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Monday, January 13, 2020

GWSS Newsletter 01.13.2020

Events

1. Research Workshop Series

Scholarships/Fellowships/Job Opportunities

1. Assistant Prof. in Queer Migrations at UCSB Feminist Studies
2. Visiting Assistant Professor, WGST, Denison University (2020-2022)

Call for Papers/Proposals

Recognitions/Awards/Publications

Course Offerings

Miscellaneous
1. Funding, Writing and Training Opportunities
2. 2020 NWSA Chair and Director Meeting Registration - Deadline February 15





Events

1. Research Workshop Series

The Liberal Arts Technologies and Innovation Services (LATIS) offers a series of free workshops designed for researchers in liberal arts disciplines. Join the LATIS Research Workshops Google Group to be the first to know when workshops open for registration. Workshops are open to all faculty and graduate students, and many offer online attendance options. 
  • Introduction Nvivo - Jan 31
  • Introduction to R - Feb 7
  • Intro to ATLAS.ti - Feb 14
  • Rejuvenate your writing with Scrivener - Feb 28
  • Creating Professional Video Recordings for Media Projects - Introduction to LATIS Equipment - March 20
  • Data Management in transition: Strategies for when you graduate - April 10
  • Introduction to Computational Text Analysis - April 24


Scholarships/Fellowships/Job Opportunities

1. Assistant Prof. in Queer Migrations at UCSB Feminist Studies

The Department of Feminist Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara,
invites applications for a tenure-track position at the rank of assistant professor in
queer migrations. Research may focus on trans/queer geographies, immigration
and migration, racialization, decoloniality, and flows of people, ideas, and
objects across borders. Of special interest to us are innovative methodological
approaches to gender and sexual citizenship, discourses of belonging, and
human rights in the context of state and social violence against LGBTQ
communities in historical or contemporary national and transnational frames. This
position is part of a campus-wide cluster hire in migration/immigration, with the
expectation of continuing collaboration among faculty hires.

Applicants must have completed all requirements for the PhD, except the
dissertation, in feminist/women's/gender studies or a related interdisciplinary field
at the time of application. Additionally, the candidate must have a fully
conferred PhD by the anticipated appointment start date of July 1, 2020. The
Department is especially interested in candidates who can contribute to the
diversity and excellence of the academic community through research,
teaching, service, and mentoring.

The position entails participation in the LGBTQ Studies minor and teaching core
and specialized courses. We have a thriving major, minor, and PhD program with
a focus on new sexualities and social justice from intersectional and
transnational perspectives.

Apply by February 9, 2020 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time) for primary consideration;
position will remain open until filled. Applicants should submit a letter of
application, c.v., publication or writing sample of no more than 25 pages, and
arrange for three letters of recommendation be uploaded on their behalf via
UCSB’s Recruit website at https://recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/apply/JPF01681. Submitting
a Diversity Statement that outlines your past, present, and future aspirations and
contributions to promoting equity, inclusion, and diversity in your professional
career is highly recommended.

Please direct any questions to Sonya Baker, Business

Officer: sbaker@femst.ucsb.edu.


2. Visiting Assistant Professor, WGST, Denison University (2020-2022)

The Women’s and Gender Studies Program at Denison University invites applications for a two-year, full time, non-tenure track position at the Visiting Assistant Professor level, beginning August 2020. PhD in appropriate discipline by August 2020 is required. We seek a colleague with a strong academic background in the required area of women’s, gender, and sexuality studies. Preferred area of teaching specialization is in critical approaches to the fine arts—including by not limited to theatre and performance studies, arts and activism, art-making, dance, musicology and music studies—that position women, gender, and sexuality as key analytics. We are particularly interested in intersectional, transnational feminist, decolonial, and/or queer methodologies. Applications submitted by Feb 10 will receive full consideration. Position open until filled. A second position in this teaching specialization is possible.

We seek an energetic and dynamic teacher, with a commitment to liberal arts education, who will teach the introductory women’s and gender studies course (WGST101 Issues in Feminism). This course addresses foundational knowledges and concepts in the field, in addition to competencies in oral communication. The successful candidate will also teach intermediate- and/or advanced-level courses in their areas of specialization, possibly core courses for the major and minor degrees (WGST311 Feminist Theory, WGST310 Feminist Research Methods), reflecting both the candidate’s expertise and the needs of the program. The candidate will be expected to advise senior student projects in the major.

