We are seeking to appoint up to four Assistant Professors in Social Anthropology. Applicants must demonstrate research excellence in the field of Social Anthropology, with the ability to teach our students to an exceptional standard and to fully engage in the services, citizenship and values of the University. The University provides a working and teaching environment which is inclusive and welcoming and where everyone is treated fairly with dignity and respect. Candidates will be expected to demonstrate these key principles as part of the assessment process.

We are open to outstanding applications in any area of Social Anthropology. Our department has particular research strengths in energy and environment; expertise and knowledge; aesthetics and material culture; medicine and health; and political anthropology. We are looking to appoint candidates who will complement or synergise with research in these areas.

We are also open to any regional specialisms. We particularly welcome applicants with regional specialisms in the Anthropology of China to help build our teaching, research and postgraduate supervision in this area.

Candidates will be expected to contribute to team-taught core social anthropology modules at level one and two, where our focus is on politics, economics, kinship, religion, the anthropology of health and ethnographic methods. It is expected that successful applicants will be able to contribute strongly to at least two of these areas.

Post-holders will be expected to deliver an advanced Level 3 module on a specialist topic in social anthropology, relating to their own research; they will supervise both undergraduate and postgraduate dissertations and contribute to Social Anthropology teaching at Master’s level. Successful candidates will be asked to undertake additional duties around teaching, learning and student recruitment within the Department as required. Appointed candidates may be asked to teach on one of our undergraduate field-courses, though this is not a requirement.

The Anthropology Department at Durham University has an outstanding international reputation for teaching, research and student employability. We are one of the largest Anthropology Departments in the UK, with nearly 40 permanent academic staff working across social, evolutionary and health anthropology.

The Department of Anthropology has a vibrant research culture with many visitors, seminars, global conferences and workshops. We aim to foster an intellectually inclusive environment, fostering the academic freedom and confidence to work at both the core and boundaries of anthropology in exciting and innovative ways. We were the top-ranked integrated Anthropology department in the most recent Research Excellence Framework (REF 2014); fifth in the UK for overall GPA (Times Higher Education); first equal for world-leading and internationally-excellent Impact and Research Environment, and second equal for world- leading publications.

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Seattle’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. Unity Day celebration is an opportunity to gain a greater understanding of how Dr. King’s power to change society for the better has been passed to each of us. Writer Ijeoma Oluo takes the stage for a discussion of race in our country to honor the life and mission of one of the greatest humanitarian leaders in American history.

7:00-9:00pm – Town Hall Seattle (1119 8th Ave, Seattle, WA 98101)

Few words are as ideologically charged as “ghetto.” Its early uses centered on two cities: Venice, the site of the first ghetto in Europe, established in 1516; and Rome, where the ghetto endured until 1870, decades after it had been dismantled elsewhere. Dr. Daniel Schwartz (George Washington University) will give a talk on the history of the word “ghetto” from 16th-century Venice until today.

6:30-8:00pm – Student Union Building (HUB 145)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Evidence of scholarship in Global Sociology
• Successful teaching in global sociology and in one or more of the following: international social problems and conflict, political sociology, political economy, research methods, and/or sociological theory
• Demonstrated ability to mentor students and supervise research
• Evidence of service in an academic institution or the community

Duties:

• Teach courses in: Sociology of Globalization, International Social Conflict, Political Sociology, Social Order and Social Change, Sociology of Human Rights and Social Justice, Research Methods, Sociological Theory
• Develop potential courses in: Comparative International Social Movements, Transnational Communities, Racialized and Gendered State Violence, and/or within the candidate’s area(s) of expertise
• Engage in ongoing research, scholarly and creative activities leading to publication
• Assist in mentoring students; supervise student research
• Develop curricula to meet the needs of a diverse student body
• Participate in service to the department, college, university, and community

The Department of Sociology at Johns Hopkins University seeks to hire one or more tenured Full and Associate Professors with expertise in social demography and urban sociology.  Assistant Professors with exceptional records of scholarship may also be considered. 

