THE CENTER for GERMAN and EUROPEAN STUDIES is pleased to announce applications for the 2015 Hella Mears Graduate Fellowships are now open. The fellowship provides summer support, in the amount of $5,000 to full-time CLA graduate students specializing in German and European Studies. Applications for current students are due on March 16th, 2015. See attached documents for more information
Mears Fellowships Flyer 2015.pdf
Mears Recruitment Fellowship 2015.pdf
Wednesday, December 31, 2014
Scott Hall Library: Book and 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 Monday, January 12th.
Grad Office Space and Key Return
Grad Instructors & TAs with Scott Hall Offices: If you are not teaching or TAing in Spring 2015, please remove all personal items from your office and return your key to the department office by Monday, January, 12th. Any unclaimed items will be removed
Wednesday, December 24, 2014
Mary Rizzo, PhD 2005 Has Accepted an Assistant Professorship at Rutgers University - Newark
MARY RIZZO, American Studies PhD (2005) has accepted a position as Assistant Professor of Professional Practice and Associate Director of Public and Digital Humanities Initiatives for American Studies and History at Rutgers University - Newark.
Annual Student Activities Report (SAR) DUE: Feb. 2 Annual Adviser meetings: February 2 - 20
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 20. 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 Activities 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 2014
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
Monday, February 2, 2015. 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.
SAR Template SAR Template 2014.docx
For more information on the annual review please check the Graduate
Handbook, available at
http://americanstudies.umn.edu/grad/handbook.html
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 20. 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 Activities 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 2014
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
Monday, February 2, 2015. 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.
SAR Template SAR Template 2014.docx
For more information on the annual review please check the Graduate
Handbook, available at
http://americanstudies.umn.edu/grad/handbook.html
UC-Davis Call for Papers: Remaking the Indigenous Universe: Vision, Praxis, and Tradition
UNIVERSITY of CALIFORNIA- DAVIS is issuing a call for papers for their graduate student conference titled "Remaking the Indigenous Universe: Vision, Praxis, and Tradition" to be held from April 23-24th, 2015. Abstracts are due Friday, February 13th, 2015. Click CallforPapers_Symp2015.docxfor more information.
American Graduate School in Paris Call for Papers: The Influence and Role of NGOs in Global Governance: From Grassroots to Global
AMERICAN GRADUATE SCHOOL in PARIS is issuing a call for papers for their graduate student conference titled "The Influence and Role of NGOs in Global Governance: From Grassroots to Global" to be held from April 23-24th, 2015. Abstracts are due Tuesday, January 30th, 2015. Click here for more information.
Wednesday, December 17, 2014
Foreign Language & Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships applications due February 9, 2015.
The Institute for Global Studies is offering Foreign
Language & Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships for both Summer 2015 and
Academic Year 2015-2016 with stipends of up to $15,000.
Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents. Applications
are dues directly to the FLAS coordinator by Monday, February 9, 2015.
Click here for more info. http://igs.cla.umn.edu/grad/fundflas.html
Language & Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships for both Summer 2015 and
Academic Year 2015-2016 with stipends of up to $15,000.
Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents. Applications
are dues directly to the FLAS coordinator by Monday, February 9, 2015.
Click here for more info. http://igs.cla.umn.edu/grad/fundflas.html
Washington University Post-Doc in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program
Washington University is accepting applications for two year post-doctoral fellowships in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program. Candidates with training in social science methodologies are especially encouraged to apply. For more information, contact wgss@wustl.edu
Duke Univerzity Post-Doc in Latino/a Studies
Duke University is accepting applications for a two year post doc in the Latino/a Studies program. Candidates should have a focus in any of the following areas: history, ethnoracial formations, gender and sexuality, citizenship, empire, migration, hemispheric studies, and related topics. Click here for more information.
Environment and Culture Caucus of the ASA Network Opportunity
SARAH STANFORD-MCINTYRE, a Ph.D. candidate in American Studies at the College of William & Mary would like to extend the offer to be on the listserv for the Environment and Culture Caucus of the ASA. It comprises a network of faculty and students broadly interested in environmental topics within the humanities. Contact Sarah Wald at sarahwald@gmail.com for more information.
Beam received PhD
Myrl Beam has received his PhD with his dissertation entitled, "Compassion, Community, Capital, and Crisis: Neoliberalism and the Non-Profitization of Queer Social Movements." Kevin Murphy and Teresa Gowan, advisers.
Vitulli received PhD
Eli Vitulli has received his PhD with his dissertation entitled, "Canceral Normatives: Sex, Security, and the Penal Management of Gender Nonconformity." Rod Ferguson and Regina Kunzel, advisers.
Wednesday, December 3, 2014
Charles University in Czech Republic Assistant Professorship in U.S. Studies
THE FACULTY of SOCIAL SCIENCES of CHARLES UNIVERSITY in Prague, the Czech Republic is accepting applications for an assistant professor in U.S. Cultural/Social History/Studies with specialties in recent and contemporary studies. Click New North American Studies Position online announcement.doc for more information.
History of Science, Technology, and Medicine Lecture, Arthur Daemmrich
THE HISTORY of SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, and MEDICINE program is hosting a lecture by Professor Arthur Daemmrich titled "Vulnerable Subjects, Vulnerable Knowledge: Children's Chemical Testing Programs in the United States and European Union" on Friday, December 5th at 3:35 pm in 131 Tate Lab of Physics. Click f14_Daemmrich.pdf for more information.
ICGC Global Food Security Fellowship
THE ICGC is accepting applications for the Global Food Security Fellowship for the 2014-2015 academic year. The fellowship awards a stipend of up to $30,000 for one year. Applications for Spring 2015 are due December 12th, 2014 and applications for Summer of Fall 2015 are due February 15th, 2015. Click here for more information.
Katherine Beane Defends Dissertation, Begins New Post Doc Position at UC Santa Cruz
KATHERINE BEANE successfully defended her dissertation Woyakapi Kin Ahdipi "Bringing the Story Home": A History Within the Wakpa Ipaksan Dakota Oyate on November 24th and will be beginning a University of California President's Postdoc position at the University of California Santa Cruz this month.
UPDATE - Brenda Child Interview on New Book on Minnesota Public Radio
BRENDA CHILD will be discussing her recent book, My Grandfather's Knocking Sticks: Ojibwe Family Life and Labor on the Reservation (Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2014) on the Daily Circuit, Minnesota Public Radio, on Wednesday, December 10th from 11am - 12pm.
Department of Geography, Environment, and Society Talk, Mohammed Bamyeh
THE DEPARTMENT of GEOGRAPHY, ENVIRONMENT, and SOCIETY is hosting a coffee hour on Friday, December 5th at 3:30 pm in Blegen Hall 445. The talk will be given by University of Pittsburg professor Mohammed Bamyeh and titled "Do Revolutions Always Disappoint?"
Do Revolutions Always Disappoint?
Mohammed Bamyeh
University of Pittsburg - Sociology
Abstract
Based on observations from the Arab Spring countries, this paper pursues two related aims. First, it argues that revolutions have a tendency to disappoint, largely due to dynamics that are latent in their very character. Second, based on this thesis, the paper calls for a different approach to studying the promise and prospects of revolutions. The first goal is accomplished by surveying how new, utopian political imagination develops during the revolution and becomes one of its main driving forces. A specific social psychology becomes intertwined with that imagination. That social psychology is not equipped to outlast the revolutionary environment in the form of political institutions, although it does outlast the revolutionary moment as forms of revolutionary psychology and forms of memory among certain constituencies. It also survives at the cultural level in the form of long-term transformation in values and perspectives.
This analysis suggests that revolutions ought not to be evaluated on the basis of their immediate political accomplishments, which are typically unsatisfactory to perhaps the majority of participants. Rather, revolution and post-revolution should be treated as analytically distinct moments, in spite of their relationship. Here, the paper explores the differences between the two moments in terms of social psychology, levels of popular unity, the role of social traditions in revolutionary and post-revolutionary mobilization, how different individuals experience "progress" during the two moments, and how they remember and forget events. While the paper shows that the feeling of disappointment that is often felt after revolutions has something to do with dynamics that are latent in the revolutions themselves, it also suggests that a different level of disappointment is produced by social science itself. Specifically, the very analytical tools that social scientists prefer to use when they study revolutions and social movements in general, themselves tend to produce disappointment.
Do Revolutions Always Disappoint?
Mohammed Bamyeh
University of Pittsburg - Sociology
Abstract
Based on observations from the Arab Spring countries, this paper pursues two related aims. First, it argues that revolutions have a tendency to disappoint, largely due to dynamics that are latent in their very character. Second, based on this thesis, the paper calls for a different approach to studying the promise and prospects of revolutions. The first goal is accomplished by surveying how new, utopian political imagination develops during the revolution and becomes one of its main driving forces. A specific social psychology becomes intertwined with that imagination. That social psychology is not equipped to outlast the revolutionary environment in the form of political institutions, although it does outlast the revolutionary moment as forms of revolutionary psychology and forms of memory among certain constituencies. It also survives at the cultural level in the form of long-term transformation in values and perspectives.
This analysis suggests that revolutions ought not to be evaluated on the basis of their immediate political accomplishments, which are typically unsatisfactory to perhaps the majority of participants. Rather, revolution and post-revolution should be treated as analytically distinct moments, in spite of their relationship. Here, the paper explores the differences between the two moments in terms of social psychology, levels of popular unity, the role of social traditions in revolutionary and post-revolutionary mobilization, how different individuals experience "progress" during the two moments, and how they remember and forget events. While the paper shows that the feeling of disappointment that is often felt after revolutions has something to do with dynamics that are latent in the revolutions themselves, it also suggests that a different level of disappointment is produced by social science itself. Specifically, the very analytical tools that social scientists prefer to use when they study revolutions and social movements in general, themselves tend to produce disappointment.
Graduate Workshop in Modern History Discussion
THE HISTORY DEPARTMENT is hosting their Graduate Workshop in Modern History on Friday, December 5th at 12:00 pm in Heller Hall 1229. The discussion is on Laura Luepke's dissertation chapter "Science, Religion, and the Project of Professional Boundary Maintenance." Hard copies are available in the history main office. Click here for access to an electronic version of the chapter.
Wednesday, November 26, 2014
Department of Spanish and Portuguese Studies Call for Papers:"(Up)rooted and (Un)moored: Discourses of Belonging in Hispanic & Lusophone Literatures, Cultures and Linguistics
THE DEPARTMENT OF SPANISH AND PORTUGUES STUDIES is accepting abstracts for submission to their conference "(Up)rooted and (Un)moored: Discourses of Belonging in Hispanic & Lusophone Literatures, Cultures and Linguistics" , to take place from April 10-11th of 2015. Click CallforPapers2015.pdf for more information.
The Immigration History Research Center Call for Papers: Immigrant America: New Immigration and Immigration Histories from 1965 to 2015
THE IMMIGRATION HISTORY RESEARCH CENTER is accepting submissions for their 2015 conference "Immigrant America: New Immigration and Immigration Histories from 1965 to 2015". Click here for more information.
Council for European Studies Mellon Dissertation Completion Fellowships
THE COUNCIL for EUROPEAN STUDIES is accepting application for the Mellon-CES Dissertation Completion Fellowships. Each fellowship includes a stipend of $25,000 and health insurance reimbursements of up to $3500. The applications are due January 26th, 2015. Click Diss_Comp_Fellowship Flyer 2015 (1).pdf for more information.
Freie Universität Berlin's Graduate School of North American Studies Doctorla and Postdoctoral Grants
Freie Universität Berlin's Graduate School of North American Studies is accepting application for 10 doctoral grants and 4 doctoral positions starting October 1st, 2015. These grants include a stipend of 1500 EUR (approximately $1873) per month. Click here for more information.
Department of Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies Course Offering
THE DEPARTMENT of GENDER, WOMEN, and SEXUALITY STUDIES INSTRUCTION is offering a course for Spring 2015 taught by Samantha Poindexter. GWSS 1005 Engaging Justice is an undergraduate course designed to introduce students to international social justice movements and strategies for political organizing. Click GWSS 1005 Engaging Justice.pdf for more information.
Department of Communication Studies course offering for Spring 2015, Emotion and Communication
THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATION STUDIES is offering a course for Spring 2015 taught by Professor Susanne Jones. COMM 8403/IRel 8360: Emotion and Communication is designed to allow the student to critically examine social scientific research and theory on emotion in interpersonal relationships. Click COMM8403.IRel8360.S15.docx for more information.
University of Minnesota- Twin Cities Assistant Professorship in Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies
THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA- TWIN CITIES is accepting applications for an Assistant or Associate Professor in the Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies Department specializing in transnational feminisms. Click gwss transnational feminism.pdf for more information.
Department of Sociology Course Offering, Global Migrations SeminarSpring 2015
THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY is offering a course for Spring 2015 taught by Professor Cawo Abdi. SOC 8390 An Interdisciplinary Approach to Global Migrations is designed to have the students tackle issues related to migration from a variety of disciplinary. Click GlobalMigrationGradCourseSpring2015.pdf for more information.
