DePaul 2020 Graduate Student Philosophy Conference

Dates: February 18th and 19th, 2022.

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Liat Ben-Moshe, University of Illinois Chicago (https://www.liatbenmoshe.com)

We invite submissions for presentations at the DePaul University philosophy graduate student conference titled “Perspectives on Carcerality, Surveillance, Policing, and Abolition.” As Michel Foucault diagnosed, the analysis of technologies of control has become central in understanding and criticizing power and its operations. Among these technologies of power, we can find carcerality, policing, surveillance, punishment, and others. We understand the concept of carcerality, as the logic that exists before, during, and after contact with criminal justice systems, and that both shapes and justifies institutions of imprisonment. Moreover, we understand policing and surveillance broadly as practices that ensure and maintain carcerality in all of its forms and enforce it through multiple forms of punishment. This conference aims to explore critical approaches to these technologies as well as the practices of subversion that allow us to both imagine and create a post-carceral society. These practices include but are not limited to so-called sousveillance, insurrection, and abolition. We welcome proposals for 15-20 minute conference presentations from a broad range of academic approaches (in philosophy and beyond) and practical perspectives (from art to activism) to establish intersectional, inclusive, and interdisciplinary dialogues.

Possible Topics
- Carceral spaces, ethics, societies, humanitarianism, aesthetics, education, practices, etc.
- Biopower and Necropower in carcerality, policing, and surveillance
- Insurrection and uprising
- Corruption and accountability
- Criminal justice systems
- Postcolonial and decolonial approaches to questions of carcerality, policing, surveillance, abolition, and insurrection
- The police, policing, legal coercion
- Race, carcerality, policing, criminality
- Disability, mental illness, and incarceration
- Sex work and decriminalization of sex work
- Retributive and restorative justice
- Trans rights and activism
- Grace, forgiveness, revenge and other theological approaches and questions
- Pardoning and perjury
- Feminist questions of justice and care
- Community responses to injustice
- International ethics
- Redistributive, restorative, transitional, and alternative justice

- Panopticism and digital surveillance
- The architecture of carceral spaces


Location and Modality
The conference will take place on February 18th and 19th, 2022 at the DePaul University Lincoln Park Campus in Chicago, IL. We plan to hold the conference in a double in person and hybrid modality using Zoom. We encourage submissions for either of the formats. A reception will be offered on Saturday, February 19th after the conference for in-person attendees. Accommodations with DePaul graduate students will be provided according to availability.

Submission Guidelines
Please submit abstracts of maximum 250-words for single papers and 500-words for panel proposal prepared for blind review and as .docx or .pdf files to DePaulGradCon2022@gmail.com. Please include your name and institutional affiliation (if any) in the email.

Deadline for Submissions: November 28th, 2021
Notification of acceptance will be sent by December 9th, 2021

Please send any questions to DePaulGradCon2022@gmail.com. Thank you for your submissions!

ICRW Accepting Applications for Mariam K. Chamberlain Dissertation Award

We are thrilled to announce that we are now accepting applications for the Mariam K. Chamberlain Award, honoring the legacy of a visionary leader whose contributions to the feminist and social justice movements are evident across the world. The $10,000 award ($8,500 for the student and $1,500 to the student’s advisor) will be given to a doctoral student who is the first in her or his family to pursue a Ph.D. The graduate student’s dissertation must be related to ICRW’s mission to advance gender equity, social inclusion and shared prosperity worldwide and fall within ICRW’s main thematic focus areas. The student must be enrolled at an accredited institution based in the U.S. and pursing a Ph.D. The deadline to apply is Sunday, October 17, 2021 at 11:59pm ET, and we hope to notify the recipient in late November.

 

Additional information, FAQs, and a link to the application form can be found at https://www.icrw.org/news/icrw-accepting-applications-for-2021-2022-mariam-k-chamberlain-award/

 

We would be grateful if you could share information about the award with your network. If you have any questions, please reply to this email address (awards@icrw.org).

Re-Thinking Mentoring: How to Build Communities of Inclusion, Support, and Accountability

This virtual workshop is designed to start a new type of discussion about mentoring by describing the common problems that pre-tenure and post-tenure faculty members experience and why traditional mentoring programs fail to meet those needs. We propose an alternative framework for mentoring that focuses on needs assessment and shifts the idea of mentoring from a relationship between two faculty members towards building a broad network of support, community and accountability. The virtual workshop concludes with a presentation of best practices in mentoring pre-tenure, under-represented and mid-career faculty. 

