THE INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY is hosting Marking Time: Art in the Era of Mass Incarceration with Dr. Nicole Fleetwood on Thursday, December 12 at 6:00 PM in Walter Library Room 402. For more information, click here.
Wednesday, November 28, 2018
New Pilot Program DDF Deadlines
UPCOMING DEADLINES FOR THE NEW PILOT PROGRAM FOR THE DDF:
(1) The first deadline for your proposal is December 12th by 4 p.m. Only a proposal at this point.
Three to four proposals will be selected in the first round. Comments will be provided for revising your proposal for the next round. In consultation with your advisors and other mentors, work on revisions over break.
(2) The second deadline is January 22nd at 4 p.m. Your proposal and two letters of recommendation, one from your advisor(s) and one from another committee member, are due on that date. The committee will then select two proposals and forward them to the College-wide competition. On February 14th, we will be notified about which applications will be forwarded to the University-wide competition. There will be another possibility to incorporate feedback to make proposals stronger for the University-wide competition by Feb. 26th.
Three to four proposals will be selected in the first round. Comments will be provided for revising your proposal for the next round. In consultation with your advisors and other mentors, work on revisions over break.
(2) The second deadline is January 22nd at 4 p.m. Your proposal and two letters of recommendation, one from your advisor(s) and one from another committee member, are due on that date. The committee will then select two proposals and forward them to the College-wide competition. On February 14th, we will be notified about which applications will be forwarded to the University-wide competition. There will be another possibility to incorporate feedback to make proposals stronger for the University-wide competition by Feb. 26th.
Please submit DDF proposals to Deja Just (pul0003@umn.edu) by Wednesday, December 12 at 4:00 PM. For more information, click here.
RIGS Dissertation Writing Retreat
THE RIGS INITIATIVE is pleased to announce the RIGS Dissertation Writing Retreat on March 18-21, 2019. They encourage applications from UMN dissertation writers who are broadly engaged with and/or committed to addressing in their research some of the most pressing socio-economic issues and inequalities of our time. Applications are due Monday, January 28, 2019. For more information, click here.
AMST 3114 The US in International Perspective (focus on Ocean Worlds)
THE AMERICAN STUDIES DEPARTMENT is offering AMST 3114 The US in International Perspective (focus on Ocean Worlds) this upcoming spring semester. This course engages the ocean as a geographic and epistemological framework to examine the US in local, regional, international, and global perspectives. This class meets on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9:45 AM – 11:00 AM in Burton Hall Room 125 and is taught by Professor Kale B. Fajardo. For more information, click here.
RIGS Dissertation Proposal Development
THE RIGS INITIATIVE is pleased to announce that applications for the RIGS Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship are now open. The DPDF Fellowship includes a week-long dissertation proposal workshop from March 18-21, 2019 and a stipend of $1,000. Application close on Tuesday, January 22, 2019. For more information, click here.
University of Michigan - 23rd Annual CLIFF Conference
THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN is pleased to announce their call for papers for their 23rd Annual CLIFF Conference, Cartographies of Silence: A Conference for Readers and Writers, on March 15-16, 2019. They invite graduate students in Comparative Literature and across the humanities to submit proposals to cliff.complit@umich.edu by Friday, December 7. For more information, click here.
Wednesday, November 21, 2018
Florida Atlantic University Libraries Short-Term Research Fellowships
FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES
and Huntington Library are jointly offering three short-term research
fellowships for advanced graduate students. Doctoral candidates in fields
related to the collections who have completed their qualifying exams and
received approval for their dissertation proposal from their department are
encouraged to apply. The application deadline has been extended to Saturday,
December 15. For more information, click here.
American Indian Studies Senior Symposium
THE DEPARTMENT OF AMERICAN INDIAN
STUDIES is hosting their Senior Symposium on Tuesday, November 27 from 1:00 PM –
3:30 PM in Appleby Hall Room 322. For more information, click here.
Art and Trauma. The Fateful Connection
THE DEPARTMENT OF SPANISH AND
PORTUGUESE STUDIES is co-sponsoring Francesc Torres’ lecture, Art and Trauma. The Fateful Connection,
on Thursday, November 29 from 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM in Folwell Hall Room 108. For
more information, click here.
Latino Youth: Preparing Minnesota's Economic Future
EL COLEGIO is hosting Latino Youth: Preparing Minnesota’s Economic
Future on Thursday, December 6 from 7:30 AM – 9:00 AM at El Colegio High
School (4137 Bloomington Avenue, Minneapolis). For more information, click
here.
