The University of Pittsburgh’s Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences invites applications for a two-year postdoctoral fellowship in the Department of Anthropology beginning August 1, 2019. We seek a cultural anthropologist specializing in the African Diaspora within North America whose research and teaching centers on social, historical, or cultural dimensions of inequality. Topics might relate, for example, to inequalities of race/ethnicity, class, gender, health, migration, citizenship and/or sexuality among African-descended peoples in North America. Special consideration will be given to researchers conducting work in the American “rust belt” Midwest or Northeast . The ideal candidate’s area(s) of specialty will also relate broadly to one or more of the cultural anthropology clusters, especially Medicine/Health, Labor and Politics, or Migration & Citizenship.

Recognizing that intellectual vitality and diversity are inseparable, the university has embarked on significant initiatives to diversify its faculty, student body, and curriculum. We encourage applications from creative and dedicated scholars, teachers, and mentors eager to contribute to this mission, including those who have spent some time outside academia (e.g., in policy, business, nonprofit, advocacy, or health fields).

The successful applicant will add new intellectual and/or regional trajectories to our course offerings and teach one course per term. Departmental funding will be provided to the postdoctoral fellow in the amount of $5,000 each year to organize a spring workshop that will focus on the fellow’s research interests. Secondary affiliation and cross-teaching with the dynamic programs in Africana Studies, Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies, Urban Studies, Public Health, or other relevant programs will be enthusiastically  supported.

Applicants must have satisfactorily completed all requirements for the Ph.D. degree, including any oral defense, by March 1, 2019. Individuals who completed all such requirements before January 1, 2017 are ineligible. For more information about the fellowship program and to apply, click https://www.as.pitt.edu/dietrich-school-diversity-postdoctoral-fellowships

To be considered, please submit by February 22, 2019 via https://pats.as.pitt.edu/apply/index/MTMz: curriculum vitae; dissertation table of contents; two-page statement of research interests outlining the goals of the research you will undertake during the term of the fellowship; two-page statement of teaching interests and philosophy; one-to-two-page diversity statement, discussing how your past, planned, or potential contributions or experiences relating to diversity, equity, and inclusion will advance the University of Pittsburgh’s commitment to inclusive excellence; one writing sample or excerpt of no more than 20 pages including references and appendices; one course proposal and syllabus for a 15-week course directed towards advanced undergraduate or graduate students; and email contacts for three recommenders. For each reference, you will have the opportunity to input a personal email address or an email address generated through Interfolio’s Online Application Delivery. In either case, an email notification will be sent to the designated address with instructions for uploading letters to our system by March 1, 2019.

The University of Pittsburgh is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and values equality of opportunity, human dignity and diversity. EEO/AA/M/F/Vets/Disabled.

The Vienna School of International Studies (Diplomatische Akademie Wien) is proposing the appointment of three Postdoctoral Fellows in International Studies for two years, from 23 September 2019. Geared towards promoting the professional development of the appointee, he/she will focus on his/her own research and do a limited amount of graduate teaching.

The successful candidate must hold – or have evidence of the imminent completion of – a doctorate in Economics, History, Law or Political Science. Our School interprets International Studies broadly. Applications from all these disciplines, including candidates with area expertise (such as European Studies) are welcome. A record of research achievement at the international level, a strong agenda for future research and previous teaching experience – preferably at graduate level – are essential.

The Vienna School of International Studies is a professional school, specialized in the interdisciplinary training of graduate students, and an associate member of APSIA. The presence of international organizations in Vienna makes for excellent research opportunities, in particular for research dealing with diplomacy, governance and multilateralism broadly defined.

The closing date for applications is Sunday, 20 January 2019, midnight.

Depending on seniority and experience, the postdoctoral fellow will be offered a yearly salary (before taxes and social security contribution) between EUR 36.000 and 39.000.

Please apply online at https://application.da-vienna.ac.at/postdoc/Application. Your curriculum vitae, your research agenda (5-10 pages), and teaching documentation (e.g. syllabi of courses taught, student evaluations, statement on teaching philosophy, etc) may be sent to us by e-mail (genny.chiarandon@da-vienna.ac.at) or mail (Genny Chiarandon, Vienna School of International Studies, Favoritenstrasse 15a, 1040 Vienna, Austria). Please also make sure that we receive three letters of recommendation (e-mailed directly by your referees/dossier service, or mailed in a sealed envelope).

