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OPEN CALL FOR INCLUSION OF EXPERTS AND ORGANISATIONS IN THE EENC DATABASE

The European Expert Network on Culture (EENC) has launched an open call for inclusion of individual experts and organisations in the EENC database.

The European Expert Network on Culture (EENC) was set up in 2010 at the initiative of the European Commission's Directorate-General for Education and Culture, in order to provide advice and support to its activities in the field of cultural policy. The EENC is coordinated by Interarts and Culture Action Europe, in cooperation with IRMO - the Institute for Development and International Relations / Culturelink Network, and it involves a group of 17 experts. Rather than carry out primary research, the EENC provides expert advice to policymakers by synthesising current research and relevant issues in a way which is useful for policy development.

Among the tasks that the EENC has been entrusted to perform is the launch and management of a website, which should provide comprehensive information both on the EENC's own activities and on other developments relevant to the fields in which the network operates. The EENC website provides an overview of the outputs (papers, studies) produced by the EENC group of experts, and includes a broader database of individual professionals and organisations active in the field of cultural policy research. With a view to broadening and diversifying references, the EENC has launched an open call for inclusion of individual experts and organisations in the EENC database.

Information on the selection criteria and procedures for inclusion of experts and organisations in the EENC database is available on www.eenc.info/network

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The 14th EADI General Conference on Responsible Development in a Polycentric World: Inequality, Citizenship and the Middle Classes will be held in Bonn, Germany, on 23-26 June 2014. The Conference will delve into the world's major development challenges. The deadline for abstract submission is 15 December 2013. >>>

2.   ACTIVATED BORDERS: RE-OPENINGS, RUPTURES AND RELATIONSHIPS

The 4th Conference of the Asian Borderlands Research Network will be held in Hong Kong, on 8-10 December 2014, aiming to spur collaboration and discussion across diverse fields in the hope of building up a more nuanced picture of the intersections and relationships across Asian borderlands. Submissions are invited from scholars, writers, policy studies researchers, artists, filmmakers, activists, the media, and others from a wide variety of disciplinary backgrounds. The deadline for paper proposals is 1 February 2014. >>>

3.   BANFF RESEARCH IN CULTURE 2014 AND ARTIST IN RESIDENCE PROGRAMMES

Banff Research in Culture (BRiC) 2014 will investigate the cultural, social, and political repercussions of "distributed intimacies" - the processes and outcomes of new forms of mediation that have reshaped how we relate to one another, imagine ourselves as parts of groups, and constitute communities. The programme will take place from 26 May to 13 June 2014. Application deadline is 2 December 2013. >>>

4.   MASTER IN INTERNATIONAL ARTS MANAGEMENT

The Master of Management in International Arts Management, a joint programme with HEC Montréal, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, and Bocconi, Milan, offers international training that draws on the expertise of three of the world's top-ranked universities in the area of cultural management. Scholarships are available. Application deadlines: 15 November 2013, 15 January 2014 and 15 April 2014. >>>

5.   NEW M.A. IN ART, EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY PRACTICE

The Department of Art and Art Professions at NYU Steinhardt offers a new M.A. programme in Art, Education, and Community Practice that catalyzes social change through the arts. It focuses on framing and supporting the artist as an activist, an educator, and a change agent. Scholarships are available. Application deadline is 1 February 2014. >>>

6.   MEDIA AND FINE ART DEGREE AT ACADEMY OF MEDIA ARTS COLOGNE

The Academy of Media Arts Cologne (KHM), Germany, offers an educational concept that brings together the fields of film, art and theory in one degree course entitled Media and Fine Art (Diploma degree I in 9 semesters / Diploma degree II in 4 semesters). Application deadlines are 17 January and 7 February 2014. >>>

7.   MA IN ART HISTORY, MAED IN ART EDUCATION AND AN MFA IN STUDIO ART

The Ernest G. Welch School of Art and Design at Georgia State University, USA, offers an MA in Art History, an MAED in Art Education and an MFA in Studio Art with concentrations in Ceramics, Drawing and Painting, Graphic Design, Interior Design, Photography, Printmaking, Sculpture and Textiles. Application deadline is 15 January 2014. >>>

8.   VISUAL STUDIES PH.D. AT UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ

The University of California at Santa Cruz announced a call for applications to the Ph.D. programme in Visual Studies. This interdisciplinary programme is designed for students with diverse academic backgrounds from across the arts and humanities, who wish to pursue a graduate degree focused on the social and cultural production of human vision and on the distinctive roles played by art and artifacts in societies from around the globe. Application deadline is 15 December 2013. >>>

9.   EUROPEAN LAW AND CULTURAL POLICIES

The international symposium on European Law and Cultural Policies, organised by the European Parliament in co-operation with the Research Centre on State and Constitution of the Catholic University of Louvain and the Institute for European Studies of Saint-Louis, will be held in Bruxelles, Belgium, on 15 November 2013. The symposium aims at clarifying the interactions between European law and cultural policies. >>>

10.   E/MERGE ELIA LEADERSHIP SYMPOSIUM

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15.   HANGZHOU CONGRESS PROCEEDINGS

Following the UNESCO Hangzhou International Congress entitled Culture: Key to Sustainable Development, which was held in Hangzhou, China, on 15-17 May 2013, the Web Proceedings of the Congress have been published. >>>

16.   INTERARTIVE SPECIAL ISSUE ON ART AND MOBILITY

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