Calls for Papers, Job Annoucements, & Publishing Opportunities
Calls for Papers
Global Islam in Everyday America
April 3, 2009
University of Pennsylvania
Hosted by the Asian American Studies Program, the Middle East Center, and the South Asia Center
As Islam is increasingly associated with worldwide debates on terror, anti-West sentiment, and extremism, images of Islam and Islamic identity circulating in the media have become ubiquitous. Pictures of the veil, the turbaned terrorist, and the children schooled in madrasas are conflated to a singular representation of all Muslims. While Muslims face the challenges of negative imagery, researchers know relatively little about the lived experiences of Muslim Americans.
Global Islam in Everyday America is a one-day conference that explores Islam and Muslim identities in the U.S. by interrogating the multiple implications resonating from stereotypes of Islam and the ways in which the imagined versus the lived experience of American Muslims are implicated. We encourage papers that address the migration experiences, political participation and representation of Muslim Americans. We welcome scholars from a wide range of social science and humanities disciplines to submit their 750 word abstract that address these issues on Muslims of all racial and national backgrounds in the United States. Preference will be given to papers based on ethnographic research.
Possible topics may include but are not limited to the following:
Popular Culture and Islam
Gender and Islam
Second Generation
Social Practices
Race and Islam
Islam and Film
Muslims and Migration
Islam and Folklore
Muslim Identity
Please send your 750 word abstract along with your curriculum vitae to:
Dr. Fariha Khan
Associate Director, Asian American Studies Program
University of Pennsylvania
166 McNeil Bldg
3718 Locust Walk
Philadelphia, PA 19104
fariha@sas.upenn.edu
Abstracts are due by November 7, 2008 and we will notify you of the status of your proposed presentation by December 1, 2008.
Symposium title: Race, Ethnicity, and (New) Media April 30-May 2, 2009
The Race & Ethnic Studies Institute at Texas A&M University (http://resi.tamu.edu/
Submissions: 500 word abstracts or full papers of no more than 8000 words (including notes and references) should be submitted to: gatson@tamu.edu and resi@tamu.edu by December 31, 2008. Submissions will be reviewed by an organizing committee, and authors will be notified of acceptance/rejection by March 15, 2009.
2nd IASSID Asia Pacific Conference
The conference will be held at Singapore, 24 to 27 June 2009, at the Furama Riverfront Hotel. The conference theme is: "Creating possibilities for an inclusive society"
The conference details and the abstract submission system are now on-line: www.iassid.org
Abstracts need to be submitted by the end of November 2008. Individual papers, symposia, workshops and posters are all welcome. All abstracts will be peer-reviewed and those accepted for the conference will be published in the Journal of Policy & Practice in Intellectual Disabilities.
The on-line registration system will soon be on-line.
There are a number of organisations partnering with IASSID to make this a significant event on the international scientific calender. These include the International Society for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (ISAAC), the Asia Pacific Down Syndrom Federation and the Australian Association of Doctors in Developmental Disability Medicine. There are also many regional and local service providers working together, as part of our efforts to ensure that the conference provides a mechanism to promote 'research to practice' and that practice issues inform and influence the research agenda of the scientific community.
As part of our efforts to promote dialogue between researchers, practitioners and people with disability, the conference will include the inaugural meeting of the Asian Research to Practice Roundtable. This event will take place across the 4 days of the conference; bringing together scientists, practitioners and people with disability to establish and implement a research to practice agenda for the region.
The IASSID Academy on Education, Teaching & Research will host accredited workshops prior to and following the conference. The workshops will take place at Singapore and in neighbouring countries. If you are interested in hosting such a workshop, you can contact the Academy Chair, Professor Roy Brown for details and to discuss your proposal: roybrown@telus.net
Conference at UCLA—Recent Developments in the Study of Buddhist Art
This symposium, co-sponsored by the Paul I. and Hisako Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies, Center for Buddhist Studies, Center for Chinese Studies, Center for Korean Studies, and Center for Southeast Asian Studies, is intended to survey some of the most important recent developments in the study of Buddhist art throughout Asia.
Friday, November 21, 2008
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
for Friday's conference:
Faculty Center Hacienda Room
UCLA
Los Angeles, CA 90095
A fundamental aim of the symposium will be to accomplish two goals: accessible presentations and an opportunity for highly specialized discussions.
