University of Edinburgh Chancellor’s Fellowships for new PhDs

University of Edinburgh: Chancellor’s Fellowships
http://www.jobs.ed.ac.uk/vacancies/index.cfm?fuseaction=vacancies.detail&vacancy_ref=3015150

The University of Edinburgh, a global top 20 University located in one of the world`s fine cities, is making a major investment in the future of its academic staff with the appointment of prestigious tenure-track Fellowships across all disciplines. These 5-year Fellowships are intended to support outstanding candidates at the start of their independent academic career. Up to 100 positions are available.

A Chancellor`s Fellow will already show the ability to conduct world-leading research and exhibit clear potential to become an international leader in their discipline. The Fellow will be able to concentrate on research in the first instance, acquiring the full duties of University Lecturer across the period of the Fellowship. Subject to satisfactory review at the end of 3 years, the Fellow will move to an open contract on the University academic staff.

Appointment will normally be made on the Lecturer scale (£36,862 – £44,016), dependent on experience, and in exceptional circumstances a more senior appointment may be made. Some positions are available with immediate effect and it is expected that successful applicants will be in post from August 2012.

Applications containing a detailed CV and a 1-page outline of a proposed research programme should be made online at http://www.jobs.ed.ac.uk to meet one of the closing dates below. General advice may be obtained by emailingchancellorsfellows@ed.ac.uk and specific details may be obtained from the appropriate Head of School.

Salary Scale: £36,862 – £44,016

The School of Social and Political Science has listed the following priority areas, though applications from all areas will be considered if a case can be made:

British and/or Comparative Public Policy
Environmental Policy
Health Policy
International Development (including political economy and economics of Development)
International Relations (development/political economy, especially Latin America or East Asia)
Justice and Human Rights
Sustainable Development (including the developing world)

 

Call for Proposals: Graduate Student Conference on Roles & Challenges of Diplomacy

7th Annual American Graduate School in Paris (AGS)
Graduate Student Conference
The Roles and Challenges of Diplomacy in the 21st Century: Inclusion and Exclusion in a Globalized World
April 19-20, 2012
Paris, France

Call for Proposals Deadline: January 23, 2012
Final Notice of Acceptance: March 5th, 2012
Final Paper Submission Deadline: April 2nd, 2012

Conference Theme
Since its induction, diplomacy is at the core of international relations and holds primary responsibility for the development and implementation of foreign policy. It is recognized that the work of traditional diplomacy, focused principally on bilateral relations between states and working in conjunction with international and multinational organizations, remains an essential core of state conduct in international relations. However, profound changes in the foreign policy environment after the end of the Cold War and especially in the 21st century have challenged the approach and implementation of conduct in foreign relations. As globalization continues to push governments toward interdependence and cooperation, the field must reassess the application of diplomacy. Central to these shifts are evolving transnational challenges on policy agendas, including but not limited to, changing security paradigms after the attacks of September 11, 2001, environmental issues and natural disasters, popular democratic movements of the Colored Revolutions and the Arab Spring, and the global financial crisis. The increasing significance of non-state actors and organizations in the international system pose a challenge to traditional paradigms of bilateral statecraft. These challenges put into question the conduct of traditional diplomacy and add significant new functions and activities to the diplomat’s portfolio. It is under these tenants that scholars must critically question whether the shifts in systemic order, dynamic new actors and transnational challenges can be addressed by traditional approaches to diplomacy and whether they endorse inclusion or expose exclusionary practices.

Conference Subthemes
In order to promote research and discussion regarding these trends and the challenges or roles of diplomatic approaches in the 21st century, the AGS invites proposals for papers falling into, but not limited to, the following general themes:
§ Polarity and the international systemic: shifting paradigms of power and diplomacy
§ Relevancy of the state in the international system and diplomacy
§ Diplomacy and the emergence of non-state actors in the international system (i.e. role of international and non-governmental organizations, civil society, and the private sector)
§ Diplomacy and the role of democratic transition and regime change
§ Inclusive and exclusive politics of recognition and legitimacy in the international system
§ Projections of state power: hierarchy amongst great powers, the core and the periphery
§ Transversal politics and the reframing of diplomatic perspectives
§ Emergence of non-traditional approaches and sectors: multi-track and public diplomacies
§ Interdependence, diplomacy and the globalized World
§ Transnational global challenges: cooperation or entrenchment (i.e. International terrorism and security, financial crises, resource management, environmental issues and natural disasters)
§ Diplomacy’s role in advocacy of societal challenges in the 21st century (i.e. gender and identity issues, poverty, public health, environmental issues, and migration or immigration)
§ Statecraft in conflict: preventative diplomacy and conflict management§ Media, communications, and their role in diplomacy and dissemination