Virtual Workshop Registration Form

 

Zoom Meeting Information

Topic: Virtual Workshop: University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Re-Thinking Mentoring
Time: Oct 13, 2021, 02:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83948591887?pwd=dWtYdzVKeCtHZWxUZGlnN0Fod1Budz09

Meeting ID: 839 4859 1887
Passcode: 088784

NTT Position in Transnational Feminisms - Drew University

Drew University seeks applications for a non-tenure track faculty position, beginning Fall 2022, in the Women’s and Gender Studies Program with a specialization in transnational feminisms and a disciplinary location in the social sciences preferred.  A focus on gender and health or a regional focus in Africa or Latin/South America particularly desirable.

Responsibilities:

• 3/3 teaching load. Courses will include: Introduction to Women’s and Gender Studies; Transnational Feminisms; as well as a choice of interdisciplinary women’s and gender studies courses or disciplinary courses.
• Participation in program activities such as lectures, student discussions, panels;
• Mentoring of majors and minors in the WGST program

 Required Education and Experience:

• PhD required at time of appointment
• Record of teaching excellence with experience in some of the relevant courses

Application:

To apply, submit the following materials.

• Cover letter
• CV
• Three letters of recommendation (recommenders should send letters to: wgst@drew.edu)
• Teaching portfolio (evaluations, teaching statement)

Please apply by October 10, 2021.  Application review will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.

To apply, go to:  https://drew-university.oasisrecruit.com/job/276671/non-tenure-track-faculty-position-wgst-transnational-feminism

Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of Women's and Gender Studies and Political Science - Providence College

 Providence College invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track position—a joint appointment in Political Science and Women's & Gender Studies--at the assistant professor level to begin in August, 2022. Candidates must possess a Ph.D. in Political Science and/or Women’s and Gender Studies, embody an intersectional approach to teaching and research, and provide evidence of teaching excellence and scholarly promise. The ideal candidate will teach and have research interests that embody the intersectional lens of race, class, and gender.  

  

Annual teaching responsibilities include some combination of the following: teaching one or more of the WGS core courses (introductory and capstone courses), as well as cross-listed courses in feminist political theory, gender, and politics, and an additional course in gender in law, public policy, or political participation in the United States. The ability to teach qualitative, quantitative, and/or feminist research methods is advantageous. The course load at Providence College is three courses per semester 

  

Candidates should demonstrate a commitment to engaged learning and address how they will contribute to building a community that is attentive to gender, race, and class diversity among our students. As the student body at Providence College grows increasingly diverse, we have a strong preference for candidates who demonstrate a deep commitment to and proven ability in supporting the success of students from historically marginalized economic, racial, ethnic, social, and cultural groups.  

  

Applicants should apply online at the College’s career site, which can be found at https://careers.providence.edu and submit a cover letter, curriculum vita, teaching statement/philosophy and evidence of teaching effectiveness, graduate transcript, and three letters of recommendation. For additional information, please contact Dr. Abigail Brooks (abrooks1@providence.edu) or Dr. Joe Cammarano (jpcammar@providence.edu). In order to receive full consideration, applicants must submit their materials by October 31.    

  

Providence College is a Roman Catholic four-year liberal arts institution conducted under the auspices of the Dominican Friars and seeks candidates who can affirm and contribute to its Mission. We believe that cultural and intellectual pluralism is essential to the excellence of our academic program and strive to foster an academic culture and campus community that attracts and supports the development of a stellar and diverse faculty reflecting the global environment in which we live and work. As such, a pillar of Providence College’s Strategic Plan for Diversity is to “aggressively recruit, support and retain diverse faculty.” To review the strategic plan, please https://strategic-plan.providence.edu/. An Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity employer, the College especially encourages the applications of women and persons of color. 

Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Management and Women’s and Gender Studies - Providence College

 The Department of Health Policy and Management and the Women’s and Gender Studies Program seek to fill a jointly appointed tenure-track faculty position to begin in August 2022. We are seeking applicants who contribute a gendered, intersectional approach to research and/or practice expertise in the areas of violence, health equity, health justice, mental health, and/or health communications. Strong preference will be given to candidates whose research and teaching interests center the AAPI community or the Asian diaspora.  

 

Teaching responsibilities would include introductory courses in and cross-lists between Health Policy and Management, Women’s and Gender Studies, and Asian Studies. There can also be opportunities to cross-list courses with Black Studies, Latin American and Latinx Studies, Sociology and Anthropology, American Studies, Social Work, and Psychology as appropriate. Qualified applicants would show commitment to student-centered, interactive pedagogy and publicly engaged scholarship, as well as effective mentoring of our increasingly diverse student body.  

 

A completed doctorate or other terminal degree is required for this tenure-track appointment. 

 

Candidates who have graduate training in Women's and Gender Studies, Asian or Asian American Studies, Race and Ethnic Studies, Health Communications, Community Health, Mental Health, Immigration and Refugee Health, Geography, Demography, Sociology, Public Health, Public Policy, Economics, or related fields appropriate to a joint appointment in Health Policy and Management and Women’s and Gender Studies are strongly encouraged to apply. 

