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> From: Tiffany Muller <[email protected]> > Date: May 1, 2012 9:04:46 AM CDT > To: [email protected] > Subject: [GEOG-JOBS] post-doc opportunity in feminist/critical geography > Reply-To: [email protected] > > Dear all, > > Please circulate the following one-year post-doc opportunity in > feminist/critical geography at the University of Lethbridge. I am happy to > answer informal inquiries about this position. > Best wishes, > > Tiffany Muller Myrdahl > > Dr. Tiffany Muller Myrdahl > Assistant Professor, Department of Women & Gender Studies > Associate member, Department of Geography > University of Lethbridge > 403-317-5028 > [email protected] > skype: t.mullermyrdahl > > > The WOMEN & GENDER STUDIES DEPARTMENT at the University of Lethbridge is > seeking outstanding candidates with specialties in feminist/critical > geography, to apply for a 12 month POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP appointment, > effective July 1, 2012. This position seeks a scholar who possesses abilities > and interests across the disciplinary arenas of critical geography and Women > and Gender Studies. Although the position is research orientated, the > appointee would teach two courses, one per semester including WGST1000 the > introductory survey in Women & Gender Studies in Fall 2012 and Geography 3250 > a seminar in Urban Social Geography in Spring 2013. > > Scholars with recently completed PhD’s who have a multidisciplinary > background in any combination of the following are encouraged to apply: Women > & Gender Studies; Gender, place and space; Critical urban geography; > Governance and public policy as it relates to marginal communities and/or > racialized bodies; Issues of sovereignty and gender; Migrant diasporas; > Rural/urban communities and women; Indigenous women, and rural and urban > spaces; Environmental racism; Borderlands. > > The scholar must demonstrate a commitment to gender and intersectionality as > fundamental categories of analysis, and demonstrate the strength of > interdisciplinarity between geography and women and gender studies. The > postdoctoral scholar will be invited to engage with other scholars across the > university including those in the Department of Women & Gender Studies where > she/he will be housed. Full access to university facilities will be provided. > Department specialties include: gender and migration; environmental > movements; aboriginal feminisms; women and rural development; migration and > citizenship; law, gender and sexuality; critical race theories; feminist > geographies; indigenous women & settler colonialism. For further information > about the University of Lethbridge’s Department of Women and Gender Studies, > please visit our website at: http://www.uleth.ca/artsci/women-gender-studies > > Applications must include: Proposed plan of research to be undertaken over > 12months; a statement of teaching philosophy or teaching portfolio; 2 letters > of reference; and current curriculum vitae. DEADLINE for applications: June > 15th, 2012. Send completed applications (hard copies OR electronic) to: Dr. > Carol Williams, Chair, Department of Women and Gender Studies, 4401 > University Drive, Lethbridge AB T1K 3M4. 403.380.1818 [email protected] > > The appointment of a postdoctoral fellow fulfills the University of > Lethbridge’s strategic ambition to expand and build graduate mentorship, to > stimulate networking opportunities among scholars working across and in a > variety of disciplines, and to create a significant opportunity to enhance > the research breadth of our University. The University is an inclusive and > equitable campus, encouraging applications from qualified women and men, > including persons with disabilities, members of visible minorities and > Aboriginal persons. Located in southern Alberta, near the Rocky Mountains, > Lethbridge offers a sunny, dry climate that is agreeably mild for the > prairies, excellent cultural and recreational amenities and attractive > economic conditions. Founded in 1967, the University has an enrollment of > over 8,400 students from around the world. Our student body has grown by 50 > percent in the last 10 years, phenomenal growth among institutions in Canada. > Despite this growth, we have remained true to who we are student-focused, > research-intensive, and grounded in liberal education. > > > _______________________________________________ > CAGList mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.uvic.ca/mailman/listinfo/caglist
