Conferences and Calls for Papers
1. The Fourth World Universities Forum invites panel and paper proposals, by October 14, 2010. For more details please visit:
http://ontheuniversity.com/conference-2011/
2. The Fourth Gender Politics in International Governance Conference will be held from October 6-8, 2010 in Geneva. The conference takes the establishment of the new UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women – to be known as UN Women – as an opportunity to reflect on existing international gender equality policy and to think about strategies for the new entity. Those who are interested in attending should register via email. There's no registration fee, and all sessions will be in English. For more details visit:
http://graduateinstitute.ch/Jahia/site/iheid/cache/offonce/lang/en/resources/calendarofevents;jsessionid=08EC92449C5D06237A8CB799D9BC8A29?evenementId=95440
3. Mmhonlumo Kikon is an Human Rights Activist from Nagaland - in the Northeast - opposed to inhuman wrong. He will be speaking on "Disordering Durable Democracies in India's North-East", on 21 September at 5-7 pm at the offices of The Environment Support Group, Bangalore. If you intend to go, please confirm your attendance by email to bhargavi@esgindia.org in advance so they can make arrangements. For the address and directions, go here: http://www.esgindia.org/contact/contact.html
Competitions and Other Opportunities
2. The Young Urban Leaders Competition and Fellowship Program for 2010 is open for participation. For details and deadline please visit: http://theurbanvision.com/yul/
3. Chicken Soup for the Teenage Indian Soul invites stories on love and friendship.The last date is 15th October 2010. If your entry is selected, they will pay you. Previously blogged/published work is accepted so long as prior permissions are taken. Poems are also accepted. Authors retain copyright. You don't have to be a teenager. Email entries to rakshabharadia@gmail.com
4. Ivolunteer has launched its overseas volunteering program. For more details please visit: http://www.ivoindia.org/
5. The St Andrews Prize for the Environment has launched its latest edition. For details on entries, registration and deadlines please visit: http://www.thestandrewsprize.com/awards/submission.htm
6. Vibgyor Entertainment is looking for actors for a play/production that will be staged from 13-19 December in Bangalore. Contact Anil Ramachandra, Artistic Director at Vibgyor at +91 98456 02265, with your name, date of birth, experience with theatre and available timings for rehearsals.
1. The Fourth World Universities Forum invites panel and paper proposals, by October 14, 2010. For more details please visit:
http://ontheuniversity.com/conference-2011/
2. The Fourth Gender Politics in International Governance Conference will be held from October 6-8, 2010 in Geneva. The conference takes the establishment of the new UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women – to be known as UN Women – as an opportunity to reflect on existing international gender equality policy and to think about strategies for the new entity. Those who are interested in attending should register via email. There's no registration fee, and all sessions will be in English. For more details visit:
http://graduateinstitute.ch/Jahia/site/iheid/cache/offonce/lang/en/resources/calendarofevents;jsessionid=08EC92449C5D06237A8CB799D9BC8A29?evenementId=95440
3. Prof. Sarasu Esther Thomas at NLSIU is co-ordinating and bringing out a series of publications on gender and the judiciary The deadline is October 31 2010. The call for submissions may be viewed at
4. The Raoul Dandurand Chair at the University of Quebec along with the Association for Borderland Studies will be holding a conference on "Fences, Walls and Borders: States of Insecurity?". The deadline for abstracts is October 15 2010. For details go here: http://www.dandurand.uqam.ca/evenements/appels-de-communications/670-fences-walls-and-borders-state-of-insecurity.html
5. Varta, the journal from the Bharathiya Arthik Shodh Sansthan, has called for submissions on "Globalisation and Inclusive Growth: The Indian Experience". Last date for submissions is September 30th. For details including the style sheet, length and so on please contact me.varta@rediffmail.com
6. Submissions are invited by the Bharathiya Arthik Shodh Sansthan for a conference on "
"Recent Poverty Debate in India: Measurement, Issues and Relevance". The themes of the conference are
(1) Globalization-growth and its transmission process, (2) Growth and poverty nexus, (3) Institutional and structural mechanism of poverty alleviation, (4) Issues of methodology and measurement of poverty indices, (5) Relevance and appraisal of poverty alleviation programmes in India and International experiences. The last date for abstracts is Sep 30, and for papers, Oct 30. The conference will be held on Nov. 20-21 2010. For registration and details please contact Prof P N Mehrotra at confpoverty.eco@rediffmail.com.Events
