Graduate Research at FIMS, Law and Music
Research Information for Western Graduate Students in FIMS, Law & Music
The 2019 International Policy Ideas Challenge organized by Global Affairs Canada in partnership with the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) closes on March 29, 2019.
This is a great opportunity to promote your work (graduate students and postdoctoral fellows) and your contributions to policy development.
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Women in International Security (WIIS) – Canada is pleased to announce its 12th annual workshop:
Security and Power in a Tumultuous World Order
Munk School of Global Affairs,
Toronto, June 19-21, 2019
Presentation proposals due: March 22, 2019
Women in International Security (WIIS)-Canada is proud to invite applications from graduate students* to participate in its 12th annual Workshop, to be held at the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs from June 19-21, 2019. WIIS-Canada is a national network dedicated to advancing the position of women students, scholars, and practitioners in the field of international affairs, defence, and security. Up to 35 graduate students will be selected to present their research and take part in skill-building, networking, and mentorship exercises with subject-matter experts from academia, government, military, and the non-profit and private sectors.
This year’s theme, “Security and Power in a Tumultuous World Order” offers participants a platform to survey and analyze the dramatic changes in international security and cooperation since the 2016 United States’ general election. In addressing these challenges, the workshop seeks
to diversify the voices in defence and security, encouraging dialogue between traditional and critical approaches, as well as theory and practice.
This year, we seek two types of presentation from graduate students interested in international security, broadly defined. First, we invite five-minute thesis proposals from junior graduate students to receive feedback on early-stage projects. Second, we invite senior graduate students to
propose ten-minute presentations on their research during topical roundtable sessions. Specific topics may include, but are not limited to:
• Tensions between national and international security
• Canada-US relations
• Shifts and transformations in the international system
• New actors in international relations and security
• Indigenous global politics
• Diplomacy and international cooperation
• Feminist methods and methodologies in International Relations
Please send questions and abstracts of a maximum of 250 words, together with a short bio of 150 words, to workshop@wiiscanada.org by Friday March 22, 2019. While we do not expect complete papers to be submitted prior to the workshop, selected participants must submit a detailed outline of their presentation to the organizers by June 1st, 2019.
*WIIS-Canada welcomes workshop applications from all genders.
From Jason Dyck’s Presentation Handout (Feb 27, 2019)
What is ORCID? ORCID stands for Open Researcher and Contributor iD. It is a free, open, and non-proprietary community-based registry of unique digital identifiers that was first launched in 2012. Each ORCID iD is a https URI with a 16-digit number(e.g. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8157-0125) that distinguishes you from all other researchers. Unlike other author profiles, ORCID is not limited by organization, discipline, or geographic region.
Why is ORCID necessary? Scholars frequently change their names,institutions, and emails during their careers,making it difficult to distinguish between researchers with the same name. Having a digital identifier avoids misattribution of your work. An ORCID iD is also becoming increasingly necessary in the world of scholarly communication given that funding agencies and scholarly publishers are encouraging (or requiring) researchers to include their ORCID iD with their applications and manuscripts.
What are the benefits of having an ORCID iD? With a digital identifier you will get credit for all your work because your ORCID iD cannot be confused with other researchers. Your ORCID iD stays with you throughout your entire career and it helps to improve discoverability of your research activity. ORCID supports the interoperable exchange of datasets, allowing you to import information (and receive automatic updates) to save time on data entry and activity reporting. ORCID also allows you to control your privacy settings.
Peter A. Allard School of Law at the University of British Columbia invites graduate students from all disciplines to participate in the 23rd UBC Interdisciplinary Legal Studies Graduate Conference, which will be held on May 1-2, 2019.
Submissions are encouraged from all students across all areas of law that fit with the conference theme, Innovation in Law and Policy. They welcome submissions from current postgraduate students and students who have recently completed graduate studies (up to one-year post-graduation). Papers from JD or LLB students may also be considered. More information is available in the attached Call for Papers. Please send all submissions to ubclawgradconference2019@gmail.com by March 8, 2019.
Any questions can be directed to ubclawgradconference2019@gmail.com.
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3MT (Three Minute Thesis) is a research communication competition where graduate students have 3 minutes or less to present their research and its impact to a panel of non-specialist judges and peers. The exercise develops academic, presentation, and research communication skills and supports the development of research students’ capacity to effectively explain their research in language appropriate to an intelligent but non-specialist audience. Non-stem Faculties are often underrepresented in this competition, so consider signing up.
Date: Friday, March 1, 2019
Time: 9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Location: International and Graduate Affairs Building (IGAB), Room #1N05
Last Day to Register: Friday, February 22, 2019
For more info, view the 3MT website.
CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS
3rd Annual
FIMS/MUSIC/LAW (FIMULAW) Interdisciplinary Research Day
Friday, March 22, 2019
Law Building
The Faculties of Music, Information and Media Studies, and Law invite graduate students and faculty to submit a poster, panel presentation, lightning talk, and/or performance presentation to our 2019 FIMULAW Interdisciplinary Research Day. The FIMULAW Interdisciplinary Research Day 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.
