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News from the Focal Point

1.   NETWORKS - THE EVOLVING ASPECTS OF CULTURE IN THE 21ST CENTURY

Job Openings

2.   NYU ABU DHABI CALL FOR FACULTY APPLICATIONS

3.   TENURE TRACK ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF ARTS ADMINISTRATION

Calls for Papers and Presentations

4.   CLAIMING CREATIVITY: ART EDUCATION IN CULTURAL TRANSITION

5.   6TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CULTURAL POLICY RESEARCH

6.   IDEA 2010 DEADLINE EXTENDED

7.   16TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CULTURAL ECONOMICS BY THE ACEI

8.   REPRESENTATIONS OF EUROPEAN IDENTITY

9.   ELIA BIENNIAL CONFERENCE

Calls for Entries and Applications

10.   CIVIL SOCIETY DIALOGUE IN ISTANBUL 2010

11.   MARC DE MONTALEMBERT PRIZE 2010

Educational Programmes, Courses and Workshops

12.   GRADUATE PROGRAM IN CURATORIAL PRACTICE

13.   FA PROGRAMS IN STUDIO AND DESIGN

14.   SAM FOX SCHOOL OF DESIGN & VISUAL ARTS

15.   MFA IN ART CRITICISM & WRITING

16.   EUROPEAN DIPLOMA IN CULTURAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT 2010/2011

17.   PH.D. IN CRITICAL PRACTICE OF FILM & DIGITAL MEDIA

18.   MOORE COLLEGE OF ART & DESIGN CALL FOR APPLICATIONS

19.   SOCIAL CAPITAL IN PRACTICE

20.   CURRENT ISSUES IN INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL POLICY

21.   PHD IN MARKETING AND MANAGEMENT IN THE ARTS AND CULTURAL INDUSTRIES

22.   UNDERSTANDING OF WORLD CULTURES

International Conferences and Festivals

23.   4TH ELIA LEADERSHIP SYMPOSIUM

24.   ALL AFRICA DANCE CONFERENCE AND FESTIVAL

25.   JOURNEYS OF EXPRESSION VIII

26.   WORLD HERITAGE AND TOURISM: MANAGING FOR THE GLOBAL AND THE LOCAL

Project

27.   CITY AND ART PROJECT

New Books and Publications

28.   IMAGINE THERE’S NO COPYRIGHT AND NO CULTURAL CONGLOMERATES TOO ...

29.   CULTURE UNBOUND

30.   HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE EUROPEAN YEAR OF INTERCULTURAL DIALOGUE

31.   'ART WORKS' – CULTURAL LABOUR MARKETS: A LITERATURE REVIEW

32.   TRANSFORMATIONS: RISK, CRISIS, ADAPTATION

1.   NETWORKS - THE EVOLVING ASPECTS OF CULTURE IN THE 21ST CENTURY

Dear colleagues, dear friends,
with the participation of 130 members, researchers, experts and artists in the field of culture from all continents, the Third World Culturelink Conference entitled Networks - The Evolving Aspects of Culture in the 21st Century, was held in Zagreb, Croatia, from 13 to 15 November 2009, marking the 20th anniversary of Culturelink's continuous networking and research activities by investigating the role and relevance that cultural networks hold for cultural development in today's digital environment. The conference report will be available in the coming week, and the publication of the conference proceedings is planned for 2010.
We sincerely thank all participants for their fruitful contributions to and discussions of one of the most intriguing phenomena of contemporary culture. >>>
The Culturelink Team

2.   NYU ABU DHABI CALL FOR FACULTY APPLICATIONS

Having established a campus in Abu Dhabi, New York University is recruiting faculty of international distinction in Film & Media History, Theory, and Criticism, as well as in Film & Television Production, committed to active research and finest teaching, aiming to build a pioneering global institution and forging an international community of scholars and students. Deadline for applications is 15 December 2009. >>>

3.   TENURE TRACK ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF ARTS ADMINISTRATION

The Meadows School of the Arts at SMU seeks an arts law professor to join a dynamic faculty in a graduate MA/MBA Arts Administration programme in the Fall 2010. The position is a tenure track Assistant Professor. Application deadline is 1 January 2010. >>>

4.   CLAIMING CREATIVITY: ART EDUCATION IN CULTURAL TRANSITION

This joint International Symposium presented by Columbia College Chicago in partnership with the European League of Institutes of the Arts, to be held in Chicago, USA on 21-24 April 2010, seeks to re-position creativity as a driver not only for our economies, but also for art making, for transformational processes, and for social and cultural development and change. Deadline for submissions is 1 December 2009. >>>