Department of Art History Undergraduate Seminar
THE DEPARTMENT OF ART HISTORY is offering an undergraduate seminar for Spring 2015 taught by Professor Jennifer Jane Marshall. ARTH 3930 How to Do Art History with Everyday Objects is designed to teach students how to investigate the stuff of everyday life. Click How to Do Art History promotion slide.pdf for more information
Department of Curriculum and Instruction
THE DEPARTMENT OF CURRICULUM and INSTRUCTION is offering a course for Spring 2015 taught by Dr. Marek Oziewicz. CI 5402, Research in Special Collections: The Kerlan is a seminar open to undergraduate and graduate students who want to develop a research project based in Children's Literature. Click Kerlan Course 2015.pdf for more information
Institute for Advanced Study Talk, Barbette Tischleder
THE INSTITUTE for ADVANCED STUDY is hosting a talk titled "Digital Virtuosity and Huggable Machines: The Appeal of the Nonhuman in Pixar Animation" by Professor Babette B. Tischleder on Thursday, December 11th at 3:00 pm in the Ellie and Tom Crosby Seminar Room in Northrup Auditorium. Click12.11.14 Babette Tischleder.pdf for more information.
ICGC Forum: Teach-In Ayotzinapa: Violence in Mexico and the War on Drugs
THE INTERDISCIPLINARY CENTER for the STUDY of GLOBAL CHANGE is hosting a forum titled "Teach-In Ayotzinapa: Violence in Mexico and the War on Drugs" Monday, December 1tst at 4:00pm in Blegen Hall Room 10. Click FlyerAyotzinapa.pdf for more information.
Department of Curriculum and Instruction Panel: "Perspectives from Leaders in the Field
THE DEPARTMENT OF CURRICULUM and INSTRUCTION is hosting a panel on the subject "Perspectives from Leaders in the Field" with Dr. Lisa Albrecht and Michael Hoh on Friday, December 5th from 12-1:30 pm in 355 Peik Hall. Click Diversity Dialogues Flyer 12-5-14-2.pdf for more information.
Department of Anthropolgy Talk, Seth Holmes
THE DEPARTMENT of ANTHROPOLOGY is hosting a talk by Seth Holmes (UC-Berkeley) on his new, award winning book: Fresh Fruit, Broken Bodies: Migrant Farmworkers in the U.S. on Monday, Dec 1st at 4pm in Cowles Auditorium at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs. Click Berdahl final poster Holmes 2014.pdf for more information.
Department of History of Medicine Talk
THE DEPARTMENT of the HISTORY of MEDICINE is hosting a lecture titled "The Detroit Medical Center: Race, Renewal, and the Medicalized Motor City after 1950" by Dr. Jessica Nickrand on Monday, December 1st, from 12:20 to 1:10 pm in 555 Diehl Hall. Click Nickrand HMED Lecture Series poster Fall 2014.pdf for more information.
Department of Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies Film Showing
THE DEPARTMENT of GENDER, WOMEN, and SEXUALITY STUDIES with American Studies as a co-sponsor is hosting a film showing and discussion with the director of "In His Own Home: On the Racial Militarization of Campuses" , Professor Malini Johar Schuller of the University of Florida on Friday, December 5th at 3:30 pm in Nicholson Hall 135. Click In His Own Home Flyer (1).pdf for more information.
Mingwei Huang awarded 2014 Joseph J. Kwiat award
MINGWEI HUANG was awarded the American Studies Department's 2014 Joseph J. Kwiat award for the best U of M American Studies grad student conference paper presented at ASA for her paper entitled, "Afro-Asian Nostalgia and Phantom Empires: Signs of Intimate Life at a Johannesburg China Mall".
Wednesday, November 19, 2014
Graduate Student Experience in the Research University (GradSERU) survey
A Reminder from the Grad School: You have been invited to participate in the new Graduate Student Experience in the Research University (GradSERU) survey. This is a way for University and College leaders to learn more about what is important to you as a graduate student, what we are doing well, and what areas need more attention. We need to hear from you about your graduate experiences. The survey takes about 30 minutes to complete. Responses are confidential and cannot be linked back to individuals. As an added incentive, survey responders are automatically added to the random drawing for gift cards. Take the survey: z.umn.edu/gradseru
University of Maryland- College Park Call for Papers
THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND- COLLEGE PARK'S department of American studies is issuing a call for papers for their graduate student-run interdisciplinary online journal Powerlines. Click here for more information.
ATLANTIC STUDIES: GLOBAL CURRENTS is accepting applications for Early-Career Essay Prize
ATLANTIC STUDIES: GLOBAL CURRENTS is offering an Early-Career Essay Prize to those who submit articles for publishing. The award will be selected from articles published in 2015. Click here for more information.
Washington University in St. Louis offering two fellowships
THE JOHN C. DANFORTH CENTER at Washington University in St. Louis is offering two, one-year fellowships in residence to support completion of a dissertation pertaining to religion and politics in the United States. Click here for more information.
Sociology Graduate Seminar for spring 2015: SOC 8790 Religion and Society: Sociological Approaches
THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY is offering a weekly seminar for Spring 2015: SOC 8790 Religion and Society: Sociological Approaches. Click 8790EdgellFlyer (1)(1).pdf for more information.
Torske Kluben Fellowship
THE GRADUATE SCHOOL is offering the Torske Kluben Fellowship. Applicants should explain their interest in or connection to Norway and its culture, expressing more than a superficial appreciation for Norwegian traditions. The award amount is a stipend of $15,000 and the deadline is 12 pm on February 23, 2015. Click here for more information
University of Utah Associate Professorship in Gender Studies
THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH is accepting applications for an Advanced Assistant or Associate Professor in their Gender Studies Program. Click Job Description(1).doc for more information.
The Graduate School Professional Development Workshops
THE GRADUATE SCHOOL is offering two professional development workshops for graduate students: Strategic Mentoring for the Interdisciplinary Graduate Student and Leading with Emotional Intelligence. Click here and here for more information about the respective workshops.
Sociology Graduate Seminar for spring 2015: SOC 8890 Advanced Topics in Research Methods: Historical Sociology
THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY is offering a course for Spring 2015: SOC 8890 Advanced Topics in Research Methods: Historical Sociology. The course is designed to teach graduate students to design and carry out theoretically informed historical research projects. Clicksyllabus.2015.final.docxfor more information.
American Studies Graduate Seminar for spring 2015 by Elliot Powell: AMST 8920, Queer Temporalities: Pleasure, Ghosting, and the Politics of Queer Time
THE DEPARTMENT OF AMERICAN STUDIES is offering a course for Spring 2015 taught by Professor Elliot H. Powell: AMST 8920, Queer Temporalities: Pleasure, Ghosting, and the Politics of Queer Time. Click AMST 8920 Powell S15.pdf for more information.
American Studies Graduate Seminar for spring 2015 by David Karjanen: AMST 8920, Constellations of Power in American Society: Military, Prison, Nom-Profit, and Policy Industrial Complexes
THE DEPARTMENT OF AMERICAN STUDIES is offering a graduate seminar taught by Professor David Karjanen for Spring 2015: AMST 8920, Constellations of Power in American Society: Military, Prison, Nom-Profit, and Policy Industrial Complexes. Click Constellations of Power in American Society(1).pdf for more information.
The Immigration History Research Center Immigration Stories
THE IMMIGRATION HISTORY RESEARCH CENTER is extending the offer to participate in "Immigrant Stories" and to train students in digital storytelling. "Immigrant Stories" works with recent immigrants and their children to collect, share, and preserve their own unique stories. Contact Elizabeth Venditto (vendi002@umn.edu) for more information
The Graduate School Initiative: The Interdisciplinary Graduate Group
THE GRADUATE SCHOOL invites faculty and graduate student interested in forming and funding a new Interdisciplinary Graduate Group to attend a panel presentation and information session on Tuesday, November 25th from 12:30 - 2:00 p.m. in 101 Walter Library. For more information, contact Vicki Field (field001@umn.edu).
American Studies Graduate Seminar for spring 2015 by Kale Fajardo:. AMST 8401, Teaching Practicum in American Studies
THE DEPARTMENT OF AMERICAN STUDIES is offering a course for Spring 2015 taught by Professor Kale Fajardo. AMST 8401, Teaching Practicum in American Studies is a graduate seminar on critical pedagogies and teaching for critical consciousness and social justice. Click AMST 8401 Spring 15 Flyer.pdf for more information.
Law School Talk, Professor Adrienne Davis
THE LAW SCHOOL is hosting a talk by Professor Adrienne Davis of critical race theory fame on Thursday, November 20th from 12:15 - 1:15 PM in the Lindquist & Vennum Conference Room on the third floor of the Law School. Click regulatingsexwork.minnesota.november2014(3).pdf for more information.
The ICGC Talk, Dr. Nikhil Anand
THE INTERDISCIPLINARY CENTER for the STUDY of GLOBAL CHANGE is hosting a talk Dr. Nikhil Anand titled "A Public Matter: Water, State, Biopolitical Intimacy" on Friday, November 21st at 12:00pm in 537 Heller Hall. Click 11.21 NAnand(1).pdf for more information.
Wednesday, November 12, 2014
Newberry Library Fellowships
THE NEWBERRY LIBRARY FELLOWSHIPS is accepting applications for post-doctoral fellowships ranging from 4-12 months of support. The applicant must hold at Ph.D. at the time of application to be eligible. Click here for more information.
University of Nebraska- Lincoln History Graduate Program Accepting Applications
THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-LINCOLN Department of History is accepting applications to their graduate program at the M.A. or Ph.D. level. Click here for more information.
Department of Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies Discussion
THE DEPARTMENT of GENDER, WOMEN, and SEXUALITY STUDIES is hosting a talk titled "Restoration's Return in the Age of Climate Change: Toward a Feminist Environmental Justice Response" on Friday, November 21st at 1:00 pm in 400 Ford Hall. Click here for more information.
Wednesday, November 5, 2014
Heidelberg University conference, American History, Culture, and Politics
HEIDELBERG UNIVERSITY is issuing a call for papers for their upcoming conference on American History, Culture, and Politics. Click Reminder CfP Spring Academy 2015.pdf for more information.
Indiana University coference, Breaking Futures: (Re)visions of Time
INDIANA UNIVERSITY is issuing a call for papers for their graduate student conference titled "Breaking Futures: Imaginative (Re)visions of Time" to be held from March 26-28th, 2015. Click Futures CFP Final.docx for more information.
If you plan to apply for the Dolores Zohrab Liebmann Fund Fellowship, notify Melanie by Friday, November 7 at 12:00pm Noon
If you plan to apply for the Dolores Zohrab Liebmann Fund Fellowship, please notify Melanie (stein196@umn.edu) of your intent to apply by this Friday, November 7 at 12:00pm Noon. Melanie will then be in contact with you directly regarding an internal application deadline for this just-announced fellowship. Please note that because the Department received late notice of this award, a short turn-around time for application materials will be necessary. Click here for information about the Fellowship: Please be certain to closely review all eligibility, terms, and conditions info.
University of Kansas Tenure-track professorship in Latino and Migration studies
The University of Kansas is accepting applications for a tenure-track assistant professor in Latino and Migration studies. Click here for more information and to apply.
Hist 5960: Framing Modernity: Big Histories and Scientific Stories
THE DEPARTMENT of HISTORY is offering a course (Hist 5920) for Spring 2015 on Thursdays from 1:25-3:20 titled "Framing Modernity: Big Histories and Scientific Stories". It will be a typical seminar but the class is open to graduate students and faculty who may already have a full load but still want to attend as time permits.
Framing Modernity: Big Histories and Scientific Stories, " will examine recent attempts to interpret and explain both large and small developments in human history using concepts, vocabulary and theories from the natural sciences. The phrase "Big History`" has been popularized by the historian of Eurasia, David Christian, who in his book Maps of Time: An Introduction to Big History, places the history of human beings into a larger, encompassing history of the earth, the solar system, and the universe. His book was read by Microsoft founder, Bill Gates, who found it so compelling that he invested millions of dollars into creating and implementing a K-12 curriculum based on Christian's work. For Christian, hard sciences like geology, physics, and chemistry offer important ways to rethink the place of human beings in the universe, and to tell a more complete and urgent story of the human's relationship to nature and the cosmos. Another "big historian," Daniel Smail, looks to the life sciences for a better understanding of history and historical processes in his book On Deep History and the Brain. He uses recent advances in biology, neurophysiology, and cognitive science to narrate a history of human beings that, he suggests, sheds important new light on the smaller scale social, political, and cultural processes that are the more common themes of historians' attention.
Our course will be an interdisciplinary inquiry into big and deep history as an intellectual, social, and scientific phenomenon. We will try to make sense of practitioners' points of view as well as their relationship to disciplinary history. We will be asking: how do we read "big history," and how does "big history" ask to be read? Where might "big history" fit in the politics of historical production and of intellectual production more broadly? How does "big history" use disciplinary knowledge? What assumptions does it make about the relationship of scientific inquiry to humanistic inquiry? How does it claim and enact the authority of historical explanation? We will also ask, how "big history" is different from older Enlightenment and 19th century attempts to place man in the history of the cosmos? In other words, how is big history's claim to be a vitally useful explanation in the present different from other grand narratives? And finally, how might we imagine a response to the claims that big history is a vital way of reimagining the education of young people not only in the United States but around the world? We welcome student from any discipline and field interested in puzzling over these questions about time, scale, human and non-human agency, and the production of knowledge.*********
The course will be run as a typical seminar with a core group of graduate students who are registered for the course and come every week, commit to doing all the reading and writing assignments, and to building an intellectual experience for themselves and each other. But because certain topics in the class may be of interest to graduate students who already have a full load, as well as to faculty who are interested in "big history," I would like to open up the class to anyone to attend the seminar meetings as their time and interest permit. The only requirement is that this, more intermittent, set of participants recognize that the core group will be building a rapport during the term, and that their presence and participation should not disrupt this process. We will discuss these ground rules on the first day of class. I will be happy to send the syllabus out to anyone who might have interest.
The themes of the course echo and compliment a number of other ongoing curricular and extra-curricular activities at the U, and we will design as many interactions between our course and these other activities as possible. My hope is that this experience will lead to more connections between students across fields in our own department and between graduate students in neighboring departments and our own department.
