The University of Minnesota seeks an Assessment Coordinator for the
Writing-Enriched Curriculum Program (http://wec.umn.edu), a grant-funded project piloting an innovative process for infusing writing and writing instruction into undergraduate curricula and
equipping instructors to conduct meaningful, ongoing assessment of student writing. The project's long-term goal is to ensure that all undergraduate degrees awarded by this university will be "writing-enriched."

The WEC Project Assessment Coordinator is responsible for assessing WEC project for the granting agency and University, for analyzing cross curricular findings drawn from surveys, interviews, focus groups and writing samples, for assisting pilot units as they develop and assess plans, and for researching further funding,

Qualified applicants will have completed a graduate degree in Educational Psychology, Curriculum and Instruction, Rhetoric and Composition, or a related field, and will have experience conducting ethnographic research, and designing, conducting, and analyzing results from surveys, focus groups, interviews, and ethnographic
research. Preference will be given to candidates with a record of scholarship and experience in writing assessment, previous documented experience and interest in conducting research related to collaborative action research and writing pedagogy

Please apply online: https://employment.umn.edu and search for
Requisition # 159166

Material Culture Studies: Theories and Methodologies. Seminar covers interdisciplinary approaches used for reading three-dimensional objects as symbolic material. Topics include: Marxist materialism; phenomenology and pragmatism; fetishism, primitivism, and anthropology; the semiotics of money; writing a “biography of things”; and the artistic models posed by still life and sculpture. Taught by Jennifer Marshall.

Grinnell College invites applications for a two-year Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in Sociology to begin in August, 2009. The grant which funds this position requires that candidates be United States citizens. Send application letter, copies of transcripts, statement of teaching and research interests, three letters of recommendation, teaching evaluations, and C.V. to: Professor Susan Ferguson, Chair, Department of Sociology, Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA 50112-1690 [socpostdoc@grinnell.edu]. For application details, visit: http://www.grinnell.edu/Offices/Dean/FacPos/facposopen/soc01/ Deadline: January 15, 2009.

Few students of the state, the city, colonialism, gender or war can escape at some point addressing the question of race. As a system of classifying and segregating bodies, race pops up even when we think we are studying something else. Obviously, there is biological variation within the human species, but exactly why this variation has become so insidiously political is a difficult problematic, shaking up any attempt at disciplining academic boundaries. This graduate seminar seeks to investigate the conceptual intricacies of the becoming-political of human life, of “biopolitics.”

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Joe Gerteis with Penny Edgell and Doug Hartmann
SOC 8090, Topics in Sociology
Fri 2:30-5:00, 1114 Social Sciences

Americans celebrate diversity as never before, but still worry about the problems involved. How do Americans think about diversity? How is multiculturalism shaping the way we think about race, religion, and citizenship? What brings us together in this multicultural era? To what degree does diversity talk hide inequality?

The course is built around influential recent work on these questions, as well as direct exchanges with visiting scholars including Alan Wolfe, Paul Lichterman, Ellen Berrey, Jen’nan Read, and Vincent Roscigno. This graduate seminar builds upon the American Mosaic Project, an ongoing research effort in the department of Sociology. Students from Sociology, Anthropology, Geography, American Studies and related disciplines are encouraged to join us.

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Spring 2009 / Graduate Seminar
*War, Memory, Politics in East Asia*
HIST 5960 Section 3 (there will also be 8xxx number)
Tuesday 1:25-3:20pm, Carlson Management 1-122

Professor Hiromi Mizuno

This graduate seminar explores the politics of war and colonial memory in twentieth-century East Asia. We will examine the ways in which nationalism, post-colonialism, and other various politics have operated in shaping as well as talking and writing about memories of the war and colonial past, such as the Nanjing Massacre, the Comfort Women, and Hiroshima. We will be reading latest scholarship on the issues as well as competing sides of these controversies. This seminar is not a place to decide which side is right or which facts are true. Rather it is a place where we discuss the nature of the relationship between learning “facts,” history writing, and memory and how to go beyond the polemics of many of these controversies.

This is also a research seminar. The last few weeks will be reserved to work on a mini-research paper (10-15 pages) on a topic related to the course. Possible projects include an analysis of a novel/film/manga, an examination of the media discourse of a certain historical event or controversy, a historiographical essay, etc.

Books to be assigned include:
•Joshua Fogel, The Nanjing Massacre in History and Historiography (2000)
•Jager and Miyoshi, Ruptured Histories: War, Memory, and the Post-Cold War in Asia (2007)
•C. Sarah Soh, The Comfort Women: Sexual Violence and Postcolonial Memory in Korea and Japan (2008)
•Franziska Seraphim, War Memory and Social Politics in Japan, 1945-2005 (2008)
•Sabine Fruhstuck, Uneasy Warriors: Gender, Memory, and Popular Culture in the Japanese Army (2007)

The full syllabus will become available over the winter break. Please contact Hiromi Mizuno mizuno@umn.edu for questions.

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Spring 2009
Engendering Race in United States History (HIST5910/8910)
Friday 1:25 P.M. - 3:30 P.M.
Professors Malinda Linquist and Doug Harmann

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The Program in Law and History invites faculty and graduate students to participate in our Spring 2009 Legal History Workshop series. Sessions will be generally held on Fridays from 12:15-1:15 at the Law School. If you
have a work-in-progress that you would like to present this spring, please contact Susanna Blumenthal, blume047@umn.edu or 612-626-5694. The complete schedule will be posted in January on the Program website:
http://www.law.umn.edu/law_history/index.html.

The Lincoln Adult Education Center in downtown Minneapolis is looking for dedicated and reliable volunteers to assist adult immigrant and refugee students of the Twin Cities with education, cultural orientation, and English language skills. We offer many great opportunities for people interested in community involvement, education, and ESL. Volunteering with us can also be a great resume builder for those interested in programs such as Teach for America, the Peace Corps, and AmeriCorps VISTA! We offer opportunities for in-class assistants, small group or one on one tutors outside the classroom and in the computer lab, and welcome any suggestions for workshops or additional programs that our volunteers may have.

If interested please contact:

Steven Hall
Volunteer Coordinator
Lincoln Adult Education Center
730 Hennepin Ave
Minneapolis, MN 55403
612-871-6350, ext. 323
volunteer@lincolnadulted.org

6th Annual Social Theory Forum "Integration, Globalization and Racialization: Theories and Perspectives on Immigration." April 8-9, 2009, University of Massachusetts, Boston. Contact: Social Theory Forum, Department of Sociology, U Mass-Boston, 100 Morrissey Blvd, Boston, MA 02125. Send one-page abstract or proposal as email attachment to Jorge.Capetillo@umb.edu or Glenn.Jacobs@umb.edu. Deadline: Jan. 15, 2009.

North American Housing and HIV/AIDS Research Summit, Mobilizing Knowledge: Housing is HIV Prevention and Care Summit held June 3-5, 2009, Double Tree Hotel Crystal City, Washington, DC. Theme: "Examining the Evidence: The Impact of Housing on HIV Prevention and Care." View call for abstracts at http://www.nationalaidshousing.org/PDF/CFA.pdf Contact: nahc@nationalaidshousing.org Abstracts deadline: Jan. 15, 2009.

Student paper contest for Midwest Sociological Society 47th annual competition in honor of Don Martindale. (U of MN) Prizes consist of waiver of MSS annual Meeting registration, plus $100-$250. Contact: Jean Van De Linder at (405-744-4613; jean.van_delinder@okstate.edu. Visit: http://www.themss.org/STUDENTpapge.html. Deadline: Jan. 8, 2009.

Consortium and Joint Degree Program competitive call for papers seeks top manuscripts on the legal, ethical, and policy implications of the biomedical or life sciences. For details, visit: http://lifesci.consortium.umn.edu/conferences/2009_whatsnext.php?s=5 Send full draft submissions by e-mail to Audrey Boyle (boyle032@umn.edu). Deadline: Jan. 5, 2009.