Teaching load for this position is three courses per semester. When deemed appropriate, courses may be cross-listed in other relevant departments. Demonstrated ability and motivation for excellence in undergraduate teaching is expected. Competency in contributing to the college’s writing program is welcomed. The successful candidate is expected to hold regular office hours on campus and contribute to the life of the Program (i.e. attending meetings and events) and is encouraged to make contributions to the life of the University.

The Women’s and Gender Studies Program offers both a major and a minor and forms a lively intellectual community of faculty and students. The program emphasizes critical awareness of women’s and gender issues; the intersectionality of gender and other aspects of identity, including race, class, age, religion and sexuality; the interdisciplinarity of feminist methods and theories; and the transformative power of connecting the academic study of women’s and gender issues with activism. The Women’s and Gender Studies Program also administers the Laura C. Harris Fund and Series, which sponsors major speakers, activists, and performers each year. For more information about the program, see https://denison.edu/academics/womens-gender-studies.

Denison University is a highly selective liberal arts college that emphasizes excellence in both teaching and scholarship. It is located in the historic village of Granville, about thirty miles east of Columbus, Ohio, the state capital, which hosts a wide range of cultural and artistic opportunities. Granville also offers an excellent public school system and easy access to outdoor activities. Denison University is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer. To achieve our mission as a liberal arts college, we continually strive to foster a diverse campus community, which recognizes the value of all persons regardless of religion, race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, disability, or socio-economic background.

Applicants should submit:
1. cover letter outlining research and teaching experience and kinds of courses the applicant would like to offer
2. a teaching statement that includes: a) teaching philosophy and b) how the candidate can foster and support diversity among our students (inside and outside of the classroom)
3. sample syllabi
4. curriculum vitae
5. unofficial undergraduate and graduate school transcripts
6. names of three references (applicants should submit names of their references as part of the application; the references may be contacted by the selection committee through Denison’s online application system)
Applications must be submitted through Denison’s on-line application system at employment.denison.edu under “Faculty.” Quick link: https://employment.denison.edu/postings/2672

Call for Papers/Proposals

Recognitions/Awards/Publications


Course Offerings

Miscellaneous

1. Funding, Writing and Training Opportunities

The start of a new year is a common time to submit a Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement (DDRI) proposals, refine your dissertation content and to seek out summer and future fellowships. Start planning and applying now for opportunities in 2020.
2. 2020 NWSA Chair and Director Meeting Registration - Deadline February 15
Quick reminder that the deadline for registering for the 2020 Chair and Director Meeting is February 15. If you wish to attend please see the details below:
To participate: log in to your institutional account, renew your institutional membership, and register for the NWSA 2020 Chair and Director Meeting to take place Friday, March 6 in Chicago, IL!

The theme of the 2020 Chair and Director Meeting will be "Responding to External Pressures." Each year, WGSS programs are subjected to pressures outside their departments and outside their universities. We would like to gather people to discuss ways to handle these external pressures departments are facing while maintaining the departments missions and goals.

Only open to 2020 Institutional Members – please renew here.

Location:
theWit Hotel Chicago
201 N State Street
Chicago, IL 60601

Participation requirements:
Registration fee of $125 per person
- 2020 Institutional Membership

Registration fee includes participation in the event and breakfast and lunch the day of the meeting. It does not include travel. NWSA will cover one night's hotel accommodations per institutional member for those who require it.

Please contact nwsaoffice@nwsa.org with any questions, dietary restrictions, and hotel accommodation requests. 

Have a great week!

Monday, January 6, 2020

GWSS Newsletter 01.06.2020


We hope everyone is enjoying their winter break and the new year. Here are a few updates that we wanted to send out. 

Events

Scholarships/Fellowships/Job Opportunities

Call for Papers/Proposals

1. 2nd International Interdisciplinary Conference on Gender Studies and the Status of Women
2. CALL FOR PAPERS: 3rd International Conference on LGBT+ Psychology and Related Fields
3. Religion Graduate Student Conference - Columbia University


Recognitions/Awards/Publications

1. Nina Medvedeva - Wenner-Gren Fellowship
2. New Publication- Performing Embodied Translations Decolonizing Methodologies of Knowing and Being

Course Offerings

1. AFRO 5910/8590: African Experience of Migration in Fiction & Films
2. GEOG 8230: Theoretical Geography (FOCUS "Reading Marx(isms): Marx, Harvey, Althusser, Massey&quote; Spring 2020

Miscellaneous



Events

1. Graduate Research Fellowship Proposal Writing

This workshop series is for first-year Ph.D. students to help prepare an application for the National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship, with broader focus on fellowship proposal writing and proposal writing in general. 