Framing Modernity: Big Histories and Scientific Stories, " will examine recent attempts to interpret and explain both large and small developments in human history using concepts, vocabulary and theories from the natural sciences. The phrase "Big History`" has been popularized by the historian of Eurasia, David Christian, who in his book Maps of Time: An Introduction to Big History, places the history of human beings into a larger, encompassing history of the earth, the solar system, and the universe. His book was read by Microsoft founder, Bill Gates, who found it so compelling that he invested millions of dollars into creating and implementing a K-12 curriculum based on Christian's work. For Christian, hard sciences like geology, physics, and chemistry offer important ways to rethink the place of human beings in the universe, and to tell a more complete and urgent story of the human's relationship to nature and the cosmos. Another "big historian," Daniel Smail, looks to the life sciences for a better understanding of history and historical processes in his book On Deep History and the Brain. He uses recent advances in biology, neurophysiology, and cognitive science to narrate a history of human beings that, he suggests, sheds important new light on the smaller scale social, political, and cultural processes that are the more common themes of historians' attention.
Our course will be an interdisciplinary inquiry into big and deep history as an intellectual, social, and scientific phenomenon. We will try to make sense of practitioners' points of view as well as their relationship to disciplinary history. We will be asking: how do we read "big history," and how does "big history" ask to be read? Where might "big history" fit in the politics of historical production and of intellectual production more broadly? How does "big history" use disciplinary knowledge? What assumptions does it make about the relationship of scientific inquiry to humanistic inquiry? How does it claim and enact the authority of historical explanation? We will also ask, how "big history" is different from older Enlightenment and 19th century attempts to place man in the history of the cosmos? In other words, how is big history's claim to be a vitally useful explanation in the present different from other grand narratives? And finally, how might we imagine a response to the claims that big history is a vital way of reimagining the education of young people not only in the United States but around the world? We welcome student from any discipline and field interested in puzzling over these questions about time, scale, human and non-human agency, and the production of knowledge.*********
The course will be run as a typical seminar with a core group of graduate students who are registered for the course and come every week, commit to doing all the reading and writing assignments, and to building an intellectual experience for themselves and each other. But because certain topics in the class may be of interest to graduate students who already have a full load, as well as to faculty who are interested in "big history," I would like to open up the class to anyone to attend the seminar meetings as their time and interest permit. The only requirement is that this, more intermittent, set of participants recognize that the core group will be building a rapport during the term, and that their presence and participation should not disrupt this process. We will discuss these ground rules on the first day of class. I will be happy to send the syllabus out to anyone who might have interest.
The themes of the course echo and compliment a number of other ongoing curricular and extra-curricular activities at the U, and we will design as many interactions between our course and these other activities as possible. My hope is that this experience will lead to more connections between students across fields in our own department and between graduate students in neighboring departments and our own department.
Impact Hiring Undergraduates
IMPACT is hiring graduating seniors and current students as paid campaign organizers. Click here for more information
Department of Geography, Environment, and Society Talk, Dawn Biehler
THE DEPARTMENT of GEOGRAPHY, ENVIRONMENT, and SOCIETY is hosting a talk titled "Silent Spring in the City: Housing, Environmental Justice, and the History of Pest Management" by Dawn Biehler in Blegen Hall 445 beginning at 3:30 on Friday, November 7th. Click Dawn Biehler.pdf for more information.
ICGC Film Screening: Soft Vengeance: Albie Sachs & The New South Africa
THE INTERDISCIPLINARY CENTER for the STUDY of GLOBAL CHANGE is hosting documentary screening titled "Soft Vengeance: Albie Sachs & The New South Africa" on Thursday, November 13th at from 4-6 pm in Cowles Auditorium at Humphrey School of Public Affairs. Click here for more information.
ICGC Talk, Dr. Njeri Githire
THE INTERDISCIPLINARY CENTER for the STUDY of GLOBAL CHANGE is hosting a talk by Dr. Njeri Githire titled "Cannibal Writes: Eating Others in Caribbean and Indian Ocean Women's Writings" on Friday, November 7th at 12:00pm in 537 Heller Hall. Click here for more information.
Department of Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies Discussion
THE DEPARTMENT of GENDER, WOMEN, and SEXUALITY STUDIES is hosting a discussion titled "Decolonizing the Brown Body: Pop Up Performance and Discussion" on Wednesday, November 19th at 6 pm in the Whole Music Club located in Coffman Memorial Union building. Click here for more information.
Poetry Forum on Ferguson: Living Past Living in the Present
A FORUM on FERGUSON titled "Living Past Living in the Present" is being held at Café Southside at 3405 Chicago Ave S in Minneapolis on Friday, November 7th from 6-7:30 pm. Three poets will read from their work as a reflective piece on the events that have taken place. Click Ferguson Forum_d2.pdf for more information.
Wednesday, October 29, 2014
Department of Geography, Environment, and Society Talk, Rebecca Krinke
THE DEPARTMENT of GEOGRAPHY, ENVIRONMENT, and SOCIETY is hosting a talk titled "Augmented and Bare Reality: An Art Practice" by Rebecca Krinke in Blegen Hall 445 beginning at 3:30 on Friday, October 31st.
Rebecca Krinke has a multidisciplinary artistic practice that works across sculpture, installation, public art, site design, and social practice. In broad terms, all of her work deals with issues related to place and emotion. For her geography coffee hour talk, she will focus on two of her projects: Unseen/Seen: The Mapping of Joy and Pain and new plans for it to go online; and Unknown/Known, part of "Broadway Augmented", a temporary public art project now on view on Broadway Street in Sacramento.
Rebecca Krinke has a multidisciplinary artistic practice that works across sculpture, installation, public art, site design, and social practice. In broad terms, all of her work deals with issues related to place and emotion. For her geography coffee hour talk, she will focus on two of her projects: Unseen/Seen: The Mapping of Joy and Pain and new plans for it to go online; and Unknown/Known, part of "Broadway Augmented", a temporary public art project now on view on Broadway Street in Sacramento.
Legal History Workshop, Jennifer Gunn
A LEGAL HISTORY WORKSHOP titled "Rural Tuberculosis, Native Americans, and the Patchwork Provision for Public Health in the United States, 1929-1945" by Jennifer Gunn is being offered this Friday, October 31st from 12:15 pm-1:15 pm in Room 339 of the Law School. Click Gunn.doc for more information.
Co-editor Professor Kevin Murphy RHR issue published
The RHR Issue on Queering archives which was co-edited by Professor Kevin Murphy was just published.
Wednesday, October 22, 2014
The Department of Geography, Environment, and Society Coffe Hour
The Department of Geography, Environment, and Society is hosting a coffee hour on Friday, October 24th at 3:30 pm in Blegen Hall 445. The talk will be given by St. Olaf professor Eric Fure-Slocum and titled "Negotiating the City: Labor and Working-Class Politics in 1940s Industrial America".
Abstract
Milwaukee in the 1940s was a labor city. Unions held and exerted power. The Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) pursued an ambitious agenda, both inside and outside the city's workplaces. This talk focuses on contests over housing and leisure in order to investigate the possibilities and shortcomings, especially regarding race, of the CIO's egalitarian vision for the city. This working-class politics developed in contention with conservatism and an increasingly influential growth politics. The presentation, building on my book Contesting the Postwar City (Cambridge University Press, 2013), poses two questions. First, how did organized labor respond to workers' experiences in the industrial city when crafting a distinctive midcentury working-class political culture? Second, how did the urban perspective of this working-class political culture both foster an expansive midcentury labor movement and then limit labor's ability to adapt to the changing spatial and social conditions of postwar metropolitan America?
Abstract
Milwaukee in the 1940s was a labor city. Unions held and exerted power. The Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) pursued an ambitious agenda, both inside and outside the city's workplaces. This talk focuses on contests over housing and leisure in order to investigate the possibilities and shortcomings, especially regarding race, of the CIO's egalitarian vision for the city. This working-class politics developed in contention with conservatism and an increasingly influential growth politics. The presentation, building on my book Contesting the Postwar City (Cambridge University Press, 2013), poses two questions. First, how did organized labor respond to workers' experiences in the industrial city when crafting a distinctive midcentury working-class political culture? Second, how did the urban perspective of this working-class political culture both foster an expansive midcentury labor movement and then limit labor's ability to adapt to the changing spatial and social conditions of postwar metropolitan America?
UC-Irvine Call for Papers for Trans-Scripts
THE UNIVERSITY of CALIFORNIA- IRVINE is accepting papers for "Trans-Scripts", the interdisciplinary journal in the Humanities and Social Sciences at their university with the theme "Race/Gender Revisited." Click Trans-Scripts CFP 2014-15.docx for more information.
UCLA "Thinking Gender 2015" Call for Papers
THE UNIVERSITY of CALIFORNIA- LOS ANGELES CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF WOMEN is accepting proposals for their 25th annual Graduate Student Research Conference "Thinking Gender 2015". Click here for more information
The Center for Jewish Studies Jerome Joss Graduate Student Research Grant
THE CENTER for JEWISH STUDIES is accepting applications for the 2014 Jerome Joss Graduate Student Research Grant. Students must be working in some specific area of academic Jewish Studies. ClickJoss Flier Final.pdf for more information
The Center for Jewish Studies Talk
THE CENTER for JEWISH STUDIES is hosting a talk by Paul Lerner titled "The Department Store on Rails: Consumer Capitalism, Circulation, and the Jewish Question in Modern Germany" on Monday, October 27th at 12:15 pm in 1210 Heller Hall. Click PaulLerner_ColloquiumFlyer-1.pdf for more information.
Department of History of Medicine Symposium
THE DEPARTMENT of the HISTORY of MEDICINE invites you to a mini-symposium on Friday, October 24, from 1:00-5:30pm, 555 Diehl Hall, with a reception immediately following in the Wangensteen Historical Library. Click Vesalius poster.pdffor more information.
The ICGC Talk, Dr. Leslie Witz and Dr. Helena Pohlandt-McCormick
THE INTERDISCIPLINARY CENTER for the STUDY OF GLOBAL CHANGE is hosting a talk by Dr. Leslie Witz and Dr. Helena Pohlandt-McCormick titled "From Crisis to Social Acts: New Directions in the Humanities" on Friday, October 24th at 12:00pm in 537 Heller Hall.
Click 10.24 LWitz HPohlandtMcCormick.pdf for more information.
Click 10.24 LWitz HPohlandtMcCormick.pdf for more information.
Department of GWSS Discussion
THE DEPARTMENT OF GENDER, WOMEN, and SEXALITY STUDIES is hosting a discussion titled ""New International Perspectives on Transgender Studies" on Friday, October 24th at 1:00 pm in 400 Ford Hall. Click here for more information.
American Studies Ph.D. Candidate Mingwei Huang Awarded a Wenner-Gren Dissertation Fieldwork Grant
AMERICAN STUDIES Ph.D. Candidate Mingwei Huang was awarded a Wenner-Gren Dissertation Fieldwork Grant for her dissertation research, "The Politics of Friendship after Bandung: Sino-African Contemporaries in South Africa," to be conducted in Cape Town and Johannesburg January through December 2015.
Monday, October 20, 2014
Book orders for Spring 2015 courses DUE Wednesday, November 5.
Book orders for Spring 2015 courses are due to Melanie (stein196@umn.edu) by Wednesday, November 5. Order form attached. Please read through for guidelines that help with order accuracy and obtaining desk copies.
Notes from staff:
-NOT ordering books? Using packets instead? Be sure to inform Melanie
either way.
-ISBN: Important! Include the ISBN to avoid receiving incorrect editions.
-DESK COPIES: Please only request desk copies of titles which you've
not previously received. If you've previously received a personal
desk copy of the same edition, one will not be requested for you
again. All TA's will have desk copies requested for them. Note that
publisher requests take weeks so timely submission of orders is very
helpful to you & your TA's. NOTE: Desk copies cannot be guaranteed
for faculty & instructors if the deadline for book orders is not met.
Bookstore guidelines:
-Submitting book orders early gives the Bookstore the opportunity to
pay students the best price for their books during buy-back.
-If you delete or change books after they have shipped from the
publisher, your research account will be charged for return fees.
-If you will be using a book in the future, please indicate when that
will be. This helps students save money by allowing the Bookstore to
plan their used copy purchases.
Please use this order form:
Book order form BLANK.xlsx
Notes from staff:
-NOT ordering books? Using packets instead? Be sure to inform Melanie
either way.
-ISBN: Important! Include the ISBN to avoid receiving incorrect editions.
-DESK COPIES: Please only request desk copies of titles which you've
not previously received. If you've previously received a personal
desk copy of the same edition, one will not be requested for you
again. All TA's will have desk copies requested for them. Note that
publisher requests take weeks so timely submission of orders is very
helpful to you & your TA's. NOTE: Desk copies cannot be guaranteed
for faculty & instructors if the deadline for book orders is not met.
Bookstore guidelines:
-Submitting book orders early gives the Bookstore the opportunity to
pay students the best price for their books during buy-back.
-If you delete or change books after they have shipped from the
publisher, your research account will be charged for return fees.
-If you will be using a book in the future, please indicate when that
will be. This helps students save money by allowing the Bookstore to
plan their used copy purchases.
Please use this order form:
Book order form BLANK.xlsx
Wednesday, October 15, 2014
University of Newcastle- Lecturer Position in American History
THE UNIVERSITY of NEWCASTLE is accepting applications for a lecturer position in American history. Click here for more information and to apply.