Submitting an Abstract Proposal
We cordially invite graduate, doctoral and post-doctoral scholars from a wide spectrum of disciplines to submit abstract proposals appropriate to the above themes. The research may be of either a theoretical or empirical nature. While the purview of this conference focuses on the effect of emerging challenges on diplomacy, relevant abstract proposals on work contributing in a broader sense to the debate will be considered. The conference will be held in English. Submitted work should also follow this guideline. Proposals up to 600 words in length should be sent by no later than January 23, 2012 in electronic form to conference@ags.edu. The subject line of the cover email should be entitled “AGS Conference 2012 Abstract Proposal Submission” and your name. Your abstract proposal should include your tentative paper title, research question and a 600 word abstract proposal outlining your topic focus and expected findings. We also request within your abstract proposal to include your name, university or institution of affiliation, degree(s) earned or in process and substantive concentration of your academic work. Notification of acceptance by the conference committee will be made on a rolling basis; however applicants will be notified later than March 5th, 2012. Final papers are to be submitted by April 2, 2012 for review by the committee to be considered for publication.

Registration Fee and Conference Grant
All accepted presenters will be required to pay a 25 euro registration fee. While the expenses in association with participation, including accommodation, transportation, and personal costs are the explicit responsibility of the applicant, AGS will be offering limited financial grants for noteworthy applicants. If you are interested, please note in your submission email, including a brief paragraph describing your financial needs. All applicants noting interest in applying for the grant will be notified at a later date with more details. For any questions on the conference or submission, please contact Ryan Godfrey, Student Conference Coordinator or Dr. Ruchi Anand, Conference Faculty Advisor at conference@ags.edu.For more information about the American Graduate School in Paris, please consult our website at http://www.ags.edu.

The AGS School for International Relations and Diplomacy
The 7th Annual AGS Graduate Student Conference, hosted by the School of International Relations and Diplomacy, will be held on April 19-20, 2012 at the American Graduate School in Paris, located in the sixth arrondissement. AGS is an institution of higher learning offering both Graduate and Doctoral degrees in the fields of International Relations and Diplomacy. For more information please feel free to consult our website at http://www.ags.edu.

 

Call for Participants: Summer School in PostInternational Politics

GREGYNOG IDEAS LAB: Summer School in PostInternational Politics

Gregynog, 9-14 July 2012

The inaugural Gregynog Ideas Lab, a Summer School in PostInternational Politics, will take place 9-14 July, 2012. The Summer School will provide a unique opportunity for graduate students and academics to return to key texts and thinkers from critical, postcolonial, feminist, post-structural and psychoanalytic traditions, to re-examine their work and how it has been employed in international politics, and to ask whether the radical potential of this work is in danger of being lost.

A series of lectures and seminars by guest professors who are key figures in the field will be combined with discussion groups-formal and informal-based on assigned pre-readings. Held in the unique surroundings of Gregynog Hall, the Summer School offers a week of intensive immersion in this thought for those new to the field or isolated in their own institutions in a supportive and friendly residential environment.

Our guest professors will be:

o Richard K Ashley
o Diana Coole
o Jenny Edkins
o Naeem Inayatullah
o Louiza Odysseos (tbc)
o Mustapha Pasha
o Michael J Shapiro
o Maria Stern
o R.B.J. Walker
o Marysia Zalewski
o Maja Zehfuss

For more information about the event and on how to apply please visit: http://www.gregynog.blogspot.com/

 

PhD Scholarships in Globalisation, EU & Multilateralism

DOCTORAL SCHOLARSHIPS FOR EU & NON-EU APPLICANTS AVAILABLE NOW

The “Globalisation, EU & Multilateralism” – GEM PhD School offers up to 10 Erasmus Mundus 3-year long PhD Scholarship funded by the European Commission.

