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2009 CIES Conference in Charlotte, South
Carolina Dates: 22-26 March, 2009 Theme: "The Politics of Comparison" Place: Francis Marion Hotel, Downtown Charleston, SC |
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| ▪ UREAG News and Travel Grant information- [Travel Grant Form, html format] | |||
| ▪ International Travel Award for Distinguished Service in Educational Reform (deadline Nov. 15) | |||
| ▪ Call for Applicants- CIES 2009 New Scholars Workshop | |||
| ▪ 2009 Gender Symposium & Workshop | |||
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CIES members' publications (some are hyperlinked): - Adick, Christel: Vergleichende Erziehungswissenschaft. Eine Einführung. Kohlhammer-Verlag, Stuttgart 2008 (ISBN: 978-3-17-018858-7; 244 S.; 19 €). - Arnove, R. (2008). Talent Abounds: Profiles of Master Teachers and Peak Performers. Herndon, VA: Paradigm Publishers.
- Cossa, J. (2008).
Power, Politics, and Higher Education in Southern Africa:
International Regimes, Local Governments, and Educational
Autonomy. Amherst, NY: Cambria Press. - Gordon, J. (2008). Japan’s Outcaste Youth Education for Liberation. Herndon, VA: Paradigm Publishers. - Huber, S.G., Hader-Popp, S., & Saravanabhavan, R (Eds.). (2009). School Leadership – International Perspectives. Bern, Berlin, Brussels, Frankfurt a.M. New York, Oxford, Vienna: Peter Lang Publishing Group. [Selected presentations of the international symposia on school leadership held at Erfurt (Germany), mainly from 2005, providing some models of school leadership; leadership development; measuring effectiveness of leadership and some insight to the future of school leadership] [www.Edulead.com; www.Bildungsmanagement.net] - Langan, E., “Assimilation and Affirmative Action in French Education Systems,” European Education, vol. 40, no. 3, M.E. Sharpe Publishers, Fall, 2008. - Nozaki, Y. (2008). War memory, nationalism, and education in postwar Japan, 1945-2007: The Japanese history textbook controversy and Ienaga Saburo's court challenges (Foreword by Richard Minear). London: Routledge. - Ofori-Attah, K. (2008). Going to school in the Middle East and North Africa. West Port, CT: Greenwood Press. - Publications by CIES members with Teachers College Press- International Perspectives on Education Reform |
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| ▪ The Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) invites applications for positions in International Education and Development, at the rank of Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Professor or Lecturer, depending on qualifications. | |||
| ▪ Position Available at the Carlson School of Management’s Office of International Programs | |||
| ▪ Potential tenure-track position at State University of New York at New Paltz | |||
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Teachers College Columbia University- Department of
International and Transcultural Studies Faculty Position: Assistant Professor, International and Comparative Education |
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| ▪ Teachers College, Columbia University- Quantitative Higher Education Studies, faculty position | |||
| ▪ Position at Ripon College, Department of Educational Studies: Full-Time, Tenure Track Faculty Member, Assistant or Associate Rank (deadline: Dec. 19, 2008) | |||
| ▪ Tenure-Stream Faculty Search: International Development Education (East Africa), College of Education Michigan State University | |||
| ▪ Full-time faculty positions at the Lewis University, College of Education | |||
| ▪ Assistant Professor in International Education (3-Year Renewable, 12-Month Contract Appointment; Non-tenure accruing) at the George Washington University’s Graduate School of Education and Human Development (GSEHD) | |||
| ▪ Opening at OISE/University of Toronto (deadline: Nov. 28) | |||
| ▪ The Asian University for Women (www.asian-university.org) invites applications for its inaugural faculty of 16 positions to begin in Bangladesh, July 2009 | |||
| ▪ A coalition of organizations that support Afghan civil society organizations has established a Capacity-Building Initiative, and seeks applications for a Capacity-Building Specialist (deadline: Nov. 30, 2008) | |||
| ▪ IRC Vacancy: Education Technical Advisor, Middle East (Jordan)- The full job description: http://tbe.taleo.net/NA2/ats/careers/requisition.jsp?org=IRC&cws=1&rid=4657 | |||
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Call for Papers: Prospects –
UNESCO Quarterly Review of Comparative Education Special Issue on ‘Policies and Practices of Holocaust Education: International Perspectives’ |
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| ▪ Special Issue of Theory and Research in Social Education: "Histories of Social Studies Thought and Practice in Schools and Communities" - Call for Submissions (deadline: March 1, 2009) | |||
| ▪ Volume 11 in the International Perspectives on Education and Society Series published by Emerald Publishing - Call for Chapter Proposals (deadline: Nov. 30, 2008). | |||
| ▪ Call for Chapter Proposals: Handbook of Research on Human Cognition and Assistive Technology: Design, Accessibility and Transdisciplinary Perspectives. A handbook edited by Dr. Soonhwa Seok. University of Wisconsin, Whitewater (deadline: Nov. 25, 2008) | |||
| ▪ The Euro-Mediterranean Centre for Educational Research, which specialises in scholarly research on education systems in the Mediterranean region, has launched its new website at http://www.um.edu.mt/emcer. The website also gives free access to Centre’s peer-reviewed biannual publication, the Mediterranean Journal of Educational Studies, now in its 25th issue. You can register to receive an alert when a new issue is available by emailing the MJES editor at ronald.sultana@um.edu.mt | |||
| ▪ Nelly Stromquist joins the faculty of the University of Maryland | |||
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Other Conferences: | ||
| ▪ The 7th International Conference on Comparative Education and Teacher Training, organized by the Bulgarian Comparative Education Society will be held in Sofia, 30 June - 3 July 2009. Click here for more information. | |||
| ▪ SACHES Annual Conference (Stellenbosch, South Africa), Oct. 31- Nov. 2, 2009. | |||
| ▪ School Leadership Symposium (SLS) & International Seminar (IS) September, 2009, Switzerland | |||
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Community
Engagement and Service: The Third Mission of Universities May 18 - 20, 2009, University of British Columbia, The Centre for Policy Studies in Higher Education and Training - For conference details, see www.obs-pascal.com or www.chet.educ.ubc.ca/Conferences1.html |
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| ▪ The 2009 International Conference on e-Commerce, e-Administration, e-Society, and e-Education will be held in January 8-10, 2009, Singapore. Please visit http://www.e-case.org/2009 for details. | |||
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