 

As the student body at Providence College grows increasingly diverse, we have a strong preference for candidates who demonstrate a deep commitment to and proven ability in supporting the success of students from historically marginalized economic, social, and cultural groups. Applicants should apply online at the College’s career site at https://careers.providence.edu and submit a cover letter, curriculum vita, a diversity statement documenting past and/or prospective future contributions to the area of diversity, equity, and inclusion, a teaching statement/philosophy and evidence of teaching effectiveness, a separate one-page statement outlining a vision for teaching WGS 101 Introduction to Women’s and Gender Studies, graduate transcript, and three letters of recommendation.  

 

For additional information, please contact Dr. Abigail Brooks, Program Director, Women’s and Gender Studies, at abrooks1@providence.edu, or Dr. Deborah Levine, Department Chair, Health Policy and Management, at dlevine2@providence.edu. A review of applications will begin on November 1, 2021 and will continue until the position is filled.  A completed doctoral or other terminal degree is required for this tenure-track appointment.   

  

Providence College is a Roman Catholic four-year liberal arts institution conducted under the auspices of the Dominican Friars and seeks candidates who can affirm and contribute to its Mission. We believe that cultural and intellectual pluralism is essential to the excellence of our academic program, and strive to foster an academic culture and campus community that attracts and supports the development of a stellar and diverse faculty reflecting the global environment in which we live and work. As such, a pillar of Providence College’s Strategic Plan for Diversity is to “aggressively recruit, support and retain diverse faculty.” To review the strategic plan, please visit https://strategic-plan.providence.edu/. An Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity employer, the College especially encourages the applications of women and persons of color.  

Postdoctoral Fellowship in Sexuality Studies (Social Scientific Approaches) - NorthwesternUniversity

Application Deadline: November 29, 2021

The Sexualities Project at Northwestern (SPAN) invites applications for two two-year postdoctoral fellowships in Sexuality Studies, to run from September 1, 2022 through August 31, 2024. Applications are welcome from scholars who study sexuality from a social science perspective (broadly construed). Each Fellow’s appointment will be a joint one: in the Gender & Sexuality Studies Program and in another department relevant to the Fellow’s research interests. We are particularly interested in candidates who could affiliate with one of the following participating departments: African-American Studies, Anthropology, Communication Studies, History, Human Development and Social Policy, Linguistics, Performance Studies, Political Science, Religious Studies, or Sociology. That is, the Fellow must have relevant expertise in both Sexuality Studies and one of these other disciplines, and must be prepared to teach courses that reflect that combined expertise. Fellows will pursue a program of independent scholarship under the guidance of a faculty mentor and will teach two undergraduate courses (typically one seminar and one lecture course) over the course of each year. Northwestern is on the quarter system by which the Fellows’ two courses will be distributed across three academic quarters. Fellows will also be expected to be active participants in SPAN’s community of faculty and graduate students and, as applicable, in their affiliated department by attending talks and events, and by giving a public talk once each year. Finally, they will assist in the organization of on-campus educational activities such as the annual SPAN workshop. We currently anticipate that the Fellows will be expected to be in residence for each of the academic years of their appointment. It is also anticipated that all teaching will be conducted in person.

All application materials other than letters of recommendation must be received by 11:59 pm on November 29, 2021. The initial letter of recommendation is due no later than December 6, 2021. Given that your reference will not receive submission instructions until you submit your completed application, we urge you to submit your application well before the deadline.

Important additional information including salary, qualifications, FAQs, and submission instructions can be found on our website at: http://www.sexualities.northwestern.edu/funding-opportunities/postdoc-applications/.

Administrative questions not addressed on the webpage should be directed to Cassilyn Ostrander at sexualities@northwestern.edu. Substantive questions not addressed on the webpage may be sent to the Co-Directors of SPAN, Héctor Carrillo (hector@northwestern.edu) and Gregory Ward (gw@northwestern.edu). For more information about Programs and Departments at Northwestern, visit: https://offices.northwestern.edu/browse/A/academic.

DISCO Network Mellon Fellowship - University of Michigan-Ann Arbor: College of Literature, Science, and the Arts: Digital Studies Institute

The DISCO (Digital Inquiry, Speculation, Collaboration, and Optimism) Network Mellon Fellowship will address vital topics such as racial and gender inequality, histories of exclusion, disability justice and techno-ableism, and digital racial politics within the academy and beyond. In collaboration with the Mellon Foundation, this position is part of a seven-person fellowship cluster hiring effort across a consortium of five universities.

