The Kiel International Seapower Symposium 2017 discusses maritime security challenges in the Eastern Mediterranean

Deadline: 26 May 2017
Open to: participants between the ages of 18 and 35 years old, linked to YATA Chapter or ATA/YATA Partner Organization
Venue: 20 June 2017 – Kiel, Germany

Description

The Kiel International Seapower Symposium 2017 discusses maritime security challenges in the Eastern Mediterranean. It aims to shed light on current political and military developments in the region as well as their broader geopolitical implications. Consequently, the conference will discuss to what degree both regional and non-regional actors utilize sea power in order to secure their interests in this part of the world. Thereby a multitude of aspects needs to be considered. These range from sea control, power projection capabilities, and the control of straits, to the security of SLOCs, maritime and economic infrastructure, anti-access/area denial networks, and littoral warfare – all of which have a significant bearing on the future developments in the region and beyond.

YATA has reserved three slots at the conference for highly motivated young professionals and/or students interest in maritime security questions related to the Mediterranean sea. In order to qualify for one of these slots, applications must send in an application related to one of the four panels organized at KISS.

1. Cradle of civilization and critical junction;
2. Great powers – great stakes;
3. Regional stakeholders – competing interests;
4. The long view – prospects for the region.

Eligibility

The selection criteria is:

• Age between 18 and 35;
• Member of YATA Chapter or ATA/YATA Partner Organization;
• Experienced with social media tools, primarily Facebook and Twitter;
• Knowledgeable about maritime security (proven by a draft proposal for their essay);
• Able to attend on June 19 and June 20;
• Remain active in follow-up activities.

In addition to these criteria, the selection will be based on geographic, gender and occupation spread in order to achieve a healthy representation of the YATA network.

Costs

The ISPK has arranged accommodation in style, participants will stay two nights on board of a small yacht. In addition, it will provide up to 200 EUR of travel reimbursement. Transportation from the accommodation to the conference venue is provided in the morning and at night. Coffee breaks, lunch, and reception are also covered.

How to apply?

All potential candidates are required to send:

• Their Curriculum Vitae (no longer than two pages);
• Motivation letter;
• Their Facebook and Twitter handles;
• Short essay draft proposal (no longer than 300 words);
• Five questions to be asked during KISS 2017.

Please send your application to international.yata@gmail.com no later than May 26, using the following format: Last Name_Kiel International Seapower Symposium_Name of the panel in the subject of your email.

For more information please visit the official web page.

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Westerwelle Young Founders Programme in Germany

pply now for the Westerwelle Young Founders Programme 2017 and attend the Young Founders Conference in Berlin, Germany from 13 to 16 September 2017

The Westerwelle Foundation for International Understanding supports collaboration that transcends borders: between young entrepreneurs, executives and decision makers from around the world. The Foundation globally connects people and ideas and creates spaces for interaction and innovation. It fosters an approach that puts consensus over conflict and community cooperation over confrontation.

As part of the Young Founders Programme, the Westerwelle Foundation hosts an annual conference in Berlin: the Young Founders Conference. Its focus is to connect young founders from developing and emerging economies with each other and with the German startup scene. The participants of the Young Founders Conference 2017 will have the unique opportunity to meet and interact with successful German entrepreneurs and political decision makers and will join a network of like-minded outstanding young founders from developing and emerging countries.

During the one year long programme, you will get access to:

• The Young Founders Conference in Berlin, 13 to 16 September 2017
• A mentoring programme
• Invitations and scholarships for entrepreneurship conferences
• Online coaching and webinars
• An international alumni network

The Young Founders Conference 2017 will take place in Berlin from 13 to 16 September 2017.

Travel and accommodation will be covered by the Westerwelle Foundation.

Applicants should:

• Have recently (0-5 years) started a for-profit company with a scalable business model
• Be based in a developing or emerging country or have a strong business focus on developing and emerging countries 
• Possess a good working knowledge of English

Please note that foreign applicants must possess valid travel documents (including a visa, if necessary) to enter Germany, and valid travel medical insurance.

To apply, please fill out the application form by 30 April 2017. 

