Monthly Archives: September 2009

International Encyclopedia of Infanticide

Co-editors: Brigitte Bechtold (Department of Sociology, Central Michigan University; becht1bh@cmich.edu <mailto:becht1bh@cmich.edu> ) and Donna Cooper Graves (Department of History and Philosophy, University of Tennessee at Martin; dgraves@utm.edu <mailto:dgraves@utm.edu> ).

 

This one-volume specialized encyclopedia, to be published by the Edwin Mellen Press, will be devoted to the topic of infanticide across human history and in its worldwide context. While remaining accessible to the general public, this interdisciplinary encyclopedia is aimed primarily at college students, scholars in related fields, and professionals. All will be signed by their authors, who will also receive individual bylines in the volume.

 
*       Identify the entries you are interested in submitting via email to both co-editors.
*       Include an attachment in Windows 97-2003 of your 2-page CV, with your academic affiliation, and areas of research and teaching.
*       Entries of 250, 500 or 750 words are due October 30, 2009. Entries of 1000 words are due November 15, 2009.
*       The number of references per entry is as follows: 3 for entries of 250 words; 4 for entries of 500 words; 5 for entries of 750 words, and 7 for entries of 1000 words.
*       At most one internet source should be included per entry.
 
The number of words is in parentheses following the entries that are still available:
           
B   Bavaria (750)
C   Cannibalism (250); Caribbean (1000)
D   Darfur, murder of infants (250)
H   Hindi cinema (500); Hugo, Victor (500)
I     Illegitimacy (750); Incest (750); Infanticide in the media (750); Italy (250)
L   Legends (750); Literary fiction (specify category of interest) (750)
M  Matriarchy (500)
P    Pacific Islands (500); Poor farms (500); Prostitution (500)
R   Revenge (500)
S    Scandinavia (750); Slavery (750); South America (1000)

Who’s Queer? Whose Queer?

The Eighth Annual Women’s Studies Student Conference presents as this
year’s theme: Who’s Queer? Whose Queer?

Here’s the C A L L   F O R   P A P E R S

How do we understand queer?  Whose definitions of “queer” matter?  Is
there a place for queerness in feminism and/or Women’s Studies?  Moreover,
what are the implications of queering or *not* queering feminist inquiry?

We invite students (both graduate and undergraduate from all disciplines
and colleges), as well as activists and artists, to submit proposals for
papers, film, music, art, live performance, and other creative and
critical works.

We especially encourage analyses that address through a queer and feminist
lens the intersections of gender, race, class, (trans)nationality,
(dis)ability, and sexuality.

Topics may include, but are not limited to:

•       Personal vs. group identities.
•       Queer productions of knowledge.
•       Queer readings of current events and pop culture (e.g. the late Michael
Jackson, Lady Gaga, Caster Semanya, etc.).
•       Queer bodies and embodiment.
•       Queer politics and politicians.
•       Queer media and art.
•       Queer histories.
•       Taboos and deviance.
•       Globalizing queerness.

Please submit 200-word abstracts briefly describing your work to
wstudent@albany.edu no later than Friday, October 30, 2009.

Abstracts describing film and live performances should indicate the
project’s running time (image or digital files of media projects may also
be submitted as e-mail attachments or through a URL if presented on the
web). You may use the same e-mail address to send us any inquiries.

For more information, please visit our website:

This year’s conference will be held on December 4, 2009, in Humanities 354
on the uptown campus of the University at Albany, SUNY.
 

InterActions: UCLA Journal of Education and Information Studies

Call for Papers 2009-2010

InterActions is a peer-reviewed on-line journal committed to the promotion of interdisciplinary and critical scholarship.  Edited by students in the UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, the journal brings together senior and emerging scholars, activists, and professionals whose work covers a broad range of theory and practice. InterActions is published twice yearly with funding provided by the UCLA Graduate Students Association and the UCLA Graduate School of Education & Information Studies.

Interdisciplinary Focus

Current work in disciplines as diverse as legal theory, literary criticism, design, and technology studies exercises a profound impact on educational and information studies research. At the same time, the traditionally separate sub-disciplines within our fields, such as sociology, curriculum, policy, psychological studies, systems design, information literacy, and digital preservation are being connected by researchers in new and innovative ways.  Education and information increasingly serve as the common ground where the social sciences and the humanities can meet. InterActions provides a forum for these interdisciplinary encounters.

Critical Perspectives

At the start of the 21st century, both education and the management of information have become highly visible subjects of public debate. Scholars are challenging traditional approaches and suggesting new directions for research into the purposes, practices, and organization of education and information institutions at all levels. InterActions offers a timely and reasoned contribution to these debates by providing critical commentary on current issues and promoting perspectives in educational and information systems that can serve the cause of social justice.

