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The recently announced initiative in Congress to update the Communications Act makes even more relevant the upcoming experts workshop on “The Broadband Act of 2011: Designing a Communications Act for the 21st Century” (details below). Scholars wishing to make their voices heard and interested in participating in the national debate on the future of the Internet and broadband networks are offered the opportunity to do so through this Workshop. Action by Congress may supersede the FCC’s proposal to reclassify the regulatory status of broadband and redefine the scope of the FCC’s authority. This is an opportunity to provide timely input to policy makers. Submissions by young scholars and new and diverse voices are particularly invited.

Every year the Faculty of Communication Sciences of the Università della Svizzera italiana and the Locarno International Film Festival organise a Summer School to analyse fiction and non-fiction cinema. The Summer School is part of Réseau Cinéma CH, a Swiss university consortium promoting two Master of Arts programs in Film Studies and Filmmaking. 

In 2010, COSMO and CosPA will be held at one time and at one place, Tokyo. The annual Cosmo International Conference on Particle Physics and Cosmology has been organized mostly in Europe and North America alternately and has served as a venue of interaction between cosmologists and particle physicists. The CosPA, International Symposium on Cosmology and Particle Astrophysics, is a series of conferences which was initiated in Taiwan and has been organized in Asia Pacific region annually.

The Norwegian Institute of International Affairs is pleased to announce a project supported by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Regional Competence Building for Think Tanks in the South Caucasus and Central Asia. 

This new programme builds on Lancaster's internationally recognised strengths in the field of discourse studies. Within this field Lancaster is best-known for its distinctive approaches to pragmatics, stylistics, and critical discourse analysis, due to the teaching involvement of Ruth Wodak, Greg Myers, Elena Semino and Veronika Koller.

SMUN brings together university students for active discussion and engagement in issues of world politics. The conferences demand much of the students, in terms of knowledge and diplomatic skills; the pay-off, however, is one which benefits the participating delegates for the rest of their lives. SMUN sets the framework within which interest is turned into involvement, and theory is turned into practice. A Model United Nations conference – also known as ‘Model UN’ or simply ‘MUN’ – is an authentic simulation of the work in a UN committee such as the Security Council, or other regional and international organisations, such as the African Union or the WTO.

Nordic Network for Intercultural Communication, 25.-27. November 2010 

The School of International Studies at the University of Trento is accepting applications for the places in the doctoral program in International Studies for the 2010-2011 academic year. The doctorate combines multidisciplinary approaches within a structure that allows students to specialize in one of three tracks: International Politics,International Law and International Economics. It is entirely in English, with a taught component in the first year.

The Centre for International Mobility (CIMO) Fellowships programme is open to young researchers (after Master-level but not post-doctorate) from all countries and from all academic fields. The scholarship period may vary from 3 to 12 months. The monthly allowance is 800-1 200 euros (in 2010). The scholarship is intended to cover living expenses in Finland for a single person. No additional allowance for housing is paid. Expenses due to international travel to and from Finland are not covered by CIMO.

Yerevan State Linguistic University after V. Brusov, in cooperation with the United States Embassy in Armenia organizes series of lectures and discussions “Redefining American Democracy" You are cordially invited to the next lecture