Call for Proposals: “Collections and Collaborations”

Call for Proposals: “Collections and Collaborations”
*Extended Deadline*

We are issuing a Call for Proposals for scholarly and creative
submissions for an International Interdisciplinary Graduate Student
Conference entitled “Collections and Collaborations” to be held at
Indiana University – Bloomington from March 24th – 26th, 2011 (hosted
by the graduate students of the IU Department of English).

New media—most notably Web 2.0 (and now 3.0)—have challenged us to
think about our artistic creations, social spaces, and most deeply
cherished beliefs along increasingly decentered, collectivist lines. Do
such technologies push our creative and critical work in more
collaborative directions? And given that ideas of collective fictions
and culture, collaborations, adaptations, and translations exist in
folk traditions, national legends, and the emergence of the bourgeois
public sphere, is there anything new about collectivity or
collaboration?

This conference seeks to investigate the notion of collections and
collaborations from a wide array of angles. We hope to receive papers
from a variety of disciplines, employing any number of methodologies
and considering any time period. Below are some suggestions for
possible topics. This list is by no means exhaustive; rather, we hope
these ideas might inspire some exciting new thoughts related to the
theme:
• Collaborative writing, storytelling, filmmaking, and performance
• Translation, adaptation, remediation
• Intertextuality, particularly across history or genre
• Museums, readings, performances, exhibitions
• The demise (or afterlife?) of the Romantic “genius”
• The death of the author and originality
• Voice and image: multiple voices/images; resonating voices and
mirroring images
• Mass audiences
• New media
• Web 2.0/3.0: “crowdsourcing,” “truthiness,” and “collaboratition”
• Digital possibilities for collaborative scholarship
• Collective aesthetics
• Genre studies
• Oral and folk traditions
• National legends and myths of “national character”
• The position of the individual in relation to the collective
• Subaltern, or other imposed collective identities
• Collaborative or collectives truths and faiths
• Utopianism and futurism
• The academy’s “collective fictions” (both its useful fictions and its
collective delusions)

We encourage proposals for individual papers as well as panel proposals
organized by topic. In the past, this conference has bridged the
“critical” and “creative,” and we intend to host both critical and
creative panels. Please submit (both as an attachment AND in the body
of the email) an abstract of no more than 250 words along with a few
personal details (name, institutional affiliation, degree level, email,
and phone number) by January 31, 2011 to .

Our keynote speakers at this year’s conference will be Jeremy Braddock
from Cornell University and Ellen MacKay from our home department.

Visit our website (http://www.indiana.edu/~engsac/conference/) for more
information!

ASAM Part-time Faculty Pool: Multiple Heritage AAPI's

ASAM Part-time Faculty Pool: Multiple Heritage AAPI's

Posted by: "Noh, Eliza" enoh@Exchange.FULLERTON.EDU

Fri Jan 7, 2011 6:01 pm (PST)



This call for lecturers includes a search for Part-Time Faculty who can teach courses on Multiple Heritage Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, beginning Spring 2011.

Part-Time Faculty Pool

The Asian American Studies Program at California State University, Fullerton is recruiting qualified candidates to teach courses on a part-time basis. California State Fullerton aspires to make learning preeminent for students, faculty and staff, and to foster a dynamic, student-centered academic community in the context of a large, urban comprehensive university. Proud of its diversity, Cal State Fullerton is currently ranked 5th nationally in the number of bachelor's degrees it grants to members of underrepresented groups.

Asian American Studies Program Goals:

CSUF's Asian American Studies Program aims: 1) to inform students about the history, challenges and triumphs of Asians and Pacific Islanders in America, including their contributions to this country; 2) to build interracial and interethnic understanding and cooperation; 3) to promote study and research in the area; 4) to contribute to Asian American communities in southern California to develop critical thinking and communications skills; and 5) to prepare students in selected career paths where knowledge and understanding of the Asian American and Pacific Islander experience is important. Further information regarding the department curriculum and faculty may be obtained by visiting http://hss.fullerton.edu/asian-american/

Position
Among the courses to be staffed are:

Asian American Studies 101˜Introduction to Ethnic Studies
Asian American Studies 300˜Introduction to Asian Pacific American Studies
Asian American Studies 308˜Asian American Women (face-to-face or online)Asian American Studies 320˜Asian American Creative Expression (face-to-face or online)
Asian American Studies 325˜Asian American Film and Video (face-to-face or online)
Courses focusing on specific Asian American ethnic groups

Faculty members will teach undergraduate courses and are expected to be available to their students for consultation one hour per week for each three units of classroom instruction. Most courses are three-units per semester, typically offered in a lecture-discussion or online mode (as indicated).