The lead author of the 3-4 papers selected will be invited topresent the paper at the 10th Anniversary conference of the Consortium on Law and Values in Health, Environment & the Life Sciences (http://www.lifesci.consortium.umn.edu). Articles will then be considered for publication in the Minnesota Journal of Law, Science & Technology (http://www.mjlst.umn.edu). Travel expenses up to $2,000 will be reimbursed. Participation in the conference represents an exceptional opportunity for authors to workshop papers in development and to elicit interdisciplinary feedback from the top thinkers in the field. This conference sponsored by the UMN Consortium on Law and Values in Health, Environment & the Life Sciences Joint Degree Program in Law, Health, & the Life Sciences. For details, visit: http://http://lifesci.consortium.umn.edu/conferences/2009_whatsnext.php?s=5
Send full draft submissions by e-mail to Audrey Boyle
(boyle032@umn.edu). Deadline: Jan. 5, 2009.

North Central Sociological Association Paper Competition 2009 Graduate Student Division and Undergraduate Division. Maximum length of a paper is 5,000 words (18-20 pages). Abstract of no more than 100 words must also be included. Multiple authors will be considered, provided all authors are student in same division. Winners expected to present papers at 2009 annual meeting to receive monetary reward. Contact: Carolette Norwood, Department of African and African American Studies, University of Cincinnati, 609 Old Chemistry Building, P.O. Box 210370, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0370; Carolette.Norwood@uc.edu. Visit:http://www.ncsanet.org. Submit entries by Jan. 5, 2009.

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE Science & Technology in Society: An International, Interdisciplinary, Graduate Student Conference, to be held on March 28 -29, 2009, AAAS Headquarters, Washington, DC. The 9th Annual Conference of Science & Technology in Society provides a professional and interactive venue for graduate students from Science & Technology Policy (STP), Science & Technology Studies (STS), and related fields including, but not limited to, health, energy and environment, space, information and communications, and other emerging areas. The conference organizing committee welcomes submissions of initial abstracts (up to 250 words). Those whose abstracts are accepted should prepare for a 15-minute presentation. A small number of travel grants will be available on a competitive basis. Indicate your need for travel funds when submitting your abstract. Submit abstracts to stabstract@gmail.com by Dec. 29, 2008.

Upcoming film screenings of The Exiles at the Walker Art Center Cinema. Director Kent MacKenzie's Elegy to Los Angeles' lost Bunker Hill district and the Native Americans who lived there premiered to great acclaim at the 1961 Venice Film Festival. It highlights one night in the lives of three exiles from a Southwestern reservation--portrayed by three nonactors playing themselves--driving, partying, and seeking new life in new surroundings. The film provocatively brings to life the sense of rootlessness and disconnection of youth in the early 1960s with stunning black and white cinematography. A "precious document of a vanished culture" (Time), The Exiles is presented in a recently rediscovered, newly restored print.

This is a rare screening and I would really appreciate any help in spreading the word. The Exiles screens January 16-18 (Friday-Saturday, 7:30 pm; Saturday and Sunday, 2 pm). Tickets are $8 ($6 Walker members). Please call the box office 612.375.7600, ext 4 or purchase tickets online at http://www.walkerart.org/tickets. Discounts apply for groups of 10 or more. For more information on the group rate please call Eric Jones at 612.375.7569.

The Arete Initiative at the University of Chicago is pleased to announce a new $3 million research program on A New Science of Virtues. It includes a research grant competition that will award about 20 two-year grants ranging from $50,000 to $300,000 each. Scholars and scientists from around the world are invited to submit Letters of Intent (LOI) as entry into a research grant competition. For a description of the required Letter of Intent and more information about a New Science of Virtues, go to:http://www.scienceofvirtues.org Letter of Intent Deadline: March 2, 2009, 5:00pm CST

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA "IDEA (INNOVATION, DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND ACHIEVEMENT) GRANTS" PROGRAM seeks to infuse equity and diversity into every aspect of the University's work and operations by funding creative yet pragmatic proposals for projects that address issues of institutional equity and diversity. The grants fund projects, programming, events, and research that support historically underrepresented students, faculty, staff, and communities. All academic and administrative units across the U are eligible to apply; grants are awarded quarterly. For more information visit: http://www.academic.umn.edu/equity/idea_grants.html Application deadline is Dec. 31.

A strategic fellowship program designed to help graduate students in the humanities and social sciences formulate doctoral dissertation proposals that are intellectually pointed, amenable to completion in a reasonable time frame, and competitive in fellowship competitions. The application deadline is Fri., Jan.30, 2009.

The program is organized around distinct "research fields," subdisciplinary and interdisciplinary domains with common intellectual questions and styles of research. Each year, an SSRC Field Selection Committee selects five fields proposed by pairs of
research directors who are tenured professors at different doctoral degree-granting programs at U.S. universities. Research directors receive a stipend of $10,000. Graduate students in the early phase of their research, generally 2nd and 3rd years, apply to one of five research fields led by the two directors; each group is made up of twelve graduate students. Fellows participate in two workshops, one in the late spring that helps prepare them to undertake predissertation research on their topics; and one in the early fall, designed to help them synthesize their summer research and to draft proposals for dissertation funding. Fellows are eligible to apply for up to $5000 from SSRC to support predissertation research during the summer.The
program is administered by the Social Science Research Council and funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. For additional information visit: http://programs.ssrc.org/dpdf

Conflict Dynamics: Simple Strategies for Complex Collaborations
-- Monday, February 2, 2009, 3:00-5:00 pm
Mississippi Room, Coffman Memorial Union

-- Monday, February 9, 2009, 3:00-5:00 pm
Mississippi Room, Coffman Memorial Union

Saturday October 18, 2008
American Studies Association National Conference

Albuquerque Convention Center
Albuquerque, New Mexico

4pm: Panel, An American Studies Worthy of Emulation: The Legacy of David W. Noble
8-10pm: Reception

Saturday April 18, 2009 @ 1 pm
Panel Discussion and Celebration

McNamara Alumni Center, University of Minnesota

If you wish to Honor David Noble at any time with a gift you can give to the David Noble Graduate Research Fellowship Fund. Make a secure gift online.

IHRC will award fellowships in 2009-2010 of up to $15,000 to University of Minnesota graduate students making use of the IHRC's extensive Estonian, Latvian, and Arab American collections. Departments must submit application materials, including evidence of relevant language proficiency, by February 1, 2009, to the IHRC. Applicants must contact their graduate programs by December 15, 2008, to express interest in being nominated for a fellowship. Current or prospective graduate students are strongly encouraged to learn more about the IHRC collections and fellowships at http://www.ihrc.umn.edu/>.

Up to two full-year fellowships will be available to support Estonian American studies, one full-year fellowship for Latvian American studies, and one single-semester fellowship for Arab American studies will be available to support graduate students. Fellows must be able to conduct research in IHRC collections in the areas of their fellowships. Fellowship winners will be announced in spring 2009.

Deadline: January 2, 2009

The Harvard University Asian American Policy Review (AAPR) is
accepting submissions for Volume XVIII, to be published in spring
2009. Founded in 1989, The Asian American Policy Review is the first
non-partisan academic journal in the country dedicated to analyzing
public policy issues facing the Asian American community. This year,
we are looking for submissions under the theme "The Urgency of Now,"
in hopes to provide the new Administration with an understanding of
the most current issues in our community.

