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News from the Focal Point

1.   INTERCULTURAL DIALOGUE AND DIGITAL CULTURE

Job Opportunity

2.   ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN ARTS ADMINISTRATION

Educational Programmes, Courses and Workshops

3.   MASTERS OF SCIENCE IN VISUAL ARTS AT MIT

4.   PH.D. CONCENTRATION IN ART PRACTICE

5.   MASTER OF FINE ARTS AT CORNELL UNIVERSITY

6.   TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG ARTS & EVENT MANAGERS

7.   REDEFINING MODERSNISM AND POSTMODERNISM

8.   CULTURE, TERRITORIES AND SOCIETY IN EUROPE

9.   U40-WORLD FORUM

Call for Entries

10.   CELEBRATING ARTS & CULTURE III

International Conferences and Festivals

11.   XIV BIENNALE OF YOUNG ARTISTS FROM EUROPE AND THE MEDITERRANEAN

12.   INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF VISUAL ARTS AND NEW MEDIAS

13.   CREATIVE ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND EDUCATION IN CULTURAL LIFE

14.   MALTA INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON BRANDING OF CITIES OF ART

Project

15.   LABFORCULTURE HAS GONE ITALIAN

Books, Publications and Reports

16.   EUROPEAN HERITAGE - SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES IN SOUTH-EAST EUROPE

17.   POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR TEACHING SOCIOCULTURAL DIVERSITY - A SURVEY REPORT

18.   CHALLENGES OF SECULARIZATION IN EUROPE

19.   PUTTING CULTURE FIRST – RESEARCH REPORT BY COMMONWEALTH FOUNDATION

20.   ELECTRONIC PUBLICATIONS ON CONSERVATION DOCUMENTATION BY GETTY CONSERVATION INSTITUTE

1.   INTERCULTURAL DIALOGUE AND DIGITAL CULTURE

The Culturelink Network has published the final report of its international round table entitled Intercultural Dialogue and Digital Culture, which was held in Zagreb, Croatia, on 20-21 November 2008. The event gathered over forty participants – cultural researchers, cultural policy experts, representatives from cultural networks, and cultural and new media practitioners from the EU, the Mediterranean and South East Europe, which discussed pertinent issues of possibilities that digital culture provides for intercultural dialogue. It was organized by the Institute for International Relations (IMO) and Culturelink Network from Zagreb, Croatia, with the support of UNESCO-BRESCE, the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Croatia, and the Department for Culture Education and Sports of the City of Zagreb. www.culturelink.org/conf/dialogue/dialoguerpt.html
A conference reader, presentations and photos from the event are also available online at www.culturelink.org/conf/dialogue/index.html.

2.   ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN ARTS ADMINISTRATION

The Meadows School of the Arts at the Dallas Southern Methodist University (SMU) seeks an arts marketing and development professor for a tenure track Assistant Professor position. The deadline fo application is 1 January 2009.>>>

3.   MASTERS OF SCIENCE IN VISUAL ARTS AT MIT

The MIT Visual Arts Program (VAP) seeks committed, curious and creative students for the 2009-2010 academic year. Positioned within the MIT School of Architecture and Planning, the VAP offers a wealth of exploration and research opportunities in transdisciplinary relationships with programmes and labs in the MIT community. Deadline for applications is 15 December 2008. >>>

4.   PH.D. CONCENTRATION IN ART PRACTICE

The Department of Visual Arts at the University of California, San Diego invites applications to the Art Practice concentration in the Ph.D. programme in Art and Media History, Theory, and Criticism. Deadline for applications is 2 January 2009. >>>

5.   MASTER OF FINE ARTS AT CORNELL UNIVERSITY

The MFA at Cornell is for thinking and inquiring artists who seek to arbitrate the centrifugal opportunities of a small artistic community of students and faculty members with the centripetal outreach of a research-based university. Applications deadline is 15 January 2009. >>>

6.   TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG ARTS & EVENT MANAGERS

The International Federation for Choral Music announces two new training opportunities for young event and arts managers in the field of choral music. Deadline for applications are 15 December 2008 (International Study Tour for Arts Managers) and 15 March 2009 (Youth Event Management Programme). >>>

7.   REDEFINING MODERSNISM AND POSTMODERNISM

The 12th international conference on cultural studies entitled Redefining Modernism and Postmodernism is to take place in Izmir, Turkey, from 29 April - 1 May 2009. Abstracts of papers are invited on aspects of modernity, modernism, and postmodernism from the literary, cultural, and a wide range of interdisciplinary aspects, aiming to broaden the current debates. Deadline for abstract submission is 19 December 2008. >>>

