Doctoral Programme in Social Sciences

Dear all, 

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15th International Conference Of Sociocybernetics

Urbino, Italy 25-29 June 2019

“Dark Ages 2.0”: Social Media And Their Impact”

https://easychair.org/cfp/ICSC2019

Dear all,

You are cordially invited to attend a special guest lecture by Professor Andrew Hartman (Illinois State University) on Friday, January 25, 2019, at
2-4 p.m. (auditorium IV, main building, Unioninkatu 34). The event is hosted by the Helsinki Centre for Intellectual History.

Abstract:

Karl Marx. America. It is assumed the two do not go together. But in fact, thinking about the two together gives a more intimate portrait of Marx’s ideas, and a clearer picture of American history. Andrew Hartman brings these two seemingly irreconcilable ideas—Marx and America—together to better understand the historical cycles of American capitalism. To read and think about Karl Marx is to grapple with the modern world that capitalism has made. This includes modern America—especially modern America. Because the United States is the nation in world history most committed to capitalism, and because Marx is the world’s most enduring theorist of capitalism, Marx is a veritable American alter ego. This lecture will explore the meaning of Americans reading and thinking about Marx from 1861, when Marx made waves across the Atlantic with his astute analysis of the U.S. Civil War, to the present, when Marx is on many American horizons yet again.

Andrew Hartman is Professor of History at Illinois State University. He is the author of “Education and the Cold War: The Battle for the American School,” “A War for the Soul of America: A History of the Culture Wars,” and editor of “American Labyrinth: Intellectual History for Complicated Times.” He is currently at work on his third book, “Karl Marx in America,” which is contracted to be published by the University of Chicago Press. Hartman is the winner of two Fulbright Awards. He was the Fulbright Distinguished Chair in American Studies at the University of Southern Denmark for the 2013-14 academic year, and he is the Fulbright British Library Eccles Center Research Scholar for the 2018-19 academic year. 

RDHum 2019 3rd Call

Workshops and tutorials

The workshops and the tutorials in the RDHum 2019 conference in August 2019 in Oulu, Finland have been confirmed.

There are seven workshops and tutorials on the following topics:

• Compilation, management and usage of multimodal and audio-visual resources (2 events)
• Digital resources and services provided for the students and researchers by the National Library of Finland, The Language Bank of Finland, and the Helsinki Term Bank for the Arts and Sciences (3 events)
• R and Python environments in the analysis of digital resources (2 events).

Descriptions of the workshops and tutorials, as well as instructions how to participate, are available on the conference website. When applicable, registration for the workshops and tutorials can be made by contacting the organizers with contact information available in the descriptions of the workshops and tutorials. The participants are also asked to register for the conference, following the instructions published later. The website of the conference is available at https://www.oulu.fi/suomenkieli/node/55261.

The keynote speakers

The keynote speakers in the conference are Anna Čermáková, Arja Kuula-Luumi and Veronika Laippala. Anna Čermáková is currently a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellow at the University of Birmingham. Her paper discusses the intersection of digital research and children’s literature. Arja Kuula-Luumi, Development Manager at the Finnish Social Science Data Archive (FSD), gives an overview of the currently relevant issues of data protection in the humanities. in her presentation, Associate Professor in digital language research Professor Veronika Laippala from the University of Turku addresses Internet-based big data in research. The titles of the keynote papers can be found below, and the abstracts will be available on the conference website during February.

Abstracts for presentations and articles to be submitted on February 28 at the latest

There is still plenty of time for submitting the conference papers and articles. They can be submitted until February 28, 2019. More detailed information about the conference as well as the instructions can be found below and on the website of the conference.

Welcome to the conference!

Research Data and Humanities – RDHum 2019

University of Oulu, August 14-16, 2019

Digital resources and technology are used more and more within the humanities and the social sciences. Researchers in digital humanities gather, administer and share rapidly accumulating digital resources. They also need various research methods and tools in working with these resources. The conference Research Data and Humanities (RDHum) seeks to gather researchers around these themes. In addition to researchers, we invite teachers, graduate and postgraduate students as well as other interested parties to participate and to contribute.

RDHum 2019 is jointly organised by the University of Oulu and the University of Jyväskylä, in collaboration with FIN-CLARIN and Kielipankki, The Language Bank of Finland. The event is the first in the series of conferences taking place every other year in one of the universities within the FIN-CLARIN Consortium. The working languages in the conference are Finnish, Swedish and English.