2. U of MN Day of Data 2020

Friday, January 10, 2020 | 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. | Bruininks Hall 114 & Online

This event is open to all students, faculty, and staff at the University of Minnesota, and is free of charge to attend. Coffee and pizza lunch will be provided.

People and groups across the University are developing interesting approaches to data, methods, and workflows, but don’t always get a chance to share that work across departments and units. Day of Data is that opportunity! Spend a day learning and sharing new data skills and connecting with fellow data enthusiasts.

3. Teaching with Writing Winter Workshops

Wednesday, January 15, 2020 | 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. | Mississippi Room, Coffman Memorial Union

All faculty, graduate instructors, and teaching assistants are invited to register for this one-day event, focused on course and assignment planning, effective feedback strategies, and efficient and inclusive grading practices. All participants must register individually, but are encouraged to work with a team of departmental colleagues.


Scholarships/Fellowships/Job Opportunities



Call for Papers/Proposals

1. 2nd International Interdisciplinary Conference on Gender Studies and the Status of Women

2nd International Interdisciplinary Conference on Gender Studies and the Status of Women, that will be held in Edinburgh between the 8th and 11th March 2020, and more will be confirmed soon. You can see this information HERE.

We have postponed the date for submission of abstracts, that is now the 31st of January 2020.


Please click HERE if you wish to participate.

2. CALL FOR PAPERS: 3rd International Conference on LGBT+ Psychology and Related Fields

The 3rd International Conference on LGBT+ Psychology and Related Fields - Promoting Equality, Social Justice and Psychosocial Well-Being in a Contrasting World will be held at ISPA - Instituto Universitário (www.ispa.pt), the oldest university of psychology in Portugal, from 24 to 27 June 2020. The Conference will be a unique opportunity to create a forum for students, researchers and scholars interested in different areas of LGBT+ research and the community realities in which LGBT+ people live in.

The main objective of the Conference is to promote visibility to and consolidate the field of LGBT+ research, with particular emphasis on LGBT+ psychology. The Conference has an international and multidisciplinary scope to tackle the discrimination of sexual and gender minorities and to provide a significant contribution towards equality, acceptance and social justice in a diverse and contrasting world.

We welcome proposals for paper and poster individual presentations, paper and poster symposiums and roundtables. All proposals must be submitted online, and there will be a limit of two first-author presentations. Abstracts may be submitted in Portuguese, Spanish, or English.

The Conference will also feature invited keynote addresses by Charlotte Patterson (University of Virginia, USA), David Frost (University College London, UK), and Carla Moleiro (ISCTE, Portugal), three eminent scholars who have significantly advanced the field of LGBT+ psychology research. 

For more information about submissions and registration, you can visit www.lgbtpsychology2020.com or email us at LGBTconference2020@ispa.pt .

3. Religion Graduate Student Conference - Columbia University



Recognitions/Awards/Publications

1. Nina Medvedeva 

Congratulations to Nina Medvedeva, who was just awarded a Wenner-Gren Fellowship for 2020. Well done, Nina!

2. New Publication- Performing Embodied Translations 

Decolonizing Methodologies of Knowing and Being
  • Beaudelaine Pierre
  • Naimah Petigny
  • Richa Nagar
  • Sima Shakhsari

Abstract

This performance and transcript emerge from a collaborative journey that grapples with what it might mean to agitate dominant pedagogical and methodological conventions of Eurocentric Angophone academia. Together, we perform an argument and a search: for multiple entry points into decolonizing feminisms; for multiple modes of knowing and being that can interrupt and challenge the epistemes that are rooted in thoughts and practices of colonialism and coloniality; for interrogating the dominant politics of citation that often operate in academic practices in disembodied ways. We search for a politics of knowing that is firmly rooted in relationalities where power and authority can be shared across uneven and unequal locations and languages. We invite you to step into the spaces that we have started imagining here and push all of our collective conversations and imaginations further, beyond the silos that cage us in our disciplined modes of thinking, writing, arguing, and dreaming.



Course Offerings

1. AFRO 5910/8590: African Experience of Migration in 

Fiction & Films

African Experience of Migration in Fiction & Films

Spring 2020: Tuesdays 02:45 pm - 05:30 pm  

This course addresses the key issues that arise in contemporary immigration and global security debates, with a particular focus on European destinations and European immigration and asylum policies. Throughout the course of the semester, we will interrogate the literary and audio-visual arts as a mirror of the times, reflecting socio-political conditions. In a bid to place the current “crisis” in a historical and gendered perspective, we will examine select works by African writers, filmmakers and artists, which provide examples enabling us to move beyond stereotypes and common assumptions.