The Friday, November 21 sessions will feature several lectures open to the public. While scholarly in content, these lectures will be accessible to interested members of the university community and the general public.
Participants that will speak at the event are:
Cynthea Bogel (University of Washington)
Robert Brown (UCLA)
Sherry Fowler (University of Kansas)
Phyllis Granoff (Yale University)
Minku Kim (UCLA)
Sunkyung Kim (USC)
Sonya Lee (USC)
Donald F. McCallum (UCLA)
Chari Pradel (Cal Poly Pomona)
Melody Rod-Ari (UCLA)
Akira Shimada (SUNY, New Paltz)
Koichi Shinohara (Yale University)
Yoko Shirai (USC)
Nancy Steinhardt (Univ. of Pennsylvania)
Maya Stiller (UCLA)
Yui Suzuki (University of Maryland)
No registration is required for the Friday conference.
RSVP will be required for the seminar on November 22, 2008. Please RSVP at mccallum@humnet.ucla.edu.
Cost: None
Tel: 310 - 825- 8681
www.international.ucla.edu/japan/
Sponsor(s): Center for Buddhist Studies, Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies, Center for Korean Studies, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Center for Chinese Studies
RSVP for Saturday sessions. Location TBA.
For more information please contact
Donald McCallum
Tel: 310-206-6974
mccallum@humnet.ucla.edu
To view the event flyer, please click here:
http://www.international.ucla.edu/media/files/BuddhistArtConference11-21-08.pdf
Sponsor(s): Center for Buddhist Studies, Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies, Center for Korean Studies, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Center for Chinese Studies
University of Chicago Symposium
Culture, and the Lesbian/Gay Studies Project of the Center for Gender
Studies invite paper proposals for a symposium to be held on March 7, 2009,
and which will become a special issue of Amerasia Journal, the core journal
in the field of Asian American Studies for the last 40 years. This
initiative expands upon the journal¹s first collection "Dimensions of
Desire: Asian American Sexualities" and takes us into the new century.
David Eng and Amy Sueyoshi will be our symposium keynote speakers.
We welcome paper proposals on any aspect of sexuality among Asian American
subjects or communities, both historically and in the present, from any
disciplinary or interdisciplinary perspective. Asian American sexuality has
long been analyzed as a residual category constituted in relationship to
class, race, ethnicity, and gender, or some intersection of these forms of
differentiation. Clearly stratification principles operate in the
definition of all societies and social groups, but we are especially
interested in papers that look at sexuality in and of itself. Potential
topics might include the study of transexuality as lived experience,
personal identity, or industry, the emergence of lesbian, gay, and queer
identities, bisexuality as a symbol and reality, the representation of
heterosexuality among Asian Americans, genitals as cultural symbols in the
fetishization of Asian Americans, promiscuity and its perils, sex work and
the commercialization of sexual tourism, sexuality and migration, sexual
pedagogies, the relationship between sex and religious faith, and any other
topics where Asian American sexualities is the primary focus of the work.
Proposals can be sent electronically to the following email addresses by
January 7, 2009: rgutierrez@uchicago.edu and rleong@ucla.edu. Paper
proposals sent U.S. mail must reach us by the same date, with one copy each
should be sent to: Ramón A. Gutiérrez, Center for the Study of Race,
Politics and Culture, 5733 South University Ave, Chicago, Illinois, and
Russell Leong, Editor, Amerasia Journal, UCLA Department of Asian American
Studies, 3336 Rolfe Hall, Box 957225, Los Angeles, CA 90095-7225. Paper
proposals should not be more that two single-spaced pages and should be
accompanied by a short two-page resumé.
All travel and accommodation expenses will be paid by the University of
Chicago for those presenters selected for the symposium.
Job Announcements
Willamette University
The Department of Sociology invites applications for a tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor beginning August 2009. We seek candidates with broad teaching and research interests in social psychology, as well as expertise and interest in both classical and contemporary sociological theory. Teaching responsibilities include six courses annually with a permanent reduction to five courses beginning in Fall 2010. The candidate will offer some courses in her/his areas of specialization along with providing support to the department’s core curriculum and the general education program. Promise of teaching excellence required. PhD preferably completed by August 2009. The following materials should be submitted electronically to Honey Wilson (hwilson@willamette.edu), Administrative Assistant, and addressed to Linda Heuser, Chair, Department of Sociology by Friday, September 12: letter of application, Curriculum Vitae, graduate transcripts, separate statements on teaching and research, a writing sample, and three letters of reference. Also include a statement that explains how you will engage multiple perspectives in your teaching and contribute to our institutional and departmental commitments to social responsibility. Believing that diversity contributes to academic excellence and to rich and rewarding communities, Willamette University is committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse faculty, staff and student body. We seek candidates, particularly those from historically under-represented groups, whose work furthers diversity and who bring to campus varied experiences, perspectives and backgrounds. The University is near the Portland metropolitan area, the Pacific Ocean, and the Cascade Mountains. For more information, visit Willamette’s web site at www.willamette.edu.
