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Storytelling, Memories and Identity Constructions (4/20/2010; 7/28-8/2/2010) Mexico

The Enkidu Summer Conference 2010: Storytelling, Memories and Identity
Constructions

México City, 28 July – 2, Augst 2010

Deadline for paper proposal submissions: 20. April, 2010
Conference Languages: English, Castilian, German, French and Nahuatl
Languages for presentation: English, Castilian

Conference Homepage:
http://enkidumagazine.com/chics/esc.htm

The primary focus for the 6th edition of this inclusive and interdisciplinary
annual conference organized by Enkidu Magazine and the International Society
for Cultural History and Cultural Studies (CHiCS) in Mexico City with the
support of the National Human Rights Comission of Mexico, is to interrogate
storytelling, memories and identity constructions from a wide range of
perspectives, and in their manifold cultural and social manifestations.

Among the themes of interest are the following:

- Narrative and Linguistics
- Linguistic borders and translation
- Narrative and Myth
- Storytelling in rituals, customs, and fetishism.
- Storytelling and Visual/Performing Arts and Music
- Oral Tradition and Contemporary Chronicle
- Postmodernity and its narratives
- Voice and reflexivity in oral and written texts
- Colonial and Postcolonial Narratives
- Globalization and indigenous cultures
- Story, Dialogue and Discourse
- Memory and truth-telling
- Testimonial Narratives
- Memory and Written Record
- Text, Context and Intertext in Storytelling and Performance
- Children’s Stories- Language, Authority and Silence

Interdisciplinary perspectives are especially welcome since all these topics
in themselves stretch across several disciplines: history, literary studies,
linguistics, psychology, political sciences, educational sciences, ethnology,
queer studies, anthropology, sociology…

We welcome submissions from all branches of the social sciences, humanities,
as well as the arts.

Interpretations of the conference themes ranging from the predictable to the
surprising are encouraged.

Graduate students are encouraged to participate.

The conference has developed into a unique international academic forum for
interpretative approaches in the humanities and social sciences. The
conference has traditionally also been a forum for discussing creative
historical and political memory, remembering and forgetting of the past, as
well as translations between cultures and re-negotiations and
re-constructions of cultural identities in one one way or another.

The conference is organised into a large number of thematic sessions and
sub-conferences addressing several different issues. The conference has an
exceptional multilingual and multi-cultural approach, typically bringing
together participants from all over the world to share and exchange their
research, experiences and ideas in a truly multicultural, multilingual and
interdisciplinary academic environment.

The special sessions and subconferences will cover a highly diverse series of
themes extending from “Conquest and Political Memory in late colonial Nahuatl
texts from Central Mexico”, “Migrations and Diasporas: Displacement Heritage,
Global Spaces and Cultural Memories”, “Imaginary Homelands”, “‘Memory’ and
‘Nostalgia’ in cultural texts” to “Cyber-identities in movement” and “Slave
Narratives from the Archives of the Spanish Inquisition”.

The conference sessions are conducted in Castillian and English.
Occasionally, the conference also has sessions conducted in German and
French. Some sessions will be bilingual and conducted in both languages with
interpreters. Other sessions will be conducted in one of the two conference
languages, and the session moderator will give summaries of the paper in the
other language. Many sessions are being conducted with interpreters for sign
language (on request).

Papers are welcomed on virtually all related topics and themes, independently
of time period and space. Also papers of comparative phenomena will be
considered. Interdisciplinary perspectives are encouraged. The conference
aims at bringing together academics working in all relevant disciplines as
well as activists, artists and other professionals, and promoting innovative
multidisciplinary and multicultural exchange and dialogue.

CHICS’ academic conferences are characterized by traditional paper
presentations in panel sessions with three speakers each, followed by lively
exchange, dialogue and interaction between speakers and audience in many
small groups, workshops and seminars rather than by formal plenary sessions.
Our conferences provide a forum for diverse voices from all over the world,
to come together and make connections across linguistic, cultural and
academic barriers.

* Paper and panel proposals

The conference languages for presentation will be English and Castilian.

500 word abstracts should be submitted to the organising committee in
English, Castilian, German or French.

