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THE 2011 ILLINOIS QUALITATIVE DISSERTATION AWARD

About the Institute:

The International Institute for Qualitative Inquiry is a multidisciplinary institute at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. The center's primary goals are several-fold:

1. To facilitate the development of qualitative research methods across a wide variety of academic disciplines;
2. To demonstrate the promise of qualitative inquiry as a form of democratic practice, to show how qualitative inquiry can be used to directly engage pressing social issues at the level of local, state, national and global communities;
3. To provide leadership to address the main issues in qualitative inquiry;
4. To promote excellence in qualitative research through education, research and publication in the scholarly journals Qualitative Inquiry (the official Congress journal), Cultural Studies/Critical Methodologies, and International Review of Qualitative Inquiry;
5.To provide a forum for collaboration among international experts in the field of qualitative inquiry;
6.To facilitate interdisciplinary graduate education and training in the field of qualitative inquiry;
7.To facilitate interaction in the international community of qualitative inquiry by building relationships with collaborative Sites..

To these ends, the Institute will:

1. Host at least one international conference per year. A workshop series will also be held in conjunction with each annual congress;
2. Facilitate an on-going visiting international scholar lecture series to be held once per semester that is free and open to the campus community;
3. Organize small-group workshops to be led by affiliate campus faculty once per semester that are free and open to the campus community;
4. Implement the Annual Illinois Distinguished Qualitative Dissertation Award;
5. Establish a pre-doctoral research training program in qualitative inquiry;
6. Establish a postdoctoral visiting scholar program in qualitative inquiry;
7. Work with the International Association of Qualitative Inquiry.
8. Publish a quarterly newsletter;
9. Establish collaborative relationships with international sites, programs, associations and institutions.

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Featured events:

International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry. Every year since 2005. Usually in the second half of May. Abstracts due by December 01. Click on site for current information: www.icqi.org/

Inter-Disciplinary.Net conferences, organized annually on several topics, mostly with humanitarian and qualitative nature. See calendar of events for more information: www.inter-disciplinary.net/calendar-of-events/

Humanities and Social Sciences Net On-line (H-Net). www.h-net.org/announce/ group.cgi?type=Conferences

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Conferences by month:

March, 2011

Society for Applied Anthropology 71st Annual Meeting. March 29-April 2, 2011, Seattle, Washington, USA. www.sfaa.net/sfaa2011.html
Annual meetings convene at the end of March; CFP are typically due in mid-October. www.sfaa.net/

The 23rd Annual Ethnographic & Qualitative Research Conference (EQRC). Information is on the website: www.cedarville.edu/event/eqrc/

April, 2011

Discourse, Power, Resistance. 10th Annual Conference: Changing Education. April 13 15, 2011. University of University of Plymouth, UK. www.dprconference.com/ DPR conferences usually convene in March or April. Please check the conference website for future events.

The 2011 Annual Meeting of American Educational Research Association (AERA). There is a large section on qualitative methods. The 2011 meeting is Friday, April 08 Tuesday, April 12, New Orleans, Louisiana. Meetings are typically scheduled in April. The 2012 Annual Meeting is expected around that time. www.aera.net/2011AnnualMeeting.htm

2011 National Conference, Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association. San Antonio, Texas, Wednesday, April 20 Saturday, April 23. Proposals due usually in December. www.pcaaca.org/conference/national.php The 2012 National conference is in Boston, MA, April 04-07, 2012.

12th Annual Workshop of the Center for Qualitative Psychology, Qualitative Research with Attention to Diversity. April 8-10, 2011, Heidelberg, Germany, CFP by January 31, 2011.
www.attention-to-diversity.de/

May, 2011

The 28th Annual Qualitative Analysis Conference: Contemporary Issues in Qualitative Research. Wilfrid Laurier University, Brantford, Ontario, Canada. May 12 to 14, 2011. Annual conference, usually taking place in mid-May. CFP deadlines vary by year from January to March. URL: www.qualitatives.ca/

QRCA Symposium on Excellence in Qualitative Research. May 12, 2011, Chicago, IL.
www.qrca.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=357

3rd Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries (International Conference). May 24 - 27, 2011, Athens, Greece. www.isast.org/

The 2nd European conference on Qualitative Research for Policy Making 2011 (QRPM2011) will be held on the 27-28 May 2011 in Belfast in UK. www.merlien.org/ upcoming-events/qrpm2011.html

