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Wednesday, December 22, 2010

University Furlough / Winter Closure

University Furlough / Winter Closure: During the break between fall and spring semesters, the Department of American Studies main office will be open regular hours (8 a.m. - Noon and 1 p.m. - 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday) except for University Holidays and furlough days, when the office is closed. Those days are: December 24th - January 2nd, and January 17th. More information on the University Closure / Furlough can be found at: http://www1.umn.edu/twincities/faculty-staff/closure/index.htm


American Studies is pleased to announce the launching of a new bimonthly Graduate Student Workshop series

A NOTE FROM THE DGS: American Studies is pleased to announce the launching of a new bimonthly Graduate Student Workshop series this spring semester. Grad Students are encouraged to use this opportunity to share their work with each other and with faculty. The series was created to allow students to receive feedback on their work such as, but not limited to, conference papers, practice job talks, parts of chapters, parts of course research papers. Faculty and graduate students are all encouraged to participate.

The first workshop of the series is scheduled for Monday, January 24th, 3:30-5:00pm in the Scott Hall Commons, room 105. Students interested in presenting work at one of the spring workshops should contact Melanie (stein196@umn.edu) by Monday, January 10 and indicate, generally, the type of work you would like to present. One of us will be in contact with those of you who express an interest to finalize scheduling. Once the workshops are set, we will announce the schedule in the Digest, inviting graduate students and faculty.



Two Annual Requirements: Student Activity Reports Due; Annual Meeting with Adviser

The graduate school requires an annual review of student progress for each graduate student. The department process for annual review includes a meeting with your adviser(s). Meetings should be scheduled between February 2 and February 23. Students are also required to submit a Student Activity Report (SAR) each calendar year. Please submit your SAR to Melanie (stein196@umn.edu) by Wednesday, February 2, 2011. Please continue reading for SAR template and for more information.

Two Annual Requirements: Student Activity Reports Due; Annual Meeting with Adviser
SAR Template 2010.doc
The graduate school requires an annual review of student progress for each graduate student. The department process for annual review includes a meeting with your adviser(s). Please make an appointment with your adviser(s) to discuss your academic progress toward the degree. Goals, problems, research interests, and timelines for completion should be reviewed. Meetings should be scheduled between February 2 and February 23. After the meeting, your adviser will submit a brief written report to the DGS. We will be in contact with each adviser to remind them of the department process and deadlines.
Students are also required to submit a Student Activity Report (SAR) each calendar year. Cumulative information from collected SARs -- which includes information about research, teaching, publication, conference participation, honors, and service activities in the 2010 calendar year-- is important for the department, graduate school, and college in assessing the activities of the graduate program. Please submit your SAR (template attached) to Melanie (stein196@umn.edu) by Wednesday, February 2, 2011. We encourage you to submit a copy of this report to your adviser at this time as well as advisers have noted that your SAR is a helpful guide to facilitate a broader discussion of your research and professional goals.
For more information on the annual review please check the Graduate
Handbook , available at http://americanstudies.umn.edu/grad/handbook.html

Tentative: University of Colorado-Denver Assistant Professor in Latin American History

The History Department at the University of Colorado Denver is in the final stages of posting a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Latin American history. The full description will be posted on H-net when approved. For the tentative job description please:

Tentative Job Description:
Assistant Professor, Latin American History
University of Colorado Denver

The History Department at the University of Colorado Denver invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Latin American history. The Department seeks a colleague who utilizes transnational approaches; we are particularly interested in research and teaching that engages recent scholarship on the Atlantic World or borderlands. Teaching load is four courses per year. In addition to teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in his or her area of expertise, the successful applicant will teach Latin American survey courses and contribute to the College's International Studies major. PhD expected by August, 2011.
Please contact Professor Carl Pletsch (carl.pletsch@ucdenver.edu, 720-940-1691), chair of the search committee, with any questions.

Leipzig University 2011 Graduate Conference - Call for Papers

The American Studies Department at Leipzig University invites paper submissions for the 2011 Graduate Conference "American Pornographies: Consumerism, Sensationalism, and Voyeurism in a Global Context" scheduled for April 1-2, 2011. Calling for an interdisciplinary angle, and welcome contributions by MA-level students from all fields related to American Studies. Proposals due by January 6, 2011.

Call for Papers: Leipzig University "American Pornographies: Consumerism, Sensationalism, and Voyeurism in a Global Context"
The previously understudied and often silenced subject of pornography thus brings new impulses to the study of consumerism, particularly in light of the rising influence of globalization and the Internet. We therefore invite proposals that investigate the intricacies of pornography as well as those that frame 'pornography' in the broader context of consumerism and related notions like sensationalism, voyeurism, materialism, or exhibitionism. Accordingly, contributions could address questions such as: Which new challenges to the concept of pornography have arisen since feminism has complicated simplistic notions of pornography as always being oppressive? How has consumerism, in turn, reconfigured notions of gender, 'race,' and sexuality? How do shifting understandings of consumption create transnational and individual narratives or turn previously unidirectional phenomena like Americanization into reciprocal processes? In what ways is consumerism both vilified and cherished--in terms of individualism, modernization, social mobility, power dynamics, or materialist re-readings of the American Dream? In how far do terms like 'food porn,' 'torture porn,' and the 'pornography of violence' complicate understandings of 'consuming,' e.g., information, religion, and war through sensationalist depictions in the media and pop culture?
As a platform to discuss the complexities of 'pornography' and consumerism within the wide spectrum of academic contexts, our conference invites all interested MA-level students. Please note that there will be no conference fee. Also, to encourage nationwide and international participation in our conference, we will be able to award several travel and accommodation grants to students in Europe, ranging from about 100€ to 250€.
Please submit your proposal (max. 300 words) for a 20-minute presentation with your name, current level of graduate study, affiliated university, and email address to asl-gradconference@uni-leipzig.de by January 6, 2011. We will notify all authors by January 17, 2011.
For further information, please refer to http://americanstudies.uni-leipzig.de/asl-gradconference2011 or contact us via email.

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

PCard Reminder

Please submit receipts for all December PCard purchases to Laura by Monday, January 3rd.

PCard Reminder
See attachment below for generic coversheet:
COVERSHEET generic-1.xlsx

Call for Papers: UC Berkeley Race, Space, Nature Symposium

The University of California, Berkeley's Center for Race & Gender is thrilled to announce that they are now accepting proposals for the Race, Space, Nature Symposium planned for April 27, 2011. This conference aims to open up dialogue among graduate students, post-doctoral researchers, faculty, and independent scholars who critically engage with analytics of race/racialization and 'the environment', broadly conceived. Proposals are due January 15, 2011.

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*Call For Papers**
Race, Space and Nature: A One-day Symposium at the University of California, Berkeley April 27, 2011
This conference aims to open up dialogue among graduate students, post-doctoral researchers, faculty, and independent scholars who critically engage with analytics of race/racialization and 'the environment', broadly conceived. We are interested in understanding how scholars understand the experiences, practices, creativities, political
economies and subjectivities of racialized groups in relationship to the spaces that they move through and create: the environment, nature and cities. In what ways do racialized experiences and identities come to structure narratives, practices, and politics in relationship to built and "natural" environments? If racialization occurs in and through places, how are these processes sedimented or resisted by people? How do racial
constructs connect to spatial/environmental ones and vice versa - and why does it matter?
Interdisciplinary scholars have developed a large body of literature that considers the role of race/racialization in the context of spatial inequality, marginalization and oppression. Increasingly, scholars have interrogated the roles of agency and innovation in environmental practice among various racial groups, including the forms through which racial analytics help to shape those interactions. This one-day conference will critically engage these questions in order to ask: How do issues of race and racialization intersect with spatial/environmental/territorializing practices, discourses, and politics in the contemporary moment? We seek papers from a variety of theoretical, disciplinary, and methodological perspectives. This includes but is not limited to topics such as:
· racialized access to resources;
· the role of race in global environmental discourses and politics;
· activist practice;
· social movements;
· international development;
· intersectional engagements with race, gender, sexuality and class;
· political ecolog(ies) of race, space, and urban environmental
practice;
· the rise and fall of cities;
· environmental and climate justice;
· critical food studies.
The symposium will include a working lunch where we will match scholars with others in their fields. The event is open to the public, free, and includes lunch with registration, as funds allow. We will conclude with a keynote from UC Berkeley Assistant Professor Carolyn Finney (ESPM).
To participate, please submit a 250 word abstract *by January 15* to conference organizers Rachel Brahinsky, Laura-Anne Minkoff-Zern, and Jade Sasser at race.conference.berkeley@gmail.com. Please include, in the body of the email: your name, affiliation, contact information, and abstract.
We will respond to submissions in early February. Once accepted, final papers must be submitted two weeks before the symposium.

University of Minnesota- Dept of Chicano Studies tenure-track position

The Department of Chicano Studies at the University of Minnesota invites applications for full-time, tenure-track position beginning fall 2011. Ph.D. in-hand by the start date of the appointment is preferred, but Advanced ABD's may be considered for appointment as a tenure-track instructor with the understanding that the Ph.D. is conferred within the first year of the appointment. To be assured of full consideration, applications must be complete by January 21, 2011.

