The Communist Manifesto Illustrated via Cartoons

The Communist Manifesto illustrated by carttons. This is an homage to the latent subversiveness of cartoons. Though U.S. cartoons are usually thought of as conveyors of capitalist ideologies of consumerism and individualism, Drew observes: “Somehow as an avid childhood fan of cartoons, these ideas were secondary to a more important lesson-that of the ‘trickster’ nature of many characters as they mocked, outwitted and defeated their more powerful adversaries. In the classic cartoon, brute strength and heavy artillery are no match for wit and humor, and justice always prevails. For me, it was natural to link my own childhood concept of subversion with an established, more articulate version [Marx and Engels' Communist Manifesto]. Mickey running over the globe has new meaning in today’s mediascape, in which Disney controls one of the largest concentrations of media.” (From Youtube description)

CONF CFP: The Politics of Social Cohesion 2009, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Call for papers

Inter-disciplinary Conference: The Politics of Social Cohesion Centre for the Study of Equality and Multiculturalism, University of Copenhagen, 9.9-12.9.2009

The concept of social cohesion is becoming increasingly important in politics as well as public opinion. In particular, migration and the forms of ethnocultural diversity to which it gives rise are increasingly considered causes of conflict and destabilizing factors in contemporary democratic regimes, in part because such diversity is believed to undermine important values, including trust and solidarity. The main idea is that social identities determine attachment to and solidarity with those who belong to one’s group and separation and detachment from those who do not belong. As a result of this, it is further feared that diversity tends toundermine social spending and ultimately the welfare state. One aspect ofthese developments is that the work of social scientists on social cohesion is increasingly becoming politicized.

This inter-disciplinary conference aims to address social cohesion and the political uses to which this concept is put, in particular in relation toethnocultural diversity. Important questions include:

* What are the mechanisms through which social or national identitiesfoster cohesion (e.g. trust and solidarity) and inclusion, and what are the mechanisms through which they foster conflict and exclusion?
* To what extent does the empirical evidence support various political claims about the importance of e.g. shared national identities as a precondition for solidarity and peaceful community life?
* Which kinds of community are (most) conducive to integration and stability, e.g. is citizenship enough?
* How is immigration related to social cohesion and levels of social spending?
* Why have social cohesion discourses gained such prominence in contemporary liberal societies?
* What do normative ideals such as liberty and equality imply with respect to a) immigration policies that aim at protecting/fostering social cohesion, and b) what we may legitimately expect from minorities and majorities with respect to conforming to a shared identity?
* Do multicultural policies undermine social cohesion?

Confirmed speakers include:

Keith Banting, Policy Studies, Queen’s University
Nils Holtug, Philosophy, University of Copenhagen
Christian Joppke, Government, American University of Paris
James Jupp, Immigration and Multicultural Studies, Australian National University
Niels Kærgård, Economics, University of Copenhagen
Yngve Lithman, Sociology, University of Bergen
Andrew Mason, Social Science, University of Southampton
Per Mouritsen, Politics, University of Aarhus
Gert Tinggaard Svendsen, Politics, University of Aarhus
Eric Uslaner, Government and Politics, University of Maryland

Deadline for submission of abstracts: 1. May 2009.

Read more here: http://cesem.ku.dk/calendar/2009/politics_of_social_cohesion/

PhD Studies at the University of Birmingham, UK

The University of Birmingham invites applications for PhD students in Philosophy for academic year 09/10.

High quality candidates will be put forward for full maintenance College Scholarships. The deadline for these scholarships is March 27th.

Research interests of our staff can be found at:

http://www.philosophy.bham.ac.uk/staff/academic.shtml

Initial contact should be made with:

Dr. Philip Goff
p.goff@bham.ac.uk

New Book Reviews: Metapsychology Online

In the last 3 weeks, we have published the following reviews available at

http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_index.php?idx=news

How Infants Know Minds
by Vasudevi Reddy
Review by R.A. Goodrich, Ph.D. on Feb 17th 2009
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4738

Epistemology and Emotions
by Georg Brun, Ulvi Doguoglu & Dominique Kuenzle (Editors)
Review by Dan O’Brien, Ph.D. on Feb 17th 2009
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4736

Sexual Orientation and Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
Sexual Science and Clinical Practice
by Richard C. Friedman and Jennifer I. Downey
Review by Minna Forsell on Feb 17th 2009
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4735

Evolution and Human Behavior
Darwinian Perspectives on Human Nature: Second Edition
by John Cartwright
Review by Kamuran Godelek on Feb 17th 2009
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4735