The keynote speakers

• Anna Čermáková, Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellow (Department of English Language and Linguistics, University of Birmingham)
  Wicked witches and wise wizards: Children’s literature as an interdisciplinary meeting point in digital research
• Arja Kuula-Luumi, Development Manager (Finnish Social Science Data Archive (FSD), University of Tampere)
  Tietosuoja ihmistieteissä
• Veronika Laippala, Associate Professor (University of Turku)
  From bits and numbers to explanations – doing research on Internet-based big data

We welcome papers focusing on diverse topic areas, ranging from theoretical analyses to methodological and empirical studies but not limited to, the following:

Data and methodologies

• Compiling digital databases and infrastructures
• Digital data for less commonly used languages
• Digital data and research as pedagogical resources
• Search engines for digital data
• Annotating digital data
• Data mining and other exploratory approaches to digital data
• Links between digital data research and other methodologies (e.g. statistical and non-statistical methods)
• Synchronic or diachronic approaches
• Comparative and interdisciplinary studies
• Future technologies and innovations, e.g. virtual research environments

Research and findings in Digital Humanities

• e.g. in anthropology, arts, communication and media studies, education, geography, gender studies, history, information science, law, linguistics and translations studies, literature, queer studies, religious studies, sociology, social welfare

In addition to the regular papers, the conference provides a venue for workshops and tutorials. Please submit your proposal for a workshop or tutorial starting on December 1, 2018, but no later than December 31, 2018.

The workshops address a particular topic within the general theme of the conference, whereas tutorials can deal with specific types of resources, software or methods. Workshops and tutorials can also be designed with specific interest groups in mind, such as degree or postgraduate students. The chair of the workshop or tutorial is to submit an abstract (500 words) introducing the proposed topic, the aim of the event and the expected audience by December 31, 2018. The list of accepted workshops and tutorials will be announced on the website of the conference by January 15. After this, submissions to the workshops or tutorials can be made, following further instructions by the organizers.

Workshop and tutorial proposals must include information on at least the following aspects:

• workshop/tutorial title
• topic and goals of the workshop/tutorial
• workshop/tutorial organizer(s) and contact person(s)
• language(s) of the workshop/tutorial
• mode of organization and program design.

Please send your proposals to RDHum2019 [AT] oulu.fi.

The organizers of accepted workshops and tutorials will receive more detailed instructions on the administration of the workshops and tutorials after the proposals have been processed and decisions communicated.

We invite the following types of submissions that are listed below.

You may submit your abstract in one of the workshops or tutorials or, alternatively, in the general session. All abstracts will be submitted in EasyChair system. If you plan to submit a paper for publication, please submit it concurrently with your abstract in EasyChair. Instructions are available here.

1. Abstract for a presentation (10 min + 5 min for discussion, or 20 min + 10 min for discussion) or poster.
   Authors are invited to submit an abstract with the maximum length of 500 words. For a short presentation, the abstract must indicate the research question, the data and methods used (and preliminary results). A short presentation is recommended for presenting new and developing methods or other work in early stage. We also encourage students to contribute. For a long presentation, the abstract must indicate the research question, the data, the methods, and the results.
2. Abstract and a short paper for a presentation (10 min + 5 min for discussion) or poster.
   Authors are invited to submit an abstract with the maximum length of 500 words and a short paper (4-8) pages. The abstract must indicate the research question, the data and methods used, and preliminary results. Accepted short papers will be published in the electronic conference proceedings. Please note that the submission deadline is identical for both the abstract and the short paper.
3. Abstract and a long paper for a presentation (20 min + 10 min for discussion) or poster.
   Authors are invited to submit an abstract with the maximum length of 500 words and a long paper (8-12) pages. The abstract must indicate the research question, the data, the methods and the results. Accepted long papers will be published in the electronic conference proceedings. Please note that the submission deadline is identical for both the abstract and the long paper.

The instructions for formatting the papers are here.

The fee for attending the conference is 70 euros (35 euros for undergraduate students).

Important dates

• Submission of proposals for workshops and tutorials: December 1-31, 2018
• Acceptance of proposals for workshops and tutorials: January 15, 2019
• Submission of abstracts, short papers and long papers: January 16 – February 28, 2019
• Notification of acceptance of abstracts, short papers and long papers: April 2019
• Submission deadline of publication ready texts: June 9, 2019
• Conference: August 14-16, 2019

For more information, please send an inquiry to RDHum2019 [AT] oulu.fi.