3 specific “Jointly Executed Research Projects” are proposed:

MORGANITE (Headed by the IEE-ULB – http://www.iee-ulb.eu): Institution centered research. Focus on regional and global institutionalized multilateral cooperation.
CITRINE (Headed by the University of Warwick – http://www.warwick.ac.uk): Interest centered research. Focus on interactions between European policy mechanisms and global imperatives.
AMETRINE (Headed by LUISS – http://www.luiss.edu) : Norms centered research. Focus on the normative components of European international politics.

Calls for application available online at http://www.erasmusmundus-gem.eu

 

Call for submissions: Spectrum: Journal of Global Studies

Spectrum: Journal of Global Studies invites academicians and scholars to submit articles and discussion pieces to our coming issues. Spectrum: Journal of Global Studies is a peer reviewed journal run by the students of the Department of International Relations of the Middle East Technical University (METU). The journal is currently being published two times a year. All articles are subject to review by anonymous referees specified by our Editorial Board.

Spectrum endorses a multidisciplinary and critical approach to international relations. We are interested in publishing articles that relate to current theoretical disputes within international relations theory, international political economy, international political theory and historical sociology. Original empirical research on these areas is especially welcome if it contributes and broadens the existing theoretical controversies. Papers that are primarily policy oriented however do not fit to the editorial policy of the journal.

Manuscripts may be submitted to Spectrum as a main article, discussion piece or as a review article. The approximate length required for main articles is 7,000-9,000 words, for discussion pieces 5,000 words and for review articles 4,000 words. Inclusion of an abstract of approximately 200 words with 5 key words is also required. Articles should be sent in electronic form as an MS Word file in an e-mail attachment to tunahan.kucukcelelebi@spectrumjournal.net . Please do not submit the manuscripts in pdf format. Contributors should include a complete version of the manuscript and an anonymous version without any references to the author’s identity.

Visit the website at http://www.spectrumjournal.net

 

Student Success: BA(Hons) student publishes article, wins award

Another great student success! Our own Wilson Chau published an article in a peer-reviewed journal, Security Challenges. In addition, the article won Australian Defence Business Review 2011 Young Strategic Writers Competition Prize for best contribution from a student/young professional aged 18-35 in Australasia.

Congratulations Wilson!

 

UN Poetry for Peace contest

A social media Poetry for Peace contest is being held from 15 September until 14 October to share messages of peace.

Many atomic bomb survivors, called HIBAKUSHA (hi-ba-coo-sha), have dedicated their lives to peace. Although the average hibakusha is now 73 years old, they continue to work for nuclear disarmament by sharing, their first-hand accounts of the horrific effects of nuclear weapons. Take this valuable opportunity to listen to hibakusha testimonies and participate in the “Poetry for Peace” contest.

What is the “Poetry for Peace” contest?
This poetry contest is a platform to share your thoughts and feelings about the hibakusha testimonies. In their own voices, hibakusha have recorded their testimonies for you and future generations to hear. To take part in the contest, follow the simple steps below:

1.Listen to a hibakusha story:
◦At the UN Cyber Schoolbus
◦From the Hiroshima and Nagasaki Peace Memorial Halls
◦From the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan
2.Based on the account you heard, share your feelings through verse. It can be a haiku, a sonnet, or anything in between.
3.Submit your poem for peace on our Facebook wall, or via email sent to unoda-web@un.org with “Poems for Peace” in the subject line. Selected poems will be posted on the UN website, with links to those poems on the International Day of Peace Facebook Page.

For more information, visit the contest website at http://www.un.org/disarmament/special/poetryforpeace/

 

United Nations Internships

Note: In recent years, three different UoA politics students have done UN internships in New York. It’s a great opportunity!

The United Nations provides opportunities for students enrolled in a
graduate programme to undertake an internship at its Headquarters in
New York, Geneva, Vienna, Nairobi, Addis Ababa, Bangkok, Beirut and
Santiago.

