UCLA Call for Papers: "Insisting on Modernity: Visions and Revisions in the Luso-Hispanic World"

UCLA is seeking abstract submissions for its 10th Annual Graduate Student Conference on April 18-19, 2013. This year's topic is "Insisting on Modernity: Visions and Revisions in the Luso-Hispanic World."

Submission Information:

The deadline to submit abstracts is February 20, 2013. For more information, please visit the conference website.

Call for Papers: 15th Annual Chicago Ethnography Conference

The Department of Sociology at the University of Chicago is proud to host the 15th Annual Chicago Ethnography Conference. This is an annual graduate student conference hosted by one of several Chicago-area Sociology departments, including DePaul University, Illinois Institute of Technology, Loyola University, Northern Illinois University, Northwestern University, University of Notre Dame, the University of Chicago, and University of Illinois at Chicago. It provides a venue through which graduate students can share their ethnographic scholarship with one another and get feedback from faculty based in the Chicago area.

This year's conference will be held at International House on the University of Chicago campus on Saturday, March 2, 2013. Students in all academic disciplines are invited to present their original ethnographic research. We take a broad view of ethnographic research. Papers can be based on a variety of ethnographic methods, including but not limited to: field observation, in-depth interviews, focus group interviews, autoethnography, visual ethnography, and other forms of qualitative research. Papers in all substantive areas are welcome. In the past, presentation topics have included culture, class, crime, education, ethnicity, gender, family, globalization, health and illness, immigration, medicine, methodology, performance ethnography, race, religion, sexualities, social movements, technology, urban poverty, and work and employment. The theme of this year's conference is Culture and Subcultures. In addition to the above noted topics, graduate students are encouraged to submit papers that examine the processes, implications, and identities involved with the production and reproduction of culture and subcultures across social space and settings.

The two plenary speakers will be David Grazian and Jeffrey Kidder.

Visit the conference website at http://chicagoethnography2013.wordpress.com/ for additional information and updates about the 15th Annual Chicago Ethnography Conference. 

Submission Guidelines:

To submit papers, please complete the online submission form available on the conference website at http://chicagoethnography2013.wordpress.com/. The online submission form asks for an extended abstract with a minimum of 500 words. It will also ask for keywords.

The deadline for submissions is Monday, January 21, 2013. All presenters will be notified of acceptance by Thursday, January 31, 2013. Participants will be asked to submit their full papers to the conference committee by Monday, February 18th.

Call for Papers: "Explorations in Justice: Gender, Sexuality and Violence"

The Justice & Multiculturalism in the 21st Century Project in the School of Criminal Justice at the University at Albany is seeking abstract submissions for its upcoming Spring Symposium -- Explorations in Justice: Gender, Sexuality and Violence.

The Justice & Multiculturalism in the 21^st Century Project engages scholars, practitioners, and community members in an exploration of the intersections of social justice and criminal justice in a diverse society.  The specific objective of the Spring Symposium is to develop a better understanding of intersections of justice with gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, and/or gender as they pertain to violence and violent victimization.

Scholars, practitioners, and graduate students are invited to submit abstracts for empirical papers in these areas.  Given the limited number of panels, abstracts will be reviewed by a selection committee, and selected authors invited to present their work at the Symposium.  The selection committee will look for high-quality papers that make original contributions to the field.

Submission Information: 

For submission information, please visit the project website.

The São Paulo Symposium Call for Papers

South America’s largest city and the self-proclaimed “modern city” of Brazil, São Paulo is a dynamic site from which to (re)consider a variety of themes important to contemporary scholarship in the humanities, social sciences, and public policy.  This conference brings together disciplinary and regionally diverse scholars to present work that adds to historic, ethnographic, political, literary and artistic understandings of São Paulo as well as addresses how the study of the city reflects and/or challenges broader social, political, and theoretical currents.

Proposals may address the following topics: 

São Paulo within and without theoretical frameworks of the urban and the global
São Paulo's place in Latin American Cultural Studies
Shifting urban imaginaries and identities
Emergent economies, circulations, and social practices
Ideologies of modernity
Urban governance and unmanageability
Public/Private Implosions
Cultural policy and the urban quotidian
Aesthetic practices and symbolic economies in the city

Submission Information:
 
Interested presenters should submit their name, institutional affiliation, and 250-word abstract in either English or Portuguese to spsymposium2013@gmail.com by December 15, 2012.  Brazilian and other international scholars are highly encouraged to participate.

