latin word that Spinoza uses — ars — has the older and broader sense of skill or craft or ability or proficiency. We thus welcome submissions that are about ‘arts’ in this more general sense — for example, about what Spinoza teaches us about the arts of living ( ars vivendi ) or the arts of constructing a liberal polity ( ars politica , government, statecraft).
With regard to the second aim (“Pacific Spinoza”), we invite submissions on any aspects of Spinoza studies that have a connection to New Zealand, Australia, the South Pacific, or Asia-Pacific and the Pacific Rim more broadly. Such papers might, for example, examine the historical reception and interpretation of Spinoza in New Zealand, Australia, the Oceanic “sea of islands”, or any proximate sister region. The idea is to give geographic concreteness and local specificity to the interpretation of Spinoza — to see how Spinoza might be or has been read in New Zealand and the Pacific, and inversely to see how our ways of thinking about New Zealand and the Pacific might be productively inflected by reading Spinoza.
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Abstracts of 300 words (for fifteen- to twenty-minute paper presentations), along with a short biographical statement of 100 words, to be sent to [email protected] , by midnight NZST, 30th January 2017 . For purposes of peer review, the abstract should be sent in a separate self-contained file with no identifying information in it. Please send Microsoft Word files only (DOC or DOCX). Abstracts will be vetted through a process of blind peer review.
Selected papers from the symposium will be invited for revision, peer review, and publication in the subsequent issue of Interstices . If you are unable to attend the symposium in New Zealand, but wish to submit a paper for the journal issue ( Interstices volume 18, to be published at the end of 2017), please send the full and completed paper to [email protected] by 31st May 2017.
Further inquiries can be directed to the convenor EU JIN CHUA, [email protected] ; FARZANEH HAGHIGHI, [email protected] ; or to SUSAN HEDGES, the Coordinating Editor of Interstices , [email protected] .
www.interstices.ac.nz/call-for-papers-spinoza-auckland-2017/
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Call for Papers to Contributions to the History of Concepts
The Political Rhetoric of Isms
Isms form a great part of our political, cultural, and scholarly language. It would be quite difficult to conduct a serious conversation on literature, music, religion, or sciences without isms like “romanticism,” “classicism,” “neorealism,” “constructivism,” “Freudianism,” or “Platonism.” And it would be hard to imagine any news broadcasting on politics without words such as “liberalism,” “conservatism,” “communism,” “feminism,” or “multiculturalism.” The ism suffix has spread to nearly all languages either as a direct adaptation, or as a sign that roughly corresponds to the idea of an ism. In short: the use of ism is an irreplaceable feature of political and social language globally.
In debate, isms tend to be used to reduce a complex figure of thought into one word. By doing this, isms have often been a way of forging a long tradition of thought (e.g. Aristotelianism), pointing toward a wished for state of things (e.g. socialism), including or excluding strands of thought (e.g. true or false liberalism), delineating a set of unwanted practices (e.g. racism), or labeling an intellectual or political movement (e.g. feminism). In many cases, isms have been a way of setting the agenda for debate, making them unavoidable for anyone who wants to be heard in public life.
The call for this special issue in Contributions to the History of Concepts is motivated by the need to study the conceptual history of isms from a comparative perspective. By including articles that deal with the history of particular ism concepts, the journal issue will shed light on how the rhetorical and temporal properties of isms have varied over time and space.
Scholars working on the conceptual history of particular ism concepts are urged to send their full articles to Contributions to the History of Concepts at ([email protected]). All articles should include an abstract of 200–500 words. Authors are asked to consult the style guide of Contributions to the History of Concepts (see http://journals.berghahnbooks.com/_uploads/choc/contributions_style_guide.pdf )
The deadline for submissions is 30 March 2017. Each submission will first be assessed for scope and suitability for Contributions to the History of Concepts by the editors. Articles that are deemed to be within scope will be further sent to peer review within a month after submission. While assessment of scope is based on full articles, the editors are also willing to comment on abstracts by potential authors prior to the deadline. Papers that are accepted after peer review are planned to be included in a special issue to be published as the first issue of 2018. The editors also reserve the possibility of organizing the special issue in another matter if the accepted submissions give cause to it.
The call welcomes submissions from all spheres of life. There is no chronological, thematic or geographical limit to the empirical cases that the articles can address. All articles should however include analysis of historical examples of ism concepts in use. We prioritize papers that focus on the contextual reading of sources and show that the author is familiar with the tradition of conceptual history.