FIMULAW Interdisciplinary Research Day is made possible through the generous support of Research Western and the Faculties of Information and Media Studies, Music, and Law.
SUBMISSIONS FROM GRADUATE STUDENTS AND FACULTY FOR ALL PRESENTATION TYPES ARE WELCOME. DUE TO TIME CONSTRAINTS, HOWEVER, YOUR DESIRED PRESENTATION FORMAT CANNOT BE GUARANTEED. YOU MAY SUBMIT MORE THAN ONE ABSTRACT FOR CONSIDERATION.
PANEL PRESENTATIONS
· Panelists should speak to this year’s topic of “interdisciplinary connections”.
· Submit an abstract of no more than 300 words, including a brief description of the ways in which your research connects to FIMS, Law, and/or Music.
· 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 preferred.
· Submit a brief description (50-100 words) and poster title for consideration.
· Posters will be presented in electronic format only.
· Recommended poster dimensions: 1920 x 1080 pixels – if using Power Point: Design tab, Page Setup, select On-screen Show [16:9]. Save as PNG.
· Posters from previous presentations are welcome.
A Research Poster Workshop will be offered by members of the FIMULAW organizing committee for those students who may be unfamiliar with the process of creating a research poster. You can sign up for this workshop when submitting your abstract, or email Laura Curtis for more information at laura.curtis@uwo.ca.
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 preferred
· 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, including set-up
· Submit a brief description (50-100 words) and suggested work(s) for consideration.
Please follow the link to the FIMULAW Application Form and submit your response by January 31, 2019.
Successful submissions will be notified by Thursday, February 14, 2019.
Questions?
Please contact Laura Curtis (PhD Student, Faculty of Music) – laura.curtis@uwo.ca
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The Faculties of Music, Information and Media Studies, and Law invite graduate students and faculty to save the date for the 3rd annual FIMULAW Interdisciplinary Graduate Research Day, to be held the morning of Friday, 22 March 2019 – this year hosted at the Faculty of Law.
This half-day event will include poster presentations, discussion panels, lightning talks, and musical performances.
The call for presentations will go out shortly.
More information available at the website.
The 12th Annual Toronto Group Conference, hosted by the Osgoode Hall Law School and the Faculty of Law at the University of Toronto, will be held at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law on March 28th and 29th, 2019. The conference is aimed at graduate students and early career academics. The 2019 theme is “Resistance to International Law and the Global Legal Order”.
They invite submissions addressing the topic from a broad range of perspectives, looking for example at economic globalization, global/generic constitutionalism, resistance to the establishment of global legal standards and institutions, or contributions dealing with the rise of new transnational actors. Interdisciplinary contributions integrating the insights of, for example, sociology, anthropology, economics or history are encouraged. Papers might address questions such as:
Interested applicants are invited to send an abstract of 500 words outlining their main arguments and methodology and a short bio of 100 words by December 14, 2018. Questions and abstracts should be sent to: torontogroupconference@gmail.com.
Applicants will be notified of results by mid-January 2019. Selected applicants are expected to submit completed papers in early March 2019.
For more information or to register, visit the website.
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SSHRC has launched its seventh annual Storytellers contest.
Eligibility: The contest is open to all students, graduate and undergraduate, enrolled at Canadian postsecondary institutions.
Your task is to tell the story, in three minutes or 300 words, of a SSHRC-funded research project—your own or a professor’s and show Canadians how social sciences and humanities research affects our lives, our world and our future prosperity.
Amount: Each year, a jury selects 25 finalists to receive a $3,000 cash prize and specialized training in research communications. At the 2019 Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, a second jury will select the final five winners, who will receive an expense-paid trip for their presentations to be featured at the prestigious SSHRC Impact Awards.
Deadline: January 31, 2019, at 5 p.m. (Eastern)
For more information on this year’s Storytellers contest, please follow on Twitter, watch the #SSHRCStorytellers and visit the website.
Questions – please contact Storytellers@sshrc-crsh.gc.ca.
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CBC would like to turn your PhD research into a 54-minute Ideas episode as part of their regular feature on the program called “Ideas from the Trenches.”
If you are interested in participating, in a page or less, tell them a bit about yourself and what inspired your interest in your area of study. Describe the focus of your PhD and why it would appeal to a national audience, and outline a few of the key theorists, authors and concepts your PhD explores and challenges. Email your submission to nicola.luksic@cbc.ca.
Deadline: November 16, 2018.
Successful candidates will be expected to participate in a background interview to explain more about your thesis, and then participate in three recording sessions for the documentary itself. Please note that you can be at any stage of the PhD process.
Sample of episodes that have been done so far: Ideas from the Trenches archive.
More info: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/ideas-from-the-trenches-call-out-to-phd-students-1.4879862
