The Department of English & Cultural Studies and the graduate program in Gender Studies and Feminist Research at McMaster University jointly invite applications for a tenure-track appointment in Cultural Studies and Gender Studies at the rank of Assistant Professor to commence July 1, 2011. Assistant Professor current minimum salary for an Assistant Professor is $60,997 per annum. Specific areas of expertise are open, but might include indigenous studies, sexuality studies, queer studies, visual culture, youth cultures, critical race studies, consumer culture, and popular culture. Application deadline: January 17, 2011.
Tenure-track Position: Cultural Studies and Gender Studies / McMaster University
The Department of English & Cultural Studies and the graduate program
in Gender Studies and Feminist Research at McMaster University jointly
invite applications for a tenure-track appointment in Cultural Studies
and Gender Studies at the rank of Assistant Professor to commence July
1, 2011. Specific areas of expertise are open, but might include
indigenous studies, sexuality studies, queer studies, visual culture,
youth cultures, critical race studies, consumer culture, and popular
culture.
The successful applicant's primary appointment will be housed in the
Department of English and Cultural Studies in which tenure, if
awarded, will be held, but her/his duties will include teaching
courses in the interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Gender Studies
and Feminist Research, and the undergraduate Women's Studies minor.
The current minimum salary for an Assistant Professor is $60,997 per
annum. McMaster is a research-intensive university. Its Department of
English and Cultural Studies has both an Honours BA and an MA program
in Cultural Studies and Critical Theory. Many of the Department's
doctoral candidates are pursuing dissertations in the areas of gender
studies and cultural studies. The new Graduate Program in Gender
Studies and Feminist Research offers an MA degree and a diploma
program for PhD students in a number of Humanities and Social Science
departments at McMaster. The successful candidate will have a PhD and
demonstrated excellence in teaching and research, with a clearly
defined research program and a promising record of publication. She
or he will be expected to supervise graduate students for both the
Department of English and Cultural Studies and the Gender Studies and
Feminist Research Program, and to contribute to the administration of
both.
Applicants should send a letter of application, a curriculum vitae, a
sample of writing (e.g., an article or chapter of a
book/dissertation--maximum 25 pages), and a statement of teaching
philosophy to:
Dr. Peter Walmsley and Dr. Susan Fast
Department of English & Cultural Studies
McMaster University
1280 Main Street West
Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4L9
Applications received by January 17, 2011, will be assured of full
consideration. Applicants should arrange for three letters of
reference and graduate transcripts to reach the Department by the same
date. All documentation submitted in support of your application
becomes the property of the University and is not returnable.
For further information on the Department of English & Cultural Studies, see
http://www.humanities.mcmaster.ca/~english/
For Gender Studies and Feminist Research, see
http://gsfr.mcmaster.ca/
All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply. However, Canadians
and Permanent Residents will be given priority. McMaster University
is strongly committed to employment equity within its community, and
to recruiting a diverse faculty and staff. Accordingly, the
University especially encourages applications from women, members of
visible minorities, Aboriginal persons, members of sexual minorities,
and persons with disabilities.
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
"Continuously Rich: Dance Revolutions 2010"
"Continuously Rich: Dance Revolutions 2010" is an engaging presentation of three distinct dance pieces. It features the work of black women choreographers working from different contexts, aesthetics and thematic foci whose work comments on any stereotypical notions of what "black dance" might be. Performances will run December 10-12, 2010.
"Continuously Rich: Dance Revolutions 2010"
"Continuously Rich: Dance Revolutions 2010" is an engaging presentation
of three distinct dance pieces. It features the work of black women
choreographers working from different contexts, aesthetics and thematic
foci whose work comments on any stereotypical notions of what "black dance"
might be. University Dance students will perform a restaging of Jawole
Willa Jo Zollar's masterwork, "Walking with Pearl...Southern
Diaries," supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.
Students will also perform a re-envisioned version of Nora Chipaumire's
work, "Dark Swan," and a remounting of the piece, "A Sense of
Place," by choreographer, Makeda Thomas.
It will run December 10 - 12, 2010. For more information you can visit our
website http://www.theatre.umn.edu
"Continuously Rich: Dance Revolutions 2010"
"Continuously Rich: Dance Revolutions 2010" is an engaging presentation
of three distinct dance pieces. It features the work of black women
choreographers working from different contexts, aesthetics and thematic
foci whose work comments on any stereotypical notions of what "black dance"
might be. University Dance students will perform a restaging of Jawole
Willa Jo Zollar's masterwork, "Walking with Pearl...Southern
Diaries," supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.
Students will also perform a re-envisioned version of Nora Chipaumire's
work, "Dark Swan," and a remounting of the piece, "A Sense of
Place," by choreographer, Makeda Thomas.