Call for Papers: Second Annual Graduate Student Conference in Latin American and Caribbean Studies

The Indiana University Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS) is proud to host our second CLACS Graduate Student Conference on February 15-16, 2013 on the campus of Indiana University Bloomington. This year’s conference aims to bring together a diverse group of graduate students to facilitate interdisciplinary and inter-institutional cohorts within the field of Latin American Studies. For more on last year’s conference, see our webpage for Latin American Studies in Practice: Theory Beyond the Academy.

This year’s theme, “Shifting Social Landscapes,” encourages participants to consider changes in various social, political, and environmental landscapes. These shifts reframe the context in which citizenship is imagined and enacted, identities are constructed and imbued with meaning, and connections are built, maintained, or destroyed across national, linguistic, or cultural borders.

Organizers welcome submissions from all disciplinary and professional backgrounds including, but not limited to, History, Cultural Studies, Anthropology, Sociology, Political Science, Spanish and Portuguese, Public and Environmental Affairs, Public Health, Business, and Law. Papers may address diverse topics from any Latin American or Caribbean context, but should do so in a way that articulates with this year’s theme.

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Anya Peterson Royce (Chancellor’s Professor of Anthropology and Comparative Literature).

Submission Information:

Submissions must include a title, an abstract (300 word maximum) and CV and must be received by November 16, 2012. Papers will be grouped thematically in panel discussions and each panel will be moderated by an IU faculty member.

Call for Papers Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers

The Indiana University Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS) is proud to host our second CLACS Graduate Student Conference on February 15-16, 2013 on the campus of Indiana University Bloomington. This year’s conference aims to bring together a diverse group of graduate students to facilitate interdisciplinary and inter-institutional cohorts within the field of Latin American Studies. For more on last year’s conference, see our webpage for Latin American Studies in Practice: Theory Beyond the Academy.

This year’s theme, “Shifting Social Landscapes,” encourages participants to consider changes in various social, political, and environmental landscapes. These shifts reframe the context in which citizenship is imagined and enacted, identities are constructed and imbued with meaning, and connections are built, maintained, or destroyed across national, linguistic, or cultural borders.

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Anya Peterson Royce (Chancellor’s Professor of Anthropology and Comparative Literature).

Conference and Submission Information:

Submissions must include a title, an abstract (300 word maximum) and CV and must be received by November 16, 2012. Papers will be grouped thematically in panel discussions and each panel will be moderated by an IU faculty member.

Please download the proposal form, and send all documents as attachments in a single email to CLACS at clacs@indiana.edu. with the subject line “CLACS Graduate Student Conference 2013.” All applicants will be notified regarding acceptance and panel assignment no later than December 7, 2012.

Northwestern Black Graduate Student Association 16th Annual Conference Registration Open & Call for Abstracts

Northwestern University

Black Graduate Student Association presents…

Engaging Multiple Publics:

Envisioning Our Work as Holistic Scholarship

April 20-21, 2012

Hilton Garden Inn Hotel

Evanston, IL

Call for Abstracts (Deadline March 1^st) ● Registration Open

Registration RSVP: www.northwestern16thannualbgsaconference.eventbrite.com

Submit abstracts via: bit.ly/2012BGSAConferenceAbstractSubmission

**Registration is FREE**

Engaging Multiple Publics promotes scholarship pertinent to both academia and the Black community. As Black scholars, our work is often grouped into the separate categories of "scholarship," "community service," and/or "personal practices." Whether or not we ascribe to the idea of a cohesive “Black community” or “ideology,” there is a constant struggle to be accountable to ourselves, our academic community, and our “people.” Holistic Scholarship is an approach to thinking-through the ways in which our work can fundamentally and practically bridge the multiple discourses that comprise our day-to-day lives.

Engaging Multiple Publics is a space for scholars from the humanities, natural and social sciences, business, law and medical sectors to critically engage with issues as variant as social justice, environmental law, identity performance, and biochemical discoveries. We posit that by challenging each other, strategizing, and co-witnessing our attempts to bridge our multiple worlds, communities, and publics, we might in fact save the future of our scholarship, each other, and ourselves. We invite work from any discipline that productively responds to the theme of the conference.

