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Feb 16

CFP: Realisms: Politics, Art, and Visual Culture in the Americas

Realisms: Politics, Art, and Visual Culture in the Americas

Symposium for Emerging Scholars at

The Institute of Fine Arts and the Institute for Studies on Latin American Art

Date: April 30, 2016
Keynote lecturer: José Luis Falconi
Deadline: February 15, 2016 2016

The call for papers that follows has been provided by the symposium organizing committee. Read the full call for papers and find out more about ISLAA on their site.

CALL FOR PAPERS

The Institute of Fine Arts and the Institute for Studies on Latin American Art are pleased to announce the inaugural IFA–ISLAA Symposium for emerging scholars, “Realisms: Politics, Art, and Visual Culture in the Americas.” The symposium will take place on April 30, 2016 with a keynote lecture by José Luis Falconi.

In the past few years alone, there has been a proliferation of art initiatives that have attempted to synthesize and analyze Latin American art. While such endeavors have been instrumental in raising the profile of this field, they inherently risk creating an idealized history of visual culture, in which the realities of art-making in the Americas recede or are otherwise mystified. Rather than attempting to understand American visualities through received stylistic categories (e.g. geometric abstraction, figuration, conceptualism), an approach that engages more directly with aesthetic and social realities may begin to expand our understandings.

This conference considers “realism” in the Americas not as a stylistic mode pertaining to figuration, mimesis, or authenticity, but rather as a strategy for critically addressing social, political, and economic conditions. Departing from Jacques Rancière’s proposition that “an image is an element in a system that creates a certain sense of reality,” we aim to examine how visual interventions might “construct different realities…different spatiotemporal systems, different communities of words and things, forms, and meanings.”1 From the struggles for independence circa 1800 to contemporary actions addressing political violence and exclusionary immigration policies, the problem of reality has proven central to representations of life across the hemisphere. At a moment in which “global art history” has gained increasing prominence, and in which Latin American art history has moved from the marginal to the canonical, how can we address the specificities of lived experience, both local and hemispheric, while also acknowledging broader connections?

Current graduate students, recent graduates, and emerging scholars are invited to apply. Applicants from fields outside the realm of art history, but grounded in visual material, are highly encouraged (e.g. Cinema and Media Studies, Latin American and Latina/o studies, Visual Culture).

Possible topics may include but are not limited to:

• Art and activism, human rights

• Decolonization, immigration, asylum

• Subjectivity, affect, intersectionality

• Geographic, social, and political topographies

• Reenactment and the place of memory

• Labor, natural resources, global markets

• Technology, communication, surveillance

• Housing, monuments, space

The conference will serve as the principal event of the Latin American Forum for Spring 2016. This ongoing forum—generously funded by the Institute for Studies on Latin American Art (ISLAA) and coordinated by Professor Edward J. Sullivan—invites distinguished visiting lecturers to the IFA to foster greater understanding and recognition of Latin American art around the world.

To apply, please submit an abstract of up to 300 words to symposium@islaa.org by Monday, February 15, 2016. Applicants will be notified of their acceptance by Monday, February 29, 2016. Presentations will be limited to 20 minutes, with additional time for discussion. In your application, please indicate your current institutional affiliation and from where you will be traveling. Limited funding will be available to assist with travel expenses.

The conference is organized by current IFA PhD candidates in modern and contemporary Latin American art history: Sean Nesselrode Moncada, Juanita Solano, Susanna Temkin, Lizzie Frasco, Blanca Serrano Ortiz, Priscilla Bolanos Salas, Emily Lyver, Brian Bentley, and Madeline Murphy Turner. For further information or with any questions, please contact symposium@islaa.org.

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Feb 16

CFP: Religion, Myth, and Reason in Hispanic Literatures and Cultures

Religion, Myth, and Reason in Hispanic Literatures and Cultures

The Catholic University of America

Date: April 23, 2016
Location: Washington, D.C.
Keynote Address: “In Search of the Sacred Book: Religion and the Novel in One Hundred Years of Solitude,” Aníbal González-Pérez (Yale University)
Deadline: February 29, 2016

The Call for Papers that follows was provided by the conference organizing committee. Find out more about the conference, including registration information, on their website.

