[Tlc] TLC-conferences, positions, and sundry

[justinm at ucr.edu]

Here is some more!
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justin

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Visiting Scholar in Political Science with a particular emphasis on Mainland Southeast Asia
Center for Khmer Studies, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
 
CKS is seeking an individual for the position of Visiting Scholar in Political Science with a particular emphasis on Mainland Southeast Asia for the period of six months from April to September 2009, to be based in Phnom Penh, Cambodia

The Junior Faculty Training Program seeks to enhance the knowledge base and teaching and research skills of junior Cambodian academics and researchers in the humanities and social sciences. The academic portion of the program is composed of: weekly seminars, workshops, and a study tour to a neighbouring country, followed by individual and team research projects.

The Visiting Scholar will be responsible for designing the curriculum for the workshops and seminars, for organizing and teaching the six-month session and for advising participants on their individual research project in the period (see details below). The position will involve working with the Project Director, a small Academic Committee, and participating groups of early-career Cambodian academics.

Assisted by the Project Director and in consultation with members of the Academic Committee, the Visiting Scholar will be responsible for the academic aspects of the project for a period of six months from April to September 2009, including:
1)       Compiling relevant course material;
2)       Designing and leading the activities of the session, including providing weekly seminars with the possibility of inviting other scholars as appropriate to give lectures;
3)       Evaluating papers, research material, and final individual/team projects; 
4)       Recommending relevant materials from the session to be translated into Khmer for publications.

Throughout the project, and in consultation with the Academic Committee and Project Director, the Visiting Scholar may propose other relevant academic activities that will serve the objectives of the Project.

The person appointed will meet the following criteria:
 
Essential:
-An earned doctorate from an internationally accredited university, in a relevant humanities or social science discipline;
-Recognized academic reputation in the field of Southeast Asian studies, particularly on Cambodia or Mainland Southeast Asia, supported by articles in refereed journals and/or authorship of, editorship of, or contributions to, books issued by well-known publishers;
-Fluency in spoken English, and strong English writing skills;
-Excellent skills in the area of learning and teaching;
-Experience in curriculum design and developing teaching projects;
-Ability to teach research methods and general academic skills;
-At least five years experience of university level teaching;
-Ability to work as part of a team;
-Excellent inter-personal skills, including cross-cultural communication skills;
-Honesty, integrity and a willingness to take personal responsibility.
 
Desirable:
-Experience of training Cambodian or Southeast Asian academics at an early stage of their careers;
-Familiarity with higher education in the region;
-Experience of working in Cambodia, Southeast Asia, or in another developing country;
-Communicative ability in Khmer and/or another major Southeast Asian language.
-Salary: $US 1500 per month

Closing date: March 15, 2009

Please send a CV and a cover letter, supplying the names of two referees, to: <cheanmen at khmerstudies.org>.
Scholars from ASEAN countries are encouraged to apply.
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Contract Linguists
American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages

The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (http://www.actfl.org/), an organization dedicated to the teaching and learning of all languages in the United States since the 1960s, is currently recruiting linguists for several very interesting contract projects. Speakers of the following languages who meet the requirements listed in this advert are urged to apply:

IRL (language proficiency testing project) only:  Burmese; Lao; Tausug; Malay.

LIMA (translation project) and also ILR (language proficiency testing project): Cambodian; Thai; Indonesian.

Basic Requirements for all candidates (must be met):

1. Must live and be allowed to work without restrictions in the United States.
2. Must have language translation (for LIMA), interpreting, teaching and/or testing experience.
3. Must be a native speaker of the language and be fully fluent in English as well.
4. Must send a CV to: <ilrworkshops at actfl.org>.
5. Must be able to travel, all expenses paid by the ACTFL, to one or two different cities in the US for initial training sessions, two to four days at a time.
6. Must read additional project requirements and apply on-line by copying and pasting the following URLs to a browser (**PLEASE DO NOT CLICK ON THEM**):

LIMA (translation project): http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=lINu1sH0dnOMQjtQUVDRXQ_3d_3d

ILR (testing project): http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=NfMfHkjmi4lhHrX_2fp_2fw22Q_3d_3d
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Dissertation Research Grant
University of California Minority Research Institute

Targeted Fields: Humanities. School of Education and Information Studies. Linguistics and fields related to the schooling of language minority students.

Open To: Students Working on Doctoral Dissertation.

Citizenship: No citizenship requirements.

Eligibility Requirements: Open to all doctoral students in good standing at one of the UC campuses who have been advanced to candidacy by the time the award period begins and who have an approved dissertation proposal.

Stipend: Stipend of up to $15,000.

Deadline: 2/1/2009 and 10/1/2009

Program Description: Dissertation Research Grants of up to 12 months are intended to foster research focused on language minority students and schooling and to identify and support promising doctoral students who are conducting such research.

For More Information:
UC Linguistic Minority Research Institute
University of California, Santa Barbara
4722 South Hall
Santa Barbara, CA  93106-9490
(805) 893-2250
<lmri at lmri.ucsb.edu>
http://lmri.ucsb.edu/
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Scholarships for undergraduate summer study in Thailand
Buddhism and Thai Society

I am writing on behalf of the non-profit organization Thammasat University Alumni Association to proudly announce scholarships that we are offering to university students to study abroad for one month during the summer at Thammasat University in Thailand.

Thammasat University is one of the most prestigious universities in Thailand, and one of the primary universities that many students from American universities study abroad at. During the summer, Thammasat University offers a summer program called "Buddhism and Thai Society." It is a special English language Study Program designed specifically for a small group of international students interested in Buddhism and Asian Studies. The program consists of in-class instruction, as well as field trips to historical landmarks and visits to meet rural hilltribes. To get a better idea about the program, you can visit the website describing last year's program at http://interaffairs.tu.ac.th/bts_program/bts_info.htm#application.