** Abstracts should be no longer than 250 words and submitted to by March 1, 2012 in order to be considered.

**All artists interested in exhibiting should submit slides, sketches, or samples of previous work in addition to the abstract detailing how the proposed-entry incorporates or reflects the conference theme.

Call for Papers - "Engendering Change: 2nd Annual Chicago Area Graduate Gender/Sexualities Conference"

The University of Chicago, Northwestern University, and the University of Illinois-Chicago are proud to announce the second annual Engendering Change graduate student gender conference. This year's conference is titled, "Engendering Change: The Second Annual Chicago Area Graduate Gender/Sexualities Conference." The conference will take place at the University of Chicago on April 27^th and 28^th, 2012. All participants are invited to attend a free, public lecture on the afternoon of Thursday, April 26^th by Gayle Rubin (University of Michigan). Friday and Saturday will be a mixture of faculty-moderated graduate scholarship panels, and topical panel discussions/workshops

Direct any questions to: Katie Hendricks at kahen@uchicago.edu

Submission Guidelines and Deadlines:

The conference is open to graduate students and postdoctoral scholars in any field who are working on research related to the study of gender/genders and sexualities broadly defined. The deadline for submission is 5pm (CST) on February 15, 2012. To submit, please send an abstract of no more than 300 words, title, and email address to:  Katie Hendricks at kahen@uchicago.edu. ** PLEASE PUT “ENGENDERING CHANGE” IN THE SUBJECT LINE OF THE EMAIL**

Conference Date and Location:

April 26, 2012 - Public lecture by Gayle Rubin
April 27 - 28, 2012 - Conference

Call for Proposals - Crossing Lines: Praxis in Mixed Race/Space Studies

Call for Proposals - Deadline: January 15, 2012

In traditional Ethnic Studies, mixed race scholarship has often been marginalized, misappropriated, tokenized or simply left out. In order to allow for a collaborative environment given the need for more critical scholarship on the experiences of mixed race people, in Fall 2009, a group of graduate students at UC Berkeley formed the inter-disciplinary working group at the Center for Race Gender, Transnational Mixed Asians In-Between Spaces (TMABS). The goal of the working group is to to create a safe space for scholars to discuss issues of mixed race identity and also to provide a venue for those doing work in this area to present developing ideas and projects.

In Spring 2012, we will host our inaugural conference entitled, “Crossing Lines: Praxis in Mixed Race/Space Studies.” The conference will take place March 16-17th at the UC Berkeley campus and will include panels, film screenings, poetry performances and an art exhibit. We are currently seeking submissions that are of any of the following genres: academic papers, art work, poetry and/or film and that address the theme of emerging and future discourses in mixed race studies. For those submitting papers, abstracts should be 300 words or less and be accompanied by a short bio. Individual paper and panel proposals are to be submitted online here.

All proposals need to be submitted by January 15th, 2012, 11:59 pm PST.

Presenters may be faculty, scholars/researchers, graduate and undergraduate students and although we encourage submissions from all individuals who do work on this topic, we especially welcome participants who self-identify as mixed race or mixed culture.

Co-Sponsored by the UC Berkeley Center for Race and Gender and Ethnic Studies Department.

American Association of Blacks in Higher Education Call for Proposals

The American Assciation of Blacks in Higher Education (AABHE) is please to announce the AABHE 2012 Call for Proposals. The 2012 AABHE National Conference theme is "Healthy Communities through Access, Education, Research and Collaboration".

For additional information on the organization visit the website at http://www.blacksinhighered.org/ for additional conference information go to http://www.blacksinhighered.org/?page=2012CallforPropos. Should you have any questions, please feel free to contact Jacqueline Gardner jgardner@mmc.edu or Odelete Nance onance@goshen.edu

Asian American Center for Advancing Justice 2011 Conference

The 2011 Advancing Justice Conference will be held in beautiful San Francisco, California on October 27-28, 2011. This year's conference will be paying tribute to the rich history of activism that makes the Bay Area such a special place for all communities, but especially Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. Registration is now open! This year, the Asian Law Caucus, a member of the Asian American Center for Advancing Justice, will be this year's local host for the conference.