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Wednesday, November 14, 2018
PFund Foundation Scholarships
THE PFUND FOUNDATION is pleased to announce that its 2019 scholarship cycle is now open and accepting applications until Tuesday, January 15, 2019. The PFund Foundation awards grants to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex and allied individuals for their commitment to leadership within their communities. For more information, click here.
University of Michigan's Black Research Roundtable
THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN’S BLACK RESEARCH ROUNDTABLE is pleased to announce its call for submissions for its first annual graduate student conference on Feminist, Queer, and Trans Perspectives on the Future of Black Studieson May 10-11, 2019 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Submissions are due by Friday, December 14. For more information, see below.
The University of Michigan’s Black Research Roundtable invites submissions for its first annual graduate student conference on Feminist, Queer, and Trans Perspectives on the Future of Black Studies.
This conference asks: where are we and where are we going? Black Studies is 50 years out from its scholar activist-origins. In that time, the study of Blackness has been taken up across disciplines and institutions. Over the last three decades, there has been a proliferation of theoretical and political interventions within the (inter)discipline--of which, Black queer studies, Black trans studies, and Black women’s history have been central. Among these fields, Black gender has arguably emerged as the central object of analysis. As graduate students who will contribute to the future of the (inter)discipline, this context means we must re-engage the theories, methods, and practices that undergird Black Studies in general, and Black gender studies in particular.
Looking simultaneously backwards and forwards, the Black Research Roundtable hopes to reconsider the perennial questions for any (inter)disciple forged in struggle: How is our theory engaging with both the institutionalized reality of the (inter)discipline and the material concerns of Black people in the world? What can the debates and contributions of Black feminist, queer, and trans theory offer in this moment? As graduate students trying to find our grounding as scholars and professionals, we hope to use this conference as an opportunity to re-engage the space between abstraction and the practice of situating our scholarship.
The Black Research Roundtable invites papers, and workshop proposals. We anticipate and encourage a wide range of topics, but seek work in particular that grapples with: Black feminist, queer, and trans theory, futures, lived experiences, archival fragments, and the aesthetic objects etc. that ground our work. We welcome work that addresses but is not limited to the following questions:
Context
· What role does Black Studies play in our current political moment?
· How is the current structure of the university shaping the conditions of the production of Black thought?
· What are the political futures suggested by Black queer, trans, and feminist studies? How do they converge? How might they be in tension?
· What are the unspoken realities of our discipline? How do the class dynamics of Black Studies academics affect Black studies scholarship?
· What theoretical gaps are produced by divergent geographies of Black analytics?
· Black thought is produced all over the world. However, much emerging work on Black gender seems to be fairly U.S. centric, with some key exceptions. How does this U.S. centric nature shape the questions we ask about the nature of Black gender?
Relating theory, method, and practice
· What topics and who have we overlooked in Black gender and queer studies?
· How can queer and trans analytics be used to understand social transformation?
· How do we grapple with the relationship between ontologies of Blackness and the lived realities of Black people?
· How do we continue to do the work of connecting the theoretical interventions of Black queer studies, Black trans studies, and Black gender studies more broadly to the political needs of Black people?
· How does the U.S. centric nature of most Black Studies scholarship shape the questions we ask about the nature of Black gender?
Theory
· What dominant theoretical trends are shaping Black Studies today?
· What is the relationship between Black feminism and Black queer studies?
The conference will be held from May 10-11, 2018 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. We hope to cultivate a space with a focus on rigorous, collegial feedback and lively conversation on graduate students’ current scholarship. In lieu of the traditional keynote, we’ll be having a faculty roundtable on a recent publication thinking about gender and Blackness.
Proposals must contain a 250 word abstract and an abbreviated C.V. of no more than 2 pages. Materials must be submitted no later than December 14th, 2018. BRR will notify selected authors whether their abstract has been accepted by January 18th 2019. Please submit abstracts via this form and contact Eshe Sherley (esherley@umich.edu) or Reuben Riggs-Bookman (reubenr@umich.edu) with any questions.
La Raza - Nuestra Cultura
LA RAZA presents Nuestra Cultura on Saturday, November 17 from 5:30 PM – 8:30 PM in Coffman Union. For more information, click here.
Grand Valley State University - Assistant Professor in Global Studies
GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY is now accepting applications for an assistant professor with research specialization in global studies, including areas such as global inequality, migration, transnationalism, global health, global communication, environment/sustainability, human rights and global perspectives on issues of identity, gender, race, and ethnicity. Applicants should have a Ph.D. in a relevant field by August 6, 2019. Applications are due by Sunday, January 6, 2019. For more information, see below.
