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GWSS Newsletter 10.18.2019

Events

1. ERA Minnesota Annual Fundraiser 2020 (10.24)
2. Consoling the Soul: Abortion, Family Planning, and the Transnational Population Regime in South Korea (1974-2019) (10.25)
3. Hungry Translations: GWSS Colloquium (11.01)
4. Speculative Fabulations: Enter the Archive or Beneath Yaba’s Garden (11.19)
5. Happier as a Woman: Transforming Friendships, Transforming Lives by Martina Giselle Ramirez & Alicia Partnoy
6. An Evening with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (10.23)
7. Just Write!
8. Trafficking in Minnesota Speaker Panel (10.23)
9. Graduate Queer and Trans Studies Colloquium (10.24)
10. Screening and Discussion of the Al Jazeera web series All Hail the Algorithm (10.24)
11. Automating Inequality: How High Tech Tools Profile, Police and Punish the Poor, lecture by activist/scholar Virginia Eubanks (10.25)

Scholarships/Fellowships/Job Opportunities

1. Full-time Lecturer UNT Women’s & Gender Studies
2. Associate Professor at Simon Fraser University full-time tenure track position
3. Tenure Track Position in the Department of Race and Resistance Studies San Francisco State University
4. The Institute for Critical Social Inquiry (ICSI) New School Social Research Fellowship 2020 Summer Seminars 
5. Women’s and Gender Studies, Chair, University of Oklahoma
6.  Department of Gender and Women's Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is accepting applications


Call for Papers/Proposals

1. Call for Papers: Thinking Gender 2020, Sexual Violence as Structural Violence: Feminist Visions of Transformative Justice

Recognitions/Awards

1. Saymoukda Vongsay recognized with a Sally Award

Miscellaneous

1. FREE Mental/Physical Health Opportunities for Allies and Members of the Queer Community
2. Save Time with Book Delivery





Events

1. ERA Minnesota Annual Fundraiser 2020




2. Consoling the Soul: Abortion, Family Planning, and the 

Transnational Population Regime in South Korea (1974-2019)

October 25th, 2019 - 12:00 p.m.
537 Heller Hall
Presented by Jade Ji, PhD candidate, Department of Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies
This is a study about contested meanings of abortion across secular social debates and religious practices anchored in South Korean modernization experiences. In April 2019, the Constitutional Court of Korea made a ground breaking decision that abortion criminal codes were unconstitutional. Even though South Korean criminal codes banned all abortions beginning in 1953, after the military coup in 1973, dictatorial regimes supported 1. 7 million abortions for population control between 1974 and 1990. My dissertation explores how diverse South Korean women accept, negotiate, and resist the paradox of abortion. This project examines women’s religious agency to mark life as sacred and worth grieving amid biopolitics that arrange women’s reproductive capacities for achieving demographic goals. South Korea has been celebrated as one of the most ‘successful’ population control cases in Third World. Yet, over the last 20 years, thousands of women have attended Buddhist abortion death rituals, “Chun Do Je (遷度祭)”, which is currently provided at 158 temples located in both Seoul and rural areas. The sites are cultural and historical entanglements of gendered bodies, memories and trauma. These women’s collective acts revive an old concern yet again: Religion is “the opium of the people (Marx; 1843).” My dissertation analyzes the evolving terrains of reproductive politics across secular-religious sites in South Korea.

3. Hungry Translations: GWSS Colloquium

A conversation with the book author, Professor Richa Nagar and afterword author, Sara Musaifer. (Flyer to be distributed next week)

4. Speculative Fabulations: Enter the Archive or Beneath Yaba’s Garden (GWSS Colloquium)

A talk by the U.K.-based activist/artist/scholar Ama Josephine Budge (Flyer to be distributed soon).

5. Happier as a Woman: Transforming Friendships, Transforming Lives by Martina Giselle Ramirez & Alicia Partnoy

Human rights advocate Alicia Partnoy partners with Martina Giselle Ramirez to tackle transgender rights, women’s rights, gender equality, racism, socioeconomic disparities, religion, and more.