Korea University
The Department of Sociology at Korea University invites members of the Section on Asia and Asian Amercians to apply for two full-time tenure-track positions in medical sociology and social welfare and the in industrial sociology and labor studies. Interested applicants should visit the application site (http://www.korea.ac.kr/~faculty) and apply by October 7.
University of Southern California
Immigrant Integration
USC’s College of Letters, Arts & Sciences invites applications for an assistant professor with a research specialization that addresses issues of immigrant integration. The position, beginning in fall 2009, is part of a university-wide initiative to promote research and teaching on the processes of immigration, settlement, and social transformation. The candidate should be an empirical social scientist working in these areas; we are particularly interested in candidates who can relate their research to policy issues. The search committee is being conducted jointly by the departments of American Studies & Ethnicity, Political Science, Sociology and History, and the appointment will be made formally in one of these departments. USC strongly values diversity and is committed to equal opportunity in employment. Women and men, and members of all racial and ethnic groups, are encouraged to apply. Please send a letter of application, curriculum vitae, one or two writing samples, and the names of three references and their contact information to: Manuel Pastor, Chair of Search Committee, Department of American Studies and Ethnicity, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-4033. We will begin to review applications on November 5, 2008 and will continue until the position is filled.
University of Colorado at Boulder
The Department of Ethnic Studies in the University of Colorado at Boulder invites applications for a faculty position. Academic rank is open. The department is particularly interested in candidates with an already strong record of funded research or with considerable promise to establish such a record. It is expected that the candidate's research program will contribute to and support our anticipated PhD program in "Comparative Cultures in the Americas." The department has a strong preference for someone with a research program that may attract extramural support.
Applicants should submit a letter of interest detailing their qualifications, including a statement of what they believe they have to offer the Department. The application packet must also contain: a curriculum vitae, one writing sample, a prospectus of research and teaching to be undertaken in the first three years after appointment, and the names and addresses of at least three references familiar with the academic background of the candidate.
Applications should be submitted electronically at https://www.jobsatcu.com, posting # 805415. Review of applications will begin November 15, 2008. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. The University of Colorado at Boulder is committed to diversity and equality in education and employment.
TUFTS UNIVERSITY
The Department of Sociology is accepting applications for an assistant or associate professor position to begin Fall 2009. The successful candidate will have a Ph.D. in sociology by September 1, 2009; a strong record or promise of publications; excellent teaching evaluations; potential for extramurally funded research; and a willingness to serve as department chair in the future. Candidates' research and teaching should be in one of three broad areas: immigration, transnational communities, and globalization; social inequalities and social change; and media, culture, and society. Candidates must be committed to teaching our highly motivated and diverse student body. The usual teaching load is two courses per semester. The successful applicant will be the ninth member of the department. Tufts University is categorized as a Research University/Very High Research Activity (RU/VH), is consistently ranked in the top thirty universities in the country by U.S. News and World Report, and is located in the vibrant intellectual community of Boston. Send a letter about qualifications for the position, a curriculum vitae, the names of at least three references for candidates applying at the associate level or at least three letters of reference for those applying at the assistant level, a sample of published work, and a statement of your teaching philosophy to Professor John E. Conklin, Chair; Department of Sociology; Eaton Hall 115; 5 The Green; Tufts University; Medford, MA 02155. Review of the applications will begin November 30, 2008, and continue until the position is filled. Tufts University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer. We are committed to increasing the diversity of our faculty. Members of underrepresented groups are strongly encouraged to apply.