5.   6TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CULTURAL POLICY RESEARCH

Reminder: The 6th International Conference on Cultural Policy Research (ICCPR) will be held in Jyväskylä, Finland, on 24 - 27 August 2010. Researchers are invited to submit proposals for paper presentations, on any relevant discipline contributing to the study of cultural policy and its effects. The deadline for proposals is 14 December 2009. >>>

6.   IDEA 2010 DEADLINE EXTENDED

In response to numerous requests, the deadline for submissions of case study experiences, papers, workshops, artistic and dialogic key hole, videos and poster/installations to the VII World Congress of IDEA 2010 - Live, Living Diversity! Embracing the Arts of Transformation! has been extended until 30 November 2009. >>>

7.   16TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CULTURAL ECONOMICS BY THE ACEI

The Association for Cultural Economics International (ACEI) invites participation in its 16th International Conference on Cultural Economics to be held at Copenhagen, Denmark, from 10-12 June 2010. The deadline for abstract submissions is 15 January 2010. >>>

8.   REPRESENTATIONS OF EUROPEAN IDENTITY

Paper and/or panel proposals are invited for a 3-day multi-disciplinary international conference on representations of European identity entitled Europe in its Own Eyes / Europe in the Eyes of the Other, to be held in Ontario, Canada, on 1-3 October 2010. Abstracts submission deadline is 15 February 2010. >>>

9.   ELIA BIENNIAL CONFERENCE

ELIA invites proposals for papers and presentations to its 11th Biennial Conference, set to be held in Nantes, France on 27 – 30 October 2010, from professional practitioners from all arts disciplines, arts administrators, international officers, senior managers and representatives of higher arts education and the cultural sector. The deadline for submission is 14 December 2009. >>>

10.   CIVIL SOCIETY DIALOGUE IN ISTANBUL 2010

The European Commission has launched a grant scheme programme entitled Civil Society Dialogue – Istanbul 2010 European Capital of Culture, aiming to distribute grants to non-governmental organizations active in the area of culture and arts, carrying out projects with partners from the European Union, aiming to demonstrate Istanbul’s cultural legacy and capacity. The deadline for submitting proposals is 2 December 2009. >>>

11.   MARC DE MONTALEMBERT PRIZE 2010

The Marc de Montalembert Foundation and the National Institute of Art History award each year the Marc de Montalembert Prize of 8000 Euro to support the realization of a six- to nine-month project contributing to the knowledge of art history and heritageof the Mediterranean region. Application deadline is 30 November 2009. >>>

12.   GRADUATE PROGRAM IN CURATORIAL PRACTICE

The two-year Graduate Program in Curatorial Practice at California College of the Arts offers an expanded perspective on curating contemporary art and culture, providing practical training in curating and organizing exhibitions as well as rigorous study in the history of the discipline, modern and contemporary art history, theory, and criticism. Applications deadline for the fall 2010 incoming class is 5 January 2010. >>>

13.   MFA PROGRAMS IN STUDIO AND DESIGN

The MFA Program of the School of Art + Design at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is a three-year course of study committed to training artists and designers at the highest professional levels, offering an MFA degree with specializations in Painting, Sculpture, Photography, New Media, Ceramics, Metal, Graphic Design, and Industrial Design. Application deadline is 5 January 2010. >>>

14.   SAM FOX SCHOOL OF DESIGN & VISUAL ARTS

Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis offers graduate programmes in art as well as architecture and urban design, with application deadlines on 5 JAnuary and 1 February 2010 respectively. >>>

15.   MFA IN ART CRITICISM & WRITING

The School of Visual Arts in New York City invites applications for the Fall 2010 incoming class of MFA in Art Criticism & Writing by 15 January 2010. >>>

16.   EUROPEAN DIPLOMA IN CULTURAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT 2010/2011

Each year, the Fondation Marcel Hicter organizes the European Diploma in Cultural Project Management for around 25 professionals from 20 countries, aiming to discuss Europe and culture; project management, cultural cooperation, operational management of cultural projects, fund raising etc. Deadline for applications is 15 January 2010. >>>

17.   PH.D. IN CRITICAL PRACTICE OF FILM & DIGITAL MEDIA

The Film & Digital Media Department of the University of California Santa Cruz welcomes applications for admission to the inaugural 2010 class of its program for the Ph.D. in Critical Practice of Film & Digital Media. Application deadline is 15 January 2010. >>>