The idea of modernity as an emancipatory force leading the individual to dispel the influence of the unknown through the sole power of reason, progress, and technique has often situated the interest in religious and mythical thinking in the realms of mere superstition and primitiveness. A fundamental critique of modernity has, in turn, dismissed the absolute validity of the ideals championed by the Enlightenment as being themselves generators of myths and horror. As Horkheimer and Adorno famously put it, “myth is already enlightenment, and enlightenment reverts to mythology.” A more nuanced and dynamic understanding of how modernity and reason, on the one hand, and religion and myth, on the other, intersect with each other can shed new light on the way culture shapes our perception of reality. As John C. Lyden says when referring to the influence of popular culture and media in our daily life today, sometimes “we fail to acknowledge the extent to which modern people base their worldviews and ethics upon sources we do not usually label ‘religious,’” an observation that applies not only to popular culture, but to other domains of human imagination and knowledge.

The Hispanic world presents a particular case in the interaction between religion and myth, given the continuing presence of competing forces emanating from the realms of both the secular and the sacred. This conference aims at exploring how textual and visual culture in the Spanish-speaking world has understood the relationship between reason and faith, progress and myth, in a variety of historical periods, from Medieval and Pre-Colonial times to the Present. We would like to invite presentations that touch on topics such as (but not limited to):

Remembering the sacred: history and memory
Nation, empire: religion and myth in colonial / post-colonial perspective
Reading native-American traditions, classical myths and biblical figures in Hispanic culture
Oral and written folklore in the Hispanic world
Secularizing / Re-sacralizing culture
The ethics of writing and reading
The sacred role of the intellectual /author
Locating spaces of the secular and the sacred: city, country, text
Conflict, trauma, religion, and myth
Gender-based readings of religious and mythical narratives
Religion and myth in popular culture and media
The fantastic and the sacred
Horror and the Sublime
Old, Modern, and Post-modern Saints
Iconoclasm and anti-clericalism

Keynote Address

In Search of the Sacred Book: Religion and the Novel in One Hundred Years of Solitude Aníbal González-Pérez

Aníbal González-Pérez (Puerto Rico, 1956) is Professor of Modern Latin American Literature in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Yale University, and founder and general editor of the “Bucknell Studies in Latin American Literature and Theory” Series of Bucknell University Press. He is the recipient of a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship, and has authored several books of literary criticism, including A Companion to Spanish American Modernismo (2007), Love and Politics in the Contemporary Spanish American Novel (2010), and Redentores by Manuel Zeno Gandía (critical edition, 2010). Prof. González Pérez has just completed a book on religion and the novel in contemporary Spanish American literature.

Submission of Proposals

Presentations will be made by graduate students, in either English or Spanish, lasting approximately 20 minutes (7-8 pages double-spaced). The proposals, which are to consist of an abstract of 200-250 words in PDF or Word format not including the name of the presenter, must be sent by January 31, 2016 to cuahispanicgradconf@cua.edu. Said proposals should be accompanied by the following information in the body of the message: name of the presenter, title of the paper containing three to five key words, institutional affiliation, telephone number, address, and a brief professional biography.

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Jan 16

Funding: Provost’s Pre-Dissertation Research Fellowship

Provost’s Pre-Dissertation Research Fellowship

Deadline for Applications: Monday, February, 29, 2016, 2:00 pm

The Provost’s Office is offering multiple $4,000 summer fellowships for doctoral students with Level II status as well as Level III students who have not submitted a prospectus to their program. The fellowships are available to students in the humanities and social sciences.

Please read the following information from the Provost’s Office about the fellowships and application process. Cover letter forms for the application were emailed to students at their @gradcenter.cuny.edu addresses.

This fellowship program has two objectives:

· To allow students to conduct pre-dissertation research and training following completion of the first exam.

· To support the development of a dissertation research proposal suitable for submission to an external funding agency.

This program seeks to facilitate the transition from coursework to advanced individualized research. Early research awards allow students to strengthen their proposals by:

· Refining their research topic into a well-defined research problem;

· Determining appropriate research design, methods, research locale(s), and language(s);

· Assessing project feasibility and determining necessary affiliations and approvals.

