Opportunità

• CALL FOR PhD. CANDIDATES 
  
  
  The University of Lorraine (Nancy, France) is inviting 100 budding researchers to take part in a two-day training event as well as the International Conference on Science Communication (from 2 to 7 September). Participants will learn about science communication in workshops supervised by professionals, after which they will attend the entire conference.
  
  

  Date: September 2 - 7, 2012
  Place: Nancy (France)
  Open to: all PhD. students, whatever their discipline and nationality

  Themes
  PhD. Students are invited to choose one among the 10 proposed workshops

  > scientific films and videos
  > the radio, from the interview to the recording studio
  > writing workshops
  > theatre and the sciences
  > the work of the clown
  > designing an exhibition
  > hands-on science with a young audience
  > the graphic arts and cartoons for science
  > photography
  > the Web, blogs and social networks

  The workshops aim to raise participants’ awareness of the different tools used by science communicators. Beyond learning how to use these tools, the training will allow them to reflect on the context of their use and their limits, how to assess the tools and the audience they can be used with.

  In each workshop, student groups will produce practical applications, and their work will be integrated into a collective medium (logbook, blog…) produced specifically in the framework of the training event. Each workshop will be run by 3 or 4 experts specialised in the use of the tool considered: scientific film director, stage director, science illustrator, journalist…

  
  Programme
  Sunday, September 2: arrival of the PhD. Students in Nancy, supported by PhD. Students from Lorraine. In the evening: reception, introductory conference and evening meal together.
  Monday, September 3: Meeting the professionals running the workshops and research teams. Group work all day.
  Tuesday, September 4: Workshops all morning and early afternoon. The rest of the afternoon spent sharing workshop outcomes with the other groups. Opening conference in the evening.
  Wednesday 5 to Friday 7 September: attending conferences and sessions of the International Conference on Science Communication.

  How to register:
  - These training days are free (including training, accommodation, meals and local transport, conference registration)
  - PhD. Students wishing to participate are invited to register on this form online at:
  http://www.jhc2012.eu/index.php/en/post-graduate-study-days until April 13, 2012.

  - A letter of motivation and a letter of agreement of the supervisor or laboratory director, and a copy of student card, are to be attached to any application.
  - Successful applicants will be informed by mail in April 2012 and must confirm their attendance by return mail.

  All PhD students will receive a certificate of attendance enabling them to have these training days recognised by their graduate schools.

  For more information, visit: www.jhc2012.eu
  Contact: Nicolas Beck  //   Questo indirizzo e-mail è protetto dallo spam bot. Abilita Javascript per vederlo.  
  
  
  
• Italian-Studies: Scholarly discussions in any field of Italian studies

http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/staff/jobs/index.aspx (Lecturer in European Film – 44568).

The closing date is Sunday 15th April 2012.

This is a good opportunity for someone with a specialism in Italian cinema. It is an especially good opportunity for those who can offer specialism in more than one country and show a demonstrable interest in developing their research towards European cinema:

“Person Specification

For this post we are seeking to appoint a colleague with:

•a completed PhD in an area of Film Studies 
•the ability to teach film at undergraduate and postgraduate levels 
•a developing track record of research linked to one of the principal modern languages of the School (French, German, Italian, Russian or Spanish); preference may be given to candidates with a specialism relating to French and/or Italian film. 
•native or near native competence in one or more of these languages; preference may be given to candidates offering French and/or Italian 
•a research specialism in an area of Film Studies which will feed into teaching options at MA level and, potentially, PhD supervision 
•a developing record of or clear potential for generating external grant income. “

Specialists in Italian Cinema who wish to apply are welcome to informally exchange views about this post with Dr Clodagh Brook [ Questo indirizzo e-mail è protetto dallo spam bot. Abilita Javascript per vederlo. ] former Head of the Italian Studies Department, who will not be involved in the selection process. However, please note that contact must be made between 4th-6th April.

Dr Daniele Albertazzi

Senior Lecturer in European Politics

http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/staff/profiles/italian/albertazzi-daniele.aspx

The University of Birmingham

College of Arts and Law

• Italian-Studies: Scholarly discussions in any field of Italian studies The Nicola Benedetti Scholarship Fund -

 www.gaddaprize.ed.ac.uk/scholarshippress.php 

Applications are invited for the first John Di Ciaccia Scholarship in Italian Diaspora Studies. The Scholarship, which is generously sponsored by the Blairston Charitable Trust and is part of the Nicola Benedetti Scholarship Fund, will support one Master by Research Programme in Italian Diaspora Studies atEdinburghUniversity in the academic year2012-2013 covering registration fees of up to £5,750.

The Blairston Charitable Trust funded the first John Di Ciacca Postdoctoral Fellowship in 2011-2012. The aim of the John Di Ciacca initiative is to support a far-reaching investigation into Italian Migration, with special focus on migration into Scotland. 

Proposals in any area of Italian Diaspora Studies, in any combinations with other subjects and disciplines, are welcome. 

For further information regarding this funding opportunity please visit:www.gaddaprize.ed.ac.uk/scholarship/diciaccamaster2012.php. Enquiries can be made directly to:  Questo indirizzo e-mail è protetto dallo spam bot. Abilita Javascript per vederlo. . Federica G. Pedriali

• Italian-Studies: Scholarly discussions in any field of Italian studies

The deadline for submitting entries to the Forum Essay Prize is fast approaching.

The editors of Forum for Modern Language Studies invite submissions on the subject of Literature and Hunger, addressing literature of any period, and in any of the languages covered by the journal (usually English, French, German, Italian, Spanish and Russian, but others will be considered too). 

*Closing date for submissions is 31 March 2012*

*The prize: The winner will receive:

1. Publication of the next appropriate volume Forum for Modern Language Studies

2. A cash prize of £200

*How to enter*

1. http://www.oxfordjournals.org/page/4528/1for entry requirements and full details of the competition rules.
2. Entries should be submitted through our online submission system. Go tohttp://www.oxfordjournals.org/page/4528/2to access the system and submit your paper.
3. More information is available onForum Essay Prize web page at http://www.oxfordjournals.org/page/4528/3