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The Division for Global Communication and Social Change exists to encourage and debate research on issues of production, distribution, content and reception of communications media at global, "glocal", transnational, transcultural, international and regional levels. Within this purview it encompasses work across a wide variety of theoretical and methodological approaches, concerning issues of media/mediated communication in cultural, economic, political or social contexts, including strategic mediated communication for development, social change or social justice.
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DIVISION BUSINESS MEETING, RECEPTION, AND DINNER
Please plan to attend the division's annual business meeting, reception, and dinner. Details
Business Meeting--Thursday June 24, 16:00-17:15, Room 308
Reception--immediately following the business meeting, same room.
Dinner--Thursday June 24, 8 p.m., Indian Wok restaurant, 79A Syed Alwi Road, Singapore, 207658
JUNIOR PROFESSORSHIP OPEN CALL
Department of Political and Social Sciences
Institute for Media and Communication Studies
invites applications for a
Junior Professorship in Media and Communication Studies with a Focus on International Communication
The successful applicant will be required to conduct research and teach in the area named above.
In accordance with article 102a of the Berlin Higher Education Act (Berliner Hochschul-gesetz), the successful candidate must have a Ph.D. reflecting her or his outstanding academic qualification. Previous post-graduate academic employment — both prior and subsequent to the conferral of the doctoral degree — should not exceed a total of six years.
The successful candidate will have an outstanding track record of excellent university teaching and research with a strong international component, preferably implicating an international network of high-profile contacts. She or he will have a demonstrated potential for excellence in the study of processes and structures of international or global communication, taking into account print, broadcast, and/or on-line media. Applicants should have experience with empirical research as well with the acquisition of research grants.
Applications from international candidates are particularly encouraged.
The language of instruction is English and German. A non-German-speaking appointee will need to be able to teach in German within a reasonable time frame.
The vacancy is a position with limited tenure at the rank of W1. The successful candidate will be appointed as a civil servant for the initial duration of three years. Provided that her or his performance is thereafter evaluated positively, employment will be extended by another three years.
Freie Universität Berlin is an equal opportunity employer.
Applications quoting the reference code PuK W1 must be received at the address below by July, 15 th 2010 and should include a cover letter describing the applicant’s interest in the position and relevant experience; a curriculum vitae; a list of publications; and copies of the certificates of all academic degrees awarded.
Freie Universität Berlin
Fachbereich Politik- und Sozialwissenschaften
Dekanat – z. Hd. Frau Köhn
Ihnestr. 21
14195 Berlin ( Dahlem )
Germany
Freie Universität Berlin is a public university with some 33,000 students and close to 450 professors or junior professors. It has 11 departments and schools structured into more than 70 institutes—not counting the Charité medical center, which incorporates the medical schools of both Freie Universität and Humboldt Universität. In 2007, the findings of a government initiative to promote excellence in teaching and research appraised Freie Universität Berlin as one of the nation’s leading institutions of higher education. Detailed information is available at www.fu-berlin.de and www.polsoz.fu-berlin.de/kommwiss
CALL FOR PAPERS: GLOBAL FUSION
The GLOBAL FUSION 2010 Media & Communication Conference will be held at Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA, October 22-24, 2010. This year’s conference theme is “Sustenance and Globalization.” We consider the concept of culture in relation to the nature of global communication processes. Those interested in the role of the print, electronic, and digital media might look at their role in sustaining and modifying cultures. For those interested in non-mediated communication, a focus could be brought to bear on the ways in which folklore, traditional cultural practices, and ecology can act to sustain and empower cultures. Researchers exploring the development perspective on international communication might consider addressing community building, sustainability, development, and the roles of communication in changing and sustaining cultures, polities, and societies. Among many other possibilities, this theme also allows for an exploration of the ways in which communication technologies, both as software and hardware, can sustain and/or undermine cultures and environments.
Submissions on this theme are preferred, but proposals for conference panels and papers may be on any topic related to global media and international communication.
Panel and individual paper proposals may be submitted in the form of abstracts of 200-250 words, in MS Word or rich text format. Paper abstracts should be submitted anonymously, without the name or other identifying information about the author in the document.
The Global Fusion conference offers a graduate student competition. Papers submitted for the graduate student paper competition should be full length (about 25 pages in APA format), and clearly marked on the title page as being a submission for the competition.
The purpose of the Global Fusion conference series is to promote academic excellence in global media and international communication studies. These conferences bring together scholars and professionals interested in media and communication in global contexts. The conference series is sponsored by a consortium of schools including Texas A&M University, the University of Texas at Austin, Ohio University, Temple University and Southern Illinois University. The organizing committee members are Patrick Burkart, Antonio C. La Pastina, and Srivi Ramasubramanian.
Submission deadline: Tuesday, July 1, 2010
Email address for submissions: globalfusion2010@tamu.edu
Conference contact: Patrick Burkart, pburkart@tamu.edu
International Conference on Corporate Responsibility Corporate Responsibility and Global Challenges August 25-27, 2010 Centre for Corporate Responsibility London Metropolitan Business School, London
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