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Part time Research Associate position for the research project "Politicization of Identities in Diaspora: Cosmopolitanism & Conflict Discourses"

 

 

 

 

The Open University of Cyprus (OUC) welcomes applications for employment in the following position:

Part-Time Research Fellow for the project ‘Politicization of Identities in Diaspora: Cosmopolitanism & Conflict Discourses’, funded by the Research and Innovation Foundation, Research Excellence Hubs

 

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Applications should be submitted electronically at https://recruitment.ouc.ac.cy/apply by the 13th of December 2020.

Any questions about the position may be addressed to Professor Michalinos Zembylas (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) or to the OUC Research Office (+357 22411692, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).


Overview of the project:

This project will examine Greek-Cypriots’ experiences of living in a vibrant multicultural city such as London and New York, as well as the experience of returning back, and ask whether and how the experience of diaspora influences their perceptions of the legacy of conflict in their country of origin. It focuses on people in a range of different diasporic positions – university students, young professionals, settled families, community stakeholders, and returnees – and it aims to investigate ethographically the ways in which Greek-Cypriot ‘diasporans’ negotiate representations of their homeland and their ethnic identities in different settings and events, both on- and off-line, especially when the conflict legacy in Cyprus arises as an issue. Specifically, it examines the tension between “cosmopolitanism” and “ethnic containment” looking at (a) how the cosmopolitanism of urban life in superdiverse metropoles affect community discourses and identifications, particularly in relation to the conflicted homeland; and vice versa: (b) how the homeland conflict affect ethnolinguistic socialization and community organization in diaspora. The project links Sociolinguistics with studies on International Relations/ Peace & Conflict studies, making an important contribution to interdisciplinary dialogue. Finally it reveals the significance of diasporic communicative practice for social cohesion and conflict resolution.