Upcoming Call for Papers, Panelists, Funding & Employment Opportunities, Awards and Summer Courses || Prochain appel à contributions pour les publications et conférences, bourses & offre d'emploi, prix et cours d'été
November 20 | novembre 2014
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:en français et anglais.
1. CALLS || APPELS
a) Opportunities || Opportunités
b) CFP Publications & Conferences || Appel à contributions pour les
publications et conférences
[1] Call for Papers - Oral History Forum d’histoire orale - “Religious Individuals and Collective Identities: Special Issue on Oral History and Religion” - Deadlines: January 5, 2015 (Abstracts and CVs); May 5 2014 - Complete Papers
[2] Call for Papers - Western University’s 3rd Annual Anthropology Graduate Student Conference - “Confronting Categories” - Abstract Deadline: January 10, 2015
[3] Call for Papers - MESAAS Graduate Conference - Department of Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies - Columbia University, New York City - Deadline: January 10, 2015
[4] Call for Panels and Paper Abstracts - “Religion, Ritual and Morality” - SAR Biennial Meeting - Deadline: January 15, 2015
2. FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES AND AWARDS || PRIX ET BOURSES
[1] Call for Applicants (third and fourth year graduate students in law and social science) - Law and Social Science Dissertation Fellowship & Mentoring Program - December 1, 2014.
[2] Doctoral/Post-Doctoral Fellowship Program - American Bar Foundation - December 15, 2014
3. EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES || OFFRE D'EMPLOI (in addition to/ en plus de http://www.cas-sca.ca/latest-jobs)
[1]Post-Doctoral/Associate Research Position - University of Exeter - Deadline: December 9, 2014
[2] Canada Research Chair (Tier II) in Global Urban Studies - Faculty of Arts - University of Calgary - December 15, 2014
[3] Tenure-track/tenured Assistant or Associate Professor, School of Social Transformation, Arizona State University -Deadline: January 5, 2015
4. Requests and queries from members of the CASCA Student Network (reply directly to the poster) || Requêtes des étudiant(e)s pour obtenir des conseils ou ressources (les réponses seront envoyées
directement à l'étudiant(e) en question).
N/A
5. EVENTS || ÉVÉNEMENTS & SUMMER COURSES || COURS D'ETE
[1] Technoscience Salon - “Queering Evidence” - Toronto - November 28, 2014
[2] AAA Open Forum on Engagement with Israel and Palestine - Marriott Wardmen Park Hotel - December 4, 2014
[3] AAA Society for Economic Anthropology Reception - Omni Shoreham, Congressional B - Washington, D.C. - December 5, 2014
[4] AAA Committee on Labor Relations and AQA session, “Queerness as a Site of Vulnerability in Academe” - Washington, D.C. - Friday, December 5, 11am-12:45pm.
[5] SCA Events at AAA - Washington D.C. - various time December 4th and 5th
*Submissions to the CASCA Grad List: English posting guidelines
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1. CALLS || APPELS
a) Opportunities || Opportunités
b) CFP Publications & Conferences || Appel à contributions pour les
publications et conférences
[1] Call for Papers - Oral History Forum d’histoire orale - “Religious Individuals and Collective Identities: Special Issue on Oral History and Religion” - Deadlines: January 5, 2015 (Abstracts and CVs); May 5 2014 - Complete Papers
The study of religion and religious worlds is a vibrant tradition of inquiry—one that engages with the political and the historical, without reducing it to either. Because these worlds are real, vibrant, and significant to those who both inhabit and construct them, the work of oral history and ethnography seeks to render such realities in their depth, richness, and complexity, revealing the intersections and tensions between the religious individual and their community, between religion as prescribed, and religion as practiced. It is our hope that through engaging with oral history and ethnography as a
means of inquiry, the power and worth of such religious worlds as a means of acting, thinking, and being can be uncovered.
Oral History Forum d’histoire orale is currently seeking contributions that engage with oral history and religious history. This special issue aims to draw theoretical and methodological attention to some of the intersections between the religious individual and the collective, as well as to offer insights into some of the disparities or tensions between religious self-understanding and community identity, as revealed by oral history. University researchers, community organizers, educators, oral historians, public historians, artists,
and others who are working in this field are invited to submit theoretical and methodological papers, as well as empirically-based essays based on original research, reviews (books, new media, exhibitions, films, theatrical productions), and discussions for this special edition of the journal. Topics might include (but are not limited to) religion and immigration, religious conversion, religion and popular culture, connections of religion, gender, race/ethnicity, and class, and religious lives and state politics. All article submissions will be subject to the normal peer review process of the journal.