The successful applicant will address how their proposed summer research will lead to an improved proposal with regard to the above categories. Recipients will undertake such activities as (but not limited to): initial field work, preliminary data collection, travel related to research (i.e. preliminary visits to archives, special collections, museums, and/or historic sites), supplementary training in methods or techniques, or specialized language instruction. This program does not support conference attendance.

Eligibility

· Students must be level II, exceptions will be made for students in programs where a formal dissertation prospectus/proposal is not submitted for approval until after advancing to level III. Such level III students will only be eligible if they have not officially submitted a prospectus/proposal to their program.

· Applicants must conduct at least four weeks of summer research away from their home institutions.

N.B.. Students who have already received a Dissertation Fellowship from the Provost’s Office are ineligible to receive these awards.

Each application must include the following:

1) Cover Sheet [emailed to students at their @gradcenter.cuny.edu addresses].

2) Research Proposal that includes the following sections:

a. Describe what you currently expect will be the topic, research question(s), supportive literature, methods of investigation, approach to data analysis, and theoretical contribution of your proposed dissertation project (up to 1,200 words).

b. List up to 20 research publications that have most significantly informed the formulation of your research topic, questions, theories, and methods.

c. What are your plans for summer research? (up to 500 words) Please include: a justification for your choice or research site(s) and/or sources of data and information; a brief description of your anticipated approaches to investigation; a timeline; and any local professional contacts you might have made.

d. Describe how you think this summer research will assist you in developing your dissertation proposal and preparing for long term dissertation research. (up to 250 words)

Note: if you have previously conducted exploratory research at any of your proposed research site(s) or on a related topic, please explain how the additional research proposed will enable you to build upon your past experience.

3) Two-page curriculum vitae.

4) Current Graduate Center transcript. (Students may submit the unofficial student copy that can be printed from banner.)

5) One letter of reference to be submitted electronically by your adviser or faculty mentor (see instructions below).

Recipients of these fellowships must agree to the following conditions as part of their acceptance of the award:

1) Attend a one-hour proposal writing workshop in May 2016.

2) Write a one-page summary of their summer research work (due by 21 August 2016).

3) Provide a 7-10 minute public presentation of their work at a doctoral student research conference to be held at the Graduate Center in September 2016.

4) Attend a grant writing workshop at the Graduate Center in the 2016-2017 academic year designed to assist you in applying for future grants and fellowships (multiple sessions of the workshop will be held in order to accommodate potential scheduling conflicts).

5) Agree to have some version of their summer work potentially featured on a Student Research Collaborative webpage currently under construction by the Early Research Initiative Research Collaborative.

Instructions for submitting your application:

1) Combine your cover sheet, research proposal, curriculum vitae, and transcript into a SINGLE file (either as a pdf document or a word document).

Use the following format when naming your document: Last Name, First Name, Program

2) Email the file as an email attachment to fellowshipapps[at] gc [dot] cuny [dot] edu

Instructions for Faculty Recommenders

1) Prepare your reference letter as a regular word or pdf document.

Please use the following format when naming your document: Student Last Name, First Name

2) Email the file as an email attachment to fellowshipapps [at] gc [dot] cuny [dot] edu

If you have questions, please contact Rachel Sponzo at rsponzo [at] gc [dot] cuny [dot] edu, or 212-817-7282.

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Jan 16

Funding: University of Florida Library Travel Research Grants

The University of Florida Latin American and Caribbean collection is offering Library Travel Research Grants of up to $1000 through the University of Florida Center for Latin American Studies. These Grants will be used for travel and research in the spring and summer of 2016.

Deadline for applications: February 19, 2016.

The information that follows is from the University of Florida Center for Latin American Studies. For more information about the grants and the application procedure, visit their website.

The UF Latin American and Caribbean Collection is pleased to announce that the University of Florida Center for Latin American Studies is again sponsoring Library Travel Research Grants for Spring & Summer 2016.

The purpose of the travel grants is to enable faculty researchers from other U.S. colleges and universities to use the extensive resources of the Latin American and Caribbean Collection in the University of Florida Libraries, thereby enhancing its value as a national resource. The grants are funded by a Title VI National Resource Center grant from the U.S. Department of Education.