This year's conference will include exciting and diverse workshops on:

• Civil and Human Rights
• Capacity Building
• Youth Leadership & Community Organizing
• Immigrant Integration & Civic Participation

There will also be a five engaging plenary sessions focusing on veteran Asian American activists, emerging geographic Asian American communities, social entrepeneurship, Pacific Islanders, and cross-racial alliance building.

The Advancing Justice conference will be an exciting opportunity to discuss the pressing immigrant and civil rights issues of today and to network with peers. We hope that you will join us on October 27-28 here in San Francisco.

Travel Stipends & Scholarships Available! A limited number of scholarships & travel stipends are available to conference participants. Factors taken into consideration include financial need, geography, ethnic diversity, and area of expertise. Apply for a stipend here.


Submission Guidelines and Deadlines:

The deadline to apply is 5 pm PST on Friday, August 21, 2011. Applicants will be notified by Monday, August 31, 2011.


Conference Date and Location:

October 27-28, 2011
Hotel Kabuki
1625 Post Street
San Francisco, CA 94115

Call for papers : ''Women and Literature''

Asian Women, an interdisciplinary and cross-cultural journal, published in English by the Research Institute of Asian Women at Sookmyung Women's university, Seoul, Korea, seeks submissions, slated for publication, about recent gender issues such as

• Women and welfare; Women's rights; Eco-feminism; Women''s health; Women & bio-technology; Women and history; Men's studies; And other relevant themes in gender studies.

For more information:

• Visit the website, http://riaw.sookmyung.ac.kr, or
• Contact the Research Institute of Asian Women, Sookmyung Women’s University, Tel: +82-2-710-9082, Fax: +82-2-710-9006, E-mail: asianfem@sm.ac.kr.

Submission Information:

• Manuscripts should be submitted electronically to asianfem@sm.ac.kr,
• Manuscripts should be in Microsoft Word format.
• Submissions are considered for publication only on the understanding that they have not been published previously, that they are not currently under consideration elsewhere for publication, and that any previous form of publication and any current consideration (for publication), in English and other languages, are disclosed.

General Format for submissions:

1. APA (American Psychological Association) style
2. Manuscripts (around 25 pages) should be typed on one side of the paper, double-spaced, 12 point font on standard-sized paper (A4 paper) with margins of 1 inch on all sides.
3. Because the review process is anonymous, the author’s name and all materials that identify author to the reviewer should be removed from the manuscript and appear only on a separate title page.
4. A separate title page should include the title of the article, the author’s name, institutional affiliation, complete mailing address, e-mail address and the author’s telephone number.
5. An abstract of no more than 300 words must be supplied with the article, and a list of 4-5 keywords must be provided directly below the abstract.
6. The abstract and keywords should be typed on a separate sheet of paper.
7. A brief biographical note describing the author’s research interests and recent publications is to be typed on a separate sheet.

Call for Papers - "Africa Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow"

The African Students' Association extends an invitation to students, scholars, professionals, non-governmental organizations and community members interested in all aspects of African development to this maiden conference on February 10-11, 2012. The title of the conference is "Africa Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow: Exploring the Multi-dimensional Discourses on 'Development.'"

The aim of the conference is to discuss the complexity of Africa’s development from a multi-disciplinary standpoint, against the backdrop that whatever idea of ‘development’ there is transcends solely the economic, political, cultural, social, and infrastructural, but certainly does include all these aspects and more. They are interested in papers that target development dynamics in specific African countries; examine the continent’s external relations broadly; rethink predominant ideas on development, or engage in critical examination of concepts and practices that have maintained hegemonic positions in the discussions of Africa’s development.

For more information, please contact afsa09@ualberta.ca or phone: +1780-222-7280.

Submission Guidelines and Deadlines:

Abstracts (one-page maximum) should target (but not limited to) the following sub-themes:

• Security, peace and conflict
• Democracy and governance
• International economic relations (foreign aid, FDI, mining, south-south cooperation)
• Human development (health, education, water management, sustainability)
• Citizenship and Identity
• The role of the African Diaspora in development

Abstracts and/or proposals for panels should be emailed to afsa09@ualberta.ca by June 15, 2011. They should be accompanied by a short bio of the intended presenter(s) or author(s). Decisions on selected papers will be sent out by mid-September 2011.

