The Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism welcomes applicants for the inaugural USC Annenberg Summer Institute on Diversity in Media and Culture, June 16-20, 2014. The Institute will bring together exemplary doctoral students and faculty members from across the disciplines of Communication and Media Studies and around the nation to discuss issues of race, gender and difference in media, within the shifting conditions of technology, production, circulation and consumption as well as the shifting discourse of difference in the areas of politics, culture and globalization. Approximately 20 doctoral students will be chosen to participate based on submitted papers and recommendations from their advisors.  Deadline for applications is Feb. 1 and participants will be notified April 1.  Further details are available at: http://www.hastac.org/opportunities/usc-annenberg-summer-institute-diversity-media-and-culture?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+hastac%2Fall+%28HASTAC+Content%29

Problems of Psychology in the 21st Century is an international, periodical, peer-reviewed scientific journal, issued by the Scientia Socialis, in Cooperation with SMC “Scientia Educologica”.  We invite submission of papers describing innovative research on all aspects of psychology and related areas.  The deadline for applications is Jan. 31, and the deadline for the full paper is Feb. 5.  Details are available at: http://www.hastac.org/opportunities/ppc7cfp2014-problems-psychology-21st-century?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+hastac%2Fopportunities+%28HASTAC+Opportunities%29

University of Arizona is accepting paper, performance, and panel proposals for the 2014 New Directions Graduate Student Conference, “[Dis]Embodied Disciplines: Blurring Boundaries in the Academy, which will be held Apr. 11-12, 2014.  All proposals are due by Jan. 13, 2014: http://www.hastac.org/documents/ua-graduate-student-conference?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+hastac%2Fall+%28HASTAC+Content%29

Update!  The deadline for proposals for the 4th Annual Graduate Student Conference School of Media Studies, “Transgressing Media,” has been extended to Jan. 15, 2014: http://www.hastac.org/opportunities/extended-deadline-transgressing-media-cfp?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+hastac%2Fall+%28HASTAC+Content%29

Call for Papers!  “Theorizing the Web” will explore questions like “What does it mean that digital technologies are increasingly a part of everyday life?”  The abstract submission deadline is Jan. 19, 2014: http://theorizingtheweb.tumblr.com/2014/cfp

ESSACHESS Journal for Communication Studies is calling for submissions for their next issue, “How Does Gender Matter?”  Submissions are due Feb. 15, 2014: http://www.hastac.org/opportunities/call-papers-volume-7-n%C2%B0-214-2014-essachess-%E2%80%93-journal-communication-studies-how-does-ge?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+hastac%2Fopportunities+%28HASTAC+Opportunities%29

Call for Proposals!  The 2014 NMC Summer Conference will be held nearby in PORTLAND, OR! http://www.nmc.org/events/2014-summer-conference-submit-proposal?utm_source=2014+NMC+Summer+Conference+CFP&utm_campaign=2014+NMC+Summer+Conference+CFP&utm_medium=email

The Department of Communication Studies at the University of North Texas is looking for submissions for their annual conference, which will be held Feb. 21-22, 2014.  Bonus: monetary awards are presented for top undergraduate and top graduate research! http://www.hastac.org/opportunities/new-voices-new-perspectives-student-research-conference

Call for Papers! The Journal of Electronic Publishing invites reflections and reportage on enduring, emerging and potential measures of publication value. Publication is anticipated for late spring, 2014; final drafts will be due in April, 2014: http://www.publishing.umich.edu/2013/11/26/cfp-metrics-for-measuring-publishing-value-jep/

Call for proposals for the 4th Annual Graduate Student Conference School of Media Studies, “Transgressing Media”: http://www.hastac.org/opportunities/cfp-transgressing-media?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+hastac%2Fopportunities+%28HASTAC+Opportunities%29