Upcoming Call for Papers, Panelists,
Funding & Employment Opportunities, Awards and Summer Courses
October 23, 2014
Welcome to the CASCA Graduate Student List! We hope that this list will grow and support the new Student Network at CASCA; all members of CASCA's Student Network as well as graduate program directors who have events or opportunities of interest to our members are invited to contact the moderators ([log in to unmask]). Links to detailed posting guidelines : in English and French.
Bienvenue sur la liste de diffusion des étudiant(e)s diplômé(e)s de CASCA !
Nous espérons que cette liste va s'agrandir et soutenir le nouveau réseau des étudiants de CASCA; tous les membres du réseau des étudiants de CASCA ainsi que les directeurs de programmes d'études supérieures qui ont des événements ou des possibilités d'intérêt pour nos membres sont invités à contacter les modérateurs ([log in to unmask]). Voir ci-dessous pour directives sur les affectations détaillées: Links to detailed posting guidelines: in English and français.
In this newsletter:
1. CALLS
a) Opportunities
[1] Female Ethnographers- Research Project “Trust, Intimacy and Sexual Harassment”
[2] Ethnography Reviewers- Anthropology of Food, Body and Sensations- Allegra: A Virtual Lab
[3] Panel- Workshop - 2 students per Panel (6 Panels)- The Society for Psychological Anthropology- AAA Meeting
b) CFP Publications & Conferences
[1] Abstract- Conference- on Grasping 'Everyday Justice': An Ethnographic Approach- Deadline: October 24, 2014
[2] Proposal- Graduate Student Conference- Changing Asia in the Globalizing World: Boundaries, Identity and Transnationalism- Deadline: November 1, 2014
[3] Abstract- Graduate Student Conference- Context and Meaning XIV: Ideology(ies)- Deadline: November 3, 2014
[4] Conference- Refugee Livelihoods: Innovations in Career-laddering- Forced Migration Innovation Project- Deadline: November 4, 2014
[5] Proposal- Conference- Past Histories & Present Stories: Finding Meaning in Human Rights- Deadline: November 21, 2014
[6] Submission- Journal- Market Failures, Famines, & Crises- Deadline: November 25, 2014
[7] Proposal- New Frontiers- History- Canada- York University- Deadline: November 28, 2014
[8] Abstract- Conference- Pursuing Justice in Africa- Deadline: November 28, 2014
[9] Submission- Contingent Horizons- York University- Deadline: December 15, 2014
[10] Submission- Journal- Aging the Technoscape- Deadline: June 1, 2015
2. FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES AND AWARDS
[1] Student Paper Prize- Anthropology of Religion- SAR members
[2] The Thomas Marchione Food-as-a-Human-Right Award - Society for the Anthropology of Food and Nutirition - Deadline: October 31, 2014
[3] Christine Wilson Award Student Paper Award 2014 - Society for the Anthropology of Food and Nutrition - Deadline: October 31, 2014
[4] Canada Graduate Scholarships - Masters (CGS-M) - SSHRC - Deadline: December 1, 2014
[5] Halperin Memorial Fund - Deadline: December 15, 2014
[6] RICHARD F. SALISBURY AWARD - Fieldwork Funding - CASCA - Deadline: February 1, 2015
3. EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES (in addition to http://www.cas-sca.ca/latest-jobs)
[1] Assistant Professor - Global Health/Medical Anthropology - Colby College - Deadline: November 1, 2014
[2] Louise Lamphere Visiting Professorship in Anthropology and Gender Studies - Brown University - Deadline: November 1, 2014
[3] UCI Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellowship in Criminology, Law & Society - Deadline: November 1, 2014
[4] A.W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship Program at University of Wisconsin-Madison - Deadline: November 1, 2014
[5] Assistant Professor- Tenure track- Cultural Anthropology- Rhode Island College- Deadline: November 1, 2014
[6] Postdoctoral Scholar Program - Center for Research on Race and Ethnicity in Society (CRRES), Indiana University, Bloomington - Deadline: November 10, 2014
[7] Assistant Professor- Tenure Track- Medical Anthropologist- Department of Sociology and Anthropology- University of Texas at El Paso- deadline November 15, 2014
[8] Editor-In-Chief, American Anthropologist - Deadline: January 31, 2015
4. Requests and queries from members of the CASCA Student Network (reply directly to the poster)
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5. SUMMER COURSES
[1] India Overseas Study Summer Course 2015 - University of Ottawa
[2] Summer Institute on Research Design in Cultural Anthropology (SIRD) - Duke University Marine Laboratory - Course Applicants- Deadline: March 1, 2015
[3] Summer Course on Research Design (SCRD) - Duke University Marine Laboratory - Deadline: March 1, 2015
[4] Smithsonian Institution Summer Institute in Museum Anthropology (SIMA) - Deadline: March 1, 2015
[5] Ethnographic Field School (EFS) - Tallahassee, Florida - Deadline: March 1, 2015
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1. CALLS
a) Opportunities
[1] Female Ethnographers- Research Project “Trust, Intimacy and Sexual Harassment”
Patricia Richards and Rebecca Hanson, Department of Sociology at the University of Georgia, are seeking women ethnographers (from any social science discipline) to be interviewed for a qualitative research project titled: Trust, Intimacy, and Sexual Harassment: What doing "good" qualitative research means for women in the field.
We are seeking participants to be interviewed about their fieldwork experiences. Interview questions will focus on building trust with research participants, gender-related issues that arise during this process, and experiences of sexual harassment or overtures by research participants.
We are interested in a broad range of experiences (for example, from women who experienced uncomfortable sexualized interactions to overt sexual harassment and those who worked in mixed, male-dominated, or female-dominated settings).
Interviews will last approximately one hour. Participants must be women currently pursuing or holding a master’s or doctoral degree in the social sciences. They must also be conducting ethnographic research or have conducted ethnographic research within the past ten years. If interested please contact Rebecca Hanson ([log in to unmask], [log in to unmask]) for further information.
[2] Ethnography Reviewers- Anthropology of Food, Body and Sensations- Allegra: A Virtual Lab
Allegra: a Virtual Lab is looking for reviewers for recent publications linked to its ongoing thematic week in the Anthropology of Food, Body and Sensations; http://allegralaboratory.net/recent-publications-on-food-reviewers-wanted/
One of the ethnographies on the list looks at the slaughterhouse and the killing of non-human bodies and another one explores women’s agency in relation to food insecurity – so hopefully something for everyone! If you are interested in reviewing one of these books for us, please contact Allegra’s Editor, Judith Beyer, or Reviews assistant, Sophie Allies-Curtis,[log in to unmask] and we will send you a copy! We construct our bodies through the consumption and non-conception of food, a subject explored in Charlotte Biltekoff book, looking at ‘our obsession with diet as a proxy for health’. In the books on our list food is used as a means to explore a wide range of subjects, such as ideas around how what we eat shapes our identities: from migration in the Caribbean, to the importance of rice and community in Vietnam and inclusion/exclusion among the Garos of Assam. Other ethnographies focus on food movements and activism, linking in with Allegra’s on-going thread on #Sustainability; Fair Trade tea in India, ethical food in post socialist societies and the impact of globalisation on food consumption are just a few of the subjects covered.