Selection Criteria

AAPR is looking for original works of academic research, policy
analysis, or commentaries especially focusing on, but not limited to,
the topics listed here:

Education (e.g. No Child Left Behind Act, English Language Learners)
Health care (e.g. Health care access, health disparities)
Economic Opportunity (e.g. Glass ceilings, poverty/inequality, home
ownership, business climate and regulation, small businesses and
contracting)
Civic and political participation (e.g. Voter education,
participation, and rights)
Immigration (e.g. Family-based immigration)
Arts/Media (e.g. Representation in the mainstream media, arts
funding)

Submissions Guidelines

All submissions must be based on original work and unpublished
All submissions must come with a short bio (maximum 300 words) about
the author
Please limit academic articles to less than 7,000 words and policy
analyses or commentaries to less than 3,000 words
All submissions must be formatted according to The Chicago Manual of
Style(http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/home.html)
Any visuals or graphs must be presented in a way that is easily
understandable to the average reader

Online Submission

We highly prefer online submissions. Please email your submission(s),
with the author bio, as an attachment to Clarence Tong, Managing
Editor, at aaprjournal@gmail.com
If you would prefer to send your submission(s) by mail, please send
two copies of your submission(s) along with a saved diskette/CD,
attention to:

Clarence Tong, Managing Editor
Asian American Policy Review
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Harvard University
79 John F. Kennedy Street
Cambridge, MA 02138

The Graduate School announced a new self-nominated fellowship competition earlier this month - the Dolores Zohrab Liebmann Fellowship competition. However, there was such an overwhelming response that the Graduate School is now requesting that each program submit just ONE nomination. If you are interested in being nominated by American Studies for this fellowship, please email DGS Assistant, Marie Milsten Fiedler at m-fied@umn.edu by Monday, December 15, 2008. If more than one AmSt student requests a nomination, potential nominees will be notified via email by Wednesday, December 17th. The complete application will need to be submitted by Monday January 5 to the Department so that the Awards Committee is able to evaluate all requests and still meet the Graduate School Deadline of 12 noon, January 12, 2009. Only applications that are complete (no missing documents) will be reviewed by the selection committee. The nominations are due in New York by January 23. Therefore, no deadline extensions can be granted. NOTE: Since the award is based on financial need, the applicant must submit information from the lender. Attached is a copy of the application that was provided to the Graduate School, as well as a cover sheet outlining the internal UM procedure. Copies of the application are also available from the Graduate School Fellowship Office,(612) 625-7579, gsfellow@umn.edu.

Dolores Zohrab Liebmann's primary concern, as expressed in her will, was to support students with outstanding character and ability who hold promise for achievement and distinction in their chosen fields of study. The amount of each Fellowship will cover actual tuition costs plus an $18,000 annual stipend to be allocated towards room, board and ordinary living expenses.

Applicants must be U.S. citizens pursuing a graduate degree in the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences or physical sciences. The applicants must demonstrate a need for financial assistance.

The application consists of the following:

1. A completed and signed application. (The paper application is available from the Graduate School Fellowship Office, 314 Johnston Hall, 612-625-7579.)

2. A statement of purpose up to three pages (double spaced) which considers the relationship between your graduate level study and your intended personal and/or professional goals.

3. A 10-15 line abstract at the top of your statement of purpose (included in the three pages) that explains (in layman’s terms) your degree program, giving emphasis to its eventual intellectual impact on your field of study.

4. Letter of recommendation from department chair.

5. Letters of recommendation from at least two professors who have taught or worked closely with you.

6. Copy of personal vitae or resume.

7. Certified copies of all undergraduate and graduate transcripts to date (one original from each institution).

8. Official copies of graduate exam test scores (if applicable).

9. Financial aid information from the University or other applicable source.

10. Copies of Federal Income Tax Returns for the prior two years (including spouse’s returns, if applicable).
The applications are due in the Graduate School Fellowship Office, 314 Johnston Hall, by January 12, 2009. The national deadline is January 23, 2009.

This graduate seminar builds upon the American Mosaic Project, an ongoing research effort in the department of Sociology. Americans celebrate diversity as never before, but still worry about the problems involved. How do Americans think about diversity? How is multiculturalism shaping the way we think about race, religion, and citizenship? What brings us together in this multicultural era? To what degree does diversity talk hide inequality?
The course is built around influential recent work engaging with the dynamic of diversity and solidarity, as well as direct exchanges with visiting scholars, including Alan Wolfe, Paul Lichterman, Ellen Berrey, Jen’nan Read, and Vincent Roscigno. Students from Sociology, Anthropology, Geography, American Studies and related disciplines are encouraged to join us.

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Redefining Borders: Looking Toward the Future of Asia-Pacific Studies
Wednesday, March 11 (Wednesday) - 13 (Friday), 2009
Center for Korean Studies, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa

The 2009 SPAS Graduate Student Conference is an event open to students from ALL disciplines. Our aim is to provide a forum for graduate students from a broad range of specialties to discuss their latest innovative research related to Asian and/or Pacific Islands Studies. UH-Mānoa students and students from other colleges and universities -- local, mainland, and international --are all encouraged to participate.

Call for Papers!
* Abstract submission deadline EXTENDED: Monday, January 19, 2009
* Abstract should be maximum of 500 words.
* No submission fee
* Top presenters in each area study will receive cash prize!
* Download abstract submission form at http://www.hawaii.edu/shaps/gradconf/2009/index.html

Especially appreciated are papers with:
* insights on the importance of area studies
* studies on newly emerging aspects of Asia-Pacific
* studies utilizing interdisciplinary methods
but all original research is welcome!

Off-Island Students:
A limited number of stipends for student presenters coming from off-island will be available. These funds are earmarked for food and accommodation expenses for non-O‘ahu students only (will not cover cost of air travel). Please check the website over the next few weeks for more information. Submit your abstract for consideration

Call for volunteers!
1) Seeking UHM faculty and "All but Dissertation" PhD students to serve as moderators for conference panels
2) Any UHM graduate students interested in joining the abstract review team or hospitality committees.

Conference Coordinators
Madonna Castro-Perez
Jonas Estrada
James Arriola
Yoko Wang

For more information, contact us at gradconf@hawaii.edu

“Interrogating –isms: Issues of Power from the Streets to Academia”
Purdue University • West Lafayette, IN • April 16-18, 2009

Submission Deadline: January 16, 2009

The American Studies Program at Purdue University announces its 34th annual Symposium to be held April 16-19, 2008. Our theme, “Interrogating –isms: Issues of Power from the Streets to Academia,” intends to frame discussions about the interplay of activism and scholarship within our academic community. By “activism” we mean deliberate behavior or action intended to effect desired change. Conversations that explore what accounts for change and what activism is involves an examination of the various forms of oppression (racism, sexism, heterosexism, etc.) experienced within society and the challenges one faces when confronting power. “Activism” also calls into question who constitutes the community that speaks, theorizes, and proposes solutions for the change envisioned. In this sense, our symposium hopes to acknowledge a shift within American Studies to cultivate scholarship that bridges the divide between the halls of academe and people, in general, who form the communities in which we live. In particular, we are concerned with knowledge creation that involves the input of those outside of academe and collective efforts to shape consciousness about issues impacting our society.

Organized by graduate students, this year’s symposium will take place over the course of three days and focuses specifically on the presentation of graduate student work. The Symposium Committee invites students of all disciplines to submit proposals no longer than one page in length for panels, individual papers, workshops, or performances that examine some issue of power. Proposed work may consider the ways in which power manifests, is recognized, negotiated, and utilized. We are also interested in work that addresses the ways in which power is confronted in order to effect change.

Possible topics include, but are not limited to:

• Critical Race Theory
• Transnational Studies
• Labor and Class Studies
• Gender, Sexuality, and Queer Theory
• Cultural Studies
• Popular Culture and Media Studies
• Intersectionality Theory
• Literary Studies
• Religious Studies
• Academic Freedom Issues
• Social and Political Movements
• Pedagogy, Politics, and the Classroom
• Hierarchy within Academia
• Politics of Identity and the Field of American Studies
• Performance Studies
• Performance Art (Spoken Work, Poetry, Independent Films, Dramatizations)

Please submit along with your proposal a biography of no more than 250 words and a current CV with contact information (especially your email address). Submissions may be made electronically to Philathia Bolton at pbolton@purdue.edu or to Michelle Carreon at mcarreon@purdue.edu.