TUAA would like to like to offer the opportunity for Thai-American students to attend this exceptional summer program. TUAA is offering 5 $3,000 scholarships to attend this very educational and outstanding summer program. This covers the cost of the program tuition and roundtrip airfare tickets. Last year, 2 students received this honor and attended this summer program with very positive feedback.

The application process consists of an essay question, and if selected, an in-person interview. The deadline for the essay portion of the application is January 15, 2009. More information can be found at: http://www.tuusa.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=172:-2009&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=18&lang=

I hope that you will be able to forward this excellent opportunity to those who may be interested. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me. Thank you for your time.

Sincerely,
Sarin Prakobwanakit
Thammasat University Alumni Association of Southern California
Email: <sarin at ucla.edu>
http://www.tuusa.org/?lang=
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Call for Papers
Conference on South East Asian Languages, Paris, France

December 17-19, 2009
Paris, France
Initiated by the CLI, the CERLOM (INALCO, Paris) and the Formal Linguistics laboratory (UMR 7110, Université Paris Diderot)

This conference will be organized into two parts :
A. A thematic session, dedicated to the serial constructions
B. A general session, that will gather communications addressing the syntax, semantics, as well as the (morpho-)phonology and phonetics of these languages in either a synchronic or diachronic perspective.

Scientific board : M. Antelme (INaLCO), Ch. Bauer (Univ. Humboldt, Berlin), W. Bisang (Univ. Johannes Gutenberg, Mainz), G. Delouche (INALCO), Ph. Grangé (Univ. La Rochelle), M. Jenny (Univ. de Zürich), D. Paillard (Univ. Paris Diderot), G. Steinhauer (Univ. de Leyden), D. Thach (INALCO / URBA (Phnom Penh), A. Vittrant (Univ. d?Aix en Provence), J. Watkins (SOAS, Univ. of London)
Organization board :: D. Thach (INaLCO) / D. Paillard (Univ. Paris Diderot) email : <denis.paillard at linguist.jussieu.fr>

Proposals for papers should be sent in an anonymous abstract of less than two pages, including examples and bibliography, written either in English or French, in view of a 35 minutes communication (plus 10 minutes for discussion). They should reach the organization board before 2009 June 15th at <denis.paillard at linguist.jussieu.fr>.

The e-mail will show the name of the first author as the object of the message, followed by the word « abstract » (e.g., "Dupont abstract") and the message will quote the authors' name, institutional affiliation and address together with the title of the abstract. The abstract will be anonymous, and attached under the Word or PDF format. An author may submit one single and one joint abstract. In case of joint authorship, one author should be designated as the contact person.

Languages : French or English
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Call for Contributions
Funeral cultures: Burmese, Theravada ethnic minorities and ethnic Chinese in Theravada countries

The Centre for Buddhist Studies (Department of Theology and Religious Studies) at the University of Bristol is carrying out a research project on Buddhist death rituals of Southeast Asia and China.  We are planning to publish an edited volume at the end of the project and so far have contributions for Lao, Thai, Khmer and Chinese Buddhism. We are still looking for people that work on Burmese Buddhism, 'ethnic minority Buddhism' in Southeast Asia and funeral traditions of ethnic Chinese in the Theravada countries of mainland Southeast Asia. Most of
the contributions shall move along the interface of practice and texts and combine anthropological and textual approaches. However, works focusing only on one of these or other fields are also welcome and we are also interested in research on post-mortem and commemoration rites. A quick overview of some of our research questions can be found here: 

http://www.bris.ac.uk/thrs/buddhistcentre/deathritual/questions.html

Time schedule: we are planning to receive the contributions in autumn 2009, then review them and plan the publication with a prominent publisher in spring 2010. The principal investigator of the project, Professor Paul Williams, is going to be responsible for the editing process and is going to write an introduction for the volume.

Prof. Paul Williams: <Paul.Williams at bristol.ac.uk>
Dr. Patrice Ladwig: <huxpl at bristol.ac.uk>
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SEAlang Library Survey

The SEAlang Library is primarily funded by the U.S. Department of Education, with additional support from the Center for Research in Computational Linguistics.  A description of the SEAlang Projects can be downloaded from http://sealang.net/archives/sealang-2008.pdf.

The SEAlang Library of Southeast Asian language reference materials is conducting an on-line survey at  http://sealang.net/library/survey.  This brief survey will help us:
  - evaluate our current offerings (dictionaries and text / bitext corpora for Burmese, Khmer, Lao, Thai, Vietnamese, Mon, Shan, and Karen),
  - plan future work on the languages of Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines, as well as SEA/China border languages (e.g. Mien and Wa).

We're especially eager to hear from Insular SEA specialists -- even if you've never used SEAlang, please take few minutes to tell us what languages / resources would be most helpful for broad educational and research use in your area.   Once again, the site is: http://sealang.net/library/survey.

Comments may also be sent to <doug.cooper.thailand at gmail.com>.

   Thanks in advance,
   Doug Cooper
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UCLA Center for Southeast Asian Studies
11274 Bunche Hall
P.O. Box 951487
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1487 
Telephone: 310-206-9163
Fax: 310-206-3555
Email: <cseas at international.ucla.edu>
Website: www.international.ucla.edu/cseas/


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Dr. Justin McDaniel
Dept. of Religious Studies
3046 INTN
University of California, Riverside
Riverside, CA 92521
951-827-4530
justinm at ucr.edu