Here are our review guidelines:
Spelling: British English. Please use –ise and not –ize word endings.
Word limit: 750-1500 words
Font: Times New Roman
Size: 12
Line Spacing: 1,5
No footnotes.
If you cite other authors, please reference their publication in the end.
The review is to be written within three months from the dispatch of the book.
Please also include your name and (academic) affiliation.
Allegra is a social media experiment to find creative ways to fill the ‘Dead Space’ that currently exists in between ongoing societal and academic discussions today, and eventual scholarly publications appearing in a few years (http://allegralaboratory.net/about/). Our previous thematic lists of Recent Publications include AnthroIslam (http://allegralaboratory.net/current-publications-on-islam-looking-for-reviewers-anthroislam/) and Economics (http://allegralaboratory.net/recent-publications-on-economics-reviewers-wanted/). Tips on how to become an 'Allegra Top Reviewer' are found here: http://allegralaboratory.net/how-to-become-an-allegra-top-reviewer/
[3] Panel- Workshop - 2 students per Panel (6 Panels)- The Society for Psychological Anthropology- AAA Meeting
The Society for Psychological Anthropology will sponsor six student-faculty workshops at the AAA meetings in Washington DC this December.
The workshops are informal settings for graduate students to discuss their research with like-minded students and leading scholars in the field.
Each workshop can accommodate three students and the workshops are free and open to all SPA student members. Meals/café snacks will be provided for all workshops, depending on the time of day. The workshops are:
1. Byron Good (Harvard University)
Topic: Psychological Anthropologists Working in Global Mental Health Settings
2. Eugene Raikhel (University of Chicago)
Topic: Psychiatry and Mental Health
3. Claudia Strauss (Pitzer College)
Topic: Narrative Analysis
4. Ted Lowe (Soka University of America)
Topic: Publishing in Psychological Anthropology
5. Rebecca Lester (Washing University in St. Louis)
Topic: Integrating Clinical Practice and Academic Research
6.Kristin Yarris (University of Oregon)
Topic: Interdisciplinary Work as a Psychological Anthropologist
To apply to a workshop, please complete the following form, which includes a 250-300 word essay on your work and aims for the project: http://goo.gl/forms/HnE79OKk3h. Email Erin McFee ([log in to unmask]) with any questions or concerns that you have.
You do not have to be a member of the SPA at the time of application, but we request you join the Society for Psychological Anthropology should you be selected to participate.
Participants will be accepted on a first-come, first-reviewed basis, and with the requirement that applicants’ projects/questions be closely related to the workshop topics. As such, please submit your applications as soon as possible.
The student-faculty workshops at the AAA meetings last fall filled up very quickly, and I anticipate these to do the same.
b) CFP Publications & Conferences
[1] Abstract- Conference- on Grasping 'Everyday Justice': An Ethnographic Approach- Deadline: October 24, 2014
Conference on Grasping 'Everyday Justice': An Ethnographic Approach, 6 - 7 February 2015, Hosted by the Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities (CRASSH), University of Cambridge, UK
Just as the effects of the law do not belong to any specific institutional space or domain, but manifest themselves in everyday life, so too does justice permeate the everyday (e.g., Merry 1990; Greenhouse, Yngvesson, & Engel 1994; Ewick & Silbey 1998; Sarat & Kearns 2009). Justice is woven into the fabric of everyday existence at different levels and in manifold ways. People understand, perceive, receive, experience and accomplish justice in many forms, either by themselves or through the mediation of other actors. Justice is plural in its meanings and expressions, while regimes of justice range in scale from family arbitration and indigenous forms of justice, to the International Criminal Court. It therefore seems inevitable that justice will remain both a familiar ideal or norm, and a difficult concept to specify.
This conference aims to generate a cumulative account of the 'everyday nature of justice'. We invite theoretically grounded papers offering ethnographic insights into the plural nature of 'everyday justice' across the globe. By bringing together scholars whose work teases out the multiple locations and layers of 'everyday justices', our goal is to spotlight the process of everyday justice formation in all its ambiguity, complexity and plurality.
In soliciting work at the junction of 'justice' and the 'everyday', we intend to provoke a reconceptualization of justice across multiple settings, one that brings a wider and more plural range of scholarship to bear on currently intractable social conflicts. Papers should lend ethnographic substance to our understandings of the multiform ways in which everyday notions of justice are rooted in social processes of meaning-making.
Please send abstracts of up to 500 words along with a brief biographical statement to Sandra Brunnegger <[log in to unmask]> byOctober 24, 2014. Decisions will be made by October 31, 2014.
Further information can be found at http://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/25658.
[2] Proposal- Graduate Student Conference- Changing Asia in the Globalizing World: Boundaries, Identity and Transnationalism- Deadline: November 1, 2014
The York Centre for Asian Research (YCAR) is calling for proposals for its third international graduate student conference, Changing Asia in the Globalizing World: Boundaries, Identity and Transnationalism, being held May 1 and 2, 2015, at York University’s Glendon campus.
The conference is multidisciplinary, and submissions that bring together various theories, methods, and empirical findings in new and creative ways are encouraged. Submissions are welcome from area studies, cultural studies, literary studies, media studies, history, religious studies, women’s studies, disability studies, urban studies, communication studies, art history, philosophy, geography, sociology, anthropology, political science and other academic disciplines.
Interested participants should submit by email a paper title, abstract with keywords (250 words maximum) along with brief biographical information (name, affiliation, stage of graduate study) by Nov. 1. All information should be included in one Word document attached to the e-mail. Save the Word document with your name as the file name.
For more information: http://yfile.news.yorku.ca/2014/09/24/call-for-papers-changing-asia-in-the-globalizing-world/
[3] Abstract- Graduate Student Conference- Context and Meaning XIV: Ideology(ies)- Deadline: November 3, 2014
Context and Meaning XIV: Ideology(ies)
We are pleased to announce that the fourteenth annual Context and Meaning graduate student conference will take place at Queen’s University on Friday, January 30th and Saturday, January 31st, 2015. This year’s theme is “Ideology(ies)” or, the (un)conscious ideas, values and beliefs embodied in society. We invite students to submit proposals for papers on issues surrounding ideologies as expressed through visual and material culture. We are interested in exploring this theme in a variety of contexts, including, but not limited to:
· Particular ideologies: religious, gender-based, class-based, race-based, political, national, cultural, individual, institutional, community-based
· How ideologies change over time
· How ideologies can be revealed or obscured
· Deconstructing ideologies
This conference is open to both historical and contemporary topics, and may relate to things considered “fine art” as well as those encountered in the everyday. Submissions are welcome from graduate students, as well as those who have completed their studies within the last year, from across Canada and the United States who conduct research in all disciplines that engage with visual and material culture. In light of our theme, we seek to assemble a diverse group of scholars in order to foster interdisciplinary discussions. Each presenter will be allotted twenty minutes to deliver her or his paper, followed by a ten-minute discussion period. If you are interested in speaking at Context and Meaning XIV, please email an abstract of no more than 300 words, along with a brief letter of introduction, to [log in to unmask].
As a blind panel will review all submissions, please ensure that your name and the title of your paper are included in your letter of introduction, but that your name and other identifying marks are left off the abstract.