For further details, please contact Genny Chiarandon (see above address).

The Global Studies Center at the University of Pittsburgh seeks to hire a post-doctoral fellow whose research and teaching interests align with our mission and priorities. This is a three-year appointment. The Center promotes critical global thinking and practical engagement with the world through the interdisciplinary study of transnational processes and the factors that shape them.  We emphasize the connections, divisions, disruptions, inequalities, and productive possibilities these processes engender across time and space.  We foster innovative research, rigorous study, and thoughtful practice through our collaborations with staff, students, faculty, and community partners locally and around the world, creating diverse and inclusive spaces for intellectual growth and debate.  Our current research initiatives are in Migrations, Global Health, Cities in Transformation, and the Anthropocene.  We seek to appoint a candidate with formal training in global studies at the graduate level who is conducting inter- or trans-disciplinary research on some aspect of contemporary globalization.  We invite all applicants to describe in a cover letter how they meet these criteria.

The responsibilities of the position include teaching a fall capstone seminar for global studies students conducting advanced (undergraduate) research, leading our innovative Global Across the Curriculum series for faculty seeking to “globalize” their courses, conducting our undergraduate Research Toolkit series, teaching one intensive spring graduate workshop, and participating actively in the intellectual life of the Center (we estimate this is equivalent to a 1-1 teaching load).  The fellow will have the opportunity to organize a research workshop in the second or third year of the appointment (with funding to be provided by the Center). The appointment is for one year, renewable for up to two additional years, and we strongly prefer candidates available for the full three-year period.

The Fellow will receive an annual stipend of $47,476.08, a $4,000 annual research/travel allowance, and a $1,500 one-time moving allowance. The University provides a relatively comprehensive package of fringe benefits, including medical insurance, participant-paid dental and vision insurance, life insurance, eligibility to participate in the University’s tuition scholarships program, and a retirement plan allowing personal tax deferral to TIAA/CREF with no University match. The Fellow will have access to additional benefits which currently include: University libraries and recreational facilities, computing and networking services, and fare-free public transportation.

Applicants should submit a cover letter, c.v., research and teaching statements, writing sample, and three letters of recommendation by Dec. 14, 2018.  We will conduct brief online interviews in mid-January and hold fly-outs in early February.

We invite applications from qualified candidates who (will) have satisfactorily completed all requirements for the PhD degree, including any oral defense, by Dec. 31, 2018. Individuals who completed their PhDs before January 1, 2016 are not eligible to apply.  Any offer of employment is contingent upon having the PhD degree in-hand prior to the appointment and, in the case of an international fellow, acquiring all proper visas and certification of English language proficiency.

The University of Pittsburgh is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and values equality of opportunity, human dignity and diversity. EEO/AA/M/F/Vets/Disabled.

Each year the program recruits a small group of mid-career researchers and professionals to spend an academic year at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. The Takemi Program provides participants with the space, time, and flexibility to enhance their capacity for research and leadership. To do this, Fellows are linked to two key resources: the weekly Takemi Seminar Series, and expert faculty. In addition, Fellows have the opportunity for collaboration throughout the Harvard community, and may elect to deepen their knowledge of theory or practice through relevant coursework. Fellows draw on these resources to produce at least one paper of publishable quality.

Since 1984, 282 Fellows from 56 countries have trained in the Takemi Program.

Applications are due by December 31, 2018 at midnight EST.

Sponsored by The Dean’s Advisory Council for LGBTQI+ Affairs at Yale School of Medicine

The Q-Med: Building LGBTQI+ Leaders in Health Care conference aims to engage and inspire future LGBTQI+ leaders in health care in the areas of research, clinical care, education, and policy/advocacy. It will feature keynote speakers, posters, interactive workshops with practical tools and strategies designed to address the unique challenges facing LGBTQI+ leaders.

Current health professional students (e.g., medical, nursing, physician assistant, podiatry, dentistry, clinical psychology, biomedical research, social work, and public health students) and university undergraduate students with an interest in health care as a profession are invited to attend. Though the content of the conference will be geared toward students, others with an interest in working with students to develop LGBTQI+ leaders in health care (e.g., residents, advanced trainees, and faculty) are invited to participate.

