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CfP: „Beyond the 49th Parallel: Canada and the North – Issues and Challenges“

7th Triennial International Conference of the Central European Association of Canadian Studies
9 – 10 October, 2015, Zagreb (Croatia)

Organizing Committee of the Croatian-Canadian Academic Society: Vanja Polić, Evaine Le Calve–Ivičević and Marija Paprašarovski from the University of Zagreb

As a geographical notion, “the North” can be used to indicate any or all locations in the northern hemisphere, from the equator to the North Pole. In relation to the United States, all of Canada can be seen as “the North”. But within Canada there is a whole range of different “Norths”, both historically and at present: the “Pays d’en Haut” of the voyageurs, the old Northwest, today’s camping and cottage country “up north”, the northern regions of many of the provinces (differing across the country), the northern territories (Yukon, the Northwest Territories, Nunavut), the Far North. Each of these reflects a different kind of “nordicity”, to use Canadian geographer LouisEdmond Hamelin’s now widely adopted term.

Beyond geography, “the North” is also a concept, one that encompasses a broad range of meanings and symbolic values. It is an imagined space as well as a space for the imaginary, a space of myth as well as a space shaped by myth, by turns cruel and ennobling, enigmatic and inspiring, powerful and fragile. The country’s “northerness” is often viewed as one of its
distinguishing features, a vital element in the Canadian identity – even when “the North” in this case may mean only the non-urban part of Canada north of the thin populated band hugging the border with the United States. It is also a source of pride – “the true North, strong and free” – and, increasingly, in an era of climate change, a challenge. Canada’s imagined and real Norths have been literary and cultural obsessions for centuries.

The aim of this conference is to explore both the literal and the imaginative aspects of the relationship between Canada and “the North” – geographical, economic, literary, linguistic, cultural, social, political, diplomatic, environmental. We seek submissions from all disciplines that deal with Canada and Canadian Studies.

The topics may include but are NOT limited to:
– the North and its representations: real and imaginary territory
– the North in Canadian literature: nordicity and its varieties
– First Nations artwork and literature
– the symbolic North in Canadian culture: hockey, curling, winter carnivals, canoes
– living in the North: Aboriginal communities, the life and survival of traditional cultures, demography and development of local communities, social problems
– North and South: Canada as America’s “North”, southern Canada and its “North”
– decision-making in the North: the roles of federal, provincial and territorial governments and of local administration
– the North and economic questions: exploitation of resources, gas and oil exploration, tourism
– the North and the international community: defense of Canadian sovereignty, the Arctic Council

The Croatian-Canadian Academic Society welcomes proposals for twenty-minute presentations in the field of Canadian Studies. Accepted are paper proposals in English and French. Abstracts of between 150 and 250 words + a brief CV (150 words) should be submitted via the Paper Proposal Submission Form, which is to be found on the conference website. This must be sent by 10 June 2015 to the conference e-mail zagreb2015conference@gmail.com. Notification of acceptance of paper by 15 June 2015.

Click here for the Conference Website and fore more information on the Call of Papers and the Paper Proposal Submission form: Zagreb 2015

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Job Offering: Assistant Researcher/Professor for Postcolonial Literary and Cultural Studies

The University of Bremen invites application for the position as Assistant Researcher/Professor within the field of Postcolonial Literary and Cultural Studies
(starting as soon as possible, limited until 31 October 2017 with the option of renewal)

Research Responsibilities:

  • personal further qualification (completion of a qualification project)
  • as well as supportive and proactive participation
  • in the development and coordination of research projects
  • in the organisation of guest lectures, conferences and other academic activities
  • in the expansion of international research contacts
  • in the acquisition of third-party funds

Teaching Responsibilities:

  • independent teaching of seminars (2 seminars) in the field named above
  • mentoring of seminar papers and examination theses in the Bachelor and Master programs of this faculty

Responsibilities in Academic Administration:

  • participation in the management of Bachelor and Master programs
  • committee work
  • participation in the further development of Bachelor and Master programs

Requirements for employment:

  • Master’s degree (or equivalent) in the fields of English, American or Anglophone Postcolonial Studies
  • if possible, PhD degree in the fields of English, American or Anglophone Postcolonial Studies
  • research focus in the field of Anglophone Postcolonial Studies (preferably in African Diaspora Studies or related research fields), in transnationality studies and latest culture theories
  • pedagogical suitability.

The University of Bremen follows a diversity strategy. It strives to increase the number of women in the academy and strongly encourages applications from suitably qualified female candidates. International applications and applications of academics with a migration background are explicitly welcome. Disabled persons with the same professional and personal qualifications will be given preference.

Please send your application including the usual documents (CV, certificates, teaching portfolio, list of publications [publications only on request], exposé of research project and, if applicable, of completed research projects) by June 15, 2015, citing the above-mentioned reference number, to:

Universität Bremen, Fachbereich 10, Prof. Dr. Kerstin Knopf, Postfach 330 440, 28334 Bremen.

Please send only copies of your application documents (no folders) as they cannot be sent back for financial reasons. Upon conclusion of the selection process these documents will be destroyed.

For further information please visit Job Vacancies at the University of Bremen or contact:

Prof. Dr. Kerstin Knopf
FB 10 – Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaften
Universität Bremen
E-mail: kknopf(at)uni-bremen.de.

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CfP: „L.M. Montgomery and Gender“

12th Biennial Conference, 23-26 June 2016, University of Prince Edward Island (CA)

From Anne’s initial iconic and heartrending cry in Anne of Green Gables – „You don’t want me because I’m not a boy“ – to the pressure on young men to join the war effort in Rilla of Ingleside, and from the houseful of supportive co-eds in Anne of the Island to the tyrannical grandmother in Jane of Lantern Hill, Lucy maud Montogmery’s work highlights gender roles: how formative and deterministic they seem, and yet mutable they may be. Much Montgomery criticism of the past several decades has regarded her work from a feminist and gender studies perspective.