University researchers, community organizers, educators, oral historians, public historians, artists, and others who are working in this field are invited to submit theoretical and methodological papers, as well as empirically-based essays based on original research, reviews (books, new media, exhibitions, films, theatrical productions), and discussions for this special edition of the journal. Topics might include (but are
not limited to) religion and immigration, religious conversion, religion and popular culture, connections of religion, gender, race/ethnicity, and class, and religious lives and state politics. All article submissions will be subject to the normal peer review process of the journal.
Oral History Forum d’histoire orale is the online journal of the Canadian Oral History Association www.oralhistoryforum.ca which serves as the online meeting place for scholars, community activists, librarians, archivists, and others who use oral history to explore the past and present. Through this open access collection, we hope to generate discussion on this important theme and provide valuable resource for people interested in the study of oral history and religious history, whether in the classroom or in their own
research. Articles will be published as soon as they are ready, ensuring a quick turn around time for early submissions. The collection will be launched in autumn 2015.
Please send inquiries and submissions to: Susie Fisher and Rebecca Plett
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Guest Editors, Oral history Forum d’histoire orale
Canadian Oral History Association
University of Winnipeg
515 Portage Avenue
Winnipeg, MB R3B 2E9
[2] Call for Papers - Western University’s 3rd Annual Anthropology Graduate Student Conference - “Confronting Categories” - Abstract Deadline: January 10, 2015
The Western Anthropology Graduate Society (WAGS) jointly with the Anthropology Undergraduate Society at Western University (London, ON) are pleased to announce Western University’s 3rd Annual Anthropology Graduate Student Conference entitled: Confronting Categories to be held from Friday, March 6 through Sunday, March 8, 2015.
History, women’s studies, geography, sociology, political science, First Nations studies, as well as archaeology, linguistic, biological, and socio-cultural anthropology incorporate a wide range of techniques and strategies in order to explore the human experience. These disciplines converge in the use of categories to conceptualize and make sense of human behaviour and cultural practices. We invite abstracts that will facilitate scholarly discussion and critical thinking in one or more of three major areas of academic research as it relates to the application of categories in the social sciences:
How do the humans and nonhumans we study classify the observable world around them and why?
How does the use of categories in academia help or limit us in communicating our ideas? (i.e., what information is lost when we divide our data into categories? What information is gained?)
Which categories and labels still present in anthropological research (and other academic disciplines) are rooted in colonial thought, and how can we best decolonize the discipline(s)?
This conference provides the opportunity for graduate and undergraduate students to reflect critically on how “categories” influence their own research, as well as broader academic and applied contexts.
We invite you to submit paper abstracts for 15-minute oral presentations by Saturday January 10, 2015 to [log in to unmask]. Please include your name and affiliation, paper title, abstract (up to 250 words), and 3-4 keywords.
We highly encourage students from outside of London, Ontario to make submissions. Non-London residents whose abstracts are received by the deadline (January 10, 2015) and are accepted will be eligible to apply for the Western Anthropology Conference Student Travel Bursary.
Updates, the program, keynote speaker(s), bursary guidelines and eligibility, and other resources will be posted on the conference website: http://anthropology.uwo.ca/graduate/association_clubs/wags_annual_graduate_student_conference.html.
[3] Call for Papers - MESAAS Graduate Conference - Department of Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies - Columbia University, New York City - Deadline: January 10, 2015
The Organizing Committee of the 2015 MESAAS Graduate Student Conference at Columbia University is pleased to welcome abstract submissions for the annual conference which will take place March 5-6, 2015 at Columbia University. Graduate students from all over the world, working in all disciplines, and at all stages of study related to MESAAS regions, are invited to present their latest research to a supportive, critical audience.
We are very happy to announce that Prof. Ann Stoler (The New School for Social Research) will be our keynote speaker.