Miami University
Asian/Asian American Studies: Assistant Professor (up to three positions) to teach, maintain active research agenda and provide service to the institution in a developing Asian/Asian American Studies Program with a joint appointment in one of the following departments: Comparative Religion, English, History, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology & Gerontology. Require: Ph.D. by date of appointment. Send letter of application; dossier with at least three letters of reference; writing sample; evidence of teaching effectiveness; statement of teaching philosophy; and description of research program to Keith Tuma, Associate Dean, College of Arts and Science, 143 Upham Hall, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio 45056. Screening of applications begins November 10, 2008 and will continue until the position is filled. Miami is an EOE/AA employer with smoke-free campuses. The university offers an excellent benefits package. Visitwww.muohio.edu/be nefits
University of Utah
The Department of Sociology www.soc.utah.edu invites applications for a tenure-track or tenured position at the Assistant Professor or beginning Associate Professor level. Although the Department would benefit from any number of teaching and research specialties, we are particularly interested in sociologists whose teaching and research involve issues of race/ethnicity and/or criminology, and those whose research interests complement one of the Department's two major foci: Comparative International Sociology and Population & Health (descriptions available at:www.soc.utah.edu/graduate/description.html). The following are a few potential examples of preferred teaching and research areas: comparative criminology; the sociology of Mexican Americans and Latino/a Americans; social stratification; transborder relations; transnational identities; criminalization of immigration and immigrants; comparative sociology of law; sexuality & deviance; global sex trafficking; international terrorism; the sociology of drugs and addictions; race/ethnicity/racism in relation to crime and the criminal justice system; race/ethnicity and popular culture; environmental racism/inequality. Candidates should have the Ph.D. in Sociology by Summer 2009 at latest. The successful applicant will have a strong record of or clear potential for achieving excellence in teaching and success in research with a well-defined research agenda. The sociology program awards the BS/BA, MA, and Ph.D., with about 400 undergraduate majors and a growing doctoral program. Many of our undergraduate students pursue the criminology certificate. The University of Utah values candidates who have experience working in settings with students from diverse backgrounds, and possess a strong commitment to improving access to higher education for historically underrepresented students. Review of applications will begin 17 October 2008 and continue until the position is filled. Please send (1) a letter describing teaching and research interests, (2) a curriculum vita, (3) samples of scholarly work, and (4) three letters of recommendation to: Ethnicity/Race Sociology Search Committee, University of Utah, Department of Sociology, 380 S 1530 E Rm 301, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0250. Positions are dependent upon final budgetary approval. The University of Utah is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer, encourages applications from women and minorities, and provides reasonable accommodation to the known disabilities of applicants and employees.
University of California at Irvine
The School of Social Sciences at the University of California, Irvine seeks applications for an Assistant Professor position that can be located in Sociology, Economics, or Political Science. The successful candidate will be expected to demonstrate strong research skills and a commitment to an active program of research and publication focusing on important social science questions dealing with some aspect of immigration, broadly defined. It is also expected that the candidate will be interested in research involving multi-disciplinary collaborative work with other immigration faculty in Sociology and other social science departments. In the case of candidates in sociology, areas of specialization are open, but it is expected that the applicant's major research interest will include immigration in some significant sense.
All application materials must be uploaded electronically and include: a cover letter describing research and teaching, a curriculum vita, three research papers relevant to social sciences and dealing with some aspect of immigration, and three letters of reference. Please refer to the following website for instructions on how to apply:
http://www.socsci.uci.edu/recruit_instructions.php.
The screening of candidates will begin October 31, 2008 but candidates may apply until the position is filled. The University of California, Irvine is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to excellence through diversity.
VICE PRESIDENT OF ACADEMIC AFFAIRS
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA) is a dynamic and vibrant four-year public liberal arts college located in the beautiful Berkshire Hills of Western Massachusetts. As part of the Massachusetts state college system, MCLA serves 1,550 undergraduate and 300 graduate students within a diverse and exciting academic program that includes honors programs, a curriculum infused with service learning opportunities, and a wide variety of regional academic partnerships that offer expanded study options for students. MCLA is also embarking on construction of a new Center for Science and Innovation which will serve to support state of the art laboratories, allow for expansion of MCLA’s science program, and provide incubator space for the region.
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts invites highly qualified and experienced candidates to apply for the Vice President of Academic Affairs position. The Vice President reports to the President of the College, is a member of the President’s Cabinet, and is responsible for the leadership, creative vision, direction, and supervision of the faculty, academic programs, and academic support services. Reporting to the Vice President are the offices of the Dean of Academic Affairs, the Freel Library, Learning Services, Institutional Research, the Honors Program, and all academic departments. The College offers 15 major programs taught by 180 full and part-time faculty.
