Dear all, Please help to spread the word on a postdoc opportunity on the topic of Digital Media and Migration (0,8 fte) @ Utrecht University, Netherlands to anyone who might be interested. Sorry for x-posting. Kind regards, Koen Leurs, www.uu.nl/wiredup ------------------------- Job description We are currently looking for a postdoctoral researcher to participate in the Wired Up program. Wired Up is an international, interdisciplinary collaborative project between the Faculty of Humanities and the Faculty of Social Sciences. Vanderbilt University, USA, is also taking part in the project. The project is funded by Utrecht University, through the prestigious High Potential Programme. Wired Up researches how new digital media practices, in particular the Internet, impact on the lives, identities, learning and socialization of migrant youth. The project focuses on: identity construction and global representations development of new learning strategies and socialization patterns new forms of digital literacy and youth networks For more information about Wired Up visit http://www.uu.nl/wiredup/ Along with this postdoc another postdoctoral researcher will be appointed at the Faculty of Social Sciences to work within the Wired Up project. See advertisement no.: 691005 Job description In Wired Up we are researching the impact of new digital applications on the construction of identity of young Dutch migrants in a transnational setting. We are investigating in particular how diasporic communities are constructed and sustained through the analysis of youth networks, specific patterns of consumption and modes of self-presentation online as well as how new patterns of learning arise from these youth networks. The postdoc is expected to do comparative analysis of the data collected in the wired up team by also combining different approaches across disciplines from the humanities and social science. The project will draw from the field of (digital) media studies, postcolonial theories, gender and cultural studies along with anthropology, education, migration, youth and literacy studies, also depending on the specific expertise the post-doc will bring into the team. Your tasks will be to: combine several disciplinary perspectives for the analysis of transnationalism, media, youth and migration; develop a comparative framework in order to analyse the data sets collected in the wired up project; write conceptual or empirical papers based on these analyses; submit 4 publications in international peer-reviewed journals by the end of the two years; present results at national and international conferences; coordinate the organization of a final conference; support the editorial work for a final monograph. Qualifications We are looking for a talented and enthusiastic researcher with a PhD in a relevant field, either in the Humanities or Social Science with a preference for knowledge and/or experience in the following fields: media studies (in particular new digital media), gender and ethnic studies, youth studies, education and new literacies, multicultural studies and migration studies. The candidate should have: a substantial publication record in the relevant field; consolidated experience with conducting independent research; an affinity with interdisciplinary research; mastering of the relevant theoretical backgrounds and methodological tools; capability of synthesizing analysis from both the humanities and the social sciences; a willingness to work in an international, interdisciplinary team; experience with a diversity of internet applications; excellent communication, organizational and networking skills; a good command of the Dutch language, excellent writing skills in English; a knowledge of Spanish, Moroccan Arabic or Berber would be an advantage. Terms of employment We offer a postdoctoral position (0,8 fte) for the period of 2 years, starting April 1, 2010. The gross salary will range between € 2,977.- and € 4,374.