Notifications

Conferences 

1. The World Multiconference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics invites abstracts on the theme of Politics and Informatics, inter alia, by October 6th, 2010. The conference will take place in Orlando, Florida from July 19-22, 2011.For more details, visit: http://www.iiis2011.org/wmsci/website/default.asp?vc=1 . Hat tip to Adithya Banavar for the notification, thank you!

2. Jamia Millia Islamia is organising a conference on "Relevance of Policy Reforms on Development: Challenges before Emerging Economies", from Feb24-26 2011 in Delhi. The last date for abstracts is Oct 20, 2010. For details, please visit: http://www.psrjmi.com/ 

3. The India Water Forum is holding a convention on 

Water Security and Climate Change: Challenges and Opportunities from 

3-4 November 2010, in Delhi. Registration ends on 25th Oct 2010. For details, visit: http://www.teriin.org/ 

4. The South Asian Studies Council at Yale University invites submissions of abstracts for the Yale Modern South Asia Workshop to be held between 9-11 April 2011 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. The deadline for abstracts is October 15 2010. Details are available here: http://www.yale.edu/macmillan/southasia/CallforPapers2011.pdf

5. CIS India, UNESCO, WIPO and others are organising an International Conference on Enabling Access to Education Through ICT. For more information, please visit: http://edict2010.in/ 

7. The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative has invited people with success stories on the implementation of RTI in India to send in a 1-2 page precis detailing their experiences. Based on submissions, contributors will be invited to a conference on RTI in Delhi on 28-29 Sept, 2010. Their particular areas of interest are the public distribution system, public housing schemes and the criminal justice system.  Responses may be mailed to michelle@humanrightsinitiative.org 

8. The 2nd International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology will be held on 26-28 Feb 2011 at Singapore. The deadline for abstracts is Oct 30, 2011. For details please visit: http://www.icest.org/

9. The Goettingen Journal of International Law is hosting a conference on "Resources of Conflicts - Conflicts on Resources" from Oct7-9, 2010, in Goettingen. For details please visit: http://gojil.uni-goettingen.de/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=98&Itemid=135 .Note that the deadline for registration has been extended to Sep 23 2010. 

Calls for Papers 

1. The Journal of International Law and International Relations has called for submissions for Vol 7 (1). The Call may be found here: http://www.jilir.org/docs/JILIR%206-2%20Call%20for%20Submissions.pdf

2. The NLIU Law Review has also called for papers. The deadline is October 4, 2010. Details may be found here: http://spicyipindia.blogspot.com/2010/08/off-topic-call-for-papers-nliu-law.html 

Courses and Seminars

1. The Project on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights at the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights ihas announced that it is now accepting applications for a new training course on Understanding Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. The course will be held in Geneva, Switzerland from 8-12 November 2010. For details please visit: http://www.adh-geneve.ch/formation_continue/formation.php?id_formation=1

Events: Film Screenings, Shows, Talks 

1. The Goethe Institute will be screening Polska Love Serenadeby Monika Anna Wojtyllo in German with English sub-titles, on  Sep 16, 2010 at 6 :15 pm, at the Max Mueller Bhavan, Bangalore. 

2. Deepti Diwakar will be speaking on "The Evolution of Consciousness for a Green Planet" at the British Council Library, Bangalore, on Sep 18, 2010 at 5 pm. 

Volunteering and Other Opportunities

1. The theatre group, Fourth Corner is holding auditions for a Kannada play. Relevant information regarding the play and applications may be found here: http://www.ivcorner.com/hb/ 

2. The East-West Centre in Washington invites applications from scholars for a fellowship for research in policy issues relating to International relations of Southeast Asia, political change in Southeast Asia and ASEAN integration and community-building efforts.Eligibility may be restricted to people with masters' degrees: please check. The deadline is December 20, 2010. Details are available here: http://ecopropagangster.blogspot.com/2010/08/fellowship-southeast-asia-fellowship.html 

3. Cinnamon Teal Publishing, a publishing house in Goa is looking for staff. For details and profiles of available positions, please visit: https://docs.google.com/fileview?id=18i3FrwAqfuWoD2DtOr3vnapIhU_GrzKjw8FcpMV7diUgyEcmKigFnJ3g_sTF&hl=en&authkey=CL6Oi-wP 

4. Samhita, a philanthropic endeavour, has launched Socially Positive, an online platform where you can use your skills with blogging, poster design and so on for social purposes. It's structured as competition, i.e. there will be awards. For details visit: http://www.samhita.org/socially_positive.html 

5. Dr Vandana Shiva's organisation Navdanya invite internships. For details, please visit: http://navdanya.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=121:bija-vidyapeeth-internship-job-descriptions&catid=22:internships

In the News

1. The Microfinance India State of the Sector Report, 2009, fourth in the series of annual analytical sector reports is now available as a free download on the  microfinance gateway. The report is commissioned by Access Development Services, provides information and a critical commentary on the developments in the Indian microfinance sector. Available at: http://www.microfinancegateway.org/p/site/m//template.rc/1.9.46247