The successful candidate will possess an earned doctorate from an accredited university with a distinguished record of teaching and scholarship; an established record of accomplishments in senior level administrative leadership positions; a management style which fosters good communication and encourages collaborative decision making with faculty, administrative colleagues, and other constituencies. The new Vice President will also demonstrate integrity, intellectual curiosity, will promote learning, and will support the discovery of new ideas. Strong preference will be given to candidates with work experience in a collective bargaining environment.
To obtain more detailed information about the position and MCLA, please go to:
www.mcla.edu/aavp.
Interested candidates are encouraged to submit a cover letter, curriculum vitae, statement of philosophy of academic leadership, and a list of five references with phone numbers to the VPAA Search Committee via e-mail at: hr@mcla.edu. Review of prospective candidates will begin on October 24, 2008 and will continue until an appointment is made.
SJG — The Spelman & Johnson Group is assisting MCLA with this search. For confidential inquiries, or to nominate an individual for this position, please email Ellen Heffernan at eth@spelmanandjohnson.com or call 413-529-2895.
MCLA is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer with a long-standing commitment to diversifying the college community.
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
The Division of Social Science of The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) seeks to fill two to three tenure-track positions with scholars who conduct high-quality, disciplinary-based research on China. While the search is open to candidates of all social science disciplines, at least one position will be committed to an economist. The appointment will be made at the rank of Assistant Professor or Associate Professor, with an initial three-year contract starting from August 2009. The successful candidate must have a PhD degree at the time of appointment, with demonstrated record to carry out theoretically-informed and empirically-based work on contemporary China.
Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. Fringe benefits include annual leave, medical and dental benefits. Housing will be provided where applicable. A gratuity will be payable upon successful completion of contract.
Interested candidates should send a letter of application with a statement of teaching and research interests, and a curriculum vitae to China Search Committee Chair, Division of Social Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong [Fax: (852) 2335-0014; E-mail: cssearch@ust.hk] on or before 15 December 2008. For more information about the Division and HKUST, please visit:
http://www.sosc.ust.hk
Closing Date: 15 December 2008
University of California at Davis
The Asian American Studies Program at the University of California, Davis invites applications for a tenured or tenure-track position, to begin July 1, 2009, preferably at the level of Associate or Full Professor but the position is open to all ranks. We seek an Asian American studies scholar in history or social sciences with a Ph.D. in a relevant field who has expertise in interdisciplinary, comparative research. We are interested in a scholar who focuses on empire and colonialism with a specialization in two or more of the following areas: gender, sexuality, racialization, labor, citizenship, indigeneity, and transnationalism. Expertise in Filipino American and/or Asian Pacific Islander studies is also desirable, but we are open to other areas of concentration.
We seek a scholar with an accomplished and innovative publication record; an excellent record of research, teaching, and leadership in the field, and a strong track record of departmental/university service and collaboration, along with proven administrative abilities. We are especially interested in candidates who will provide programmatic leadership in the delivery of our undergraduate and graduate curricula, who will foster outreach and grant activities to support programmatic goals, and who are committed to building and sustaining cross-disciplinary, cross-departmental connections to other programs on the campus.
Our program is multidisciplinary, with strengths in humanities, cultural studies, and social sciences. We offer an undergraduate major and minor program, and faculty members can participate in the Cultural Studies Graduate Group which offers a doctoral degree. Visit our home page at:
http://asa.ucdavis.edu/
Please submit a letter of application, a curriculum vita, and samples of written work (not more than 50 pages) as PDF or MS Word compatible files, and three letters of reference to AsianAmericanStudies@ucdavis.edu. If letters of recommendation cannot be sent electronically, please mail hard copies to:
Asian American Studies Program, Attn: Search Committee,University of California-Davis, One Shields Ave., Davis, CA 95616.
Review of applications begins on December 8, 2008 and continues until the position is filled.
The University of California, Davis and the Asian American Studies Program are interested in candidates who are committed to the highest standards of scholarship and professional activities, and to the development of a campus climate that supports equality and diversity. The University of California is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer.