Unsettled Minds
Psychology and the American Search for Spiritual Assurance, 1830-1940
by Christopher G. White
Review by Gustav Jahoda, Ph.D. on Feb 17th 2009
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4734

Science in Civil Society
by John Ziman
Review by Nathan Harron on Feb 17th 2009
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4733

Radical Grace
How Belief in a Benevolent God Benefits Our Health
by J. Harold Ellens
Review by Leo Uzych, J.D., M.P.H. on Feb 17th 2009
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4731

Moral Dimensions
Permissibility, Meaning, Blame
by T. M. Scanlon
Review by Lisa Grover, MPhil on Feb 10th 2009
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4724

In Therapy We Trust
America’s Obsession with Self-Fulfillment
by Eva S. Moskowitz
Review by Brian J. McVeigh, Ph.D. on Feb 10th 2009
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4723

Aging, Biotechnology, and the Future
by Catherine Y. Read, Robert C. Green, Michael A. Smyer (Editors)
Review by Gareth Southwell, Ph.D. on Feb 10th 2009
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4722

A Brief History of Anxiety
Yours and Mine
by Patricia Pearson
Review by Sue Bond on Feb 10th 2009
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4721

Ignorance and Imagination
The Epistemic Origin of the Problem of Consciousness
by Daniel Stoljar
Review by Biagio G. Tasssone on Feb 10th 2009
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4720

Phenomenal Concepts and Phenomenal Knowledge
New Essays on Consciousness and Physicalism
by Torin Alter and Sven Walter (Editors)
Review by David Wall, Ph.D. on Feb 10th 2009
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4719

Ethical Choices in Contemporary Medicine
by Raphael Sassower and Mary Ann Cutter
Review by Lorna Lees, Ph.D. on Feb 10th 2009
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4718

Radical Virtues
Moral Wisdom and the Ethics of Contemporary Life
by Richard White
Review by Robert L. Muhlnickel, MSW on Feb 10th 2009
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4717

Contagious
Cultures, Carriers, and the Outbreak Narrative
by Priscilla Wald
Review by Rosemary Cook on Feb 10th 2009
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4713

Psychiatry and Empire
by Sloan Mahone and Megan Vaughan (Editors)
Review by Tony O’Brien, RN, MPhil on Feb 3rd 2009
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4709

The Enduring Self in People with Alzheimer’s
by Sam Fazio
Review by Maeve M. O’Donovan, Ph.D. on Feb 3rd 2009
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4708

Resilience in Children
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Volume 1094
by Barry M. Lester, Ann Masten and Bruce McEwen (Editors)
Review by Stephanie Moulton Sarkis, PhD NCC LMHC on Feb 3rd 2009
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4707

The Legacy of John Rawls
by Thom Brooks and Fabian Freyenhagen (Editors)
Review by Kostas Koukouzelis on Feb 3rd 2009
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4706

Tolerance and the Ethical Life
by Andrew Fiala
Review by Sarah Scott on Feb 3rd 2009
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4705

Ontology of Consciousness
Percipient Action
by Helmut Wautischer (Editor)
Review by Diana Soeiro on Feb 3rd 2009
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4704

Understanding Physician-Pharmaceutical Industry Interactions
A Concise Guide
by Shaili Jain
Review by David Teira on Feb 3rd 2009
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4703

Intelligence, Destiny, and Education
The Ideological Roots of Intelligence Testing
by John White
Review by Ed Brandon on Feb 3rd 2009
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4700

Richard Rorty
The Making of an American Philosopher
by Neil Gross
Review by Brad Frazier, Ph.D. on Jan 27th 2009
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4695

Psychotherapy with Adolescent Girls and Young Women
Fostering Autonomy through Attachment
by Elizabeth Perl
Review by Minna Forsell on Jan 27th 2009
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4694

Judging Children As Children
A Proposal for a Juvenile Justice System
by Michael Corriero
Review by Leo Uzych, J.D., M.P.H. on Jan 27th 2009
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4693

Under Pressure and Overwhelmed
Coping with Anxiety in College
by Christopher Vye, Kathlene Scholljegerdes and I. David Welch
Review by Stephanie Moulton Sarkis, PhD NCC LMHC on Jan 27th 2009
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4692

Helping Teens Who Cut
Understanding and Ending Self-Injury
by Michael Hollander
Review by James K. Luiselli, Ed.D., ABPP, BCBA on Jan 27th 2009
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4691

Healing, Hype, or Harm?
A Critical Analysis of Complementary or Alternative Medicine
by Edzard Ernst (Editor)
Review by Kevin M. Purday on Jan 27th 2009
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4690

