Business meetings of Glocal NOMAD and Ørecomm will take place on 28 April 2010, at K3, Malmö University. Timetable as follows:
13.15-15.00 Glocal NOMAD working group meeting
15.00-16.00 Lecture by [not yet confirmed]
16.15-18.00 Ørecomm business meeting
Note that K3 has moved, to buildings no. 7-8 on this map.
Our meetings will be in no. 8, “Ubåtshallen”.
Applications are invited from outstanding candidates in the inter-disciplinary field of media and communications, with expertise in international/global media and communications or political communication. You should demonstrate research excellence and a commitment to critically assessing claims about the mediated relationships between media and communications technologies and the social world.
Applications are particularly welcome from those making a significant contribution to the political economy and governance of media and communications in developing countries and/or in relation to global media industries; as well as specialists in political communication and the changing relations among politics, media and the state, including political campaigns and parties’ communication strategies.
To apply for this post go to the LSE ONLINE RECRUITMENT SYSTEM. If you have any queries about using the online system, please call 020 7955 7859 or email hr.recruit@lse.ac.uk quoting reference LEC/09/28.
Closing date for receipt of applications is 5:30pm GMT on 9 April 2010.
The fourth IEEE/ACM International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development will be held on 13-14 December 2010, in London, UK. Paper submission deadline: 2 April 2010.
The goal of the ICTD conference is to provide an international forum for scholarly researchers exploring ICTs applied to development. The conference is academically rigorous and multidisciplinary. Submitted papers will be subjected to double-blind peer review. The conference will bring together researchers in both the social and technical sciences, with anticipated representation from anthropology, computer science, design, economics, electrical engineering, geography, information science, political science, sociology, and so on. ICTD2010 is the fourth of an ongoing series of conferences occurring every one-and-a-half years; previous conferences have taken place in Berkeley, CA (USA); Bangalore (India); and Doha (Qatar).
Further information on the conference website.
Enrique Dussel is among the most challenging and inspiring contemporary philosophers. His work addresses concerns across the disciplines of theology, history, anthropology, geography, sociology, political theory and philosophy. The main characteristics of his work include a geopolitical, ethical and existential stance, and a strong political commitment to the excluded. He is intellectually committed to providing knowledge that contributes to radical transformations of society; globally, regionally, nationally and locally. Dussel is one of the founders and developers of Liberation Philosophy and has influenced critical political thought and action in Latin America since the 1960s.
Dussel will be the main speaker at a seminar at Roskilde University (Auditorium in building 17/18), 8 March 2010, with the following programme:
This encounter with Enrique Dusell is organised by the Research School on Intercultural Studies at Roskilde University. It is open to all.
At the Department of Communication, Business and Information Technologies (CBIT) at Roskilde University a number of assistant or associate professorships in communication are open for applications, with deadline 19 March 2010, with the following preferred subject areas:
For more information see the full announcement in English or in Danish.