Over the past few decades there has been a tremendous amount of movement toward a more global acceptance of LGBTQ+ rights and liberties. However, with SCOTUS back in session and LGBTQ+ rights in the workplace already being called into question, all that recently gained ground is under threat . . . yet again. It is more important than ever to counterbalance that negativity with positive representations of LGBTQ+ peoples and allies. And perhaps a few with a history of resistance, survival, and acceptance to boot.

In this unique memoir, Happier as a Woman: Transforming Friendships, Transforming Lives, Alicia Partnoy, author of The Little School: Tales of Disappearance and Survival, has woven together a tapestry of letters, journal entries, interviews and more to capture the story, life, and personal activism of Martina Giselle Ramirez, a respected biology professor who transitioned in December 2016. 

Alicia and Martina met at Loyola Marymount University where they both teach and over the years formed a deep bond. Now they have partnered on this project to shine a light on the multifaceted struggle of minority members of the LGBTQ+ community (and, at times, women in general). Happier as a Woman touches upon many topics that are relevant to the transgender discourse today like voice training, learning to dress as a woman, concerns about loosing respect in her field and her job, marrying her faith with her identity. As Martina says herself:

BOOK DESCRIPTION

Martina Ramirez first started wearing her mother’s shoes in secret in second grade, when everyone still knew her as Martin. Growing up in a conservative household as an adopted Mexican-American in a racially segregated city, she swore she would not be just another crime or teen pregnancy statistic. She lived up to that promise when Martina was named high school valedictorian, became a tenured professor at a prestigious university, and had a family. It was only then, after she had become established in her life and career, that she was able to finally be her true self.

Happier as a Woman is not just a story of one woman’s transition. It is a story about relationships – those she fostered with herself, those that were hurt, those that were saved, and those that would not have existed if not for Martina’s desire to be a mentor, to be the change. Martina made it her mission to pave the way for all of those that would come after her – from the women seeking to break through the glass ceiling to fellow victims of emotional abuse – regardless of who they appeared to be on the outside.

As though all the emotions she had to bottle up in her youth have become more potent with age, they now tell a compelling journey of acceptance, self-discovery, and self-love. Martina’s story is artfully told through letters, anecdotes, and powerful interviews conducted by and written alongside her renowned co-author, human rights advocate and memoirist Alicia Partnoy.

BOOK INFORMATION

Transforming Friendships, Transforming Lives
by Martina Giselle Ramirez & Alicia Partnoy
Memoir/LGBT/Hispanic I Trade Paperback I Cleis Press I 376 pp I October 8, 2019
Paperback (9781627782388): US $18.95 I eBook (9781627782395): US $18.95

6. An Evening with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 
While all available tickets have been snapped up for the below free English event, we reserved a block of tickets for students and faculty at the U. Please let AAAS faculty and students know that they may access tickets by emailing sutt0063@umn.edu.

The Department of English's Esther Freier Lectures in Literature series presents:

Adichie author photo horizsmall.jpg

The novelist whose TED Talk was sampled by Beyoncé will read and discuss her work. Free but tickets are necessary; email sutt0063@umn.edu for ticket access information. Adichie is the author of three novels: Americanah, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award; Half of a Yellow Sun, winner of the Orange Prize; and Purple Hibiscus, winner of the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award. Adichie’s 2009 TED Talk, The Danger of a Single Story, is one of the most-viewed of all time. Her 2012 talk, We Should All Be Feminists, was sampled in Beyoncé's song "Flawless" and published as a book in 2014. Adichie’s latest book is Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions. A recipient of a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship, Adichie divides her time between the US and Nigeria. Booksigning to follow.

ASL and other accommodations are available upon request: email sutt0063@umn.edu. (7:30 pm, Northrop)
7. Just Write!


Do you have a writing project or need to make progress on your thesis or dissertation? Bring your laptop and come write with other graduate students in a quiet space. See links below to register, or visit our website for more information.