When Is Discrimination Wrong?
by Deborah Hellman
Review by Tony O’Brien RN, MPhil on Jan 27th 2009
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4689

Cylons in America
Critical Studies in Battlestar Galactica
by Tiffany Potter and C. W. Marshall (Editors)
Review by Rob Loftis on Jan 27th 2009
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4687

Intimacies
by Leo Bersani and Adam Phillips
Review by Rudy Oldeschulte on Jan 27th 2009
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4686

Reason & Emancipation
Essays on the Philosophy of Kai Nielsen
by Michel Seymour and Matthias Fritsch (Editors)
Review by Bob Lane, M.A. on Jan 27th 2009
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4684

Ethics reviews at
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/center_index.php?id=135&cn=135
Philosophy reviews at
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/center_index.php?id=394&cn=394
Psychology reviews at
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/center_index.php?id=396&cn=396

We are especially in need of reviewers of academic and popular psychology books, and recent psychological fiction. Please email me if interested.
(cperring@yahoo.com)

Christian Perring, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Dowling College
http://christianperring.blogspot.com/
Editor of Metapsychology Online Reviews: http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/
Office Phone: (631) 244-3349
Dept Philosophy, Dowling College, 150 Idle Hour Blvd, Oakdale, NY 11769, USA

PhD Scholarship in Logic at the University of Groningen, The Netherlands

Ph.D. SCHOLARSHIP IN LOGIC

UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN, THE NETHERLANDS

Call for Applications: We invite applications for a fully-funded 4 year bursary position for a Ph.D. student at the University of Groningen. The scholarship is offered jointly by the Department of Artificial Intelligence and the Department of Philosophy. Applicants must submit a research proposal for the intended PhD research covering the four-year duration of the scholarship. The application for the scholarship should be made no later than 1 May 2009.

Qualifications: Candidates should have (or obtain before 1 September 2009) a Masters degree in Logic, Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Philosophy, Mathematics or Physics.

Job Profile:  We are looking for candidates with a strong interest in Logic (especially in areas such as Modal Logic, Epistemic Logic, Dynamic Logic, Belief Revision theory, Game Logic, Quantum Logic, Linear Logic, Conditionals or Game Semantics) and its applications to modelling information flow, learning, agency, interaction and rationality in Artificial Intelligence, Theoretical Philosophy, Computer Science, Quantum Physics (including Quantum Information and Quantum Computation) or Game Theory. Fluent English is a prerequisite.

Appointment: The net monthly salary (after tax) for this position is approximately 1500 euro. The scholarship is awarded for a period of four years and should lead to a dissertation. The successful applicant is required to participate in the PhD programme at the University of Groningen (see http://www.rug.nl/prospectivestudents/degreeprogrammes/ graduateschools/phd) and will be working under the daily supervision of Dr. S. Smets.

How to apply: Applications must be sent by standard mail and should arrive by 1 May 2009. Applications must contain :

- a Curriculum Vitae
- a 3-5 page long Research Proposal
- a Letter of Motivation (at most 1 page), explaining why you are interested in this position
- a list of university courses taken (including grades).
- the name and contact details (including email address) of one referee who can provide details about your profile (e.g. the supervisor of your master thesis).

Please send the application to :

Dr. Sonja Smets
University of Groningen,
Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences
Department of Artificial Intelligence
P.O. Box 407
9700 AK Groningen
The Netherlands

For further information, please contact Dr Sonja Smets at S.J.L.Smets@rug.nl

Shortlisted candidates will be notified within 4 weeks after the deadline.

CONF CFP: Labour & Global Justice Conference, November 2009, Ghent University, Belgium

CALL FOR PAPERS

Labour & Global Justice conference
19-20 November 2009, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

The domain of Global Justice has substantially grown over the past twenty years, with important contributions from various fields such as political philosophy and International Relations. Practical issues such as poverty reduction and migration have received significant attention. Labour issues however, although connected to poverty reduction and migration, have been underrepresented as explicit issues tackled within global justice debates. This conference aims at drawing attention to labour issues emerging as explicit justice issues within the context of globalization.

The theme of this ‘Labour and Global Justice Conference’ is ‘Labour Migration Policy Issues’.

Presentations are called for tackling issues such as:

- how national immigration schemes affect labour markets,
- migrant worker experiences, both documented and undocumented, and
from different categories (workers, diplomats, expats),
- gender aspects of labour migration realities and policies,
- trafficking for purposes of labour exploitation,
- outsourcing and labour standards,
- assessments of policy instruments on labour migration,
- international trade unions and IFAs,
- effects on local labour markets caused by FDI,
- the potential of Global Governance with regard to labour justice,

Interested presenters are required to send a 500 word abstract to wim.vandekerckhove@ugent.be
by May 1st 2009.