18.   MOORE COLLEGE OF ART & DESIGN CALL FOR APPLICATIONS

The Moore College of Art & Design offers residency programmes in MA in Art Education, MFA in Studio Art, MFA in Interior Design. Application deadline is 1 February 2010. >>>

19.   SOCIAL CAPITAL IN PRACTICE

Reminder: The submission deadline for the TSCF 2010 International Conference entitled Social Capital in Practice, to be held in Mellieha, Malta, on 7-10 May 2010, is 15 February 2010. >>>

20.   CURRENT ISSUES IN INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL POLICY

The Teachers College Arts Administration Program has recently created an innovative lecture series designed to provide a deeper understanding of some of the most pressing issues affecting the arts in the United States and around the world. >>>

21.   PHD IN MARKETING AND MANAGEMENT IN THE ARTS AND CULTURAL INDUSTRIES

Starting in September 2010, HEC Montréal will be offering a programme in Marketing and Management in the Arts and Cultural Industries, completing the range of graduate and post-graduate programmes offered in Canada and bringing a new area of expertise to the Canadian cultural milieu. >>>

22.   UNDERSTANDING OF WORLD CULTURES

The Hungarian Multicultural Center invites interested visual artists, writers, performers to submit applications for its residency programme in Budapest, Hungary, offering participants the opportunity to interact with other artists representing a variety of cultures and backgrounds. >>>

23.   4TH ELIA LEADERSHIP SYMPOSIUM

ELIA - the European League of Institutes of the Arts is organizing its 4th Leadership Symposium in Zürich, Switzerland on 2-4 December 2009, under the motto Value is Vulnerable, aiming to address the present challenges facing Higher Arts Education. >>>

24.   ALL AFRICA DANCE CONFERENCE AND FESTIVAL

The All Africa Dance Conference and Festival, to be held in Nairobi, Kenya, on 9-13 December 2009, will impart skills in dance for peace and development and celebrate the use of dance as a tool for social change and development in Africa and the world over. >>>

25.   JOURNEYS OF EXPRESSION VIII

This conference entitled Celebrating Through Times of Crisis: Prospects and Potentials for Tourism, Festivals and Cultural Events, to be held in Copenhagen, Denmark on 20 – 21 April 2010, will bring together international academic researchers in the field of tourism and festival studies with policy makers and practitioners in the festivals and cultural events sector. >>>

26.   WORLD HERITAGE AND TOURISM: MANAGING FOR THE GLOBAL AND THE LOCAL

This conference to be held in Quebec City, Canada, on 3-4 June 2010, seeks to explore a series of critical and fundamental questions being raised by the various 'owners', managers and local communities involved with World Heritage Sites in relation to tourism. >>>

27.   CITY AND ART PROJECT

Three new social virtual networks have been established in order to enhance and facilitate existing communication, cooperation and visibility aspects of the culture and arts scene at the European level: Artcitizens.net, Artacademia.net and Citizensofculture.net. >>>

28.   IMAGINE THERE’S NO COPYRIGHT AND NO CULTURAL CONGLOMERATES TOO ...

Brazenly abolishing copyright. That’s what Joost Smiers and Marieke van Schijndel do in their essay entitled Imagine There's No Copyright and No Cultural Conglomerates Too ...., published as e-book by the Institute of Network Cultures, Amsterdam. >>>

29.   CULTURE UNBOUND

Culture Unbound: Journal of Current Cultural Research is a new academic journal for border-crossing cultural research, including cultural studies as well as other interdisciplinary and transnational currents. >>>

30.   HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE EUROPEAN YEAR OF INTERCULTURAL DIALOGUE

The European Commission has recently published Highlights from the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue 2008, a brochure presenting some of the hundreds of initiatives that took place across European Member States and beyond to mark the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue 2008. >>>

31.   'ART WORKS' – CULTURAL LABOUR MARKETS: A LITERATURE REVIEW

The Creativity, Culture and Education Literature Review Series has published its eighth volume entitled 'Art Works' – Cultural Labour Markets: A Literature Review, offering an overview of the literature surrounding the nature of work in the cultural industries, as it has permeated policy-making, public debate, and practice. >>>

32.   TRANSFORMATIONS: RISK, CRISIS, ADAPTATION

The collection of essays entitled Transformations: Risk, Crisis, Adaptation deals with social transformations in the cultural process. >>>

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