[colombiamigra] Call for applications: Emerging Scholars Workshop on 'Forced Migration' (Swinburne Institute for Social Research, Hawthorn, Australia, November 2012)
- From: william mejia <wmejia8a@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "colombiamigra@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <colombiamigra@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2012 06:53:00 -0700 (PDT)
A través de la lista NIEM nos ha llegado esta convocatoria:
From 8 to 10 November 2012, the Swinburne Institute for Social Research will
host an Emerging Scholars Workshop for up to fifteen research students working
on issues of forced migration. The workshop will be facilitated by Professors
Sandy Gifford and Klaus Neumann of the Swinburne Institute. It is envisaged
that participants will also have the opportunity to discuss their ideas with
Professor Didier Fassin (Princeton University and Université Paris 13).
Participants in the Emerging Scholars Workshop are expected also to contribute
to a symposium, "Wanted: New Paradigms? Forced Migration, Mobilities and
Humanitarianism in Australia and Beyond," which will be held at Swinburne
University of Technology on 12 and 13 November 2012.
In the past few years, the Swinburne Institute has held a series of such
workshops – on topics such as “refugees”, “democracy”, and “memory” – to foster
collaborations and intellectual exchanges among postgraduate students, to
expose emerging scholars to new ideas, and to create intensive learning
environments involving students and senior scholars.
All students enrolled in a research degree in 2012 and writing a dissertation
about an aspect of forced migration are eligible to apply. Relevant disciplines
include, among others: anthropology; political science; sociology; history;
human geography; law; psychology; cultural, literary and cinema studies; and
philosophy. We are particularly interested in students doing research in one of
the following areas: displacement and resettlement; mobility and social memory;
and humanitarianism.
Successful applicants will be expected
- to produce a written paper of approx. 6,000 words on an aspect of forced
migration by 28 September 2012, which will be circulated to all workshop
participants,
- to engage with each other’s writings, and
- to read at least five designated articles / book chapters ahead of the
workshop.
The Swinburne Institute will pay for participants’ accommodation from 8 to 13
November and their registration fees for the symposium. Participants will need
to pay for their own travel.
Prospective participants need to submit, by **27 April 2012,** an application
comprising:
- a CV, including the names and contact details of at least one academic referee
- a one-page description of their current research project
- a writing sample of no more than 10 pages
Late applications will not be accepted. Successful applicants will be notified
in May.
Please send your applications to:
Professor Klaus Neumann
The Swinburne Institute for Social Research
Swinburne University of Technology
PO Box 218
Hawthorn VIC 3122
Australia
Email kneumann@xxxxxxxxxxx
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