Sexuality and Gender Research Group – Queer Research Day

Western’s Sexuality and Gender Research Group will be holding the ninth annual Queer Research Day on Wednesday, April 18, from 9:00am to 5:00pm.

They welcome both papers (15 – 20 minute oral presentations) and posters. Also welcome are proposals for artists’ performances, film screenings, musical events, and other forms of queer work taking place on campus or in the local community.

The event will be held in Stevenson 3101, and the poster display will be in the space outside 3166.

Lunch will be provided. Everyone is welcome!

Faculty and graduate students are welcome to participate or just to attend. If you are interested in presenting, please email a brief abstract with title or a brief description of your paper, poster or other proposal to Wendy Pearson (wpearson@uwo.ca). Organizers hope to include presentations on a wide variety of topics from a broad range of disciplines.

The deadline for receiving proposals is April 4, 2018.

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Call for Presentations – 2nd Annual FIMS/Music/Law (FIMULAW) Research Day

The Faculties of Music, Information and Media Studies, and Law invite graduate students and faculty to submit a poster, panel presentation, lightning talk, or performance presentation to the 2018 FIMULAW Research Day, Friday April 13, 2018.

The FIMULAW Research Day is an interdisciplinary research day that provides faculty and graduate students an opportunity to present their work and to engage with an interdisciplinary audience on matters of importance to researchers across disciplines. Graduate students and faculty are welcome to reuse posters and presentations from previous conferences.

SUBMISSIONS FROM GRADUATE STUDENTS AND FACULTY FOR ALL PRESENTATION TYPES ARE WELCOME 

PANEL PRESENTATIONS 

  • Panelists should speak to this year’s topics of “Mental Health” or “Deconstructing Privilege.”
  • Submit an abstract of no more than 300 words based on the above topics.
  • Panelists will be given 10 minutes to speak on their topic. A question and answer period will follow roundtable discussions and is not included in the time limit.

POSTER PRESENTATIONS 

  • Posters on any and all topics relating to FIMS, Music, or Law research will be considered.
  • An emphasis on interdisciplinarity is encouraged, but not required.
  • Submit a brief description (50-100 words) and poster title for consideration.
  • Posters can be printed or presented in electronic format. Proposals for alternate formats of presentation are welcome. 
  • Partial reimbursement for graduate student poster cost may be provided.
  • Posters from previous presentations are welcome and do not need to be reprinted

LIGHTNING TALK PRESENTATIONS 

  • Lightning talks on any and all topics relating to FIMS, Music, or Law research will be considered.
  • Lightning talk participants will be given exactly 3 minutes to present. Visual aids are welcome, but not required.
  • An emphasis on interdisciplinarity is encouraged, but not required.
  • Submit a brief description (50-100 words) and presentation title for consideration.

PERFORMANCE PRESENTATIONS 

  • Solo or Chamber Music presentations on creative process exploring any repertoire or context are welcomed. ● Presentations should include performance and discussion of creative process.
  • Performance Presentations are limited to 15 minutes.
  • Submit a brief description (50-100 words) and suggested work(s) for consideration.

Please submit your name, faculty, tentative title and abstract/brief description to kbylica@uwo.ca by February 16, 2018 and indicate the format of your proposed presentation.  Successful submissions will be notified by Friday, March 9, 2018.

Questions? Please contact Kelly Bylica (PhD Student, Faculty of Music) – kbylica@uwo.ca 

More information on the event…

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McGill University’s Graduate Law Conference 2018 – Call for Submissions

McGill University’s 11th Annual Graduate Law Conference will be held on 3-4 May 2018 in Montreal, Canada. The theme of this year’s conference is ‘Hard Cases: The Limits of Law.’

The deadline for the submission of abstracts is 15 February 2018 and selected participants will be notified by 28 February 2018. For any questions, please contact Rapti Menaka Ratnayake or Julia Selman Ayetey at gradlawconference.law@mcgill.ca.

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McGill GradLawConfCall for Submissions-2FINAL – 15 Jan 2018

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Submission Call: Queen’s Policy Review 2017-2018

Queen’s University School of Policy Studies’ graduate publication, the Queen’s Policy Review (QPR) is announces its 9th Annual Graduate Publication centered on the theme of, “Security and Insecurity: Balancing Innovation in an Uncertain World”.

Graduate students across multiple disciplines are invited to present their research and/or submit papers addressing Canada’s future with innovation policy, or how innovation can provide solutions or challenges to public policy issues.The deadline for papers and proposals to be considered is 11:59pm (EST) February 9th, 2018.

Detailed submission criteria can be found at: http://www.queensu.ca/sps/qpr/call-papers.

Please do not hesitate to contact the QPR editorial team at qpr@queensu.ca for any questions or information.

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Envirocon 2018 Call for Abstracts

How can we improve community engagement in topics related to the environment and sustainability?

EnviroCon is a full-day conference hosted by Western’s Centre for Environment and Sustainability and is organized by graduate students in the collaborative program. Organizers aim to bring together the knowledge and research of undergraduate and graduate students, faculty and community members involved in environment and sustainability.

Participation in this annual conference is free of charge, and all members of the community are welcome to participate/attend.

Please see the attached Call for Abstracts. Deadline for submissions is February 9.

Electronic Submissions and questions: ces.envirocon@gmail.com
Website: https://www.uwo.ca/enviro/envirocon/

Posters and paper presentations on topics related to environment and sustainability are welcome.

EnviroCon
March 16, 2018
(IGAB) International and Graduate Affairs Building
Western University

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