Institute for Research on Labor Public Policy Fellowship
THE INSTITUTE for RESEARCH on LABOR and EMPLOYMENT at the University of California- Los Angeles is accepting applications for a one-year Public Policy Fellowship beginning January 2015. The deadline is Friday, October 31st. 
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY- Los Angeles Faculty Position, Chicano/a Studies
Position: Assistant Professor, Chicano Studies and Honors College
STARTING DATE: Fall, 2015
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Ph.D. or equivalent degree from an accredited institution of higher education by the beginning of the appointment. Candidates should have expertise in cultural studies, including mastery of interdisciplinary methodologies from the social sciences and/or humanities. Candidates should provide record of--or potential for--scholarly activity (involving students whenever possible) and peer-reviewed publications, as well as the demonstrated potential for effective teaching using a variety of methodologies. Candidates should also demonstrate an ability or interest in teaching in a multicultural, multiethnic campus.
As a University dedicated to engagement, service and the public good, the successful candidate will be expected to join faculty, staff, students and administrators in a commitment to these purposes.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: Applicants should have experience and/or interest in teaching in Honors and in helping to build an Honors culture that promotes diversity and student success. Additionally, applicants should also have experience and/or interest in teaching in a multi-disciplinary department that address issues specific to Latino/a Chicana/o populations. Areas of interest include leadership, public policy studies, health disparities, community medicine and community based organizations/programming. Experience mentoring students in undergraduate research and community based participatory research is also preferred, as is potential for success in securing external funding, participation in relevant professional organizations, and university teaching experience
DUTIES: In addition to teaching service for Chicano Studies and the Honors College, duties also include undergraduate research and mentorship, outreach and recruitment, advisement, and assisting with co-curricular programming.
SALARY RANGE: Initial salary commensurate with qualifications and experience.
THE UNIVERSITY: California State University, Los Angeles is one of 23 campuses within the California State University system. Founded in 1947, the University is in the city of Los Angeles, adjacent to the San Gabriel Valley, and has more than 23,000 students who reflect the rich ethnic diversity of the area. The University is a federally recognized Hispanic-serving, Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-serving, and Minority-serving institution. Faculty may have the opportunity to establish affiliate status with other academic programs, including the Honors College and ethnic/area studies.
REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION: Please submit a letter of application, curriculum vita, transcripts (unofficial transcripts accepted, but official transcripts required of finalists at a later stage), three letters of recommendation and the University's Application for Academic Employment form. Employment contingent upon proof of eligibility to work in the United States.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: Review of applications will begin on October 15, 2014 and continue until the position is filled. Address applications, required documentation and/or request for information to:
Mike Soldatenko
Department of Chicano Studies
California State University, Los Angeles
5151 State University Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90032
PHONE: 323-343-2190
STARTING DATE: Fall, 2015
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Ph.D. or equivalent degree from an accredited institution of higher education by the beginning of the appointment. Candidates should have expertise in cultural studies, including mastery of interdisciplinary methodologies from the social sciences and/or humanities. Candidates should provide record of--or potential for--scholarly activity (involving students whenever possible) and peer-reviewed publications, as well as the demonstrated potential for effective teaching using a variety of methodologies. Candidates should also demonstrate an ability or interest in teaching in a multicultural, multiethnic campus.
As a University dedicated to engagement, service and the public good, the successful candidate will be expected to join faculty, staff, students and administrators in a commitment to these purposes.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: Applicants should have experience and/or interest in teaching in Honors and in helping to build an Honors culture that promotes diversity and student success. Additionally, applicants should also have experience and/or interest in teaching in a multi-disciplinary department that address issues specific to Latino/a Chicana/o populations. Areas of interest include leadership, public policy studies, health disparities, community medicine and community based organizations/programming. Experience mentoring students in undergraduate research and community based participatory research is also preferred, as is potential for success in securing external funding, participation in relevant professional organizations, and university teaching experience
DUTIES: In addition to teaching service for Chicano Studies and the Honors College, duties also include undergraduate research and mentorship, outreach and recruitment, advisement, and assisting with co-curricular programming.
SALARY RANGE: Initial salary commensurate with qualifications and experience.
THE UNIVERSITY: California State University, Los Angeles is one of 23 campuses within the California State University system. Founded in 1947, the University is in the city of Los Angeles, adjacent to the San Gabriel Valley, and has more than 23,000 students who reflect the rich ethnic diversity of the area. The University is a federally recognized Hispanic-serving, Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-serving, and Minority-serving institution. Faculty may have the opportunity to establish affiliate status with other academic programs, including the Honors College and ethnic/area studies.
REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION: Please submit a letter of application, curriculum vita, transcripts (unofficial transcripts accepted, but official transcripts required of finalists at a later stage), three letters of recommendation and the University's Application for Academic Employment form. Employment contingent upon proof of eligibility to work in the United States.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: Review of applications will begin on October 15, 2014 and continue until the position is filled. Address applications, required documentation and/or request for information to:
Mike Soldatenko
Department of Chicano Studies
California State University, Los Angeles
5151 State University Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90032
PHONE: 323-343-2190
Ford Predoctoral Fellowship Applications Due November, 19, 2014.
The Ford Predoctoral Fellowship Program is accepting applications for
their 2015 Fellowships. The fellowships provide 3 years of support
including an annual stipend of $24,000. Application deadline: November
19, 2014.Click here for full guidelines and application:
their 2015 Fellowships. The fellowships provide 3 years of support
including an annual stipend of $24,000. Application deadline: November
19, 2014.Click here for full guidelines and application:
Ford Dissertation Fellowship Applications Due November, 14, 2014.
The Ford Dissertation Fellowship Program is accepting applications for
their 2015 Fellowships. The dissertation fellowships provide one year
of support including a $25,000 stipend. Application deadline: November
14, 2014. Click here for full guidelines and application:
their 2015 Fellowships. The dissertation fellowships provide one year
of support including a $25,000 stipend. Application deadline: November
14, 2014. Click here for full guidelines and application:
Ford Postdoctoral Fellowship Applications Dues November 14, 2014.
The Ford Postdoctoral Fellowship Program is accepting applications for
their 2015 Fellowships. Applications are invited from individuals
awarded a Ph.D. degree no earlier than November 30, 2007 and no later
than November 14, 2014. The postdoctoral fellowships provide one year
of support including a $45,000 stipend. Application deadline: November
14, 2014. Click here for full guidelines and application:
their 2015 Fellowships. Applications are invited from individuals
awarded a Ph.D. degree no earlier than November 30, 2007 and no later
than November 14, 2014. The postdoctoral fellowships provide one year
of support including a $45,000 stipend. Application deadline: November
14, 2014. Click here for full guidelines and application:
The Graduate School Initiative: The Interdisciplinary Commons
THE GRADUATE SCHOOL is launching a new initiative intended to foster graduate student interactions across disciplines: The Interdisciplinary Commons. The Interdisciplinary Commons will provide space in Nolte Center for graduate students with interdisciplinary interests to study and make connections with students in other fields. Click here for more information.
GLBTA Programs Office, Student Coordinator Position
THE GLBTA PROGRAMS Office is hiring a student to join their staff as our Student Education and Tongues Untied Coordinator.Clickhere for more information.
Professor Carol Stabile Talk
THE INSTITUTE for ADVANCED STUDY is hosting a talk by Carol Stabile from the University of Oregon titled "A Network Grows in the Internet: Feminist Publishing in the Cracks of a Broken System" on Tuesday, October 28th from 3:00-4:30pm at 125 Nolte Center. 
The ICGC Talk, Geraldine Frieslaar
THE INTERDISCIPLINARY CENTER for the STUDY OF GLOBAL CHANGE is hosting a talk by Ph.D. candidate Geraldine Frieslaar titled "(Re)Collections in the Archive: Making and Remaking the International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF) Archival Collection" on Friday, October 17 at 12:00pm in 537 Heller Hall.
The study primarily aims to write an archival biography of the International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF) collection. The work of IDAF conducted between 1956 and 1991 gave rise to a collection of records that traverse 35 years of support work. As a solidarity organisation IDAF provided support to liberation movements in Southern Africa through their legal and welfare assistance programmes. Equally significant, IDAF also sought to highlight the oppressive machinery of the apartheid government through the deployment of their research, information and publications programmes as a way of creating awareness and 'keeping the conscience of the world alive.' When the administrative records of IDAF were relocated to South Africa with the Mayibuye Centre for History and Culture at the University of the Western Cape (UWC) as chosen location, they were turned into an archival collection which also became a memorial to IDAF's resistance work now located in the foremost anti-apartheid university and politically in a new project that intended to create a museum about apartheid. Later the collection was incorporated into the Robben Island Museum through an agreement between the UWC and the Museum. The dissertation seeks to examine the history of the making of the IDAF archive and how it continues to be remade as well as the archival meanings that have been and is being produced. More than this the dissertation attempts to provide an alternative approach of thinking about the history of resistance in more complex and nuanced ways.
The study primarily aims to write an archival biography of the International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF) collection. The work of IDAF conducted between 1956 and 1991 gave rise to a collection of records that traverse 35 years of support work. As a solidarity organisation IDAF provided support to liberation movements in Southern Africa through their legal and welfare assistance programmes. Equally significant, IDAF also sought to highlight the oppressive machinery of the apartheid government through the deployment of their research, information and publications programmes as a way of creating awareness and 'keeping the conscience of the world alive.' When the administrative records of IDAF were relocated to South Africa with the Mayibuye Centre for History and Culture at the University of the Western Cape (UWC) as chosen location, they were turned into an archival collection which also became a memorial to IDAF's resistance work now located in the foremost anti-apartheid university and politically in a new project that intended to create a museum about apartheid. Later the collection was incorporated into the Robben Island Museum through an agreement between the UWC and the Museum. The dissertation seeks to examine the history of the making of the IDAF archive and how it continues to be remade as well as the archival meanings that have been and is being produced. More than this the dissertation attempts to provide an alternative approach of thinking about the history of resistance in more complex and nuanced ways.
Israel Professor Ido Zelkovitz Talk
THE CENTER for JEWISH STUDIES is hosting a talk with Visiting Israel Professor, Ido Zelkovitz titled "Israel and the Palestinians: A Post-Arab Spring Overview of Complicated Relationships" on Wednesday, October 22 from 7:30PM - 9:00PM at the Temple of Aaron located at 616 S Mississippi River Blvd, St. Paul, MN 55116.
This lecture will analyze the path that led Israel into the "Protective Edge" operation as a "defensive reaction to Hamas terror," and will shed light on the ramifications of the latest clash for Middle Eastern politics. It will analyze the threats and opportunities to Israel from Palestinian unity and its impact on a peace process.
This lecture will analyze the path that led Israel into the "Protective Edge" operation as a "defensive reaction to Hamas terror," and will shed light on the ramifications of the latest clash for Middle Eastern politics. It will analyze the threats and opportunities to Israel from Palestinian unity and its impact on a peace process.
Ph.D. Candidate Jesus Estrada-Perez Recieves Best Graduate Paper Award
AMERICAN STUDIES PhD candidate Jesus Estrada-Perez received a 2014 Steven J. Schochet Endowment Award for Best Graduate Paper for his dissertation chapter entitled, "A PLACE TO SPEND A SATURDAY NIGHT: Altar-native Visions of Space and Sexuality in the Art of Joey Terrill and Luciano Martinez."
Wednesday, October 8, 2014
Thomas H. Shevlin Fellowship internal deadline: November 3, 2014, 12pm, noon.
The Graduate School's is offering the Thomas H. Shevlin Fellowship for
2015-16, which includes $23,000 plus tuition and subsidized health
insurance. The department's internal deadline is November 3, 2014,
12pm, noon.
All of your application materials and letters from your recommendation
writers are due directly to Melanie (stein196@umn.edu) by the
Department's internal deadline of November 3, 2014, at 12pm, noon.
NOTE: timely receipt of letters of recommendation is essential as
turn-around time for this fellowship is very short. Electronic
letters are acceptable. Be certain to note for your letter writers
the strict 2 page limit and to direct them to the Recommendation
Instructions link:
here
Full fellowship information and instructions for applying:
here
2015-16, which includes $23,000 plus tuition and subsidized health
insurance. The department's internal deadline is November 3, 2014,
12pm, noon.
All of your application materials and letters from your recommendation
writers are due directly to Melanie (stein196@umn.edu) by the
Department's internal deadline of November 3, 2014, at 12pm, noon.
NOTE: timely receipt of letters of recommendation is essential as
turn-around time for this fellowship is very short. Electronic
letters are acceptable. Be certain to note for your letter writers
the strict 2 page limit and to direct them to the Recommendation
Instructions link:
here
Full fellowship information and instructions for applying:
here
Department of Comparative Literature at UM-Ann Harbor Call for Papers
THE DEPARTMENT of COMPARATIVE LITERATURE at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor is accepting papers for their upcoming conference" LEFTovers: What's L/left of Literature and Critical Theory in the 21st Century?" Click CLIFF-2015-CFP.pdf for more information.
Minnesota Historical Society College Interns
THE MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY is looking for new college/graduate interns across a variety of disciplines for Spring 2015. Students from diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply. Click here for more information and to apply.
Center for Integrative Research position
The Center for Integrative Leadership is now accepting graduate student applications to work with our Executive Leadership Fellow, Patrick Coleman, who is the Senior Curator at the Minnesota Historical Society. ClickGovernor Project Flyer- for Students.docx for more information.
University of Saskatchewan- Post-Doc & Ph.D. Fellowships
THE UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN is accepting applications for one post-doctoral position and three doctoral fellowships in First Nation economic development. Click here TD Post Doc Add.docx for more information on the post-doctoral position, and TD PhD Positions.docx for more information on the doctoral fellowship.