This year’s themes for the conference include but are not limited to the following areas:
Literatures and aesthetics (Classical, early modern, and contemporary genres of imaginative literature; the visual and performing arts; cinema studies)
Knowledge systems, classical and contemporary (in law, ethics, science, language, and other fields; the history of Oriental Studies; the university)
Genealogies of the political (discursive and institutional histories of contemporary political practices)
Histories, disciplinary and subaltern (comparative studies of academic or professional modes of history writing and the vernacular or popular forms of retelling the past)
Students interested in presenting a 15-20-minute paper should submit a 300-500 word abstract through the conference website: http://mesaasgradconference.cdrs.columbia.edu/index.php/mesaasgradconf/mesaas15 by January 10th, 2015. Notifications will be sent in early February. For other inquiries, please contact us via: [log in to unmask]
[4] Call for Panels and Paper Abstracts - “Religion, Ritual and Morality” - SAR Biennial Meeting - Deadline: January 15, 2015
The Society for the Anthropology of Religion Biennial Meeting will take place April 16-19, 2015 in San Diego, CA. The meeting theme will be "Religion, Ritual and Morality." The Program Committee, which is chaired by our President Elect Adeline Masquelier, is now accepting panel and paper abstracts. Submissions will close January 15th.
Paper abstracts should be not more than 250 words and should include the presenters name, institution, and email address. Panel Abstracts should be not more than 500 words (not counting the abstracts for the constituent papers). Panels can be of a range of sizes
Proposals should be sent to Adeline at <[log in to unmask]>.
Further information about the meeting can be found at:
http://www.aaanet.org/sections/sar/index.php/activities/meeting/
2. FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES AND AWARDS || PRIX ET BOURSES
[1] Call for Applicants (third and fourth year graduate students in law and social science) - Law and Social Science Dissertation Fellowship & Mentoring Program - December 1, 2014.
Applications for the LSA/LSS Fellowships for 2015 - 2017 are open until December 1, 2014. The LSA/ABF Law and Social Science Dissertation and Mentoring Fellowship (LSS Fellowship) is a collaborative effort of the Law and Society Association and the American Bar Foundation with funding from the Law and Social Science Program of the National Science Foundation. The fellowship is designed for third and fourth year graduate students who specialize in the field of law and social science and whose research interests include law and inequality. To apply, please visit: www.americanbarfoundation.org/research/Fellowshipopportunities/LawandSocialScienceDissertationFellowshipMentoringProgram.html.
[2] Doctoral/Post-Doctoral Fellowship Program - American Bar Foundation - December 15, 2014
The American Bar Foundation is committed to developing the next generation of scholars in the field of law and social science. The purpose of the fellowships is to encourage original and significant research on law, the legal profession, and legal institutions.
Eligibility: For the Doctoral/Post-Doctoral Fellowships, applications are invited from outstanding students who are candidates for Ph.D. degrees in the social sciences. Applicants must have completed all doctoral requirements except the dissertation by September 1, 2015. Applicants who will have completed the dissertation prior to September 1, 2015 are also welcome to apply. Doctoral and proposed research must be in the general area of sociolegal studies or in social scientific approaches to law, the legal profession, or legal institutions. The research must address significant issues in the field and show promise of a major contribution to social scientific understanding of law and legal process. Minority students are especially encouraged to apply. Applicants are also eligible to apply for the American Bar Foundation and Law and Society Association’s Law and Social Science Dissertation Fellowship & Mentoring Program.
Applications for this fellowship must be received no later than December 15, 2014.
To apply, please visit: http://www.americanbarfoundation.org/research/Fellowshipopportunities/ABFDoctoralFellowshipProgram.html.
3. EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES || OFFRE D'EMPLOI (in addition to/ en plus de http://www.cas-sca.ca/latest-jobs)
[1]Post-Doctoral/Associate Research Position - University of Exeter - Deadline: December 9, 2014
For those interested in the goals of Seshat, a global history databank designed to test hypotheses about social and cultural changes in human history, a post-doctoral position is open. A collaborator at the University of Exeter (Cornwall), Thomas Currie, has a post-doctoral position available for the project. This position will require the collation and coding of information from historical, archaeological and/or ethnographic material (generally secondary sources), and requires familiarity with quantitative and statistical methods suitable for analyzing these data. You can find more details in the official job post on Exeter's website, closing date is December 9th, 2014: https://jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecruitment/wrd/run/ETREC107GF.open?VACANCY_ID=440831B5YJ&WVID=3817591jNg&LANG=USA
[2] Canada Research Chair (Tier II) in Global Urban Studies - Faculty of Arts - University of Calgary - December 15, 2014
The Faculty of Arts at the University of Calgary invites applications for a Canada Research Chair (Tier II), appointment as Assistant or Associate Professor in Global Urban Studies. We invite applications from excellent scholars with urban-based expertise. Appointment of the successful candidate will be in the most appropriate home department within the Faculty of Arts. The appointment date for the successful candidate is anticipated to be July 2015.