University of New Hampshire
The Department of English and the Women's Studies Program at the University of New Hampshire anticipate a tenure track faculty position (approval pending), with a starting date of fall 2009. We seek an Assistant or Associate Professor to serve in a joint position. Applicants must have strong records of teaching and scholarly publishing in Literature in English (any field), and Women's Studies. We are particularly interested in applicants whose areas of expertise include one or more of the following: Africana/African American Studies, Critical Race Studies, and/or Queer Studies. Ph.D. strongly preferred. Teaching load is 3/2 annually. Please send a letter of interest, a CV, names of three references, and a writing sample to: Professor Marla Brettschneider, Coordinator, 203 Huddleston Hall, UNH Women’s Studies Program, Durham, NH 03824.
The University of New Hampshire is an Equal Opportunity / Equal Access / Affirmative Action institution. The University seeks excellence through diversity among its administrators, faculty, staff, and students. The university prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, veteran status, or marital status. Application by members of all underrepresented groups is encouraged.
Applications Due November 20, 2008
The University of Chicago
The History Department of the University of Chicago is reopening its search for a position in Asian-American history. Innovative research in any area within this field will be seriously considered; foreign language research competence will be welcomed. Rank open, with strong preference for assistant or beginning associate professor. Preference will be given to candidates with completed dissertation, teaching experience, and publications.
Please send a letter of application with c.v., dossier including three supporting letters, and a chapter-length piece of writing to Asian-American History Search Committee, Department of History, University of Chicago, 1126 E. 59th Street, Box 121, Chicago, IL 60637. The reading of applications will commence on October 1 and continue until the position is filled. The University of Chicago is an AA/EOE.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
The Asian American Studies Program (AASP) at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) seeks two postdoctoral fellows for the 2009-2010 academic year. Applicants should conduct research germane to Asian American studies. Proposed research projects should have the potential to make a significant contribution to the field. During their stay at UIUC, postdoctoral fellows will be expected to participate in research, teaching, and service. While research and participation in the intellectual life of the program is the primary responsibility, fellows will be expected to teach an introductory-level course in Asian American Studies during the second semester in residence. Fellows are expected to give two talks on campus on their research project. The stipend for 2009-2010 year will be $42,000.&n bsp; In addition, $5,000 will be provided for research, travel, and related expenses. Full fringe benefits will be available during the 12-month appointment period. The program will provide the fellow with office space and routine office support for photocopying, faxing, mailing, etc. A doctoral degree, in hand, is required by July 16, 2009. Preference will be given to applicants who have completed their degrees in the past five years. Both postdoctoral fellowships will begin on August 16, 2009, are for one year, and are non-renewable. To apply, candidates should submit four collated application packets. Each packet should include a curriculum vita, a statement of the research project to be undertaken during the fellowship year, and a sample of scholarly writing (10-25 pages). Official graduate transcripts and three letters of r ecommendation (including one letter from the dissertation advisor) should be sent directly to the Program to complete the file. Application material should be sent to: Post Doc Review Committee, Asian American Studies Program, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1208 West Nevada Street, MC 142, Urbana, IL 61801.
To guarantee full consideration, application materials should be submitted to the AASP office by 5:00 p.m. on February 27, 2009. For further information: Contact the Asian American Studies Program at (217) 244-9530 or aasp@uiuc.edu. For further information on the Asian American Studies Program, please visit our web site: http://www.aasp.uiuc.edu
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is an AA/Equal Opportunity Employer.
Ithaca College
Ithaca College's Department of Sociology invites applications for a tenure-eligible, assistant professor, to begin Fall 2009. We seek a colleague with culturally and academically diverse interests and commitments to teach courses with global/international foci; we're seeking a fit with department strengths in inequalities, culture, and social justice. Candidates who employ critical/creative analyses and those with public sociology orientations/interests are especially encouraged. The position requires a rotation in one (or more) of Sociological Theory, Research Methods, and/or Introduction to Sociology. Ph.D. in Sociology is required by time of appointment. The ideal applicant will have a clear interest in teaching along with supervising undergraduate research and learning in a liberal arts environment. The department's goal is to encourage students to integrate a wide range of social issues. We are 12 diverse faculty, committed to refining our approaches to teaching and research. Interested applicants should apply online (www.icjobs.org) and attach a cover letter and CV (initially this is all we require). Questions about the online application should be directed to the Office of Human Resources at (607) 274 1207. Review of applications will begin November 30, 2008 and will continue until the position is filled. Ithaca College is committed to building a diverse academic community and encourages members of underrepresented groups to apply. Experience that contributes to the diversity of the college is appreciated.