Final papers should be of approximately 20 – 30 minutes duration (circa 8 -
10 pages). Other forms of presentation, for instance workshops, panel debates
and poster sessions will be considered on request.

* Proposals for panel sessions

Typically, a panel of academic papers should include 3 (maximum 4) speakers
and 1 moderator (session chair). Each session will last for 2 hours allowing
for 30 minutes for each speaker and a further 30 minutes for questions and
discussion. Proposers should submit:

(1) Session title and a session intro (ca 100 words),
(2) Paper titles,
(3) Abstracts for each paper (500 words),
(4) Short biography for each participant and the panel chair (ca 100-150
words),
(5) Institutional affiliation and address for each participant,
(6) Audio-visual and other technical requirements.

If you would like to propose a panel session, and want assistance in finding
speakers and/or a session chair, we can publish a call for papers for your
panel session on the conference web site and distribute it in our newsletter.
If you have an idea for a thematic panel session and would like us to publish
a call for papers on the conference website, please send us a proposal by
e-mail to identities@enkidumagazine.com

* Proposals for individual papers

Abstracts are to be submitted along with the presenter’s name, short bio,
address, telephone, email, and institutional affiliation.

It is recommended to use this form when submitting a paper proposal:
http://www.enkidumagazine.com/chics/esc/esc_registration.htm
However, abstracts will also be accepted as e-mail attachments to
identities@enkidumagazine.com All correspondence for this conference will be
conducted via email. You will be notified by 15. May whether your proposal
has been accepted or rejected.

We acknowledge receipt and answer to all paper proposals submitted within few
days. If you do not receive a reply from us in a week you should assume we
did not receive your proposal; it might be lost in cyberspace! We suggest,
then, to resend your abstract and resubmit your registration form, and if
possible, suggest an alternative e-mail address. In particular delegates
using hotmail or yahoo accounts to receive conference related e-mails often
experience problems receiving conference information by e-mail.

E-mails from the conference organisers are often delivered to your spam
folder and not to your inbox, unless you remember to add the following e-mail
addresses: identities@enkidumagazine.com and liowlb@enkidumagazine.com to
your safe-list. The first address is the general e-mail address of the
conference and will be used to send conference newsletters and general
information. The second, is the e-mail address of the academic coordinator of
the conference and will be used for individual communication with delegates.

* EXHIBITORS, PUBLISHERS AND ARTISTS:

Artists are welcome to suggest exhibitions and displays of art during the
conference.
Organisations, universities and publishers are welcome to sign up for
information stands at the conference center. Commercial exhibitors pay a
modest daily fee.

The following information is required by artists, publishers and other
exhibitors during the conference:
1) Technical Description of the information stand or artwork with indications
of technical requirements for their presentation, the size and extension of
the individual artworks to be presented.
2) Estimated Insurance value of the artworks
3) One image of a representative sample of artistic work from the exhibitions
can be sent by e-mail to the conference organizers in the format tiff or jpg.
4) Curriculum Vitae of artist (or organisation).
5) Description of Exhibition (300 – 500 words).
6) Short bio of artist (or organisation).

* BOOK EXHIBITION:

We would like to organise an exhibition of books written by conference
delegates in the conference centre. If you are the author of a book, you or
your publisher are welcome to send a copy of your work to the book
exhibition. If you would like to be a part of the book exhibition and your
publisher has a Mexican or Latin American representative, we would appreciate
the contact information.

* PROPOSALS FOR BOOK PRESENTATIONS

Publishers and delegates with recent publications of relevance to the
conference themes, are welcome to propose book presentations in the days
during, before and after the conference. The book presentations will be open
to the general public and the press and will take place in the evening as
special sessions, after the regular conference sessions.

Libreria Educal – Biblioteca Vasconcelos, which is a bookstore founded by the
Ministry of Culture, that serves the function of commercialising and
distributing books published by the cultural institutions of Mexico will host
the book presentations.

These book presentations will usually have duration of 2 hours. In the podium
will be the author, 2 or 3 presenters and a moderator. The publisher or the
author are free to suggest one or two presenters, while the moderator and a
further presenter will be appointed by the Academic Committee of the
conference.