The successful candidate will have earned a doctoral degree within the last ten years in an urban-related discipline, a strong record of research on urban issues, peer-reviewed publications in prominent urban studies journals, and demonstrated excellence as an instructor. While this position will have a reduced teaching load, the Chair will be expected to contribute to the Urban Studies Program’s undergraduate course offerings and relevant graduate student education.
Urban Studies at the University of Calgary is an exciting and dynamic interdisciplinary program with over 230 undergraduates. The Urban Studies program also has strong ties to local, national and international organizations, such as the University of Calgary-City of Calgary “Urban Alliance” and numerous Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council-funded research initiatives addressing urban change across Canada and around the world.
The Canada Research Chair in Global Urban Studies will be expected to conduct internationally recognised research exploring the challenges created by ongoing urbanization, particularly the environmental, cultural, political and/or social problems accompanying urban growth. The successful candidate must be well grounded in contemporary urban theory and the dynamic relationship between globalization, urban development, and urban life. Scholars are expected to take a comprehensive approach to urban studies and have a demonstrated record of interdisciplinary research. If an appointment is made at the Associate Professor rank, the candidate would be expected to have a demonstrated record of research productivity and experience supervising graduate students.
Applications are accepted electronically through [log in to unmask]. Completed applications include a letter of interest, CV, examples of recent scholarly work, evidence of teaching experience and effectiveness, and a description of a proposed 5-year research plan for the Chair. Applicants should also arrange to have three confidential letters of reference to be submitted directly to the Chair of the selection committee:
Dr. Brian Moorman
Associate Dean – Research and Infrastructure
Faculty of Arts, University of Calgary
Deadline: December 15, 2014
[3] Tenure-track/tenured Assistant or Associate Professor, School of Social Transformation, Arizona State University -Deadline: January 5, 2015
The School of Social Transformation, an interdisciplinary unit at Arizona State University invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track/tenured Assistant or Associate Professor with expertise in research and teaching surrounding the causes, consequences of, and solutions for ending structural inequality and discrimination in the U.S., with particular attention to intersecting social categories. Rank and tenure status will be commensurate with experience. Anticipated start date is August 2015.
Desired areas of foci include any of the following: economic justice, poverty, income inequality, gender and racial disparities in science and technology, or socio-legal justice for vulnerable populations. Successful candidates must have a PhD in a relevant social science field or related interdisciplinary field (e.g. ethnic studies, gender studies, justice studies, etc.). All candidates must have demonstrated potential for excellence in teaching and mentoring students. Candidates at the senior level must have an externally funded program of research that can be transferred to the School of Social Transformation. At the junior level, evidence of potential for success in securing external funding is required. For both positions, preference will be given to candidates with expertise in quantitative research and those who are willing to teach quantitative methods to graduate and undergraduate students.
Complete applications will be reviewed beginning JANUARY 5, 2015; if not filled, every week thereafter until the search is closed. Electronic submission of materials is required. Electronically,send a letter of application describing your research and teaching interests, a curriculum vitae, and contact information for three references who may be contacted at a later stage in the search to [log in to unmask]. A background check is required for employment.
4. Requests and queries from members of the CASCA Student Network (reply directly to the poster) || Requêtes des étudiant(e)s pour obtenir des conseils ou ressources (les réponses seront envoyées
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5. EVENTS || ÉVÉNEMENTS & SUMMER COURSES || COURS D'ETE
[1] Technoscience Salon - “Queering Evidence” - Toronto - November 28, 2014
QUEERING EVIDENCE
Salon Theme: The goal of this salon is to highlight the use of affect as a lively and
unsettling tactic or methodology. For example, queer practitioners will punctuate their
arguments with personal anecdotes, charged imagery, and raw emotions, challenging
the insistence that we are supposed to remain detached when weighing the evidence.