Department of Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies Workshop
THE DEPARTMENT OF GENDER, WOMEN and SEXUALITY STUDIES is hosting a workshop titled "Feminist Media Praxis Workshop" on Friday, October 10th at 4:00pm in Ford Hall 466. Click !Feminist Media Praxis Workshop.pdf for more information
Department of Sociology Talk & Workshop, Michael Burawoy
THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY with American Studies as a co-sponsor is hosting a workshop on ethnography and a talk on "Social Movements in the Era of Neoliberalism" by University of California- Berkeley Professor Michael Burawoy on Friday, October 10th. The workshop is at 12 pm and the talk will be at 4 p.m. in 1114 Social Sciences. ClickBurawoy Flyer-RS final.pdf for more information.
3RD YEAR STUDENTS: Contact Melanie if you plan to submit your Prelim Portfolio on the fall semester submission date of Monday, November 3rd.
3RD YEAR STUDENTS: The fall semester date on which Written Preliminary
Portfolio Exam materials are accepted by the department is Monday,
November 3rd, by 12:00pm, NOON.
If you are planning to submit your portfolio exam materials for this
semester, contact Melanie (stein196@umn.edu) regarding your intent to
submit in November and to confirm the current members of your
examination committee.
Portfolio Exam materials are accepted by the department is Monday,
November 3rd, by 12:00pm, NOON.
If you are planning to submit your portfolio exam materials for this
semester, contact Melanie (stein196@umn.edu) regarding your intent to
submit in November and to confirm the current members of your
examination committee.
Public Interest Research Group job- Campus Organizer
THE PUBLIC INTEREST RESEARCH GROUP is accepting applications from graduating seniors for the position of Campus Organizers. Click here for more information and to apply.
Department of Geography, Environment, and Society Talk
THE DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY, ENVIRONMENT, and SOCIETY is hosting a social hour with two presentations titled "Re-imaging Urban Growth and Development" and "Revisiting fire history in the Border Lakes Region of Northern Minnesota: A Status Report" in Blegen Hall 445 beginning at 3:30 on Friday, October 10th.
Re-imaging Urban Growth and Development
Rod Squires
Abstract
The appropriate scale for describing urban development is the plat, a map illustrating the location and the boundaries of the area in which changes to the existing land use are proposed.
Revisiting fire history in the Border Lakes Region of Northern Minnesota: A Status Report
Kurt Kipfmueller
Abstract
Increasingly, forested landscapes are being managed to account for the critical regulatory role of fire based on fire histories developed from tree rings. However, the degree to which human agency influenced fire regimes in the past remains an open question that is difficult to address. I will discuss new fire history work initiated in Voyageurs National Park and the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness that specifically addresses the potential connections between fire and Native Americans. I will provide an overview of the research questions, our approach to the challenge, and some preliminary results from a set of studies currently being undertaken.
Re-imaging Urban Growth and Development
Rod Squires
Abstract
The appropriate scale for describing urban development is the plat, a map illustrating the location and the boundaries of the area in which changes to the existing land use are proposed.
Revisiting fire history in the Border Lakes Region of Northern Minnesota: A Status Report
Kurt Kipfmueller
Abstract
Increasingly, forested landscapes are being managed to account for the critical regulatory role of fire based on fire histories developed from tree rings. However, the degree to which human agency influenced fire regimes in the past remains an open question that is difficult to address. I will discuss new fire history work initiated in Voyageurs National Park and the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness that specifically addresses the potential connections between fire and Native Americans. I will provide an overview of the research questions, our approach to the challenge, and some preliminary results from a set of studies currently being undertaken.
The ICGC Dr. Pellow Talk
THE INTERDISCIPLINARY CENTER for the STUDY OF GLOBAL CHANGE is hosting a talk by Dr. David Pellow titled "Total Liberation: The Power and Promise of Animal Rights and the Radical Earth Movement" on Friday, October 10 at 12:00pm in 537 Heller Hall.
In this talk, I explore how social movement activists work to challenge socioecological inequalities through what they call total liberation. There are three questions I am exploring in this project. (1) First, to what extent are radical environmental and animal liberation movements also struggles over social inequality? (2) Second, how does the work of these activists in particular and social movements more broadly reveal engagements with nonhuman natures and why does that matter? (3) And third, what are the implications of the 'eco-terrorist' label that states, corporations, and media impose on these groups?
In this talk, I explore how social movement activists work to challenge socioecological inequalities through what they call total liberation. There are three questions I am exploring in this project. (1) First, to what extent are radical environmental and animal liberation movements also struggles over social inequality? (2) Second, how does the work of these activists in particular and social movements more broadly reveal engagements with nonhuman natures and why does that matter? (3) And third, what are the implications of the 'eco-terrorist' label that states, corporations, and media impose on these groups?
Department of Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies Lecture
THE DEPARTMENT OF GENDER, WOMEN and SEXUALITY STUDIES with American Studies as a co-sponsor is hosting a talk by Northeastern University Professor Suzanna Walters titled "The Tolerance Trap" on Wednesday, October 22nd at 4 pm in STSS 230. ClickWalters_Flyer_sponsors_1022.pdf for more information.
Venezuelan Educator Flor Angel Palmar To Visit Scott Hall
IN RECOGNITION of INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY in the City of Minneapolis, a special guest will be in Scott Hall on Monday, October 13. Flor Angel Palmar is a leading educator in Venezuela, and contributed an essay to a recent book by Brenda Child and Brian Klopotek, Indian Subjects: Hemispheric Perspectives on the History of Indian Education. On October 12, the Venezuelan Embassy in Washington D.C. will hold a reception to honor Dr. Palmar and to note the publication of Indian Subjects.
Pegues awarded 2014 ASA's Ralph Henry Gabriel Dissertation Prize
Juliana Hu Pegues, PhD '13, was selected as the winner of the 2014
Ralph Henry Gabriel Dissertation Prize given by the American Studies
Association for her dissertation, "Interrogating Intimacies: Asian
American and Native Relations in Colonial Alaska." Juliana is the 4th
American Studies graduate student to receive the award since it was
first awarded in 1987. She joins alumni Brian Klopotek (2004), Steven
Waksman (1998), and Rachel Buff (1996).
Ralph Henry Gabriel Dissertation Prize given by the American Studies
Association for her dissertation, "Interrogating Intimacies: Asian
American and Native Relations in Colonial Alaska." Juliana is the 4th
American Studies graduate student to receive the award since it was
first awarded in 1987. She joins alumni Brian Klopotek (2004), Steven
Waksman (1998), and Rachel Buff (1996).
Wednesday, October 1, 2014
American Studies Now on Social Media
You can now find American Studies on two social media sites: Facebook and Twitter. Like the Facebook page "Department of American Studies, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities" to get feeds from that site, or follow on Twitter @AmSt_UMN. You may also click on the icons in the department signature line to access these sites.
Please continue to send us news about your scholarship, teaching and interesting events to amstdy@umn.edu so that we can include that information in this Digest, the blog and our social media sites.
Please continue to send us news about your scholarship, teaching and interesting events to amstdy@umn.edu so that we can include that information in this Digest, the blog and our social media sites.
Tuesday, September 30, 2014
Scripps College Lecturer and Faculty Positions American Studies
SCRIPPS COLLEGE is accepting applications for two positions in American Studies, with an emphasis on comparative ethnic studies. One position is for two courses in the spring 2015 semester, the other for a full-time visiting assistant professor for academic year 2015-2016 with the possibility of renewal. Click American Studies part-time lecturer Spring 2015.docx for more information on the lecturer position and American Studies Visiting Assistant 2015-2016.docx for the visiting assistant professor position.
We are advertising for two positions in American Studies, with an emphasis on comparative ethnic studies. The job descriptions are attached. One is for two courses in the spring 2015 semester, the other for a full-time visiting assistant professor for academic year 2015-2016 with the possibility of renewal. Applicants are invited to apply for both positions. Review of applications will begin November 1 and continue until the positions are filled.
We are advertising for two positions in American Studies, with an emphasis on comparative ethnic studies. The job descriptions are attached. One is for two courses in the spring 2015 semester, the other for a full-time visiting assistant professor for academic year 2015-2016 with the possibility of renewal. Applicants are invited to apply for both positions. Review of applications will begin November 1 and continue until the positions are filled.
Harvard Warren Center for North American History Post-doc Fellowship
THE CHARLES WARREN CENTER for NORTH AMERICAN HISTORY at Harvard is accepting applications for a two-year post-doctoral fellowship in "Global American Studies". Click here for more information and to apply.
For this two-year postdoc, we seek scholars with research interests in Global American Studies: the history of the United States in the world, and the world in the United States. Applications are welcomed from scholars with a variety of disciplinary backgrounds, including the literary, who bring a historical perspective to topics such as empire, migration, race, indigeneity, and ethnicity, and whose work investigates and/or interprets the history and experience in the United States of native peoples, or peoples of African, Asian, or Hispanic descent.
The Global American Studies postdoc, distinct from the Center's long-standing faculty fellowship, is presently in its second year (the first with a full cohort of four). The fellowship is for two years (a one-year appointment, automatically renewed for a second year only); two new fellows are sought in each application cycle. The doctorate must be in hand before the fellowship commences on July 1, and the program is available for up to four years after receipt of the Ph.D. The awardees will have this opportunity to develop and refine their doctoral work before the first tenure-track position, and also will teach one course. The fellowship includes a conference each spring focused on the awardees' work, and organized faculty mentorship.
For this two-year postdoc, we seek scholars with research interests in Global American Studies: the history of the United States in the world, and the world in the United States. Applications are welcomed from scholars with a variety of disciplinary backgrounds, including the literary, who bring a historical perspective to topics such as empire, migration, race, indigeneity, and ethnicity, and whose work investigates and/or interprets the history and experience in the United States of native peoples, or peoples of African, Asian, or Hispanic descent.
The Global American Studies postdoc, distinct from the Center's long-standing faculty fellowship, is presently in its second year (the first with a full cohort of four). The fellowship is for two years (a one-year appointment, automatically renewed for a second year only); two new fellows are sought in each application cycle. The doctorate must be in hand before the fellowship commences on July 1, and the program is available for up to four years after receipt of the Ph.D. The awardees will have this opportunity to develop and refine their doctoral work before the first tenure-track position, and also will teach one course. The fellowship includes a conference each spring focused on the awardees' work, and organized faculty mentorship.
Open Access to Scholarly Articles Policy
A NEW POLICY regarding scholarly articles is under review for implementation. The Open Access to Scholarly Articles establishes the expectation that works created by U of M faculty will be made available for open access and dissemination. The policy provides a mechanism for authors to request a waiver for a specific work. Comments due by October 19, 2014. Click here for more information
Fall 2014 Finals Classroom Scheduling
Fall 2014 FACULTY and INSTRUCTORS: Please e-mail rakke001@umn.edu by Monday, October 13th to let us know if you WILL or WILL NOT be using your classroom during finals week. We need to notify the Office of Classroom Management of all course levels, so please be sure to include both your graduate and undergraduate level courses. If you are unsure of when your final is to be held click here. For information on final exam regulations click here
Department of History of Medicine Lecture
You are cordially invited to a lecture in the Program in the History of Medicine Lunchtime Lecture Series, on Monday, October 6, 12:20-1:10 PM in 555 Diehl Hall. Click Kernahan HMED Lecture Series poster Fall 2014.pdf for more information.
SPEAKER:
Peter Kernahan, M. D., Ph.D., University of Minnesota
"A Life of Constructive Usefulness": William J. Mayo, 1861-1939
SPEAKER:
Peter Kernahan, M. D., Ph.D., University of Minnesota
"A Life of Constructive Usefulness": William J. Mayo, 1861-1939
Tuesday, September 23, 2014
Legal History Workshop, Brooke Depenbusch
THE DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY is hosting the first Legal History Workshop of the semester titled "The Problem of General Relief in an Age of Welfare State Building" on Tuesday, Sept. 30, 12:15-1:15 in the Lindquist & Vennum Conference Room in Mondale Hall. Contact Susanna Blumenthal (blume047@umn.edu) to request the paper and for more information.
The ICGC Dr. Albie Sachs Talk
THE INTERDISCIPLINARY CENTER for the Study of Global Change is pleased to announce its talk "Challenges and Successes in Post-Apartheid South Africa" given by former South Africa Constitutional Court Justice Albie Sachs on Thursday, October 2 from 12:15 - 2:00 pm at the 3M Auditorium - Carlson School of Management.
Dr. Albie Sachs, internationally renowned human rights and anti-apartheid activist, writer, lawyer and former South Africa Constitutional Court Justice, will offer remarks on challenges and successes in the new South Africa. Dr. Sachs' career has included human rights activism starting at age 17, spanning participation in the Congress of the People at Kliptown where the Freedom Charter was adopted, advocating for people charged under racist statutes and repressive security laws, prolonged spells of detention and exile, and serving on the South African Constitutional Committee and the National Executive of the African National Congress (ANC) during the process of transforming South Africa into a constitutional democracy. President Nelson Mandela appointed Dr. Sachs in 1994 to serve on the newly established Constitutional Court. Considering a post-apartheid South Africa one year after Nelson Mandela's death, Dr. Sachs will reflect on the future of the struggle for freedom and justice in South Africa and elsewhere. His talk will provide the foundation for a November screening of a documentary film on his life entitled Soft Vengeance: Albie Sachs and the New South Africa.
Internation Planned Parenthood Federation Digital Communications Officer
THE INTERNATIONAL PLANNED Parenthood Federation is accepting applications for a Digital Communications Officer. Fluency in Spanish and English is required. Click here for more information.