DUE OCTOBER 18TH

The full-time rate (FTR) is $75,000/12 months with benefits (plus $5,000/year allocation for research expense reimbursement). Please note that different universities have different fellowship terms, offering either a 1-year fellowship or 2-year fellowship term. The start and end dates of the fellowships vary and are dependent on the individual university's academic year calendar. 
The following universities are currently accepting fellowship applications:
 
1.The Humanities and Technoscience (HAT) Lab Fellowship at Purdue University (1-year fellowship):
For the 2022-2023 academic year, we seek a postdoctoral fellow who will contribute to DISCO and the HAT lab by identifying and developing curricular and research opportunities that bridge and connect the humanities, the arts, engineering, and social sciences. The fellow is expected to build a research agenda based on their individualized scholarly work. As the HAT lab will focus on a studio-based curricular and research model, we are interested in a fellow whose research broadly engages design and material culture. We seek a fellow whose expertise connects with one or more of the following subject areas: American Studies, Design Studies, Material Culture Studies, or Science and Technology Studies with a focus on communities of difference (race, gender, sexuality). 
Fellow’s Activities: 
Attend DISCO bi-weekly network meetings.
Develop an individualized research program.
Create scholarly programming that supports the research agenda of the HAT lab.
Contribute to curricular and writing projects, including a cross-institutional, collaboratively-designed curricula.
Organize a series of meetings with local stakeholders, academic units, and peers to identify appropriate partners for project-based learning opportunities.
Annually teach or co-teach a variable-credit course related to the HAT lab research agenda.  This course may be offered remotely. 
Serve on relevant HAT lab and DISCO committees.
 
2. The Black Communication and Technology Lab (BCaT) Lab Fellowship at the University of Maryland (1-year fellowship):
For the 2022-2023 academic year, we seek a postdoctoral fellow who will contribute to DISCO, the BCaT lab, and the department of Communication at the University of Maryland by helping to build a cohort approach to recruitment, training, and mentoring that ushers students from undergraduate programs to research in race and technology. As the BCaT lab will develop a pipeline program model that introduces undergraduates to digital research through workshops and coursework, helps students navigate graduate research, and creates a mentoring network for students to navigate Black Digital Studies within the humanities, we are interested in a fellow who can contribute to the building of a prototype for recruiting and sustaining a new generation of scholars in Digital Studies. We seek a fellow with expertise and a terminal degree in the field of Communication or a related field with a focus on race, African American history/culture, Black diasporic history/culture, Black Digital Humanities, and/or Black Studies. 
Fellow’s Activities:
Attend DISCO bi-weekly network meetings.
Develop an individualized research program.
Create scholarly programming that supports the research agenda of the BCaT lab.
Develop one course/year (undergrad or grad) to be shared with partner institutions.
Work with the director to develop undergraduate mentoring/writing sessions. 
Help design workshops for public high school programs in Digital Studies.
Present research at one colloquium per year.
Attend 1-2 workshops per semester for graduate students/early career scholars. 
 
3. The Digital Accessible Futures (Digital AF) Lab Fellowship at the University of Michigan (2-year fellowship):
For the 2022-2024 academic years, we seek a postdoctoral fellow who specializes in the areas of disability justice, critical access studies, and digital studies. Candidates specializing in critiques of techno-ableism and techno-normativity, histories of digital access as they relate to disabled users, digital networks of care post and pre-COVID-19, data regimes and the resurgence of crip wisdom, intersectional approaches to disability and technology that include sexuality, race, class, and other aspects of identity are especially welcome. This is an interdisciplinary position and candidates may have earned Ph.D.’s in a variety of disciplines.
Fellow’s Activities: 
Attend DISCO bi-weekly network meetings.
Develop an individualized research program.
Create scholarly programming that supports the research agenda of the DISCO Network, including collaboration on remote access charettes.
Contribute to curricular and writing projects, including a cross-institutional, collaboratively-designed curricula.
Organize a series of meetings with local stakeholders, academic units, and peers to identify appropriate partners for network building and resource mapping.
Annually teach or co-teach a variable-credit course related to the U-M Initiative in Disability Studies (UMInDS).
Serve on relevant DISCO and U-M disability-related committees.
 
4. The DISCO Network Fellowship at the University of Michigan (2-year fellowship):
For the 2022-2024 academic years, we seek a postdoctoral fellow who specializes in the areas of digital culture and technology with a special focus on race, ethnic studies, gender studies, disability, nationality, etc. Candidates with experience network building, doing policy work, engaging in activist networks, or other forms of outreach and organizing are encouraged to apply.  Duties will include developing the DISCO Network’s national and international intellectual community, resource mapping, convening stakeholders and scholars working on digital equity across a range of contexts, programming events and regular meetings to coalesce the network’s activities, and envisioning more equitable digital futures. This is an interdisciplinary position and candidates may have earned Ph.D.’s in a variety of disciplines.
Fellow’s Activities: 
Attend DISCO bi-weekly network meetings.
Develop an individualized research program.
Create scholarly programming that supports the research agenda of the DISCO Network.
Contribute to curricular and writing projects, including a cross-institutional, collaboratively-designed curricula.
Organize a series of meetings with local stakeholders, academic units, and peers to identify appropriate partners for network building and resource mapping.
Serve on relevant DISCO committees.
 