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Summer School “Kinship and Politics Undoing the Boundaries” 2017 in Germany

Deadline: 1 April 2017
Open to: postgraduates and advanced doctoral students from Anthropology, History, Sociology, Political Sciences and neighbouring disciplines
Venue: 2 – 7 July 2017, Bielefeld University, Germany

Description

The summer school’s goal is to re-examine the relationship between politics and kinship. Organised by the ZiF 2016/17 research group on Kinship and Politics, the summer school intends to intervene in these debates by getting doctoral students and early career scholars to focus on this major conceptual problem. The summer school will revolve around two core theoretical perspectives: (a) “kinship” and “family” as analytical categories and (b) uses of kinship in political practice. The panels aim at bridging critical historical epistemology and empirical case studies. They are organised around four problem areas that should be examined from perspectives beyond a single discipline, region, or historical period:

1. Property and kin relations;
2. Conceptualising, implementing and negotiating the nuclear family;
3. Boundary work: kinning the state – state kinning;
4. The (re)making of political order, in particular through children.

Eligibility

Postgraduates and advanced doctoral students from Anthropology, History, Sociology, Political Sciences and neighboring disciplines.

Costs

Accommodation and travel costs (basic economy flights and second-class train tickets) of the participants will be covered. There are no fees for the summer school. 

How to apply?

• Applications should include a letter stating the reasons for applying, a short CV, an abstract (250 words maximum) and an outline of research results (up to 5 pages) to be presented at the summer school;
• Full papers (up to 8000 words excluding the bibliography) should be handed in by 11th June 2017 and will be distributed to all participants. It is expected that participants read all papers in advance.

Please send your application to the ZiF Kinship and Politics research group coordinator Miss Jennifer Rasell: kinshipandpolitcs@uni-bielefeld.de.

For more information please visit the official web page.

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DAHLEM POSTDOC FELLOWSHIP Program in Berlin Germany For all Internationals

Call for Applications for DAHLEM POSTDOC FELLOWSHIPS 2017

DAHLEM POSTDOC FELLOWSHIPS provide funding for highly qualified postdoctoral fellows with at least six months of international research experience* to conduct their own research within one of the university’s outstanding collaborative research projects. In addition, international research stays are supported in order to allow researchers to build up a full year of international research experience by the time they complete their DAHLEM POSTDOC FELLOWSHIP.

Fellows are given the opportunity to expand their academic profile by experiencing early independence combined with professional guidance. During their stay they are integrated into research groups and assigned a professor as scientific advisor.

As members of DAHLEM RESEARCH SCHOOL, Fellows benefit from a tailored qualification program and the opportunity to develop teaching and leadership skills. Furthermore, DAHLEM POSTDOC FELLOWS are supported in obtaining funding for follow-up research projects at Freie Universität Berlin.

Freie Universität Berlin offers

15 Postdoc Fellowships

Each research fellowship will be awarded for 14 months. Applicants must submit a project plan based on the research fields/ key topics of the participating host research projects of Freie Universität Berlin.

Deadline for applications: March 15, 2017

The call for positions in 2017 is subject to the confirmation of grant funding by the German Research Foundation.

Female postdoctoral researchers and returnees from phases of international mobility or after a career break e.g. due to family reasons are especially encouraged to apply.

To apply please follow the steps described below. Please note that all applications have to be submitted via the DRS application platform.

For general questions regarding the DAHLEM POSTDOC FELLOWSHIP program please contact the Dahlem Research School Fellowship Team: fellowship-drs@fu-berlin.de.

Eligibility Criteria

Applicants have to submit a project plan based on the research fields/ key topics of the participating host research projects of Freie Universität Berlin (listed here).

The call is open to postdoctoral researchers of all disciplines and all nationalities who

• hold a doctoral degree 
  (the dissertation must be submitted and proof must be available by the application deadline)
• completed their doctoral degree no longer than four years prior to the deadline (the date on the doctoral certificate applies). For applicants with children, one year per child will be added to the permitted duration.
• have at least six months' international research experience, three months of which must be an uninterrupted stay.