The Department of Sociology invites applications for a one-year contractually-limited-term position at the rank of Senior Instructor and two one-year contractually-limited-term positions at the rank of Sessional Lecturer. Applications should arrive no later than February 27,2009. More information can be found at: http://web.uvic.ca/soci

The Department of Sociology invites applications for a one-year contractually-limited-term position at the rank of Senior Instructor and two one-year contractually-limited-term positions at the rank of Sessional Lecturer. The positions are subject to budgetary approval and expected to begin May 1, 2009 with an end date of April 30, 2010. The successful applicants will be expected to teach full-course loads (3 courses per term) across the fall, winter, and summer terms. The Department seeks to hire individuals with teaching experience in introductory sociology and theory as well as expertise in two or more of the following areas: crime and deviance, social control, mass media and popular culture, gender and sexuality, family, race and ethnicity, religion, and qualitative methods. Applicants with other substantive areas of expertise are also encouraged to apply. Candidates should have proven teaching records and be able to demonstrate a commitment to excellence in teaching. A completed PhD in Sociology, or ABD status with an expected completion date no later than the start date of the position is expected. Applications should arrive no later than February 27,2009. More information can be found at: http://web.uvic.ca/soci

The Inter-American Foundation (IAF), a United States government agency that funds the self-help initiatives of the organized poor in Latin America and the Caribbean, is accepting applications for its 2009-2010 Fellowship cycle. IAF Fellowships support dissertation research in Latin America and the Caribbean undertaken by students who have advanced to Ph.D. candidacy in a university in the United States. For more information on this grant opportunity, including additional requirements for eligibility, and for application instructions, visit www.iie.org/iaf For information on the Inter-American Foundation, visit www.iaf.gov Due: 1/16/09

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has invited the U of MN to submit two proposals for their John E. Sawyer Seminars on the Comparative Study of Cultures program which provides support for comparative research on the historical and cultural sources of contemporary developments. Please alert your faculty that preliminary proposals must be submitted to the Graduate School's Faculty Grants Office for internal review by Friday, December 19, 2008.

Program Information can be found at the "Extramural Opportunities Requiring Coordination" website:
http://www.research.umn.edu/opportunities/extramural/

Questions may be directed to the Graduate School's Faculty Grants Office at 612-625-2356 and 612-625-7585 or via e-mail at facgrant@umn.edu.

The Workshop on the Comparative History of Women, Gender, and Sexuality will hold its fourth meeting of the Fall 2008 semester on Friday, December 5. Bongsoo Park will workshop her paper, "Politics of Blood, Politics of Memory: A GI Baby Hero’s Homecoming."

The Workshop will take place in the Ford Room (710) of the Social Science Tower on the West Bank of the University of Minnesota campus from 3:30 - 5:00. Papers will be available in the 6th Floor Mail Room (636) of Social Science Tower by Monday afternoon. Please send an e-mail to Jessica Namakkal (nama0005@umn.edu) if you require an electronic version of the paper.

This course explores the ways in which performance has been taken up as an object of study, a method of research, and a theoretical paradigm in a range of disciplinary and interdisciplinary contexts.

For nearly two decades, the terms “performance” and “performativity” have been at the centre of significant theoretical innovation in the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences.
Scholars in fields from art and literary criticism to economic anthropology have taken the “performative turn,” a move which they variously argue privileges process and poeisis over structure, citation and invention over representation, and the study of human action in its experiential, embodied, and social thickness over the thinner medium of discourse. Performance theories have provided the basis for methodological advances in practice-based research and critical ethnography, and made a range of new objects of study accessible and interesting to traditionally text-based disciplines. At the same time, the disciplinary field that goes by the name of Performance Studies has established its own theoretical canon and branched out from its from early concerns (with ritual, play, oral performance, performance art) to embrace a range of new problems (cultural memory, tourism, virtual technology and testimony, to name a few).

This course surveys some of the key literature in and influences on Performance Studies. It also tracks recent interdisciplinary conversations in which performance has become a mobilizing term. In what ways does an attention to performance change the questions that specific disciplines ask and the ways that they attempt to answer them? When scholars in various disciplines “profess performance”, what exactly are they claiming, and what are the stakes of such a move? What theoretical and methodological tools are at the disposal of scholars who wish to study performance, or to study performatively?

- linguistic performativity and the performance of identity
- theory and study of affect
- practice, habitus, techniques of the body
- studies of everyday life
- new media, technology, and performance in virtual worlds
- complexity theory, Actor Network Theory
- rhetorical performance, publics, counterpublics, and witness/address
- practice based research, activist research, and performance ethnography
- governmentality, political performance
- autonomous Marxism, radical economic theory
- spectacle, theatricality
- performance architecture, performance archaeology

Includes readings by: Latour, Law, Berlant, McKenzie, Mauss, Bataille, Bakhtin, Williams, Jackson, Schechner, Virno, Lazzarato, Bourdieu, Foucault, Butler, Goffman, Roach, Warner, Sedgwick, Thrift, Lury, Callon, Merleau-Ponty, Turner, Dominguez, Moten, de Certeau, Lefebvre, Conquergood, Weber, Taylor.

The Consortium on Law and Values in Health, Environment & the Life Sciences
( http://www.lifesci.consortium.umn.edu ) is pleased to announce 2 funding
opportunities for faculty and graduate and professional students. This
funding initiative aims to encourage work on the broad societal implications
of problems in health, environment, or the life sciences.

The Requests for Proposals (RFPs) may be found at
http://www.lifesci.consortium.umn.edu/rfps

1. Request for Proposals (RFP) from GRADUATE/PROFESSIONAL STUDENTS to
Provide Support for Summer 2009 or the 2009-010 academic year (deadline
3/23/09); and

2. Request for Proposals (RFP) from FACULTY to Fund Interdisciplinary
Research, Projects, or Curricular Innovation on Health, Environment, or the
Life Sciences in Summer 2009 or the 2009-10 academic year (deadline 3/9/09).

The Consortium currently links 17 University programs and centers to examine
the legal, ethical, and policy questions raised by the life sciences.

If you have questions concerning these RFPs, please contact Audrey Boyle at
Boyle032@umn.edu or 612.626.5624.

Interested contributors are invited to email Jonathan Lee at gojonjongo@gmail.com for a copy of the prospectus/Call and headword list of available topics, etc.

This is the first encyclopedia project of its kind and is inclusive of all the different cultural communities, including
those that are often less represented in Asian American scholarship. We especially need contributors for the:
Burmese American, Chinese American, Hmong American, Indian American, Indonesian American, Japanese American, Khmer American, Korean American, Laotian American, Malaysian American, Mongolian American, Nepali American, Pacific Islanders American, Punjabi American, Sri Lankan American, Thai American, Tibetan American, Vietnamese American, and other pan-Asian American sections, etc.

This project employs the broadest definition and discourse of folklore, and by extension contends that Asian American folklore, is, generally speaking, emerging. Asian American folklore consists of more than Asian mythologies that are narrated in Asian American families and communities; it is an Asian American way of life. Asian American folklore encompasses the narrative history of Asians in America; it is the totality of Asian material culture, religious traditions, performances, celebrations, social relations, and so on, used to produce individual and collective Asian American identities. The remaining available headwords are broader than the title of this project suggest.

Write to Jonathan Lee at gojonjongo@gmail.com for official call and/or
more information.