Please note that all participants are required to fund their own travel and accommodation.
Deadline for submissions: November 3rd, 2014.
If you have any questions concerning the conference, please contact us at [log in to unmask].
Graduate Student Conference Committee
Kirsten Christopherson, Marla Dobson, Amanda Thackway, Emma Wood
Graduate Visual Culture Association ‘Context and Meaning XIV’ Conference Organisers
Department of Art, Queen's University
Kingston, Ontario, Canada
[4] Conference- Refugee Livelihoods: Innovations in Career-laddering- Forced Migration Innovation Project- Deadline: November 4, 2014
The Forced Migration Innovation Project at Southern Methodist University is pleased to announce the Call For Papers for its conference on
Refugee Livelihoods: Innovations in Career-laddering, held at the Dallas Highland and Conference Center in Dallas, Texas from 4th-5th March 2015.
2015 SPECIAL CONFERENCE FOCUS:
"Refugee Livelihoods: Innovations in Career-Laddering "
Stakeholders in refugee resettlement around the globe are searching for innovative and durable solutions to sustainable refugee livelihoods. In response, the Forced Migration Innovation Project at Southern Methodist University is committed to bringing the best and brightest ideas in livelihood and career-laddering innovation. This unique conference will gather academics, service providers, employers, state actors, faith based organizations, and academics to inspire creative collaborative paths forward. Its goal is to inspire the rethinking of refugees in resettlement as active agents in their own livelihoods.
The 2015 meeting will focus on this provocative subject. We welcome debate, discourse, and research from scholars and practitioners who want to engage with a broad audience these issues as well as other subjects related to facilitating moves for newcomers toward sustainable livelihoods.
CONFERENCE THEMES:
Proposals for inspiring presentations, workshops, short films, posters, or colloquia are invited that address the broader themes listed below. In addition to the special focus, paper presentations will be grouped into one of the following categories for presentation at the conference:
Theme 1: New technologies aiding marginalized populations in obtaining sustainable livelihoods
Theme 2: Creative private/public sector partnerships moving newcomers into living wages
Theme 3: Mainstream development programming that could be adapted to limited English speakers
Theme 4: Innovative solutions to overcoming the traditional barriers to career-laddering
Theme 5: Policy and public discourse – barriers and prospects for overcoming them
Theme 6: Refugee voices- their experiences and strategies for overcoming obstacles in career-laddering
Deadline to submit a proposal (a title and short abstract) is 4 November 2014 direction to Dr. Faith Nibbs ([log in to unmask]) with FMIP Abstract in the subject line.
For more information on submitting your proposal and registering for the conference, please visit this website: www.smu-fmip.org
[5] Proposal- Conference- Past Histories & Present Stories: Finding Meaning in Human Rights- Deadline: November 21, 2014
The Centre for Human Rights invites you to submit a proposal for the attend the 6th annual Inclusion Day Conference 2015, York University
Theme: Past Histories & Present Stories: Finding Meaning in Human Rights
The conference, being held January 28, 2015, at the Keele campus, will explore the following themes:
How are human rights made real?
How are identities navigated/changed?
What are the new human rights battles being fought or are we still fighting the same issues from the past?
Some of the areas that proposals could focus on, but are not limited to:
Indigenous knowledge
Intersectional identities
Race and racialization
Gender expression/expectations/identity
(dis)Abilities
Business, Science & Human Rights
Religion/Spirituality
Knowledge production & pedagogy
Immigration/Refugee issues
Community leadership & mobilisation
Sexual orientation
Social Media & Human Rights
To Apply: Complete the Submission form by 5pm November 21, 2014
Also see: Call for proposals 2015 form in a PDF format and our call for proposals flyer here.
We look forward to sharing our knowledges together!
[6] Submission- Journal- Market Failures, Famines, & Crises- Deadline: November 25, 2014
disClosure: A Journal of Social Theory Issue 24: Market Failures, Famines, & Crises
CALL FOR PAPERS
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: November 25, 2014
The editorial collective of disClosure seeks submissions that explore Market Failures, Famines, & Crises as they are understood in a variety of areas and disciplines, including (but not limited to) Agricultural & Historical Economics; Sociology; Philosophy; Communications; Theories of Crises, Panics, & Economic Behavior; and Economic Instability, Uncertainty, & Precariousness.
Possible topics might include:
Capitalism
Recessions
Social Democracy
Social Movements
Occupy Wall Street
Market Fundamentalism
Local & Microeconomics
The Gold Standard
Famine
Globalization
Neoliberalism
Unemployment
Keynesianism
Socialism
Financialization
Regulation
Marxist/Marxian Criticism & Critical Theory
Political Movements
Economic Movements
The Great Recession/Depression
disClosure is a blind refereed journal produced in conjunction with the Committee on Social Theory at the University of Kentucky. We welcome submissions from all theoretical perspectives and genres (scholarly articles, interviews, reviews, short fiction, poetry, artwork) and from authors and artists (academically affiliated or not) concerned with social theory.
SUBMISSION INFORMATION:
Scholarly Articles, Essays, Poetry, and Fiction: Please submit electronically in PDF or Word format to http://uknowledge.uky.edu/disclosure. Submissions should be double-spaced with no more than 10,000 words. Manuscripts, notes, and bibliographies should follow Chicago format, where applicable.
Book Reviews: Please submit electronically in PDF or Word format to http://uknowledge.uky.edu/disclosure. These should be approximately 1,000 words and should review works published no earlier than 2010.
Art and Digital Media: Artists should submit material as high-quality .jpgs to http://uknowledge.uky.edu/disclosure.
**Authors are responsible for securing copyright and fair-use notices and must submit them prior to disClosure publication. All material accepted by disclosure for publication becomes property of the journal. disClosure is not responsible for loss or damage resulting from submission.
Inquiries: Grace Cale, Lydia Roll
For Submissions, Visit our website: http://uknowledge.uky.edu/disclosure
http://uknowledge.uky.edu/disclosure/call_for_papers.pdf
[7] Proposal- Graduate Conference- New Frontiers- York University- Deadline: November 28, 2014
NEW FRONTIERS, GRADUATE HISTORY CONFERENCE, York University, Toronto
February 19-21, 2015
www.yorknewfrontiers.wordpress.com
Call for Papers
We are seeking proposals for the nineteenth annual New Frontiers in Graduate History Conference. We encourage papers from a wide range of national, regional, thematic and methodological backgrounds. New Frontiers is an excellent opportunity for both MA and PhD students in history and related fields to present papers to colleagues from across Canada and the United States. We will be accepting papers on any geographic location and on a wide range of themes and topics including but not limited to:
· History and Historiography
· Public Memory and Commemoration
· Law, Politics, and Protest
· Popular Culture and Consumerism
· Gender, Sexuality, and the Body
· Religion and Society
· Empire and Nation
· Work, Class, and Community
· Urban, Rural and Environmental
· Migration and Diaspora
· Race, Ethnicity, and Identity
· Science, Medicine, Technology and Society
· First Nations, Metis, and Inuit
· Sovereignty and the State
· Public History and Education
· Intellectual History
Applicants are invited to submit 250 word proposals for individual papers or panels of either three or four papers. Submissions must be accompanied by a short biographical statement and email contact information. The deadline for submissions is November 28, 2014.