For these positions, we seek sociologists who examine topics such as urban poverty, neighborhood effects, housing, education, family, and life course dynamics as they interact with race and ethnicity, gender, and nativity. We are especially interested in researchers who use quantitative and computational methods.

Applicants should apply online and submit a cover letter, a research statement, curriculum vitae, and representative publications. Questions may be directed to the Recruitment Committee Chair, Professor Andrew Cherlin (cherlin@jhu.edu). Review of applications will begin on February 1, 2020 and continue until the position is filled. Appointments will commence as early as July 1, 2020.

This quarter the Evans School’s Seminar Series will consist of the three presentations from 11:30 a.m.to 12:30 p.m. on the topics and dates below. Healthy snacks, coffee, and water for tea will be provided.

• January 15th, Jack Glaser, Social Psychologist, University of California – Berkeley. General topic: Stereotyping, Prejudice, and Discrimination
• February 19th, Stephen Kosack, Political Scientist, UW Evans / Harvard. General topic: International Development, International Governance
• March 4th, Ben Brunjes, Public Administration and Policy, UW Evans. General topic: Contract Management, Public Management

The Bullitt Foundation seeks graduate students in British Columbia, Washington State, and Oregon interested in applying for the two-year, $100,000  2020 Bullitt Environmental Fellowship. Eligible candidates will have a strong academic record and a university faculty member who will nominate and recommend them. Students of color are highly encouraged to  apply. Visit  www.bullitt.org for more information.

Thanks to temporary two-year funding from the Washington State legislature, the Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies is excited to offer course development grants to enable University of Washington faculty and graduate students to develop and teach courses on labor topics during the upcoming 2020-2021 academic year.

Grants will include a stipend to develop your syllabus, and possibly a grader or TA position (including a tuition waiver) to assist in teaching the course. You may use this opportunity to launch a new course, or to strengthen and expand on the labor content already present in a currently offered class. The goal of this grant is the expansion of Labor Studies curriculum at the UW; therefore, greater funding is available for new course proposals at the 100, 200 and 300 levels. 

Based on our review of class enrollments and a survey of student interests, we are particularly interested in courses on the following topics:

• Introductory courses (100, 200 and 300-level) centering on issues of work, labor, and/or class, e.g. HISTCMP 249/POL S 249/SOC 266: Introduction to Labor Studies, SOC 360 – Introduction to Social Stratification
• Mid-level courses (200 and 300-level) connecting labor-related issues and race, e.g. AES 322/GWSS 300 – Gender, Race, and Class in Social Stratification, CHSTU 342 – Working Latinas and Latinos: Changing Sites of Identity in Daily Life
• Mid-level courses (200 and 300-level) connecting labor-related issues and gender, including but not limited to caring labor and social reproduction, e.g. ANTH 373 – Labor, Identity and Knowledge in Health Care 

The Graduate School’s Public Lectures Selection Committee reminds you that you are invited to nominate speakers for the Graduate School Public Lecture Series for the next two academic years. 

We have already received some impressive nominations and can’t wait to see what names are submitted in the next few weeks. Don’t miss the opportunity to bring someone you’ve always admired to campus as our guest.

New this year, you can submit through a convenient online form. You can also still submit a single pdf to lectnom@uw.edu. The deadline for all nominations is 5 p.m. on Friday, January 31, 2020.

To learn about the lecture series and for full instructions on how to present a nomination, please visit http://grad.uw.edu/lecturenom. Please direct any questions to lectures@uw.edu. We look forward to receiving your nominations!

Public scholarship and public outreach is an important goal for the Center for Environmental Politics. Environmental Conversations feature prominent environmental leaders/practitioners who share their perspectives on real-world environmental policymaking. During 2019-2020, in collaboration with the EarthLab, the Center for Environmental Politics will host our Walker Conversation Series.