May 2005 - Graduate-research-list - University of Stirling Mailing Lists

FW: Call for Papers
by Wilma Ellis 25 May '05

25 May '05

Please see call for papers for Glasgow University's student run eJournal for postgraduate research. Please look at www.sharp.arts.gla.ac.uk and contact sharp(a)arts.gla.ac.uk if you are interested. SGRS has been discussing setting up something similar here, and I'd like to hear from you if you think this is a good idea. I'd particularly like to hear from students interested in helping to run the journal if we decide to go ahead. Thanks Wilma Wilma Ellis Research Services Officer Planning and Research Office University of Stirling Stirling FK9 4LA Tel: 01786 466691 Fax: 01786466688 -----Original Message----- From: Gunnar Fabian Schuppert [mailto:gfschuppert@gmail.com] Sent: 25 May 2005 11:32 To: Fabian Subject: Call for Papers Dear Sir / Madam, eSharp is the University of Glasgow's open-access online journal for postgraduates in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences. Run by postgraduates, it aims to provide a critical but supportive entry into the realm of academic publishing for emerging academics, including postgraduates and recent postdoctoral students, the world over. One of our aims is to encourage the publication of high quality postgraduate research; therefore all submitted articles are anonymously peer-reviewed as part of the acceptance and feedback process. This rigorous and constructive process is designed to enhance the worth of postgraduate and postdoctoral work. After the successful launch of our fourth issue, on 'Journeys of Discovery', eSharp is delighted to announce the Call for Papers for the forthcoming issue, on 'Identity and Marginality'. Please forward the attached Call for Papers to your postgraduate students and help us to spread the word. eSharp is very grateful for your help and support. In case you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us. Best wishes Fabian Schuppert On behalf of the eSharp editorial board www.sharp.arts.gla.ac.uk CALL FOR PAPERS eSharp is the online journal for social sciences, arts and humanities postgraduates based at the University of Glasgow. It is a peer-reviewed journal that aims to provide a critical but supportive entry into the world of academic publishing. Our latest issue, on 'Journeys of Discovery', has recently been published at www.sharp.arts.gla.ac.uk and we are now looking for submissions for the sixth edition to be launched in Autumn 2005. We welcome papers from postgraduates working in all areas. The theme of the sixth edition is Identity and Marginality Topics may include but are not limited to: * Political Representation * Self and Other * Minorities * The Ego * Nationalism * Regionalism * Globalisation * (Post-)Colonialism * Migration, Diaspora and Exile * Psychoanalysis * Race and Ethnicity * Otherness * Dialogue and Conflict * Asylum * Crossing Cultures * Childhood/Adult Development * Abjection * Space * Self-discovery * Repression and Dominance * Collectivism * Religion * Media analysis * Body and Gender * Expulsion Articles (word limit 4500-5000 words) must be submitted by 25 July 2005. Please ensure that you accompany your submission with an abstract of 200-250 words and a list of 3-5 keywords for meta-tagging. For a full list of guidelines and our style sheet please see www.sharp.arts.gla.ac.uk. Please submit your article (both abstract and full paper) to sharp(a)arts.gla.ac.uk.

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Survey Link Scheme- 22 and 23 June 2005- PLEASE FORWARD
by Wilma Ellis 09 May '05