5. DISCO Curriculum Development Fellowship at the University of Michigan (2-year fellowship):
For the 2022-2024 academic years, we seek a postdoctoral fellow who specializes in the areas of race and digital culture with a special emphasis on platform or infrastructure studies, game studies, anti-racist social movements, artificial intelligence and racial misrecognition, and other emergent racio-social formations. Candidates specializing in Black or indigenous digital studies are especially encouraged to apply. Duties will include building the DISCO Network’s intellectual community, collaborating on a new anti-racist curriculum for undergraduate students inside and beyond the liberal arts, teaching one course per semester in that curriculum, and/or producing new research for a public audience informed by critical race theory and technology studies.  Evidence of teaching excellence and innovation required. This is an interdisciplinary position and candidates may have earned Ph.D.’s in a variety of disciplines.
Fellow’s Activities: 
Attend DISCO bi-weekly network meetings.
Develop an individualized research program.
Create scholarly programming that supports the research agenda of the DISCO Network.
Contribute to curricular and writing projects, including a cross-institutional, collaboratively-designed curricula.
Organize a series of meetings with local stakeholders, academic units, and peers to identify appropriate partners for project-based learning opportunities.
Annually teach or co-teach a variable-credit course related to the research agenda. 
Serve on relevant DISCO committees.

Qualifications
Ph.D. completed in a related discipline by Sept. 1, 2022.
Application Instructions
Applications received before Oct. 18, 2021 will be guaranteed consideration, but they will continue to be reviewed as they are received until the position is filled.
Please submit the following documents to 

INTERFOLIO:

1) A cover letter addressing the relationship of your academic work and research interests to fields specified in the fellowship description;
2) Current CV;
3) Writing sample (1-20 pages);
4) Statement of research (1-2 pages);
5) Teaching Portfolio detailing teaching statement and evidence of teaching experience and effectiveness (1-2 pages);
6) Three letters of recommendation;
7) A list specifying which fellowship positions you would like to be considered for if applying to more than one fellowship position.

Call for Proposals/Papers

 Call for Proposals/Papers 

Call For Papers - Special Issue: Black Lives Matter

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/perspectives-on-politics/call-for-papers-black-lives-matter-special-issue

Following the murders of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd, among others, Black Lives Matter (BLM) is at the center of American politics. It is widespread, diverse, and the protests it leads have broad popular support according to public opinion polling. History suggests that protest is essential to the health of democracies. The most effective protests force the political establishment to enact policy reforms that benefit an aggrieved party, typically a marginalized group. Even when movements fail, protests often put grievances on the public agenda for a sustained period of time. Having said this, seven years after its founding in the aftermath of the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the murder of Trayvon Martin, BLM has achieved some major successes. If the diversity of the recent protests is any indication, BLM has the potential to change the way that Americans deal with race and racism, and offers the chance to correct for the past failures of American society to address race-based injustice.  Indeed, some have argued that this is a watershed event, when a movement is capable of triggering major reform. For others, the current moment is just that: a moment, one that will trigger a major backlash, and will soon pass with nothing to show for it. With this in mind Perspectives on Politics calls for submission of papers for a special issue, the purpose of which is to explore the state of BLM, its impact, and its potential ramifications. 

We encourage papers from a range of perspectives, subfields, and approaches within the discipline.  Christopher Sebastian Parker of the University of Washington will serve as Guest Editor for this special issue.

Any paper that addresses the movement and its effects is welcome, but we are particularly interested in submissions that address the following issues:

• How is the current climate similar to/different from earlier moments that led to  race-based upheaval and transformation?
• How, if at all, does the pandemic affect inter-racial movement alliances? Is the current situation a one-off, or does it represent a major change in race relations?
• What, if anything, is the relationship between the BLM protests and the anti-lockdown movement? How might attitudes about one affect perceptions of the other?
• How has BLM been used as fodder by antithetical movements that are seeking to block reform on race or other salient reform efforts?
• What does the rapid growth and enhanced visibility and influence of BLM tell us about when and how social organizing and media attention serve as triggering events that crystallize into a broad and sustained protest movement?
• What's the relationship between BLM in the US and similar movements abroad? In other words, what are the continuities and discontinues with anti-racist movements abroad?
• How might theories of justice, equality, liberty, order, non-domination, solidarity, or other political values inform the BLM movement, and vice-versa?
• What, if any, is the relationship between BLM and theories of intersectionality?
• What is the relationship between BLM and law enforcement, and how, if at all, has it changed since 2013?

