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