Conference Date and Location:

February 10-11, 2012

University of Alberta

MGSA "Eyes on the Mosaic" Graduate Student Conference

The University of Chicago Minority Graduate Student Association presents our Eighteenth Annual "Eyes on the Mosaic" Graduate Student Conference

Theorizing Race: An Interdisciplinary Exploration of Race and Ethnicity

Keynote Speaker: TBA

Saturday, May 21, 2011

Call for Papers/Films/Artwork
Deadline for Abstract/Film Submission: April 4, 2011

The University of Chicago Minority Graduate Student Association invites you to participate in the Eighteenth Annual "Eyes on the Mosaic" Graduate Student Conference to be held on Saturday May 21, 2011. This conference will allow graduate students to present work that uses race as an analytical framework and/or understands race as a primary organizing factor in the social world. As a whole the conference is designed to provide graduate students the opportunity to present original research that examines the ways in we should think about race in literature, film, art, recorded histories, public policy, legal and medical knowledge, immigration, interracial interactions, and other day-to-day experiences. As race is not a category that people experience in isolation, proposal submissions can also examine how race intersects with other constructs like gender, class, sexuality, nationality, and religion. Moreover, we encourage submissions that examine race through an interdisciplinary lens, and may be theoretically or empirically based.

Call for Papers: Race & Immigration in the American City. Deadline Friday, March 25, 2011

Theme:
“Race and Immigration in the American City:
New Perspectives on 21st century Intergroup Relations”

University of Chicago
Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture

Conference Date:
May 20, 2011

Keynote speaker:
Professor Jennifer Lee, Sociology Dept., University of California, Irvine.

“Race and Immigration in the American City” seeks to explore themes of intergroup dynamics within multi-racial and multi-ethnic contexts across a range of urban arenas. As the post-1964 immigration wave has transformed the face of American cities, these new polyglot demographics introduce new forms, experiences, and dynamics of intergroup relations. How newcomers “fit into” contemporary contexts of urban daily life, how current residents receive them, and how structural factors may influence these encounters prompt a number of avenues of analytic examination that help shed light on our contemporary experience of race and immigration in the American city.

Conference papers might explore:

• Other dimensions of difference that mediate race and nativity, such as gender or class;
  
• the ways in which new configurations of racial and ethnic inequality have emerged in multiracial contexts;
  
• The ways in which new arrivals and/or prior residents adapt, contest, and reshape the experience of “race” in America;
  
• New forms of collaboration between groups; the persistence or shift in the “color line” given the ethnoracial diversity of contemporary urban demographics.
  

Substantively, they are interested in any number of topics that examine the contemporary urban condition such as employment, housing, neighborhood change, local politics, and socialmobilization. Methodologically, the conference will emphasize comparative
rather than group-specific research.

Paper proposals of two (2) pages maximum, plus a two (2) page curriculum vitae should be sent to Virginia Parks vparks@uchicago.edu and Ramón Gutiérrez rgutierrez@uchicago.edu by Friday, March 25, 2011.

Graduate Student and Postdoc Fellowships and Publication Opportunities

William Randolph Hearst Endowed Fellowship for Minority Students


Description:

The Aspen Institute Program on Philanthropy and Social Innovation (PSI) in Washington, DC, offers the William Randolph Hearst Endowed Fellowship three times annually. The fellowship, which is based on academic excellence and need, is open to both undergraduate and graduate students of color. The Hearst Fellow serves as an intern with PSI. Through this fellowship, PSI seeks to introduce a diverse group of students to issues and challenges affecting philanthropy, social enterprise, nonprofit organizations, and other actors in the social sector. Recipients may arrange with their colleges or universities to receive academic credit for this experience. Fo more information, visit: http://www.aspeninstitute.org/policy-work/nonprofit-philanthropy/leadership-initiatives/hearst

Eligibility:

Undergraduate and graduate students of color

Application Information:

Deadline: Tuesday, March 15.



Sentience Literary and Arts Journal

Description:

After a one year hiatus, the Pritzker School of Medicine is once again calling for writing, art, graphic design, music, and any other forms of art that we can proudly display in the 2011 edition of the Sentience Arts Journal! Electronic copies can be emailed to pritzker.sentience@gmail; this address can also be used to ask any questions about submissions. Our website can be viewed (along with the 2009 edition of the magazine) at http://sentience.uchicago.edu/. Thanks for your interest, and we hope to see a variety of submissions from graduate students of many different backgrounds!