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The Department of Chicano Studies, located within the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities invites applications for full-time, tenure-track position beginning fall 2011. The department seeks to hire a highly motivated tenure-track assistant professor to teach courses, conduct research and participate in the delivery of an intellectually engaging curriculum and the development of a department whose students and faculty are advancing knowledge about Chicanos-Latinos within the university and in collaborative relationship with the Latino community.
Appointment will be 100%-time over the nine-month academic year (late August to late May).
The department is interested in reviewing applications from candidates whose interdisciplinary work analyzes race, class and gender in the social sciences or humanities with primary emphasis on Chicana/o Studies scholarship.
Required Qualifications: Ph.D. in-hand by the start date of the appointment (August 31, 2011), in Chicana/o Studies, Ethnic Studies, American Studies, Women's Studies or related interdisciplinary degree program; or in more traditional areas such as History, Sociology, Anthropology, Spanish, English, Rhetoric, Comparative Literature, Religious Studies, Philosophy, Psychology or similar disciplinary degree programs. Advanced ABD's may be considered for appointment as a tenure-track instructor with the understanding that the Ph.D. is conferred within the first year of the appointment. Candidates who are ABD must provide a letter from their dissertation chair indicating progress to date and detailing a time-line for completion.
Preferred Qualifications: Advanced assistant professors with a proven record of teaching and scholarship are particularly encouraged to apply. Preferred expertise in is History or Sociology, but all areas in Social Sciences and Humanities will be considered. The department is particularly interested in candidates who can teach outside their areas of expertise and who can cover at least two areas within a Chicano Studies curriculum.
Candidates will be evaluated according to the overall quality of their academic preparation and scholarly work, evidence of research ability, evidence of commitment to teaching and skills as a teacher, and strength of recommendations. Faculty in the Department of Chicano Studies in the College of Liberal Arts are expected to maintain an active program of scholarly research or creative activity that includes publication, exhibition, or performance; teach undergraduate and graduate courses; advise students; and contribute service appropriate for the rank of appointment to the department, college, university, and profession.
Through teaching, research, and community partnerships the mission of the Department of Chicano Studies at the University of Minnesota is to promote critical understanding of the histories, politics, and cultures of Chicana/os and Latina/os of the United States. Since its establishment in 1972, the department has sought to fulfill this mission by offering a rigorous undergraduate degree program as well as an extensive public programming calendar.
One of our goals is to support and increase the presence of Chicana/os and Latina/os in the intellectual, political, and social professions, both within and beyond the Midwest. Both efforts promote cultural affirmation, social justice values and community service. Students in our courses gain insight into cultural dynamics, social processes and the historical significance of the contributions of Chicana/os as a group. Students also develop the necessary analytical and methodological skills to better understand the diverse character of the nation and the key role that Chicana/os and Latina/os have to play in society.
Visit the Chicano Studies website at http://chicano.umn.edu/
Applications must be submitted electronically. To be considered for a TENURE-TRACK position in Chicano Studies, please click on "apply for this posting" and follow the instructions. You will be given an opportunity to attach 1) a cover letter; and 2) a curriculum vitae. The letter of application should describe your research accomplishments and interests for future projects, as well as your teaching philosophy and teaching experience.
In addition to the materials submitted electronically, applicants for a TENURE-TRACK position are asked to submit 1) a writing sample; 2) a sample syllabus for a course you have taught or are prepared to teach; 3) teaching evaluations or other evidence of teaching excellence; and 4) no fewer than three letters of recommendation. The letters of recommendation should address your research skills and accomplishments, as well as your teaching abilities, leadership skills, potential in program building. These additional materials may be attached to the online application or sent directly to the search committee at the following address:
Chicana/o Search Committee
Department of Chicano Studies
University of Minnesota,
19 Scott Hall
72 Pleasant Street SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Position is open until filled. To be assured of full consideration, applications must be complete by January 21, 2011. Review of completed applications will begin on January 25, 2011 and continue until the position is filled.
The University of Minnesota is an equal opportunity educator and employer.

Women's Studies Assistant Professor Position at University of Hawai'i at Manoa

The Women's Studies Program at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa invites applications for an Assistant Professor from individuals with expertise in historical studies of gender, culture, and transnationality from perspectives of indigenous peoples and communities in Hawai'i and the Asia-Pacific region. Ph.D. required from an accredited college, university of foreign equivalent earned by August 2011. Review of applications to begin on January 10, 2011 and continue until position is filled.

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR WOMEN'S STUDIES, position # 082280, 9-month appointment, permanent, general funds, full-time, tenure track, to begin August 1, 2011, subject to position clearance and availability of funds. The Women's Studies Program, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, College of Social Sciences, seeks an individual with expertise in historical studies of gender, culture, and transnationality from perspectives of indigenous peoples and communities in Hawai'i and the Asia-Pacific region.
Duties: To teach graduate and undergraduate courses; advise undergraduate and graduate students; maintain an active research program; seek extramural funding; engage in departmental, university, professional, as well as community activities.
Minimum Qualifications:Earned Ph.D. in Women's or Gender Studies, History or Humanities-related field with feminist/gender studies emphasis from an accredited college, university or foreign equivalent (earned by August 2011). Record of scholarly and instructional achievement or promise in the field of gender and indigenous culture/history in Hawai'i and the Asia-Pacific region.
Desirable Qualifications:Research and experience in Hawai'i and the Asia-Pacific region; previous experience teaching introductory history courses on gender,
culture, and civilization; evidence of externally funded research; a record of peer reviewed publications. We are most interested in applicants who can contribute to and strengthen the program's Humanities component.
Salary Range: Salary commensurate with experience.
To apply: Submit cover letter indicating how you satisfy the minimum and desirable qualifications, a curriculum vitae, a writing sample, three relevant publications, evidence of teaching effectiveness, and have letters of recommendation from 3 professional references sent directly to the department.
Application Address:
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Women's Studies Program
2424 Maile Way
Saunders Hall 722
Honolulu, Hawaii 96822
Inquiries: contact Dr. Mire Koikari, Director (808)-956-8579 or mire@hawaii.edu
*Review of applications to begin on January 10, 2011 and continue until position is filled. Applications received by that date will be given priority.*
*The University of Hawai'i is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.*

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

IASA Emory Elliot Prize

The International American Studies Association announces the Emory Elliot prize for outstanding paper presented at an IASA World Congress. The award will carry a special citation and an honorarium to help partially meet the expenses of travel to the IASA conference. The award-winning paper will be published in the proceedings of the conference, or in other resulting publications in print, or in RIAS: Review of International American Studies, which is IASA's refereed e-journal. Eligibility for the award is restricted to junior or mid-level professionals (within 10 years of obtaining their terminal degree). Deadline: March 15, 2011.

IASA Emory Elliot Prize
Keeping in view how Prof. Elliott went out of his way to encourage young
scholars and faculty in the early and middle stages of their career, the
eligibility for the award is restricted to junior or mid-level
professionals (within 10 years of obtaining their terminal degree)
regardless of nationality, academic affiliation, or discipline.
Selection Rules:
1. A panel of judges will be appointed each year by the IASA
Executive Committee to evaluate papers. The decision of the judges will be final.
2. The award will be announced prior to the conference.
3. IASA officers, executive members, and conference organizers are
not eligible to compete.
Application Procedure:
1. Applying for consideration for this award does not obviate the need to
submit a proposal to the regular Call for Papers. Candidates should submit
their proposal to the Congress by the regular due date (NOW EXTENDED TO JAN.
5TH, 2011), AND as well they should submit to the competition as noted
below. PLEASE NOTE, only those abstracts submitted explicitly for the Emory
Elliott prize will be considered for the prize and submissions for the EE
Prize will not be automatically forwarded to the general congress
programming committee. Therefore, it is the individual scholar's
responsibility to submit to both to assure a place on the program. The
abstract should be submitted to the organizers by the stipulated deadline
for regular conference papers (Jan. 5th) and to the prize competition by the
same date.
2. To apply for prize consideration, send your name, contact information,
abstract, and date and place of your terminal degree to: Ms. Anita Kaiser
(arkaiser@illinois.edu) by Jan. 5th. The Prize committee will review all
abstracts and will, by Feb. 1st, request those which are highest ranked by
them to then submit a full paper for consideration. If you are not contacted
by Feb. 1st, you may assume that your submission is no longer under
consideration for the prize, but we hope you will still plan to attend the
congress. All prize winners must be members of IASA by the time of the
Congress if not before.
3. The assessment of the award will take into consideration the
abstract as well as the written paper, paying special attention to its
subject, structure and content.
4. The length of the final paper submitted should be 3,000 - 3,500
words. It should be sent along with a short CV (no more than 3 pages) and
a statement from the candidate guaranteeing that it is his/her own original
unpublished paper. Due date for those materials, (to be submitted only if
requested to by the prize committee) will be March 15th, 2011. Send those
materials to arkaiser@illinois.edu if requested to submit them.
5. The prize committee will then evaluate the full papers under its review
and rank them, choosing one winner and, if they wish, suggesting that up to
two additional papers be recognized as noteworthy and recommending that they
be published in an IASA venue as noted above. The winner will be notified
by the prize committee by May 1st.
The monetary part of the award will vary from year to year depending on
finances, but it is expected that this first award will be in the range of
the equivalent of at least 200 Euros. It will be the responsibility of the
prize candidates to follow all of the stipulations above. The decisions of
the judges is final.

