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Cambridge Scholars Press are publishing a new book series, edited by Prof. Fred Dervin (University of Helsinki), titled Post-Intercultural Communication and Education. According to their announcement: This book series, eclectic in scope, seeks to extend and revitalize scholarship on intercultural communication and education by publishing innovative, interdisciplinary and critical analyses of intercultural encounters. “Post-intercultural” refers to a recent paradigm shift in the […]

Young reviewers are certainly sought after. “The best referees are postdocs,” says Leslie Sage, a senior physical-sciences editor at Nature in Washington DC. “They are at the top of their game, well versed in the literature and politically naive enough to tell the truth.” For this and more interesting insights into the peer-review process, you may want to have a look into […]

I am just starting to read a book edited by Lucy Green entitled “Learning, teaching and musical identity: voices across cultures” (2011) and was intrigued by how Green positions the chapters by the different researchers vis-a-vis expectations of the research report genre: “The researchers followed standard ethical procedures, including giving participants the right to withdraw and to remain anonymous, seeking […]

I am pleased to have two book chapters out in quick succession: Davcheva, L, Fay, R. and Byram M. (Dec 2011). Zones of interculturality in postgraduate doctorate supervision. In F. Derwin, A. Gajardo A. and Lavanchy, F. (eds.), Politics of interculturality,(pp.127-149). Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Press. Isbn13: 978-1-4438-3365-3 / Isbn: 1-4438-3365-7 http://www.c-s-p.org/Flyers/Politics-of-Interculturality1-4438-3365-7.htm This volume also contains chapters by: Fred Dervin, Catherine Doherty, […]