Submission Guidelines
Deadline: May 31, 2021

Length: manuscripts must not exceed 12,000 words, including endnotes and references.

Style, Format, References, and Endnotes: Please refer to the style guide for Perspectives. As explained in the "Instructions for Authors," tables, figures, and appendix materials may be included within manuscripts or uploaded as separate files.

Submission Instructions: Manuscripts must be submitted electronically through the online manuscript processing system called Editorial Manager. First-time users should register and create a profile. Returning users may log in and continue using their existing profile, and may update their user information at any time. Please be sure to indicate that your submission is designated for this Special Issue through Editorial Manager.

Submissions will include a 200-word abstract, keywords (for indexing), title page, and a brief author's biographical note (100 words or less) at the time of initial submission.

Review of Submissions: Articles submitted for consideration in this Special Issue will undergo Perspectives' standard review process. The first step in this process is a blind, in-house assessment by the editorial staff to determine whether the submission is of sufficient quality and an appropriate fit for both the journal and the Special Issue. Those submissions that fall within the thematic focus for this Special Issue and clear the internal review process will be sent out for external review according to a standard double-blind referee process. Finally, based on referee reports and their own careful readings of the article, the editor-in-chief, associate editor, and guest editor will then decide whether to accept a submission, reject it, or offer the author(s) the opportunity to revise and resubmit the manuscript.

Questions
Please direct questions about this Special Issue to our editorial staff at perspectives@apsanet.org.

About Perspectives on Politics
Perspectives on Politics seeks to provide a space for broad and synthetic discussion within the political science profession and between the profession and the broader scholarly and reading publics. Such discussion necessarily draws on and contributes to the scholarship published in the more specialized journals that dominate our discipline. At the same time, Perspectives seeks to promote a complementary form of broad public discussion and synergistic understanding within the profession that is essential to advancing research and promoting scholarly community.

Perspectives seeks to nurture a political science public sphere, publicizing important scholarly topics, ideas, and innovations, linking scholarly authors and readers, and promoting broad reflexive discussion among political scientists about the work that we do and why this work matters.

Events

 Upcoming Events

Funding/Scholarships

 Funding & Scholarship Opportunities

Jobs/Fellowships

 New Job & Fellowship Opportunities

GWSS Newsletter 03.06.2020

Events

1. Wellbeing Series Lecture featuring Rhonda Magee (03.24) 2. The Economies of the Sea: Race, Labor, Migration, and Visual Culture (03.19) 3. Radical Roots: Indigenous Women and Women of Color Symposium (03.28) 4. What is Ableism? (03.23)

Scholarships/Fellowships/Job Opportunities

1. Faculty Position in Women's and Gender Studies at ISU - Mar. 15th Deadline

Call for Papers/Proposals

1. #2020NWSA Conference Proposals

Recognitions/Awards/Publications

1. SeungGyeong Ji awarded the 2020-21 IDF
2. Sara and Tankut won Thesis Research Travel Grants this semester!
3. Congratulations to our 2020-2021 DOVE Awardees Isaac & Lorna! 

Miscellaneous

Events

1. Wellbeing Series Lecture featuring Rhonda Magee Tuesday, March 24, 2020 | 3:30 p.m. | Memorial Hall, McNamara Alumni Center In this interactive session, lawyer, author, mindfulness teacher and storyteller Rhonda V. Magee will discuss the links between embodied mindfulness and compassion practices and working to disrupt bias and bring about anti-oppressive social change. She will show how awareness practices may be the hidden keys to effectiveness in the work of healing, peacemaking and doing justice. Rhonda will offer discussion and practices based on her new book, The Inner Work of Racial Justice: Healing Ourselves and Transforming Our Communities Through Mindfulness. 2. The Economies of the Sea: Race, Labor, Migration, and  Visual Culture March 19th - 4:00pm Blegen 10  Roderick A. Ferguson is professor and chair of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and professor of American Studies at Yale University. He is the author of One-Dimensional Queer (Polity, 2019), We Demand: The University and Student Protests (University of California, 2017), The Reorder of Things: The University and Its Pedagogies of Minority Difference (University of Minnesota, 2012), and Aberrations in Black: Toward a Queer of Color Critique (University of Minnesota, 2004). He is the co-editor with Grace Hong of the anthology Strange Affinities: The Gender and Sexual Politics of Comparative Racialization (Duke University, 2011). He is also co-editor with Erica Edwards and Jeffrey Ogbar of Keywords of African American Studies (NYU, 2018). He is currently working on two monographs—The Arts of Black Studies and The Bookshop of Black Queer Diaspora. Ferguson's teaching interests include the politics of culture, women of color feminism, the study of race, critical university studies, queer social movements, and social theory.