June, 2011

23rd Annual Conference on Ethnographic and Qualitative Conference (EQRC). June 3-4, 2011, Cedarville, Ohio. The proposal deadline is March 21, 2011. This conference takes place each year at the beginning of June. Website: www.cedarville.edu/eqrc

17th annual Midwest Qualitative Research Conference In the Space of Action: Accounting for Context in Qualitative Research. Thursday, June 16th - Friday, June17th, 2011. Host: University of St. Thomas, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Proposals due by April 01, 2011. For more information and future conferences, search at www.stthomas.edu/education/ events/mqrc/

11th Thinking Qualitatively Workshop Series. June 20-24, 2011. Host: IIQM, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada. CFP by March 07, 2011. Regular annual event. For 2012 search at www.uofaweb.ualberta.ca/iiqm/tq2011.cfm

10th European Conference on Research Methodology for Business and Management Studies. 20-21 June 2011, Normandy Business School, Caen, France. www.academic- conferences.org/ecrm/ecrm2011/ecrm11-home.htm

The 1st Global Congress for Qualitative Health Research 2011, June 23th-25th 2011, Seoul, Korea. For more information see website: www.gcqhr.com/

July, 2011

4th Global Conference Diasporas - Exploring Critical Issues, Monday 4th July Wednesday 6th July 2011, Mansfield College, Oxford, England. Abstracts due in mid-January. Next conference is expected at similar time. URL: www.inter-disciplinary.net/at-the-interface/diversity-recognition/ diasporas/call-for-papers/

The 7th Mixed Methods International Conference. 29th June 2011 - 2nd July 2011, University of Leeds, UK. Next conference expected at a similar time. Abstracts due in early February. http:/ /www.healthcareconferences.leeds.ac.uk/conferences/details.php?id=5

2nd European meeting of the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction under the theme of Everyday Life, Social Control and Ethnography. July 21-July 24, 2011, The University of Kassel, Germany. CFP was closed on February 15, 2011. www.symbolicinteraction.de/

The 2nd European conference on Qualitative Research for Policy Making 2011 (QRPM2011) will be held on the 27-28 May 2011 in Belfast in UK. www.merlien.org/ upcoming-events/qrpm2011.html

Film and Media 2011: The First Annual London Film and Media Conference. 12 to 14 July 2011. Institute of Education, University of London, United Kingdom. CFP closed by March 01. www.thelondonfilmandmediaconference.com/

30th International Human Science Research Conference. 27-30 July 2011, hosted by The Open University and held at St. Catherine's College, Oxford University, UK. CFP ends by March 10, 2011. www.open.ac.uk/socialsciences/ihsrc2011/ Annual conference, hosted each year by a different university at approximately the same time. The Conference generally alternates year-by-year between North America and Europe. For 2012 conference, search on the Internet with conference title.

August, 2011

The First Australian Discourse, Power, Resistance (DPR) conference, Will the Real Evidence Please Stand Up: Politicising Qualitative Research will be held in Cairns on the 23rd, 24th and 25th August 2011, supported by AQR (Association for Qualitative Research Australia). www.aqr.org.au/conference-2011.html CFP due date is on March 08, 2011.

September, 2011

The 4th European conference on Computer-Aided Qualitative Research (CAQRE2011) will be held on the 1 & 2 September 2011 in Locarno, Switzerland. CFP coming soon. Search at www.merlien.org/upcoming-events/caqdaseurope.html

EPIC2011 (The Ethnographic Praxis in Industry Conference). September 18-21, 2011, Boulder, Colorado. Paper abstracts due March 13, 2011. Other categories due dates till May. Annual conference, convenes in September. www.epiconference.com/epic2011/

5th Global Conference Multiculturalism, Conflict and Belonging. Thursday 22nd September Sunday 25th September 2011. Mansfield College, Oxford, United Kingdom. Abstracts due on Friday 25th March 2011. www.inter-disciplinary.net/at-the-interface/ diversity-recognition/multiculturalism-conflict-and-belonging/call-for-papers/

4th Global Conference Madness: Probing the Boundaries. Tuesday 27th September Thursday 29th September 2011. Mansfield College, Oxford, United Kingdom. Abstracts due on Friday 25th March 2011. www.inter-disciplinary.net/probing-the-boundaries/making-sense- of/madness/call-for-papers/

