Studentships in Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies

The Department of Comparative Literature at the University of Hong Kong
offers studentships in conjunction with its Master of Philosophy (MPhil) and
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) programmes. We are looking for exceptional
candidates with a strong, specific research plan in any of the following
areas: Chinese Modernism; Cold War and Orientalism; colonialism and
postcolonialism; cultural identity and representation; East-West comparative
literary/cultural relations; global cinemas; feminist cultural studies;
feminist film; feminist and postcolonial theories; film studies; Frankfurt
School and critical theory; French philosophy and theory; gender and
sexuality; German philosophy and theory; globalization and culture; Hong
Kong cinema and literature; Hong Kong cultural policy and cultural studies;
digital culture and new media; literary and cultural theory/philosophy;
narrative theory; Marxisms; Maoist and post-Mao China; performance studies;
popular culture; postmodernism; problems of aesthetics; theories of
representation; third world cinemas; violence and space; women’s writing and
women’s studies. The current faculty includes: Esther Cheung, Daniel
Vukovich, Mirana May Szeto, and Gina Marchetti.

Closing date for applications for 2007-8 is January 2007.

For more information on the application process, visit
http://www.hku.hk/gradsch/web/apply/guide0607/INDEX.HTML

For more information on graduate studies in the Department of Comparative
Literature, contact: Gina Marchetti at marchett@hku.hk

http://www.hku.hk/complit/postgrad/postgrad.htm

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Publication Opportunity

Call for Chapters

Working Title: Teaching Tolerance and Valuing Diversity: Using Service-Learning as a teaching strategy

Edited by: Barbara Clinton, Ph.D., Highline Community College and Margaret Finucane, Ph.D., John Carroll University

Call for Chapters Deadline: Completed chapters must be submitted by January 15, 2007

Description of the Text: As issues of diversity in the United States become more and more prevalent, and conflicts in communities become more intense, it is essential that the new academy find ways to educate students to successfully navigate the changing world and to serve as resources for community problem-solving. Higher education is under increasing pressure to prepare students for a very different world than what their parents experienced. Issues such as immigration, ethnicity, religious philosophy, and sexual orientation divide our cities, neighborhoods, and schools. As more pressure is put on the academy to move from the ivory tower to address real problems of today’s world, we must find ways to educate students that provide opportunities to engage that world in which they live. Service-learning, in its many forms, is one way for the academy to reach out to the community and to engage students while at the same time serving as a resource to community based organizations.

This inter-disciplinary text will address the importance of incorporating the contemporary social issues of teaching tolerance and valuing diversity into higher education. Written in a format that is accessible to academics and to members of community-based organizations, the text will serve as a resource for all who are engaged in educating students to become active participants in our democratic society. Preference will be given to chapters that include assessment data. We strongly encourage academics to collaborate with community partners in writing their chapters.

Submission Procedure: Faculty and community-based professionals are invited to submit completed chapters (20 pages maximum) for review no later than January 15, 2007.  Authors are required to use APA style guidelines. Each proposed chapter will be peer-reviewed by at least three reviewers using a double-blind review process. All authors will be notified no later than March 1, 2007. At that time, authors of accepted chapters will be given an opportunity to revise their chapters.  Final manuscripts will be due to the volume editors no later than June 15, 2007.  The volume is scheduled to be released in spring 2008.

This volume will part of series of volumes on Service-learning and Contemporary Social Issues. Series editors, Edward Zlotkowski and John Saltmarsh, are working with Anker Publishing.

Inquiries and submissions should be forwarded electronically
(Word document preferred) to:
Dr. Margaret Finucane
Department of Communication & Theatre Arts
John Carroll University
20700 North Park Boulevard
University Heights, Ohio 44118
USA
216.397.1780
216.397.1759 (fax)
mfinucane@jcu.edu

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