Assistant Professor of New Media-Colorado College

Colorado College invites applications for an Assistant Professor of New Media (tenure-track) from candidates across the liberal arts whose research addresses the theory and practice of media, digital culture, and technology. The Assistant Professor will be housed in a recently-constructed interdisciplinary Cornerstone Arts Center. Ph.D. required. Application deadline: January 15, 2011.

Assistant Professor of New Media-Colorado College
Colorado College invites applications for an Assistant Professor of New Media (tenure-track) from candidates across the liberal arts whose research addresses the theory and practice of media, digital culture, and technology. An ideal candidate will examine the interplay between society, technology, and art within a broad historical framework. Candidates should also focus on the impact of media and technology on ways of thinking, the production of subjectivity, and the interaction of community and aesthetics.
The Assistant Professor of New Media will be housed in the recently-constructed interdisciplinary Cornerstone Arts Center. Given the primacy of the arts in the Cornerstone, it is important for candidates to demonstrate facility with current artistic theory and practice. As part of their professional responsibilities, candidates will be expected to actively promote the use of Cornerstone's facilities, which include smart classrooms, digital computing labs, and publicly accessible, multi-purpose spaces designed to cultivate connections among artistic and critical practices. This task includes helping to develop an all-college program in Media Studies. Candidates should understand the demands particular to pedagogy in the liberal arts and the college's commitment to critical thinking and writing across the disciplines.
Although the position will emphasize theoretical approaches to the study of media, candidates with teaching experience in a creative field related to their area of research are encouraged to apply. Ph.D. required.
For full consideration, applications and complete dossiers (curriculum vitae, three letters of recommendation, graduate transcripts, and teaching philosophy) should be submitted by January 15, 2011 to:
Prof. Tom Lindblade
Chair, Hiring Committee: Assistant Professor of New Media
Colorado College
14 E. Cache la Poudre
Colorado Springs CO 80903
Colorado College is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to increasing the diversity of the college community. Candidates who can contribute to that goal are particularly encouraged to apply and to identify the ways in which they would bring diversity to our community. Spousal split candidacies will be considered.
Colorado College welcomes members of all minority groups and reaffirms its commitment not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, or disability in its educational programs, activities, and employment practices.
http://www.coloradocollege.edu

Oberlin College Visiting Assistant Professor-Comparative American Studies Program

The Comparative American Studies Program at Oberlin College invites applications for a full-time non-continuing faculty position in the College of Arts and Sciences. Appointment to this position will be for a term of one year, beginning Fall 2011, and will carry the rank of Visiting Assistant Professor. Ph.D. required by time of appointment. Salary will depend on qualifications and experience. Application deadline: February 15, 2011.

Oberlin College Visiting Assistant Professor-Comparative American Studies Program
See attachment below for more detail:
OberlinJobDescription.pdf

JOUR8602, "Seminar: History of Mass Communication"

JOUR8602, "Seminar: History of Mass Communication" will be taught spring 2011 by Professor Giovanna Dell'Orto on Tuesdays and Thursdays 12:45-2:00 p.m. This seminar provides opportunities to explore communication history's scholarly traditions and dimensions, as well as some core literature and new trends in research (both quantitative and qualitative).

JOUR8602, "Seminar: History of Mass Communication"
This seminar provides opportunities to explore communication history's
scholarly traditions and dimensions, as well as some core literature and
new trends in research (both quantitative and qualitative). In addition to
critical analysis of specific assigned readings, the course includes: 1)
Consideration of mass communication historiography (the history of the
field); 2) Attention to the evolution of explicit and implicit theories and
models; 3) Exploration of different types of mass communication histories.
Topics are chosen to introduce students to diversity in communication
history--in scholarly approaches, in fields of interest, in conceptual
frameworks, and in reflections of multiculturalism. The writings
assignments and student-led class discussions are designed to advance
seminar members' individual research projects, which can be within or
outside mass communication history per se (e.g., a student of 21st century
new media would be learning about previous use of technology-centered
explanations of change in communication). Meaningful class participation
and the development of a research agenda are essential to succeed in this
course. Inquiry will be driven by three major sets of questions: 1) How
have different scholars defined mass communication as a historical concept?
Have they focused on medium, message, audience, production, etc.? 2) What
are the significant agents of change in mass communication history? What
roles have been played by technologies, ideas, cultures, politics,
individuals? 3) How do historical developments in mass communication relate
to other social, cultural and political processes, including the
development of a
public sphere, democratic discourses, and multiculturalism?

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Postdoctoral Fellowship in Sexuality Studies (Social Scientific Approaches)

The Gender Studies Program at Northwestern University invites applications for a two-year post-doctoral fellowship in social scientific approaches to sexuality studies, to run September 2011 - August 2013. Ph.D. required by September 2011 or have received their degree within the last five years. The stipend is $45,000 plus benefits in the first year of the fellowship and $46,350 plus benefits in the second year. In addition, the Fellow is eligible for $2,000 per year to fund research and conference travel, and up to $2,000 for allowable relocation expenses in the first year. Application deadline: February 15, 2011.

Postdoctoral Fellowship in Sexuality Studies (Social Scientific Approaches)
The Gender Studies Program at Northwestern University invites applications for a two-year post-doctoral fellowship in social scientific approaches to sexuality studies, to run September 2011 - August 2013. Applications arewelcome from scholars who study sexuality from a social science perspective (broadly construed). The Fellow will be affiliated with both the Gender Studies Program and a department at Northwestern, which must be either Anthropology, History, Human Development and Social Policy, Linguistics, Performance Studies, Political Science, Psychology, Religious Studies, or Sociology. That is, the Fellow must have relevant expertise in both sexuality studies and one of these fields, and must be prepared to teach courses that are cross-listed in both Gender Studies and the affiliated department.
The Fellow will pursue a program of independent scholarship under the guidance of a faculty mentor and will teach two undergraduate courses each year. The Fellow will also be expected to assist in the organization of on-campus educational activities such as an annual workshop, as part of a new interdisciplinary initiative on sexuality and health in social context.
Applicants must have completed all the requirements for the Ph.D. (or equivalent) by September 1, 2011, or have received their degree within the last five years. The stipend is $45,000 plus benefits in the first year of the fellowship and $46,350 plus benefits in the second year. In addition, the Fellow is eligible for $2,000 per year to fund research and conference travel, and up to $2,000 for allowable relocation expenses in the first year.
In order to ensure full consideration, all application materials must be received by February 15, 2011. Applicants should send the following materials in PDF format by email attachment to sexuality@northwestern.edu,
with the subject heading of "Postdoc Application":
1) a cover letter: Please briefly situate your work in relation to the field of sexuality studies. Please identify the department(s) with which you are qualified to be affiliated, from among the above list. Optionally, please identify a possible faculty mentor in that department or in Gender Studies. Please address the question of your experience within interdisciplinary academic environments.
2) a full curriculum vitae
3) a two-page summary of the dissertation
4) a two-page research plan for the fellowship period (this may include, but should extend beyond, revisions to the dissertation)
5) titles and short descriptions of at least two courses that you could teach and that might be appropriate for cross-listing between Gender Studies and your department
6) a writing sample consisting of either a dissertation chapter or an article
7) a full graduate school transcript from your doctoral-degree-granting institution
In addition, please arrange for three letters of recommendation to be sent, either by email to the same address (subject heading: "Postdoc application letter of reference"), or by mail to Gender Studies Program, Sexuality Studies Postdoc, Northwestern University, Kresge Hall 2-321, Evanston, IL 60208-2211. One letter should be from the dissertation chair, and at least one should comment on teaching qualifications.
Administrative questions should be directed to Clare Forstie at sexuality@northwestern.edu. Substantive questions may be addressed to Héctor Carrillo at hector@northwestern.edu or Steve Epstein at
s-epstein@northwestern.edu. For more information about any of the participating departments or programs, see http://offices.northwestern.edu/browse/A/academic.
AA/EOE: Applications from women and minorities are especially encouraged.

University of New Mexico-Dept. of American Studies Assistant Professor Position

The Department of American Studies at the University of New Mexico invites applicants for a probationary appointment leading to a tenure decision in American Studies with expertise in Environment, Science and Technology at the level of Assistant Professor. The appointment will begin in August, 2011. Salary will be competitive and commensurate with the qualifications of the successful applicant. Application deadline: January 14, 2011.

University of New Mexico-Dept. of American Studies Assistant Professor Position
The Department of American Studies at the University of New Mexico invites applicants for a probationary appointment leading to a tenure decision in American Studies with expertise in Environment, Science and Technology at the level of Assistant Professor. The PhD must be completed prior to appointment. The appointment will begin in August, 2011. Responsibilities will include teaching in the area of specialization at the undergraduate and graduate level, graduate student mentoring, and service. Salary will be competitive and commensurate with the qualifications of the successful applicant.
The UNM American Studies Department organizes its interdisciplinary curriculum around these concentrations: Transnationalism and Globalization; Critical Regionalism and Southwest Studies; Critical Race and Class Studies; Gender, Sexuality and Feminist Studies; Comparative Cultural and Popular Culture Studies; and Environment, Science and Technology Studies.
We are particularly interested in identifying a candidate with interdisciplinary teaching and research interests in the areas of Environment, Science and Technology, with a focus on science, technology, and society and/or environmental justice.
UNM provides a diversified package of benefits including medical, dental, vision, and life insurance. In addition, UNM offers educational benefits through the tuition remission and dependent education programs. For a more complete explanation of the benefits, please go to http://hr.unm.edu/ and click the benefits link.
Online applications can be submitted at unmjobs.unm.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=60468.