Eligible candidates interested in doing an internship at the United
Nations Headquarters in New York or any of the mentioned countries can
apply.

The objective of the Internship Programme is threefold:

1. To provide a framework by which graduate and under graduate students
from diverse academic backgrounds may be assigned to United Nations
Offices where their educational experience can be enhanced through
practical work assignments.

2. To expose them to the work of the United Nations.

3. To provide UN offices with the assistance of highly qualified
students specialized in various professional fields.

The United Nations Headquarters Internship Programme is offered on a
two-month basis three times a year:
• Mid January to mid March (Spring Session): The vacancy announcement
is posted mid May, the deadline for applications is end of September.
• Early June to early August (Summer Session): The vacancy
announcement is posted mid September, the deadline for applications is
end of January.
• Mid September to mid November (Fall Session): The vacancy
announcement is posted end of January, the deadline for applications
is mid May.

To qualify for the United Nations Headquarters Internship Programme,
the following conditions must be met:

1. Applicants must be enrolled in a degree programme in a graduate
school (second university degree or higher) at the time of application
and during the internship; or

2. Applicants pursuing their studies in countries where higher
education is not divided into undergraduate and graduate stages must
have completed at least four years of full-time studies at a
university or equivalent institution towards the completion of a
degree.

3. Development-related fields such as economics, international
relations, anthropology, sociology, public or business administration,
or environmental studies. Other fields of study may be considered
depending on the type of assignment;

Any work produced by interns during their internship within the
framework of the duties assigned to them should be used for academic
purposes exclusively. All economic and moral rights (copyright)
pertaining to such work will remain the exclusive property of the
United Nations.

Interested undergraduate or graduate students should write via EMAIL
ONLY to the :

Ad Hoc Internship Coordinator,
Human Resources Operations Section,
Human Resources Management Service,
United Nations Office

enclosing:

Applications (in English) should include the following:

a) A covering letter stating the grounds for their application;
b) Recent curriculum vitae (CV);
c) Copies of their university degrees or a list of courses attended or
attending;
d) Abstracts of academic papers they have written if any.

All applicants must be currently enrolled in undergraduate or graduate
programs. No phone calls, please.

After careful consideration of all documents submitted, only
successful candidates will be notified of their selection.

Kindly send the requested applications documents to the following
email address: intern@uncrd-un.org

No application will be accepted after a deadline!

 

Call for Papers: American Studies in Australia/NZ

Call for Papers: American Studies in Australia/NZ

The Biennial Conference of the Australian and New Zealand American Studies Association will be hosted by the University of Queensland’s Cultural History Project, in Brisbane, Australia, from 3-7 July, 2012. ANZASA will again bring together scholars from Australia and New Zealand with colleagues from around the world who specialise in American Studies.

Keynote Speakers:
• Emeritus Professor Michael Fellman, Simon Fraser University
• Professor Karla F. C. Holloway, James B. Duke Professor of English and Professor of Law, Duke University

Proposals for 20-minute presentations should include a title and an abstract of no more than 200 words. Panel proposals by two or more people sharing a common theme are welcomed. There is no over-arching theme to the conference, and the convenors look forward to receiving proposals that range across literary, historical, political, cinematic, cultural, and theoretical topics pertaining to American Studies. Proposals from graduate students are warmly welcomed. All proposals should be submitted by 30 November, 2011, to anzasa2012@gmail.com

Proposals should include your name, institution, e-mail address, and phone number.

Conference Convenors:
Associate Professor Chris Dixon and Dr. Hilary Emmett

 

Call for Submissions: Journal of International Organizations Studies

Call for Papers: Journal of International Organizations Studies
Deadline for March 2012 issue: 15 September 2011.

The JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS STUDIES (JIOS) supports innovative approaches in the study of international organizations. We particularly welcome papers that explore new grounds and transcend the traditional perspective of international organizations as merely the sum of its members states and their policies.

JIOS is a peer-reviewed journal published online and in print-on-demand twice annually (March and September). JIOS is published by the United Nations Studies Association in cooperation with Brigham Young University.

For more information on how to submit a paper and to read previous issues, please visit www.journal-iostudies.org or contact the editors at editors@journal-iostudies.org.