It will run December 10 - 12, 2010. For more information you can visit our
website http://www.theatre.umn.edu
POL 8260, "Topics in Political Theory: Violence and the State"
POL 8260, "Topics in Political Theory: Violence and the State" will be taught spring 2011 by Professor Yves Winter. The seminar will investigate some of the seminal theoretical arguments concerning the relation between violence and the state.
POL 8260, "Topics in Political Theory: Violence and the State"
Prof. Yves Winter
ywinter@umn.edu
Violence is at the heart of the modern state's capacity to guarantee order and maintain the rule of law. Indeed, Max Weber's assertion that the modern state is characterized by its successful claim to a monopoly of legitimate violence has become a commonplace definition and criterion for statehood in the social sciences.
But what exactly does it mean to speak of a "monopoly" of legitimate violence? It is clear that there have always been formations of violence (for example racial, sexual, and economic violence) that have operated in the shadow of the state's "monopoly" and that many of these forms of non-state violence have benefited if not from the explicit sanction by or complicity of state authorities then at least from a benign indifference. Instead of accepting the state monopoly of violence as a given, we must ask what economies of violence, to what modes of production, circulation, and consumption of violence the claim to such a monopoly gives rise. What forms of violence are rendered visible or masked? In sum, the state monopoly of violence is never an established fact: it relies on a recurrent inscription of a distinction between state and non-state violence, mediated by modes of representation.
In this seminar, we will investigate some of the seminal theoretical arguments concerning the relation between violence and the state by looking at the ways in which the monopoly of violence is established and undone in modern European political theory. The first half of the semester will be spent on the sovereign logic of violence. Our trajectory will start with the question, posed by early modern European political theory, concerning the origins and legitimacy of the state's monopolization of violence. We will discuss the postulate of a natural right to violence and how 17th century social contract theorists, such as Hobbes and Locke, explain the transmogrification of this natural right to violence into a dimension of sovereignty. We will pay special attention to the ways in which this conversion relies on a selective representation of violence, on the constitutive exclusion of certain types of violence, and on a normative hierarchy between different types of violence. Two alternative models of the state's monopoly of violence--the historicist (Foucault) and the ethical (Hegel)--will complete this part of the course. Building on the conceptual work in the first part of the semester, we will then turn to a closer examination of two aspects of the state's monopoly of violence and its limits: the monopoly of punishment and the monopoly of war. We will read a selection of texts on the historical and contemporary dimensions of these formations of violence.
Readings will include texts by the following authors: Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, GWF Hegel, Max Weber, Michel Foucault, Carl Schmitt, Walter Benjamin, Catharine MacKinnon, Charles Mills, Carole Pateman, W.G. Sebald, Loic Wacquant, Talal Asad, Vanita Seth.
POL 8260, "Topics in Political Theory: Violence and the State"
Prof. Yves Winter
ywinter@umn.edu
Violence is at the heart of the modern state's capacity to guarantee order and maintain the rule of law. Indeed, Max Weber's assertion that the modern state is characterized by its successful claim to a monopoly of legitimate violence has become a commonplace definition and criterion for statehood in the social sciences.
But what exactly does it mean to speak of a "monopoly" of legitimate violence? It is clear that there have always been formations of violence (for example racial, sexual, and economic violence) that have operated in the shadow of the state's "monopoly" and that many of these forms of non-state violence have benefited if not from the explicit sanction by or complicity of state authorities then at least from a benign indifference. Instead of accepting the state monopoly of violence as a given, we must ask what economies of violence, to what modes of production, circulation, and consumption of violence the claim to such a monopoly gives rise. What forms of violence are rendered visible or masked? In sum, the state monopoly of violence is never an established fact: it relies on a recurrent inscription of a distinction between state and non-state violence, mediated by modes of representation.
In this seminar, we will investigate some of the seminal theoretical arguments concerning the relation between violence and the state by looking at the ways in which the monopoly of violence is established and undone in modern European political theory. The first half of the semester will be spent on the sovereign logic of violence. Our trajectory will start with the question, posed by early modern European political theory, concerning the origins and legitimacy of the state's monopolization of violence. We will discuss the postulate of a natural right to violence and how 17th century social contract theorists, such as Hobbes and Locke, explain the transmogrification of this natural right to violence into a dimension of sovereignty. We will pay special attention to the ways in which this conversion relies on a selective representation of violence, on the constitutive exclusion of certain types of violence, and on a normative hierarchy between different types of violence. Two alternative models of the state's monopoly of violence--the historicist (Foucault) and the ethical (Hegel)--will complete this part of the course. Building on the conceptual work in the first part of the semester, we will then turn to a closer examination of two aspects of the state's monopoly of violence and its limits: the monopoly of punishment and the monopoly of war. We will read a selection of texts on the historical and contemporary dimensions of these formations of violence.