Purdue University Faculty Position American Studies
PURDUE UNIVERSITY is accepting applications for a tenure-track position in American Studies with a focus on Latino/a Studies. Click Purdue University - American Studies.pdf for more information.
Sarah Lawrence College Faculty Position LGBT/Queer Studies
SARAH LAWRENCE COLLEGE seeks a faculty member in the social sciences or history for a tenure-track position in LGBT/Queer Studies with a global focus. Click here for more information and to apply.
San Francisco State University Faculty Position African-American, Chicano, or Native-American history
SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY is accepting applications for tenure-track position as a California historian with expertise in African American history, Latina/o or Chicana/o history, or Native American history. Click here for more information.
Kansas State University Faculty Position Women's Studies
THE DEPARTMENT OF WOMEN'S STUDIES at Kansas State University is accepting applications for a tenure-track assistant professorship in Women's Studies, with specialization in one or more of the following areas: Queer and/or Transgender Studies, Women and Health, Science, and/or Technology, and Women and Violence. Click here for more information and to apply.
Mellon Emerging Scholars Workshop
The Mellon Research Chairs at the Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Global Change and the Centre for Humanities Research are pleased to announce the 2014 ICGC Mellon Emerging Scholars Workshop, "Public History from the Global South," which will take place on Monday, October 13, 9am-3pm in 1210 Heller Hall. Funded by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the workshop will showcase the dissertation research of five advanced PhD students involved in a scholarly exchange between the Universities of Fort Hare and the Western Cape in South Africa, and the University of Minnesota. This year's workshop engages with international scholarship on heritage and public history by introducing the intellectual and political stakes of doing this work in the Global South, and we hope that you will join us!
In preparation for the workshop, the graduate students listed will pre-circulate the following dissertation chapters to the participants a week prior to the event: Sian Butcher, "Racing Real Estate: Regulating Freehold, Finance and Freedom in Settler South Africa;" Geraldine Frieslaar, "(Re)Collections in the Archive: Making and Remaking the International Defense and Aid Fund (IDAF) Archival Collection;" Elliot James, "South Africa's Taxi Story: A Philosophy of Black Business Under Apartheid;" Sipokazi Sambumbu, "Investigating Heritage Discourse in Post Apartheid South Africa: National Museums and Sites;" Michelle Smith, "A House for the Dead: The De-Construction of the Red Location Museum." In addition to advancing wider scholarship on heritage and public history, the workshop is also intended to give these graduate student presenters feedback on their dissertations in progress. Therefore, papers will only be made available to participants from ICGC and its affiliated departments who RSVP in advance.
The format of the day-long workshop is as follows. There will be two sessions as well as a prepared lunch over the course of the day in order to facilitate five distinct conversations about students' work in relation to the workshop theme. The morning (9am-12pm) session will devote three hours to workshopping three chapters, and the afternoon (1-3pm) session will workshop two chapters over two hours. Each student will have 10-15 minutes to present their chapter. Invited faculty discussants will then spend up to 20 minutes giving detailed comments on the pre-circulated paper. And the remaining 25-30 minutes will be reserved for questions and comments from the audience. Participants are welcome to attend one or both sessions.
Again we hope that you will join us as we showcase and strengthen the exchange of emerging scholarship between our Centers. To confirm your participation in the 2014 ICGC Mellon Emerging Scholars Workshop, please RSVP to Elliot James (james235@umn.edu) no later than Friday, October 3.
In preparation for the workshop, the graduate students listed will pre-circulate the following dissertation chapters to the participants a week prior to the event: Sian Butcher, "Racing Real Estate: Regulating Freehold, Finance and Freedom in Settler South Africa;" Geraldine Frieslaar, "(Re)Collections in the Archive: Making and Remaking the International Defense and Aid Fund (IDAF) Archival Collection;" Elliot James, "South Africa's Taxi Story: A Philosophy of Black Business Under Apartheid;" Sipokazi Sambumbu, "Investigating Heritage Discourse in Post Apartheid South Africa: National Museums and Sites;" Michelle Smith, "A House for the Dead: The De-Construction of the Red Location Museum." In addition to advancing wider scholarship on heritage and public history, the workshop is also intended to give these graduate student presenters feedback on their dissertations in progress. Therefore, papers will only be made available to participants from ICGC and its affiliated departments who RSVP in advance.
The format of the day-long workshop is as follows. There will be two sessions as well as a prepared lunch over the course of the day in order to facilitate five distinct conversations about students' work in relation to the workshop theme. The morning (9am-12pm) session will devote three hours to workshopping three chapters, and the afternoon (1-3pm) session will workshop two chapters over two hours. Each student will have 10-15 minutes to present their chapter. Invited faculty discussants will then spend up to 20 minutes giving detailed comments on the pre-circulated paper. And the remaining 25-30 minutes will be reserved for questions and comments from the audience. Participants are welcome to attend one or both sessions.
Again we hope that you will join us as we showcase and strengthen the exchange of emerging scholarship between our Centers. To confirm your participation in the 2014 ICGC Mellon Emerging Scholars Workshop, please RSVP to Elliot James (james235@umn.edu) no later than Friday, October 3.
Department of Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies Lecture Series
THE DEPARTMENT OF GENDER, Women, Sexuality Studies will be hosting a series on "Trauma in the Classroom" on September 26th. ClickGWSS Trauma in the Classroom Event.pdf for more information.
Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature Conference
THE DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL STUDIES and Comparative Literature is proud to announce their third annual conference on "Intellectual Properties: Archive, Cannon, Clone, and Copy". Click here for more information.
Tuesday, September 16, 2014
University of Nevada Las Vegas Faculty Position American Politics
THE UNIVERSITY of NEVADA LAS VEGAS is accepting applications for an open tenure track position in American Politics. Click here to learn more about the position and to apply.
University of Southern California Faculty Position Native North American Indigenous Experience
THE DEPARTMENT of AMERICAN STUDIES & ETHNICITY at the University of Southern California is seeking a tenure-track assistant professor or tenured associate professor in the field of Native North American Indigenous Experience. Click here to learn more about the position and to apply.
CIC and Smithsonian Institution Fellowship
THE CIC AND THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION invite fellowship applications for one-year fellowships to support research in residence at Smithsonian Institution facilities. Click here for more information and click here to apply.
Mellon Fellowships for Dissertation Research in Original Sources
THE COUNCIL ON LIBRARY and INFORMATION RESOURCES (CLIR) is now accepting applications for the 2015 Mellon Fellowships for Dissertation Research in Original Sources. The program will be offering about fifteen fellowships for 2015. Click here for more information and to apply.
Interdisciplinary Doctoral Fellowships (IDF) internal deadline: October 20th, 2014, 12pm, noon
The Graduate School's is offering the Interdisciplinary Doctoral Fellowships (IDF), which includes $23,000 and full tuition. The American Studies internal deadline is based on the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) deadline. If you intend to apply and partner with a different center/institute, contact amstdy@umn.edu by Wednesday, September 24th, so we can review those center/institute requirements.
All materials required by the center/institute that you are applying to (with the exception of the letter of endorsement from the director of the center/institute) are due to Melanie by the Department's internal deadline of October 20th, 2014 at 12pm, noon.
The instructions for applying to the IAS for an IDF can be found here:
http://ias.umn.edu/programs/idf/application-instructions/
For Graduate School (general) information about the IDF and the centers/institutes that will house IDF fellows, please click here:
http://www.grad.umn.edu/projects-priorities/idinitiatives/fundingopps/idf/
All materials required by the center/institute that you are applying to (with the exception of the letter of endorsement from the director of the center/institute) are due to Melanie by the Department's internal deadline of October 20th, 2014 at 12pm, noon.
The instructions for applying to the IAS for an IDF can be found here:
http://ias.umn.edu/programs/idf/application-instructions/
For Graduate School (general) information about the IDF and the centers/institutes that will house IDF fellows, please click here:
http://www.grad.umn.edu/projects-priorities/idinitiatives/fundingopps/idf/
Presidential Management Fellows Program
THE PRESIDENTIAL MANAGEMENT FELLOWS PROGRAM will be accepting applications from master's and doctoral students for a two-year paid fellowship with a federal agency. Application period: October 1, 2014 - October 15 2014. Click here for more information and to apply.
Joseph J. Kwiat award for the best grad student conference paper presented at ASA. Application deadline: October 1
The American Studies Department's Joseph J. Kwiat award is for up to
$500 towards travel expenses to attend the ASA annual meeting, awarded
to the best University of Minnesota American Studies graduate student
conference paper presented at ASA. Application deadline: October 1,
2014 by 12pm, noon.
This award was established to recognize Joseph J. Kwiat who was one of
the three major figures in shaping and teaching in the Department of
American Studies.
Students who have had papers accepted for the 2014 annual meeting may
apply. This award is for up to $500 for travel expenses to attend the
ASA annual meeting. The funds will be distributed in the form of an
expense reimbursement. To apply, submit a copy of your ASA conference
paper to Melanie at stein196@umn.edu by October 1, 2014, 12:00 Noon.
Applicants will be notified of results shortly before the ASA
conference.
Students who apply for this award are also encouraged to apply for the
ASA's Gene Wise - Warren Susman Prize (application deadline of October
1st, 2014).
http://www.theasa.net/prizes_and_grants/awards_and_prizes/#WiseSusman
$500 towards travel expenses to attend the ASA annual meeting, awarded
to the best University of Minnesota American Studies graduate student
conference paper presented at ASA. Application deadline: October 1,
2014 by 12pm, noon.
This award was established to recognize Joseph J. Kwiat who was one of
the three major figures in shaping and teaching in the Department of
American Studies.
Students who have had papers accepted for the 2014 annual meeting may
apply. This award is for up to $500 for travel expenses to attend the
ASA annual meeting. The funds will be distributed in the form of an
expense reimbursement. To apply, submit a copy of your ASA conference
paper to Melanie at stein196@umn.edu by October 1, 2014, 12:00 Noon.
Applicants will be notified of results shortly before the ASA
conference.
Students who apply for this award are also encouraged to apply for the
ASA's Gene Wise - Warren Susman Prize (application deadline of October
1st, 2014).
http://www.theasa.net/prizes_and_grants/awards_and_prizes/#WiseSusman
Procedure for Requesting Use of Grad Research and Conference Travel Funds
All American Studies graduate students are provided up to $1500 in department Research and Conference Travel funding over the course of your graduate career. Requests are limited to $500 per instance. Because the funds are limited, you are encouraged to apply for outside sources and to rely on this department funding only when you are unable to secure outside funding. Good sources include conference organizations and "best paper" competitions. The following is a list of several University web sites with information about additional funding opportunities:
http://www.grad.umn.edu/prospective_students/Financing/other.html
https://sites.google.com/a/umn.edu/gapsa/home/grants/scholarly-travel-grants
http://www.cogs.umn.edu/awards.html
http://global.umn.edu/funding/grad.html
You may request funding as soon as the criteria for each allocation are met. The typical response time in which you will receive a reply indicating whether or not your request has been approved is two weeks. Note: Funds are distributed after the travel takes place in the form of a reimbursement for specific expenses incurred. Please review the specific processes below and contact Melanie Steinman if you have any questions.
Requesting Funds for Conference Travel
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American Studies grad students in active status may request funding to travel to scholarly conferences to present a research paper. We will not provide funds for presenting the same paper at more than one conference.
Criteria for conference travel funding:
• You are in good standing
• You have been accepted to present research at a conference
• Your total claim from the research and conference travel funds has not exceeded $1500
To request conference travel funds, email Melanie Steinman, stein196@umn.edu, with the following:
• Student ID# and name of adviser(s)
• Proof of acceptance to present at conference
• Paper title and conference name, date, and location (if not indicated on proof of acceptance)
• Amount requested (not to exceed $500) with detailed budget proposal
• For students traveling internationally: Proof of University-issued international insurance OR approved waiver http://global.umn.edu/travel/approval/index.html AND TRAVEL APPROVAL, IF NECESSARY http://global.umn.edu/travel/approval/index.html
• DO NOT submit receipts with your request. Approved requests will include instruction for submitting reimbursement form with receipts.
Please note, we prefer, as proof of acceptance to present at conference, a PDF of the conference program page showing the session in which you will participating. However, a forwarded email from the conference organizers or hard copy acceptance letter will also suffice.
Requesting Funds for Research Travel
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American Studies grad students in active status may request funds to cover expenses related to dissertation research. Covered expenses include travel costs and reproduction of essential documents and images.
Criteria for research funding:
• You are in good standing
• You have successfully completed the preliminary portfolio exam
• Proposed research is clearly connected to dissertation
• Proposal clearly establishes a justification for research (e.g. travel to an archive to investigate materials not otherwise available)
• Proposal sets out a sound research design
• Your total claim from the research and conference travel funds has not exceeded $1500
To request research travel funds, email Melanie Steinman, stein196@umn.edu, with the following:
• Student ID# and name of adviser(s)
• One page description of your project, including title
• Up to a one page research proposal clearly describing in detail the research you will undertake (be as specific as possible about the use of archives, libraries, interviews, etc)
• Amount requested (not to exceed $500) with detailed budget proposal
• For students traveling internationally: Proof of University-issued international insurance OR approved waiver http://global.umn.edu/travel/approval/index.html AND TRAVEL APPROVAL, IF NECESSARY http://global.umn.edu/travel/approval/index.html .
