In contemporary Europe walls are far from being an old-fashioned device. Even if after the collapse of the Berlin Wall borders within EU-Schengen countries have became progressively flexible and porous, borders towards non-EU countries have became increasingly policed and fortified. In fact, walls still serve to keep people in, as much as to keep people out; they display power in concrete and symbolic terms. For some they might signify security and regularity, freedom and protection, identity and divergence as experiences to be held either inside or outside the line of the wall; for others they represent exclusion, marginalisation and stigma. In sum, walls (both real and imagined) demarcate, they chart the city-fabric and the nature of people’s civic and civil spirit, engagements and interactions. In this panel we seek to make explicit the paradoxes of confinement and liberty that underpin the existence of walls in contemporary European cities. By observing the material morphology ... read more

The objective of this 4th annual edition of INTED is to present and share your experiences in the fields of Technology, Education, Development and International Collaboration. You can present your projects in two modalities: In person (oral and poster presentations) and virtually (if you can not attend in person).
Website: http://www.inted2010.org

Email: inted2010@iated.org

Abstracts should be submitted at http://www.iated.org/inted2010/submit

before the 1st of December 2009

This is an annual International Forum for lecturers, researchers, professors, educational scientists and technologists who wish to present their projects and results in all disciplines and fields of Education. This 4th annual edition expects to count with the attendance of more than 450 delegates from 65 different countri ... read more

Possibility to publish papers/proceedings of the conference in Amsterdam Contributions to the Caucasus. Abstract (500 words) expected no later than December 15, 2009. Draft papers due: March 23, 2010; final version (7000 words): June 15, 2010. More detailed information about style sheet, panels and programme and location will follow after abstracts are selected. You will receive reaction on abstracts by January 30th 2010. Estimated publication date Dec 2010/Jan 2011
http://www.fsw.vu.nl/en/departments/culture-organization-and-management/staff/companjen/caucasus.asp

Deadline: 2009/12/15 Country or region: Netherlands

Journalists are invited to submit essays about human rights for the chance to be published.
Interested applicants should read the booklet What Are Human Rights?, which is available in 17 languages, and then write an essay on a quote or human right from the booklet.
Successful applicants will be notified by December 10.
A selection of essays will be published.
For more information, e-mail info@youthhumanrights.org.

 
Deadline: 2009/12/01

The Valley Humanities Review is pleased to announce its annual High School Scholarship Contest. We are currently seeking essays in the humanities written by current high school students that demonstrate high quality, intellectual rigor and originality.
The winner will receive a $500 prize and publication in the Spring 2010 Issue. Submissions will be accepted from September 1 to December 15. All submissions should adhere to the Chicago style in formatting, footnoting and bibliography. Essays should be between 3,000 and 6,000 words in length, be free of errors and have an original title. Please only one essay per student. All contest submissions should be emailed to submissions-vhr@lvc.edu as an attachment of either a Word Document or a pdf. Please list the title of the contest to which you are submitting in the subject line of your email. All contest entries should be free of any identifying marks such as names, addresses, or high school affiliations. Please give contact inform ... read more

HuffPost Citizen Journalist Will Win A Trip To Copenhagen Conference.
We are sending a HuffPost citizen journalist to Copenhagen for the climate conference as the Hopenhagen Ambassador, to represent the global nation of people who are hopeful that leaders will come to an agreement.
THE PRIZE: The winner will receive a trip to Copenhagen from December 12-19th! This will include airfare, accommodation, press accreditation for the UN conference, Media training with HuffPost Citizen journalism editor Matt Palevsky, HuffPost blogging privileges, and a flip camera to record events.
For more informations wisite the website.

 

Deadline: 2009/11/29
Country or region: Denmark

The main objective of the Interuniversity Programme Master of Science in Food Technology (IUPFOOD) is to provide students with comprehensive training in the field of food technology, food science and food engineering, with special emphasis on the technology of the production of specific foodstuffs for developing countries and on tropical crops postharvest and preservation technology.
It is expected that participants returning to their home countries will be able to efficiently appraise and solve problems related to food technology, food science and food engineering.

In the first year of the MSc Programme (60 credits) in depth knowledge in food science, engineering and food engineering is obtained, in order to achieve a common knowledge base between students with different backgrounds. The first year is common to all students. The courses of the first semester are organized at UGent, while the courses of the second semester are taught at K.U.Leuven.
The second year ... read more

Faculty for the Future fellowships are awarded to women from developing and emerging economies who are preparing for PhD or post-doctoral study in the physical sciences, engineering, or related disciplines to pursue advanced graduate study at top universities in their disciplines abroad.
Launched by the Schlumberger Foundation in 2004, Faculty for the Future has grown to become a community of 110 women from 35 countries.

The long-term goal of the Faculty for the Future program is to generate conditions that result in more women pursuing scientific disciplines. Grant recipients are therefore selected as much for their leadership capabilities as for their scientific talents, and they are expected to return to their home countries to continue their academic careers and inspire other young women.

Faculty for the Future grants are in the range of USD 25,000 to 50,000 per year, and may be renewed through to completion of studies subject to performance, self-evaluatio ... read more