Please complete your submission online by clicking on the following link:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1yoZXr8p7ef61vUD0-SeoVcuts0sTCAFGOHdxQG5dG_8/viewform
Or by visiting: www.yorknewfrontiers.wordpress.com
New Frontiers Conference: c/o Victoria Jackson, Erica McCloskey, Barry Torch
Department of History, York University, 4700 Keele St.,
Toronto, ON, Canada M3J 1P3
[8] Abstract- Conference- Pursuing Justice in Africa- Deadline: November 28, 2014
University of Cambridge, Cambridge (UK), March 27-28, 2015
Convenors: Jessica Johnson and George Karekwaivanane
http://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/25640
In recent decades, justice has been overshadowed as a subject of concern to scholars of Africa by vast literatures centring on rights, crime, punishment, policing and social order. This neglect of justice is striking given the increasing presence of international justice institutions, such as the International Criminal Court, on the African continent and the remarkable diversity of legal structures of justice. Across Africa, complex pluralities of ‘customary’, religious, state, and transnational justice regimes interact on what is often contested terrain. This interdisciplinary conference will place the past and present negotiation of competing notions of justice under scrutiny, with the aims of:
** Moving beyond currently dominant themes in socio-legal studies of Africa by asking broader questions about the aims and aspirations of those engaging with formal, informal or ‘customary’ law, legal reform, and legal institutions.
** Exploring the potential of a focus on justice to overcome limitations associated with the study of human rights, not least their questionable resonance with the vernacular concerns of African citizens. And at the same time, probing the relationship between rights and justice.
** Considering the conceptual possibilities of justice as a means of bypassing contested notions of legal pluralism for understanding intersections of local, national and international legalities.
** Remaining alert to what a focus on justice might obscure or exclude. How, for example, does the language of justice relate to concerns about power and inequality?
** Gathering together scholars from a variety of disciplines whose work converges on issues of justice in Africa and whose projects have not previously been brought into conversation.
The focus of the conference is on the many and varied actors pursuing visions of justice in Africa – their aspirations, divergent practices and articulations of international and vernacular idioms of justice. We will bring together topics of research that are at the cutting edge of contemporary scholarship across a wide range of disciplines, including activism, resource extraction, international legal institutions, and post-conflict reconciliation. Our engagement will be both empirical and theoretical: we aim to grapple with alternative approaches to the concept of justice and its relationships with law, morality, and rights. The keynote address will be given by Professor Kamari Maxine Clarke.
We welcome papers from a range of disciplines, including - but not limited to - anthropology, history, law, criminology and politics. In order to allow time for discussion, presentations will be limited to 20 minutes. We are unable to fund travel and accommodation but will cover registration costs and conference meals for all delegates, and we can provide advice about accommodation in Cambridge.
To apply please send a 300-word abstract to [log in to unmask] by 28 November 2014.
[9] Submission- Journal- Contingent Horizons- York University- Deadline: December 15, 2014
Call for Papers & Peer Reviewers 2015 – Volume 2
Contingent Horizons is York University’s student journal of anthropology. We aim to showcase scholarly and creative works of academic excellence by undergraduate and graduate students. We invite prospective contributors to submit their original, unpublished works for publication in our second volume. All contributions will be academically peer-reviewed, and selected submissions will be published online with complimentary print copies provided to the authors.
1) We encourage the submission of original works that pertain to the discipline of anthropology, including but not limited to: ethnographies, literature reviews, research papers, creative writing, and photo essays. Anthropology majors and non-majors are encouraged to submit their work. We are also looking for students to write brief book reviews of current anthropological or ethnographic works. DEADLINE for submissions is December 15, 2014. Please review the publication guidelines at www.contingenthorizons.com/publication-guidelines before submission.
2) We are currently recruiting both undergraduate and graduate students who are willing to contribute to this process between mid-October 2014 and mid-January 2015. Each peer reviewer will be asked to provide substantial and constructive feedback about the content of a maximum of 2-3 submissions. If you are interested in reviewing for our second volume, please e-mail [log in to unmask] with the subject line “PEER REVIEW”.
For information about the call for papers & peer reviewers 2015 and/or to read our inaugural issue please visit:www.contingenthorizons.com.
[10] Submission- Journal- Aging the Technoscape- Deadline: June 1, 2015
Aging the Technoscape: The technoscape, as described by Appadurai (1990) in his seminal work on globalization, refers to the "global configuration, ever fluid, of technology," as well as the permeations of technology through other domains of economic and social life. Over the last 25 years, the technoscape has become dominated by an array of digital technologies, virtual worlds, and forms of mobile connectedness that are no longer used or designed by or for younger cohorts alone. The Pew Research Center reports that 43% of Americans over 65 use social networking sites (three times that recorded only five years prior); Japan has dedicated the equivalent of 22 million dollars in its 2013 budget to the development of robots to assist in eldercare; and many large-scale initiatives are linking aging and technology through ethnographic research, such as the Intel Corporation's Global Aging Experience Project and the MIT AgeLab.
This special issue seeks to explore not only the impact of new technologies on the lives of older people around the world, but also how theories arising out of socio-cultural anthropology and gerontology can reveal new dimensions of the technoscape that may go unnoticed in youth-dominated popular discourse. We seek submissions grounded in empirical evidence that goes beyond simple juxtapositions of technologies and aging, but finds ways in which they blend, combine, and (re)shape each other. Possible submission topics might include:
-time/space in the technoscape of telemedicine and care-related apps
-technoscapes of surveillance and connectedness (emergency call pendants, assistive robots, e.g.)
-changing representations of aging in the technoscape (imaging technology, art and tech)
-technology as a focus of older cohort sociality and leisure (computer classes, tablet tea times, e.g.)
-digital technology for bridging intergenerational relationships
-the political economy of aging the technoscape
-Digital technology in treating cognitive impairment
-anti-aging, techno-immortality
-the use of ethnography in creating aged technoscapes, and the use of technology in ethnographies of aging
-technoscapes in and of the built environment and age-friendly cities
All submissions should be submitted no later than June 1, 2015.
2. FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES AND AWARDS
[1] Student Paper Prize- Anthropology of Religion- SAR members
The Society for the Anthropology of Religion is still accepting submissions for its second annual student paper prize in the anthropology of religion. The student paper prize is aimed towards recognizing and encouraging the writing by students of compelling ethnographies on religion. This prize is intended to foster theoretically significant, ethnographically rich, and publicly-oriented work by scholars at an early stage in their career.
Any paper written by an undergraduate or graduate student involving the anthropology of religion is eligible, if was prepared for the 2014 meeting of the American Anthropological Association in Washington, DC. Books are not eligible for this competition, nor are works in which religion is of secondary or nominal importance. To be eligible, students must be members of the SAR.
The prize will be awarded at SAR's Business Meeting at the American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting in December 2014. The recipient will receive a certificate and a $250 cash prize. The deadline for submissions is October 24th, 2014.
To submit a paper for consideration, please send an electronic copy to Jessica Mason, Chair of the Student Paper Prize Committee, at [log in to unmask].
