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Openings: Doctoral Candidates at KU Eichstätt-Ingolstatt

Research Associate (Doctoral Candidate/Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter (m/w/d))

At the earliest from April 1, 2024, the DFG-funded research training group “Practicing Place: Sociocultural Practices and Epistemic Configurations“ invites applications for two part-time positions (75%) as research associate (doctoral candidate) to be filled for a limited period probably until March 31, 2027.

You can download the call for applications in German or  English for more information.Please send your application to gk-practicingplace@ku.de until February 11, 2024.

The graduate school ‘Practicing Place’ at KU Eichstätt-Ingolstadt researches the intersections, tensions, and dynamics of place and practice from a decidedly interdisciplinary perspective. Place and processes of (re-)placing have become central to a discussion of complex global interrelations, precisely at a time of growing transnational interdependencies and seemingly borderless communication networks. We suggest to think of place dynamically: that is, we will consider specific practices of placing and their concomitant epistemic configuration (such as comprehending, mapping, locating, imagining, writing, experiencing, and redefining places). The goal of the training group is to unpick the ‘how’ of places in relation to the situatedness of any and all practices. We encourage applications from across the disciplinary intersections of the humanities and social sciences and the successful candidates will pursue their own, independent dissertation project within the guiding framework of ‘Practicing Place’.

We Expect

  • Excellent master’s degree or equivalent
  • Development of an independent research project that is interdisciplinary and related to the key topics of the school
  • Members are required to participate in the structured study programme and in the events and activities of the Research Group
  • Very good spoken English language proficiency (office working language is English)
  • Doctorates will be carried out at the KU Eichstätt-Ingolstadt

We Offer

Within the research training group, we offer excellent conditions for early career researchers. These include:

  • An attractive research environment in the higher educational sector with supervision and mentorship from the professorial members, access to an excellent research infrastructure, and an international network
  • A structured training and study programme in support of the individual research projects and tailored to the needs of doctoral candidates
  • Opportunities for further academic career planning and development
  • Financial support of externships and stays abroad for the establishment and expansion of specialist, transdisciplinary networks on an international level

We require

Please include the following documents as a single pdf (in German or English):

  • Letter of motivation summarising your academic experience and interests, why you are personally suited for the program, and your prospective contribution to the school (no longer than 2 pages)
  • Proposal of the intended doctoral project that includes main research questions, methodology and theoretical approach (no longer than 10 pages)
  • CV, detailing your academic career to date
  • Copies of university degree certificates (if not in German language, we may request certified copies in the future)
  • Letter of recommendation from a university lecturer providing information on the applicant’s professional and methodological competence, suitability for the position and academic potential (no longer than two pages)
  • Writing sample from final thesis

The deadline for applications is February 11, 2024. Please send it to gk-practicingplace@ku.de.

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Apply Now: Indigenous Futurisms – Workshop with Chelsea Vowel 19.2.2024 Universität Wien

Workshop for PhD and advanced MA students

Date: February 19, 2024

Location: Helene-Richter-Saal, UniCampus, Hof 8, Department of English and American Studies
and ONLINE

Chelsea Vowel, Métis writer from manitow-sâkahikan (Lac Ste. Anne) Alberta, is coming to the University of Vienna to offer a workshop on Indigenous Futurisms for MA and PhD students. Students interested in Indigenous futurisms and Indigenous speculative writing are encouraged to apply for this workshop, which will be an opportunity to receive critical input on their own work and to gain new perspectives on Indigenous theory and writing. The workshop will begin with an opening talk by Chelsea Vowel on the intersection between theory and fiction writing. Students will then have the opportunity to present their own work and get a response and feedback from our guest. To close, Chelsea Vowel will read from her recent short story collection Buffalo is the New Buffalo.

Please submit abstracts incl. project title (max. 300 words) and a short biographical note to barbara.gfoellner@univie.ac.at by January 5, 2024. All applicants will be notified of their participation in the workshop by the beginning of January 2024.

Please find the full call for papers here.

Chelsea Vowel is Métis from manitow-sâkahikan (Lac Ste. Anne) Alberta, residing in amiskwacîwâskahikan (Edmonton). Parent to six children, she has a BEd, LLB, and MA. She is a Cree language instructor at the Faculty of Native studies at the University of Alberta. Chelsea is a public intellectual, writer, and educator whose work intersects language, gender, Métis self-determination, and resurgence. Author of Indigenous Writes: A Guide to First Nations, Métis & Inuit Issues in Canada, she and her co-host Molly Swain produce the Indigenous feminist sci-fi podcast Métis in Space, and co-founded the Métis in Space Land Trust. Her most recent work is the short story collection Buffalo is the New Buffalo, published by Arsenal Pulp Press in 2022.