Seven or more travel grants of up to $1000 each will be made to cover travel and lodging expenses. Grantees are expected to remain in Gainesville for at least one week and, following their stay, submit a brief (2-3 pp.) report on how their work at UF Libraries enriched their research project and offer suggestions for possible improvements of the Latin American and Caribbean Collection.

Applicants must be US citizens or permanent residents.

Application Deadline
We will be accepting applications for Library Travel Grants for Spring & Summer 2016 until February 19, 2016. All travel must be completed by July 30, 2016.

Application Procedure
All applications must be filed electronically.

To apply for a Library Travel Grant, please send a letter of intent, a brief library research proposal, a travel budget, and a CV to:

Ms. Nathalia Ochoa, Program Coordinator
Center for Latin American Studies
Telephone: 352-273-4715
E-mail: nochoa [at] latam [dot] ufl [dot] edu

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Jan 16

Funding: 2016-2017 Public Humanities Fellowship

2016-2017 Graduate Student Public Humanities Fellowship

Application Deadline: Friday, February 12, 2016

The Center for the Humanities at The Graduate Center and the New York Council for the Humanities announce the call for applicants for the 2016-2017 Graduate Student Public Humanities Fellowship. The fellowship awards are $8,000, plus $500 for research and travel. Fellows are also eligible to receive funds to support public programming they develop during the year.

Please review the information below from the Center for the Humanities about the fellowship and the application process. More information can be found on their website.

The Graduate Student Public Humanities Fellowship was developed by the New York Council for the Humanities in partnership with seven New York research universities to bring humanities scholarship into the public realm, encourage emerging humanities scholars to conceive of their work in relation to the public sphere, develop scholars’ skills for doing public work, and strengthen the public humanities community in New York State. The year-long Fellowship will involve a combination of training in the methods and approaches of public scholarship and work by the Fellow to explore the public dimensions of their own scholarship in partnership with a community organization.

The skills and experiences afforded by the Fellowship are intended to serve scholars who have a record of working with the public as well as those who are starting to explore the public humanities. It is equally valuable for scholars who plan to pursue careers within the academy and those who plan to pursue other career paths.

FELLOWSHIP REQUIREMENTS:

The Fellow is required to attend a two-day orientation run by the New York Council for the Humanities at their New York City office on Monday, August 22 and Tuesday, August 23, 2016.
During the Fellowship year, the Fellow will develop a plan to implement a public humanities project and identify community partners for that project.
The Fellow will participate in webinars and workshops throughout the Fellowship year and attend a final meeting of the Fellows in June 2017.
The Fellow will present the outcomes of their research and public work to the university community in coordination with The Center for the Humanities at The Graduate Center and submit a final report to the New York Council for the Humanities.
During the course of the Fellowship, Fellows will have the opportunity to participate in events sponsored by the New York Council for the Humanities. Fellows are also eligible for project funds from the Council to support public programs developed during the course of their Fellowship. Throughout the Fellowship, Fellows are encouraged to work collaboratively with the Council to identify community partners, explore public humanities methods and programs, and share findings as their research progresses. The Graduate Center Fellows will be part of a cohort from these six other New York universities: Columbia University, Cornell University, New York University, SUNY Buffalo, SUNY Stony Brook, and Syracuse University.

ELIGIBILITY:Applicants must be residents of New York State and enrolled as a graduate student in a humanities discipline, broadly defined, at one of these seven universities: The City University of New York Graduate Center, Columbia University, Cornell University, New York University, SUNY Buffalo, SUNY Stony Brook, or Syracuse University. Must be second-year PhD candidate or above.

DURATION & STIPEND: Duration of the Fellowship is August 2016 to June 2017, including mandatory attendance at a two-day orientation on August 22-23, 2016 in New York City. The Fellowship stipend is $8,000, plus a $500 travel and research stipend. The Fellowship is supported by grants from the Mrs. Giles Whiting Foundation and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

TO APPLY: Interested applicants should submit an online application, including a resume/CV and two references, by Friday, February 12, 2016. The link to the application is here: Public Humanities Fellowship Application

Applicants will be notified of final decisions by Friday, April 8, 2016.