Aims and Scope

InterActions seeks to promote alternative and liberatory visions, methodologies and practices.  We are particularly interested in work that analyzes inequities and links research to larger social and political contexts, and we encourage contributions that utilize critical frameworks in provocative and politically engaged ways.

 

Submissions may draw from traditional areas of inquiry within the fields of education and information studies or from newer interdisciplinary perspectives such as women’s studies, science and technology studies, ethnic and cultural studies, film studies, queer studies, disability studies, critical race theory, postcolonial theory, critical pedagogy, postructuralism, etc.  We encourage authors to think creatively about what constitutes a “critical approach” and to advance fresh and progressive analyses and research.

Submissions Guidelines

InterActions encourages practitioners, activists, and both established and emerging scholars to submit manuscripts throughout the year.  Authors retain the copyright to material they publish in InterActions, but the journal cannot re-publish material that has previously been published elsewhere and does not accept papers that are simultaneously submitted to other journals.

We welcome:

          Articles (not to exceed 30 pages)

          Review essays (10-20 pages)

          Interviews (10-20 pages)

          Book reviews (not to exceed 1100 words)

 

Submit manuscripts online at: http://repositories.cdlib.org/gseis/interactions/

 

Contact us:

InterActions: UCLA Journal of Education and Information Studies

UCLA – Graduate School of Education & Information Studies

Email: interactions@gseis.ucla.edu

Phone: (310) 825-2812 

HEADCASE: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, And Queer (LGBTQ) Writers and Artists on Mental Illness*

*Edited by Teresa Theophano, LMSW*
*Headcase* will be an anthology comprised of 15-20 nonfiction pieces by
writers and artists both established and new, exploring the theme of mental
health, mental illness, and mental health care in the lesbian, gay,
bisexual, transgender, and queer or questioning (LGBTQ) community. The book
is currently being considered for publication by a major queer press.

The anthology seeks essays, poetry, and comics by queer consumers of mental
health services or queer individuals who have been diagnosed, but do not
identify as patients, with mental illness. Works should explore the
intersection of queerness and mental health and can include topics such as
psychotropics; Gender Identity Disorder and its acceptance or rejection as a
legitimate mental disorder; conventional v. holistic treatment; experiences
in therapy, groups, and/or institutions; how race and ethnicity, class, sex,
gender identity, age, and disability impact access to treatment; addiction,
self-medicating, and recovery.

Modest compensation provided upon publication to contributors whose pieces
are chosen.

Guidelines:

* Pieces should be between 750 and 1500 words (approximately 3 to 5
double-spaced pages).

* While the deadline for a 2010 publication date has not yet been
established, submitting your piece by December 1, 2009 is recommended.
Descriptions of pieces in progress are also welcome.

* Submissions should be sent as a Microsoft Word document, double-spaced, 12
pt. font, Times New Roman font.

* Please provide a brief (100 words or less) bio with your submission

Teresa Theophano is a licensed social worker, out queer mental health
consumer, and the author of *Queer Quotes* (Beacon Press, 2004).

Please send submissions/project descriptions to her at
headcase_anthology@yahoo.com

Mothering: Anthropological Perspectives

CALL FOR PAPERS
Demeter Press
is seeking submissions for an edited collection on

Mothering: Anthropological Perspectives

Editors: Michelle Walks and Naomi McPherson Publication Date: 2012/2013.

Deadline for Submissions: June 1, 2010

This anthology will explore the topic and experiences of mothering from
a cross-cultural perspective. Although the collection will primarily
focus on cultural anthropological work, we welcome submissions from all
four fields in anthropology (linguistic, physical/biological,
archeology, and cultural). We encourage writings of recent fieldwork,
welcoming the representations of local and global perspectives, and
writings that represent all points of the insider-outsider spectrum,
including auto-ethnography. Writing styles may vary from field notes to
ethnographic fiction to traditional academic writing to poetry to
photographic representations. While ethnographic (research-based)
submissions will make up the majority of the volume, theoretical
submissions are also welcome.

The intent is to compile works of geographical and experiential
diversity that demonstrate various family forms, as well as styles,
contexts and problems of mothering, from an anthropological perspective.
We would like to focus on the strengths, empowerment, and agency of
mothering. Please note that the editors embrace a broad, inclusive
understanding of “mothering”.