Remaining Available Headwords

Headwords Words
Asian American Folklore: Theories and Methods
Asian American Film Studies and Folklore 2000
Asian American History and Folklore 2000
Asian American Visual Culture and Folklore 2000
Pacific Islander American Studies and Folklore 2000
Burmese America
Burmese America: History, People, and Culture 2000
Ancestor, Ghost, and Spirit in Burmese America 500
Arts and Crafts in Burmese America 500
Burmese American Foods and Foodways 500
Burmese American Heroes and Heroines 500
Burmese American Identity 500
Burmese American Literature and Folklore 500
Burmese American Names and Naming 500
Burmese American Narrative Folktale 500
Burmese American Social Etiquette and Customs 500
Burmese American Superstition and Taboo 500
Burmese American Vernacular Language, Speech, and Manner 500
Burmese Folk Dance and Performance in America 500
Children and Folk Songs in Burmese America 500
Domestic Religious Practices in Burmese America 500
Dying and Death Rituals in Burmese America 500
Festivals and Holidays in Burmese America 500
Mythological and Legendary Deities Burmese America 500
Nature and Animal in Burmese America 500
Proverbs and Maxims in Burmese America 500
Religion in Burmese American Communities 1000
Rite of Passages (e.g. birth ceremonies, weddings, coming of age) in
Burmese America 500
Templesin Burmese America 500
Traditional Healing and Medicine in Burmese American 500
Cambodian America
Arts and Crafts in Cambodian America 500
Cambodian American Family and Community 500
Cambodian American Foods and Foodways 500
Cambodian American Heroes and Heroines 500
Cambodian American Home Decoration 500
Cambodian American Identity 500
Cambodian American Literature 500
Cambodian American Names and Naming 500
Cambodian American Narrative Folktale 500
Cambodian American Social Etiquette and Customs 500
Cambodian American Superstition and Taboo 500
Children and Folk Song in Cambodian America 500
Clothe and Jewelry in Cambodian America 500
Domestic Religious Practices in Cambodian America 500
Dying and Death Rituals in Cambodian America 500
Festivals and Holidays in Cambodia America 500
Folk Dance and Performance in Cambodian America 500
Folk Stereotypes in Cambodian America 500
Nature and Animals in Cambodian America 500
Proverbs and Maxims in Cambodian America 500
Religion in Cambodian American Communities 1000
Rite of Passages (e.g. birth ceremonies, weddings, coming of age) in
Cambodian America 500
Templesin Cambodian America 500
Traditional Healing and Medicine in Cambodian America 500
Chinese America
Chinese America: History, People, and Culture (inc. Singapore, Taiwan,
and Hong Kong) 2000
AngelIsland 500
Arts and Crafts in Chinese America 500
Bok Kai Parade 500
Children and Folk Song in Chinese America 500
Chinese American Heroes and Heroines 500
Chinese American Hui and Tong (Family Associations and Secret Societies) 500
Chinese American Literature and Folklore 500
Donald Duk 500
Edith Maud Eaton (Sui Sin Far) 500
Folk Dances and Performances in Chinese America 500
Kitty Tsui 500
Proverbs and Maxims in Chinese America 500
Filipino America
Children and Folk Song in Filipino America 500
Hmong America
Hmong America: History, People, and Culture 2000
Ancestor, Ghost, and Spirit in Hmong America 500
Arts and Crafts in Hmong America 500
Children and Folk in Hmong America 500
Domestic Religious Practices in Hmong America 500
Dying and Death Rituals in Hmong America 500
Festivals and Holidays in Hmong America 500
Folk Dance and Performance in Hmong America 500
Hmong American Family and Community 500
Hmong American Foods and Foodways 500
Hmong American Heroes and Heroines 500
Hmong American Literature and Folklore
Hmong American Names and Naming 500
Hmong reverse appliqués 500
Nature and Animals in Hmong America 500
Indian America
Ancestor, Ghost, and Spirit in Indian America 500
Arts and Crafts in Indian America 500
Indian American Muslim Mosque 500
Indian American Vernacular Language, Speech, and Manner 500
Nature and Animal in Indian America 500
Proverbs and Maxims in Indian America 500
Traditional Healing and Medicine in Indian America 500
Indonesian America
Ancestor, Ghost, and Spirit in Indonesian America 500
Arts and Crafts in Indonesian America 500
Children and Folk Song in Indonesian America 500
Clothe and Jewelry in Indonesian America 500
Dying and Death Rituals in Indonesian America 500
Folk Dance and Performance in Indonesian America 500
Indonesian American Family and Community 500
Indonesian American Heroes and Heroines 500
Indonesian American Home Decoration 500
Indonesian American Identity 500
Indonesian American Literature and Folklore 500
Indonesian American Names and Naming 500
Indonesian American Narrative Folktale 500
Indonesian American Social Etiquette and Customs 500
Indonesian American Superstition and Taboo 500
Javanese Puppets 500
Proverbs and Maxims in Indonesian America 500
Rite of Passages (e.g. birth ceremonies, weddings, coming of age) in
Indonesian America 500
Traditional Healing and Medicine in Indonesian American 500
Japanese America
Ancestor, Ghost, and Spirit in Japanese America 500
Folk Dance and Performance in Japanese America 500
Hisaye Yamamoto 500
Japanese American Heroes and Heroines 500
Japanese American Names and Naming 500
Japanese American Narrative Folktale 500
Japanese American Superstition and Taboo 500
John Okada 500
Nature and Animal in Japanese America 500
Proverbs and Maxims in Japanese America 500
Toshi Mori 500
Traditional Healing and Medicine in Japanese American 500
Korean America
Arts and Crafts in Korean America 500
Clothe and Jewelry in Korean America 500
Korean American Heroes and Heroines 500
Korean American Home Decoration 500
Korean American Names and Naming 500
Korean American Social Etiquette and Customs 500
Korean American Superstition and Taboo 500
Korean American Vernacular Language, Speech, and Manner 500
Korean martial arts in America 500
Proverbs and Maxims in Korean America 500
Rite of Passages (e.g. birth ceremonies, weddings, coming of age) in
Korean America 500
Traditional Healing and Medicine in Korean America 500
Laotian America
Laotian America: History, People, and Culture 2000
Ancestor, Ghost, and Spirit in Laotian America 500
Arts and Crafts in Laotian America 500
Children and Folk Song in Laotian America 500
Clothe and Jewelry in Laotian America 500
Domestic Religious Practices in Laotian America 500
Dying and Death Rituals in Laotian America 500
Festivals and Holidays Laotian America 500
Folk Dance and Performance in Laotian America 500
Khmu baskets (Northern Laos) 500
Laotian American Family and Community 500
Laotian American Foods and Foodways 500
Laotian American Heroes and Heroines 500
Laotian American Home Decoration 500
Laotian American Identity 500
Laotian American Literature and Folklore 500
Laotian American Names and Naming 500
Laotian American Narrative Folktale 500
Laotian American Social Etiquette and Customs 500
Laotian American Superstition and Taboo 500
Laotian American Vernacular Language, Speech, and Manner 500
Proverbs and Maxims in Laotian America 500
Religion in Laotian American Communities 1000
Traditional Healing and Medicine in Laotian America 500
Malaysian America
Malaysian America: History, People, and Culture 2000
Ancestor, Ghost, and Spirit in Malaysian America 500
Arts and Crafts in Malaysian America 500
Children and Folk in Malaysian America 500
Clothe and Jewelry in Malaysian America 500
Dying and Death Rituals in Malaysian America 500
Festivals and Holidays Malaysian America 500
Folk Dance in Malaysian America 500
Malaysian American Family and Community 500
Malaysian American Foods and Foodways 500
Malaysian American Heroes and Heroines 500
Malaysian American Home Decoration 500
Malaysian American Narrative Folktale 500
Malaysian American Social Etiquette and Customs 500
Malaysian American Superstition and Taboo 500
Malaysian American Vernacular Language, Speech, and Manner 500
Proverbs and Maxims in Malaysian America 500
Religion in Malaysian American Communities 1000
Rite of Passages (e.g. birth ceremonies, weddings, coming of age) in
Malaysian America 500
Traditional Healing and Medicine in Malaysian America 500
Mongolian America
Mongolian America: History, People, and Culture 2000
Ancestor, Ghost, and Spirit in Mongolian America 500
Arts and Crafts in Mongolian America 500
Clothe and Jewelry in Mongolian American 500
Dying and Death Rituals in Mongolian America 500
Mongolian American Foods and Foodways 500
Mongolian American Heroes and Heroines 500
Mongolian American Identity 500
Mongolian American Literature and Folklore 500
Mongolian American Narrative Folktale 500
Mongolian American Social Etiquette and Customs 500
Mongolian American Superstition and Taboo 500
Mongolian American Vernacular Language, Speech, and Manner 500
Proverbs and Maxims in Mongolian America 500
Religion Mongolian American Communities 1000
Rite of Passages (e.g. birth ceremonies, weddings, coming of age) in
Mongolian America 500
Traditional Healing and Medicine in Mongolian America 500
Nepali America
Nepali America: History, People, and Culture 2000
Ancestor, Ghost, and Spirit in Nepali America 500
Arts and Crafts Nepali America 500
Children and Folk Song in Nepali America 500
Clothe and Jewelry Nepali America 500
Dying and Death Rituals Nepali America 500
Folk Dance and Performance in Nepali America 500
Nepali American Family and Community 500
Nepali American Heroes and Heroines 500
Nepali American Home Decoration 500
Nepali American Identity 500
Nepali American Literature and Folklore 500
Nepali American Names and Naming 500
Nepali American Narrative Folktale 500
Nepali American Social Etiquette and Customs 500
Nepali American Superstition and Taboo 500
Nepali American Vernacular Language, Speech, and Manner 500
Proverbs and Maxims in Nepali America 500
Religion in Nepali American Communities 1000
Rite of Passages (e.g. birth ceremonies, weddings, coming of age) in
Nepali America 500
Traditional Healing and Medicine in Nepali America 500
Pakistani America
Pacific Islanders America
Ancestor, Ghost, and Spirit in Pacific Islanders America 500
Arts and Crafts in Pacific Islanders America 500
Children and Folk Song in Pacific Islanders America 500
Clothe and Jewelry in Pacific Islanders America 500
Dying and Death Rituals in Pacific Islanders America 500
Festivals and Holidays in Pacific Islanders America 500
Fijiand Fijian 500
Folk Dance in Pacific Islanders America 500
Hawai'iand Hawaiian 500
Nature and Animal in Pacific Islanders America 500
Pacific Islanders American Family and Community 500
Pacific Islanders American Foods and Foodways 500
Pacific Islanders American Heroes and Heroines 500
Pacific Islanders American Home Decoration 500
Pacific Islanders American Identity 500
Pacific Islanders American Literature and Folklore 500
Pacific Islanders American Names and Naming 500
Pacific Islanders American Narrative Folktale 500
Pacific Islanders American Social Etiquette and Customs 500
Pacific Islanders American Superstition and Taboo 500
Pacific Islanders American Tattooing 500
Pacific Islanders American Vernacular Language, Speech, and Manner 500
Proverbs and Maxims in Pacific Islanders America 500
Religion in Pacific Islanders American Communities 1000
Rite of Passages (e.g. birth ceremonies, weddings, coming of age) in
Pacific Islanders America 500
Sacred Space in Pacific Islanders America 500
Surf and Surfing 500
Tahitiand Tahitian 500
Punjabi America
Arts and Crafts in Punjabi America 500
Folklore in Sikh America 500
Punjabi American Home Decoration 500
Punjabi American Narrative Folktale 500
Punjabi American Superstition and Taboo 500
Punjabi American Vernacular Language, Speech, and Manner 500
Traditional Healing and Medicine in Punjabi America 500
Sri Lankan America
Arts and Crafts in Sri Lankan America 500
Children and Folk in Sri Lankan America 500
Clothe and Jewelry in Sri Lankan America 500
Festivals and Holidays in Sri Lankan America 500
Folk Dance and Performance in Sri Lankan America 500
Proverbs and Maxims in Sri Lankan America 500
Rite of Passages (e.g. birth ceremonies, weddings, coming of age) in
Sri Lankan America 500
Sri Lankan American Family and Community 500
Sri Lankan American Foods and Foodways 500
Sri Lankan American Heroes and Heroines 500
Sri Lankan American Home Decoration 500
Sri Lankan American Identity 500
Sri Lankan American Literature and Folklore 500
Sri Lankan American Names and Naming 500
Sri Lankan American Narrative Folktale 500
Sri Lankan American Social Etiquette and Customs 500
Sri Lankan American Superstition and Taboo 500
Sri Lankan American Vernacular Language, Speech, and Manner 500
Traditional Healing and Medicine in Sri Lankan America 500
Thai America
Thai America: History, People, and Culture 2000
Ancestor, Ghost, and Spirit in Thai America 500
Arts and Crafts in Thai America 500
Children and Folk in Thai America 500
Clothe and Jewelry in Thai America 500
Dying and Death Rituals in Thai America 500
Festivals and Holidays in Thai America 500
Folk Dance and Performances in Thai America 500
Proverbs and Maxims in Thai America 500
Rite of Passages (e.g. birth ceremonies, weddings, coming of age) in
Thai America 500
Thai American Foods and Foodways 500
Thai American Heroes and Heroines 500
Thai American Home Decoration 500
Thai American Identity 500
Thai American Literature and Folklore 500
Thai American Names and Naming 500
Thai American Narrative Folktale 500
Thai American Social Etiquette and Customs 500
Thai American Superstition and Taboo 500
Thai American Vernacular Language, Speech, and Manner 500
Traditional Healing and Medicine in Thai America 500
Tibetan America
Tibetan America: History, People, and Culture 2000
Ancestor, Ghost, and Spirit in Tibetan America 500
Arts and Crafts in Tibetan America 500
Children and Folk Song in Tibetan America 500
Clothe and Jewelry in Tibetan America 500
Dying and Death Rituals in Tibetan America 500
Festivals and Holidays in Tibetan America 500
Folk Dance and Performances in Tibetan America 500
Proverbs and Maxims in Tibetan America 500
Religion in Tibetan American Communities 1000
Rite of Passages (e.g. birth ceremonies, weddings, coming of age) in
Tibetan America 500
Tibetan American Family and Community 500
Tibetan American Foods and Foodways 500
Tibetan American Heroes and Heroines 500
Tibetan American Home Decoration 500
Tibetan American Identity 500
Tibetan American Literature and Folklore 500
Tibetan American Names and Naming 500
Tibetan American Narrative Folktale 500
Tibetan American Social Etiquette and Customs 500
Tibetan American Superstition and Taboo 500
Tibetan American Vernacular Language, Speech, and Manner 500
Traditional Healing and Medicine in Tibetan America 500
Vietnamese America
Vietnamese America: History, People, and Culture 2000
Arts and Crafts Vietnamese America 500
Children and Folk Song in Vietnamese America 500
Clothe and Jewelry in Vietnamese America 500
Festivals and Holidays in Vietnamese America 500
Proverbs and Maxims in Vietnamese America 500
Rite of Passages (e.g. birth ceremonies, weddings, coming of age) in
Vietnamese America 500
Tet New Year 500
Traditional Healing and Medicine in Vietnamese America 500
Vietnamese American Family and Community 500
Vietnamese American Foods and Foodways 500
Vietnamese American Heroes and Heroines 500
Vietnamese American Home Decoration 500
Vietnamese American Names and Naming 500
Vietnamese American Narrative Folktale 500
Vietnamese American Social Etiquette and Customs 500
Vietnamese American Superstition and Taboo 500
Vietnamese American Vernacular Language, Speech, and Manner 500
Pan-Asian American
Lotus 500
Lotus Festival 500