3. Radical Roots: Indigenous Women and Women of Color  Symposium The Indigenous Women & Women of Color Student Symposium: Radical Roots is taking place on Saturday, March 28, at the University of Minnesota! Co-hosted by the Women's Center and the Carlson School of Management, the Symposium includes keynote talks by Jessika Greendeer, Seed Keeper at Dream of Wild Health, community organizers Camille Mitchell and Kandace Montgomery, as well as breakout sessions. The Symposium prioritizes and centers the voices and experiences of indigenous women and women color students. Register here! Student prices are $10-$15; a limited number of UMN student scholarships available as well. You can spread the word by sharing information about the Symposium via social media or by passing along this email.  Share the Facebook event RT this event notice on Twitter Regram this post on Instagram Attached is a PDF of the event flyer in case you want to share that as well.  Access information: The symposium will be taking place in the Carlson School of Management and Herbert M. Hanson Hall, on the University of Minnesota West Bank. Both buildings are wheelchair accessible, equipped with power doors and elevators, and have gender neutral restrooms available. The buildings are connected by an indoor skyway. For access requests and disability accommodations, please contact the Women’s Center at women@umn.edu or 612-625-9837 with two weeks’ advance notice when possible. 4. What is Ableism? "What is Ableism?" is on Monday March 23 led by Jay Wilson, senior access consultant at the Disability Resource Center. Please join us for all or part of this discussion! Content warning: the readings and discussion will contain examples of ableism and its intersections with other forms of marginalization. We recognize that disabled life and academics can be unpredictable. We want to make sure access is in place in case you come, so please RSVP and submit an access request if you think you might come.  Event Details When: Monday March 23, 12:00-2pm Where: Crosby Seminar Room, second floor of Northrop Hall, UMN Parking information for Northrup Hall To generate directions or transit options, use Google Maps There are elevators on the East and West ends of the Northrup building and power door openers on the ground floor. There are single use, accessible restrooms on the ground floor and right next to our room, the Crosby room. Light refreshments will be served. Please let us know if you have dietary restrictions when you RSVP In order to have enough time to plan accommodations, please submit access requests by March 9th or as soon as possible. We will do our best to arrange access for requests submitted at any time. Readings: Ableism: The Causes and Consequences of Disability Prejudice, First Edition. Michelle R. Nario-Redmond. Begin with the poem (34-37) and focus on pages 1-11 and 34-37 if time is short. PDF attached. 4+ minute video with Patty Berne and Stacey Milbern.  Lydia X.Z. Brown's Ableism is not bad words, it's violence blog post  Zoom ID (Remote Attendance) https://umn.zoom.us/j/573140001

Scholarships/Fellowships/Job Opportunities

1. Faculty Position in Women's and Gender Studies at ISU - Mar. 15th Deadline

The Women’s and Gender Studies Program at Iowa State University invites applications for an

Assistant Teaching Professor position to support areas of excellence in the program with

preference given to contemporary approaches to intersectionality, gender, and sexuality. The

successful candidate will have a strong academic and teaching background in one or more of the

following areas: gender and sexuality studies; women of color feminisms; and introduction to

queer studies.

The Women’s and Gender Studies Program has a successful record in the field centered on

teaching, research, and outreach to the university campus, local community, and broader society.

The curriculum includes three areas of emphasis: 1) Communication and Cultural Representation,

2) Identities and Sexualities, and 3) Leadership and Social Justice.

This position entails teaching face-to-face or online sections of courses as needed across the

curriculum, in graduate or undergraduate settings, and courses in the candidate’s area of expertise.

The teaching load for this position is 3/4 and includes a three-year contract to begin August 16,

2020. The successful applicant will also play a key role in shaping the program through curriculum

development, student advising, and outreach initiatives.

Preference will be given to candidates who hold a Ph.D. in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality

Studies, or a related field at the time of hire and have demonstrated teaching excellence in higher

education.

View the position description, requirements, and application instructions on the Iowa State Job

Board. Visit the University Human Resources website for description of full, competitive benefits

package.

Review of Applications will begin March 15, 2020 and remain open until filled.