- per month on a full-time basis depending on experience and qualifications. The salary is supplemented with a holiday bonus of 8% and an end-of-year bonus of 8,3% per year. Conditions are based on the Collective Labour Agreement of the Dutch Universities. See our website on terms of employment. Further details Additional information about the project and this position can be obtained by sending an email to Sandra Ponzanesi, e-mail: s.ponzanesi@uu.nl or by phone 31 (0) 30 253 7844. The Postdoc will be hosted at the Research Institute for History and Culture. More information can be found at the website of the OGC. More information about the Gender Graduate Programme where the postdoc will be integrated can be found at: www.genderstudies.nl How to apply Applications (by e-mail) should be accompanied by: a covering letter in English that sets out the candidate's motivation for applying for the position, stating qualifications and suitability and how these could contribute to the project and his/her ideas how to strengthen the team (about 100 words). a curriculum vitae in English and, a list of publications; a copy of your doctoral degree and a list of your MA or RMA marks; a sample of 2 relevant publications (in English) contact details of two referees (names, affiliations, telephone numbers and e-mail addresses). Interested candidates should send their application by March 7, 2010 at the latest. E-mail applications should be sent in pdf or doc format to the Personnel Department, attn. Ms. Ingrid Wagenaar: humanitiesjobs.gw@uu.nl, and should specify your name and vacancy number 681006 in the message as well as in the topic, include a list of attachments in the message, and specify your name in every attachment. Publication date 09-02-2010 Koen Leurs | Aio / PhD student OGC (Research Institute for Culture and History)| Utrecht University, the Netherlands | Janskerkhof 13, 3512 BL Utrecht | # 2.02 | (+31) 30 253 78 59 | (+31) 6 13108803 | Current project: http://www.uu.nl/wiredup/ Please consider the environment before printing this email. -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- Van: Bailey, Olga [mailto:olga.bailey@ntu.ac.uk] Verzonden: di 9-2-2010 12:54 Aan: Fien.Adriaens@UGent.be; lmathieu@univ-poitiers.fr; I.AwadCherit@uva.nl; Eva.Bakoy@hil.no; anamaria.mendieta@ehu.es; cla.barucca@gmail.com; sofie.vanbauwel@UGent.be; zblace@gmail.com; cbozdag@uni-bremen.de; Deborah.Broos@ua.ac.be; cabecinhas@ics.uminho.pt; leonor.camauer@oru.se; jr.carvalheiro@gmail.com; emiliacheng@gmail.com; marta.cola@usi.ch; alexander.dhoest@ua.ac.be; d.einsiedel@let.ru.nl; bfranz@rider.edu; rosemarygk@gmail.com; M.A.Georgiou@lse.ac.uk; chris.gilligan@yahoo.co.uk; gerit.goetzenbrucker@univie.ac.at; ceciliagordano@gmail.com; Haan, M. de (Mariëtte); andreas.hepp@uni-bremen.de; christinehorz@gmx.de; hulten@jmk.su.se; martinjo@ihis.aau.dk; aphra.kerr@nuim.ie; Gavan.Titley@nuim.ie; danikranz@gmail.com; christine.lohmeier@yahoo.co.uk; valentina.marinescu@yahoo.com; T.McGonagle@uva.nl; m.metykova@gold.ac.uk; A.Meuzelaar@uva.nl; masa_mikola@yahoo.com; mihaela.nedelcu@unine.ch; depnoble@hotmail.com; aobalanlege@lincoln.ac.uk; oogunyemi@lincoln.ac.uk; Ayo.Oyeleye@bcu.ac.uk; ildepasc@yahoo.it; Ponzanesi, S.; magdalena.ratajczak@zkm.uni.wroc.pl; O.Romocea@leedsmet.ac.uk; Ingegerd.Rydin@hh.se; amir.saeed@sunderland.ac.uk; a.n.m.saeys@uva.nl; M.Scully@open.ac.uk; Christina.Slade.1@city.ac.uk; Sterkenburg, J.C. van (Jacco); lauras@uni-bremen.de; trandar@edgehill.ac.uk; Ünlüsoy, A. (Asli); iris.vandevelde@ua.ac.be; aglaia.wespe@unibas.ch; K.Wilkes@uel.ac.uk; A.M.E.C.Woolley@leeds.ac.uk; hilde.vandenbulck@ua.ac.be; kevin.smets@ua.ac.be; philippe.meers@ua.ac.be; roel.vandewinkel@ua.ac.be; Ulrika.Sjoberg@hh.se; chamia.ghanjaoui@gmail.com; R.M.Aly@lse.ac.uk; Leurs, K.H.A. (Koen); kevleander@gmail.com CC: Leeuw, J.S. de; es107@leicester.ac.uk Onderwerp: ECREA 2010 - invitation to takek part in the selection process for Diaspora, Media and Migration section Dear Colleagues, I hope you all are well. I have sent a while ago an invitation for you to take part of the selection process. I have received a considerable number of offers but still have space