The Gender Research Institute at Dartmouth welcomes applications for a postdoctoral fellowship. Applicants may be from any academic discipline, provided that their research has a strong gender-related emphasis. The appointed fellow will receive an annual stipend of $55,000. Deadline for applications is January 6, 2014.
While scholars at any stage of their career are eligible, they especially encourage applications from recent recipients of the Ph.D. or equivalent degree, especially scholars with strong theoretical expertise and interdisciplinary training.
The Gender Research Institute is Dartmouth College's flagship center for interdisciplinary gender-based research. The Institute's mission is to promote and support gender-based research by providing a fertile meeting ground where academics, teachers, community leaders, and scholar-activists from across the globe come together with the Dartmouth community at large to address issues of profound social relevance.
GRID Postdoctoral Fellows must be in residence during their fellowship and will be required to work closely with the GRID Faculty Seminar Leader to prepare GRID's annual research seminar their first year. This is a 10 week seminar usually held during spring term around an interdisciplinary topic, the past two being: "Seeds of Change: Gender, Scholarship, and Social Change" (Spring 2013) and "Times of Crisis" (Spring 2014). In addition to their work with the faculty leader, fellows will also be required to teach one class during their first year in residence, WGST 96: Advanced Research in Women's and Gender Studies, an experimental course that runs parallel to the GRID seminar for interested students. In year two, fellows will be expected to serve as liaisons and mentors for the incoming postdoctoral fellow, serve as support for the new research seminar, and conduct their own research.
The appointed fellow will enjoy full use of college research resources, receive an annual stipend of $55,000 plus benefits, an annual research allowance of $2,000, and a first year computer allowance of $2500. Dartmouth College provides numerous collegewide forums for interdisciplinary conversations and supports a solid cohort of postdoctoral fellowships in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences.
Deadline: Applications for the 2014-16 fellowship must be received on or before
January 6, 2014. Incomplete applications will not be reviewed. Please submit: (1) a
letter of application outlining gender-related field of research, work completed and in
progress, objectives for the postdoctoral fellowship years, and teaching experience; (2)
CV; (3) writing sample; and (4) three letters of support to Interfolio at
http://apply.interfolio.com/23884.
Please direct questions to: gender.research.institute@dartmouth.edu.
Wednesday, November 20, 2013
John Borchert Lecture on Friday, November 22
The Coffee Hour Committee is hosting the John Borchert Lecture on Friday, November 22 at 3:30 in L-110 Honeywell Auditorium. Dr. Thomas Ficher will give a talk titled "What is GeoDesign and Why Does It Matter?"
Thomas Fisher, Professor in the School of Architecture and Dean of the College of Design at the University of Minnesota, will give the seventh annual Borchert Lecture, which honors the late John Borchert, University of Minnesota Regents Professor in Geography and member of the U.S. National Academy of Science. This annual lecture features notable speakers in the area of geographic information science and coincides with Geography Awareness Week and GIS Day. Dr. Fisher's presentation, What is GeoDesign and Why Does It Matter?, will take place on Friday, November 22 from 3:30 to 5:00 pm in the Honeywell Auditorium (L-110), Carlson School of Management on the West Bank campus. A graduate of Cornell University and Case Western Reserve University, he has written 7 books, 47 book chapters or introductions, and over 325 articles in professional journals and major publications. Named a top-25 design educator four times by Design Intelligence, he has lectured at 36 universities and over 150 professional and public meetings in the U.S. His most recent book, Designing to Avoid Disaster: The Nature of Fracture-Critical Design (Routledge, 2012), looks at failures across an array of systems and argues for a more ecologically based way of thinking about the infrastructures we all depend on.
Thomas Fisher, Professor in the School of Architecture and Dean of the College of Design at the University of Minnesota, will give the seventh annual Borchert Lecture, which honors the late John Borchert, University of Minnesota Regents Professor in Geography and member of the U.S. National Academy of Science. This annual lecture features notable speakers in the area of geographic information science and coincides with Geography Awareness Week and GIS Day. Dr. Fisher's presentation, What is GeoDesign and Why Does It Matter?, will take place on Friday, November 22 from 3:30 to 5:00 pm in the Honeywell Auditorium (L-110), Carlson School of Management on the West Bank campus. A graduate of Cornell University and Case Western Reserve University, he has written 7 books, 47 book chapters or introductions, and over 325 articles in professional journals and major publications. Named a top-25 design educator four times by Design Intelligence, he has lectured at 36 universities and over 150 professional and public meetings in the U.S. His most recent book, Designing to Avoid Disaster: The Nature of Fracture-Critical Design (Routledge, 2012), looks at failures across an array of systems and argues for a more ecologically based way of thinking about the infrastructures we all depend on.