Given that Canada is fast approaching the centenary of women’s suffrage in the province of Manitoba (1916) and nationally (1918), the twelfth biennial conference hosted by the L.M. Montgomery INstitute at the University of Prince Edward Island, which will take place 23-26 June 2016, invites proposals for papers that re-consider the role of gender in L.M. Montgomery’s work, broadly defined: her fiction, poetry, life writing, letters, photographs, and scrapbooks, as well as the myriad adaptations and spinoffs in film, television, theatre, tourism, and social media. To what degree do Montgomery’s works, or works inspired by her, challenge or re-entrench normative gender roles? Do her works envision new possibilities for girls and women, boys and men? Or, is our contemporary fascination with her world, in part, nostalgia for what people imagine to be the more cleary-defined gender roles of a bygone era?

Engaging the rich scholarship of the past, possible topics might examine the intersection of gender with:

  • sexual identity, queerness, bachelor- and spinsterhood, and/or heterosexual romance;
  • friendship of all kinds; relationships with personal and professional acquaintances;
  • geographic, cultural, linguistic, racial, or ethnic identities, such asa Scottishness;
  • voting and politics; careers and/or education for women (or men); domesticity;
  • levels of ability and mobility;
  • childhood, particularly orphanhood;
  • mental and/or physical illness, addiction, and/or failing health

Plese submit proposals of 250-300 words, a CV that includes education, position, publications, and presentations, and a list of A/V requirements by 15 August 2015 by using the online form at the L.M. Montgomery Institute website: http://www.lmmontgomery.ca
Abstracts should not only clearly articulate a strong argument but they should also situate that argument in the context of previous Montgomery scholarship.

Any questions or requests for further information can be directed to the conference co-chairs Dr. Andrea McKenzie (acmcken@gmail.com) and/or Dr. Laura Robinson (Laura.Robinson@rmc.ca).

 

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Symposium: „The UN at 70: A Canadian Perspective“

Symposium, June 12 2015, McMaster University, Hamilton (CA)

In 1970, to mark the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations, Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau addressed the House of Commons and told those in attendance: „Canada has consistently sought, within the measure of her resources and influence, to strengthen the UN’s institutions in the service of peace and the improvement of quality of life for all … it is timely to pledge this government and the people of Canada to continuing support for the UN as the best hope we have that the grave challenges facing Canada and the world can be met.“ As we approach the 70th anniversary of what was a remarkable achievement in international cooperation, the attitude of the Canadian government towards the UN seems drastically different. A greater emphasis has been placed on Canada’s part in NATO, the G8, and even the British Commonwealth of late. Yet, according to recent polls, Canadians continue to regard UN peacekeeping as the most important international action this country undertakes. This provides some indication that a renewed Canadian interest in the UN would be both possible and welcomed by many Canadians.

The Wilson Institute for Canadian History at McMaster University invites those interested to attend a one-day symposium that will bring together an interdisciplinary mixture of scholars whose interests lie in the history of the UN, Canadian foreign policy, development studies, peace studies, and political science. It will assemble those who study the UN using a number of different approaches, not simply the study of policy. These include: the efficacy of the UN as a progressive force; Canadian interactions with the UN; and Canada’s future with the UN. The first of these topics will capture some of the idealism that greeted the UN’s birth in 1945 and measure the effectiveness of this project for a better world through the decades to the end of the Cold War. The second topic will focus on the intellectual, political, and financial investments that Canadians have made in the United Nations. Prominent and ordinary people alike have had remarkable encounters with the UN, and this panel will delve more fully into how the UN and Canada have mutually constituted one another. Our final panel will look at the UN in the present and offer cogent analyses of its current operations and how it might move to become a more effective organization in the near future.

The Wilson Institute for Canadian History at McMaster University, one of the premier organizations in the country, will host this event on 12 June 2015 in Hamilton, Ontario. Our keynote speaker will be former Minister of External Affairs, Lloyd Axworthy. This symposium will offer a chance to debate the past, present, and future of Canadian involvement with the UN in a constructive and collegial manner. We hope that you will count yourself among those interested in this event!

For further information and the conference schedule, please visit http://bit.ly/1AinhCq

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Job offering: Chair in the History of Indigenous Arts of North America

The Department of History of The University Of Winnipeg offers a 3-Year Term Position

The Department of History of the University of Winnipeg in partnership with the Winnipeg Art Gallery invites applications for a 3-year term position in the History of Indigenous Arts of North America at the rank of Assistant Professor and Assistant Curator beginning August 1st, 2015. Applications are encouraged from all research specialities.

A completed Ph.D. in the History of Art or related discipline is preferred, but ABDs will be considered. Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. The successful candidate will have a strong commitment to research, undergraduate teaching, and curatorial and museum work, particularly with contemporary Indigenous art. In addition to the academit requisites, a proven record in curatorial work with a regocnized museum or gallery is an asset.

Candidates should submit a covering letter, curriculum vitae, research sample, and teaching portfolio (including syllabi and course evaluations if applicable), and arrange to have three letters of reference sent directly to the Department. The search committee will begin reviewing applications on May 15th, 2015. The deadline for receipt of completed applications and references is May 30th, 2015. The search will continue until such time as the position is filled.

Applications, citing this posting, should be directed to:

Dr. Eliakim Sibanda, Chair
Department of History
University of Winnipeg
515 Portage Ave.
Winnipeg, MB. R3B 2E9
Canada

or be mailed to e.sibanda[at]uwinnipeg.ca