Grad Instructors and TAs with Scott Hall Offices

Grad Instructors & TAs with Scott Hall Offices: If you are not teaching or TAing in Spring 2011, please remove all personal items from your office and return your key to Laura by Friday, January 7th. Any unclaimed items will be removed.

Grades due January 4th, 2011 at 11:59pm

REMINDER TO FALL 2010 INSTRUCTORS: Grades for Fall 2010 courses should be entered online by Tuesday, January 4th at 11:59 p.m.

Grades due January 4th, 2011 at 11:59pm
Please note: if you submit an incomplete for an undergraduate student, you must also submit a copy of the "Completion of Incomplete Work" agreement form (available from the link below). Fill out this agreement with the student and be sure to keep a copy for yourself, provide the student with a copy, and submit a copy to Laura for filing within the Department. If you have any problems with access or other questions, please contact Laura at domin047@umn.edu.
Completion of Incomplete Work: http://www.class.umn.edu/forms/completionofincompletework.pdf
To enter final grades: http://onestop.umn.edu/faculty/grades/final/index.html

Instructional Technology Fellow

The College of Liberal Arts Office of Information Technology seeks enterprising, technologically savvy graduate students for the position of Instructional Technology Fellows. This is a 12 month 50% appointment, annually renewable, that begins in January 2011.The 50% appointment includes tuition benefits. Application period is December 15, 2010 to January 5, 2011.

Instructional Technology Fellow
Appointment Term: 12 month 50%, annually renewable, begins in January 2011

Overview:

The Division of Academic Technologies for the College of Liberal Arts Office of Information
Technology seeks enterprising, technologically savvy graduate students for the position of
Instructional Technology Fellows. The mission of the ITF program is to promote and increase
the thoughtful, effective use of technology to enhance teaching and improve learning in support
of the mission of the College of Liberal Arts and the University of Minnesota. Our goal is to
serve all CLA instructors and, by proxy, their students by enhancing teaching and learning
through the use of technology. The 50% appointment includes tuition benefits.

Major Job Functions:

‚óè Collaborating with departmental faculty and chairs to determine departmental support
needs in core supported technologies.
‚óè Assisting faculty in requesting, organizing, and maintaining course web sites in Moodle.
‚óè Assisting instructors in developing innovative uses in their courses for blogs, wikis,
iTunes U, and SRS clickers to name a few technology resources.
‚óè Promoting the use of core enterprise technologies in their assigned departments.
‚óè Relating departmental needs regarding academic technologies back to CLA-OIT.
‚óè Reporting on support activities in the departments to CLA-OIT.
‚óè Communicating funding and project opportunities from CLA-OIT and the U of M central
administration to their assigned departments.
‚óè Work with departments to identify innovative opportunities for enhancing teaching and
learning with technology.
‚óè Other duties as assigned.
Minimum/Essential Qualifications:
The successful candidate will be energetic, self-motivated and self-directed, and have an interest
in the field of technology-enhanced learning or academic technologies.

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience with enterprise systems supported within CLA and at the University of Minnesota,
such as Moodle, UThink blogs, University wikis, MediaMill, iTunes U, and SRS clickers is
desired but not required. Technical and instructional design training is provided for all ITF staff.
To apply:
Send a résumé/CV and cover letter expressing interest to:
Sarah Knoblauch, CLA-OIT Project Manager, sjk@umn.edu
Application period is December 15, 2010 to January 5, 2011.

Questions?

Please feel free to contact:
Celina Byers, Technology Enhanced Learning Coordinator, cbyers@umn.edu, 612-626-3896

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Recruitment Weekend Planning

Graduate Students: Please join the DGS and staff to discuss the 2011 recruitment weekend. We would like your ideas on caterers and on how you might want to be included in recruitment events. Please join us for a brief planning meeting at 1:00 pm on Thursday, December 16th in the Scott Hall Commons. If you are interested in being involved but cannot attend the meeting please contact Melanie at stein196@umn.edu.

Book & Video Return

Reminder to all Faculty and Students: Please return any books and videos you have checked out from the department library. Return items to the "task box" in the main department office by Wednesday, December 23rd

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Interdisciplinary Doctoral Fellowship (IDF) Internal Deadline: Tuesday, January 11, 2011 @ 4:30pm

The Graduate School will be again be awarding Interdisciplinary Doctoral Fellowships (IDF) for 2011-12. Please note: the application process has changed this year and a letter of support from the director of the research center/institute at which the student intends to study is required. Because of this, the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) set an earlier deadline, which has significantly impacted our internal deadline. Internal department deadline: Tuesday, January 11.

Interdisciplinary Doctoral Fellowship

Please note: If you intend to apply and partner with a center/institute other than IAS, contact Melanie by December 8th, so she can review those center/institutes requirements.
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The Graduate School, on behalf of the Provost's Interdisciplinary Team, is pleased to announce that it will award a limited number (approximately 10) of one- and two-year Interdisciplinary Doctoral Fellowships for 2011-12 to outstanding Graduate School students with interdisciplinary dissertation topics who would benefit from interaction with faculty at one of the University's interdisciplinary research centers or institutes. The fellowship provides a unique study opportunity for our very best students with research and scholarly interests that complement those of the host center or institute and its faculty. Prospective fellows are asked to designate the host center or institute they believe is the best match with their dissertation topic, contingent upon a faculty member's willingness to work with the student during the fellowship year.
TERMS OF THE AWARD
Recipients of the 2011-12 fellowship will receive a stipend of $22,500 for the academic year beginning September 2011, plus full tuition. Eligible recipients are also covered by comprehensive health insurance, including subsidized dependent and dental care.
A select number of students will receive a two-year award. Award of fellowship funds for the second year will be contingent upon satisfactory degree progress and active participation in the host center or institute, as documented by the student's adviser, DGS and center/institute mentor. The stipend in 2012-13 will be determined by spring 2012.
Interdisciplinary Doctoral Fellows must register in the Graduate School as full-time students each semester. Fellows may hold supplemental support up to the value of a 25-percent graduate assistantship from any source in each semester. Awards may not be deferred beyond the original award period.
ELIGIBILITY
The competition is open to Ph.D. students by application, with endorsement by the student's graduate program and college dean/associate dean. Successful applicants are likely to be students who will be in the second, third, or fourth year of their program in the 2011-12 academic year and who are making timely degree progress. Students who have passed the preliminary oral examination are eligible, as well as those who have not yet passed this exam. Students who have received a Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship are not eligible.
INTERNAL DEADLINE
Tuesday, January 11, 2011 at 4:30pm
Please note: the application process has changed this year and a letter of support from the director of the research center/institute at which the student intends to study is required. Because of this, the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) set an earlier deadline, which has significantly impacted our internal deadline. Internal department deadline: Tuesday, January 11.
Please submit the following information as an attachment via email to DGS Assistant, Melanie Steinman (stein196@umn.edu ):
1. The Interdisciplinary Doctoral Fellowship application form (available at http://www.grad.umn.edu/fellowships/Instructions/IDF.html).
2. A three-page statement (double-spaced, 12 point type, margins not less than one inch), written by the student, that:
• describes the proposed interdisciplinary research or scholarly project,
• explains how the student's scholarship will benefit from residence at the IAS,
• if the application is for a two-year award, provides justification for two years of support.
3. The student's c.v. that includes documentation of the student's involvement in, or contributions to, research, scholarly or creative activities (e.g., publications, abstracts, presentations at professional conferences or university seminars, exhibits).
4. Letter(s) of support from the faculty member(s) at the IAS with whom the student plans to study.
Faculty who are eligible to serve as IAS mentors include current or former IAS faculty fellows; participants in current or former IAS research/creative collaboratives; IAS advisory board members; participants in Quadrant groups; and other faculty members who have been active in the IAS, subject to the approval of IAS Director Ann Waltner. For complete lists of faculty fellows see http://www.ias.umn.edu/fellows.php; for collaboratives, see http://www.ias.umn.edu/collaboratives.php; for board members, see http://www.ias.umn.edu/advisoryboard.php; for Quadrant, see http://www.ias.umn.edu/quadrant.php#QuadrantGroups. To request approval for a faculty mentor who does not fit into one of these categories, please contact Susannah Smith ( slsmith@umn.edu ). Please note that faculty fellows for 2011-12 will not be selected until after the deadline for IDF applications.
5. A letter of support from the student's academic adviser/co-advisers.
6. Transcripts from each college or university attended (photocopies are acceptable, including the University of Minnesota transcript, available online at http://www.onestop.umn.edu/onestop/grades.html).
7. An up-to-date copy of the official degree program form, if the student has filed it.
Students will be notified of the outcome in March.
Please review the Graduate School call for proposals, found at: http://www.grad.umn.edu/fellowships/Instructions/IDF.html

"Black Is...Black Ain't": Reconceptualizing The African Diaspora - Call for Papers

The Graduate Society of the Department of African American and African Diaspora Studies at Indiana University has announced a call for papers for the 8th Annual Herman C. Hudson Symposium, "Black Is...Black Ain't": Reconceptualizing The African Diaspora on March 25-26, 2011. They invite scholars, community activists, artists, and other professionals to interrogate definitions of, theorize about, and imagine new possibilities for the African Diaspora. Submission deadline: January 12, 2011.