2. GEOG 8230: Theoretical Geography (FOCUS "Reading Marx(isms): Marx, Harvey, Althusser, Massey&quote; Spring 2020

Tuesdays 3:30 - 6:00pm
Professor George Henderson

E-mail: hende057@umn.edu
Office: 548 SST
Office hours: TBA
This seminar is an introduction to the study of capitalist formations from various Marxist perspectives, but especially those that have been influential in the fields of geography and critical social-spatial theory. The course begins with Marx's Capital, vol. 1, and proceeds to a very small but significant selection of authors who follow but also contest and disrupt him. My hope is that students who plan to take later coursework that "provincializes" Marx(ism) or examines (or even rejects) Marx and Marxism from other disciplinary perspectives will benefit from this course. The seminar pays special attention to the idea that Marx’s work can be read openly, in an exploratory fashion.

Some of the key questions we will explore are:
• What does it mean to call a social formation capitalist?
• Is capitalism propelled by an “inner logic”?
• Why does capitalism unfold unevenly in time and space?
• What is meant by the concept of value? Of commodity fetish?
• Is the idea of a beyond-capital inherent in the idea of capital itself?

Student work: Take turns presenting readings and leading weekly discussions; keep a notebook/journal based on readings; write one paper of 20-25-pages or one paper of 6-8 pages (due mid-semester) and one paper of 15-17 pages (due end of semester); visit George during office hour or by appointment at least once during March or April. I ask that you submit hard copy of your written work. 

We will read the following books:
Karl Marx, Capital, vol. 1 (Penguin edition)
David Harvey, The Limits to Capital (Verso)
Louis Althusser and Etienne Balibar, Reading Capital (Verso) -- selections
Brett Christophers, Rebecca Lave, Jamie Peck, Marion Werner, ed., The Doreen Massey Reader (Agenda Publishing) -- selections

Miscellaneous


Have a great weekend!

Friday, December 20, 2019

GWSS Newsletter 12.20.2019

Events

1. Graduate Research Fellowship Proposal Writing
2. U of MN Day of Data 2020
3. Teaching with Writing Winter Workshops

Scholarships/Fellowships/Job Opportunities


Call for Papers/Proposals



Recognitions/Awards

1. Nina Medvedeva - Wenner-Gren Fellowship

Course Offerings

1. AFRO 5910/8590: African Experience of Migration in Fiction & Films
2. GEOG 8230: Theoretical Geography (FOCUS "Reading Marx(isms): Marx, Harvey, Althusser, Massey&quote; Spring 2020

Miscellaneous

1. The Graduate Fellowships Proposal Archive is Now Live
2. Undergraduate Feminist Writing Awards: Nominate Your Student!



Events

1. Graduate Research Fellowship Proposal Writing

This workshop series is for first-year Ph.D. students to help prepare an application for the National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship, with broader focus on fellowship proposal writing and proposal writing in general. 

2. U of MN Day of Data 2020

Friday, January 10, 2020 | 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. | Bruininks Hall 114 & Online

This event is open to all students, faculty, and staff at the University of Minnesota, and is free of charge to attend. Coffee and pizza lunch will be provided.

People and groups across the University are developing interesting approaches to data, methods, and workflows, but don’t always get a chance to share that work across departments and units. Day of Data is that opportunity! Spend a day learning and sharing new data skills and connecting with fellow data enthusiasts.

3. Teaching with Writing Winter Workshops

Wednesday, January 15, 2020 | 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. | Mississippi Room, Coffman Memorial Union

All faculty, graduate instructors, and teaching assistants are invited to register for this one-day event, focused on course and assignment planning, effective feedback strategies, and efficient and inclusive grading practices. All participants must register individually, but are encouraged to work with a team of departmental colleagues.


Scholarships/Fellowships/Job Opportunities



Call for Papers/Proposals



Recognitions/Awards

1. Nina Medvedeva 

Congratulations to Nina Medvedeva, who was just awarded a Wenner-Gren Fellowship for 2020. Well done, Nina!


Course Offerings

1. AFRO 5910/8590: African Experience of Migration in 

Fiction & Films

African Experience of Migration in Fiction & Films

Spring 2020: Tuesdays 02:45 pm - 05:30 pm  

This course addresses the key issues that arise in contemporary immigration and global security debates, with a particular focus on European destinations and European immigration and asylum policies. Throughout the course of the semester, we will interrogate the literary and audio-visual arts as a mirror of the times, reflecting socio-political conditions. In a bid to place the current “crisis” in a historical and gendered perspective, we will examine select works by African writers, filmmakers and artists, which provide examples enabling us to move beyond stereotypes and common assumptions.