CONTACT: New York Council for the Humanities Program Officer Adam Capitanio (212-233-1131 / acapitanio [at] nyhumanities [dot] org)

ABOUT THE CENTER FOR THE HUMANITIES The Center for the Humanities encourages collaborative and creative work in the humanities at CUNY and across the city through seminars, publications, and public events. Free and open to the public, our programs aim to inspire sustained, engaged conversation and to forge an open and diverse intellectual community.

ABOUT THE NEW YORK COUNCIL FOR THE HUMANITIES: The mission of the New York Council for the Humanities is to help all New Yorkers become thoughtful participants in our communities by promoting critical inquiry, cultural understanding, and civic engagement. Founded in 1975, the New York Council for the Humanities is the sole statewide proponent of public access to the humanities. The Council is a private 501(c)3 that receives Federal, State, and private funding.

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Jan 16

Funding: Early Research Initiative’s Archival Research Grants

The Early Research Initiative (ERI) is offering multiple Archival Research Grants of $4,000 to support the research and travel of Level II and Level III students working on their prospectuses or dissertations.

Deadline for Applications: Monday, February 22, 2016, 3pm

Please review the following information about the fellowships and the application process from the Office of the Provost:

The Early Research Initiative Knickerbocker Award for Archival Research in American Studies is designed to support doctoral students whose projects necessitate work in archives, repositories, and special collections (public and private) during the summer of 2016. Particular attention will be given to research projects that are interdisciplinary in nature. Students need not be members of the American Studies Certificate Program in order to apply, but their research must intersect with American Studies (broadly construed) in some discernible way.

The Early Research Initiative Award for Archival Research in African American and African Diaspora Studies will support doctoral students for work in archives, repositories, and special collections (public and private) during the summer of 2016 that focuses directly on the history, society, and culture of Africans and persons of African descent. Particular attention will be given to research projects that are interdisciplinary in nature. In addition to the general requirements for Early Research Initiative Awards for Archival Research, successful candidates for the African American and African Diaspora Studies Award will be required to organize and participate in a roundtable discussion of “African Diaspora Studies and the Archive.” This event will be take place under the sponsorship of the Institute for Research on the African Diaspora in the Americas and the Caribbean (IRADAC).

Multiple awards of $4,000.00 will be made in each of the following categories:

A) Level III students: to support research aimed at the completion of a chapter or substantive portion of the dissertation.

B) Level II students: whose research agenda could be substantially improved by access to archival materials prior to the submission of their dissertation prospectus.

N.B.. Students who received research awards from the Provost’s Office in the past still are eligible to apply again this year (with the stipulation that their applications should be more specifically focused than those of first time applicants).

Each application must include the following:

1) Cover Sheet (attached)

2) A brief and specific description of your research agenda with explicit reference to what institutional repositories you intend to visit (no more than 500 words)

3) Two-page curriculum vitae

4) Current Graduate Center transcript. (Students may submit the unofficial student copy that can be printed from banner.)

5) A writing sample (10-15 pages).

6) One letter of reference to be submitted electronically by your adviser (see instructions below).

Recipients of these fellowships must agree to the following conditions as part of their acceptance of the award:

1) Attend a 90 minute Archival Research Orientation Workshop (tentatively scheduled for mid-May 2016)

2) Write a one page summary of your archival work (due by 21 August 2016).

3) Provide a 7-10 minute public presentation of their work at a doctoral student research conference to be held at the Graduate Center in mid to late September 2016.

4) Attend a grant writing workshop at the Graduate Center next academic year designed to assist you in applying for future grants and fellowships (multiple sessions of the workshop will be held in order to accommodate potential scheduling conflicts).

5) Agree to potentially have some version of their summer work featured on a Student Research Collaborative webpage currently under construction by the Early Research Initiative.

Instructions for submitting your application:

1) Combine your cover sheet, research description, curriculum vitae, transcript, and writing sample into a SINGLE file (either as a pdf document or a word document).

Use the following format when naming your document: Last Name, First Name, Program

2) Email your file directly to fellowshipapps@gc.cuny.edu.

Please use your graduate center email address when sending the file.

Instructions for Faculty Recommenders

1) Prepare your reference letter as a regular word or pdf document.