Friday, October 18, 9 am - 12pm
St. Paul Campus--Ruttan Hall B35
East Bank--Coffman Union, Presidents Room (3rd Floor)
West Bank--Mondale Hall 30

Friday, November 1, 9 am - 12 pm
St. Paul Campus--Ruttan Hall B35
East Bank--Coffman Union: Rooms 301, 304, 305 and 321
West Bank--Hanson Hall 1-108

Friday, November 15, 9 am -12 pm
St. Paul Campus--Ruttan Hall B35
East Bank--Coffman Union, Presidents Room (3rd Floor)
West Bank--Hanson Hall 1-108
Sponsored by The Graduate School



8. Trafficking in Minnesota Speaker Panel

Wednesday October 23rd from 6-8pm. 
We have invited leaders fighting trafficking in our community to come share about their work and expertise around this topic. Below are our amazing panelists. 
  • Andrea Martinez - Lawyer, Advocates for Human Rights
  • Kjersti Bohrer - Founder of Beautiful + Loved, (Women's Program Advocate at Breaking Free)
  • Cynthia Terlouw (CeCe) - Executive Director, Terebinth Refuge
  • Paula Schaefer - Safe Harbor Training Coordinator
  • Logan Tootle - Minnesota Indian Women's Resource Center, Safe Harbor Youth Worker
  • Emily Singerhouse - Graduate Research Assistant at UROC 


9. Graduate Queer and Trans Studies Colloquium


10. Screening and Discussion of the Al Jazeera web series All Hail the Algorithm


11. Automating Inequality: How High Tech Tools Profile, Police and Punish the Poor, lecture by activist/scholar Virginia Eubanks 

Scholarships/Fellowships/Job Opportunities


1. Full-time Lecturer UNT Women's and Gender Studies 

The Women’s & Gender Studies Program at the University of North Texas seeks applicants for a full-time Lecturer starting in Fall 2020. We seek teacher-scholars, who can demonstrate their ability to teach introductory, upper-division, and graduate level courses in Gender & Women’s Studies, who will add to our curriculum, and who will maintain a vibrant research agenda. A Ph.D. with at least 18 graduate credit hours in women’s, gender, or sexuality studies, and/or related fields is required at the time of appointment; a Ph.D. in women’s, gender, and/or sexuality studies is preferred.

Applicants must submit: (1) cover letter describing their qualifications related to this position, (2) curriculum vita, (3) teaching statement and evidence of teaching effectiveness (maximum 2 pages), (4) diversity statement (maximum 2 pages), (5) unofficial academic transcripts (official transcripts due upon hire), (6) the names and contact information of three references. These application materials will all be submitted via UNT’s Faculty Jobs portal at https://facultyjobs.unt.edu.   Please direct any questions to the search committee chair: Dr. Suzanne Enck (Suzanne.enck@unt.edu).
Review of applications will begin Nov. 1, 2019 and continue until the search is closed.

2. Associate Professor at Simon Fraser University full-time tenure track position
Applications are being sought by the Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies (GSWS) at Simon Fraser University for a full-time tenure track position at the rank of Associate Professor, to be housed in GSWS with dedicated workload in the Global Asia Program, starting July 1, 2020. Discipline and methodological approach is open.

Applicants will electronically submit a cover letter, a curriculum vitae, a one-page vision statement for the Global Asia program (including plans for community outreach), a teaching portfolio (including a statement of teaching philosophy, selection of course evaluations, and sample syllabi for GA 101 and an upper division course in GSWS), and a sample of written work. Each candidate must arrange for three academic reference letters to be forwarded to the search committee, one of which must address administrative experience. Only those eligible to be appointed at the Associate Professor rank will be considered. The position is subject to the availability of funding.
All materials should be addressed to the GSWS/GA search committee and sent to: gswspost@sfu.ca
Applications will be reviewed starting November 2, 2019. Preference will be given to applications received by December 2, 2019.