This salon asks: How might we queer and reinvent conventional modes of thinking?
How can we morph the sensory organs of science to develop different ways of seeing,
touching, hearing, and smelling? How might we venture queer stories that capture and
inspire new approaches to evidence? Read more about our provocation here.
Presenters: Lauren Corman (Sociology, BrockU) and Mike Hoolboom (Award winning filmmaker)
Discussants: Cate Sandilands (FES, YorkU) and Andrew Zealley (FES, YorkU)
WHEN: Friday, November 28, 2014, 4-6pm
WHERE: Studio 106, at Artscape Youngplace, at 180 Shaw Street
WHAT: Please bring snacks, beverages and tasty ideas to share
For more information and upcoming events, please visit our website
at http://technosalon.wordpress.com/
[2] AAA Open Forum on Engagement with Israel and Palestine - Marriott Wardmen Park Hotel - December 4, 2014
For additional information regarding the AAA Open Forum on Engagement with Israel and Palestine, to be held Thursday, 4 December, from 1:00 to 2:15 in the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, Ballroom Salon 2, see here: http://blog.aaanet.org/2014/11/13/format-for-december-4th-members-open-forum-on-engagement-with-israel-and-palestine/
[3] AAA Society for Economic Anthropology Reception - Omni Shoreham, Congressional B - Washington, D.C. - December 5, 2014
Society for Economic Anthropology Reception, American Anthropological Association 2014 Annual Meetings, Washington, D.C. Meet friends and colleagues, refreshments and cash bar
Date: Friday, December 5, 2014
Time: 8:30pm to 10:30pm
Where: Omni Shoreham, Congressional B
[4] AAA Committee on Labor Relations and AQA session, “Queerness as a Site of Vulnerability in Academe” - Washington, D.C. - Friday, December 5, 11am-12:45pm.
This roundtable is of interest to LGBTQ anthropologists who serve as graduate student teaching/research assistants, adjunct faculty, visiting faculty in other temporary/term faculty positions or junior faculty on tenure-lines. The roundtable questions whether the seemingly “gay-friendly” popular climate extends to queer academics in higher education.
· Are there particular vulnerabilities facing of LGBTQ graduate teaching assistants? term faculty? junior faculty?
· Do these vulnerabilities intersect with vulnerabilities already associated with race, class and gender in such studies as Presumed Incompetent: The Intersections of Race and Class for Women in Academia)?
· Are there concrete actions that the Committee on Labor relations, AQA and AAA can take to address these concerns?
Any further questions, please contact organizers Christa Craven at [log in to unmask] and/or Bill Leap wlm@american.edu.
[5] SCA Events at AAA - Washington D.C. - various time December 4th and 5th
1)SCA Business Meeting—Celebrating the First Year of Open Access Cultural Anthropology
Friday, December 5, 8:30–10:30 PM, Washington Room 4 (Marriott Wardman Park)
The first 100 people through the door will receive a free drink ticket.
2) Culture@Large—The Future of Race in Science: Regression or Revolution?
Saturday, December 6, 11:00 AM–12:45 PM, Palladian Ballroom (Omni Shoreham)
Dorothy Roberts (Penn) will be in discussion with Theodore Schurr and Amade M'charek.
3) Publishing with Cultural Anthropology—A Roundtable Conversation with the Editors
Thursday, December 4, 1:00–2:15 PM, Roosevelt Room 1 (Marriott Wardman Park)
A conversation between outing editors, Anne Allison and Charles Piot, and incoming editors, Dominic Boyer, James Faubion, and Cymene How.
4) Opening Access, Being Publisher—A Discussion about Anthropology, Epistemic
Ethics, and Post-Profit Publishing
Friday, December 5, 9:00–10:45 AM, Deleware Suite A (Marriott Wardman Park)
A roundtable discussion between Kim Fortun, Francis B. Nyamnjoh, Charles Piot, Alberto Corsin Jimenez, and Mike Fortune, with introductory remarks by George E. Marcus.
More information: http://culanth.org/fieldsights/623
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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: en anglais et français.