Application Information:

Deadline: April 1.



Harper Dissertation Fellowships

Description: Harper Fellows are nominated by their academic division (Biological Sciences, Physical Sciences, Divinity School, Humanities and Social Sciences), and provide tuition and stipend support for students completing their dissertation in the next year. If you are interested in being nominated, please speak to your Dean of Students.

Deadline(s): April, varies by division



Pathways to Science

Description:

With a variety of deadlines and programs, Pathways to Science offers many opportunities for students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields to apply for financial support, including summer research funding: http://www.pathwaystoscience.org/Grad.asp. For postdoc information, see: http://www.pathwaystoscience.org/Postdocs_portal.asp.

Eligibility:

Graduate students and postdocs.

Application Information:

Varies - see site for details.



NASA fellowships, Internships and Grants

Description:

Opportunities for both US citizens and international students. Please see  http://intern.nasa.gov for more information.

Eligibility:

Graduate students

Application Information:

Varies - see site for details.

Call for Paper: Race & Immigration in the American City

University of Chicago
Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture

“Race and Immigration in the American City:
New Perspectives on 21st century Intergroup Relations”

Conference Date: May 20, 2011
Proposal Submittion Deadline: March 25, 2011

The Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture at the University of Chicago solicits paper proposals for a day-long conference to be held on the Chicago campus on May 20, 2011, on “Race and Immigration in the American City: New Perspectives on 21st century Intergroup Relations.”

The keynote speaker will be Professor Jennifer Lee of the sociology department at the University of California, Irvine.

“Race and Immigration in the American City” seeks to explore themes of intergroup dynamics within multi-racial and multi-ethnic contexts across a range of urban arenas. Of particular interest are the dynamics that play out between African Americans and Latinos.

Conference papers might explore:

• Other dimensions of difference that mediate race and nativity, such as gender or class;
  
• The ways in which new configurations of racial and ethnic inequality have emerged in multiracial contexts;
• The ways in which new arrivals and/or prior residents adapt, contest, and reshape the experience of “race” in America;
  
• New forms of collaboration between groups;
• The persistence or shift in the “color line” given the ethnoracial diversity of contemporary urban demographics.
  

Substantively, they are interested in any number of topics that examine the contemporary urban condition such as

• Employment
• Housing
• Neighborhood change
• Local politics
• Social mobilization.
  

Methodologically, the conference will emphasize comparative rather than group-specific research.

Paper proposals of two (2) pages maximum, plus a two (2) page curriculum vitae should be sent to Virginia Parks vparks@uchicago.edu and Ramón Gutiérrez rgutierrez@uchicago.edu by Friday, March 25, 2011.

Call for Papers - Asian American Movement Activism

The University of Michigan Asian/Pacific Islander American Studies Program in conjunction with co-sponsoring units at Michigan and support from the CIC and the Asian American Studies Program of Ohio State University invite applications from students for travel grants to present at a conference titled, “Out of the Margins: Asian American Movement Building.”

This major event will provide a unique gathering point for scholars and activists from the Midwest and beyond. We will discuss the history of Asian American activism, contemporary sites of struggle, and strategies for movement building.

Invited speakers include leading figures from diverse intellectual backgrounds and Asian American community organizations. Sub-themes to be addressed include: transnational perspectives on movement building; youth organizing; cultural activism; immigrant rights; revolutionary theory; and the relationship between scholarship and activism.

Awards: Up to $1,000 in travel grants will be awarded in total.

Eligibility: Graduate and undergraduate students from CIC universities.

Deadline: Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis beginning February 13, 2011 and will close as soon as space on the program is filled.

Northwestern University BGSA 15th Annual Research Conference

Radical Ecology: Black Technologies of Innovation and Intervention
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL

April 8-9, 2011

Call for Abstracts!! Registration Open!!

