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Barcelona. Livable CitiesLa-Salle - Universitat Ramon LlullEvent Date: July 16-18, 2025Abstract Date: July 25, 2024Conference call:Barcelona is a place of contradictions. It is seen as one of the world’s most livable cities. Ranked particularly high for its renowned cultural scene, lifestyle, architecture, outdoor parks and beaches, it is also Europe’s third most progressive city for start-ups. However, it is also a city that suffers from unaffordable housing, unemployment, noise pollution and over density. It has a high cost of living and has experienced massive gentrification. Using Barcelona as an example of cities internationally, this conference welcomes contributions from across the social sciences. Attempting to understand the social complexity of how we live in cities, the conference aims to shed light on what makes the places we inhabit ‘livable’, or not.
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Lisbon. Livable CitiesInstituto Universitário de LisboaEvent Date: July 9-11, 2025Abstract Date: July 25, 2024Conference call:Lisbon, the capital of Portugal has increasingly become a ‘mecca’ for European expats wishing to relocate. Attracted by sun, beaches, food, culture and a low cost of living, it has been ranked as the world’s third most livable city for foreigners. Inevitably, the results of this have been varied. Seen as a boost to the local economy, it also adds to property prices. It places strain on public services and is criticized repeatedly from a sustainability standpoint. As part of the 2025 Livable Cities Series, this conference takes Lisbon as an example case and examines cities the world over through the multidisciplinary lens of ‘livability’.
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Princeton University Postdoctoral FellowshipsThe Princeton Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts, an interdisciplinary group of scholars in the humanities and social sciences, invites applications for the 2025-2028 fellowship competition. The following fellowships are to be awarded: - Two or three Open Fellowships in any discipline represented in the Society- One Fellowship in Humanistic Studies- One Fellowship in LGBT StudiesFor more information and the online application please visit our website. The application deadline is August 6, 2024. Any inquiries should please be sent to fellows@princeton.edu.
2024 Internship Opportunities at the Academy for Cultural Diplomacy in BerlinThe Academy for Cultural Diplomacy Internship Project (2020-25) is a 5-year program with the main purpose to enable students who need an internship as a compulsory part of their BA, MA or other graduate studies to engage in cultural diplomacy and in doing so, to further promote cultural diplomacy and multiculturalism worldwide.The positioning of the Academy for Cultural Diplomacy in the centre of Europe, made it a natural hub for the younger generation and indeed, the past years projects have been witnessed to interns being active participants in the multicultural field, where lasting friendships were formed and valuable contacts made, which immediately expanded each individual’s network to all parts of the world.The diverse multicultural environment provides an excellent framework for Cultural Diplomacy to be practiced on a daily basis within the office as well as outside of the office. One of the main privileges affords by the project is to work in a young, interdisciplinary and international environment, which serves as a model of successful multiculturalism in practice. The experience of learning to work together in a multicultural and international organizational environment is a rare, unique and a rewarding common experience.Applications are accepted on a rolling basis for full-time internships. The internships are full time and last 2 months or longer. The ICD Academy provides interns with monthly Scholarship for the duration of their internship of 500 Euro per month.The Academy for Cultural Diplomacy invites applications from individuals who are coming from the following fields:- International Relations & Politics- History & Philosophy- Language & Literature- Marketing & Business- Communication & Journalism- Film & Photography- Arts & CultureApply here
Memorial University, Department of SociologyTenure-Track Assistant Professor The Department of Sociology invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in the area of Criminology. The position will commence on January 1, 2025 (negotiable) on the St. John’s, NL campus. Candidates must hold a PhD (or be ABD and be nearing/have a date set for the completion of a PhD) in a relevant discipline (e.g., Criminology, Sociology) and be able to teach theories of criminology and deviance. The area of specialization is open. All applicants should include a statement in their covering letter explaining how they see their areas of expertise as enhancing, interacting with, or adding to the capacity of the department.You can view the full job advertisement here.
Reed College, Department of AnthropologyTenure-Track Position in Sociocultural AnthropologyREED COLLEGE Department of Anthropology invites applications for a tenure-track position in sociocultural anthropology to commence August 2024. The appointment will likely be made at the rank of Assistant Professor, but more senior applicants are also encouraged to apply. We seek a teacher-scholar with research and teaching specialization in the Indigenous Americas. The position is attached to an endowed chair, the Ruth C. Greenberg Chair of American Indian Studies, which will be awarded in the event of tenure. We welcome a colleague whose research combines situated ethnographic and historical investigation and experience in relevant field language(s) with a macroscopic scale of inquiry. Theoretical expertise should include both contemporary approaches and broader historical contexts of the discipline and of Western social thought. Topical specialization open but we especially welcome applications from candidates whose research addresses some subset of the following: archaeology, gender and sexuality, linguistic anthropology, politics of indigeneity, settler colonialism, kinship and relatedness, history and/of anthropology, material culture, museum anthropology, or legal anthropology. Ongoing collaborations with contemporary Indigenous communities expected. Ph.D or ABD required.Reed is on the semester system with a teaching load of five courses per year. In addition, faculty supervise year-long senior theses, required of all Reed graduates. Reed College is a community in which cultural diversity is deemed to be essential to the excellence of our academic program. In your application materials, in addition to discussing your research and teaching, we welcome a description of how, as a scholar, teacher, or community member, you would contribute to interdisciplinary curricular initiatives in Native and Indigenous Studies on campus, as well as how you would engage and sustain the commitment to diversity and inclusion articulated in Reed College's Diversity Statement. Please submit a cover letter outlining your research and teaching interests and experience, a CV, and names of three references to Professor Charlene Makley, Chair, Anthropology Search Committee, at [interfolio URL] by October 18, 2024. Preliminary interviews will be conducted on Zoom. For further information, please contact [anthro.search@reed.edu]. An Equal Opportunity Employer, Reed values diversity and encourages applications from underrepresented groups.
University of TorontoSessional Lecturer - ANT332H5F - Human Origins I: Early Ancestors to HomoCourse Description: What does it mean to be human? Paleoanthropologists address this question by using fossil evidence to piece together our evolutionary history. Who we are today is a product of our biological and geological past. We will begin this quest by looking at ourselves as primates, and then we will traverse back through time to study primate origins, evolution, adaptations, and behaviour until we reach our genus, Homo.Session: September 1, 2024 – December 31, 2024Lectures: Thursday 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM (in person)Practicals: Thursdays 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM, and 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM (in person)Estimated Course Enrolment: 50Estimated TA Support: Up to 160 hours (total number of assigned hours is dependent on course enrolment and course approvals) Salary:
Application instructions: 1. Apply online from the Anthropology website.2. Email your CV to carolyn.loos@utoronto.ca by July, 15, 2024 at 11:59pm.Both requirements are necessary to be considered. Questions can be directed to Carolyn Loos, Department Manager, at the above email.