• DO NOT submit receipts with your request. Approved requests will include instruction for submitting reimbursement form with receipts.
http://www.grad.umn.edu/prospective_students/Financing/other.html
https://sites.google.com/a/umn.edu/gapsa/home/grants/scholarly-travel-grants
http://www.cogs.umn.edu/awards.html
http://global.umn.edu/funding/grad.html
You may request funding as soon as the criteria for each allocation are met. The typical response time in which you will receive a reply indicating whether or not your request has been approved is two weeks. Note: Funds are distributed after the travel takes place in the form of a reimbursement for specific expenses incurred. Please review the specific processes below and contact Melanie Steinman if you have any questions.
Requesting Funds for Conference Travel
******************************************************************************
American Studies grad students in active status may request funding to travel to scholarly conferences to present a research paper. We will not provide funds for presenting the same paper at more than one conference.
Criteria for conference travel funding:
• You are in good standing
• You have been accepted to present research at a conference
• Your total claim from the research and conference travel funds has not exceeded $1500
To request conference travel funds, email Melanie Steinman, stein196@umn.edu, with the following:
• Student ID# and name of adviser(s)
• Proof of acceptance to present at conference
• Paper title and conference name, date, and location (if not indicated on proof of acceptance)
• Amount requested (not to exceed $500) with detailed budget proposal
• For students traveling internationally: Proof of University-issued international insurance OR approved waiver http://global.umn.edu/travel/approval/index.html AND TRAVEL APPROVAL, IF NECESSARY http://global.umn.edu/travel/approval/index.html
• DO NOT submit receipts with your request. Approved requests will include instruction for submitting reimbursement form with receipts.
Please note, we prefer, as proof of acceptance to present at conference, a PDF of the conference program page showing the session in which you will participating. However, a forwarded email from the conference organizers or hard copy acceptance letter will also suffice.
Requesting Funds for Research Travel
******************************************************************************
American Studies grad students in active status may request funds to cover expenses related to dissertation research. Covered expenses include travel costs and reproduction of essential documents and images.
Criteria for research funding:
• You are in good standing
• You have successfully completed the preliminary portfolio exam
• Proposed research is clearly connected to dissertation
• Proposal clearly establishes a justification for research (e.g. travel to an archive to investigate materials not otherwise available)
• Proposal sets out a sound research design
• Your total claim from the research and conference travel funds has not exceeded $1500
To request research travel funds, email Melanie Steinman, stein196@umn.edu, with the following:
• Student ID# and name of adviser(s)
• One page description of your project, including title
• Up to a one page research proposal clearly describing in detail the research you will undertake (be as specific as possible about the use of archives, libraries, interviews, etc)
• Amount requested (not to exceed $500) with detailed budget proposal
• For students traveling internationally: Proof of University-issued international insurance OR approved waiver http://global.umn.edu/travel/approval/index.html AND TRAVEL APPROVAL, IF NECESSARY http://global.umn.edu/travel/approval/index.html .
• DO NOT submit receipts with your request. Approved requests will include instruction for submitting reimbursement form with receipts.
Christine Hayes Talk
THE CENTER FOR JEWISH STUDIES is pleased to announce Christine Hayes talk "We're no Angels: Perfectionism in Rabbinic Judaism". It will be held Thursday, September 18, 2014 @ 7:30 p.m. at Beth El Synagogue, 5225 Barry St. W, St. Louis Park, MN 55416. Click ChrisHayes_AJW.pdf for more information.
Professor Ramah McKay Talk
THE ANTHROPOLOGY SOCIAL BROWN BAG SERIES is pleased to present Professor Ramah McKay (Department of Anthropology). Her talk, titled "Postsocial Prescriptions: The Multiplicity of Medicine will be held on Monday, September 22 from 12-1pm in Heller 445. Contact Beverly Fok (fokxx008@umn.edu) for a copy of the reading and click Ramah McKay Brown Bag flyer 22sept2014.pdf for more information.
Wednesday, September 10, 2014
NBER Postdoc Fellowships
THE NATIONAL BUREAU of ECONOMIC RESEARCH is offering multiple one-year postdoctoral fellowships. Click here for more information and to apply.
UofM Funding Workshops
THE INSTITUTE for DIVERSITY, EQUITY, and ADVOCACY & OFFICE for DIVERSITY in GRADUATE EDUCATION are offering multiple workshops on funding, grants, and proposal writing. Click here for more information and to register.
funding workshops-2.pdf
funding workshops-2.pdf
UST Dept of Art History Speaker Series WAR/ART/PEACE
THE DEPARTMENT OF ART HISTORY, at the University of St. Thomas, is pleased to announce its 5th annual speaker series, this year titled "War/Art/Peace". The series begins Friday, Sept. 19th with Dr. David Lubin giving a talk titled "Behind the Mask: WWI, Plastic Surgery and the Modern Beauty Revolution". Click here for more information.
Danny LaChance New York Times Op-Ed
DANNY LaCHANCE PhD '11 has written an op-ed piece for the New York Times. Click here to read the article online.
Dr. Suzanna Walters Talk
THE GWSS, COMMUNICATION STUDIES, and AMERICAN STUDIES DEPTS. are sponsoring a talk by Dr. Suzanna Walters about her new book The Tolerance Trap. The talk will be held on Oct. 22nd at 4:00pm in STSS 230. Click here for more information.
Walters_Flyer.pdf
Walters_Flyer.pdf
Cultural Studies Association CFP
CULTURAL STUDIES ASSOCIATION has put out a call for papers for its 13th annual meeting titled "Another University is Possible: Praxis, Activism, and the Promise of Critical Pedagogy". Click here for more information and to submit papers.
UCSD Transnational Asia & Asian Diaspora Studies Faculty Position
UNIVERSITY of CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO is accepting applications for a faculty position in Transnational Asia & Asian Diaspora Studies. Click here for more information and to apply.
Wellesley College Asst. Prof. American Studies Position
WELLESLEY COLLEGE is accepting applications for an Assistant Professor of American Studies. Click here for more information and to apply.
Future of Monogamy and Nonmonogamy Conference Feb. 13 -15, 2015
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE on the FUTURE of MONOGAMY and NONMONOGAMY has put out a call for papers for its 4th annual conference, which takes place in Berkeley, CA February 13th - 15th, 2015. Click here for more information and to submit papers.
MIT History Faculty Positions
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE of TECHNOLOGY has two open faculty positions in history. The first is in United States History post World War II and the second is in Latin American History post 1492. Click here to learn more about the positions and to apply.
Southeast Asians in the Diaspora Conference
THE STATES of SOUTHEAST ASIAN AMERICAN STUDIES CONFERENCE will be held at the UofM this year on October 2nd & 3rd. The conference is entitled "Southeast Asians in the Diaspora". Click here for more information and to register.
UCSB Assistant Professor LGBTQ Studies Position
UNIVERSITY of CALIFORNIA SANTA BARBARA is accepting applications for an Assistant Professor in LGBTQ Studies. Click here for more information and to apply.
Wednesday, September 3, 2014
American Studies Annual Potluck Wed, Sept. 10th 6-8pm
THE ANNUAL AMERICAN STUDIES POTLUCK GATHERING of students, faculty, and staff to celebrate the beginning of the academic year will be on Wednesday, September 10th from 6:00 - 8:00pm, please bring a dish to share. Contact amstdy@umn.edu for more details.
Submit Syllabi and Office Hours
FALL 2014 INSTRUCTOR'S & TAs: Please submit a copy of your course syllabus electronically to Zac at rakke001@umn.edu by Wednesday, Sept 10th, 2014. Please also include the time(s) and day(s) you will be holding office hours for the upcoming semester.
Environment America Intern Opportunities
ENVIRONMENT AMERICA is looking for 2014 Fall interns to work on their Clean Water Campaign in Minnesota. Click here to learn more and apply.
American Indian and Indigenous Studies Workshop Meeting
AMERICAN INDIAN and INDIGENOUS STUDIES WORKSHOP will be holding its organizational meeting this Friday from 3:30 - 5:30 in 1229 Heller Hall.
At this meeting we will plan our fall schedule and all students, faculty, and visitors who are interested in presenting their work this semester are encouraged to attend.
If you would like more information please feel free to email Jessica Arnett arne0207@umn.edu or Jesus Estrada-Perez estr0044@umn.edu
At this meeting we will plan our fall schedule and all students, faculty, and visitors who are interested in presenting their work this semester are encouraged to attend.
If you would like more information please feel free to email Jessica Arnett arne0207@umn.edu or Jesus Estrada-Perez estr0044@umn.edu
Welcome to Jasmine Lane
Jasmine Lane has joined the staff of American Studies, as our student worker for the fall. She is a third year student double majoring in Chemistry and Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies. Please introduce yourself to Jasmine the next time you are in Scott Hall.
Wednesday, August 27, 2014
Macalester ten open faculty positions
MACALESTER COLLEGE is pleased to announce ten open tenure track positions. Click here to see all the positions and to apply.
Graduate Workshop in Modern History - call for scholarly work
THE GRADUATE WORKSHOP in MODERN HISTORY is currently soliciting papers for its 2014 fall semester schedule. If you have a seminar paper, dissertation chapter, MA thesis, or other project you would like to submit to a journal or present at a conference the GWMH is a perfect place to receive useful and insightful feedback in an informal atmosphere. Click here to learn more and to submit work.
Any papers that use historical methodology and focus on the modern period (very loosely defined as the early nineteenth century to the present) are welcome. The GWMH accepts papers from any geographic area and any discipline, and we value comparative and interdisciplinary work.
If you are interested in presenting, please email Emily Bruce (bruce088@umn.edu) and/or Ellen Manovich (manov003@umn.edu) and indicate:
1) a general time during the semester when you would prefer to present your paper (i.e. October, late fall, anytime, etc.). This semester, the workshop will return to its past meeting time of 12:00 noon on Fridays. We're also happy to discuss reserving space for you in the spring semester.
2) a working title for the paper you wish to present.
3) a list of 2 or 3 professors who might serve as the faculty commentator for your paper. Faculty commentators initiate discussion of the paper being discussed that week. The GWMH has been a venue where professors and graduate students who have mutual interests yet do not know each other can meet.
We look forward to a semester of interesting papers and conversation.
Any papers that use historical methodology and focus on the modern period (very loosely defined as the early nineteenth century to the present) are welcome. The GWMH accepts papers from any geographic area and any discipline, and we value comparative and interdisciplinary work.
If you are interested in presenting, please email Emily Bruce (bruce088@umn.edu) and/or Ellen Manovich (manov003@umn.edu) and indicate:
1) a general time during the semester when you would prefer to present your paper (i.e. October, late fall, anytime, etc.). This semester, the workshop will return to its past meeting time of 12:00 noon on Fridays. We're also happy to discuss reserving space for you in the spring semester.
2) a working title for the paper you wish to present.
3) a list of 2 or 3 professors who might serve as the faculty commentator for your paper. Faculty commentators initiate discussion of the paper being discussed that week. The GWMH has been a venue where professors and graduate students who have mutual interests yet do not know each other can meet.
We look forward to a semester of interesting papers and conversation.
Boston University Asst Prof - Mobile Communication studies
BOSTON UNIVERSITY is pleased to announce an open assistant professor position in Mobile Communication studies. Click here to learn more and to apply.
USC Asst Prof - Native North American Indigenous Experience
USC is pleased to announce an open assistant or associate professor in Native North American Indigenous Experience. Click here to learn more and to apply.
UC Davis Asst Prof - American Studies
UC DAVIS is pleased to announce an open assistant professor position in American Studies. Specifically, they are looking for someone with interdisciplinary research expertise in transnational American studies. Click here to learn more about the position and to apply.
Wednesday, August 20, 2014
University Travel Policies
Global Programs & Strategy Alliance reminds all faculty and students that you are required to register your travel with GPS whenever you are traveling abroad for University purposes. Please click here for details
The University's Travel Policy requires all faculty and staff traveling abroad for University purposes to register their travel. This is NOT an approval process. The information on travel plans will remain confidential and only connected to an individual employee in case of emergency or if the travel destination includes Cuba or other U.S. embargoed countries*. For more details, please visit the "Traveling on Business FAQ." The process will take no more than 5 minutes and requires x.500 log-in.
*If travel includes Cuba or another U.S. embargoed country, the Travel Registry will automatically connect the traveler with Pat Briscoe, Export Controls Officer & Designated Cuba Representative in Sponsored Projects Administration.
Faculty can use this link to register: http://travelregistry.umn.edu/
Graduate Assistants, Residents, Fellows, and Students
Graduate assistants, residents, fellows, and students are required to register their travel through the Student International Travel Registry, which will facilitate completion of the following requirements:
Obtain University-approved international travel, health, and security insurance
Sign a release and waiver
Provide 24-7 emergency contacts
Complete health and safety orientation
Graduate students can use this link to register: http://global.umn.edu/travel/registration/index.html
Courtesy of Fiscal Administration, below are a few important points to consider in regards to the new travel policy:
* Receipts are not required for meals and incidentals. Travelers can claim the standard per diem rate for wherever they go.
* Frequent flier miles accrued on University business must be returned for University use, not personal.
* The University has various contracts with travel agencies, car rental companies, bus charters, and hotels. You are encouraged to use these resources whenever possible.
The University's Travel Policy requires all faculty and staff traveling abroad for University purposes to register their travel. This is NOT an approval process. The information on travel plans will remain confidential and only connected to an individual employee in case of emergency or if the travel destination includes Cuba or other U.S. embargoed countries*. For more details, please visit the "Traveling on Business FAQ." The process will take no more than 5 minutes and requires x.500 log-in.
*If travel includes Cuba or another U.S. embargoed country, the Travel Registry will automatically connect the traveler with Pat Briscoe, Export Controls Officer & Designated Cuba Representative in Sponsored Projects Administration.