Publishers and book authors who would like to be considered for book
presentations during the conference, should send a review copy to Agustin
Villalpando, news editor in Enkidu Magazine:

Agustin Villalpando
Centro Cultural Enkidu
Calle Ezequiel Montes #37, int. 2
Colonia Tabacalera
06030 Mexico D.F.
Mexico

Together with the review copy, please send a synopsis of the book (max 500
words), a short bio of the author and if available, an image which we may use
for posters and promotional materials for the book presentation in electronic
form (on CD or by e-mail). If you have suggestions for a book presenter,
please include a short bio.

Publishers can also sign up for information and sales stands in the
conference for a modest daily fee. Please, contact the organisers for more
information.

* CULTURAL AND SOCIAL PRE-CONFERENCE ACTIVITIES

The academic sessions with formal paper presentations will take place between
28. July and 2. August 2010. In the 2 weeks before the conference, we will
organise a number of cultural and social activities for conference delegates
and we hope that many international delegates will consider arriving in
Mexico City some days before the conference and participate in these
activities.

In addition conference delegates with name badges will be given discounts and
sometimes free access to various theatre plays, concerts, film screenings and
other events before and during the conference. The final program for the
cultural and social pre-conference activities will be published on the
conference web site and will be announced also in the conference newsletter,
which will be distributed by e-mail in the months before the conference.
* Disabled Participants

We are pleased to announce that printed conference materials that will be
distributed during the conference, also will be available in large print or
Braille on request. If you require sign language interpretation during your
session, or you would like to distribute handouts or other materials in
Braille during your presentation, please indicate this in the registration
form. Registration Form for Participants with disabilities

Participants with disabilities are recommended to fill in this form if they
require any special support or assistance during the event or during social
and cultural activities before or during the conference:
http://enkidumagazine.com/eventos/identities07/disca.htm

* REGISTRATION FEE for “Storytelling, Memories and Identity Constructions”:

- Waged delegates (speakers): 200 USD
- Students and unwaged delegates (speakers): 100 USD

Payment received via PayPal or bank transfer in advance (Payments completed
before 1. June. A suplement of 50 USD applies after this day and for payments
on location). We recommend everyone to arrange their payment of the
registration fee before the conference. On location, we have no possibility
to process credit cards, nor issue official receipts and the registration
desk will generally be staffed with volunteer students who are not entitled
to receive payments in cash. If you for any reason prefer to pay on location
in Mexico, please inform the organizers in advance, and we will find a
solution for you.

Enkidu and the participating organisations will not be able to provide travel
support for conference delegates. It is therefore strongly recommended to
apply for a scholarship or a grant from other sources. Delegates from
non-OECD countries and students and unwaged delegates from any country who do
not receive financial support to attend the conference, can apply for a
reduced registration fee.

Centro Cultural Enkidu
http://www.enkidumagazine.com <http://www.enkidumagazine.com/>  
Calle Ezequiel Montes #37, int. 2
Colonia Tabacalera
06030 Mexico D.F.
Mexico
Email: identies@enkidumagazine.com
Visit the conference website at http://enkidumagazine.com/chics/esc.htm

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EXTREME UNDERSTANDING

Years after 9/11 are we any closer to knowing what makes a radical?

In the wake of the terrorist attacks on 9/11, US public officials seemed to
have no idea how many of the 1.3 billion Muslims across the world supported
the bombing.  The result was the largest most comprehensive study of its
kind.  

Organised by Gallup, taking six years and representing 90% of the world’s
Muslim community, the report Who Speaks for Islam?  What a Billion Muslims
Really Think
<https://uel-mail1.uel.ac.uk/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://email.britac.ac
.uk/_act/link.php?mId=A8834901766795756416866383921%26tId=8361519> , was not
only illuminating but surprising.

On Wednesday 24 March
<https://uel-mail1.uel.ac.uk/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://email.britac.ac
.uk/_act/link.php?mId=A8834901766795756416866383921%26tId=8361520> , co
author Dalia Mogahed, a member of a key advisory council to Barack Obama,
will talk on the findings of this ground breaking research.  In her lecture
she will show that conflict between Muslims and the Western world is not, as
often thought, inevitable and in fact has more to do with policies than
principles.  