Global conferences, a package of several conferences with different topics. September, Mansfield College, Oxford, UK. Search for topics, CFP, and more information on www.inter-disciplinary.net/calendar-of-events/

October, 2011

17th Annual Qualitative Health Research Conference. October 24-27, 2011, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. www.uofaweb.ualberta.ca/iiqm/qhr2011.cfm Deadline for submissions is May 16, 2011. This is an annual event that occurs usually in October. www.uofaweb.ualberta.ca/iiqm/Conferences.cfm

2011 QRCA Annual Conference, October 12-14, 2011, Las Vegas, Nevada. www.qrca.org/ displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=603

November, 2011

2011 meeting of the American Anthropological Association meeting. November 16-20, Montreal, PQ, Canada. CFP deadline is April 01, 2011. 2012 meeting is November 14-18, San Francisco, CA. aaanet.org/meetings/futureaaameetings.cfm

December, 2011

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2010
January, 2010
QUIG Interdisciplinary Qualitative Studies Conference. Usually in early January. www.coe.uga.edu/quig/ No information for conferences after January 2007. Will check the situation and call again.

The Qualitative Report Second Annual Conference. January 7 - 8, 2011, Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, Florida U.S.A. www.nova.edu/ssss/QR/TQR2011/ index.html

February
The Israeli Interdisciplinary Conference of Qualitative Research. Fifth conference is expected in mid-February, 2011. Paper submissions due in early November. For updated information, go to URL: cmsprod.bgu.ac.il/Eng/Centers/icqm/Conference/

March
Society for Applied Anthropology 70th Annual Meeting, March 24-27, 2010. Mrida, Mxico Hyatt Regency. Annual meetings are usually in the second half of March. www.sfaa.net/

Discourse, Power, Resistance. Annual Conference. 30 March 1 April 2010 University of Greenwich, London. www.gre.ac.uk/schools/education/news/dpr Note that the conference has changed hosts from Manchester Metropolitan University to University of Greenwich, London.

April
Association of American Geographers Qualitative Research in Geography Conference. 10th annual conference, April 14-18, 2010. www.uvm.edu/~mcope/QRSG/index.html

Sixth Colloquium in Qualitative Health Research. May 6 - 7, 2010, University of East Anglia, Norwich, Great Britain. Proposals are due in mid-April April.
www.h-net.org/announce/ show.cgi?ID=174227&keyword=qualitative

The 2010 Annual Meeting of American Educational Research Association (AERA). There is a large section on qualitative methods. The 2010 meeting is April 30 May 4, Denver, Colorado. Meetings are typically scheduled in April. 2011 Annual Meeting is April 8 12, 2011. New Orleans, Louisiana. www.aera.net/AnnualMeeting.htm

May
The 27th Annual Qualitative Analysis Conference: Social Pragmatism as a Conceptual Foundation. Wilfrid Laurier University, Brantford Carnegie Building, 73 George Street Brantford, Ontario, Canada. May 13 to 15, 2010. Abstract Submission Deadline: Monday, March 1, 2010. URL: www.qualitatives.ca/

THE HUMAN CONDITION SERIES: 3rd Biennial International, Multidisciplinary Conference: "EROS 2010" May 21-22, 2010. Nipissing University Muskoka Campus, Bracebridge, Ontario, Canada. Deadline for Abstracts: March 1, 2010. URL: www.humanconditionseries.com

Colloquium in Qualitative Health Research. The conference is held usually in early May, at the University of East Anglia, Norwich, Great Britain. Proposals due in mid-April. For more information: www.h-net.org/announce/show.cgi?ID=174227&keyword=qualitative

Inspiration in Action 2010 The Worldwide Conference on Qualitative Research. Prague, May 19 - 21, 2010. Search for next meeting at www.qrca.org/displaycommon.cfm? an=1&subarticlenbr=447

Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries (International Conference). May 25 - 28, 2010, Crete, Greece. For the next meeting search at www.isast.org/qqml2010.html

The Third International Qualitative Research Conference. May 26 to 28, 2010, University of Guanajuato, Mexico. www.qualitativegto.org/

Narrative and Innovation: An International Conference. September 15 - 17, 2010, Karlshochschule International University in Karlsruhe. Deadline for proposals -- May 31, 2010. www.narrative-innovation.org/

June
22nd Annual Conference on Ethnographic and Qualitative Conference (EQRC). June 4-5, 2010. The proposal deadline is March 22, 2010 and details are found at the conference website: www.cedarville.edu/eqrc. This conference is reoccurring at approximately the same time each year, on the first week of June.

