CLA: Department of American Studies

The Graduate School has announced that doctoral students will now be required to schedule their Preliminary Oral Examinations online through the Grad School.

Mid-America American Studies Association is pleased to announce a call for papers for their conference, "Studying America? Critical Conjunctures for the 21st Century", on March 26-27, 2010 at the University of Kansas in Lawrence. Proposal deadline: December 15, 2009.

The College of Ethnic Studies at San Francisco State University invites applications for a full-time tenure-track Assistant Professor position in the Asian American Studies Department with specialization in Chinese American Studies. Term of appointment begins fall 2010. Ph.D. required. Salary will commensurate with rank and qualifications. Application deadline: December 15, 2009.

Texis Tech University is pleased to announce a call for proposals for their 2010 Comparative Literature Symposium on "American Studies as Transnational Practice" on April 9-10, 2010 in Lubbock, Texas. Proposal submission deadline: January 18, 2010.

Next Monday, November 30th, please join us for the last Crossings session of the semester. Sociology professor Lisa Sun-Hee Park will be speaking about her research and then leading a discussion about "Race, Migration, and Neoliberalism." Crossings is from 3:30-5:00pm on Mondays, and will be meeting in the Scott Hall Commons (room 105).

PCard receipts for all purchases made through 11/25/09 are due to Laura by November 30, 2009.

GEOG 8230, "Reading Marxi(sms)", will be taught by Professor George Henderson in spring 2010 on Wednesdays from 2:00-4:30 p.m.

PA 8204, "Creating Good Work: Economic and Workforce Development" will be taught by Visiting Assistant Professor Greg Schrock on Mondays and Wednesdays from 4:00-5:15 p.m., spring 2010.

The Social Science Research Council is pleased to invite applications for the Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship Program. Second and third-year Ph.D. students are encouraged to apply. Application deadline: January 29, 2010.To view the six areas and further detail please see entire entry.

The Consortium on Law and Values in Health, Environment & the Life Sciences is pleased to announce a funding opportunity for graduate and professional students on all UMN campuses. The funding initiative aims to encourage work on the broad implications of problems in health, environment, or the life sciences. Proposal deadline: February 8, 2010.

The Future of Minority Studies Summer Institute invites graduate students to join them for their 6th Annual Seminar, "Identity, Inequality, and Public Policy: Integrating the Humanities and the Social Sciences", on July 26 - August 6, 2010. Application deadline: February 1, 2010.

Museum and Curatorial Studies at UC-Santa Cruz invites professionals and scholars from a variety of disciplines to study the poetics and politics of display with their conference, "The Task of the Curator: Translation, Intervention, and Innovation in Exhibitionary Practice", on May 14, 2010. Proposal deadline: February 5, 2010.

The University of Southern California seeks papers for an issue of Spectator that engages in current debates about "post-identity" and their significance to academic studies of identity and media within national and global contexts. Submission deadline: November 29, 2009.

New York University's Center for the United States and the Cold War is pleased to announce a dissertation and post-doctoral fellowship as well as several travel grants for the 2010-2011 academic year. Dissertation fellows will receive stipends of $20,000 for a nine-month academic year; stipends for post-doctoral fellows will be $40,000; and travel grants are $2,000 per month. Application deadline: February 15, 2010.

The Department of French and Italian at Northwestern University is currently seeking paper proposals for an interdisciplinary graduate student conference entitled, "Cultural Bankruptcy: Bail Out or Bonus? Rethinking Culture in the 21st Century", to be held April 8-10, 2010 in Evanston, IL. Abstract deadline: January 15, 2010.

The Department of Women's & Gender Studies at Syracuse University invites applications for a tenure-track position of Assistant Professor to begin August 2010. Ph.D. required. Preferred candidates are those who have a strong background in transnational and intersectional feminist theories and methodologies. Application deadline: December 4, 2009.

"Faculty Member as Mentor: Best Practices in the Successful Mentoring of Graduate Students" is a workshop offered through the Graduate School and the Student Conflict Resolution Center on December 3, 2009 from 3:00 - 5:00 p.m. in Rooms A, B, & C of the Campus Club.

The Division of Humanities, Arts and Cultural Studies in the New College at Arizona State University invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Performance Studies to begin in August 2010. Ph.D. required. Application deadline: January 8, 2010.

For a helpful job market resource with questions one should be prepared to answer for job interviews in American Studies and academic job interview advice, please visit http://faculty.virginia.edu/schoolhouse/ProfessionalizationPage/JobAdviceandQuestions.html