Application Procedure & Required Documents

To apply, please register with the DRS online application platform. Once registered, fill out the online application form and upload all required documents.

Data to be entered online:

• Personal data
• Details of two referees
• Letter of Motivation
• Curriculum Vitae
• Academic Profile
• Proposed Research Project (working title and abstract)
• Time Schedule
• Ethical Issues Table

Documents to be uploaded:

• Project proposal (10 A4 pages max.) including the following points:

- Summary of no more than one page
- Context, scientific questions and objectives of your research project
- Current state of research and most relevant literature
- Theoretical framework and research methods
- Bibliography/ References

• Doctoral certificate/ certified translation
• MA/ MSc or equivalent certificate/ certified translation
• BA / BSc or equivalent certificate/ certified translation
• List of publications, presentations, prizes and awards
• Declaration of Commitment from your proposed scientific advisor and the director of your host collaborative project at Freie Universität Berlin. Please use the template provided here.
• Declaration of Commitment from your proposed international host (for stays of more than six weeks). Please use the template provided here.

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ARTOOL MARKET - art for intercultural dialogue

Seminar / Conference13-19 March 2017 | Palermo, Italy

The international seminar “Artool Market” has the main aim of developing the skills of European organizations and informal groups in facilitating processes of prevention of discrimination, intercultural dialogue and cohesive societies.

The international seminar “Artool Market” has the main aim of developing the skills of European organizations and informal groups facilitating processes of prevention of discrimination, intercultural dialogue and cohesive societies, with the creation of resources and space for cooperation available for other organizations all over Europe.

Specific objectives:
• To share perspectives on migration phenomenon depending on different European contexts and diverse way of valorizing it as an oppurtunity of developing within the diversity
• to develop the quality and variety of tools and methodologies based on art in the field of intercultural dialogue, anti – discrimination, inclusion of migrants and peacebuilding processes, fostering the competences of youth organizations and informal groups in creating and using them
• to create a network of organizations that will cooperate in a long term prospective on this topic becoming a resource for the other organizations all over Europe.

This international activity will be held from 13 to 19 of March 2017 and is targeted to 20 youth workers, trainers, staff members working with migrants and/or having a migrant background. The international meeting has been thought as market of tools and open workshops facilitated by experts, trainers and youth workers experienced in migration, intercultural dialogue, discrimination, racism, able to use art as a facilitation process.
The main output of this meeting will be represented by an online video toolkit with clear descriptions which will provide more insights on how to use the shared tools and methodologies and will enrich a Museum of Migration and Human Rights in a confiscated property to Mafia given to CEIPES in Palermo and its online collection, being at disposal of all organizations around Europe. The video toolkit will consist of educational videos of the tools shared during the Artool Market, spoken language will be English. Each organization will be filmed giving a very detailed version on the objectives, activities, target groups and tips of the tool.

FOLLOW – UP
It will be requested to the partners to use the toolkit where they will consider more needed (schools, migrant centres, university, municipalities, etc…) and to deliver at least one workshop or other type of local actions with migrants in their communities. 
It will be asked the cooperation of the partner organizations to translate the toolkit to two or more languages, in order to be more accessible at local level.

This Seminar is the first phase of a long-term project: Mandala – meeting is an art, which will realize a second activity involving migrants who will deliver workshops in local schools in the province of Palermo.

As established by Council of Europe, the age limit to participate in the project is 30 (there will be space for 5 people over 30 years old). The gender balance will be ensured by trying to select an equal number of female and male participants.

How to apply:
Fill in the application form at the following address: https://goo.gl/forms/OrkuSIL7H4WZKFi43. There are no confirmed sending organizations for this project that you can refer to, to apply you need to be part of an organization of your own.

Armenia, Georgia, Russian Federation, Erasmus+: Youth in Action Programme countries Austria, Belgium - DE, Belgium - FL, Belgium - FR, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Former Yugoslav Republic of, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, Western Balkan countries Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, KOSOVO * UN RESOLUTION, Montenegro, Serbia, 

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https://www.salto-youth.net/tools/european-training-calendar/training/artool-market-art-for-intercultural-dialogue.6211/

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