**Registration is FREE**

Radical Ecology will foster a network of scholars who will all contribute, in their distinctive ways, to the ecology of black scholarship. We want Radical Ecology’s presenters to tackle a myriad of issues ranging from social justice to environmental law to identity performance to biochemical discoveries, illustrating cutting edge research and practices that illuminate areas of overlap between our respective disciplines. All scholars of all disciplines are encouraged to apply, especially (but not limited to) visual, textual and performance artists. An exhibition of visual work will take place on Conference Day (Saturday, April 9th).**

Radical Ecology is a space to highlight the scholarly pursuits of students of color representing the humanities, natural and social sciences, and even the business, law and medical sectors. Students, Faculty and Staff will critically engage each other in a day of presentations, attend workshops for professional development, and take advantage of an invaluable opportunity to network with a distinguished and award-winning group of faculty and students.

**All artists interested in exhibiting should submit slides, sketches, or samples of previous work in addition to the abstract detailing how the proposed-entry incorporates or reflects the conference theme.

Conference Highlights:
Keynote speaker: Imani Perry, Princeton University
• Networking Luncheon with Northwestern's Faculty & Staff
• Free Hotel Stay for Out-Of-State Conference Presenters
• Professional Development Mini-Workshops
• An opportunity to network with some of the best scholars you'll ever meet!

Courtney J. Patterson, Co-Chair • courtnej@u.northwestern.edu
Kimberly A. Singletary, Co-Chair • kimberlysingletary2008@u.northwestern.edu

Graduate Students Fellowships, Internships, Publication Opportunities

1. University of Southern California’s Provost’s Postdoctoral Scholars Program in the Humanities
Deadline: February 1, 2011

Appointments are for 2 years, with a start date of August 15, 2011. Provost’s scholars will teach three courses over four semesters, with one semester free for full-time research. They are expected to reside in the Los Angeles area during the academic year and to participate in the scholarly life of the host department and the university through seminars and other scholarly activities. The salary is $50,000 per year plus fringe benefits, with a research and travel account of $6,000 per year.

Candidates may choose one of the following programs as their proposed host department: American Studies, Art History, Classics, Comparative Literature, Critical Studies (Cinema), East Asian Languages and Cultures, English, French, History, Linguistics, Musicology, Philosophy, Slavic Languages and Literatures, and Spanish and Portuguese. Candidates must have received the Ph.D. no earlier than July 1, 2007 and must have the degree in hand by July 1, 2011. The program expects to make five to eight postdoctoral awards per year.

Application guidelines are available at the program website. Inquiries about the USC Provost’s Postdoctoral Scholars Program in the Humanities should be directed to Vice Provost Sarah Pratt at vpgp@usc.edu.

2. National Security Education Program David L. Boren Fellowships.
Deadline: February 1, 2011

Boren Fellowships support graduate level research and study of less commonly taught languages. Applicants must be US citizens enrolled in a degree-granting Masters or Doctoral program. Fellowships offer $12,000 - $30,000, depending on length of time and whether project is domestic or overseas. Boren Fellowships are a fantastic opportunity for dissertation fieldwork support, as well as gap-year funding for MA students, or those interested in government service. Service agreement of 12 – 24 months required for all fellows. For more information visit: http://borenawards.org. On campus, contact Meghan Hammond (mrhammond@uchicago.edu) in Graduate Student Affairs to schedule a one-on-one advising session.

3. Diversifying Faculty in Illinois Fellowships.
Deadline: February 11, 2011

The Diversifying Faculty in Illinois Fellowship application for the 2011-2012 academic year is now available online at this link: http://www.ibhe.org/DFI/application.htm. If a student plans on applying they should confirm with rrios@uchicago.edu via email to receive the application code necessary to complete the required online application. The application deadline for the University of Chicago is February 11, 2011. All materials should be submitted to Ronnie Rios at 5710 S. Woodlawn Ave. before the building closes at 11 p.m.. For more information, please visit the IBHE website listed above, or contact Ronnie Rios in OMSA (rrios@uchicago.edu).

4. Graduate Fellowships & Postdoc Postings for STEM Fields

With a variety of deadlines and programs, Pathways to Science offers many opportunities for students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields to apply for financial support, including summer research funding: http://www.pathwaystoscience.org/Grad.asp. For postdoc information, see: http://www.pathwaystoscience.org/Postdocs_portal.asp.

5. NASA Fellowships, Internships, and Grants for Grad Students

Opportunities for both US citizens and international students. http://intern.nasa.gov