Call for Papers/Proposals

1. #2020NWSA Conference Proposals

About the 2020 Theme:
The 2020 NWSA conference theme, “The Poetics, Politics, and Praxis of Transnational Feminisms,” seeks to open up conversation about the evolution of transnational feminisms. Rooted in the pioneering scholarship of Jacqui Alexander, Inderpal Grewal, Caren Kaplan, and Chandra Talpade Mohanty, among others, transnational feminism has been a subject of feminist study, theorizing, and discourse for decades. It has contributed immensely to decentering Western, especially US, scholarship and generated new forms of anti-racist, anti-imperialist, and decolonial feminist praxis and epistemologies that cross national boundaries. 
Click here for full CFP and directions for submitting a conference proposal 

2020 Pre-Conference Information:
Each year, NWSA hosts multiple pre-conference sessions including the Program Administration and Development (PAD) Pre-Conference, the Women’s Centers Committee (WCC) Pre-Conference, and the Women of Color Leadership Project (WoCLP). For the past 2 years, NWSA has piloted teach-ins and institutes for NWSA attendees. NWSA is broadening the pre-conference session offerings for the 2020 NWSA Annual Conference. 

Please submit proposals to preconference@nwsa.org. (NOTE: this is a different proposal submission process than the one used for the general conference).

Program Administration and Development (PA&D) Pre-Conference
The PA&D Pre-Conference organizers invite the submission of proposals for both workshops and panels on a broad range of topics related to women’s, gender, and sexuality studies program administration and development (individual papers will not be accepted for the PA&D Pre-Conference). The 2020 NWSA conference theme is “The Poetics, Politics, and Praxis of Transnational Feminisms.” We encourage submissions that engage with this theme, as well as those aimed at offering innovations in program administration and development. Sessions that encourage anti-racist and anti-imperialist approaches to programming, administration, and curriculum, are especially welcome. (PLEASE NOTE: Proposals that are not specifically related to program administration and development should be submitted to the general conference using the general conference login system. Proposals to be considered for PA&D’s “Sponsored Session” in the general conference program should also be submitted to the general conference submission portal.)

Women’s Centers Committee (WCC) Pre-Conference
The NWSA’s Women’s Centers Committee (WCC) advances the vital role that women’s and gender equity centers play in the field of Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies (WGSS). Women’s and gender equity centers support the scholarship and best practices of both the centers themselves, and of academic programs—developing research, documenting resources, building network alliances, serving as support and advocacy centers addressing equity and inclusion, and designing projects that support feminist theory and practice.

The expressed need of the Women’s Centers Committee (WCC) to have more flexibility with regard to the pre-conference format has been a topic of conversation between WCC leadership and NWSA leadership for several years. Based on discussions spearheaded by the outgoing WCC Co-Chairs and NWSA leadership, we are delighted to announce that we have support to pilot a more “un-conference” feel this next year. The format of the WCC pre-conference in 2020 will reflect more flexibility and have space for both traditional break-out sessions and elements of the Summit, such as large group workshops and less structured conversations on topics of pressing importance. An additional component of a more flexible pre-conference is extending the submission due-date for pre-conference proposals, as a later date provides additional time to select topics of immediate relevance to the community and ensures that a greater diversity of WCC content is present in both the pre-conference and the main conference. We are still currently having conversations regarding the timeline for WCC pre-conference planning and will release when we will begin accepting proposal submissions as well as the deadline as soon as we have this information. Recognizing the value of WCC contribution to the field of Women’s and Gender Studies, we strongly encourage Center professionals to continue to propose sessions for the general conference. We will have more information forthcoming.

Pre-Conference Institutes
A Pre-Conference Institute provides conference attendees a chance to engage with concepts, materials, and other attendees in a half-day format. Organized around certain themes connected to the general conference theme, Pre-Conference Institutes take a deeper dive into pedagogical issues and questions of interest to a variety of NWSA members including scholars, activists, administrators. More detailed instructions are in the conference CFP.

Click here for more information on the pre-conference proposals in the full CFP.

Women of Color Leadership Project (WoCLP)
The Women of Color Leadership Project (WoCLP) is committed to increasing the number of students, staff, and faculty members of color working within the field of women’s studies, related disciplines, and interdisciplinary fields; working at women’s centers; and assuming positions of power and leadership in NWSA, including the Program Administration and Development Committee (PAD) and Women’s Centers Committee (WCC).

The WoCLP is also designed to support women of color in their professional goals and leadership development. Women of color in women’s studies, ethnic studies, or related fields may apply if they aspire to leadership within women’s studies or NWSA. Applicants may include advanced graduate students, faculty, and current program administrators who wish to be more involved in program or NWSA leadership. The application process for the 2020 WoCLP cohort will take place February 7 - March 31, 2020. 

If you have questions about proposal submissions for the general or pre-conferences, please contact nwsaoffice@nwsa.org

Recognitions/Awards/Publications

1. SeungGyeong Ji awarded the 2020-21 IDF

Many congratulations and very well done!

2. Sara and Tankut won Thesis Research Travel Grants this semester!

Congratulations to both of you!

3. Congratulations to our DOVE Awardees, Isaac Esposto and Lorna Closeil. 

Congratulations to the both of you! 

Miscellaneous

Have a great spring break!