for more colleagues to take part. It is our intention to make this process as wider as possible in terms of participation. The abstracts deadline is 28 February (you can take part in the selection process even if you are submitting) and the deadline for review of selection is 1 April. You would be assigned a number of abstracts and then instructed on how to do it. It is a rather simple procedure. I am grateful for those who have already accepted and look forward to hearing from those who have not yet responded to us. I'd be grateful if you could respond me by the latest at end of this week. Kind regards Olga (on behalf of the co-chairs) Dr. Olga Guedes Bailey Programme Leader of MA Media and Globalisation Nottingham Trent University School of Arts and Humanities Institute of Cultural Analysis Clifton Lane, Nottingham NG11 8NS - UK direct line +44 (0) 115 848 3364 Fax 848 3364 Chair of the 'Diaspora, Migration and Media' section European Communication Research Association - ECREA http://culturalstudiesatntu.blogspot.com/ <http://culturalstudiesatntu.blogspot.com/> 'There is no peace in avoiding life' V. Woolf ________________________________ From: Moran, Gemma Sent: Wed 18/11/2009 16:27 To: 'Fien.Adriaens@UGent.be'; 'lmathieu@univ-poitiers.fr'; 'I.AwadCherit@uva.nl'; 'Eva.Bakoy@hil.no'; 'anamaria.mendieta@ehu.es'; 'cla.barucca@gmail.com'; 'sofie.vanbauwel@ugent.be'; 'zblace@gmail.com'; 'cbozdag@uni-bremen.de'; 'Deborah.Broos@ua.ac.be'; 'cabecinhas@ics.uminho.pt'; 'leonor.camauer@oru.se'; 'jr.carvalheiro@gmail.com'; 'emiliacheng@gmail.com'; 'marta.cola@usi.ch'; 'alexander.dhoest@ua.ac.be'; 'd.einsiedel@let.ru.nl'; 'bfranz@rider.edu'; 'rosemarygk@gmail.com'; 'M.A.Georgiou@lse.ac.uk'; 'chris.gilligan@yahoo.co.uk'; 'gerit.goetzenbrucker@univie.ac.at'; 'ceciliagordano@gmail.com'; 'M.deHaan@uu.nl'; 'andreas.hepp@uni-bremen.de'; 'christinehorz@gmx.de'; 'hulten@jmk.su.se'; 'martinjo@ihis.aau.dk'; 'aphra.kerr@nuim.ie'; 'Gavan.Titley@nuim.ie'; 'danikranz@gmail.com'; 'christine.lohmeier@yahoo.co.uk'; 'valentina.marinescu@yahoo.com'; 'T.McGonagle@uva.nl'; 'm.metykova@gold.ac.uk'; 'A.Meuzelaar@uva.nl'; 'masa_mikola@yahoo.com'; 'mihaela.nedelcu@unine.ch'; 'depnoble@hotmail.com'; 'aobalanlege@lincoln.ac.uk'; 'oogunyemi@lincoln.ac.uk'; 'Ayo.Oyeleye@bcu.ac.uk'; 'ildepasc@yahoo.it'; 'S.Ponzanesi@uu.nl'; 'magdalena.ratajczak@zkm.uni.wroc.pl'; 'O.Romocea@leedsmet.ac.uk'; 'Ingegerd.Rydin@hh.se'; 'amir.saeed@sunderland.ac.uk'; 'a.n.m.saeys@uva.nl'; 'M.Scully@open.ac.uk'; 'Christina.Slade.1@city.ac.uk'; 'J.C.vanSterkenburg@uu.nl'; 'lauras@uni-bremen.de'; 'trandar@edgehill.ac.uk'; 'a.unlusoy@uu.nl'; 'iris.vandevelde@ua.ac.be'; 'aglaia.wespe@unibas.ch'; 'K.Wilkes@uel.ac.uk'; 'A.M.E.C.Woolley@leeds.ac.uk'; 'hilde.vandenbulck@ua.ac.be'; 'kevin.smets@ua.ac.be'; 'philippe.meers@ua.ac.be'; 'roel.vandewinkel@ua.ac.be'; 'Ulrika.Sjoberg@hh.se'; 'chamia.ghanjaoui@gmail.com'; 'R.M.Aly@lse.ac.uk'; 'Koen Leurs:'; 'kevleander@gmail.com' Cc: Bailey, Olga; 'Sonja de Leeuw'; 'es107@leicester.ac.uk' Subject: [IAMCR] Braga 2010 - Diasporas and Media Working Group Call for Papers Dear Colleagues, Please see below call from IAMCR 'diaspora and media' working group for their conference. Maybe some of you could put a panel together so that ECREA has a representation there? any suggestions? Looking forward to hearing from you. Best, Olga Dr. Olga Guedes Bailey Programme Leader of MA Media and Globalisation Nottingham Trent University School of Arts and Humanities Institute of Cultural Analysis Clifton Lane, Nottingham NG11 8NS - UK Direct line +44 (0) 115 848 3364 Fax +44 (0) 115 848 3364 Chair of the 'Diaspora, Migration and Media' section European Communication Research Association - ECREA http://culturalstudiesatntu.blogspot.com/ <http://culturalstudiesatntu.blogspot.com/> 'Hatred does not cease by hatred, hatred ceases only by love' From: announcements-bounces@iamcr.org on behalf of roza tsagarousianou Sent: Fri 13/11/2009 13:38 To: announcements Subject: [IAMCR] Braga 2010 - Diasporas and Media Working Group Call for Papers *Braga 2010 - Diasporas and Media