She will illustrate how Muslims and Americans are equally likely to reject
attacks on civilians as morally unjustifiable, and also reveal what most
Muslims think is the most important thing Westerners can do to improve
relations with their societies.

To conclude, Mogahed will look to the future with a caution, as in the book,
that “until and unless decision makers listen directly to the people and gain
an accurate understanding of this conflict, extremists on all sides will
continue to gain ground.”

Who Speaks for Islam?  What a Billion Muslims Really Think by John L Eposito
and Dalia Mogahed was published in 2008.  It is an important book that
challenges conventional wisdom and sheds unprecedented light on what
motivates Muslims worldwide.

Who Speaks for Islam?  is on Wednesday 24 March from 6.00-7.00pm at the Royal
Society, 6-9 Carlton House Terrace, SW1Y 5AH.  The event is free to the
public and registration is not required.  The lecture will be introduced and
chaired by Henry Hogger CMG, Chairman of the Council for British Research in
the Levant and a former British ambassador to Syria, who specialises in
Middle East affairs.

The Lecture is linked to an international symposium on Islamic Studies in
Europe, talking place at the British Academy in conjunction with the Higher
Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE), on 23-24 March.

*        Dalia Mogahed is Executive Director of the Gallup Center for Muslim
Studies in Washington DC and co-author of the book What a Billion Muslims
Really Think (2008). She leads the collection and analysis of Gallup’s survey
of worldwide Muslim opinion, and directs the Muslim­West Facts Initiative, in
collaboration with the Coexist Foundation, which disseminates the findings of
the Gallup World Poll to key opinion leaders in the Muslim World and the
West.

The British Academy, 10 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AH Tel: 020 7969
5200, Fax: 020 7969 5300, Web: www.britac.ac.uk
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Small-guage storytelling: The amateur fiction film – CFP

Small-Gauge Storytelling:

The Amateur Fiction Film

A One-Day Symposium

University of Liverpool, Wednesday the 9th of June 2010

This one-day event, hosted by the University of Liverpool, invites papers
exploring issues around the many meeting points between amateur cinema and
fictional film practice. For around fifty years, roughly between the 1930s
and the 1980s, cine-clubs and individuals working within the framework of the
organised amateur cine movement created many remarkable fiction films. The
works produced by these usually part-time cinephiles developed in a range of
directions, and often exhibited very contradictory attitudes towards
neighbouring professional practice, symptomatic of the amateur mode of film
production, and very distinct senses of cultural value. Some of this output
has now been incorporated into archival film collections, but often enjoys a
marginal or at least uncertain status in comparison with non-fiction
materials, with more immediately ‘preservative’ value. While recent years
have certainly witnessed growth in scholarly work around amateur cinema, this
has often focused on amateur non-fiction films, effectively ignoring the
wealth of fictional material produced by clubs and individuals over the
years. This day event aims to address the potential artistic, historical and
scholarly value of amateur fiction films from a range of perspectives.
Suggested themes include:

- Surveys of fictional sub-genres
- Micro-dramas; cameo films, sketch films
- Epic productions on a small budget
- Amateur acting/performance in the fiction film
- Cartooning and animation
- Competitions; Institute of Amateur Cinematographers, Ten Best & regional
variations
- Group fictional filmmaking in cine-clubs
- Discussions of exemplar amateur fiction films at selected archives
- Archival policy on amateur fiction films
- Screenwriting and amateur films
- Landscape and the amateur fiction film
- Technology and amateur fiction films

For enquires and further details please contact Dr. Ryan Shand
(r.shand@liverpool.ac.uk <mailto:r.shand@liverpool.ac.uk> ), Dr. Les Roberts
(les.roberts@liverpool.ac.uk <mailto:les.roberts@liverpool.ac.uk> ) or Dr.
Ian Craven (i.craven@tfts.arts.gla.ac.uk
<mailto:i.craven@tfts.arts.gla.ac.uk> ).

