Jul 02 2006
It’s [almost] all Farsi to me!
Pretty much everyone with an online life of some sort is prone to the occassional vanity search. I am no exception. Today I was flummoxed to stumble across this reference to me. It’s in Farsi (or maybe that’s Kurdish as the homepage says the site comes in both lanaguages). As far as I can tell it refers to the presentation I gave at the Women War and Learning Conference in early April. But beyond that, I have no idea what it says!
Jun 22 2006
How NOT to attend an Academic Conference…
Note to people who attend academic conferences: It is RUDE to attend a panel as an audience member and then to spend 15 minutes of someone’s presentation talking to your buddy so loudly that other audience members shush you. And it is more rude not to stop your chatter until the presenter links your constant chatter into her comments about corporal punishment by saying, “for example, the gentlemen at the back who are chatting so loudly would have long ago felt my stick upon them”. It is beyond rude to then ask the presenter who her research participants were, and to claim that she didn’t adequately describe them during her presentation, when in fact you simply weren’t paying attention during that part of the presentation. And if you have to be that rude to ask such a question, then the least you could do is NOT leave the room before the presenter has a chance to answer your question. In case you want to know how I answered this question… I said,
“Finally, I was also asked to clarify who my research participants were even though I spoke at length on this subject during the presentation. Since the person who asked this question is no longer in the room, I do not feel the need to answer this question unless someone else in the audience would like me to. Please raise your hand if you’d like me to answer that question.”
No one in the room raised his/her hand, so I did not answer your question. Next time you go to a conference… hang out by the tea table and don’t bother with the panels, OK??!! 
x-posted to my LJ.
Mar 22 2006
Women, War & Learning Conference
A two-day conference is being held @ UofT on Women, War & Learning on April 6-7. It’s free to attend. And I’ll be giving a presentation there on my Diss results as they relate to women’s remembrance of their childhood experiences of education during war.
Mar 10 2006
Diversity in Migration — Grad Student Conference
Please distribute this call widely, thank you!!
(NOTE: new dates)
April 27th and 28th, 2006
Diversity in Migration:
Graduate Student Conference at
Centre for Refugee & Migration Studies
York University (Keele Campus)
Room 305, York Lanes Bldg
The Centre for Refugee Studies (CRS) ninth Annual Graduate Student Conference will be held April 28th & 29th, 2006 at York University, Toronto. This event will offer students across disciplines the opportunity to present & discuss ideas in a professional, non-intimidating forum.
This year’s theme, Diversity in Migration, reflects the wide range of issues, approaches, and realities emerging in the study of human displacement today. In a spirit of open-ness we take diversity to include diversity of theory, of methodology, of ideology – as well as the diversity of human culture and history. Similarly, the term ‘migration’ reflects not only the movements of refugees & migrants, but also movement of culture, ideas, and historical or political economic forces.
Graduate students (Masters/PhD) from all disciplines are invited to present papers at this conference. Abstracts should be received no later than Monday April 10, 2006. Final drafts of conference papers will be reviewed and professionally evaluated (with feedback) by editorial staff at CRS’ internationally published journal, Refuge; one paper will be selected
for publication in an upcoming edition. See below for suggested topics, which are offered as guidelines, not as constraints.
Suggested Themes/Topics:
- FORCED or VOLUNTARY MIGRATION
- CULTURAL & RELIGIOUS PLURALITY
- INTERNAL DISPLACEMENT
- NATIONALISM
- DIASPORA, EXILE
- CRUSADES & RACIAL PROFILING
- IMMIGRATION/REFUGEE LAW or POLICY
- ETHNICITY, IDENTITY, CULTURAL POLITICS
- TRANSNATIONALISM
- RHETORIC & REALITIES OF DIVERSITY
- RACE/CLASS/GENDER ISSUES
- CHALLENGES OF RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY
Submission Guidelines:
1. Abstracts should not exceed 250 words.
2. Panel suggestions are also welcome
3. All submissions should include a personal
biographic profile of no more than 100 words.
4. Presentations will be 20 minutes each.
ABSTRACTS MAY BE SUBMITTED by Monday, April 10th, 2006
to CRS Student Caucus at: crs_caus@yorku.ca
This Conference hosted by the Student Caucus at Centre for Refugee Studies, York University (Toronto, Canada)
Jan 25 2006
Women as Global Leaders Conference
I’ve just received an email saying that my proposal was accepted for the Women as Global Leaders Conference held at Zayed University in Abu Dhabi. They had so many submissions that they actually had to turn people away, so I am honoured to be chosen as well as to have had the conference fee waived. I will still need to find about 60% of the cost of flights to Abu Dhabi. It’s not cheap. Cross your fingers that I find some more funding. If anyone has any ideas, please let me know!
I’ve heard nothing but good things about this conference, though I must say that I raise an eyebrow because one of this year’s keynotes is Sherrie Blair.
Jan 22 2006
CRS Grad Student Conference — CfP
Diversity in Migration
Centre for Refugee Studies (CRS) Annual Graduate Student Conference
York University (Keele Campus) – February 24th and 25th, 2006
World migration has captured the attention of a growing number of scholars from all academic disciplines. Many post-graduate students are involved in this innovative research, utilizing various perspectives and approaches.
The Ninth Annual Centre for Refugee Studies (CRS) Graduate Student Conference is hosted by the CRS Student Caucus at York University. This event will allowstudents from diverse academic disciplines to discuss issues, exchange ideas,and gain experience in the presentation of conference papers in a non-intimidating peer to peer environment.
This year’s conference Diversity in Migration reflects the wide range of issues, approaches and themes that emerge within the study of migration today. Launching the conference will be a keynote address from Dr. Sharryn Aiken, professor of Immigration and Refugee Law at Queen’s University, Kingston. Dr.Aiken is also editor-in-chief of the journal Refuge and a former president of the Canadian Council for Refugees.
All post-graduate students (Masters/PhD) studying aspects of migration
are invited to submit abstracts for papers to be presented at the conference.
Final drafts of presentation papers will be reviewed and provided with written feedback by the editorial staff at the journal Refuge, with one paper being selected for publication in an upcoming edition of the periodical.
Guidelines:
1. Abstracts should be no more than 250 words.
2. Proposals for panel discussions should be accompanied by individual abstracts for each paper (250 words). *Please state clearly whether you are submitting an abstract for a panel or a presentation.
3. All submissions should include a personal profile (no more than 100 words).
4. Presentation will be 20 minutes each.
5. Final drafts should be submitted by Friday, March 31st, 2006.
Please send all abstracts to crs_caus@yorku.ca by Friday, February 10th, 2006.
Please distribute this call widely to all interested students!