[2] The Thomas Marchione Food-as-a-Human-Right Award - Society for the Anthropology of Food and Nutrition - Deadline: October 31, 2014
The Society for the Anthropology of Food and Nutrition is pleased to announce an endowed award that honors the seminal work Dr. Marchione did on behalf of the poor and undernourished in academics and through his work as a Peace Corps volunteer, at The Caribbean Food and Nutrition Institute, The Great Lakes Project on the Economic Crisis and USAID. Made possible through generous donations of family and friends, this annual award will be given to a student whose work continues and expands Dr. Marchione’s efforts toward food justice, food security and access, and most directly, food as a human right. Students applying for this award should demonstrate active and productive engagement with food security and food sovereignty issues. The award can be in recognition of exemplary work already accomplished, in progress, or for proposed research in the field of food as a human right and the social justice aspects of food systems. It should show concern for the poor and undernourished and a willingness to take an active role in working on behalf of food sovereignty. Ideally, it would be given to those who are trying to work, in Dr. Marchione's words, on “the best and more sustainable approaches to fulfill the right to food.” Given Dr. Marchione’s legacy, preference will be given to proposals from students actively engaged in the central issues that animated his career as a scholar-activist.
There will be one annual award of $600. The award may be for proposed or in-process research or a research prize for completed work. The deadline for applications is October 31st, 2014. The award will be presented to the awardee at the SAFN annual business meeting at the AAA annual meeting. For more information and application materials, click here or paste into your browserhttp://foodanthro.com/thomas-marchione-award/
[3] Christine Wilson Award Student Paper Award 2014 - Society for the Anthropology of Food and Nutrition - Deadline: October 31, 2014
The Society for the Anthropology of Food and Nutrition (SAFN) is pleased to invite students to submit papers in competition for the 2014 Christine Wilson Awards presented to outstanding undergraduate and graduate student research papers that examine topics within the perspectives in nutrition, food studies and anthropology.
Papers may report on research undertaken in whole or in part by the author. Co –authored work is acceptable, provided that submitting student is first author. Papers must have as their primary focus an anthropological approach to the study of food and/or nutrition and must present original, empirical research; literature reviews are not eligible. Papers that propose a new conceptual framework or outline novel research designs or methodological approaches are especially welcome. Winners will be recognized and presented with an award at the 2014 AAA meeting in Washington, DC and receive a year’s membership in SAFN.
Students (undergraduate or graduate) must be currently enrolled or enrolled during in the past academic year (Fall 2013 to present). The text of papers should be no longer than 25 pages, double-spaced and follow AAA style guidelines. For application details please visit the SAFN website [http://foodanthro.com/christine-wilson-award/].
Deadline: October 31, 2014
[4] Canada Graduate Scholarships - Masters (CGS-M) - SSHRC - Deadline: December 1, 2014
The Canada Graduate Scholarships -- Masters (CGS-M) competition is now open. Please encourage all of your eligible students to submit an application. Details of the eligibility criteria can be found via the link immediately below.
Value: $17, 500 for 12 months
Information, Instructions, and Link to Application:
http://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Students-Etudiants/PG-CS/CGSM-BESCM_eng.asp
Deadline: December 1, 2014
Information to Note: Students must have their applications completed in the Research Portal by December 1, 2014. This includes the Canadian Common CV (CGS-M version), transcripts, research proposal, and reference letters. The letters will be submitted electronically by the referees through the Portal.
Information on the Research Portal for students, professors, and referees can be found here: http://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ResearchPortal-PortailDeRecherche/Instructions-Instructions/index_eng.asp
Students will upload a single PDF file containing all of their transcripts to the Research Portal themselves. Transcripts may be marked "Issued to Student," but may not be web printouts and must include the transcript legend. While the CGS-M instructions indicate that transcripts must be in black and white, students may submit colour transcripts if a) the file size doesn't exceed the maximum and b) a colour scan is necessary in order for the transcript to be completely legible. Applications with missing or illegible transcripts will be deemed ineligible and excluded from competition.
Please ask your students to use York's specific graduate program names when indicating which program they wish to hold the award in--we had some issues last year with students providing program names that didn't match what we offer, or that could have been more than one program. The list of programs is here: http://futurestudents.yorku.ca/graduate/programs
The program-level eligibility review must include a check to ensure that the student has directed their application to the correct agency (i.e. SSHRC, NSERC, CIHR). The subject matter eligibility guidelines can be found via the following link; we encourage all students and programs to pay especial attention to the "Guidelines for the Eligibility of Applications Related to Health":http://www.science.gc.ca/default.asp?lang=En&n=FEE7261A-1
If students or programs are unsure about which agency is the most appropriate, please forward a copy of the research proposal to Melissa Dalgleish. The Tri-Council agency under whose mandate the research is most likely to fall will be asked to make a determination.
Any research that may appear to overlap the mandates of more than one agency must include a clear rationale in the research proposal for being funded by the selected agency.
Applications may be deemed ineligible for one of the following reasons: 1) Missing or illegible documents, 2) Failure to follow application instructions (e.g. page limits and presentation standards), 3) Failure to meet the minimum GPA requirement, 4) Ineligible citizenship status, 5) Failure to secure admission to a graduate program at York University (either by applying and not being offered admission, or by not applying). Applicants will be informed by FGS that they are ineligible and will be provided with the reason.
Applications will be adjudicated by three committees, one for each Agency. The adjudication meetings will happen in mid- to late March. Our number of awards to disburse this year are as follows:
SSHRC: 78 NSERC: 6 CIHR: 8 TOTAL; 92
Students will be informed of the results, through Research Portal, on April 1, 2015. All students from all universities will be informed of the results on the same date. Students have 21 days to accept or decline the award.
Information about students who have been offered an award will be circulated to programs shortly after the student results have been made available. FGS will not be providing information about students' positions on the waiting list.
[5] Halperin Memorial Fund - Deadline: December 15, 2014
The Halperin Memorial Fund Committee is pleased to announce that the 2015 award represents an increase over previous years: $2000 for initial research field work, plus $500 for travel to the meetings of the Society for Economic Anthropology to present initial results.
The Rhoda Halperin Memorial Fund celebrates the life and work of Rhoda Halperin by supporting PhD students in anthropology who emulate her love of economic anthropology and concern for people on the social margin. In memory of Rhoda’s convivial collegiality, the Fund also encourages student professional development through participation in the scholarly meetings of the SEA and AAA. To meet these goals, students engaged in economic research focused on social exclusion and poverty are provided small grants for preliminary dissertation field work and subsequent travel money to present their findings at the Society for Economic Anthropology annual conference
[http://econanthro.org/awards/halperin-memorial-fund/].
Because Rhoda Halperin’s career exemplified the integration of anthropological theory with social activism, for the purposes of this award, economic anthropology is broadly defined to include applied and non-applied perspectives, research that engages with issues of poverty, exclusion from the political process, and access to education.
DONATIONS TO THE FUND
The Halperin Memorial Fund is a fund of the Society for Economic Anthropology, a Section of the American Anthropological Association, which is a 501(c)3 organization. Donations to The Halperin Memorial Fund are typically exempt from federal income tax, as are membership fees, but please consult your tax advisor regarding your specific situation. When you make a donation to support the Halperin Memorial Fund by check, please make your check to “SEA/American Anthropological Association” and note that the donation is for the Halperin Memorial Fund.