Registration for this conference is free.

The Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine (SAHM) is excited to announce the first annual Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning, Intersex and Asexual (LGBTQIA) Adolescent and Young Adult Health Research Award to support research and program evaluation focused on LGBTQIA adolescents and young adults ages 13 to 26. The overall goal of this annual award is to increase the visibility of the needs of this unique, diverse and resilient population.

Completed applications are due by 11:00 p.m. CST on Wednesday, January 22, 2019.

Developed and envisioned by the LGBTQIA SIG, the award will provide $3,000 in funding for one of the following areas:
·     LGBTQIA adolescent and young adult health
·     Sexual identity in adolescents and young adults
·     Gender identity in adolescents and young adults
·     LGBTQIA health services access & delivery
·     LGBTQIA patient education
·     Provider training on some aspect of LGBTQIA adolescent and young health, health service access & delivery, or sexual & gender identity

All disciplines are welcome to apply. Membership within SAHM is encouraged but not required.

We are pleased to announce Reinventing Mobilities and Borders: Cross-disciplinary Conversations, a symposium to be held at the University of Eastern Finland (UEF) and organized by Karelian Institute. The symposium welcomes scholars from the Social Sciences and Humanities working in Mobilities and Borders research. The deadline for abstract submission is January 12, 2019. (please check attachment for details on panels)

The symposium aims to provide a forum for interdisciplinary exchange of knowledge and expertise between a wide range of disciplines and researchers studying the issues that are broadly related to traditional as well as new emerging areas of mobilities and borders research. The symposium aims to promote discussion to forge a collective path forward for multidisciplinary research and scholarship and address new research questions and current local and global concerns. It seeks to address theoretical, empirical, political, and ethical questions in relation to mobilities and borders that are mutually constitutive but appear uneven, complex, and precarious in the twenty-first century. The following themes are discussed: how mobilities/immobility, borders and bordering, and border-crossings as multi-level practices are shaped and reshaped by various structures and drivers in addition to global flows of people, products, and technologies. The symposium also discusses the experiences of mobilities/immobility and borders and bordering that are enlivened and revived in memory, imaginaries and literary works resulting in either experiences of empowerment or various forms of inequality. Through mobilization of different means such as forms of capitals and new technologies, moving people often with family members hope to reach individual or collective goals and aspirations, or regain the momentum of dignified self-realization and/or preferred way of life.

Keynote speakers:

Professor Anssi Paasi (University of Oulu) will address the utopia of the borderless world and the problem of ethics;

Professor Laura Assmuth (UEF) will provide cross-disciplinary approach on translocal families in East and Northern Europe;

Professor Östen Wahlbeck (University of Helsinki) will address the issues of transferability and mobilisability of transnational resources;

Professor James Scott (UEF) will discuss borders and securitization of identity;

Professor Jopi Nyman (UEF) will approach Anglophone literary mobilities in the Mediterranean.

We call for research papers that critically study current questions in the fields of mobilities and border studies in various intersecting domains. These domains could include for example (a) individuals’ life-worlds, personal experiences and strategies, (b) institutional structures, policies (local, national and beyond), legal frameworks and humanitarian work, (c) media and public discourses, and (d) academic engagement and intervention.

Please, submit your research abstract of maximum 200 words to the organizer of the panels in which you wish to participate no later than January 12, 2019. We plan to publish a volume by an international publisher which has shown interest in our symposium.

The symposium is supported by the research project Traumatized Borders: Reviving Subversive Narrative of B/Order and Other, funded by the Academy of Finland, the University of Eastern Finland.

 

This Wednesday, the eScience Institute will hold the first of two information sessions about our Data Science for Social Good program geared toward prospective project leads. Please join us if you are considering submitting a project proposal.

Who: Anyone who might propose and lead a project for our 2019 Data Science for Social Good program

When: Wednesday, November 28th from 11:00am – 12:00 pm

Where: WRF Data Science Studio, 6th floor of the Physics/Astronomy Tower

Why: Find out more about our program, what we’re looking for in projects, and what it means to be a project lead

Please see the full 2019 DSSG Call for Proposals for details on the program, including deadlines and expectations.

And please feel free to distribute far and wide. The CfP is not limited to academic researchers.