8.   CULTURE, TERRITORIES AND SOCIETY IN EUROPE

The French Observatory of Cultural Policies is organizing a European Syposium on Culture, Territories and Society in Europe, to be held in Grenoble, France, on 28-29 May 2009. Proposals for papers are invited by 31 January 2009. >>>

9.   U40-WORLD FORUM

As a pre-conference to the Conference of Parties of the 2005 - UNESCO Convention on the Protection and the Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expression, the U40-World Forum, the main part of the U40-Capacity Building Programme 'Cultural Diversity 2030' (2008- 2010) initiated by the German Commission for UNESCO, to be held in Paris, France on 12-14 June 2009, is seeking up to 40 young specialists. Deadline for submissions is 28 February 2009. >>>

10.   CELEBRATING ARTS & CULTURE III

The Central European Foundation (CEF) announces its third call for proposals to support projects in arts and culture in Slovakia (SR) and the Central European (CE) region. The goal of the programme is to support projects that focus on developing artistic works, events and performances, and presenting them to the widest possible audience. Deadline for proposals is 15 December 2008. >>>

11.   XIV BIENNALE OF YOUNG ARTISTS FROM EUROPE AND THE MEDITERRANEAN

The city of Skopje, Macedonia, will host the XIV edition of the Biennale Skopje 2009, the Biennale of Young Artists from Europe and the Mediterranean, from 3-12 September 2009. The selection is open to all young artists from 18 to 30 years of age (for the Show Area the age limit is 35 for directors and choreographers). The submission deadline is 15 January 2009. >>>

12.   INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF VISUAL ARTS AND NEW MEDIAS

The Center of Visual, Electronic Arts & Multimedia, will organize the 2nd edition of the International Festival of Visual Arts and New Medias (FAN) from 30 March to 4 April 2009 in Casablanca, Morocco. Professional artists and young creators in visual arts and new media wishing to participate in FAN 2009, should send a DVD copy of their work with a CV and technical information by 15 January 2009. >>>

13.   CREATIVE ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND EDUCATION IN CULTURAL LIFE

ENCATC is inviting proposals for presentations and chairing of sessions at their forthcoming international conference entitled Creative Entrepreneurship and Education in Cultural Life, that will take place at the Columbia College in Chicago, USA, on 15-18 July 2009. >>>

14.   MALTA INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON BRANDING OF CITIES OF ART

Malti Media House is organizing an International Conference for Culture and Incoming Tourism Operators entitled Malta International Conference on Branding of Cities of Arts. The event will take place in Valetta, Malta from 8-12 April 2009. >>>

15.   LABFORCULTURE HAS GONE ITALIAN!

LabforCulture has gone Italian! Two years after launching LabforCulture is now adding an Italian language version to the site. This will make the site more accessible to a wider part of the Italian community, expanding the site to 6 languages. >>>

16.   EUROPEAN HERITAGE - SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES IN SOUTH-EAST EUROPE

A new title from the Council of Europe Publishing brings an overview of sustainable development strategies in the heritage field, focusing on the region of South-East Europe. >>>

17.   POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR TEACHING SOCIOCULTURAL DIVERSITY - A SURVEY REPORT

This report published by Council of Europe is the result of a survey on the initial training of teachers in sociocultural diversity in Europe, carried out in 16 countries within the framework of the project Policies and Practices for Teaching Sociocultural Diversity, launched by the Steering Committee for Education of the Council of Europe in 2006. >>>

18.   CHALLENGES OF SECULARIZATION IN EUROPE

The Pontifical Council for Culture in cooperation with the Urbaniana University Press announces a volume of speeches given during a meeting of the Council’s European Members and Consultators with the Presidents of the Commissions for Culture of the Episcopal Conferences of Europe, organized in Sibiu, Romania in 2007. >>>

19.   PUTTING CULTURE FIRST – RESEARCH REPORT BY COMMONWEALTH FOUNDATION

In March 2008, the Commonwealth Foundation's Culture and Diversity Programme launched a major research project into culture, cultural policy and development, called Putting Culture First. The report is now available both in electronic version and hard copy. >>>

20.   ELECTRONIC PUBLICATIONS ON CONSERVATION DOCUMENTATION BY GETTY CONSERVATION INSTITUTE

The Getty Conservation Institute announced two volumes of its publication Recording, Documentation, and Information Management for the Conservation of Heritage Places: Volume I - Guiding Principles, and Volume II - Illustrated Examples, made freely available online. >>>

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