The conference will host a number of keynotes (tba) and a special session of the European Science Foundation EUROCORES project ‘Trafficking for Forced Labour in Industries other than the Sex Industry across Europe’.

Publication in conference proceedings is an option for those presenting at the conference, under certain conditions.

The Labour & Global Justice Conference 2009 is sponsored by the European Science Foundation, The FWO Labour 1500-2000 Research Group, the Center for Ethics & Value Inquiry (Ghent University), and the International Global Ethics Association (IGEA).

CONF CFP: 7th Global Conference on Monsters and the Monstrous: Myths and Metaphors of Enduring Evil, September 2009, Mansfield College, Oxford

7th Global Conference on Monsters and the Monstrous: Myths and Metaphors of Enduring Evil
Monday 14th September 2009 – Thursday 17th September 2009, Mansfield College, Oxford

Call for Papers

This inter-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary project seeks to investigate and explore the enduring influence and imagery of monsters and the monstrous on human culture throughout history. In particular, the project will have a dual focus with the intention of examining specific ‘monsters’ as well as assessing the role, function and consequences of persons, actions or events identified as ‘monstrous’. The history and contemporary cultural influences of monsters and monstrous metaphors will also be examined.

Papers, reports, work-in-progress and workshops are invited on issues related to any of the following themes:

* The “monster” through history
* Civilization, monsters and the monstrous
* Children, childhood, stories and monsters
* Comedy: funny monsters and/or making fun of monsters (e.g. Monsters Inc, the Addams Family)
* Making monsters; monstrous births, childhood
* Mutants and mutations and freaks
* Technologies of the monstrous
* Horror, fear and scare
* Do monsters kill because they are monstrous or are they monstrous
because they kill?
* How critical to the definition of “monster” is death or the
threat of death?
* Human ‘monsters’ and ‘monstrous’ acts? e.g, perverts, paedophiles
and serial killers
* Revolution and monsters
* Enemies (political/social/military) and monsters
* Iconography of the monstrous
* The popularity of the modern monsters; the Mummy, Dracula,
Frankenstein, Vampires, Cannibals
* The monster in literature
* The monster in media (television, cinema, radio, internet)
* Religious depictions of the monstrous
* Metaphors and the monstrous
* The problematic attraction and admiration of monsters
* Gothic Monsters

Papers will be accepted which deal solely with specific monsters.
Pre-formed panel proposals are also encouraged.

The 2009 meeting of Monsters will run alongside our project on ‘Madness – Probing the Boundaries’ and we anticipate holding sessions in common between the two projects.  We welcome any papers considering the problems or addressing issues of Monsters and Madness for joint project sessions.

Papers will be considered on any related theme. 300 word abstracts should be submitted by Friday 17th April 2009. If an abstract is accepted for the conference, a full draft paper should be submitted by Friday 7th August 2009.

300 word abstracts should be submitted to the Organising Chairs; abstracts may be in Word, WordPerfect, or RTF formats, following this order: author(s), affiliation, email address, title of abstract, body of abstract.

Please use plain text (Times Roman 12) and abstain from using any special formatting, characters or emphasis (such as bold, italics or underline). We acknowledge receipt and answer to all paper proposals submitted. If you do not receive a reply from us in a week you should assume we did not receive your proposal; it might be lost in cyberspace! We suggest, then, to look for an alternative electronic route or resend.

Organising Chairs

Sorcha Ni Fhlainn
Hub Leader
School of English, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
E-mail: snf@inter-disciplinary.net

Rob Fisher
Network Founder & Leader, Inter-Disciplinary.Net
Freeland, Oxfordshire
United Kingdom
E-mail: m7@inter-disciplinary.net

Stephen Morris
Hub Leader
Independent Scholar
New York, USA
USA
E-mail: smmorris58@yahoo.com

The aim of the conference is to bring together people from different areas and interests to share ideas and explore various discussions which are innovative and exciting. All papers accepted for and presented at this conference are eligible for publication in an ISBN eBook. Selected papers may be invited to go forward for development into a themed ISBN hard copy volume. Some papers may also be invited for inclusion in the Journal of Monsters and the Monstrous.

Please note: Inter-Disciplinary.Net is a not-for-profit network and we are not in a position at this present time to be able to assist with conference travel or subsistence.

For further details about the project please visit:

http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/at-the-interface/evil/monsters-and-the-monstrous/

For further details about the conference please visit:

http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/at-the-interface/evil/monsters-and-the-monstrous/call-for-papers/