1. Attakalari Centre for Movement Arts will be holding Attakalari Biennial, a festival to celebrate
individual and fresh voices in contemporary movement arts and to serve as a forum for the exchange of expertise in dance, design and research. It is a showcase of global movement arts with a special focus on works that incorporate new and emerging technologies in digital arts and interactivity. It will be held in January and February at venues across Bangalore. They're also inviting applications for various performances. For more details, please visit http://www.attakkalaribiennial.org/
1. Attakalari Centre for Movement Arts will be holding Attakalari Biennial, a festival to celebrate
individual and fresh voices in contemporary movement arts and to serve as a forum for the exchange of expertise in dance, design and research. It is a showcase of global movement arts with a special focus on works that incorporate new and emerging technologies in digital arts and interactivity. It will be held in January and February at venues across Bangalore. They're also inviting applications for various performances. For more details, please visit http://www.attakkalaribiennial.org/
2. The Building Livable Cities Symposium is a pan-India event focusing on sustainable urban living, and will take place in five cities in India over Oct 18-22 2010. For details and registration, please visit:
http://www.meraevents.com/event/Building-Livable--Cities-2010-Bangalore-October-18th-
http://www.meraevents.com/event/Building-Livable--Cities-2010-Bangalore-October-18th-
3. Mmhonlumo Kikon is an Human Rights Activist from Nagaland - in the Northeast - opposed to inhuman wrong. He will be speaking on "Disordering Durable Democracies in India's North-East", on 21 September at 5-7 pm at the offices of The Environment Support Group, Bangalore. If you intend to go, please confirm your attendance by email to bhargavi@esgindia.org in advance so they can make arrangements. For the address and directions, go here: http://www.esgindia.org/contact/contact.html
Competitions and Other Opportunities
1. The Jerome Cohen prize Essay in International Law and East Asia is open for submissions. The deadline is September 24, 2010. More details are available here: http://ilreports.blogspot.com/2010/05/call-for-submissions-jerome-cohen-prize.html
2. The Young Urban Leaders Competition and Fellowship Program for 2010 is open for participation. For details and deadline please visit: http://theurbanvision.com/yul/
3. Chicken Soup for the Teenage Indian Soul invites stories on love and friendship.The last date is 15th October 2010. If your entry is selected, they will pay you. Previously blogged/published work is accepted so long as prior permissions are taken. Poems are also accepted. Authors retain copyright. You don't have to be a teenager. Email entries to rakshabharadia@gmail.com
4. Ivolunteer has launched its overseas volunteering program. For more details please visit: http://www.ivoindia.org/
5. The St Andrews Prize for the Environment has launched its latest edition. For details on entries, registration and deadlines please visit: http://www.thestandrewsprize.com/awards/submission.htm
6. Vibgyor Entertainment is looking for actors for a play/production that will be staged from 13-19 December in Bangalore. Contact Anil Ramachandra, Artistic Director at Vibgyor at +91 98456 02265, with your name, date of birth, experience with theatre and available timings for rehearsals.
7. Sutradhar, NLS' own amateur theatre group is looking for actors to fill in several roles, preferring people who are below the age of 25 and have time to attend rehearsals regularly. For details, please visit: https://docs.google.com/document/edit?id=1Yd8GOxPOLAV_dIiuXoPkUTM4HaEDuormR5jvZD9qZfw&hl=en&authkey=CJKdg-sD
Workshops
1. Toto Foundation for the Arts will be conducting a theatre workshop along with the Attakalari Project on October 3 2010. For details, please contact: Toto Funds the Arts, by ordinary post, to TFA, H-301 Adarsh Gardens, 47th Cross, 8th Block, Jayanagar,
Bangalore 560082.or totofundsthearts@yahoo.com
News and Resources
1. The Centre for Women's Global Leadership has made its 2010 Take Action kit available online, for free. The kit has been developed to encourage all campaign participants to plan a peace vigil or peace march for Monday, November 29th in a show of visible, global solidarity against militarism & violence against women. It can be accessed here: http://www.cwgl.rutgers.edu/16days/kit10/kit.html
Volunteering
1. A group of parents of differently-abled children are meeting to discuss the new proposed disability law and put together recommendations for the drafting committee. They need volunteers to play with the kids and keep them entertained for a couple of hours. Those interested in helping out may contact Kavitha at 98807 42028.
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