"Black Is...Black Ain't": Reconceptualizing The African Diaspora - Call for Papers
An Interdisciplinary Symposium
Held At Indiana University-Bloomington
MARCH 25-26, 2011
Keynote Speaker: Professor Michele Wallace
The African Diaspora has been historically conceived as originating with the Transatlantic Slave trade. However, some would argue that to perceive the African Diaspora only in relation to slavery is to obscure alternative means of conceptualizing the movement of Black bodies.
As scholars committed to interdisciplinary research, the Graduate Society of the Department of African American and African Diaspora Studies at Indiana University brings together scholars, community activists, artists, and other professionals to interrogate definitions of, theorize about, and imagine new possibilities for the African Diaspora.
For our eighth annual Herman C. Hudson Symposium, we invite abstracts for papers that will address the following topics:
• What are the practical applications of African American and African Diaspora Studies/Black Studies in the 21st century?
• How do migrations - local, national and international - affect diasporic identities?
• How does contemporary audio/visual media and popular culture help to re-imagine the borders of diasporic communities?
• How do outliers serve as change agents in these communities?
• What are the ways that the academy can engage in constructive dialogues with nonacademic communities?
We also encourage papers that engage these topics through the intersections of race with gender & sexuality; class; disabilities; color, ethnicity, and nationality; marginalization and resistance; rurality and urbanity; performativity; religion and spirituality; environmentalism and sustainability; and public policy and commerce.
We welcome submissions from graduate and undergraduate students, educators, creative artists, and community and cultural workers. Interested panelists should submit a one-page abstract of an unpublished paper, and a one-page CV or a 50-75-word bio. Presenters who are interested in displaying visual art should submit a digital CD of their work along with a one-page abstract discussing the details of their piece(s). Those interested in exhibiting their topic via poster board should follow the guidelines for submitting a paper abstract and visual art. Panel proposals should include a description of the panel's theme, a one-page abstract from each paper, the name of the panel chair, and a one-page CV or a 50-75-word bio for each participant. All abstracts should include the academic or organizational affiliation of each participant.
Submission Deadline: January 12, 2011
Please email abstracts and accompanying information to the attention of Abegunde, Abstract Committee Chair, at hchs@indiana.edu. If submitting a CD, please indicate this in your email. CDs should be mailed to the attention of Abegunde at the address below.
Herman C. Hudson Symposium 2011
Department of African American and African Diaspora Studies
Indiana University
Memorial Hall, M18
1021 E. Third St
Bloomington, IN 47403

Tenure-track Position: Cultural Studies and Gender Studies / McMaster University

The Department of English & Cultural Studies and the graduate program in Gender Studies and Feminist Research at McMaster University jointly invite applications for a tenure-track appointment in Cultural Studies and Gender Studies at the rank of Assistant Professor to commence July 1, 2011. Assistant Professor current minimum salary for an Assistant Professor is $60,997 per annum. Specific areas of expertise are open, but might include indigenous studies, sexuality studies, queer studies, visual culture, youth cultures, critical race studies, consumer culture, and popular culture. Application deadline: January 17, 2011.

Tenure-track Position: Cultural Studies and Gender Studies / McMaster University
The Department of English & Cultural Studies and the graduate program
in Gender Studies and Feminist Research at McMaster University jointly
invite applications for a tenure-track appointment in Cultural Studies
and Gender Studies at the rank of Assistant Professor to commence July
1, 2011. Specific areas of expertise are open, but might include
indigenous studies, sexuality studies, queer studies, visual culture,
youth cultures, critical race studies, consumer culture, and popular
culture.
The successful applicant's primary appointment will be housed in the
Department of English and Cultural Studies in which tenure, if
awarded, will be held, but her/his duties will include teaching
courses in the interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Gender Studies
and Feminist Research, and the undergraduate Women's Studies minor.
The current minimum salary for an Assistant Professor is $60,997 per
annum. McMaster is a research-intensive university. Its Department of
English and Cultural Studies has both an Honours BA and an MA program
in Cultural Studies and Critical Theory. Many of the Department's
doctoral candidates are pursuing dissertations in the areas of gender
studies and cultural studies. The new Graduate Program in Gender
Studies and Feminist Research offers an MA degree and a diploma
program for PhD students in a number of Humanities and Social Science
departments at McMaster. The successful candidate will have a PhD and
demonstrated excellence in teaching and research, with a clearly
defined research program and a promising record of publication. She
or he will be expected to supervise graduate students for both the
Department of English and Cultural Studies and the Gender Studies and
Feminist Research Program, and to contribute to the administration of
both.
Applicants should send a letter of application, a curriculum vitae, a
sample of writing (e.g., an article or chapter of a
book/dissertation--maximum 25 pages), and a statement of teaching
philosophy to:
Dr. Peter Walmsley and Dr. Susan Fast
Department of English & Cultural Studies
McMaster University
1280 Main Street West
Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4L9
Applications received by January 17, 2011, will be assured of full
consideration. Applicants should arrange for three letters of
reference and graduate transcripts to reach the Department by the same
date. All documentation submitted in support of your application
becomes the property of the University and is not returnable.
For further information on the Department of English & Cultural Studies, see
http://www.humanities.mcmaster.ca/~english/
For Gender Studies and Feminist Research, see
http://gsfr.mcmaster.ca/

All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply. However, Canadians
and Permanent Residents will be given priority. McMaster University
is strongly committed to employment equity within its community, and
to recruiting a diverse faculty and staff. Accordingly, the
University especially encourages applications from women, members of
visible minorities, Aboriginal persons, members of sexual minorities,
and persons with disabilities.

"Continuously Rich: Dance Revolutions 2010"

"Continuously Rich: Dance Revolutions 2010" is an engaging presentation of three distinct dance pieces. It features the work of black women choreographers working from different contexts, aesthetics and thematic foci whose work comments on any stereotypical notions of what "black dance" might be. Performances will run December 10-12, 2010.

"Continuously Rich: Dance Revolutions 2010"
"Continuously Rich: Dance Revolutions 2010" is an engaging presentation
of three distinct dance pieces. It features the work of black women
choreographers working from different contexts, aesthetics and thematic
foci whose work comments on any stereotypical notions of what "black dance"
might be. University Dance students will perform a restaging of Jawole
Willa Jo Zollar's masterwork, "Walking with Pearl...Southern
Diaries," supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.
Students will also perform a re-envisioned version of Nora Chipaumire's
work, "Dark Swan," and a remounting of the piece, "A Sense of
Place," by choreographer, Makeda Thomas.
It will run December 10 - 12, 2010. For more information you can visit our
website http://www.theatre.umn.edu

POL 8260, "Topics in Political Theory: Violence and the State"

POL 8260, "Topics in Political Theory: Violence and the State" will be taught spring 2011 by Professor Yves Winter. The seminar will investigate some of the seminal theoretical arguments concerning the relation between violence and the state.

POL 8260, "Topics in Political Theory: Violence and the State"
Prof. Yves Winter
ywinter@umn.edu
Violence is at the heart of the modern state's capacity to guarantee order and maintain the rule of law. Indeed, Max Weber's assertion that the modern state is characterized by its successful claim to a monopoly of legitimate violence has become a commonplace definition and criterion for statehood in the social sciences.
But what exactly does it mean to speak of a "monopoly" of legitimate violence? It is clear that there have always been formations of violence (for example racial, sexual, and economic violence) that have operated in the shadow of the state's "monopoly" and that many of these forms of non-state violence have benefited if not from the explicit sanction by or complicity of state authorities then at least from a benign indifference. Instead of accepting the state monopoly of violence as a given, we must ask what economies of violence, to what modes of production, circulation, and consumption of violence the claim to such a monopoly gives rise. What forms of violence are rendered visible or masked? In sum, the state monopoly of violence is never an established fact: it relies on a recurrent inscription of a distinction between state and non-state violence, mediated by modes of representation.
In this seminar, we will investigate some of the seminal theoretical arguments concerning the relation between violence and the state by looking at the ways in which the monopoly of violence is established and undone in modern European political theory. The first half of the semester will be spent on the sovereign logic of violence. Our trajectory will start with the question, posed by early modern European political theory, concerning the origins and legitimacy of the state's monopolization of violence. We will discuss the postulate of a natural right to violence and how 17th century social contract theorists, such as Hobbes and Locke, explain the transmogrification of this natural right to violence into a dimension of sovereignty. We will pay special attention to the ways in which this conversion relies on a selective representation of violence, on the constitutive exclusion of certain types of violence, and on a normative hierarchy between different types of violence. Two alternative models of the state's monopoly of violence--the historicist (Foucault) and the ethical (Hegel)--will complete this part of the course. Building on the conceptual work in the first part of the semester, we will then turn to a closer examination of two aspects of the state's monopoly of violence and its limits: the monopoly of punishment and the monopoly of war. We will read a selection of texts on the historical and contemporary dimensions of these formations of violence.
Readings will include texts by the following authors: Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, GWF Hegel, Max Weber, Michel Foucault, Carl Schmitt, Walter Benjamin, Catharine MacKinnon, Charles Mills, Carole Pateman, W.G. Sebald, Loic Wacquant, Talal Asad, Vanita Seth.