  <>Topics can include (but are not limited to):

Mothering in immigrant and/or refugee communities; mothering in locales
of war and/or terror and/or perpetual protest; rural and urban
mothering; mothering after the loss of a child and/or miscarriage and/or
abortion; the relationship of mothering to infertility and/or
miscarriage; the relationship of mothering to NRTs; Indigenous
mothering; queer mothering; mothering in communes and/or communal
mothering; feminist mothering in the West and/or globally; mothering
done by nannies, siblings, aunts, grandparents, co-parents, fathers,
non-biological parents, step-mothering; surrogate mothering; primate
mothering; allomothering; archeological research on/related to
mothering; mothering “in the field”; mothering and the internet;
mothering and dis/ability; political and/or activist mothering;
mothering in multicultural/multi-racial/multi-ethnic families; mothering
& post-partum depression and/or dealing with other mental health issues.

  <>Submission guidelines:

<>Submissions should be 4000-5000 words (15-20 pages) (inc. notes +
sources). Please also include a 50-word bio.
<>Please use the American Anthropological Association style.
<>Deadline for submissions is June 1, 2010.
Please send submissions and inquiries directly to both:
Dr. Naomi McPherson: Naomi.mcpherson@ubc.ca <mailto:Naomi.mcpherson@ubc.ca>
Michelle Walks: mwalks@alumni.sfu.ca <mailto:mwalks@alumni.sfu.ca>

Science Information Doctoral Fellowship

Apply for a Science Information Doctoral Fellowship – Be a Leader and an Innovator!

 

Are you interested in improving how scientists create, access, share and preserve data?  Do you want to understand how to facilitate the communication of science information between scientists, and across scientific networks including large multinational, multidisciplinary networks?  Are you interested in how  science information is presented and made accessible to decision-makers and the public? Do you want to be the one educating the next generation of science information professionals?

 

If you answered yes to any of these questions, then you are a prime candidate for a University of Tennessee Science Information Doctoral Fellowship.   You should have a strong interest in  developing expertise in science information and communication . Your goals should be to become a  university faculty member teaching the next generation of science information and communication professionals.  You should already have earned a masters degree and  a background in either information/library science, communication, journalism, advertising/public relations and/or earth/environmental sciences.

 

These Fellowships are funded by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

 

Date for application: Feb 1 2010

 

Contact: Suzie Allard, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Assistant Director

Email: sallard@utk.edu

Phone: 865.974.1369

 

Value of Academic Libraries Research Proposals

http://www.acrl.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/issues/ACRL_RFP_Value.pdf

Value of Academic Libraries Research Proposals

ACRL is seeking proposals from experienced researchers for the development and delivery of a comprehensive review of the quantitative and qualitative literature, methodologies and best practices currently in place for demonstrating the value of academic libraries. The request for proposals is available on the ACRL Web site. Responses are due by 4:30 p.m. CST on Nov. 2, 2009.

The current economic climate and the increased emphasis on assessment and outcomes have forced academic departments’ higher education administrators to make tough decisions regarding the funding of programs and units at their institutions. The relevance of libraries is under question.  Now, more than ever, there is a need for libraries to demonstrate their value in clear, measurable ways to leaders in higher education, information technology, funding agencies, and campus decision makers in order to secure adequate funding for their operations.

The primary objective of the comprehensive review is to provide ACRL leaders with a clearer understanding of what research already exists and where gaps occur in research about the performance of academic libraries. Additionally, this review will provide ACRL members with tools and strategies to demonstrate the value of academic libraries to their institutional leadership.

Direct questions to Mary Ellen K. Davis, ACRL executive director, at mdavis@ala.org or (312) 280-3248, or to Kara Malenfant, ACRL scholarly communications/government relations specialist, at kmalenfant@ala.org or (312) 280-2510.

transcending silence…

The Women’s Studies undergraduate e-journal, “transcending silence…,” is
planning a double issue for 2009 with a Fall semester issue in the works.
The journal is seeking new submissions, with a receipt deadline of October
16, 2009.  Here is the official CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS:

University @ Albany’s E-Journal “transcending silence…” is looking for
undergraduate work! This work should bring awareness to human rights and
promote social consciousness. Suggested forms of work include, but are not
limited to: essays, art, media, fiction, poetry, music, film/book reviews,
videos, etc. Deadline for submissions is October 16th, 2009. For more

Please encourage your undergraduate students to submit their work.

38th Annual LOEX Conference

38th Annual LOEX Conference
April 29 – May 1, 2010
Dearborn, Michigan

The Michigan LOEX Committee invites you to submit proposals to be considered for presentation at the 38th Annual LOEX Conference, April 29 – May 1, 2010 in Dearborn, Michigan. The conference theme, Bridging and Beyond: Developing Librarian Infrastructure, spans the information literacy landscape, looking for the best in library instruction.