American Anthropological Association
attn: Accounting
2300 Clarendon Blvd, Suite 1301
Arlington, VA 22201-3386
ELIGIBILITY
a. Any student enrolled in an anthropology (or allied field) doctoral program, regardless of citizenship or nation, is eligible for the award.
b. Strong preference is given to students early in the dissertation process rather than to those who are further along and have already developed their proposals.
c. The funds are not intended for language study.
APPLICATION AND DEADLINE
Applicants who meet the eligibility requirements may apply for the award by providing the following materials by the deadline listed below. All materials should be submitted via email to Martha Rees ([log in to unmask]) by December 15, 2014. We will announce awards by February 15, 2015.
a. Proposal Cover sheet
b. Abstract (100 words)
c. Project description, < 500 words about research goals, itinerary, primary research tasks,
potential outcomes
d. Curriculum Vitae
e. Letter of recommendation (included or under separate cover)
Find application forms at [http://econanthro.org/awards/halperin-memorial-fund/].
THE AWARD
Recipients receive $2,000 for preliminary PhD research, issued upon acceptance of the award and notification to the Treasurer of the SEA [http://econanthro.org/awards/halperin-memorial-fund/]
Recipients receive a one-year membership in the Society for Economic Anthropology.
Recipients receive $500 to supplement the costs of traveling to the SEA spring conference during the year following the research award to present a poster or paper on the dissertation research or background work.
[6] RICHARD F. SALISBURY AWARD - Fieldwork Funding - CASCA - Deadline: February 1, 2015
Eligibility: Applications can be made by any student member of CASCA undertaking doctoral level research in the field of anthropology at a Canadian university. Preference will be given to those who have completed their comprehensive examinations, have approved thesis proposals and are within one year of beginning fieldwork. CASCA recognizes that some eligible candidates may not be studying in anthropology programs, however all candidates must be members of CASCA when making their applications. The intent of the award is to assist with fieldwork expenses.
Criteria: An outstanding academic record and an excellent research proposal with innovative scholarly import and social relevance.
Value: $2000
Deadline: All application materials must be submitted electronically by 1 February 2015 to:
Pauline McKenzie Aucoin - CASCA Secretary: [log in to unmask]
Each application should include:
1. A Salisbury Award application form, signed, with items 2-4 attached
2. A curriculum vitae, including education history, Ph.D. courses, presentations, awards, honours, teaching, grants and publications (up to three pages).
3. A research proposal, including: theoretical framework, research problem/question, methodology, objectives, and social and scholarly significance (two pages).
4. A budget for research, including planned use of Award funds, requests to other sources and funds received to date (one half to one page).
5. Two letters of reference about the applicant's qualifications and the research proposal, one of which must be from the applicant's thesis supervisor (these are to be sent directly by the referees).
Notes:
1. Make sure your name appears at the top of each page you submit.
2. Field research must be under way during the year beginning 1 May 2015.
3. The Salisbury Award recipient will be announced at this year's CASCA AGM .
4. Award recipients are expected to present their research at a subsequent CASCA annual conference within two years of receipt of the award. In order to enable this, Salisbury Award recipients may be given priority consideration for a CASCA student travel award to present at the conference.
5. Decisions of the Salisbury Award Committee are final.
3. EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES (in addition to http://www.cas-sca.ca/latest-jobs)
[1] Assistant Professor - Global Health/Medical Anthropology - Colby College - Deadline: November 1, 2014
The Global Studies program at Colby College invites applications for a tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor, beginning September 1, 2015 for candidates with demonstrated research and teaching expertise in global health, humanitarianism and medical anthropology whose work is centered outside North America or Europe. We especially encourage applications from those working in Africa, the Middle East and South Asia. The successful candidate will have Ph.D. in hand and will be expected to teach an interdisciplinary course on complex problems in global health, cultural anthropology (intro), a senior seminar on global health or humanitarianism and two other courses in the candidate's areas of interest.
Applicants should send a cover letter, CV, a statement of teaching philosophy and research interests, evidence of teaching skills and accomplishment, a representative writing sample, a transcript and names of three references to Patrice Franko, Chair, Global Studies Search Committee,[log in to unmask]. No paper, please; electronic applications only. Review of applications will begin on Nov. 1, 2014 and will continue until the position is filled.
Colby is a private, coeducational liberal arts college that admits students and makes personnel decisions on the basis of the individual's qualifications to contribute to Colby's educational objectives and institutional needs. Colby College does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, religion, ancestry or national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, or veteran’s status in employment or in our educational programs. Colby is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer and operates in accordance with federal and state laws regarding non-discrimination. For more information about the College, please visit our website: www.colby.edu
NOTES:
Employer will assist with relocation costs.
http://careercenter.aaanet.org/jobs/6455400/global-health-medical-anthropology
[2] Louise Lamphere Visiting Professorship in Anthropology and Gender Studies - Brown University - Deadline: November 1, 2014
The Department of Anthropology and the Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women at Brown University invite applications for the Louise Lamphere Visiting Assistant Professorship in Anthropology and Gender Studies, appointment to be effective July 1, 2015. Candidates should have a scholarly focus on and expertise in gender studies and a Ph.D. in Anthropology or related discipline by the time of appointment. The teaching load of this appointment is three courses per academic year. This two-year Visiting Professorship is not renewable.
Initial application materials should include: a letter of application, curriculum vitae, and the names and contact information for three references. Review of applications will begin November 1st.
Submit applications to: https://secure.interfolio.com/apply/26161
Brown University is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive academic global community; as an EEO/AA employer, Brown considers applicants for employment without regard to, and does not discriminate on the basis of, gender, race, protected veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.
[3] UCI Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellowship in Criminology, Law & Society - Deadline: November 1, 2014
Beginning in 2015, UC Irvine supports a Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellowship in Criminology, Law & Society. This Postdoctoral Fellow is selected from the pool of applicants who identified mentors in the Department of Criminology, Law & Society at UC Irvine and submitted their applications to the University of California President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program.
Criteria: Candidates who will contribute to diversity in higher education through their teaching, research or service and who will have a doctorate awarded by the start of the appointment on July 1, 2015
Due Date: November 1
The Program: The UCI Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program in Criminology, Law & Society offers postdoctoral research fellowships and faculty mentoring to qualified scholars in the field whose research, teaching, and service will contribute to diversity and equal opportunity. These contributions may include public service addressing the needs of our increasingly diverse society, efforts to advance equitable access to higher education for women and minorities, or research focusing on underserved populations or understanding issues of racial or gender inequalities. The program is seeking applicants with the potential to bring to their academic careers the critical perspective that comes from their non-traditional educational background or understanding of the experiences of members of groups historically underrepresented in higher education.
Award and Tenure: The awards will be made to an applicant who shows promise for tenure-track appointment at the University of California. The Fellowship will be for up to two academic years, in residence at the Irvine campus. Each award is for a 12-month period in residence, renewable for one year upon demonstration of academic productivity and participation in program events, and subject to state budgetary considerations. There will be one UCI Chancellor'sPostdoctoral Fellowship in Criminology, Law & Society at a time; therefore, applicants will be considered every other year.