The UCLA Institute of American Cultures, in cooperation with UCLA's
four Ethnic Studies Research Centers (American Indian Studies Center,
Asian American Studies Center, Bunche Center for African American
Studies Center, and the Chicano Studies Research Center), offers
fellowships to postdoctoral/visiting scholars to support research on
African Americans, American Indians, Asian Americans, and Chicanas/os.
Each Center awards one postdoctoral/visiting scholar fellowship for
the academic year in a national competition.

The fellowship includes a stipend (which can be used as a sabbatical
supplement) that ranges from $32,000 to $35,000 (contingent upon rank,
experience, and date of completion of the Ph.D), up to $4,000 in
research support, and health benefits. If applicable, the stipend is
paid in the form of a reimbursement to the Fellow's home institution.
Appointments are for a 9-month period beginning on October 1, 2009.
Eligibility: Applicants must be citizens or permanent residents of the
United States and hold a Ph.D. from an accredited college/university
(or, in the case of the arts, a terminal degree) in the appropriate
field at the time of appointment. UCLA faculty, staff, and currently
enrolled students are not eligible to apply.

IAC Postdoctoral Fellows/Scholars are to be in residence during their
tenure and to make a contribution to the research activities of the
sponsoring Ethnic Studies Research Center. Each fellow/scholar is
expected to devote full time to study and research and accept no other
form of employment. In the case of the Asian American Studies Center,
the fellow/scholar will also teach a 10-week undergraduate OR graduate
seminar based on his or her research with the Department of Asian
American Studies.

Applications are due by January 16, 2009, and recipients are notified
in April, 2009.

NOTE: Offer of award is contingent upon funding availability.
For further information, please contact the Institute of American
Cultures Coordinator or one of the IAC coordinators at the centers
listed below. The application form is available online at:
http://www.gdnet.ucla.edu/iacweb/applic.htm

The Law and Society Association, in collaboration with the American Bar Foundation and the National Science Foundation, seeks applications for the Law and Social Science Dissertation Fellowship and Mentoring Program (LSS Fellowship). Information about this program and the application procedures follow.