2. GEOG 8230: Theoretical Geography (FOCUS "Reading Marx(isms): Marx, Harvey, Althusser, Massey&quote; Spring 2020

Tuesdays 3:30 - 6:00pm
Professor George Henderson

E-mail: hende057@umn.edu
Office: 548 SST
Office hours: TBA
This seminar is an introduction to the study of capitalist formations from various Marxist perspectives, but especially those that have been influential in the fields of geography and critical social-spatial theory. The course begins with Marx's Capital, vol. 1, and proceeds to a very small but significant selection of authors who follow but also contest and disrupt him. My hope is that students who plan to take later coursework that "provincializes" Marx(ism) or examines (or even rejects) Marx and Marxism from other disciplinary perspectives will benefit from this course. The seminar pays special attention to the idea that Marx’s work can be read openly, in an exploratory fashion.

Some of the key questions we will explore are:
• What does it mean to call a social formation capitalist?
• Is capitalism propelled by an “inner logic”?
• Why does capitalism unfold unevenly in time and space?
• What is meant by the concept of value? Of commodity fetish?
• Is the idea of a beyond-capital inherent in the idea of capital itself?

Student work: Take turns presenting readings and leading weekly discussions; keep a notebook/journal based on readings; write one paper of 20-25-pages or one paper of 6-8 pages (due mid-semester) and one paper of 15-17 pages (due end of semester); visit George during office hour or by appointment at least once during March or April. I ask that you submit hard copy of your written work. 

We will read the following books:
Karl Marx, Capital, vol. 1 (Penguin edition)
David Harvey, The Limits to Capital (Verso)
Louis Althusser and Etienne Balibar, Reading Capital (Verso) -- selections
Brett Christophers, Rebecca Lave, Jamie Peck, Marion Werner, ed., The Doreen Massey Reader (Agenda Publishing) -- selections

Miscellaneous

1. The Graduate Fellowships Proposal Archive is Now Live


The documents in this archive may help in preparing applications for internal or external funding opportunities.

If you have questions regarding graduate fellowships or awards, please contact gsfellow@umn.edu



2. Undergraduate Feminist Writing Awards: Nominate Your Student!

If you come across a GWSS undergraduate major who has produced an outstanding feminist writing project, internship, and/or social justice project, I hope you will consider nominating and/or encouraging them to apply for one of the two feminist writing awards that we offer. They are as follows:

Helen Hawthorne Hartung Award
For best feminist writing by an undergraduate student. This is a $500 award to a student who has submitted an outstanding GWSS-related paper or creative project.
Christina N. Grubba Memorial Scholarship
A $500 annual award made to one GWSS major who completes an unpaid internship in the field of Feminist or GLBTQ Studies. The award is intended for junior & senior majors who demonstrate academic achievement and financial hardship. Interested individuals should provide a short essay (500 words maximum) describing their community work and how it aligns with GWSS.
Community Engagement Grant
This $400 grant will be awarded to students who are applying feminist scholarship to community projects on local, domestic, or international levels. Priority is given to GWSS majors, but GWSS minors, GLBT minors, and BIS/IDIM students with an emphasis in GWSS or GLBT studies will also be considered. Interested students should provide a short essay (500 words maximum) describing their community work in addition to a brief letter from a person in a supervisory position confirming the student's contributions. Applicants must have a GPA of 3.0 or higher.
Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies Social Justice Award
$250 annual award made to a GWSS major or minor to continue activist-oriented work or to award a project or paper related to feminist social justice movements. Please submit the paper or a short essay (500 words maximum) of the activist-oriented work in addition to a brief letter from a person in a supervisory position confirming the student’s contributions.
Helen Hawthorne Hartung Award
For best feminist writing by an undergraduate student. This is a $500 award to a student who has submitted an outstanding GWSS-related paper or creative project.
Valata Dakota Fletcher Award
A $300 award given in the spring semester for best feminist writing by a returning GWSS undergraduate student. Entrant must be entering or returning to the University after being away from school 10 years or more.
The deadline for submissions for all of the 2020 Undergraduate Scholarships, Grants, and Awards is March 1, 2020. However, it is never too early to write yourself a mental note to nominate a student, or to encourage them to submit their paper themselves for consideration when the awards are publicized in January. 
In the coming weeks, the undergraduate committee will be in touch about how to formally nominate a student, award evaluation criteria, and how students can apply themselves.

This Week's College Memes....










Have a great weekend!