Readings will include texts by the following authors: Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, GWF Hegel, Max Weber, Michel Foucault, Carl Schmitt, Walter Benjamin, Catharine MacKinnon, Charles Mills, Carole Pateman, W.G. Sebald, Loic Wacquant, Talal Asad, Vanita Seth.
AMST 8289 Ethnographic Research Methods: Research Strategies in American Studies
AMST 8289, "Ethnographic Research Methods: Research Strategies in American Studies *Emphasis on Space, Place, and Region" will be taught spring 2011 by Professor Kale B. Fajardo on Thursdays 3:35-5:30 p.m. This graduate seminar will focus on ethnographic methods in the context of interdisciplinary, transnational, and postcolonial American Studies--especially in relation to space, place, and region.
AMST 8289 Ethnographic Research Methods: Research Strategies in American Studies
*Emphasis on Space, Place, and Region*
Spring 2011, Thursdays 3:35-5:30, with Professor Kale B. Fajardo -- kfajardo@umn.edu)
This graduate seminar will focus on ethnographic methods in the context of interdisciplinary, transnational, and postcolonial American Studies -- especially in relation to space, place, and region. Readings will stress contemporary ethnographies and cultural critique, including for example, Scott Herring's _Another Country: Queer Anti-Urbanism_; Anna L. Tsing's _Friction_; and Kathleen Stewart's _Ordinary Affects_. Students will also have the opportunity to read 3-5 ethnographies that are related to their specific project's field-location-or-region. A short-term participant-observation, oral history, or visual ethnographic project (based primarily in the Twin Cities) is also required. Graduate students from other inter/disciplines are welcome.
AMST 8289 Ethnographic Research Methods: Research Strategies in American Studies
*Emphasis on Space, Place, and Region*
Spring 2011, Thursdays 3:35-5:30, with Professor Kale B. Fajardo -- kfajardo@umn.edu)
This graduate seminar will focus on ethnographic methods in the context of interdisciplinary, transnational, and postcolonial American Studies -- especially in relation to space, place, and region. Readings will stress contemporary ethnographies and cultural critique, including for example, Scott Herring's _Another Country: Queer Anti-Urbanism_; Anna L. Tsing's _Friction_; and Kathleen Stewart's _Ordinary Affects_. Students will also have the opportunity to read 3-5 ethnographies that are related to their specific project's field-location-or-region. A short-term participant-observation, oral history, or visual ethnographic project (based primarily in the Twin Cities) is also required. Graduate students from other inter/disciplines are welcome.
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
SOC 8390: Race & Politics in 21st Century America
SOC 8390: Race & Politics in 21st Century America is a new graduate course that will be taught spring 2011 by Professor Enid Logan on Fridays from 11:45 a.m. - 2:15 p.m. In this seminar, students will explore the changing dimensions of the social construct of "race" in the contemporary United States.
SOC 8390: Race & Politics in 21st Century America
See flyer below for more info:
Graduate Race Class Sp11.pdf
SOC 8390: Race & Politics in 21st Century America
See flyer below for more info:
Graduate Race Class Sp11.pdf
Community Organizing Careers Available to U of M graduate students and alums
DART is now accepting applications for the 2011 DART Organizers Institute -- a paid, four-month field school for people interested in launching a career in community organizing. After years of research into best practices, experimentation, evaluation, and refinement, the Organizers Institute has become THE elite field school in the training of grassroots community organizers in the country. The 7-day classroom orientation and 15-week infield training start in July 2011. Application deadline: December 20, 2010.
Community Organizing Careers Available to U of M graduate students and alums
Low-moderate income communities across the country are feeling the bite of the recession that began in December 2007. Cutbacks in human services and education, layoffs and persistent unemployment, home foreclosures, increased youth violence, predatory lending, and other serious issues are day-to-day realities for many. Now is the time for a new generation of community organizers to step up, unite people, and transform our communities. DART is recruiting and training that new generation.
DART is now accepting applications for the 2011 DART Organizers Institute -- a paid, four-month field school for people interested in launching a career in community organizing. After years of research into best practices, experimentation, evaluation, and refinement, the Organizers Institute has become THE elite field school in the training of grassroots community organizers in the country.