Please use the following format when naming your document: Student Last Name, First Name

2) Email your file directly to fellowshipapps@gc.cuny.edu.

If you have questions, please contact Rachel Sponzo at rsponzo@gc.cuny.edu, or 212-817-7282.

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Dec 15

CFP: Simposio Internacional sobre igualdad y comunicación

Simposio Internacional sobre igualdad y comunicación

Organizado por:

Grupo de Investigación “Género, Estética y Cultura Audiovisual (GECA)”

Departamento de Comunicación Audiovisual y Publicidad-1
Facultad de Ciencias de la Información
Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Fechas: 20, 21 y 22 de abril de 2016
Lugar: Madrid, España
Fecha máxima de envío de las propuestas: 13 de marzo de 2016

PRESENTACIÓN

El Grupo de Investigación de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid “Género, Estética y Cultura Audiovisual (GECA)” convoca el Simposio Internacional sobre igualdad y comunicación para atender a la igualdad en la educación y la comunicación en la eliminación de los estereotipos sexistas en el diseño de campañas de información, la orientación académica, la comunicación desde entidades y la comunicación personal, sin olvidar todas las dimensiones de las relaciones entre Género y Comunicación y, para ello, hacemos una llama a la participación y presentación de propuestas para comunicaciones a especialistas, investigadoras e investigadores, tanto del ámbito nacional como internacional.

Planteamos el Simposio Internacional sobre resultados de trabajos y proyectos de investigación (serán seleccionados por un sistema de revisión ciego por pares y un Comité Científico Internacional) para poner en común el estado de sus investigaciones y exponer las principales líneas actuales de investigación y de actuación en el ámbito internacional y nacional sobre estudios de género, de mujeres y feminismo, de hombres y masculinidades y estudios LGBTI y teoría Queer y sus relaciones con la cultura audiovisual, como vehículos de construcción social y cultural para la igualdad.

PRINCIPALES ÁREAS DE INTERÉS PARA LAS PROPUESTAS

Igualdad en la educación y la comunicación
Eliminación de los estereotipos sexistas en el diseño de:
- campañas de información
- orientación académica
- comunicación desde entidades o comunicación personal
Fomento de la igualdad de oportunidades en las carreras universitarias con especial proyección en la trasmisión de valores sociales, o en ámbitos en donde las mujeres estén claramente infrarrepresentadas, en particular en estudios tecnológicos
La doble discriminación de las mujeres por su condición de discapacidad, de pertenencia a minorías étnicas, por migración o exclusión social
El principio de igualdad de oportunidades en los procesos de formación y evaluación del sistema educativo
La incorporación de criterios de igualdad y no discriminación en materiales, contenidos y, en general, en los itinerarios formativos (en todos los niveles educativos)
Procesos y mecanismos de violencia que se ejerce contra las mujeres en el ámbito educativo
Eliminación de los estereotipos sexistas en el diseño de campañas de información y orientación académica
Estereotipos sexistas en la universidad y las salidas laborales
Cómo las mujeres han tenido que luchar contra los estereotipos sexistas para que no las silenciaran y visibilizaran en su quehacer académico y profesional
Mujer y comunicación
Mujer y creación artística y/o cultural
Mujer y cine (con especial interés en las aportaciones realizadas por las mujeres en su ejercicio profesional)
Igualdad en razón en la diversidad afectivo-sexual
Comunicación, cultura audiovisual y cuestiones LGBTIQ
Publicidad, Relaciones Públicas y Género
Educación y género (con especial atención al bulling escolar)
Analizar y ofrecer propuestas y recomendaciones sobre igualdad (con especial atención a la educación y la comunicación con el fin de dar soluciones para eliminar los estereotipos sexistas en el diseño de campañas de información, orientación académica y comunicación desde las entidades y la comunicación personal, tantas veces dificultada por la interiorización del machismo y la discriminación institucionalizada y pasiva)