Organizing committee

• Jarmo H. Jantunen, chair (University of Jyväskylä)
• Sisko Brunni (University of Oulu)
• Maria Frick (University of Oulu)
• Niina Kunnas (University of Oulu)
• Mietta Lennes (FIN-CLARIN)
• Santeri Palviainen (University of Oulu)
• Valtteri Skantsi (University of Oulu)
• Katja Västi (University of Oulu)
• Hanna Westerlund (FIN-CLARIN)

Scientific committee

• Jarmo H. Jantunen, chair (University of Jyväskylä)
• Sisko Brunni (University of Oulu)
• Ulla-Maija Forsberg (Institute for the Languages of Finland)
• Marja-Liisa Helasvuo (University of Turku)
• Ari Huhta (University of Jyväskylä)
• Dimitrios Kokkinakis (University of Gothenburg)
• Merja Koskela (University of Vaasa)
• Mikko Kurimo (Aalto University)
• Tommi Kurki (University of Turku)
• Krister Lindén (University of Helsinki)
• Pekka Manninen (CSC – IT Center for Science)
• Mikhail Mikhailov (University of Tampere)
• Eetu Mäkelä (University of Helsinki)
• Costanza Navarretta (University of Copenhagen)
• Minna Ruckenstein (University of Helsinki)
• Inguna Skadiņa (University of Latvia)
• Koenraad de Smedt (University of Bergen)
• Mikko Tolonen (University of Helsinki)
• Jurgita Vaičenonienė (Vytautas Magnus University)
• Kadri Vider (University of Tartu)
• Stefan Werner (University of Eastern Finland)

Dear HYMY doctoral students,

Helsinki Collegium’s annual Winter School for doctoral candidates begins on Wednesday, January 23rd, and there will be some plenaries open to the public as well. The theme of this year’s Winter School is “Writing and Publishing”.

Wednesday January 23rd begins with a plenary entitled “For the love of Academic Writing” with Professor Teivo Teivainen (Univ. of Hki) and Erkko Professor Jane Cowan (HCAS) 10:15–12. Our speakers will reflect on what is special about academic writing and tell about their personal relationship to it.

On Thursday January 24th a plenary “Ode to Academic Writing” is held with former HCAS directors Professor Sami Pihlström and Professor Sari Kivistö 9:15– 10, who have recently published a book about the importance of learning and academic freedom (Sivistyksen puolustus, Gaudeamus 2018).

On Friday January 25th at 9:15-10 Professor Janne Saarikivi (Univ. of Hki) and Core Fellow Veronica Walker Vadillo (HCAS) have a discussion about “The ABC of Popularizing”, after which (at 10:15-11) Publishing Director Leena Kaakinen (Gaudeamus/HUP) and Sami Syrjämäki, the Head of Publications at The Federation of Finnish Learned Societies, converse on “Open Access: facts, strengths & weaknesses”.

All plenaries will be held in the Common Room of the Collegium (Fabianinkatu 24, 3rd floor). Welcome!

Dear all,

HYMY provides 12 places to UP 2.1 Constructive Alignment in Course Design, City Centre Campus, 5 cr (Spring term 2019), to doctoral candidates in humanities and social sciences. There are still a few places left. The course is held in English, and it is organized by the Centre for University Teaching and Learning (HYPE). Please note that in order to participate to the course, one has to have completed the course UP 1 Learning in Higher Education / Oppiminen yliopistossa.

How to apply:

Fill in the application form below, the link to an e-form is open from Monday 7.1. to Sunday 27.1. (extended registration deadline). The participants will be chosen on the grounds of their application form and the applicants will be informed about the decision later in January.

https://elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/94115/lomake.html

Learning outcomes:

After completing the course, the participants will
• Understand the significance of didactics as an area of educational science, a field researching and developing discipline-specific teaching, studying and learning in higher education and as a theoretical basis for teachers’ professional knowledge and skills
• Understand the teaching–studying–learning process and the principle of constructive alignment in the design, implementation and evaluation of teaching
• Understand the idea of a curriculum, be familiar with the value basis for the policies set for the degree programme curricula at the University and have acquired the skills and knowledge necessary for participating in the drafting of degree programme and course curricula
• Know how to apply the principles of constructive alignment in teaching in their own field/discipline and be able to draft a course curriculum
• Be able to select appropriate teaching and evaluation methods and take advantage of educational technology in a pedagogically justified manner in their teaching
• Be aware of their own pedagogical thinking, understand the ethics of teaching and be able to provide feedback on teaching and course curricula

Course contents:

The course will examine the following:
• The basic concepts of teaching, the relationships between the theory and practice of teaching, the independent practice of pedagogic thinking
• The design, implementation and assessment of teaching and learning
• The curriculum as a tool for the theoretical and practical development of teaching
• Theoretical perspectives for teaching diverse learners, producing consistent teaching material and engaging in multiprofessional collaboration
• The participant’s own starting points and conceptions about learning and reflections on these
• Observations on the practice teaching and curricula of peers by analysing the targets and interaction of the teaching–studying–learning process

The course applies the methods of active learning, including individual and group assignments, as well as online learning.
The teaching utilises inquiry-based learning methods and opportunities for groupwork provided by the digital learning environment.

Activities during the course:

Learning assignments: Observation of practice teaching by peers, the provision and reception of feedback (teaching assignment and peer activities), peer group assignments and the drafting of a curriculum.

Assessment practices and criteria, grading scale
The overall grade for the course will be based on a curriculum design assignment which will be graded on a scale of 0 to 5. The objective of the assignment is to design a constructively aligned curriculum for a selected course.The assessment will place value on the application of the learning assignments completed during the course, the provision of apt pedagogic justifications for teaching and learning methods as well as on the reflection on personal pedagogic development. The assessment will focus on how participants justify their own points of view.

The length of the course, 5 credits, equals circa 130 hours of study.

Course dates & location:

Thursday 14 March 2019 at 9-13 o’clock
Thursday 28 March 2019 at 9-15 o’clock
Thursday 11 April 2019 at 9-15 o’clock
Thursday 25 April 2019 at 9-16 o’clock (demonstrations of teaching)
Friday 26 April 2019 at 9-16 o’clock (demonstrations of teaching)
Thursday 9 May 2019 at 9-13 o’clock

Location: City Centre

Please make sure that the course dates suit your timetable before you apply. Please note that full attendance during the contact days is required. Studying in the course requires also active participation in peer group work.

Target group:

The course is targeted at doctoral candidates who are active in teaching but have limited or no prior pedagogical training. 

Recommended prerequisites:

UP 1 Learning in Higher Education (5 cr).

The participants of the course will be accepted on the grounds of their application form and the applicants will be informed about this within the month of December.

More information:

The course is organised by the Centre for University Teaching and Learning HYPE.
For more information on the courses, please contact: info-hype@helsinki.fi

CALL FOR PAPERS: Affect in Organizational Renewal

Workshop 17-18 June 2019
Aalto University School of Business, Finland

Keynote speakers:

Professor Silvia Gherardi: Affective ethnography and organizational change Department of Sociology, University of Trento, Italy

Professor Kate Kenny: Speaking out, censorship and the regulation of affect J.E. Cairnes School of Business and Economics, NUI Galway, Ireland

Professor Alison Pullen: The politics and ethics of affect Department of Management, Macquerie University, Sydney Australia

Organizational renewal is usually seen as an outcome of deliberate rational practices such as employee training and work design. There is an important affective dimension to organizational renewal, however, which until recently has received relatively little attention among management and organization scholars. Affect refers to a body’s capacity to affect and be affected, and the intensities that emerge from these encounters (Massumi, 2002). It is a non- reflective bodily response, such as excitement or shame, that is created in relations between humans and materialities such as technology (Gherardi, 2017; Katila, Laine & Parkkari, 2017).

While affect is difficult to control and may diminish actors’ capacity to act, it can also enhance actors’ capacity to act collectively in new ways (Michels & Steyaert, 2017). For example, affective (organizational) experiences have the capacity to unite people: to turn private affective experiences into collective experiences with political potential (Pullen et al., 2017; Vachhani & Pullen, 2019). Depending on the nature of such affective experiences, the political potential may work towards or against organizational renewal initiatives. Affect can, thus, be seen as critical ingredient in any organizational renewal process, as it includes action-potential (Duff, 2010) while also playing a pivotal role in institutional identity work (Katila, Laine & Parkkari, 2017).

In this workshop, we focus on the emerging discussion on affect-based understandings of organizations in general (Fotaki, Kenny & Vachhani, 2017; Gherardi, 2017) and organizational renewal in particular. We explore how affective experiences emerge within organizational practices, what they do, and how they can be manipulated to support (or contest) organizational renewal. We also work toward new methodological approaches to “capture” and better understand affective experiences in organizations. The workshop will be organized around keynote presentations, paper presentations, roundtable discussions, and collaborative activities.

Abstract submission