AMST 8289 Ethnographic Research Methods: Research Strategies in American Studies

AMST 8289, "Ethnographic Research Methods: Research Strategies in American Studies *Emphasis on Space, Place, and Region" will be taught spring 2011 by Professor Kale B. Fajardo on Thursdays 3:35-5:30 p.m. This graduate seminar will focus on ethnographic methods in the context of interdisciplinary, transnational, and postcolonial American Studies--especially in relation to space, place, and region.

AMST 8289 Ethnographic Research Methods: Research Strategies in American Studies

*Emphasis on Space, Place, and Region*
Spring 2011, Thursdays 3:35-5:30, with Professor Kale B. Fajardo -- kfajardo@umn.edu)
This graduate seminar will focus on ethnographic methods in the context of interdisciplinary, transnational, and postcolonial American Studies -- especially in relation to space, place, and region. Readings will stress contemporary ethnographies and cultural critique, including for example, Scott Herring's _Another Country: Queer Anti-Urbanism_; Anna L. Tsing's _Friction_; and Kathleen Stewart's _Ordinary Affects_. Students will also have the opportunity to read 3-5 ethnographies that are related to their specific project's field-location-or-region. A short-term participant-observation, oral history, or visual ethnographic project (based primarily in the Twin Cities) is also required. Graduate students from other inter/disciplines are welcome.

Wednesday, November 24, 2010

SOC 8390: Race & Politics in 21st Century America

SOC 8390: Race & Politics in 21st Century America is a new graduate course that will be taught spring 2011 by Professor Enid Logan on Fridays from 11:45 a.m. - 2:15 p.m. In this seminar, students will explore the changing dimensions of the social construct of "race" in the contemporary United States.

SOC 8390: Race & Politics in 21st Century America
See flyer below for more info:
Graduate Race Class Sp11.pdf

Community Organizing Careers Available to U of M graduate students and alums

DART is now accepting applications for the 2011 DART Organizers Institute -- a paid, four-month field school for people interested in launching a career in community organizing. After years of research into best practices, experimentation, evaluation, and refinement, the Organizers Institute has become THE elite field school in the training of grassroots community organizers in the country. The 7-day classroom orientation and 15-week infield training start in July 2011. Application deadline: December 20, 2010.

Community Organizing Careers Available to U of M graduate students and alums
Low-moderate income communities across the country are feeling the bite of the recession that began in December 2007. Cutbacks in human services and education, layoffs and persistent unemployment, home foreclosures, increased youth violence, predatory lending, and other serious issues are day-to-day realities for many. Now is the time for a new generation of community organizers to step up, unite people, and transform our communities. DART is recruiting and training that new generation.
DART is now accepting applications for the 2011 DART Organizers Institute -- a paid, four-month field school for people interested in launching a career in community organizing. After years of research into best practices, experimentation, evaluation, and refinement, the Organizers Institute has become THE elite field school in the training of grassroots community organizers in the country.
Participants will undergo a combined classroom and field training covering such topics as:
* Entering a community
* Identifying and training local leaders
* Strategic planning and issue cutting
* Relationship and community building
* Direct Action on community issues
* Fundraising
The DART Center has built coalitions throughout the country that have won important victories on a broad set of justice issues including:
* Education reform in low-performing public schools
* Job Creation
* Criminal Recidivism
* Predatory Lending
* Affordable Housing
* Wage Theft
The DART Organizers Institute combines a 7-day classroom orientation with 15 weeks of infield training at a local grassroots organization and in-field training site. Organizer Trainees are provided with a cost of living stipend and travel. Room, board, and tuition will also be paid by DART during the seven-day classroom training. After successful completion of the program, DART will place graduates into permanent full-time salaried positions. DART is a 501(c)(3) organization, therefore, employees of the DART Network are eligible for Public Service Loan Forgiveness under the recently enacted College Cost Reduction and Access Act.
The 7-day classroom orientation and 15-week infield training start in July 2011. Training locations and permanent placements will include cities in Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Virginia and Florida.
Although it may be helpful, no direct experience is necessary. Organizer Trainees (OTs) hired to participate in the DART Organizers Institute must demonstrate a desire to pursue community organizing as a long-term professional career.Prior to the start of training on July 10, 2011, candidates must have completed a master's degree, JD, or equivalent professional experience. Also, candidates must have proven capacity to build relationships of trust, create and execute a plan, feel comfortable working with religious institutions, demonstrate disciplined thought and action, and work in a team setting. OTs must also have access to a car during training and be flexible regarding relocation. Fluency in Spanish/English is a plus and people of color are encouraged to apply.
The national application deadline is December 20, 2010. To apply or find out more about DART, contact: Erica Horton at erica@thedartcenter.org or (785) 841-2680. Also, you can download the application or view profiles from previous OTs at the DART website: www.thedartcenter.org.

Call for Proposals - 5th Annual CRS Symposium

UCLA School of Law is pleased to announce a call for proposals for the 5th Annual Critical Race Studies Symposium: Race and Sovereignty. The symposium will take place March 31-April 2, 2011 at UCLA School of Law. Proposal deadline: January 7, 2011.

Call for Proposals - 5th Annual CRS Symposium
See flyer below for more detail:
RaceandSovereigntyCFP2011.pdf

University of WI-Milwaukee Honors College Position

The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Honors College is now accepting applications for a Dean's Visiting Assistant Professor. This non-tenured appointment is for the 2011-2012 academic year, with the possibility of renewal. Ph.D. in History or related field by June 2011 is required. Application due: January 7, 2011.

University of WI-Milwaukee Honors College Position
The UWM Honors College offers a General Education/Liberal Arts curriculum: small, writing-intensive, interdisciplinary seminars and individualized instruction for outstanding undergraduates within an urban context. The successful candidate, who will hold the working title of Dean's Visiting Assistant Professor and have a strong commitment to undergraduate teaching and learning, must have: a Ph.D. in History or related field by June 15, 2011 with a specialization in 19th/20th century U.S. history; experience teaching interdisciplinary courses with an emphasis on academic writing, and experience teaching non-History majors. Preferred candidates will also have experience: designing interdisciplinary classes, teaching small, interactive seminar-style classes, teaching courses that include global, media, gender, or ethnic studies, teaching Honors students, and teaching in an urban college or university. Customary teaching load is three Honors seminars per semester, in addition to attending staff meetings, participating in Honors College faculty development initiatives centered on undergraduate teaching, and serving on Honors College committees as needed.
This non-tenured appointment is for the 2011-2012 academic year, with the possibility of renewal. Candidates should apply to: http://jobs.uwm.edu/postings/5191
Candidates must apply by midnight on January 7, 2011. UWM is an AA/EO Employer.

Pcard Receipt Reminder

Please submit receipts for all November PCard purchases to date to Laura by Wednesday, December 1, 2010.

Pcard Receipt Reminder
See attachment below for generic coversheet:
COVERSHEET generic-1.xlsx

SOC 8790: Religion and Society

SOC 8790: Religion and Society will be taught spring 2011 by Professor Penny Edgell on Wednesdays from 2:30-5:00 p.m.

SOC 8790: Religion and Society
See flyer below for more detail:
SOC8790 SP11.pdf

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Meet local author and U of M professor M. Bianet Castellanos on Tuesday, November 30 @ 4:00 p.m.

Bianet Castellanos, Assistant Professor from the Department of American Studies at the University of Minnesota, will be doing an author reading from her book, A Return to Servitude: Maya Migration and the Tourist Trade to Canc√∫n. Professor Castellanos will be reading at the University of Minnesota Bookstore in Coffman Memorial Union on November 30th at 4 pm. All are welcome to attend.

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Meet local author and U of M professor M. Bianet Castellanos on Tuesday, November 30 @ 4:00 p.m.
Castellanos examines the Maya migration within Mexico and the foundational role indigenous peoples play in the development of the modern nation-state. Learn how Cancun, Mexico has evolved as a modern city that has shaped the political economy of the peninsula and the effects it's had on the indigenous communities. A Return to Servitude illustrates how indigenous communities experience, resist, and accommodate themselves to transnational capitalism. Castellanos shows how tourism and the social stratification that results from migration have created conflict for the Maya.
Castellanos will sign copies of her book following the discussion.

Minnesota Fringe Festival: A View From the Inside

Minnesota Fringe Festival: A View From the Inside - A talk with Robin Gillette, Executive Director of the MN Fringe Festival will take place Thursday, November 18, 2010 at 4:00 p.m. in 125 Nolte Center. Minnesota Fringe Festival provides an unjuried and uncensored platform for performance, while still providing ample structure and guidance to make the end results valuable for participating artists and navigable for audiences.

Minnesota Fringe Festival: A View From the Inside

See link for more detail:
https://events.umn.edu/006912

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Spring Instructors: Course Guide Update

Spring Instructors: You should have received notice directly from the scheduling office that the Course Guide is available to be updated for spring 2010 courses. Please submit your course guide description as soon as possible, because we will be using that description to create additional advertising. Jayashree Kamble, the American Studies Undergraduate Adviser, will be following up with spring instructors regarding the Course Guide.

CSCL 5256W - Suburbia

CSCL 5256W, "Suburbia" will be taught by John Archer Spring 2011, on Tuesday and Thursday 9:45-11:00 a.m. This course examines the historical circumstances that gave rise to modern suburbia as we know it, beginning in 18th century England and continuing to the present day, with the greatest emphasis on the United States.

