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POSTDOC: Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Washington University

The Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program at Washington University in St. Louis seeks to fill a two-year post-doctoral appointment in masculinities and queer theory, to begin in the 2012-13 academic year.  We are particularly interested in candidates from disciplines or interdisciplinary programs in the social sciences and humanities.  Special consideration will be given to those whose research explores transnational and/or intersectional issues and masculinities, as well as queer theory. The responsibilities of this appointment include course teaching and research. [Read more…] about POSTDOC: Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Washington University

CFP: Mediated Performances of Identity, Barcelona, June 2012

8th Biennial MESEA Conference
The Society for Multi-Ethnic Studies: Europe and the Americas 13–16 June 2012
Blanquerna School of Communication, Ramon Llull University, Barcelona, Spain
Call for Papers Media and Mediated Performances of Ethnicity

“A decade into the twenty-first century, media culture has become a prime driving force in politics, culture, society, and everyday life. We can argue that the media—readily accessible to everyone—provide models for cultural perspectives and positions, and new forms of identity. In many ways the media have become today’s dominant culture, with visual, aural/oral, and digital forms of media culture increasingly replacing book culture among large sectors of the world’s urban population, requiring a fundamental revision of the notion of literacy. Media have also become prime constituents of socialization, with social-networking sites, blogs, Twitter, YouTube, and other similar vehicles shaping our lives in significant ways” (Davis, Fischer- Hornung and Kardux, 1).

This argument, put forth in the introduction to the MESEA volume Aesthetic Practices and Politics in Media, Music and Art (Routledge 2010), points to the current need to heighten our critical engagement with media in its multiple forms. [Read more…] about CFP: Mediated Performances of Identity, Barcelona, June 2012

JOB: Native American Studes, UC Davis

UC Davis Department of Native American Studies
Hemispheric Indigenous People’s Socio-Cultural Politics
Open-Rank Professor

 The Department of Native American Studies at the University of California, Davis (UCD) invites applications for an open-rank position in the area of hemispheric indigenous people’s socio-cultural politics to begin July 1, 2012.  This position would be filled by an interdisciplinary scholar whose field(s) fall(s) within humanities and/or social sciences, with a specialization in Mexico, Central America, as well as possibly borderlands research and/or emphasis in some other area of Latin America.  We are searching for a scholar whose work employs a hemispheric perspective and the political and cultural relevance of the social phenomena taking place in the Americas.  Candidates must have a doctorate in hand by the first day of classes. [Read more…] about JOB: Native American Studes, UC Davis

CFP: Crossing Boundaries in the Americas, Mexico, September 2012

CALL FOR PAPERS:  Crossing Boundaries in the Americas:Dynamics of Change in Politics, Culture, and Media
Guadalajara, Mexico, September 25 – 27, 2012
Second Bi-Annual Conference of the International Association of Inter-American Studies

Mass migration, accelerated urbanization, and the processes of transnational economic integration are profoundly challenging the social and cultural constitution of the Americas in the New Millennium. In view of these dynamics of change, it has been argued that the sovereignty of the “nation-state” is an outdated concept. The gradual decline of the geopolitical hegemony of the U.S. is also changing the ways in which influence is negotiated regionally, as new global players from the South—such as Brazil—are gaining power. [Read more…] about CFP: Crossing Boundaries in the Americas, Mexico, September 2012

FELLOWSHIPS: Predoc, Diss, Postdoc – Ford Foundation

Starting September 1, 2011 Applications will be accepted for the 2012 Ford Diversity Fellowships Program for Achieving Excellence in College and University Teaching. Full eligibility information and online applications are available on our website at: https://nationalacademies.org/ford

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CFP: MELUS, Multiethnic Literatures, April 2012

26th Annual MELUS Conference and 6th Conference of the United States Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies
April 19-22, 2012
Santa Clara University, California
THEME: Ethnic Literatures and Transnationalism
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS: Bill Ashcroft, Wlad Godzic, Francisco Jimenez, David Marriott

As an ongoing and vital process through which societies and cultures have become integrated through a globe-spanning network of communications, economics, and politics, globalization addresses the transnational circulation of ideas and languages. Its impact on literature is manifold, with both positive and negative associations, wherein cultures receiving outside influences ignore some, adopt others as they are, and then immediately start to transform others. Certain aspects of globalization – such as hybridity and multi-rootedness – are increasingly present in literary texts as we witness ways in which they shape new literary forms, interrogate existing canons, and explore the emergence of ethnic canons. [Read more…] about CFP: MELUS, Multiethnic Literatures, April 2012

JOB: Comparative Ethnic Studies, UC Berkeley

TENURE TRACK APPOINTMENT IN COMPARATIVE ETHNIC STUDIES
WITH AN EMPHASIS ON CHICANA/O LATINA/O STUDIES

Pending budgetary approval, the Department of Ethnic Studies at the University of California, Berkeley, invites applications for an Assistant Professor of comparative ethnic studies with an emphasis on Chicana/o Latina/o studies.  The successful candidate should have a Ph.D. in an appropriate disciplinary or interdisciplinary field by the time of appointment.  We encourage scholars engaged in the overlapping research areas of Chicana/o and U.S. Latina/o cultural studies, visual and performance studies, media studies, feminist studies, and queer studies to apply.  The position will have teaching responsibilities in the Chicana/o Studies Program, the comparative Ethnic Studies undergraduate program and the Comparative Ethnic Studies doctoral program.  The department seeks candidates whose research, teaching, or service has prepared them to contribute to our commitment to diversity and inclusion in higher education.

Salary is commensurate with the level of appointment and based on University of California pay scales.

Applications are due by Monday, November 7, 2011, for a start date of July 1, 2012.  Applications should include a cover letter, CV, writing sample or publication, supporting evidence of teaching quality  (if available) and names of 3 referees with contact information. Please direct your referees to the University’s statement on confidentiality of records at https://apo.chance.berkeley,edu/evalltr.html.

Applications may be submitted to:

https://ls-ourunit.berkeley.edu:80/candidate/selRegister.php?i=593
(website) or by mail to:
Chair, Search Committee, 506 Barrows Hall, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA  94720-2570.

UCB is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer. The University of California, Berkeley, is committed to addressing the family needs of faculty.