Organizers: Stefanie Schäfer, Markus Schwarz, Barbara Gföllner, Alexandra Ganser

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45. Jahrestagung der GKS – Anmeldebeginn

Die 45. Jahrestagung der GKS mit dem Rahmenthema Borders – Migration – Mobility // Frontières – Migration – Mobilité findet vom 16. bis 18. Februar 2024 im Hotel am Badersee statt.

Sie können sich ab sofort und bis spätestens 31.12.2023 für die Teilnahme an der Konferenz registrieren. Das vorläufige Programm sowie das Anmeldeformular mit allen weiteren Informationen finden Sie hier auf unserer Website.

Wir würden uns sehr freuen, Sie zahlreich in Grainau begrüßen zu dürfen.

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Call for Papers: New Moons, New Tides: A Century of Change in Canada, 1923-2023

10th triennial CEACS conference on Canadian Studies in Central Europe

September 12 to 14, 2024, University of Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia

To honour the 101st anniversary of the publication of L. M. Montgomery’s novel Emily of New Moon, we welcome proposals that address or contest narratives of change and development in the fields of history, sociology, anthropology, science, music, literature, language, or the fine arts.

Topic areas—in either French or English–could include (but are not limited to) the following:

  • Revolutionary Canadian ideas, paradigms or theoretical approaches,
  • Climate-change issues (including in literature),
  • Evaluation/re-evaluation of key 20th-century events,
  • Individual author/ artist/ performance studies (literature, music or other arts),
  • Cultural impact of technological innovation,
  • Updated genres, and new media,
  • Language change and linguistic policy changes,
  • Renegotiations of gender and mental health in language, literature, and society,
  • Multiculturalism and marginalization revisited,
  • Urban development in literature and arts,
  • Canadian identities (Acadian, Quebec etc.),
  • Migrant literature (écriture migrante),
  • Transnationalization, migration, and cross-border issues/identities,
  • And a special topic on Margaret Atwood at 85.

Abstracts of 200 words, along with a brief bio (200 words) should be sent to ceacs2024@um.si by January 31st, 2024.

 

 

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Ausstellung „ASKI – LAND. Indigene Stimmen aus Kanada“ noch bis 3.12.2023 in Beromünster (Schweiz)

Ausstellung „ASKI – LAND. Indigene Stimmen aus Kanada“

27.10.2023-03.12.2023

Haus zum Dolder, Beromünster

geöffnet: samstags von 13-17 Uhr und sonntags von 11-17 Uhr 

Seit Jahrtausenden existieren auf dem Gebiet des heutigen Kanada einzigartige Kulturen. Zurzeit gibt es 634 First-Nation­Gemeinden, 70 indigene Sprachen und unzählige Traditionen. Die Lebensweisen der lndigenen entsprechen jedoch kaum den hiesigen Vorstellungen von «India­nern».
Die Cree im Norden Ontarios nennen ihr Land «Aski». Der Grosse Geist «Gitchi Ma­nitou» lieh es ihnen, um es für die Unge­borenen zu bewahren. Es ist heilig. Man kann es weder besitzen noch verkaufen. Die Europäer aber beanspruchten das Land als Eigentum, brachten neue Krank­heiten und zerstörten indigene Kulturen.
Derzeit befindet sich die indigene Gesell­schaft in Kanada auf einem schwierigen Weg der Heilung. Doch sie schöpft auch Kraft durch die Rückbesinnung auf kul­turelle Traditionen und Werte. lndigene Menschen malen ausdrucksstarke Bilder, komponieren eindrückliche Musik und ver­arbeiten ihre Geschichten in einzigartigen Texten. Ihre Stimmen sind vielfältig, poli­tisch, stark, berührend, weise und humor­voll.
Die Ausstellung widmet sich indigener Geschichte, Gegenwart und Kunst aus Kanada. Erstmals in der Schweiz zu sehen sind zudem Bilder des einflussreichen Ojib­we-Künstlers Roy Thomas (1949-2004). Bekannt wurde er insbesondere für seine Motive mit farbenfrohen Totemtieren, die überlieferte Legenden und Weisheiten darstellen.

Mehr Informationen zur Ausstellung erhalten Sie im Flyer der Ausstellung oder unter www.hauszumdolder.ch