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Landscapes of the Self (6/15/2010; 11/24-26/2010) Portugal

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE LANDSCAPES OF THE SELF
Identity, discourse, representation

VENUE: UNIVERSITY OF EVORA – PORTUGAL
DATE – 24-26 November 2010
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS – TO BE ANNOUNCED

The Centre for the Study of Letters and the
research team of the project ‘Landscapes of the
self’ invite scholars, theorists, researchers,
and practitioners of autobiography in all media
to attend the 1st International Conference
LANDSCAPES OF THE SELF, proposing as its
inaugural theme IDENTITY, DISCOURSE, REPRESENTATION.

We envisage to develop discussion and to enhance
the appearance of edging theories and practice on the issue.

The conference aims to discuss the tangled web of
critical positions regarding the study of
autobiographical documents which has, over
decades, opened debates about the
autobiographical act, as well as about the range,
structure and essential features of the
autobiography. We would like to encourage
reflection on the process of representing the
self as a selective and imaginative construction
of who we have been and who we are.
Autobiographies are positioned within discourses
that construct identity and power, and inasmuch
as the individual is a discursive formation,
autobiography is one of the major discourses
through which it is produced. Autobiographical
representation is an act of interpretation, where
the lived experience is shaped, constrained and transformed.

Representing the self in a filigree of
ontological, epistemological and organizational
principles of identity, any autobiographical act
can be read as geography of the possible (Probyn
1993) where the self is represented by means of
several technologies of power, like memory, and
several trajectories, materializing itself
through discourse. To represent the self through
an autobiographical discourse can be considered a
political act where the autobiographer chooses to
draw a map of meanings of his life and of his/her
self, a self that is multiply coded in a range of
discourses and conditions and represented by
means of several metaphors and modalities,
asserting the right to speak rather than to be spoken for.
To read autobiographies as landscapes of the self
is to understand them as a canvas where the
images of the self are represented; it is to
understand autobiographies as a space of
communication, where author and audience
articulate meanings – where the audience has to
make sense of the identity of the author in a
simultaneously produced and productive
relationship; a relationship which is
constitutive of communication as a social
practice, and in which the audience has to
understand to whom the author is creating, why, how and when.

This conference invites 20-minute papers
addressing the topics of identity, discourse and
representation from a wide range of
interdisciplinary critical perspectives, as well
as self-referential works in all media. Although
other topics may be considered, we welcome papers
dealing with, but not being limited to, issues such as the following:

Discourse Analysis;
Autobiographical Studies;
Memory;
Place;
Referentiality vs. fiction;
The invention of the self;
Construction/representation of identity;
Individual and collective representations of the self;
Gender studies;
The self and the other(s);
Social and cultural identities;
Human geography;
Visual arts/visual culture;
Identity/Representation and genre;
Political Discourse/Political identity;
Ethnical issues;
The self in literature;
Egodocuments
Autobiographies in translation;
Theorizing identity and representation in life writing;
The emergence of the self in the social context,
The self and history

CONFERENCE LANGUAGES:
Papers may be presented in English or in French

Conference Convenors
Ana Clara Birrento – birrento@uevora.pt
Maria Helena Saianda – mhrs@uevora.pt
Olga Gonçalves – obg@uevora.pt

ENQUIRIES may be sent to the conference convenors
SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS to the conference
convenors – deadline – 15th June 2010
NOTIFICATION OF ACCEPTANCE – 15th July 2010
SUBMISSION OF FULL PAPERS – 30th September 2010
REGISTRATION
EARLY BIRD – Until 30th July 2010 – 150 Euros
AFTER 30th July 2010 – 250 Euros

ACCOMMODATION, SOCIAL PROGRAMME & FURTHER INFORMATION will be updated

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To Think is to Experiment Research Day 29 April-Call for Papers

To think is tO ExperimeNt

Research Event

The Centre for Narrative Research is organising the ninth annual Research Day
for graduate students on Thursday, April 29nd, 2010 at Docklands Campus,
University of East London. Over the last eight years, this has been an
exciting event with participants from all over the UK and Europe and we look
forward to meeting again for an easy and relaxing day of presentations and
discussions. The programmes and abstracts from previous years and some of the
papers are on the CNR website, accessible via the link below.

http://www.uel.ac.uk/cnr/tothinkistoexperiment.htm
<http://www.uel.ac.uk/cnr/tothinkistoexperiment.htm>

This is a call for papers for all research students. Participants can
contribute with a paper (15-30 minutes long), brief announcements or posters
about their work. Please send an abstract (100-200 words) or just send two or
three lines if you just want to make a brief announcement or poster to Cigdem
Esin, c.esin@uel.ac.uk by April 9th, 2009.