CONSEJO CIENTÍFICO INTERNACIONAL DEL SIMPOSIO

Isabel Arquero, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Nancy Berthier, Université de Paris-IV-Sorbonne (Francia)
Giulia Colaizzi, Universitat de V alència
Brad Epps, University of Cambridge (Reino Unido)
Uta Felten, Universität Leipzig (Alemania)
Marta Fernández, Universidad de las Islas Baleares
Román Gubern, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona
Liisa Irene Hänninen, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Amparo Huertas Bailén, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona
Dieter Ingenschay, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin (Alemania)
Margarita Ledo Andión, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
Isabel Menéndez, Universidad de Burgos
Patricia Núñez, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Christopher Perrian, University of Manchester (Reino Unido)
Roxana Sosa, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Iolanda Tortajada, Universidad Rovira i Virgili (Tarragona)
Francisco A. Zurian, Universidad Complutense de Madrid

PROPUESTAS Y ESQUEMA DEL SIMPOSIO

El Simposio se articula en paneles, de un máximo de 4 intervenciones más 1 moderador-a
Cada intervención no puede superar los 20 minutos
Después de cada panel se abrirá un tiempo para debate
Se pueden proponer tanto intervenciones individuales como paneles completos (en este caso se tendrán en especial consideración las propuestas que partan de proyectos de investigación competitivos)
Las propuestas consistirán en un resumen (abstract) en español (máximo 500 palabras por intervención o 2000 palabras por panel) acompañado del nombre completo, adscripción institucional, cargo académico, email, dirección y teléfono de contacto
Las presentaciones se realizarán en español

FECHAS PARA ENVÍO DE PROPUESTAS

Fecha máxima de envío de las propuestas: domingo, 13 de marzo de 2016.
Fecha máxima para comunicar la aceptación: lunes, 21 de marzo de 2016.
Las propuestas e inscripciones se enviarán vía correo electrónico a: info.geca@ucm.es
Más información en: http://www.ucm.es/geca

DATOS DE INTERÉS

Inscripción y cuota: gracias a la financiación del Instituto de la Mujer del Gobierno de España y la colaboración de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid, de la Facultad de Ciencias de la Información y del Departamento de Comunicación Audiovisual y Publicidad-1, no hay cuota de inscripción como una forma, también, de contribución a las y los investigadores en su trabajo y desarrollo académico.

ORGANIZADO POR: GECA

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Nov 15

CFP: UMass Interdisciplinary Graduate Conference

Forms of Feeling: Navigating the Affective Turn

UMass Interdisciplinary Graduate Conference

Conference Date: April 2, 2016
Location: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Submission Deadline: February 12, 2016
Keynote Speaker: Patricia Clough (The Graduate Center, CUNY)

From the conference organizers:

Sibling rivalry, team camaraderie, Islamophobia, migrant nostalgia, outrage against state brutality, mourning sickness, FOMO, human-animal bonding, blushing, crying at the movies – feelings are everywhere. As the ongoing “affective turn” in the humanities and social sciences emphasizes, it is imperative to investigate the operations of affect in order to better address the complexities of our world(s). That the definitions of the terms affect, feeling, and emotion remain contested reveals one of the greatest challenges of such explorations: the nebulous, ineffable nature of feelings. Yet, like bodies animating a pride parade or the virulent rhetoric of hate speech, feelings do take forms – however transient and dynamic they may be.

For our 8th annual interdisciplinary conference, the English Graduate Organization at the University of Massachusetts Amherst invites submissions that explore different forms of affects, feelings, and/or emotions as they are experienced, expressed, and theorized in and across historical periods and cultures. We are particularly interested in the forms of feelings that emerge in and transform human encounters with other human beings, animals, environments, machines and technologies, cultures, ideas, and social/political events. How – and to what ends – do social, cultural, political, aesthetic, and rhetorical formations structure and articulate feelings? Further, how might an enhanced critical awareness of affective forms and forces necessitate the rethinking of practices of interpreting, understanding, and knowing?

In relation to these themes, some of the questions that we are looking to explore include:
⋅ How does attention to visceral forces and intensities influence and challenge our understanding of embodiment?
⋅ How are emotions socially and culturally conditioned? What is the performative role of affect in formations of (racialized, gendered, national, etc.) identities?
⋅ How do feelings shape social relations? How do feelings operate in structures of power and strategies of resistance?
⋅ How are affects capitalized on in the workplace, marketplace? In what ways does the recognition of distinctly “affective labor” commoditize/monetize the measure and value of care?
⋅ How do aesthetic forms evoke affective responses? What kinds of literary and critical forms do writers and theorists fashion in order to address and examine affect?
⋅ In what ways might a heightened attunement to non-human affect enhance our understanding of animal studies, posthumanism, ecocriticism/environmental studies, vital materialism?