CSCL 5256W - Suburbia
Suburbia2011.pdf

Performing Ethnicities Through Sport-Call for Papers

To mark the merger of Sport Studies into American Studies at the University of Iowa, the Department of American Studies and the Center for Ethnic Studies and the Arts are sponsoring a three-day symposium: Performing Ethnicities through Sport. The symposium will take place April 1-3, 2011 in Iowa City. It aims to bring together scholars engaged in critical and historical studies of American sport in U.S. domestic and transnational contexts to explore the performance of ethnicities through sport.Proposal deadline: December 1, 2010.

Performing Ethnicities Through Sport-Call for Papers
University of Iowa Department of American Studies and the Center for Ethnic Studies and the Arts (CESA)
Announce a Call for Papers for
PERFORMING ETHNICITIES THROUGH SPORT
April 1-3, 2011
University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Sport can be understood as a live performance whose study powerfully engages questions of the body, its identities and capabilities, and its interactions with natural and built environments; sport is also widely broadcast and represented in the media. Critical sport scholars and American studies scholars use a range of theoretical perspectives and draw from many fields to illuminate these and sport's other manifold historical and contemporary resonances. This symposium aims to bring together scholars engaged in critical and historical studies of American sport in U.S. domestic and transnational contexts to explore the performance of ethnicities through sport.
We invite proposals for standard 20-minute paper presentations and panels, as well as other formats, including roundtables, workshops, and performances on this theme.
Keynote Speakers
Three distinguished Iowa alumni will give keynote talks. They are:
• Sarah K. Fields, The Ohio State University, author of Female Gladiators: Gender, Law, and Contact Sport in America (2005): "The Absence and Presence of Race: Ross v. Creighton University."
• Daniel A. Nathan, Skidmore College, author of the award-winning Saying It's So: A Cultural History of the Black Sox Scandal (2003): "Playing Together, Playing Apart: Sport, Community, and Identity."
• Mary G. McDonald, Miami University, Ohio, co-editor of the award-winning Reading Sport: Critical Essays on Power and Representation (2000): "In the Embrace of Michelle Obama's Arms: Intersectionality and Celebrity Body Politics in 21st Century America."
For each proposal, please submit:
• Name(s) of all participants
• Address, telephone number, and e-mail address for each participant
• Institutional affiliation(s), if any
• Title(s) of paper
• 250-word proposal
• 100-word biographical note for each participant
Send proposals via electronic mail by December 1, 2010, to: cesa@uiowa.edu.
Proposals will be evaluated by the conference program committee, and notification of acceptance will be made by January 15, 2011.
For further questions or information on PERFORMING ETHNICITY THROUGH SPORT, please contact: Center for Ethnic Studies and the Arts, Department of American Studies, University of Iowa, 210 Jefferson Building, Iowa City, IA 52242; phone (319) 384-3490; e-mail: cesa@uiowa.edu; http://www.uiowa.edu~cesa

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Committee on Institutional Cooperation and Smithsonian Institution Predoctoral Fellowship

We were just informed of this fellowship opportunity today, please note the deadline is November 17th. The Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC) and the Smithsonian Institution (SI) invite fellowship applications for one-year fellowships to support research in residence at Smithsonian Institution facilities. Fellowships carry a stipend of $30,000.Graduate students may submit complete applications to the graduate school.

Committee on Institutional Cooperation and Smithsonian Institution Predoctoral Fellowship
Fellowship Instructions:
CIC SI Fellowship Instructions.2011-1.doc
Fellowship Application:
CIC SI Fellowship Application.2011.doc
Letters of Reference Info:
CIC SI Fellowship Letters of Reference.2011.doc

RA Position for University of Cambridge

Lecturer at the University of Cambridge Dept. Of Middle Eastern Studies seeks short-term research assistant. This is a position for an undergraduate or graduate student to conduct basic library and archival research at the University of Minnesota IHRC library, or libraries in the Harvard University or Columbia University area, starting immediately. RA will be expected to work five-ten hours per week. All research must be completed by 31 January 2011. Through email interaction with the Primary Investigator, RA will collect, organize, and send research materials gathered from relevant libraries, electronically and digitally where possible. Application deadline: November 15, 2010.

RA Position for University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge, Dept. Of Middle Eastern Studies
The University of Cambridge is one of the world's leading Universities, with an outstanding reputation for academic achievement and research. For more information on the Dept. Of Middle Eastern Studies, see http://www.ames.cam.ac.uk/dmes/
Lecturer at the University of Cambridge Dept. Of Middle Eastern Studies seeks short-term research assistant. This is a position for an undergraduate or graduate student to conduct basic library and archival research at the University of Minnesota IHRC library, or libraries in the Harvard University or Columbia University area, starting immediately. Through email interaction with the Primary Investigator, RA will collect, organize, and send research materials gathered from relevant libraries, electronically and digitally where possible. RA will be expected to work five-ten hours per week, at an hourly rate of £12.19 - £13.32, depending on education and experience. Total hours will depend on research results and grant budget. All research must be completed by 31 January 2011.
Active interest in Middle East politics and history helpful but not necessary. Applicants should have basic social science research skills, including familiarity with a wide range of library databases, and have access to one of the above-mentioned libraries. A highly organized and detail-oriented student is required for this position.
To apply:
1) Fill out Part I (required) and Part 3 (optional) of form "Chris 6", available at http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/offices/hr/forms/chris6/
and return with your CV, to Dr. Lori A. Allen at laa29@cam.ac.uk, no later than 15 November 2010, 12:00 noon, EST.
If you do not hear anything by 20 November 2010, your application has not been successful on this occasion.
For detailed information:
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Jack Kent Cooke Dissertation Fellowship Award

The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation is currently accepting applications for their Dissertation Fellowship Awards. They will award two, $25,000 fellowships in 2011. They look to support advanced doctoral candidates in a variety of fields, including education and the social sciences. Application deadline: February 1, 2011.

Jack Kent Cooke Dissertation Fellowship Award
Overview
The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation, through its scholarship and grantmaking programs, helps exceptionally promising, low-income students, from middle school to graduate school, reach their full potential through education. Our work allows us to see first-hand how high-achieving, low-income students overcome obstacles and excel academically. Our research, however, has shown that many high-potential, low-income students are unable to successfully navigate these obstacles. In The Achievement Trap (2007), we found that there is a significant drop off in the number of low-income students who are identified as high-achieving throughout the primary and secondary education system. These student experiences raise important questions about the factors and contexts that help some low-income students overcome personal adversity and challenging socioeconomic circumstances to excel academically, and how a deeper understanding of such matters can be used to design programs and interventions that will help more low-income students identified as high achieving early in their primary and secondary school years to sustain their academic achievement levels through college and beyond.
In response to this gap in knowledge, the Foundation has created the Cooke Dissertation Fellowship to focus more scholarly attention on high-achieving, low-income students to better understand their educational pathways and experiences and enable parents, policymakers, and practitioners to better support such students in achieving their full potential.
Dissertation fellowships are available for advanced doctoral students and are intended to support the student for work done after the student's dissertation proposal has been accepted. Applications are encouraged from a variety of disciplines such as, but not limited to, education, sociology, economics, psychology, statistics, and psychometrics.
The fellowship is a one-time award of $25,000, which may be used for a period of not less than nine months and up to 18 months.

Requirements

Selected Fellows agree to comply with Foundation requirements and requests for the duration of the fellowship. Some key requirements and terms are:
* Fellows must be enrolled in a graduate degree program, and provide documentation of academic progress each term.
* Fellows must participate in Fellowship activities, including the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Scholars Weekend, August 4 - 7, 2011. The Foundation will provide travel expenses, lodging, and meals.
* Fellows must be willing to present their research to Foundation staff and/or Scholars
How Funding May Be Used
The Cooke Fellowship must be used to support a graduate student while writing his or her dissertation. How the funds are expended depends on each recipient's individual need. This fellowship does not provide funding for distance learning programs or for degrees heavily dependent on distance learning components. The fellowship does not cover overhead.
More information
If after reviewing the FAQs and Guidelines, you still have questions, please contact the Foundation at 703-723-8000 or through the email address fellows@jkcf.org
website: http://www.jkcf.org/scholarships/graduate-scholarships/jack-kent-cooke-dissertation-fellowship-award/

deadline for submission

February 1, 2011

"LGBT/Queer Studies: Toward Trans/national Scholarly and Activist Kinships" Call for Papers

The LGBT Studies Program & Minor at Syracuse University is pleased to announce a call for papers for their international conference, "LGBT/Queer Studies: Toward Trans/national Scholarly and Activist Kinships". The conference will take place in Madrid, Spain from July 3-5, 2011. They invite scholars and activists to join in an exploration of the methods, possibilities, challenges, and dangers of doing LGBT/queer scholarship, activism, pedagogy, and curriculum in a transnationalized and technologically mediated world. Proposal deadline: December 15, 2010.