Awards

Fellowships are held in residence at the American Bar Foundation in Chicago, IL, where Fellows are expected to participate in the intellectual life of the ABF, including participation in a weekly seminar series. LSS Fellows will receive a stipend of $25,000 per year beginning fall 2009 and are eligible for up to two years of support. Fellows will attend LSA annual meetings in both years of the fellowship and the Graduate Student Workshop in the first year of the fellowship. Fellows will receive up to $1,500 for research and travel expenses each year. Relocation expenses up to $2,500 may be reimbursed one time.

Eligibility:

Third and fourth year graduate students who specialize in the field of law and social science and whose research interests include law and inequality are invited to apply. Fellowship applicants should be students in a Ph.D. program in a social science department or an interdisciplinary program. Humanities students pursuing empirically-based social science dissertations are welcome to apply. Only U.S. citizens and permanent residents are eligible to apply.

Application Materials Required

Applicants should submit: (1) a 1-2 page letter of application; (2) a 2-3 page description of a research project or interest that relates to law and inequality (broadly defined) with a statement of how the applicant became interested in the research topic; (3) a resume or curriculum vitae; (4) a writing sample (a paper written for a graduate-level course or dissertation prospectus); (5) three letters of recommendation from faculty members (including one from the faculty member who will serve as the departmental liaison -- typically the applicant’s advisor).

Please send TWO complete sets of application materials by December 21, 2008. One set to Mary McClintock, Law and Society Association, University of Massachusetts, 40 Campus Center Way, Amherst, MA 01003-9244 and the other to Roz Caldwell, Program Associate, American Bar Foundation, 750 N. Lake Shore Drive – 4th Floor, Chicago, IL, 60611.

For more information, please contact Mary McClintock at LSA, lsa@lawandsociety.org or Laura Beth Nielsen at lnielsen@abfn.org.

The Immigration History Research Center will award fellowships for 2009-2010 of up to $15,000 to University of Minnesota graduate students making use of the IHRC’s extensive Estonian, Latvian, and Arab American collections.

Up to two full-year fellowships will be available to support Estonian American studies, one full-year fellowship for Latvian American studies, and one single-semester fellowship for Arab American studies will be available to support graduate students. Fellows must be able to conduct research in IHRC collections in the area of their fellowships.

The IHRC holds extensive archival and print materials for studying the American experience of Estonian, Latvian, and Near Eastern immigrants. The Estonian American collection is the largest Estonian diaspora collection in the world. The IHRC has exceptional strength in ethnic publishing, especially from Latvian and Arab American publishers.

The range of materials in Estonian and Latvian American collections spans Displaced Persons Camp publications and refugee assistance organizations to international scouting and song festivals. Highlights of the Near Eastern collections include the papers of Philip K. Hitti, Mary Mokarzel, and Francis Maria.

Applicants must contact their graduate programs by December 15, 2008, to express interest in being nominated for a fellowship. Departments must submit application materials, including evidence of relevant language proficiency, by February 1, 2009, to the IHRC. Fellowship winners will be announced in spring 2009.

Current or prospective graduate students are strongly encouraged to learn more about the IHRC collections and fellowships at www.ihrc.umn.edu.

The awards are made with support from the Hildegard and Gustave Must Graduate Fellowship in Estonian American Studies Fund, American Latvian Association Graduate Fellowship in Latvian American Studies Fund, Francis Maria Graduate Fellowship in Arab American Studies Fund, and 21st Century Graduate Fellowship Endowment. The IHRC is a unit of the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Minnesota.

Award of each fellowship is contingent upon nomination of qualified Graduate School applicants by a current (or prospective) department and final statements of revenue from associated endowments. For more information, please contact Haven Hawley, IHRC Acting Director and Program Director, at ehh@umn.edu.

October 1-2, 2009
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.

Paper submissions are invited for this symposium, which will address the
complicated interactions between American and Asian artists and visual
traditions from the eighteenth century to the present. Scholars are
encouraged to send in proposals engaging all media of visual art, and
including craft, architecture, and the moving image. Original,
innovative scholarship is sought investigating all manner of artistic
interchanges, including issues of patronage, art markets, and popular
culture, and engaging a wide range of geographic sites where these
exchanges took place.

The title for our symposium stems from the writings of Bert
Winther-Tamaki, a professor at the University of California, Irvine, who
talks in his book Art in the Encounter of Nations about the need to
avoid merely binary understandings of U.S.-Asian cultural exchanges and
to steer clear of expectations that East and West have "core
characteristics." Earlier scholarship often has looked at the Asian
influence on American art as a unidirectional and limited development,
suggesting that Asian culture was unchanging and monolithic while
characterizing American artists as dynamic and original in their ability
to absorb and meld the best of diverse cultures. This symposium aims to
consider instead what Winther-Tamaki calls the "contentious
interdependency" born out of a "long and tumultuous relationship"
between these cultures.

Scholarship is invited that complicates or reimagines the historical
meanings of "East" and "West" as well as terms such as "orientalism"
through the prism of multi-directional cultural exchange. The symposium
will reflect an understanding that the "East" is made up of a wide
variety of countries -- not just Japan and China, whose influence on
American art has been most discussed to date. In addition to high-art
visual exchanges, interdisciplinary explorations of immigration, border
cultures, and transnational flows in popular culture are welcome.

"A Long and Tumultuous Relationship": East-West Interchanges in American
Art is being organized by the Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM) in
partnership with the Smithsonian's Freer Gallery of Art/Arthur M.
Sackler Gallery and the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Program, and
is supported by a generous grant from the Terra Foundation for American
Art.

To submit a paper, please send a two-page, double-spaced abstract
(300-500 words) and a short c.v. to East-West Symposium, Smithsonian
American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, Victor Building, MRC 970,
Washington D.C. 20013-7012. Proposals may also be submitted via e-mail
to SAAMSymposium@si.edu.

Proposals must be received by February 2, 2009. Confirmed speakers will
be required to submit the text of their 20-minute symposium
presentations by September 1, 2009. A final text of the essay with
endnotes will be due by January 5, 2010, for possible publication in the
symposium proceedings. The symposium will be available for viewing in a
simultaneous and, later, an archived webcast.

Call for Article Submissions

The study of Laos and the Lao has grown significantly over the
past decade. With the opening up of some historical and manuscript
archives, the improvement of communication and transportation, and the
launching of joint Lao-foreign research projects, Laos has attracted
a number of new scholars in diverse fields of expertise. The Journal
of Lao Studies (JLS), published by the Center for Lao Studies, is an
exciting new scholarly project which is expected to become the first
and most prestigious venue in the many disciplines under the umbrella
of "Lao Studies."

For our first issue, expected to be published in 2009, we are
now accepting submissions of articles, book review suggestions, review
articles (extended reviews of major publications, trends in the field,
or of political, social, or economic events). These submissions can
cover studies on Laos (all ethnic groups), Lao residing in bordering
countries (Northeast Thailand, Northeast Cambodia, Vietnam, China, and
Burma), ethnic groups bordering Laos with a representation in Laos
(e.g. Akha, Mien, Khmu, Hmong, Tai Lue, etc.), or studies in regards
to Lao disapora outside of Asia (the Americas, Australia, France,
Argentina, etc.).

Language: Lao and English are the main languages, other
languages are welcomed. Please check with the editors first before
submitting articles in other languages not listed here.

Submission Policies for Authors

Articles for the Journal of Lao Studies should generally not
exceed 12,000 words, not including all endnotes and references. Each
submission should be accompanied by a cover letter with the author's
name, address, phone number and e-mail address, as well as a brief
biographical statement, a 200-word maximum abstract, and a word count.
Submissions should be in MS Word, TimesNewRoman font, 12-point, with
one-inch margins. Material for publication should be submitted in
three hard copies or as an e-mail attachment, preferably in MS word.
Since submissions are refereed anonymously, the author's name should
appear only on the cover sheet. Notes should be endnotes not
footnotes. Maps should be prepared where the topography is important
for an understanding of the text. Photographs should specifically
enhance the text and carry full captions and attributions. Submissions
will be returned only if authors pay for postage costs.