3. Tenure Track Position in the Department of Race and Resistance Studies San Francisco State University

San Francisco State University’s Department of Race and Resistance Studies offers an exciting
opportunity for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position focused on Queer Ethnic Studies
and/or Trans Ethnic Studies beginning August 2020.
We seek a colleague whose teaching and research focus on queer and/or trans communities of
color, whose work is based in the arts and humanities (including history), and who specializes in
queer and/or trans of color theory, practice, and resistance. We encourage candidates who focus
on Black, Arab Diasporic, and/or Muslim communities but are open to other areas and broader
comparative analyses. We seek a scholar who can teach the foundational course of our Queer
Ethnic Studies Minor, “Coloring Queer: Imagining Communities,” and build curriculum for this
minor as well as the minor and major in Race and Resistance Studies. We also encourage

candidates who can teach courses for our minor in Arab and Muslim Ethnicities and Diasporas.

Submit the following materials via email to: queerethnic@sfsu.edu by November 18, 2019: (1)
letter of intent/interest, (2) current CV, (3) sample of scholarly work, (4) statement of teaching
philosophy, (5) description of research interests; (6) three letters of recommendation, and (7) a
statement on how your teaching and scholarship align with the commitment of the Race and
Resistance Studies Department to foster an inclusive and diverse academic community. Teaching
evaluations will be requested at a later date. Review of applications will continue until the
position is filled.

4. The Institute for Critical Social Inquiry (ICSI) New School Social Research Fellowship 2020 Summer Seminars 


The Institute for Critical Social Inquiry (ICSI) at the New School for Social Research is pleased to announce that we are now accepting fellowship applications for our 2020 Summer Seminars (June 7 - 13, 2020). Advanced graduate students and faculty are eligible to apply. Applications are due December 15, 2019.

2020 Faculty and Seminars
NOAM CHOMSKY (University of Arizona/MIT)
Teetering on the Brink: Will Civilization Long Survive?

SASKIA SASSEN (Columbia University)
Expulsions:
The Rise of Extractive Logics in Our Economies and Societies


EYAL WEIZMAN (Goldsmiths, University of London)
Forensis


5. Women’s and Gender Studies, Chair, University of Oklahoma

University of Oklahoma Norman Campus: College of Arts and Sciences: Women's and Gender Studies

Location

Norman, OK

Open Date

Oct 4, 2019

Description

The University of Oklahoma invites applications for the position of Chair of the Department of Women’s and Gender Studies at the rank of associate or full professor. We are seeking a visionary leader to help facilitate strategic development in the areas of research, undergraduate curriculum, university programming, and community outreach. The Chair will be responsible for administrative leadership that promotes principles of shared faculty governance and a culture of diversity and inclusion; facilitates professional development of faculty, staff, and students; guides the work of the WGS Center for Social Justice (housed within WGS); and promotes disciplinary and interdisciplinary programming and innovation. The Chair will provide leadership in managing the day-to-day operational needs of the department including fiscal management; hiring and supervision of staff; evaluating faculty; and allocating facilities and equipment for teaching, research, and service activities. The individual we seek will have expertise in Women’s and Gender Studies and an integrated approach to research, teaching, and service. 
Responsibilities: The successful candidate will be expected to establish and pursue an active research and publication agenda, teach two courses per year, oversee departmental and WGS Center for Social Justice programming, initiate and implement curricular change, and work with core faculty in WGS as well as a large and diverse group of affiliate faculty.
Application review will begin December 1, 2019, and will continue until the position is filled. Applicants must submit a letter of application, current curriculum vitae, a sample of scholarly writing, and the names and contact information of three references.
This institution is using Interfolio's ByCommittee to conduct this search. All application materials should be submitted electronically through ByCommittee using the following link: https://apply.interfolio.com/69262 
Questions may be directed to:
Dr. Heather Shotton
Women’s and Gender Studies Search Committee Chair
University of Oklahoma
731 Elm Avenue
Robertson Hall, Rm 103
Norman, OK  73019
Email: hshotton@ou.edu     

6.  Department of Gender and Women's Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is accepting applications

1.       Gender and the Environment: Seeking scholars working at the intersection of gender and environmental studies. Applicants whose work focuses outside of North America are especially encouraged to apply.
2.       Feminist Science/Biology: Seeking scholars who bring feminist questions and sensibility to their scientific practice. Applicants from all fields are welcome to apply but we would especially welcome candidates from the biological, psychological, anthropological, or agricultural sciences. Successful candidates in this field must demonstrate an ability to teach courses that present and interrogate biological theories of sex and gender. This position may be shared with a science department.