Assistant Professor - Area and Global Studies (Brooks College of Interdisciplinary Studies)
Apply nowJob no: 492951
Work type: FAC - Tenure Track Faculty
Location: Allendale
Categories: Brooks College of Interdisciplinary Studies
Work type: FAC - Tenure Track Faculty
Location: Allendale
Categories: Brooks College of Interdisciplinary Studies
Summary:
Area and Global Studies Department at Grand Valley State University invites applications for assistant professor with research specialization in global studies, including areas such as global inequality, migration, transnationalism, global health, global communication, environment/sustainability, human rights and global perspectives on issues of identity, gender, race and ethnicity. Candidates must demonstrate teaching experience at undergraduate level, a commitment to serving diverse communities of learners and collaborating with diverse colleagues whose expertise spans disciplinary boundaries.
Required Qualifications:
Required Qualifications:
· Ph.D. in relevant field by August 6, 2019.
· Demonstrated interdisciplinary scholarship in global studies that connects to disciplines such as African/African American Studies, Middle East Studies, East Asian Studies, Latin American Studies.
· Demonstrated scholarly activity and research agenda in global issues and social impact.
· Demonstrated experience in teaching about global issues at undergraduate level.
· Commitment to serving diverse communities of learners, collaborating with colleagues whose expertise spans disciplinary boundaries.
Preferred Qualifications:
· Ph.D. in Global Studies.
· Demonstrated local or global community engagement with global issues.
· Ability to teach both in classroom and online environment.
· Demonstrated experience in teaching a broad range of courses in the existing interdisciplinary programs in the college, including Environmental Studies, and Human Rights.
Position Responsibilities: The successful candidate will teach introductory and advanced level courses in Global Studies and Social Impact and contribute to other programs in the college. Faculty members are required to demonstrate excellence in teaching, maintain an active research agenda and contribute service to the department, college, university and community. Ordinarily, tenure-track faculty members teach three courses per semester.
Salary: Competitive Salary and benefits package.
Campus: Allendale
Department/Division: Area and Global Studies/Brooks College of Interdisciplinary Studies
Application deadline: January 6, 2019.
How to Apply: Apply online at jobs.gvsu.edu, click "Apply now." Include curriculum vitae; cover letter addressing required and preferred qualifications; research statement (1 page); and teaching philosophy statement (1 page). (Please note only specified documents should be uploaded.) Three letters of recommendation should be sent directly to Search Committee Chair, Dr. Andrew Schlewitz, Grand Valley State University, Area and Global Studies, 1 Campus Drive - 106 LOH, Allendale, MI 49401-9403. For more details, see www.gvsu.edu/ags
Grand Valley State University is guided by values for inclusiveness and community which are integral to our mission to educate students to shape their lives, their professions, and their societies, and to enrich the community through excellent teaching, active scholarship, and public service. The University is an affirmative action, equal opportunity institution. It encourages diversity and provides equal opportunity in education, employment, all of its programs, and the use of its facilities. Members of the University community, including candidates for employment or admissions, and visitors or guests have the right to be free from acts of harassment and discrimination, including sexual misconduct, which are prohibited if they discriminate or harass on the basis of age, color, disability, familial status, height, marital status, national origin, political affiliation, race, religion, sex/gender (including gender identity and expression), sexual orientation, veteran or active duty military status or weight. The University will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. See www.gvsu.edu/affirmative/. [Include the following for job advertisements:] TDD Callers: Call Michigan Relay Center 1-800-649-3777.
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Must have the physical stamina to work long hours and/or more than 5 days per week. The requirements listed are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The information contained in this job description is for compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act as amended by the ADA Amendment Act (2008), Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and other applicable federal and state laws that prohibit discrimination on the basis of disability. GVSU will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities upon request.
Advertised: 29 Oct 2018 Eastern Daylight Time
Applications close: 06 Jan 2019 11:55 PM Eastern Standard Time
Applications close: 06 Jan 2019 11:55 PM Eastern Standard Time
Humboldt State University - Assistant Professor in Digital and Cultural Rhetorics
HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY is now accepting applications for an Assistant Professor in Digital and Cultural Rhetorics beginning August 2019 in the Department of English. A specialty area in Chicanx Rhetorics is preferred, but multiple areas of emphasis are welcome. Applicants should have a Ph.D, but applicants with profess towards terminal degree complement by appointment date will be considered. The application deadline has been extended to Friday, November 30. For more information, click here.
Wednesday, November 7, 2018
Arts Patronage in Modern America Conference
THE ARTS PATRONAGE IN MODERN AMERICA CONFERENCE is pleased to announce its call for papers. The conference will be held on June 26-28, 2019 at the Rothermere American Institute, University of Oxford. Submissions are due by Friday, January 4. For more information, click here.