The Second Innovations in Qualitative Research Conference. June 8 - 9, 2010, University of Saskatchewan, Canada. https://ocs.usask.ca/ocs/index.php/iqrc/iqrc2010/index

16th annual Midwest Qualitative Research Conference Linking Methods and Theory: Exploring the Connections. Host: University of St. Thomas, Minneapolis, Minnesota. June 17-18, 2010. Proposals due by early February. www.stthomas.edu/education/events/ mqrc.html

10th Thinking Qualitatively Workshop Series. Host: IIQM, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Venue: University of Alberta Campus, Edmonton, Canada, June 21-25, 2010. www.uofaweb.ualberta.ca/iiqm/TQ2010.cfm

9th European Conference on Research Methodology, Madrid, Spain, June 24-25, 2010. www.academic-conference.org/ecrm/ecrm2010/ecrm10-minitrack.htm

July
3rd Global Conference Diasporas - Exploring Critical Issues, Wednesday 7th July - Friday

9th July 2010 Mansfield College, Oxford, England. Abstracts due 15th January 2010. URL: www.inter-disciplinary.net/at-the-interface/diversity-recognition/diasporas/call-for-papers/

The 6th Mixed Methods International Conference. July 7 - 11, 2010, Baltimore, Maryland U.S.A. www.healthcareconferences.leeds.ac.uk/conferences/details.php?id=5

August
29th International Human Science Research Conference. Hosted by the Department of Psychology and the College of Arts & Sciences, Seattle University, August 4-8, 2010. www.seattleu.edu/artsci/psychology/default.aspx?id=6314

The British Psychological Society Qualitative Methods in Psychology Section (QMiP) Annual Conference 2010. August 23 - 24, 2010. University of Nottingham, Great Britain. www.bps.org.uk/conferences-and-events/event-listing/events$/2010/august/qmip2010/ qmip2010_home.cfm?subsite=

QRMH3: The Third Qualitative Research on Mental Health Conference. August 25 - 27, 2010. University of Nottingham, Great Britain. www.nottingham.ac.uk/Sociology/QRMH3/ Index.aspx

Ethnographic Praxis in Industry Conference (EPIC). August 29 - September 1, 2010, Tokyo, Japan. URL: www.epiconference.com/

September
8th International Qualitative Research Conference, 6 8 September 2010

Talbot Campus, Bournemouth University. Abstracts submission deadline: end of April.
Call for Abstracts: www.bournemouth.ac.uk/hsc/international-qualitative-research-conference- 2010.html. See also conference site at www.bournemouth.ac.uk/qrc/index.html Includes Performative Social Science at the Bournemouth Qualitative Conference
www.bournemouth.ac.uk/hsc/international-qualitative-research-science.html

Narrative and Innovation: An International Conference. from September 15 - 17, 2010. Karlshochschule International University in Karlsruhe, Germany. Deadline for submitting a proposal is May 31, 2010. www.narrative-innovation.org/

October
The sixth Performing the World conference, PERFORMING THE WORLD 2010: Can Performance Change the World? will be held from Thursday, September 30 through Sunday, October 3, 2010, in New York City. The theme of this year's conference is: "Can Performance Change the World?"
www.performingtheworld.org Deadline for proposals is March 15, 2010.

16th Annual Qualitative Health Research Conference. Venue: Coast Plaza Hotel and Suites, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Conference Dates: October 3-5, 2010; Workshop Date: October 6, 2010. www.uofaweb.ualberta.ca/iiqm/qhr2010.cfm

11th Advances in Qualitative Methods Conference. Venue: Coast Plaza Hotel and Suites, Vancouver, British Columbia. Conference Dates: October 7-8, 2010; Workshop Date: October 6, 2010. www.uofaweb.ualberta.ca/iiqm/aqm2010.cfm

Computer-Aided Qualitative Research Europe 2010. October 7 - 8, 2010, Lisbon, Portugal from. www.merlien.org/upcoming-events/caqre2010.html

November
American Anthropological Association meeting. Usually mid-November to late November. Usual call for proposals deadline is April 01. aaanet.org/meetings/futureaaameetings.cfm . 2010 meeting, November 17-21, New Orleans, LA.

December