CIES BULLETIN, NOVEMBER 2007

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  CIES News/Announcements:
    2008 CIES Conference in New York, NY: click here for more information.
Dates:     17-21 March, 2008.
Theme:   "Educational Equity Around the World"
Place:     Teachers College, Columbia University
     
    ▪ Would you like to join or create a SIG? You will find more information here. To view SIGs websites, please click here.
▪ New SIG initiatives: Inclusive Education SIG - Contact: Paula Hunt (huntpaul@msu.edu).
and South Asia SIG - Contact: Amita Chudgar (sasig.cies@gmail.com).
     
  Miscellaneous Announcements:
     
    ▪ New publication (2007) by Mark Hanson, CIES member, Fulbright Scholar and Professor of Education and Management at the University of California, Riverside:

Economic Development, Education and Transnational Corporations. New York, NY: Routledge.
[ available at www.routledge.com or www.Amazon.com ]
     
    Call for papers for the Comparative Education Review special Issue on “Education and Conflict/Post-Conflict Societies”
     
    Call for papers: Book on "Holocaust Education in Central and Eastern Europe: International Pressure, National Policies, and Classroom Practice".
     
    Call for Chapter Proposals: Volume 10 in the International Perspectives on Education and Society, titled "Gender, Equality, and Education from International and Comparative Perspectives".
     
    Call for Papers: PROSPECTS: UNESCO's Quarterly Review of Comparative Education.
     
    Study abroad opportunity in Ibadan, Nigeria: Schooling in a Global Society (deadline Feb. 1, 2008).
     
    Vacancy: The Department of Educational Leadership and Policies at the University of South Carolina invites applications for a tenure-track position in Educational Administration, with specialization in comparative and international education and educational leadership.
     
    5-Year Postdoctoral Fellowships in Educational Sciences at the University of Lisbon/Portugal
     
    Faculty Positions at Oklahoma State University
     
    Lecturer Position Announcement at the University of Georgia: Social Foundations of Education
     
    Vacancy: Director of International Education, Research and Outreach with Sesame Workshop in New York.
     
    Faculty Vacancy at the University at Albany (State University of New York): Global Education Policy
     
    Faculty Position at Michigan State University: Associate Professor in International Development Education (East Africa)
     
    Faculty Position: Teachers College, Columbia University- Dept. of International and Transcultural Studies.
     
    Faculty Vacancy at OISE, Toronto: Anti-racist and Feminist Studies in Globalization and Education.
     
    Consulting Opportunity: AED/El Salvador (Central America)
     
    Call for Papers: International Conference on Social Science Research Methodologies (International Sociological Association).
     
    Call for Proposals: International Conference on Educational Leadership in Cultural Diversity and Globalization, April 8-10, 2008, Phuket, Thailand.
     
   

The Population Council Bixby Fellowship program is accepting applications for 2008 starting September 1st 2007. A research project in Malawian schools directed by Dr. Paul C. Hewett is seeking qualified applicants.
September 1st 2007 – December 31st 2007
Website: http://www.popcouncil.org/slr/Bixby/Bixby_home.html

     
    Tenure Track Positions at Vassar College: Multicultural Education and Secondary Teacher Education
     
  Other Conferences:
     
    International Conference on Educational Leadership in Cultural Diversity and Globalization, April 8-10, 2008, Phuket, Thailand
     
    ▪  Worldview International magazine in connection with some organisations around the world is organising One World One Society Summit 2007 to be held at the University of East London, UK on the 16-17 November 2007. This conference aims to bring the entire student organisations from around the world together to discuss, analyse and to be educated about how to use their leadership position for a positive change. Please visit their website  for more information: www.oneworldonesociety.com.
   
 

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