Qualifications

*
ABD Doctoral Candidate or M.A. with substantial graduate course work in relevant field is required
* Evidence of ability to work effectively with a wide and culturally diverse range of students and faculty
* Evidence of prior teaching, mentoring, or tutoring experience

Academic Calendar
The fall term begins in mid-August and ends in mid-December; the spring term runs from mid-January through the end of May.

Rank & Salary
These are non-tenure-track, temporary appointments to the classification of Lecturer. Salaries vary depending upon qualifications and experience. Typical starting salaries for part-time faculty range from $4147 to approximately $4533 for a three-unit class. NOTE: Eligibility for health benefits is governed by the collective bargaining agreement and based on a number of factors including unit load (wtu‚s/timebase, etc). For a description of potential university benefits go to http://hr.fullerton.edu/Benefits/Faculty_Unit3.pdf

Personnel Reviews
Regular performance evaluations of part-time lecturers are made by the department or program according to the terms of the adopted University Policy Statement (UPS 210.060). Positive reviews are based upon student ratings of instruction, course materials, and in-class observations made by a full-time faculty member or the department chairperson. The primary service responsibility of part-time faculty is to provide opportunities for student consultation outside of the regular class hours (i.e, office hours); on-line discussion periods or e-mail contacts shall not be a complete substitute for face-to-face consultation periods.

Job Control Number
23582H-11-050

Application Procedures
Please submit a letter of interest, a current curriculum vita, CSU-1 form, documentation of teaching effectiveness, sample course syllabi, and three current letters of recommendation. In your letter of interest, please indicate your availability for teaching throughout the week. Send all materials directly to:

Dr. Eliza Noh, Coordinator
Asian American Studies Program
Recruitment Control Number
California State University, Fullerton
800 North State College Blvd.
P.O. Box 6868
Fullerton, CA 92834

In addition, please complete an Applicant Data Flow Form via this link to the CSUF secured website https://diversity.fullerton.edu/appdataflow/ and enter the Job Control Number listed above.

Application Deadline
Application materials are reviewed on an on-going basis.

Cal State Fullerton is an Equal Opportunity/
Title IX/503/504/VEVRA/ADA Employer
Achieving A Climate of Success Through Diversity & Equity

Full-time Visiting Assistant Professor in Gender and Women’s Studies 2011-2012

SCRIPPS COLLEGE
CLAREMONT, CALIFORNIA 91711

Full-time Visiting Assistant Professor in Gender and Women’s Studies
2011-2012


Scripps College, a women’s liberal arts college with a strong interdisciplinary tradition, invites applications for a full-time visiting assistant professor of Gender and Women's Studies. Successful candidates should be prepared to teach a range of lower and upper division courses, including Introduction to Gender and Women's Studies, Feminist Theory, Feminist Research Methods, Advanced Topics in Feminist Studies in area of specialization, and to advise senior theses. We seek an innovative scholar whose research and teaching reflect critical engagement with gender and feminist theories. We are particularly interested in candidates whose work is interdisciplinary and engages transnational and/or social justice issues. Candidates whose research involves underrepresented groups in the United States are preferred. Ph.D. and teaching experience required. The position has a five course annual teaching load with a possibility of renewal.

Application deadline: January 15, 2011.

Please submit letter of application, CV, examples of scholarship, teaching experience, sample syllabi and three letters of reference to:

Chair Search Committee
Dept of Gender and Women’s Studies
Scripps College
1030 Columbia Ave.
Claremont, CA 91711
nmacko@scrippscollege.edu

Scripps College is one of seven members of The Claremont Colleges cluster located 35 miles east of Los Angeles. In a continuing effort to enrich its academic environment and provide equal educational and employment opportunities, Scripps College actively encourages applications from women and members of historically underrepresented groups.