Daily Archives: 13 April 2016

Australia-Germany Joint Research Co-operation Scheme – Call for Applications

The Australia-Germany Joint Research Co-operation Scheme is a joint initiative of Universities Australia and the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), Germany’s national agency for the support of international academic cooperation.

It aims to foster research collaboration of the highest quality between Australian researchers from Universities Australia member universities and German researchers from German universities and research institutes.

The scheme will support exchanges for Australian researchers to spend time at partner institutions in Germany and for collaborating German researchers to spend time at Australian universities. Researchers must be working on a joint research project with their German counterparts, rather than simply furthering their own individual research in Germany.

The support of early career researchers and junior scholars is a significant focus of this scheme.

Australian applicants must be:

  • employed as an academic staff member in a teaching and research or research only role at the Australian university administering the application and with a contract at that university that is valid for the duration of the relevant funding period; or
  • enrolled for the duration of the relevant funding period as a PhD or Research Masters student at the Australian university administering the application and part of a research project application submitted by an eligible staff member at that same university.

The scheme is open to Australian researchers at participating Australian universities in all academic fields involved in a collaborative project with German research partners.

Proposals must provide opportunities for exchanges between early career researchers. However it is not compulsory to be an ECR to apply. Researchers from the Humanities and Social Sciences are encouraged to apply.

Applications open on 4 April 2016 and close on 17 June 2016.

For full details and to apply, please visit: https://www.universitiesaustralia.edu.au/global-engagement/international-collaboration/international-agreements-and-activities/Australia–Germany-Joint-Research-Cooperation-Scheme#.VwXIVUfGBju

(Re) Examining Historical Childhoods: Literary, Cultural, Social – Call For Papers

(Re) Examining Historical Childhoods: Literary, Cultural, Social
An Australasian Society for the History of Children and Youth Symposium
Melbourne, Australia, Deakin University
December 12-13, 2016

In this inaugural Australasian Society for the History of Children and Youth symposium, we are keenly interested in bringing together scholars of the history of children and childhood to consider new perspectives, new methodologies, and new cross- disciplinary frameworks that will enrich the field. We invite proposals for panels, papers, or roundtables that explore histories of children and youth from any place and in any era.

Possible topics include, but are not limited to:

  • Representations of the histories children and childhood in the media, film, literature, music and popular culture
  • The ‘difficult’ histories of children and youth
  • Histories that consider children’s agency and voice
  • Children and their relation to space, place, and the built environment
  • Education and the histories of children and youth
  • Material culture and the commemoration of children’s heritage
  • Histories of ‘girlhood’ and ‘boyhood’
  • Cross-cultural and Indigenous experiences of childhood across time
  • Histories of childhood and public policy

Paper and panel proposals are due no later than 15 May, 2016. They should include the following information in a single document and should be sent to the conference convener Kristine Moruzi (kmoruzi@deakin.edu.au). Notifications of acceptance will be made by 15 June.

  1. Name of presenter, institutional affiliation, address and email.
  2. Title of individual paper
  3. 250-word abstract of paper
  4. Brief bio (max 50 words) for presenter
  5. Audio-visual requirements