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CFP: Curating Digital Narrative – Convergence Special Debates Section

Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media
Technologies

CALL FOR PAPERS

Special Debates Section: Curating Digital Narrative
(Vol 17, no 4, November 2011)

Guest editor: Tom Abba (University of West of England)

Convergence, in association with UWE’s Digital Cultures Research Centre,
invites short debates
papers (c 2-3000 words) exploring the challenges facing archival and curation
of digital narratives.  As
technologies employed to produce new narrative forms develop, and platforms
evolve to facilitate
each new manner and grammar of story, are we in danger of leaving future
generations incapable of
revisiting work instrumental in the emergence of new media?

Deadline for full and final submissions: 1 January 2011

Inquiries, expressions of interest, and submissions to:

Tom Abba at: Thomas2.Abba@uwe.ac.uk with ‘Curating Digital Narrative’ in the
subject line.

Final submissions should include:  full contact details for the author, as
well as information on the
author’s current affiliation or position, an abstract and 6-7 key words.

(For all other inquiries please contact the general editors on
convergence@beds.ac.uk)

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Visual Autobiographies: Exhibition

An exhibition of work by students from the University of East London, art
workshop participants from East London, and the artist Chila Kumari Burman

Rich Mix Mezzanine Gallery
http://www.richmix.org.uk/homepage.htm
35-47 Bethnal Green Road, London E1 6LA

Opening reception: Monday March 22, 5.30-8.30pm

Tuesday March 23-Wednesday March 24, 2010, 9am-11pm

Throughout 2009, Chila Kumari Burman, Leverhulme Artist in Residence at the
University of East London, worked with social science students and staff to
explore autobiographical materials and ideas visually, drawing on students’
academic work, personal histories, and social and political understandings.
Burman also worked with UEL’s Centre for Narrative Research on a research
project, ‘You Are Here’: East London Self-Portraits. The project investigated
visual and verbal self-representations across a range of East London
environments.

The exhibition Visual Autobiographies displays a selection of the images
produced by students and research participants during this year of
collaborative work, alongside work produced by Chila herself in response to
the intellectual and pedagogical experiences of the residency.

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PERFORM, INVOLVE, PARTICIPATE

8th International Qualitative Research Conference 
6 – 8 September 2010

Talbot Campus
Bournemouth University

More info at: http://www.bournemouth.ac.uk/hsc/international-qualitative-research-science.html

About the Qualitative Conference: http://www.bournemouth.ac.uk/hsc/international-qualitative-research-conference-2010.html

Call for Abstracts (30 April Deadline): https://www.bournemouth.ac.uk/hsc/international-qualitative-research-conference-form-s.html

Contact: cqr@bournemouth.ac.uk

Look forward to your contribution and seeing you in September!

PERFORM, INVOLVE, PARTICIPATE

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Call for Applications: Canada Research Chair in Narrative Studies at St. Thomas University

St. Thomas University in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, invites
applications for the position of Canada Research Chair in Narrative, to begin
January 1, 2011.

St. Thomas University invites applications for the position of Canada
Research

Chair in Narrative, to begin January 1, 2011. Celebrating its centenary in
2010, St. Thomas University is an undergraduate, liberal arts institution
whose roots are in the faith and tradition of the Roman Catholic Church. With
an enrolment of 2,400, its students graduate with Bachelor of Arts, Applied
Arts, Education, and Social Work degrees. The faculty members are
distinguished teachers, researchers and scholars, and the university holds
three Canada Research Chairs.

St. Thomas is a flourishing liberal arts undergraduate university. Located in
the capital city of Fredericton, our campus is adjacent to the University of
New Brunswick. In keeping with its Catholic heritage, St. Thomas is primarily
concerned with people, ideas, and values and defines itself as an institution
with a social conscience. The university hosts a number of nationally
recognized research centres, including The Atlantic Human Rights Centre, the
Atlantic Centre for Qualitative Research Analysis, and The Centre for
Interdisciplinary Research on Narrative.