Application deadline: December 15, 2019. APPLY NOW
The successful applicant will be responsible for ensuring eligibility for employment in the United States on or before the effective date of the appointment: Aug 17, 2020 (Monday.)

Contact Su Ann Rose (surose@wisc.edu) if you have any questions about the application process.
Contact Aili Tripp (atripp@wisc.edu) if you have any questions about the position.  

Call for Papers/Proposals

1. Call for Papers: Thinking Gender 2020, Sexual Violence as Structural Violence: Feminist Visions of Transformative Justice


Submission Information
We invite proposal submissions for the following categories:
  • Panel Presentations
  • Posters
  • Roundtable Sessions

Registered graduate students from any institution are eligible to submit presentation proposals for all Thinking Gender sessions, including the panel, poster, and roundtable presentations.

Registered undergraduate students from any institution are eligible to submit proposals for poster presentations only.

Full details – including proposal length requirements and additional specifications – are available in the attached call for proposals and on our website.

To participate in Thinking Gender, successful applicants will be required to pay a registration fee of $50, the entirety of which will go towards covering conference costs.

Deadlines
The deadline for all submission proposals is October 27, 2019. Submissions must be made online via the link on the CSW website. Once submissions are reviewed and accepted, all participants in the paper panel sessions will be required to submit a draft of their paper by February 10, 2020, for pre-circulation among their co-panelists and faculty moderator.


Recognitions/Awards

1. Saymoukda Vongsay recognized with a Sally Award

The Ordway Center for the Performing Arts announced this week that AAS staff Saymoukda Vongsay will receive a Sally Award in the Initiative category which "recognizes bold new steps and strategic leadership undertaken by an individual or organization in creating projects or artistic programs never before seen in Minnesota that will have a significant impact on strengthening Minnesota’s artistic/cultural community." The prestigious award recognizes individuals and organizations who strengthen and enrich Minnesota through their commitment to the arts and arts education. Recipients of this year's award include Kao Kalia Yang (Social Impact), Monkeybear's Harmolodic Workshop (Arts Learning), Lake Area Music Festival (Arts Access), and Janis Lane-Ewart (Commitment). The awardees will be celebrated and honored at 7 p.m. Monday, Nov 4 in the Concert Hall at the Ordway. 

The event is free but RSVP required. 


You can learn more about the award and the awardees in the Pioneer Press article

Miscellaneous

1. FREE Mental/Physical Health Opportunities for Allies and Members of the Queer Community

Out in the Backyard (OIBY), an organization that focuses on the physical, mental, and social wellness of queer-identifying individuals, as well as allies of the community! They provide FREE workout classes for members to express themselves in a constructive way, as well as give them a safe space to foster relationships with other members both in and out of the LGBTQ community. These classes include Zumba, yoga, strength training, and circuit training with quarterly classes for herbal remedies (tincture making), Bollywood dance classes, and self-defense. 

While this organization is celebrating its ten-year anniversary, it is still looking to expand in both the number of classes and members who attend. It would be incredible for you to share this organization with your members to see if they are at all interested in attending a class or event. Below is their class schedule for the month of October, as well as the link to their website and facebook page! 

REMEMBER: All events are FREE and there is no sign-up required. All you have to do is show up! :)


2. Save Time with Book Delivery
As the weather turns cold and your research heats up, remember you can get books sent to a library convenient to you instead of you going across campus to get it. Search for your items on lib.umn.edu, sign in, and click "Get it."

3. Child Care Available on the St. Paul Campus
Community Child Care Center (in the CTC Community Center on the St. Paul Campus) has immediate openings for morning care for children 3 to 5 years old. UMN students receive tuition discounts! If you are interested in enrolling your child, please contact the director, Tracie. Program and fee information can be found at umncccc.org.    


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