Brown Bag Series with Emily Springer
The Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Global Change is holding the Brown Bag Series "Behind the PowerPoint: Knowledge Production through International Development Evaluation Systems." The event will be held on Friday, November 22 at 12:00pm in 537 Heller Hall. Emily Springer will be presenting.
Abstract: Since the late 1980s, international development donors have increasingly required the demonstration of return-on-investment through quantitative performance metrics. With the proliferation of 'rigorous' metrics, statements about people in developing countries (see above chart) obtain a factlike status. This preliminary research interrogates the knowledge produced by international development evaluation systems from the perspective of the people charged with producing the data - evaluation specialists. I will present data from interviews with three specialists affiliated with USAID contractors and discuss tentative conclusions in relation to sociological theory on quantification. Despite evaluation's stated goal to find 'what really works' in development, these specialists describe a system where failure is constantly edited out and ambiguity ignored. While these professionals aspire for alternative procedures, they participate in the daily realities of reporting under deadlines. I approach this topic from the perspective that transnational evaluation systems play an increasingly powerful role in a web of neocolonial relations.
Abstract: Since the late 1980s, international development donors have increasingly required the demonstration of return-on-investment through quantitative performance metrics. With the proliferation of 'rigorous' metrics, statements about people in developing countries (see above chart) obtain a factlike status. This preliminary research interrogates the knowledge produced by international development evaluation systems from the perspective of the people charged with producing the data - evaluation specialists. I will present data from interviews with three specialists affiliated with USAID contractors and discuss tentative conclusions in relation to sociological theory on quantification. Despite evaluation's stated goal to find 'what really works' in development, these specialists describe a system where failure is constantly edited out and ambiguity ignored. While these professionals aspire for alternative procedures, they participate in the daily realities of reporting under deadlines. I approach this topic from the perspective that transnational evaluation systems play an increasingly powerful role in a web of neocolonial relations.
Candidate for CAS Director: Egbert Klautke
The Center for Austrian Studies is hosting two events featuring Egbert Klautke, the candidate for CAS director.
The first event, "A Vision for the Center for Austrian Studies," will take place on Thursday, November 21 from 11:30-12:45pm in 614 Social Sciences.
The second event, "The Descent of Freud:on the Reception and Popularization of Freudianism in Europe and America,c. 1930-1990," will be held on Friday, November 22 from 2:00-3:30pm in 1210 Heller Hall.
The first event, "A Vision for the Center for Austrian Studies," will take place on Thursday, November 21 from 11:30-12:45pm in 614 Social Sciences.
The second event, "The Descent of Freud:on the Reception and Popularization of Freudianism in Europe and America,c. 1930-1990," will be held on Friday, November 22 from 2:00-3:30pm in 1210 Heller Hall.
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
2013 Outstanding Unit Award for Equity and Diversity
The Department of American Studies is a co-recipient of the 2013 Outstanding Unit Award for Equity and Diversity presented by The Office for Equity and Diversity (OED) at the University of Minnesota. This award honors transformational equity and diversity work that both demonstrates outstanding leadership in equity and diversity, and is collaborative, sustainable, and linked to the stated mission and vision of the group.
Pa'u Hana Reception
The Department of American Studies, University of Hawaii, is hosting the Pa'u Hana Reception at the ASA Annual Meeting on Saturday, November 23, from 4:00-6:00pm at the Washington Hilton, Columbia Hall Foyer, to celebrate the University of Hawai'i becoming the new editorial office for American Quarterly in 2014.
Lary May Recipient of the MAASA
Lary May is the recipient of the MAASA (Mid-America American Studies Association) 2013 Elizabeth Kolmer Award, which is given annually to honor teaching and mentoring in the field of American Studies and service to MAASA.
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