Presenters are encouraged to develop unique and creative proposals related to the theme. Proposals should showcase effective and innovative practices, provide useful information that participants can use at their libraries, support collaboration, and be as applicable as possible to a wide range of academic institution types. Successful proposals reflect elements of one of seven themes:

* Structural Supports: Assessment and Evaluation focuses on the use of peer evaluation, evaluating instructional tools, assessing student needs and learning, and judging information literacy initiatives.

* Infrastructure: Designing Enhanced Learning Spaces looks at how specially designed spaces improve and/or impact information literacy or instruction initiatives.

* New Materials: Innovative Use of Instructional Technology examines ways new technology is being utilized in the classroom.  This track can include looking at the building, implementation, or maintenance of technology in the classroom.

* Expansion: Utilizing Nontraditional Instruction Methods asks presenters to show the unique ways they approach information literacy.  The emphasis is on creative teaching strategies, curriculum designs, and engagement exercises.

* Bridges Near and Far: Forming Innovative Collaborations showcases connections with others to further information literacy initiatives. Connections and collaboration can be of all sorts, including within the library or library system, within the campus community, or with connections located off-campus.

* Removing the Tolls: Employing Effective Leadership illustrates the different ways leadership can eliminate barriers to create an improved environment for information literacy initiatives.

* Reinforcements: Curriculum Lesson Plans “to Go” has the presenter share a proven lesson or unit plan, including processes and materials.  Session participants should be able to go back to their respective institutions and readily implement the lesson plan.

SESSION FORMATS

Two types of proposals will be accepted.

* Presentation: A 60-minute session that includes time for a 45-minute presentation and 10-15 minutes of question and answer. Most feature a successful program, practice or key issue related to instruction or information literacy. Presentations are intended for an audience typically of 50-70 people. Presenters should include in the proposal description the topic and an outline of the presentation.

* Interactive Workshop: A 60-minute session where the presenter facilitates a learning environment in which attendees develop or explore teaching and/or research techniques. Presenters are expected to facilitate a well-planned and interactive session. Workshops are intended for an audience typically of 30-60 people. Proposals should include a description of the topic and details on how the presenter will make this session a “hands-on” experience for attendees.

In addition, there will be Poster sessions. Students currently enrolled in a Master’s program in library and information sciences along with librarians in resident or intern programs will be invited to propose poster sessions. Details about proposing poster sessions will be posted in a separate call for proposal.

SUBMISSION INFORMATION

Proposals must be received by November 20, 2009. Proposals only can be submitted through the online submission form. The primary contact on the proposal will be notified if the proposal has been accepted for presentation by Friday, January 15, 2010.

More information can be found at: http://www.loexconference.org/callforproposals.html

Contact for presenters: Jennifer Zimmer at sessions2010@loexconference.org

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ISTE 2010

Denver, CO
Colorado Convention Center
June 27�30, 2010
 * formerly the National Educational Computing Conference (NECC)

Register Now for ISTE 2010 in Denver, Colorado, June 27�30
Excitement is building for our 31st annual conference in the breathtaking city of Denver! We�ve set our sights even higher this year, building off our amazing conference in Washington, DC, in June 2009.
 
Plan now to keep
ISTE 2010 in your sights and budget. ARRA/stimulus monies, including formula and competitive grant monies, can be used to integrate technology into the classroom, improve achievement through the use of technology, and/or provide required supporting professional development.
 
For 30 years educators have known this premier ed tech conference as the National Educational Computing Conference (NECC). Now named ISTE�s Annual Conference & Exposition, ISTE 2010 remains the annual event that educational technology professionals return to year after year.
 
Save by registering early to take advantage of pricing discounts!
 
Online housing reservations will open November 4.
 
Online Call for Proposals�Open Until October 7
 
Do you have amazing ideas, solutions, or best practices that you can�t wait to share with your peers? Submit a proposal by October 7, 2009, and you could be a presenter at ISTE 2010 in Denver!
 
Dynamic, experienced presenters interested in engaging their audience in innovative ways should also consider submitting proposals for workshops, the highly interactive Bring Your Own Laptop (BYOL) sessions, Model Lessons, and Open Source Labs.
 
ISTE members and non-members from outside the U.S. are especially invited to submit, as are representatives of the corporate sector!
 
Global Connections and 2009 Conference Resources
 
Many of you who attended NECC 2009 in Washington DC have remained connected through
ISTEVision, ISTE Connects, our Twitter account, ISTE�s page on Facebook, and through our member/customer email communique like ISTE Update.
 
Besides all the great participant, presenter, and keynote videos on the ISTEVision Video Network (www.istevision.org), you can find a wealth of additional conference resources on the NECC
2009 microsite, including handouts and research papers.
 
There’s no time like the present to get engaged and stay engaged with ISTE!