Contributions to the History of Concepts is an international peer-reviewed journal. The journal serves as a platform for theoretical and methodological articles as well as empirical studies on the history of concepts and their social, political, and cultural contexts. It aims to promote the dialogue between the history of concepts and other disciplines, such as intellectual history, history of knowledge and science, linguistics, translation studies, history of political thought and discourse analysis. For more information, see http://journals.berghahnbooks.com/contributions .
Tentative timeline:
30 March, submission of articles
End of April, notification of articles sent to peer review
May–July, peer review and selection of articles
August-October, revision of articles
December, final articles are accepted for publication
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JOB/ ВАКАНСИИ
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Assistant Professor, Contemporary Russian Politics/International Relations
Indiana University Bloomington
OAA# 21610-17
The Department of International Studies and the Russian Studies Workshop at the School of Global and International Studies at Indiana University invite applications for a full-time tenure-track position at the rank of assistant professor in Contemporary Russian Politics/International Relations to commence July 1, 2017. While all sub-fields will be considered, preference will be given to those whose research and teaching focus on Russia’s role in the world, including Russian foreign policy, political economy, international organizations, or security.
Candidates should demonstrate broad theoretical interests, an active research agenda, and the promise of publication in high quality venues. Preference will be given to those who demonstrate policy-relevant research, excellence in appropriate research methods, and proficiency in Russian. In addition to maintaining an impressive research program, the holder of this position must possess strong teaching credentials. She or he is expected to teach courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Applicants should have or expect to receive a doctoral degree by August 2017.
Indiana University is an equal employment and affirmative action employer and a provider of ADA services. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ethnicity, color, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation or identity, national origin, disability status or protected veteran status.
To ensure full consideration applicants must submit a letter of application, curriculum vita, three letters of reference, copies of research publications and course syllabi, and teaching evaluations (if available) by November 15, 2016. Applications will be considered until the position is filled. To apply: http://indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/2925 Questions may be referred to Prof. Regina Smyth ([email protected]).
Candidates should demonstrate broad theoretical interests, an active research agenda, and the promise of publication in high quality venues. Preference will be given to those who demonstrate policy-relevant research, excellence in appropriate research methods, and proficiency in Russian. In addition to maintaining an impressive research program, the holder of this position must possess strong teaching credentials. She or he is expected to teach courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Applicants should have or expect to receive a doctoral degree by August 2017.
https://indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/3064
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Assistant Professor, History of Modern Russia,
University of Warwick
The Department of History seeks to appoint an
Assistant Professor in the History of Modern Russia.
You will conduct research in the history of Modern
Russia, and be prepared to work in collaboration
with colleagues within the Department, and across
the University. You will be expected to build
research networks in your specialism beyond
the University.
You will have a proven record of achievement in
research, with clear potential for/or demonstrated
excellence in publication in any of the history of
Modern Russia. We welcome applicants working in
any area of this field. However, we particularly
encourage applications from candidates who will be
able to enhance existing research strengths in the
department.
http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/AVL075/assistant-professor-in-history-of-modern-russia-78072-116/
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Lecturer, Early Modern European History,
University of New England, Australia
As Lecturer in Early Modern European History you
will be active in securing grant funding for history
projects, proactively contribute towards service
roles within the school, interact with the New
England community and promote historical
engagement in the region. Core to the role is the
ability to develop, coordinate and teach
undergraduate and postgraduate units and courses
on history, and to research and publish in the area
of early modern European history [pre-1600].
http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/AVK884/
lecturer-in-early-modern-european-history/
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Assistant Professor, Russian Language and
Area Studies, St. Olaf College
The Russian Language and Area Studies
Department at St. Olaf College invites applications
for a full-time (1.0 FTE) tenure-track position in
Russian language at the Assistant Professor level,
beginning August 2017. Teaching load is six
courses with three courses in the fall semester and
three courses in the spring semester. This position
will teach courses from beginning through advanced
culture-centered language courses including our
fourth-year language capstone course. Native or
near-native proficiency in Russian is absolutely
required. Candidates should have earned their
Ph.D. by August 2017, though ABD's nearing the
completion of their degree will be considered.
https://stolaf.hiretouch.com/job-details?jobID=1190&job=russian-language-and-area-studies-tenure-track-2017
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World Language Russian Teacher, Newton Public
Schools - Newton Centre, Massachusetts
The Russianteacher is responsible for delivering the
curriculum at various levels through an immersion-
type environment as well as for assessing student
learning. The teacher is also expected to maintain
open communication with parents and counselors/
housemasters, contribute to the regular
functioning and development of the World
Language Department, attend meetings for
students and teachers, attend to administrative
duties, and fulfill other responsibilities/duties as
a member of the broader community.
https://www.teachers-teachers.com/referral/
newton-public-schools/job/world-language-russian-teacher-278765?source=indeed&v=e278765
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