Salary: The award provides an annual salary of $42,000. The award also includes health insurance, vision and dental benefits, four weeks paid time off and up to $5,000 for research-related and program expenses.
Eligibility: Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents at the time of application and must receive a doctorate by the start of the appointment on July 1, 2015.
Application Process: All applicants for the UCI Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellowship in Criminology, Law & Society Program should submit their application to the University of California President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program. The mentor’s letter should address the applicant’s potential for appointment at University of California. Applications must be completed online by November 1. Awards will be announced in March.
[4] A.W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship Program at University of Wisconsin-Madison - Deadline: November 1, 2014
The A.W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship Program at UW-Madison is an interdisciplinary program providing postdoctoral fellowships in the humanities and humanistic social sciences. Funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, it provides two-year postdoctoral fellowships for recent PhD recipients.
The A.W. Mellon Postdoctoral Program is affiliated with the Center for the Humanities and the Institute for Research in the Humanities. A.W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellows are members of the Institute for Research in the Humanities and are also affiliated with a humanities or humanistic social science department in the College of Letters & Science, where they will teach one course per semester.
The theme for 2015-2017 is Violences. We seek research that addresses the locations, causes, experiences, and effects of violence in scales varying from large to small, societal to individual, transnational to domestic, transhistorical to localized, physical and psychological, to epistemological and spiritual. Who or what engages in violence? Why and with what results? Who or what experiences violence? Why and with what results? What are the forces that generate violence, or its opposite, some form of non-violence? What is the role of memory in the legacies of violence? Research can focus on violence in relationship to human, animal, environmental, material, and/or mechanical experiences or conditions; and to the interrelationship of violence in and beyond its binary relationships with non-violence, peace, reconciliation, politics, and so forth. Projects can address communal and/or individual violence in war, religion, sectarianism, terrorism, families, sexuality, and other forms of embodied experience.
We welcome projects that engage aesthetics, philosophy, cultural studies, history, psychology, critical race studies, geography, linguistics, media studies, LGBTQ studies, performativity, embodiment, and other core and emerging approaches to the topic. Interdisciplinary scope across fields in the humanities or between the humanities, arts, sciences, and social sciences is also encouraged.
Applications for the 2015-17 fellowships are due on November 1, 2014.
For more information, visit the following website: http://humanities.wisc.edu/fellows/application-information/
[5] Assistant Professor- Tenure track- Cultural Anthropology- Rhode Island College- Deadline: November 1, 2014
The Department of Anthropology at Rhode Island College invites applications for this full-time, tenure track position starting Fall 2015 to teach introductory and advanced courses in Cultural Anthropology, and in the General Education program. We are seeking a cultural anthropologist who is actively committed to solving human problems and can engage Rhode Island College students in that process. The position is pending budgetary approval and final appointment is subject to available funding.
Requirements include: Ph.D. in Anthropology; record of excellence in undergraduate teaching and a record of excellence in ethnographic research.
Preferred requirements include: Topical areas in aging, migration or queer studies; established track record in directing student inquiry.
IMPORTANT: For full job description, which includes additional responsibilities and requirements for the position and application procedures, see our web site at https://employment.ric.edu/postings/1237
Application deadline: November 1, 2014.
Holly Dygert
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Rhode Island College
600 Mount Pleasant Avenue
Providence, RI 02908
(401) 456-8487
[6] Postdoctoral Scholar Program - Center for Research on Race and Ethnicity in Society (CRRES), Indiana University, Bloomington - Deadline: November 10, 2014
The Center for Research on Race and Ethnicity in Society Postdoctoral Scholars Program is a new fellowship program that aims to create a legacy of scholars who will be positioned to address broad issues related to race and ethnicity using a multidisciplinary lens. These two-year fellowships are designed to nurture the academic careers of new scholars by allowing them the opportunity to pursue their research while gaining mentored experience as teachers, CRRES fellows, and members of the faculty in host departments.
The Postdoctoral Fellowships are open to scholars in a broad range of fields (African American Studies, American Studies, Anthropology, History, Native American Studies, Latino Studies, Political Science, Psychology, and Sociology) who are at the beginning of their academic careers and anticipate receiving the Ph.D. in the coming year but who do not hold tenure-track academic positions.
Fellows are expected to pursue research activities associated with their primary area of work, as demonstrated by conference presentations (including CRRES) and published works. Fellows will also teach two courses in their home departments in each year of their residency; are expected to participate in CRRES activities; and take part in their home departments’ colloquia and/or seminars.
CRRES is currently hosting four postdoctoral scholars with two-year appointments. These scholars were part of a competitive national search, and are currently conducting cutting-edge research on race and ethnicity in Political Science, History, Anthropology, and African American Studies. The fellows have access to a community of scholars at IU and are also a part of a mentoring program facilitated by CRRES and sponsoring departments.
We are now accepting applications for the CRRES Postdoctoral Scholar Program competition for 2015-17. Applications received by November 10, 2014 will receive full consideration.
[7] Assistant Professor- Tenure Track- Medical Anthropologist- Department of Sociology and Anthropology- University of Texas at El Paso- Deadline: November 15, 2014
My department is hiring for a medical anthropologist. It would be great to get someone else who does repro health in the dept! I am free to field any questions about our great dept. I am attaching the link to the job listing on our our HR dept's job listing page.
Ophra Leyser-Whalen, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Sociology
University of Texas at El Paso
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
500 W. University Ave.
El Paso, Texas 79968
Review of applications will begin Nov. 15, 2014 and continue until the position is filled. Only electronic submissions will be accepted, sent [log in to unmask].
Applicants should submit as separate documents (1) a letter of application, (2) curriculum vita with full and accurate citation of publications and funded research
projects, (3) complete contact information for three references, and (4) one sample of scholarly work.
Job ID: 921
FOR QUESTIONS OR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT: Josiah Heyman, Professor of Anthropology and Search Committee Chair, at [log in to unmask].
The University of Texas at El Paso seeks a medical anthropologist for a tenure-track, assistant professor position. We prefer that the candidate have research and teaching interests applicable to the U.S.-Mexico border and/or U.S. Latina/o populations, and an active research agenda with excellent potential for publications and external funding. Responsibilities include teaching and mentoring undergraduate and graduate students, both face-to-face and on-line. Ability to collaborate across disciplines, in the university and in a department with anthropologists, geographers, and sociologists, is important.
ABOUT UTEP & EL PASO: The University of Texas at El Paso is an emerging national research university at the heart of the U.S.-Mexico border region committed to the ideals of access and excellence. UTEP ’s nearly $80 million in research spending a year ranks the University among the top 200 universities in the nation, and its more than $40 million in federal research spending ranks fourth among all Texas public universities. In 2014, Washington Monthly ranked UTEP #8 in the nation overall and #1 in social mobility for the third straight year. UTEP enrolls more than 23,000 students – about 80 percent of them Hispanic – and is the only doctoral research university in the nation with a majority Mexican-American student body. UTEP offers 70 bachelor’s, 76 master’s, and 20 doctoral programs – with more in development. For more information about UTEP, please visit our website: www.utep.edu.
