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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 In view of these dynamics of change, it has been argued that the sovereignty of the “nation-state” is an outdated concept.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

Eligibility Requirements:

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.

JOB: Interdisciplinary, University of Delaware

Interdisciplinary Faculty Positions for Study of Diversity

The University of Delaware seeks to hire a minimum of two professors

as part of a university-wide commitment to bring to campus accomplished scholars whose work examines the history, culture, politics or creative works of racially or culturally marginalized communities employing a range of analytical and creative conceptual frameworks and methodologies. Applicants who have a Ph.D. (or J.D. for legal scholars) in the arts and humanities, social or behavioral sciences, or business and economics, law and public policy will be appointed in the department of their discipline. Applications from scholars with interdisciplinary interests and who examine social dynamics at the intersection of diverse groups are especially welcome. We expect to hire at the associate or full professor rank though assistant professors are also encouraged to apply.

The University of Delaware, a RU/VH: Research University, is a Sea, Space, and Land Grant institution, strategically located on a beautiful campus in Newark, Delaware in the middle of the Northeast corridor.  Nearby Wilmington is approximately halfway—or an hour and a half by train–between New York and Washington, D.C. Philadelphia and Baltimore are each about an hour away.  The University of Delaware is a well-endowed public institution with selective admissions, resulting in a student body of about 17,000 undergraduate and 3,500 graduate students. The University has an excellent compensation and benefits package that, according to the Chronicle of Higher Education, makes it a “Great College to Work For.”

Review of applications will begin November 15, 2011 and continue until positions are filled. To apply, please submit–in a single Word or PDF document–a current CV and cover letter indicating your interest in the position, relevant scholarly activities and accomplishments and any leadership or collaborative engagement in institutional or community projects to https://www.udel.edu/udjobs.   Letters of reference and other materials may be requested at a later date.  Inquiries should be addressed to the search committee chair: James M. Jones, Chair of Diversity Search Committee, Department of Psychology, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, ude.ledu.hcyspobfsctd-7205c9@senojmj

 

 

JOB: Interdisciplinary, New Mexico State University

Honors College Position Announcement

New Mexico State University seeks to fill a tenure track assistant professor position in an interdisciplinary field that will provide depth to its Honors College, strength to an academic department, and diversity to its faculty. Although the appointment will be made in an academic department, the candidate’s teaching responsibilities will include one course per semester in the Honors College, with the remainder of the teaching, scholarship, and service/outreach assignment to be determined by the relevant academic department.

The candidate should have prior experience teaching courses at the undergraduate level as well as a track record promoting the educational achievement of undergraduate underrepresented minority students. The candidate should also have a record of scholarship and/or creative activity in the appropriate discipline. Applications are especially encouraged from persons whose scholarship emphasizes one or more of the following interdisciplinary perspectives: health disparities; nanotechnology; ethics, including bio/medical ethics; economic development, including entrepreneurship; Southwestern and border history and/or culture;social and/or environmental justice; sustainability; the social, cultural, and/or educational experiences of underrepresented minorities.

A complete description of the position may be found on the NMSU Human Resources web site (position #2011004381): https://www.nmsu.edu/~personel/postings/faculty/13491837.html.

Applications must be submitted online via the New Mexico State University Honors College web site at: https://honors.nmsu.edu/honors-college-position. Review of applications will begin November 15, 2011 and will continue until the position is filled.

NMSU IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY/AFFIRMATIVE ACTION EMPLOYER

CFP: Politics, Literature and Film

Call for Papers for the 70th Annual MPSA Political Science Conference, April 12 – 15, 2012, in Downtown Chicago

Paper Proposal Deadline: 10/14; Poster Proposal Deadline 12/2.    Submit a Proposal

  • Research:   A conference with about 1000 panels in all subfields, including Politics, Literature & Film.
  • Location:   Everything takes place in the oldest continuously operating hotel in North America, the Palmer House Hilton, Downtown Chicago.
  • Plenary:   The invited Plenary Speaker is Stephen Breyer, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court.
  • Networking:   Opening Reception on Wednesday; Reception in the Exhibit Hall on Thursday; President’s Reception on Saturday night.
  • Exhibit Hall:   View new textbooks & discuss manuscripts with Publishers; Job Placement service for any interested, registered attendees.

Please forward this Call for Proposals to colleagues you think may be interested.

Founded in 1939, the MPSA is located in Bloomington, Indiana (101 W. Kirkwood Ave., Suite 207).  Visit our website here www.mpsanet.org