09 May '05

CALLING ALL... Postgraduate Students Teachers of Research Methods Social Science Researchers a FREE opportunity to observe the data collection phase of one of a range of major British surveys. Participation involves attending a workshop and a chance to accompany an interviewer PLEASE APPLY TO: http://qb.soc.surrey.ac.uk/sls.htm Wilma Ellis Research Services Officer Planning and Research Office University of Stirling Stirling FK9 4LA Tel: 01786 466691 Fax: 01786466688 Hi, Further to my email last month on the Survey Link Scheme. We have just run two SLS Workshops for over 35 quantitative and qualitative researchers drawn from a variety of backgrounds; and received a very positive response. Participants thought it relevant both for their current activities and their future careers. For example: "I thought today's workshop was excellent, superbly organised and pitched at just the right level of active participation, informality and useful information. I just wanted to say thank you for such a brilliant workshop today, I enjoyed it hugely and feel it was immensely useful, both for the project and my own career development." We still have some vacancies for the Workshop @ Edinburgh and I should be grateful if you might make a fresh contact with anyone who is interested to encourage them to register for the Workshop on 22 June. Thank you Tom ________________________________ The workshops that we are planning to run in Edinburgh are part of a nationwide dissemination of the ESRC Survey Link Scheme. Each workshop in the Napier Building, Edinburgh can accommodate 18 participants; and we wished to publicise it throughout the major Universities in Scotland. The Workshop on 22nd June features the British Social Attitude Survey conducted by NATCEN; and the one on 23rd June - the Scottish House Condition Survey conducted by ONS. The Workshops are Free and reasonable travel expenses are paid. Details of the Scheme are contained in the promotional material attached. Essentially it represents a desire by ESRC to provide academics - postgraduates and teachers of social science methodology - with an insight into how major survey organisations undertake their surveys; and use BLAISE & CAPI in developing and conducting interviews. The workshops are designed to be helpful both to quantitative or qualitative researchers. The Scheme which has been running for some several years provides the opportunity for participants to accompany interviewers in the field: http://qb.soc.surrey.ac.uk/sls.htm Applications can be made through the website and will be allocated on a first come first served basis. Thank you for your help but please feel free to contact me should you need more information. Tom ****************************** Tom Daly Survey Link Scheme - Liaison Officer School of Human Sciences Room 4AD03 University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH United Kingdom Telephone: UK: 01483-683966 http://www.soc.surrey.ac.uk/crag/research.html ******************************

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FW: Cambridge African Film Festival
by Susie Dryburgh 03 May '05

03 May '05

> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SYSYMPOSIUM ON LIVING MEMORY IN AFRICAN FILM AND LITERATURE > Sunday 8 May, 11am - 3pm > McCrum Lecture Theatre, Corpus Christi College > University of Cambridge > KEYNOTE SPEAKERS: > TSITSI DANGAREMBA > KEN WIWA > PATRICK WILLIAMS > This symposium will be held in conjunction with the Fourth Cambridge African Film Festival, one of the major Africa05 events occurring across the UK this year. The symposium speakers will seek to explore how an individual and collective memory is activated through African literature and cinema, in order to challenge a repressive historical record or to claim a space for personal recollection. The Symposium is one of the events being held to commemorate the decade since the assassination of Ken Saro-Wiwa, Nigerian writer and environmental activist. > Download registration forms at www.cambridgeafricanfilmfestival.co.uk > ********************************************************************* > Fourth Cambridge African Film Festival 4 > -> 14 May > www.cambridgeafricanfilmfestival.co.uk > The only annual festival of African cinema in the UK, the Fourth CAFF is delighted to bring you the very best of contemporary and retrospective African film, as well as a range of academic, musical, spoken word, and educational events. As a partner of Africa05, the biggest celebration of African culture ever organised in Britain and inspired by the Commission for Africa, the festival is a rare opportunity to experience elements of Africa never seen before in the UK. Highlights include: > * 23 films, including features, shorts, and documentaries from across the continent, ranging from Ethiopia to Rwanda * A Symposium on Living Memory in African Film and Literature, with keynote speakers Ken Wiwa (son of Ken Saro-Wiwa), Tsitsi Dangaremba, and Professor Patrick Williams > * 10 UK premieres, including the much-awaited UN AMOUR D'ENFANT (Senegal), TASUMA (Burkina Faso), and HOLLOW CITY (Angola) > * Early African Film Classics, including Borom Sarret (1963), Touki Bouki (1973), and Une Lettre Paysanne (1975) * Directors Ben Diogoye Beye (Senegal), Kethiwe Ngcobo (South Africa), Tsitsi Dangaremba (Zimbabwe), Ian Gabriel (South Africa), Safi Faye (Senegal), Rasmané Ganemtore (Burkina Faso), Teboho Edkins (Lesotho), and Khaled El Hagar (Egypt) in presence to talk to audiences about their films > Booking, programme, and venue information available at our website. > A special reduced-rate festival pass is available. > Sponsored by: UK Film Council, Screen East, Cambridge Centre of African Studies, Cambridge Arts Picturehouse, British Council, Trinity College, Smuts Memorial Fund, South African High Commission, Routledge > > -- The University of Stirling is a university established in Scotland by charter at Stirling, FK9 4LA. Privileged/Confidential Information may be contained in this message. If you are not the addressee indicated in this message (or responsible for delivery of the message to such person), you may not disclose, copy or deliver this message to anyone and any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. In such case, you should destroy this message and kindly notify the sender by reply email. Please advise immediately if you or your employer do not consent to Internet email for messages of this kind.

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