Princeton University - "Conspiracy"
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY’S PROGRAM IN AMERICAN STUDIES is pleased to announce its call for papers for its Spring 2019 graduate student conference, “Conspiracy,” that will be held on Friday, April 12, 2019. Submissions are due by December 20. For more information, click here.
Oceti Sakowin Treaty Conference
THE SICANGU LAKOTA TREATY COUNCIL is hosting the Oceti Sakowin Treaty Conference on December 11-13, 2018 at the Rushmore Plaza Holiday Inn Rapid City, SD. Pre-registration is due by Friday, November 30, and the room reservation deadline is Friday, November 9. For more information, click here.
SUNY - Old Westbury Assistant Professor
THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT OLD WESTBURY is pleased to announce that it is accepting applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in American Studies beginning Fall 2019. Applicants should have a Ph.D. in American Studies, Media Studies, or a related field, with a focus on the contemporary era, and the study of race and immigration, transnational American Studies and/or comparative race and ethnicity, or ABD with an anticipated completion date of August 1, 2019 or sooner. Applications are due by Friday, November 30. For more information, click here.
Minnesota Historical Society Humanities Action Lab's "States of Incarceration"
THE MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY is cosponsoring a series of events on the Humanities Action Lab’s touring exhibition “States of Incarceration.” The first event is Flower Power Healing Installation on November 17-20 at the Minnesota History Center. States of Incarceration: Carceral Colonialism opens on Tuesday, November 20 at 6:30 PM at the Minnesota History Center. For more information on these events, click here.
Disability Justice in Campus-Wide Organizing & Activism
THE CRITICAL DISABILITY STUDIES COLLECTIVE is hosting Disability Justice in Campus-Wide Organizing & Activism on Thursday, November 15 from 12:30 PM – 2:30 PM in Nolte Hall Room 204. For more information, click here.
Anthony Horse Road
THE DEPARTMENT OF AMERICAN INDIAN STUDIES is cosponsoring a talk by artist Anthony Horse Road on Thursday, November 8 at 7:00 PM in the Regis Center for Art, Influx Space. For more information, click here.
5th Annual Dave Larsen American Indian Immersion Experience
THE DEPARTMENT OF AMERICAN INDIAN STUDIES is pleased to announce its 5th Annual Dave Larsen American Indian Immersion Experience on April 25-29, 2019. This opportunity is designed to provide an up-close immersive experience of some of the events, places, peoples, and systems throughout American Indian Country that have helped shape and define contemporary indigenous theories. Applications are due by Monday, November 12. For more information, see below.
We are sending out this email in regards to a great opportunity and learning experience: the FIFTH annual Dave Larsen American Indian Immersion Experience--a five-day tour and learning experience focusing on the American Indian Civil Rights Movement and the community’s efforts to protect, preserve, and assert tribal sovereignty, language, culture, identity, and treaty rights. It will have a main focus on the behaviors, actions, and interactions between indigenous and non-indigenous individuals, groups, institutions, and nations. This experience is a partnership between North Hennepin Community College, Robbinsdale Area Schools, the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, Columbia Heights School District, Anoka-Hennepin School District, Edina Public Schools, Mounds View Public Schools and several tribal nations and colleges including Leech Lake, Fond Du Lac, Red Lake, Prairie Island and the Upper and Lower Sioux Communities in Minnesota, and Red Cliff, Bad River, Lac du Flambeau and Lac Courte Oreilles in Wisconsin. This year's tour will take place in April 2019 and focus on Dakota sites primarily in southern Minnesota.
This opportunity is designed to provide an up-close immersive experience of some of the events, places, peoples, and systems throughout American Indian Country that have helped shape and define contemporary indigenous theories. This is a hybrid course with a combination of face-to-face meetings and an online component, and it will also include an off campus expedition to American Indian Nations, scheduled for April 25-29, 2019. University of Minnesota students DO NOT have it enroll in it for credit. Students accepted into the program can participate for free, however, students will need to pay for most lunches, snacks and any personal items they might need for the trip.
Check out this blog posting about last year's American Indian Immersion Experience (April 2018), written by an Institute on the Environment (IonE) researcher, Kelly Meza Prado and UMN student Love Soun, who both attended.
If you are interested in participating in the 2019 Dave Larsen American Indian Immersion Experience, please fill this form out by Monday, November 12th:
Students advised through the CLA MLK Advising Program should also contact Charissa Blue-Downs, as the MLK Program will be offering a similar trip this May.
Questions?
Fawn Grauman-White at graum007@umn.edu
Beth Mercer-Taylor at bethmt@umn.edu who was staff for the trip in 2017
Charissa Blue-Downs at blue0051@umn.edu
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