Faculty can use this link to register: http://travelregistry.umn.edu/
Graduate Assistants, Residents, Fellows, and Students
Graduate assistants, residents, fellows, and students are required to register their travel through the Student International Travel Registry, which will facilitate completion of the following requirements:
Obtain University-approved international travel, health, and security insurance
Sign a release and waiver
Provide 24-7 emergency contacts
Complete health and safety orientation
Graduate students can use this link to register: http://global.umn.edu/travel/registration/index.html
Courtesy of Fiscal Administration, below are a few important points to consider in regards to the new travel policy:
* Receipts are not required for meals and incidentals. Travelers can claim the standard per diem rate for wherever they go.
* Frequent flier miles accrued on University business must be returned for University use, not personal.
* The University has various contracts with travel agencies, car rental companies, bus charters, and hotels. You are encouraged to use these resources whenever possible.
Rudy Aguilar has received his PhD
RUDY AGUILAR has received his PhD with his dissertation entitled, "Tambien Bailamos en el Norte: Sonidero, Transnational Lives, and Mexican Migrants in the Midwest." Bianet Castellanos and Rod Ferguson, advisers.
Tom Sarmiento has received his PhD
TOM SARMIENTO has received his PhD with his dissertation entitled, "The Heartland of Empire: Queer Cultural Imaginaries of Filipinas/os in the Midwest." Kevin Murphy and Kale Fajardo, advisers.
Save the Date for Graduate Recruitment Weekend 2015
SAVE THE DATES: Graduate Student Recruitment Weekend for 2015 will be held Sunday, March 22nd - Tuesday, March 24th.
"A Right to Establish a Home" Opening Reception
THE GOLDSTEIN MUSEUM of DESIGN is hosting an opening reception for their latest exhibit "A Right to Establish a Home." The exhibit examines the history behind protests against an African-American couple that moved into a "white neighborhood" in South Minneapolis in 1931. The reception is at the HGA Gallery in Rapson Hall from 6 - 8pm on Friday, August 22nd. Click here for more information.
UMass Amherst Native American Studies Lecturer Position
THE UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS, AMHERST has a potential position open to teach an Introduction to Native American Studies course. Below is a description of the course. They would ideally like someone with a PhD and experience in Native Studies. If you are interested please contact Tom Leatherman, UMass Amherst, tleatherman@anthro.umass.edu (413-545-5939).
ANTHRO:220 Title: Intro: Native American Studies Credit: 3 GenEd:
Instructor:TBS TuTh 10:00 - 11:15
Description: Lecture. This course is an introduction to the interdisciplinary field of Native Studies. Course content includes readings, writings, and discussion on indigenous peoples and cultures of the Americas (with a focus on North America) as well as contemporary cultural expressions, representations, political and legal issues, repatriation and active persistence throughout the ongoing colonization of our homelands. Students will be introduced to Native issues through a series of guest speakers in the Five College community both Native and non- Native actively working in the field of Native Studies. Readings from diverse disciplines and genres will introduce various disciplines, issues and scholars across Native Studies. Though most of our studies will focus on Native nations of North America issues confronting indigenous peoples in different parts of the world will also be discussed.
ANTHRO:220 Title: Intro: Native American Studies Credit: 3 GenEd:
Instructor:TBS TuTh 10:00 - 11:15
Description: Lecture. This course is an introduction to the interdisciplinary field of Native Studies. Course content includes readings, writings, and discussion on indigenous peoples and cultures of the Americas (with a focus on North America) as well as contemporary cultural expressions, representations, political and legal issues, repatriation and active persistence throughout the ongoing colonization of our homelands. Students will be introduced to Native issues through a series of guest speakers in the Five College community both Native and non- Native actively working in the field of Native Studies. Readings from diverse disciplines and genres will introduce various disciplines, issues and scholars across Native Studies. Though most of our studies will focus on Native nations of North America issues confronting indigenous peoples in different parts of the world will also be discussed.
Wednesday, August 13, 2014
U Libraries Workshops
U LIBRARIES is offering a ton of workshops over the next few weeks for students and faculty. The courses will help you learn to manage research, utilize library resources, navigate copyright issues, and much more. Click here to learn more and register for any of the courses available.
Tuesday, August 12, 2014
Free Books!
BOOKS! Professors Ferguson and May have cleaned out their offices and they are giving away tons of books. Stop by the Scott Hall Commons (105) by Wednesday August 20th to peruse the selection and take home anything you want.
Center for Research on Race and Ethnicity in Society Postdocs
THE CENTER for RESEARCH on RACE and ETHNICITY in SOCIETY at Indiana University is offering two postdoctoral fellowships. Click here to learn more about the fellowships and to apply.
Luce Scholars Program
THE LUCE SCHOLARS PROGRAM is open for application. The program offers a chance to spend a year in Asia as an apprentice to some of Asia's leading professionals. Click here to learn more about the program and to apply.
Tuesday, August 5, 2014
Amherst College Asst Prof of Black Studies Position
AMHERST COLLEGE'S Department of Black Studies and History is hiring an Assistant Professor in the History of the Black Atlantic. They are seeking a historian of colonial Latin America and the Caribbean with a focus on the history of comparative slavery in the Americas. Click here to learn more and apply.
Director position at Vera Institute for Justice
THE VERA INSTITUTE of JUSTICE is hiring a Director, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Program. They are looking for an experienced researcher and/or policy expert to improve policies and programs that impact people with substance abuse and mental health problems. Click here to learn more and apply.
Wednesday, July 30, 2014
Copyright Issues Workshops
THE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY is offering workshops on copyright issues for anyone teaching courses. The workshop is an hour long and will be held many times over the last few weeks of August. Click here to learn more and to register.
Asst Prof in African American Studies at Northwestern U
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY has an opening for a tenure track Assistant Professor position in the Department of African American Studies. Click here to learn more about the position and to apply.
Tuesday, July 22, 2014
Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship Program
THE SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL'S Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship Program, which is an interdisciplinary program that helps early stage doctoral students formulate dissertation research proposals. Click here to learn more and apply.
Danielle M Kasprzak named UofM Press Humanities Editor
Danielle M. Kasprzak (BA '07) has been named Humanities Editor at the University of Minnesota Press. She will be acquiring titles in cultural and literary studies, gender studies, ethnic studies, disability studies, queer studies, and cinema and media studies. Danielle joined the Press in 2008 as an Editorial Assistant and, in 2012, became Associate Editor with responsibility for cinema and media studies; she is also the editor for Minnesota's Forerunners: Ideas First ebook initiative.
AAIA Research Fellow Position
THE ASSOCIATION on AMERICAN INDIAN AFFAIRS (AAIA) is seeking a research fellow for one year to assist with implementation of the International Repatriation Program. The primary objectives of the fellowship include intensive research into international and domestic Indigenous collections and archives, assisting with implementation of a database management system, and inputting data.
The fellow will be expected to work with Indigenous communities under the supervision of the Director of the International Repatriation Program. The fellow will work directly with the Director of the Program and might be required to travel infrequently. Requirements include experience working with Native American communities in cultural resources-related fields. The position may be extended beyond one year, if funding is available. Please send a cover letter and résumé (or C.V.) to Honor Keeler at hk.aaia@indian-affairs.org.
The fellow will be expected to work with Indigenous communities under the supervision of the Director of the International Repatriation Program. The fellow will work directly with the Director of the Program and might be required to travel infrequently. Requirements include experience working with Native American communities in cultural resources-related fields. The position may be extended beyond one year, if funding is available. Please send a cover letter and résumé (or C.V.) to Honor Keeler at hk.aaia@indian-affairs.org.
UMich. Academic Program Officer Position
THE UNIVERSITY of MICHIGAN, RACKHAM GRADUATE SCHOOL is accepting applications for an Academic Program Office for Graduate Student Success position. Click here to learn more and apply.
Wednesday, July 16, 2014
American Antiquarian Society Post-Dissertation Fellowship
THE AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY is accepting applications for the 2015 - 2016 Hench Post Dissertation Fellowship, a yearlong residential fellowship at the AAS. Click here to learn more and to apply.
CINEPHILE CFP
CINEPHILE is pleased to announce a call for papers for its upcoming winter issue titled New Queer Theory in Film and Television. Click here for more information and submit a paper.
Internships with Congressman Keith Ellison
THE OFFICE OF CONGRESSMAN KEITH ELLISON is looking for fall interns in both their DC and Minneapolis offices. Click here to learn more and to apply.
WICAZO SA REVIEW CFP
WICAZO SA REVIEW is pleased to announce a call for papers for its special 30th anniversary issue. The issue will focus on Dakotah intellectual Elizabeth Cook-Lynn. Email myazzi02@unm.edu for more information.
TRANSFORMATIONS Journal CFP
TRANSFORMATIONS: The Journal of Inclusive Scholarship and Pedagogy is pleased to announce a call for papers for a special issue titled Teaching Disability. Click here to learn more and to submit an article.
Wednesday, July 9, 2014
Post Doc - University of Delaware
POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER OPENING: The Department of English at the University of Delaware invites applications for three Postdoctoral Researcher positions focusing on Writing Pedagogy. Appointment will begin August 16, 2014 and the starting salary in 2014-15 will be $48,000.
Postdoctoral Researchers in Writing Pedagogy
English Department
University of Delaware
Deadline: Open until filled
The Department of English at the University of Delaware invites applications for three Postdoctoral Researcher positions focusing on Writing Pedagogy. We seek candidates who hold a PhD in any of the areas of English Studies represented in our department, including rhetoric and composition, literary and cultural studies (see our website for areas of particular strength), English Education, film, creative writing, environmental humanities, print and material culture studies, African American Studies, critical race and ethnic studies, professional writing, and transatlantic/transnational studies. The successful candidates will be engaged in the theory and practice of teaching critical writing and will be asked to draw on their scholarly training to design a seminar-style course introducing students to writing at the university.
Appointment will begin August 16, 2014 and the starting salary in 2014-15 will be $48,000, with support for research and travel, and mentoring from senior faculty in composition. Applicants must hold a PhD by the time they begin teaching. Contract is for an initial period of one year, with possibility for renewal for two additional one year terms.
The Department of English includes some of the top scholars and educators of a broad range of fields. The successful candidate will join an intellectual community determined to lead the way in re-energizing and redefining the integrated arts of critical research and writing across the spectrum of print and digital media. We seek applicants capable of engaging with our students, and contributing to our community, with expertise, imagination, and passion. These Postdoctoral Researchers will benefit from the department's strong affiliations with interdisciplinary studies programs on campus, organizations associated with UD faculty (including the Winterthur Museum, Folger Library, Hagley Museum, and The Library Company of Philadelphia), and numerous other archives and resources in the region.
Applicants should visit www.udel.edu/udjobs and read "Applicant Instructions" under the "Resources for Applicants" tab before submitting their application. Applicants are asked to create and upload a single document that includes a cover letter, in which you discuss your aims in teaching writing, a CV, and a brief proposal for a writing course that speaks to the goals posted at http://www.english.udel.edu/programs/writing/Pages/engl110.aspx. We may subsequently ask you to provide other supporting materials, including a more detailed course outline, teaching materials, and letters of reference. Applications received by July 3, 2014, will be given first consideration.
Founded in 1743, the University of Delaware, is one of the nation's oldest institutions of higher education. Combining tradition and innovation, UD faculty are committed to leading the way in responding to the most pressing challenges of our time. Please visit our website at www.udel.edu. The University of Delaware is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages applications from minority group members and women.
Postdoctoral Researchers in Writing Pedagogy
English Department
University of Delaware
Deadline: Open until filled
The Department of English at the University of Delaware invites applications for three Postdoctoral Researcher positions focusing on Writing Pedagogy. We seek candidates who hold a PhD in any of the areas of English Studies represented in our department, including rhetoric and composition, literary and cultural studies (see our website for areas of particular strength), English Education, film, creative writing, environmental humanities, print and material culture studies, African American Studies, critical race and ethnic studies, professional writing, and transatlantic/transnational studies. The successful candidates will be engaged in the theory and practice of teaching critical writing and will be asked to draw on their scholarly training to design a seminar-style course introducing students to writing at the university.
Appointment will begin August 16, 2014 and the starting salary in 2014-15 will be $48,000, with support for research and travel, and mentoring from senior faculty in composition. Applicants must hold a PhD by the time they begin teaching. Contract is for an initial period of one year, with possibility for renewal for two additional one year terms.
The Department of English includes some of the top scholars and educators of a broad range of fields. The successful candidate will join an intellectual community determined to lead the way in re-energizing and redefining the integrated arts of critical research and writing across the spectrum of print and digital media. We seek applicants capable of engaging with our students, and contributing to our community, with expertise, imagination, and passion. These Postdoctoral Researchers will benefit from the department's strong affiliations with interdisciplinary studies programs on campus, organizations associated with UD faculty (including the Winterthur Museum, Folger Library, Hagley Museum, and The Library Company of Philadelphia), and numerous other archives and resources in the region.
Applicants should visit www.udel.edu/udjobs and read "Applicant Instructions" under the "Resources for Applicants" tab before submitting their application. Applicants are asked to create and upload a single document that includes a cover letter, in which you discuss your aims in teaching writing, a CV, and a brief proposal for a writing course that speaks to the goals posted at http://www.english.udel.edu/programs/writing/Pages/engl110.aspx. We may subsequently ask you to provide other supporting materials, including a more detailed course outline, teaching materials, and letters of reference. Applications received by July 3, 2014, will be given first consideration.
Founded in 1743, the University of Delaware, is one of the nation's oldest institutions of higher education. Combining tradition and innovation, UD faculty are committed to leading the way in responding to the most pressing challenges of our time. Please visit our website at www.udel.edu. The University of Delaware is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages applications from minority group members and women.
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