El Paso County is a highly livable, bi-cultural community of 800,000 people, which offers affordable homes and attractive neighborhoods. El Paso is the safest large city in the United States. Shielded by mountains on three sides, it enjoys more than 300 days of sunshine annually and a dry climate, making it possible to engage in outdoor activities year-round. It adjoins both the state of New Mexico and the country of Mexico, making it one of the largest international communities in the world.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS: Qualifications include a Ph.D. in anthropology with specialization in health and excellent potential for research (publication and funding), teaching, and mentoring students. The successful candidate must be able to work effectively with faculty, staff, and students from diverse ethnic, cultural, and socioeconomic backgrounds.
APPOINTMENT DATE AND SALARY: Anticipated appointment date is Fall 2015. Salary will be competitive for rank and commensurate with experience. The position comes with an attractive start-up package and excellent fringe benefits.
[8] Editor-In-Chief, American Anthropologist - Deadline: January 31, 2015
The American Anthropological Association seeks applications for a new Editor-in-Chief of the discipline’s flagship journal, theAmerican Anthropologist, for a four-year term beginning July 1, 2016. Now in its second century of continuous publication, theAmerican Anthropologist publishes articles, reviews, and commentaries from the diverse anthropological community. It is the most widely circulated anthropology journal published by the American Anthropological Association and showcases the breadth of the discipline.
Editorship of the journal provides a unique opportunity for an anthropologist to be a central player in anthropological scholarship shaping the discipline’s identity, impacting the future of anthropology, and initiating and participating in transnational dialogues. The editor is not expected to have expertise in all subfields of anthropology, but to be interested in creatively developing vital conversations within and across fields and national boundaries that will invigorate and contribute positively to the landscape for the transmission of knowledge and collaborative engagement. Applicants are encouraged to develop innovative and creative approaches that will allow them as Editor-in-Chief to put their own stamp on the journal. Editors are encouraged to solicit articles and contributions for special sections, and to develop issues of the journal that highlight critical topics in anthropology and in public debate. As the publishing field continues to develop the editor should also embrace new digital forms for scholarly content and building best practices for collaborative editorial team engagement. Above all, the AAA Executive Board seeks an Editor-in-Chief who will maintain the journal as a leader in intellectual and scholarly advances.
The AAA appreciates support from candidates’ institutions and is especially aware of the importance of institutional recognition of the intellectual leadership and challenges entailed by the Editor-in-Chief’s position and responsibilities. Graduate assistant support and adequate space to house the journal are highly desirable with other kinds of institutional support significant for the success of operations. Candidates who are unable to get substantial institutional support, however, will also be considered with the expectation that AAA will work with the institution to insure core working needs are provided for. The position of Editor-in-Chief is a four-year appointment. Letters of interest and nominations should be sent electronically to Jennie Simpson, AAA Publications Department ([log in to unmask]), and Janet Dixon Keller, AA Editor Search Committee Chair ([log in to unmask]), by January 31, 2015. Candidates will be contacted and asked to submit a vision statement and responses to several standard questions, a C.V. with the names and contact information for 3 scholars who can provide letters of reference, and a letter outlining institutional support by March 31, 2015. Interviews with finalists will be conducted in the Fall of 2015.
4. Requests and queries from members of the CASCA Student Network (reply directly to the poster)
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5. SUMMER COURSES
[1] India Overseas Study Summer Course 2015 - University of Ottawa
The University of Ottawa’s Department of Classics and Religious Studies is pleased to announce that the “India Seminar” will be offered again, for the 5th time, this coming summer, 2015. This unique programme provides students from all over Canada an opportunity to participate in a cultural and educational immersion in an Indian environment over the course of three weeks, from June 11- July 2 (tentative dates), 2015 (in Mumbai, Dharampur, Jaipur, Varanasi, Delhi). Students will reside on campus at the University of Mumbai, an ashram in Dharampur, in guesthouses attached to Jain temples in Delhi and Jaipur, and a guesthouse by the river Ganges in Varanasi. Before departing for India, the class meets several times face-to-face on the University of Ottawa campus (or via skype, for students outside of the province). These pre-departure meetings serve are an important part of the preparation for the overseas course. Students on this programme are eligible to receive 3 credits (graduate2/ undergraduate depending upon the student’s current degree) through the accrediting host institution, the University of Ottawa.
Info Session: October 30, 2014 - 5:00pm ARTS Building - Room 509 University of Ottawa, 70 Laurier W., Ottawa, ON
More details re cost, application form, etc: http://arts.uottawa.ca/cla-srs/en/news/india-seminar-info-session
[2] Summer Institute on Research Design in Cultural Anthropology (SIRD) - Duke University Marine Laboratory - Course Applicants Deadline: March 1, 2015
The SIRD (Summer Institute on Research Design in Cultural Anthropology) is an intensive, three-week course for graduate students in cultural anthropology who are preparing their doctoral research proposals. The 2015 course runs from July 13-31, 2015 at the Duke University Marine Laboratory. Instructors: Jeffrey Johnson, Susan Weller, Amber Wutich, and H. Russell Bernard.
APPLY TO THE SUMMER INSTITUTE ON RESEARCH DESIGN HERE. DEADLINE MARCH 1, 2015.
[3] Summer Course on Research Design (SCRD) - Duke University Marine Laboratory - March 1, 2015
The Summer Course on Research Design (SCRD) is a new, five-day course on research design and proposal writing for social, behavioral, and economic scientists who have the Ph.D. The course runs from July 20-24 at the Duke University Marine Laboratory. Instructors: Jeffrey Johnson, Christopher McCarty, H. Russell Bernard, Kirk Johnson, and John Sonnett.
APPLY TO THE SHORT COURSE ON RESEARCH DESIGN HERE. DEADLINE MARCH 1, 2015
[4] Smithsonian Institution Summer Institute in Museum Anthropology (SIMA) - Deadline: March 1, 2015
Now in its seventh year, the SIMA (Smithsonian Institution Summer Institute in Museum Anthropology) is open to graduate students in cultural anthropology and related, interdisciplinary programs (Indigenous Studies, Folklore, etc.) who are interested in using museum collections as a data source and who are preparing for research careers. The course runs from June 22-July 17, 2015.Director: Candace Greene.
APPLY TO THE SUMMER INSTITUTE IN MUSEUM ANTHROPOLOGY HERE. DEADLINE March 1, 2015.
[5] Ethnographic Field School (EFS) - Tallahassee, Florida - Deadline: March 1, 2015
Now in its third year, the Ethnographic Field School (EFS) is a five-week (June 28-August 1) course for graduate students in cultural anthropology. The focus of the EFS is qualitative and quantitative methods of data collection in the context of participatory action research. Held in Tallahassee, Florida. Director: Clarence Gravlee
APPLY TO THE ETHNOGRAPHIC FIELD SCHOOL HERE. DEADLINE March 1, 2015.
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Submissions: All members of CASCA's Student Network as well as graduate program directors who have events or opportunities of interest to our members are invited to contact the moderators ([log in to unmask]). Links to detailed posting guidelines : in English and French.
Tous les membres du réseau des étudiants de CASCA ainsi que les directeurs de programmes d'études supérieures qui ont des événements ou des possibilités d'intérêt pour nos membres sont invités à contacter les modérateurs ([log in to unmask]). Voir ci-dessous pour directives sur les affectations détaillées/Links to detailed posting guidelines : in English and French.