Graduate students may submit papers and/or panel presentations, performance and creative pieces, and multi-media projects. Approaches include but are not limited to:

⋅ Affect Studies
⋅ American Studies
⋅ Animal Studies
⋅ Art History
⋅ Childhood Studies
⋅ Communications
⋅ Critical Race Theory
⋅ Cultural Studies
⋅ Disability Studies
⋅ Environmental Studies/Ecocriticism
⋅ Film Studies and Film Theory
⋅ Gender and Sexuality Studies, Queer Theory
⋅ Literary Theory
⋅ Media Studies
⋅ Music Studies
⋅ Narrative Theory
⋅ Political Theory
⋅ Postcolonial, Global, Transnational Studies
⋅ Psychology and Cognition Studies
⋅ Religious Studies
⋅ Rhetoric and Composition
⋅ Sociology
⋅ Science, Technology, and Culture
⋅ Theatre and Performance Studies

We accept three kinds of submissions:
⋅ Individual papers/projects: please submit an abstract of no more than 300 words. Include your name, paper title, institution, and email address.
⋅ Panels: please submit a 1000 word proposal for an entire panel of presentations (3-4 presenters). Included in this proposal should be abstracts of 200-300 words for all presentations, title of the panel, and information for each presenter (name, paper title, institution, and email address). If you are forming your own panel, you have the option of providing your own chair.
⋅ Performances and creative presentations/panels: we welcome submissions of creative works, including creative writing, visual art, and dramatic performance. Please include a brief description of your project, as well as your name, project title, institution, and email address.

Email: umassegoconference@gmail.com

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Nov 15

Funding: Ford Foundation Fellowships

Ford Foundation Fellowships

The below information was provided via a National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine email.

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine is accepting applications for the 2016 Ford Foundation Fellowships Programs for Achieving Excellence in College and University Teaching. Full eligibility information and online applications are available on our website at: http://nationalacademies.org/ford

Eligibility Requirements:

U.S. citizens, nationals, permanent residents, or individuals granted deferred action status under the DACA program
Planning a career in teaching and research at the college or university level in a research-based field of science, social science or humanities

Stipends and Allowances:

Predoctoral–$24,000 per year for three years
Dissertation–$25,000 for one year
Postdoctoral–$45,000 for one year

Awardees have expenses paid to attend one Conference of Ford Fellows.

Approximately 60 predoctoral, 30 dissertation, and 20 postdoctoral fellowships sponsored by the Ford Foundation and administered by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine. Application Deadline Dates:

Predoctoral: November 20, 2015
Dissertation: November 13, 2015
Postdoctoral: November 13, 2015

For Further information please contact:

Fellowships Office, Keck 576
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine
500 Fifth Street NW
Washington, DC 20001
Phone: 202.334.2872
Fax: 202.334.3419

infofell@nas.edu

Celebrations and Accomplishments — Comments Off
08
Nov 15

Alumna Luana Ferreira Named 2015-17 Empire State Fellow!

Congratulations to Luana Y. Ferreira, PhD, a 2014 graduate of our program!

Luana has been named a 2015-17 Empire State Fellow! The fellowship program selects 10 professionals to train with top State government officials for careers as future policy-makers. Luana will be placed with the New York State Department of State for her fellowship’s tenure.

Over the course of her career, Luana has been committed to education. She is a former New York City Teaching Fellow and received her M.S. Ed. from City College, CUNY. While a student at the Graduate Center, she also worked as a research assistant on a project focused on developing diagnostic tools for measuring proficiencies of immigrant students in urban settings at the GC’s Research Institute for the Study of Language in Urban Society (RISLUS).

Luana’s dissertation is titled “Densidad léxica en la prensa hispana de EE.UU. e Hispanoamérica: Un estudio comparativo” and was supervised by Professor Ricardo Otheguy.

PhD Program in Latin American, Iberian and Latino Cultures The Graduate Center, CUNY