Call for Papers

White-Indian Relations: Moving into the 21st Century

The international and interdisciplinary symposium entitled „White-Indian Relations: Moving into the 21st Century“ will be held at Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, in Lüneburg, Germany, from May 14-17, 2009. The WIR symposium will serve as a discourse with and not only about Native Americans and First Nations as well as look at native literature, culture, and contemporary history from an interdisciplinary angle.

Symposium participants from Canada, the United States, and Germany will address a plethora of  21st century topics, including the Canadian government’s recent apology, European Powwowenthusiasts, Native women’s issues, and contemporary artistic expressions.

Special guests include Lee Maracle and Drew Hayden Taylor. The renowned Cree/ Salish novelist/feminst/activist Lee Maracle will participate in the debates with a paper on “Equity and First Nation’s Women in the Midst of Multiple Global Crises” as well as read excerpts from her novels (I am Woman, Ravensong: A Novel, Sojourner’s Truth and Other Stories). The acclaimed Ojibway playwright Drew Hayden Taylor (The Berlin Blues, Only Drunks and Children Tell the Truth) will read from his work as well as talk about “white-Indian relations” from an insider’s point of view.

Students pursuing bachelor and master’s degrees who would like to present their work on Native Americans or First Nations in a student forum during the conference, should send proposals to: wir-konfernz@leuphana.de

For more information and registration details, please see the symposium website for full details of the program: www.leuphana.de/wir09.f

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Placements Available at Uni Hull

There are two placements available from 1st July 09 for a 12 month period.

The placement is assisting the International Office and is unpaid however we have funding to pay the accommodation costs with come to over £3000 per student.  If the student is given the erasmus grant for the placement they should have sufficient funding.    It is an interesting and very busy placement which will give the student an insight in how a UK International Office and University deals with recruitment, marketing and customer service.

We have two students undertaking these placements who will finish on 11 July 2009 and both have been a joy to work with.  Any interested students can contact them if they would like information on what they have been doing over the past months.  This should be done by email international@hull.ac.uk stating in the subject area. PROSPECTIVE PLACEMENT STUDENT WANTS TO TALK TO EMILE AND SOPHIE and the girls will get back to them.

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