"LGBT/Queer Studies: Toward Trans/national Scholarly and Activist Kinships" Call for Papers
An International Conference
Madrid, Spain
July 3, 4, and 5, 2011
Note: Gay Pride is July 2 in Madrid
Organized by the LGBT Studies Program & Minor
Chancellor's Leadership Project
Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY, USA
We invite scholars and activists to join in an exploration of the methods, possibilities, challenges, and dangers of doing LGBT/queer scholarship, activism, pedagogy, and curriculum in a transnationalized and technologically mediated world. We want to address the many challenges of understanding and responding to the complexly lived lives of queer subjects, as they are shaped by local and global upheavals and opportunities. What does the 'transnational' mean? How are queer lives rendered visible and legible and affectively accessible? What matrices of power make some queer figures more visible than others? What new forms of scholarship and activism emerge as people, images, ideas, and capital move in rapid, uneven, and complex ways across national borders? How might practices of kinships, however tense or contingent, happen? How does, or should, the transnational turn shape our pedagogies and curricula? And how do we connect and collaborate as scholars and activists across the globe? These are messy knowledges, nuanced knowledges, framed by the local and the global in complicated and often surprising ways.
We are interested in a truly global conversation, and encourage submissions about and from all over the world. We hope too to produce some form of publication out of the conference.
Possible topics:
Representing the complexities of everyday queer lives
Working with queer archives and memory
Analyzing gay imperialism
Designing pedagogies and curricula
Sustaining scholarly relationships across borders
Engaging with queer suffering and activism across borders
Studying legal and political responses to queer suffering
Queer media and literature
Exploring queer disasporas and homonationalisms
Writing queer histories
Analyzing queer labor and immigration
Responding to the challenges of translation and access
We invite scholars and activists to submit paper proposals (no more than 500 words) or complete panels (of no more than three papers) that address questions like these from various perspectives. English is the primary language of the conference, and we will accept submissions in Spanish and French. Please submit paper proposals or panel proposals electronically, http://www.transnationalizinglgbt.com/index.php/madrid-conference/papers.
Please feel free to contact Margaret Himley (mrhimley@syr.edu) or Andrew London (anlondon@maxwell.syr.edu), co-directors of the LGBT Studies Program and Minor at Syracuse University, for more information or with thoughts or questions about this conference/workshop.

American Studies Symposium, "Interrogating Silence(s): A Critical Examination of Memories, Voices, and Identities in American Studies"

The American Studies Program at Purdue University announces its 36th annual Symposium to be held April 14-15th, 2011. This event is organized by graduate students in the interdisciplinary program of American Studies and focuses on the presentation of graduate student research. The keynote speakers for this symposium will be Dr. David Roediger (Department of History, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), and Dr. Joanna Brooks (Department of English, San Diego State University). Proposal deadline: December 20, 2010.

American Studies Symposium, "Interrogating Silence(s): A Critical Examination of Memories, Voices, and Identities in American Studies"
The American Studies Program at Purdue University announces its 36th annual Symposium to be held April 14-15th, 2011. This event is organized by graduate students in the interdisciplinary program of American Studies and focuses on the presentation of graduate student research. The keynote speakers for this symposium will be Dr. David Roediger (Department of History, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), and Dr. Joanna Brooks (Department of English, San Diego State University). In acknowledging the importance of interdisciplinary studies, the Symposium Committee invites papers from students of all disciplines to engage with this year's theme. The symposium also welcomes public scholarship (and/or exhibits) which seeks to interrogate silences of various social groups.
Through the theme "Interrogating Silence(s): A Critical Examination of Memories, Voices, and Identities in American Studies," this year's symposium seeks to explore the ways structures of power either foster or suppress group's and individual's expression and voice. Some groups and individuals have been prevented from speaking. Some lack the means to voice their identities and struggle with memories of a traumatic past. Some have been repeatedly trying to give voice to their experience, but others simply would not listen. Yet some other groups have chosen to opt out and remain silent. We would like to dig into all these issues and ask: What does the American experience look like when all voices are present?
Possible proposal topics from interdisciplinary perspectives include, but not limited to:
• Othered Social Groups
• Whiteness Studies
• Inclusion vs. Exclusion
• Various Cultures or Communities (e.g. academic, institutional, etc.)
• Cultural Amnesia
• National and Global Citizenship
• Transnational Perspectives and Gaps
• Media and Class Representations of Silencing
• Gender and Sexuality
• Community Initiatives
• Online/Virtual Identities
• Silence of the Landscape and in the Built Environment
• Material Culture as a Representation of Voices and Silences
The Symposium Committee invites all those interested to submit proposals no longer than one page in length for panels, individual papers, workshops, exhibits, and performances no later than December 20th, 2010. Please also submit a biography of no more than 250 words, a current CV with contact information, especially your email address, and a list of any audio and/or visual equipment necessary for presentation. Submissions may be made electronically to amstsymposium@purdue.edu

Research Fellowships in Humanities, UT-Austin

The Ransom Center, at UT - Austin, is currently accepting applications for the 2011-2012 Research Fellowships in the Humanities, to support projects that require substantial on-site use of its collections. The fellowships range from one to three months, with stipends of $3,000 per month. Also available are $1,200 to $1,700 travel stipends and dissertation fellowships with a $1,500 stipend. The deadline is February 1, 2011.

Research Fellowships in Humanities, UT-Austin
The Ransom Center is currently accepting applications for the 2011-2012
Research Fellowships in the Humanities. (See information below.) Please note
that applications must be received by Tuesday, February 1, 2011 in order to
be considered for the 2011-2012 academic year.
The Harry Ransom Center, an internationally renowned humanities research
library and museum at The University of Texas at Austin, annually awards
over 50 fellowships to support research projects that require substantial
on-site use of its collections. The fellowships support research in all
areas of the humanities, including literature, photography, film, art, the
performing arts, music, and cultural history.
The fellowships range from one to three months, with stipends of $3,000 per
month. Also available are $1,200 to $1,700 travel stipends and dissertation
fellowships with a $1,500 stipend. Complete applications for the 2011-2012
Research Fellowships in the Humanities must be received by February 1, 2011.
More information about the fellowships and the Ransom Center¬πs collections
is available online at http://budurl.com/mjwy . Please contact Bridget Gayle at brigayle@mail.utexas.edu with any questions or concerns.

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Learn About Publishing!

Come hear Matt Becker, Acquisitions Editor at the University of Nevada Press. Matt received his Ph.D. from our American Studies program and entered the field of publishing. He will talk about possible careers in publishing, as well as provide tips about how to get dissertations published as books. Open to everyone. Thursday, November 11, 2:20-3:20, Scott Hall Commons.

PCard Receipt Reminder

Please submit receipts for all October PCard purchases to date to Laura by Monday, November 1, 2010.

PCard Receipt Reminder
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Wednesday, October 20, 2010

2011 International Dissertation Research Fellowship (IDRF) application deadline: November 3, 2010

The Social Science Research Council is accepting applications for the 2011 International Dissertation Research Fellowship (IDRF). Seventy-five fellowships are awarded annually, with a per-fellowship average of $18,750. Open to grad students conducting dissertation research outside of the United States. Applicants must complete all Ph.D. requirements except on-site research by the time the fellowship begins or by December 2011, whichever comes first. Application deadline: November 3, 2010.

2011 International Dissertation Research Fellowship (IDRF) application deadline: November 3, 2010
See link for more detail: http://www.ssrc.org/fellowships/idrf-fellowship/

Assistant Professor, Tenure Track: Public History, UNC-Greensboro

The History Department of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor to begin in August 2011. Candidates must hold or anticipate a Ph.D. in History, American Studies, African American Studies, Ethnic Studies, Urban Studies, or a related field by August 1, 2011. Preference will be given to applicants with interests in digital humanities and community-engaged scholarship. Application deadline: November 8, 2010.

Assistant Professor, Tenure Track: Public History, UNC-Greensboro
The History Department of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor to begin in August 2011. Candidates must hold or anticipate a Ph.D. in History, American Studies, African American Studies, Ethnic Studies, Urban Studies, or a related field by August 1, 2011.
This position expands a thriving public history program in which students receive a Master's degree in History with concentrations in either Museum Studies or Historic Preservation. Stand-out applicants will have a strong track record in public practice, demonstrating imagination and skill in working collaboratively to connect history with public audiences. The program seeks applicants with the skills and passion to build bridges between universities and communities; to inspire and train graduate students; and to join with existing faculty in program administration and long-term planning. Preference will be given to applicants with interests in digital humanities and community-engaged scholarship.
UNCG is a high-research activity university with a growing and professionally active history department of 20 tenured and tenure-track faculty. The graduate program includes a Ph.D. in American history with minors in African American history, Europe, and the Atlantic World. The University encourages and rewards community-engaged research and teaching. Greensboro, a city of over 250,000 regularly ranked highly in national surveys of livability, provides an affordable, high quality of life. It features a wide variety of cultural institutions, many of which are partners with the public history program, including the new International Civil Rights Center and Museum.
UNCG is proud of the diversity of its student body, and we seek to attract an equally diverse applicant pool for this position, including women and members of minority groups. We are an EEO/AA employer with a strong commitment to faculty diversity.
Send a letter of application addressing experience in public practice; research, writing, and creative activity; teaching; and administration, as well as a c.v. and three letters of recommendation by November 8, 2010 to:
Dr. Benjamin Filene
Chair, Public History Search Committee
History Department
MHRA 2118A, 1111 Spring Garden St.
Greensboro, NC 27412
bpfilene@uncg.edu
Website: http://www.uncg.edu/his ; and http://www.uncg.edu/hpms