Participants will undergo a combined classroom and field training covering such topics as:
* Entering a community
* Identifying and training local leaders
* Strategic planning and issue cutting
* Relationship and community building
* Direct Action on community issues
* Fundraising
The DART Center has built coalitions throughout the country that have won important victories on a broad set of justice issues including:
* Education reform in low-performing public schools
* Job Creation
* Criminal Recidivism
* Predatory Lending
* Affordable Housing
* Wage Theft
The DART Organizers Institute combines a 7-day classroom orientation with 15 weeks of infield training at a local grassroots organization and in-field training site. Organizer Trainees are provided with a cost of living stipend and travel. Room, board, and tuition will also be paid by DART during the seven-day classroom training. After successful completion of the program, DART will place graduates into permanent full-time salaried positions. DART is a 501(c)(3) organization, therefore, employees of the DART Network are eligible for Public Service Loan Forgiveness under the recently enacted College Cost Reduction and Access Act.
The 7-day classroom orientation and 15-week infield training start in July 2011. Training locations and permanent placements will include cities in Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Virginia and Florida.
Although it may be helpful, no direct experience is necessary. Organizer Trainees (OTs) hired to participate in the DART Organizers Institute must demonstrate a desire to pursue community organizing as a long-term professional career.Prior to the start of training on July 10, 2011, candidates must have completed a master's degree, JD, or equivalent professional experience. Also, candidates must have proven capacity to build relationships of trust, create and execute a plan, feel comfortable working with religious institutions, demonstrate disciplined thought and action, and work in a team setting. OTs must also have access to a car during training and be flexible regarding relocation. Fluency in Spanish/English is a plus and people of color are encouraged to apply.
The national application deadline is December 20, 2010. To apply or find out more about DART, contact: Erica Horton at erica@thedartcenter.org or (785) 841-2680. Also, you can download the application or view profiles from previous OTs at the DART website: www.thedartcenter.org.
Community Organizing Careers Available to U of M graduate students and alums
Low-moderate income communities across the country are feeling the bite of the recession that began in December 2007. Cutbacks in human services and education, layoffs and persistent unemployment, home foreclosures, increased youth violence, predatory lending, and other serious issues are day-to-day realities for many. Now is the time for a new generation of community organizers to step up, unite people, and transform our communities. DART is recruiting and training that new generation.
DART is now accepting applications for the 2011 DART Organizers Institute -- a paid, four-month field school for people interested in launching a career in community organizing. After years of research into best practices, experimentation, evaluation, and refinement, the Organizers Institute has become THE elite field school in the training of grassroots community organizers in the country.
Participants will undergo a combined classroom and field training covering such topics as:
* Entering a community
* Identifying and training local leaders
* Strategic planning and issue cutting
* Relationship and community building
* Direct Action on community issues
* Fundraising
The DART Center has built coalitions throughout the country that have won important victories on a broad set of justice issues including:
* Education reform in low-performing public schools
* Job Creation
* Criminal Recidivism
* Predatory Lending
* Affordable Housing
* Wage Theft
The DART Organizers Institute combines a 7-day classroom orientation with 15 weeks of infield training at a local grassroots organization and in-field training site. Organizer Trainees are provided with a cost of living stipend and travel. Room, board, and tuition will also be paid by DART during the seven-day classroom training. After successful completion of the program, DART will place graduates into permanent full-time salaried positions. DART is a 501(c)(3) organization, therefore, employees of the DART Network are eligible for Public Service Loan Forgiveness under the recently enacted College Cost Reduction and Access Act.
The 7-day classroom orientation and 15-week infield training start in July 2011. Training locations and permanent placements will include cities in Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Virginia and Florida.
Although it may be helpful, no direct experience is necessary. Organizer Trainees (OTs) hired to participate in the DART Organizers Institute must demonstrate a desire to pursue community organizing as a long-term professional career.Prior to the start of training on July 10, 2011, candidates must have completed a master's degree, JD, or equivalent professional experience. Also, candidates must have proven capacity to build relationships of trust, create and execute a plan, feel comfortable working with religious institutions, demonstrate disciplined thought and action, and work in a team setting. OTs must also have access to a car during training and be flexible regarding relocation. Fluency in Spanish/English is a plus and people of color are encouraged to apply.
The national application deadline is December 20, 2010. To apply or find out more about DART, contact: Erica Horton at erica@thedartcenter.org or (785) 841-2680. Also, you can download the application or view profiles from previous OTs at the DART website: www.thedartcenter.org.
Call for Proposals - 5th Annual CRS Symposium
UCLA School of Law is pleased to announce a call for proposals for the 5th Annual Critical Race Studies Symposium: Race and Sovereignty. The symposium will take place March 31-April 2, 2011 at UCLA School of Law. Proposal deadline: January 7, 2011.
Call for Proposals - 5th Annual CRS Symposium
See flyer below for more detail:
RaceandSovereigntyCFP2011.pdf
Call for Proposals - 5th Annual CRS Symposium
See flyer below for more detail:
RaceandSovereigntyCFP2011.pdf
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