Much of our research is of an interdisciplinary nature.

We invite applications from suitably qualified candidates in any discipline
relevant to the St. Thomas curriculum for the position of Canada Research
Chair in Narrative. Researchers in humanities, social sciences, or such
fields as education, social work, gerontology, or journalism are encouraged
to apply. We seek applicants with a strong understanding of narrative theory,
proven experience in narrative inquiry and analysis, and a knowledge of and
commitment to the connections between narrative theory and narrative
practice, especially in healthcare and other helping fields. Applicants
should be committed to pursuing their own research agendas, collaborating and
sharing their expertise with other researchers, and developing
interdisciplinary exchanges related to narrative at the regional, national,
and international levels. The chair will teach two 3credit hour courses each
year. The successful applicant will have a strong research and publishing
record in narrative inquiry that has implications for narrative practice?
links with other international narrative networks? and an affinity for the
close-knit, liberal arts culture that is central to St. Thomas University. He
or she will be called on to facilitate the research of students and
colleagues, including those at an early stage in their careers. Expertise in
Narrative and at least one other of the focal areas of research at this
university is required. Other focal areas include: Qualitative Methodology,
New Brunswick Studies, Rural Social Justice and Human Rights, Global and
International Studies, and Scholarship of Research and Teaching. Information
about St. Thomas is available on our website:
http://w3.stu.ca/stu/default.aspx, and information about our research at:
http://w3.stu.ca/stu/faculty_staff/faculty_staff.aspx The successful
candidate will be an emerging scholar (i.e., PhD received in the past 10
years) who has already demonstrated particular research creativity and a
potential to achieve international reputation within the next five to ten
years. A five-year Tier Two appointment, which may be renewable for another
five years, will be recommended for the successful candidate. Visit
http://www.chairschaires <http://www.chairschaires/>
.gc.ca/programprogramme/nominationmise_en_candidatureeng.aspx for more
information. Salary will depend upon the qualifications and experience of the
candidate. A tenure track position may be offered to a suitably qualified
internal or external candidate. Applicants are to submit a curriculum vitae,
a cover letter that includes a justification for the tier being sought,
samples of published work, a six (6) page proposal for a programme of
research for the first 5 years of tenure, a 100 word summary describing the
uniqueness and importance of the programme proposed, and arrange to have
three letters of reference sent directly to St. Thomas University Research
Office, c/o Danielle Connell (dconnell@stu.ca). All materials should be
submitted electronically, as attachments (in Word or rtf format).

Closing date: March 25, 2010, 12 pm (AST), or when position is filled.
Applicants are responsible for ensuring that their files are complete by this
date. However, letters of reference will be accepted up to, and including,
April 1, 2010.

An equal opportunity employer, St. Thomas University is committed to
employment equity for women, Aboriginal peoples, members of visible minority
groups, and persons with disabilities. The university welcomes applications
from all faiths and backgrounds.

All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply? however, Canadians and
permanent residents will be given priority.

Closing date: March 25, 2010, 12 pm (AST), or when position is filled.

Send all documentation electronically to the St. Thomas University Research
Office

c/o Danielle Connell (dconnell@stu.ca <mailto:dconnell@stu.ca> ).

-Thank you,

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Gender & Scales of Empowerment: subjectivities, connections & belongings

2010 Annual Gender Symposium

Gender & Scales of Empowerment: subjectivities, connections & belongings

1000 – 1730, Friday 12 March 2010

The Yusuf Hamied Theatre, Christ’s College, Cambridge

Speakers include:

Professor Catherine Campbell, LSE; Professor Cindi Katz, CUNY; Dr Matt
Houlbrook, Oxford; Dr Nayanika Mookherjee, Lancaster; Professor Cynthia
Cockburn, City University London

For further details and to register: http://www.gender.cam.ac.uk/symposium/
<https://uel-mail1.uel.ac.uk/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.gender.cam.
ac.uk/symposium/>

All welcome!

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