Working Group Call for Papers * The Diasporas and the Media working group is calling for papers for a session of the working group meeting in Braga 2010, to continue to foster research and debate in this exciting new field. Media research and theory has given a great deal of attention over the last three decades to increasing flows of media products and services on a global scale, it has only recently shown interest in the flows of people which the media tend to follow. Migrants, refugees, sojourners, exiles, expatriates and especially diasporas of people who are living outside their actual or imagined homelands form markets for cultural or language-specific programming, both from global and local sources, and generally make use of the media in new and interesting ways. What is more, they often establish new media networks and institutions and engage in the production and distribution of content that reflects their diasporic experiences. This fluid, adaptive relationship of media and people on a global basis has implications for national media and cultures, as we have known them, even for our understanding of the very concept of culture itself. Thus, as the relationship between diasporas and globalization is enhanced and intensified as a result of the transnationalization of the media, processes of reconfiguration of place, space and culture are set in motion which affect everyday life for diasporic communities. Electronic media, old and new, increasingly link producers and audiences across national boundaries, thus fostering the deterritorialization/ reterritorialization of diasporic identities, and challenging and transforming established notions of the nation-state; of tradition, heritage and citizenship; and of modes of belonging. The Working Group aims to bring together interested researchers to discuss these processes and their broader implications, and to present empirical and theoretical work around the following general themes: - the interplay of the transnational & the local in diasporic communications - diasporic communications & the making of diasporic identities - transnational diasporic communication strategies and practices - diasporic audiences & cultural politics - diasporic cultural production & consumption - integration, cultural separatism & hybridity - immigration and the media - diasporic media and their place in the community media landscape *Submission information:* Abstracts should be submitted to the coordinator by 31 January 2010 (papers will be assessed and provisionally accepted on the basis of the abstracts). - Announcement of acceptances: March 15, 2010 Further information about IAMCR and this conference is available on the respective websites: http://iamcr.org/ <http://iamcr.org/> and www.iamcr2010portugal.com <file://www.iamcr2010portugal.com/> . If you are interested in presenting a paper please: - send a message in the first instance to the coordinator - Roza Tsagarousianou (tsagarr@westminster.ac.uk ) mentioning your name(s), institution, and the title of your abstract/paper, so that we know what to expect, and - submit your abstract to the same email address by 31 January 2010. *Abstracts should contain:* - title of paper, - name(s) of author(s) including name of institution, postal address, telephone, fax and e-mail addresses, the paper title and the abstract text (at least 300 but not more than 500 words). _______________________________________________ International Association for Media and Communication Research Announcements mailing list http://iamcr.org <http://iamcr.org/> Follow IAMCR's updates on Twitter at http://twitter.com/IAMCRtweets <http://twitter.com/IAMCRtweets> Or visit IAMCR's Facebook Page at http://www.facebook.com/pages/IAMCR/106828524195 <http://www.facebook.com/pages/IAMCR/106828524195> Regards, Gemma Gemma Moran Research Administrator Research & Graduate School College of Arts, Humanities and Education Clifton Lane Nottingham NG11 8NS 0115 848 3202 This email is intended solely for the addressee. 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