Address all editorial correspondence and submissions to one of
the editors at the following addresses:

Dr. Justin McDaniel
Associate Professor of Religious Studies
3046 INTN, University of California
Riverside, CA 92521, USA
Email: info@laojournal.org
Tel: +1.951.827.4530

Editorial Policy

Management of the journal will be a collaborative
responsibility undertaken by a team of Lao Studies faculty from the
various countries and universities. Vatthana Pholsena and Justin
McDaniel will serve as the journal's co-editors-in-chief. An
international advisory board will oversee the process. The editorial
board is in charge of guaranteeing academic quality, finding suitable
reviewers and ensuring a quick and smooth reviewing process.

The focus of JLS is on presenting scholarly articles on topics
relevant to Lao Studies. The journal will also include book reviews,
communications with the editor, review articles, research reports,
scholarly news, and occasionally also translations of important Lao
language documents and texts. Each journal issue will include a
Lao-language précis of article abstracts, but otherwise the journal
will be produced as an English-language publication, with Lao and
possibly other language articles included on rare occasions.

The co-editors-in-chief will be responsible for the management
and delegation of responsibilities relating to the reviewing of
submissions. This reviewing process will be organized into the
following stages:

1. Co-editors-in-chief will assess article submissions to
determine relevance to the journal. [Articles can be submitted either
electronically or by mail.]
2. If the article is approved, it will be sent to two
outside reviewers (double-blind) who will make editorial
recommendations and evaluations.
3. The article's author(s) will be asked to respond to the
reviewers' comments.
4. The editorial board will be informed of the submission,
including the reviewers' comments and the author(s) response, and will
make the final determination about whether to proceed with
publication.

An extensive list of experts in the field who may be called
upon to serve as reviewers has already been compiled and organized by
subject area. The co-editors will also assign book reviews and
commission translations or articles by senior scholars on critical
issues in the field, with input from the editorial board.

Deadline for first submission for inaugural issue: May, 30, 2009

SPRING 2009
Afro 3910 (Section 1)
Black Internationalism
Tuesdays and Thursdays
9:45-11:00am
Blegen Hall 330
Instructor: Yuichiro Onishi

This course introduces the concept of Black internationalism as political theory to unpack the dynamics of the Black
Freedom Movement in the twentieth century. It is conceived as a reading-intensive seminar on Black radicalism and
internationalism, exploring how leading Afrodiasporic intellectual-activists responded to such world historic developments as European colonialism in Africa, the Americas, and Asia, U.S. imperial ascent and expansion, two World Wars and the Cold War, and African independence movements. An emphasis is on how these Afrodiasporic intellectualactivists, as well as leading contemporary scholars of Black radicalism have framed the study of race and nation, especially as it relates to a critique of colonialism, imperialism, and liberalism to engender
new analytic, theoretical, and political possibilities.

One of the course requirements is that students lead and facilitate class discussions. Students who are interested in the international study of African American history, Black radicalism, and social movements are encouraged to take this course.

Required Texts:
-Aimé Césaire, Discourse on Colonialism.
-Charles W. Mills, The Racial Contract.
-Nikhil Pal Singh, Black Is a Country.
-Kevin K. Gaines, American Africans in
Ghana.
-W. E. B. Du Bois, Dark Princess.
-Andile Mngxitama, ed., Biko Lives.
-Additional Readings on E-Reserve
For more information, email: ohni0001@umn.edu

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Northwestern University of Chicago invites graduate students in all academic disciplines to present their original ethnographic research at the Eleventh Annual Chicago Ethnography Conference to be held at Northwestern.
University on Saturday, February 28, 2009. Abstracts must be submitted by January 5, 2009.

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Papers may be based on a variety of ethnographic field methods including but not limited to: field observation, in-depth interviews, focus group interviews, autoethnography, visual ethnography, and other forms of qualitative research. Papers in all substantive areas are welcome. In the past, presentation topics have included: culture, class, crime, education, ethnicity, gender, globalization, family, health and illness, immigration, medicine, methodology, performance ethnography, race, religion, social movements, technology, urban poverty, and work and employment.

Abstracts must be submitted by January 5, 2009. Include the following contact information:Name, University, Department, Email Address and Phone Number. Please send an abstract, along with your contact information, NUEthnography09@gmail.com For more information about the 11th Annual Chicago Ethnography Conference, please contact NUethnography09@gmail.com

December 2nd
7:00pm
Rm. 306 Folwell Hall
6 Pleasant St. SE, MPLS, 55455l

Screenwriter Michelle Derosier will be present for discussion following the film.

This film deals with the tough issues of depression, suicide and racism. It also illustrates the diversity within modern
Anishinabe culture. This community film project was written by Michelle Derosier of Eagle Lake First Nation (Thunderstone Pictures), was shot on Super 16mm film and post-produced in high definition (HD) for maximum production value. It was shot on location in the city of Thunder Bay and on the Fort William First Nation and features a stunning cast of first-time actors from the Northwestern Ontario, Canada region.

For more information about the film visit:
http://firstnationinitiative.ca/

Directed By : Kelly Saxberg, and Dave Clement
Running Length : 31 mins.
For Event Info, Call the American Indian Studies Dept. @ 612-624-1338

Sponsored by the American Indian Studies Department , American Studies Department, and the College of
Liberal Arts Scholarly Events Fund.

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EUROPE IN THE MIDDLE EAST - THE MIDDLE EAST IN EUROPE

CITIES COMPARED: COSMOPOLITANISM IN THE MEDITERRANEAN AND
ADJACENT REGIONS

ISLAMIC DISCOURSE CONTESTED: MIDDLE EASTERN AND EUROPEAN
PERSPECTIVES

PERSPECTIVES ON THE QUR'AN: NEGOTIATING DIFFERENT VIEWS
OF A SHARED HISTORY

TRAVELLING TRADITIONS: COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES ON NEAR
EASTERN LITERATURES

TRADITION AND THE CRITIQUE OF MODERNITY: SECULARISM,
FUNDAMENTALISM AND RELIGION FROM MIDDLE EASTERN PERSPECTIVES

PREREQUISITES AND APPLICATION PROCEDURE

The fellowships are intended above all for scholars of history, literature, philology, political philosophy, religion and sociology who want to carry out their research projects in connection with the Berlin program. Fellows gain the opportunity to pursue research projects of their choice within the framework of one of the above- mentioned research fields and in relation to the program 'Europe in the Middle East - the Middle East in Europe'. In Berlin, they will be integrated into a university or non-university research institute. The working language of the research program is English. Fellows will receive a monthly stipend of 1.800 Euro (supplement for accompanying spouses: 250 Euro), and are obliged to work in Berlin and to help shape the seminars and working discussions related to their research field. As a rule, the fellowships begin on 1 October 2009 and end on 31 July 2010. The applicant's doctorate should have been completed no earlier than 2001. An application should be made
in explicit relation to one of the research fields and consist of 1.) a curriculum vitae, 2.) a 2 to 4 page project sketch, 3.) a sample of scholarly work (maximum 20 pages from an article, conference paper, or dissertation chapter) and 4.) a letter of recommendation by one university instructor.

The application should be submitted by e-mail as word document or PDF File in English and should be received by 11 January 2009. For further information on the program 'Europe in the Middle East -The Middle East in Europe' and for detailed information on the research fields, please see: www.eume-berlin.de

A two-year post-doctoral program, is now accepting applications for its 2009-11 cohort. Through the Kellogg Health Scholars Program, scholars develop as leaders with research expertise to add to the knowledge about the nature of social disparities in health and interventions to reduce those disparities, the capacity to partner with communities in carrying out research and building policy advocacy, and the skills to inform and support policy makers who seek to reduce and eliminate health disparities. The program consists of two tracks and offers fellowships at eight training sites. The Community Track highlights community-based participatory research and relationships between academe, community and public health practice. The Multidisciplinary Track highlights a multidisciplinary approach to studying the social determinants of health disparities. Application deadline: December 3, 2008. Only online applications are accepted. To access the application, visit www.kellogghealthscholars.org. Contact: Community Track: Saundra Bailey, (734) 647-3065; fax (734) 936-0927; saundrab@umich.edu. Multidisciplinary Track: Marie Briones-Jones, (202) 387-2829; fax (202) 387-2857;