Bryn Mawr College
The Bryn Mawr College Department of Sociology seeks to fill a two-year Visiting Assistant Professor position with a specialization in Environmental Studies beginning on July 1, 2009. Ph.D. is expected at the time of appointment. The successful candidate will be expected to have an active research program and teach five courses per year, with at least two of these courses in the field of Environmental Studies. Depending on the sociologist’s training in this field, she/he might focus on the urban environment, international and economic development issues, political dimensions of environmental change or epidemiological and health issues. Environmental Studies at Bryn Mawr is an interdisciplinary program, which includes courses in the natural and social sciences and the humanities.
To assure full consideration, please submit a letter of application, a CV, a statement of research and teaching interests, three current letters of reference and a writing sample to: Chair, Department of Sociology, Bryn Mawr College, 101 North Merion Avenue, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010-2899. (Please no electronic submissions). We will begin reviewing applications on January 15, 2009 and the review process will continue until the position is filled.
Located in suburban Philadelphia, Bryn Mawr College is a highly selective liberal arts college for women who share an intense intellectual commitment, a self-directed and purposeful vision of their lives, and a desire to make meaningful contributions to the world. Bryn Mawr comprises an undergraduate college with 1,200 students, as well as coeducational graduate schools in some humanities, sciences, and social work. The College supports faculty excellence in both teaching and research, and participates in consortial programs with the University of Pennsylvania, and Haverford and Swarthmore Colleges.
Bryn Mawr College is an equal-opportunity employer. Minority candidates and women are especially encouraged to apply.
Publishing & Fellowship Opportunities
Social Sciences in Asia Monograph Series
Edited by Vineeta Sinha and Syed Farid Alatas
Department of Sociology
National University of Singapore
We invite contributions to the interdisciplinary Social Sciences in Asia Monograph Series. It publishes original materials and the revised editions of special issues of the Asian Journal of Social Science. A double blind process, two experts would appraise each manuscript. The Social Sciences in Asia Monograph Series welcomes submissions from specialists on any facet of Asia, including sociologists, anthropologists, political scientists, economists, geographers, and historians.
The Social Sciences in Asia Monograph Series was the initiative of the editorial team of the Asian Journal of Social Science at the Department of Sociology, National University of Singapore. It was initially the Asian Social Science Series, with Brill and the Times Academic Press co-publishing the first three volumes between 2001 and 2002. In 2003, the Series became Social Sciences in Asia and henceforth carries only the Brill imprint.
Founded in 1683 in Leiden, Holland, Brill is an academic publisher of repute. It publishes about five hundred new manuscripts and reference books, as well as more than a hundred journals every year.
For all queries, please contact Kiat-Jin Lee, the Editorial Assistant, at soclkj@nus.edu.sg. In addition, for inquiries about the aptness of your virtually concluded manuscript, please dispatch a book proposal. Furthermore, for questions regarding the suitability of your proposed monograph, please enclose a 150-word abstract.
Globalization in Asia
Edited by Lee Kiat Jin and Hing Ai Yun
Department of Sociology
National University of Singapore
We invite contributions to a special issue of the interdisciplinary Copenhagen Journal of Asian Studies. The Copenhagen Journal of Asian Studies is a leading international periodical, which concentrates on the ongoing economic, political, managerial, and sociocultural transformations in present-day Asia. In this special issue, every paper on any region of Asia is eligible for consideration, as long as it focuses on the political economy, broadly defined.
The peer review process is double blind. Moreover, please be informed that rather than the online system of the Copenhagen Journal of Asian Studies, all submissions for this special issue must be dispatched to Kiat-Jin Lee at soclkj@nus.edu.sg. Besides, for the preparation of the essay, please refer to
http://www.cbs.dk/content/download/15040/226920/file/submissionStylesheet.pdf.
The deadline for the acceptance of submissions is 1 October 2008.
For all queries, please contact Kiat-Jin Lee at soclkj@nus.edu.sg. In addition, for inquires regarding the suitability of your proposed article, please attach a 150-word abstract.
The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Asian American Issues Today
The focus of this encyclopedia is on the current issues impacting Asian Americans today. We are looking for contributors that can come complete a 2500-3000 word essay on the following entry by November 20, 2008 (no extensions):
Filipino Veteran Equity.
If you are able to work with our deadline, please contact us ASAP via email at contemporaryasianamerica@gmail.com
Thank you.
Edith Chen and Grace Yoo
Editors of The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Asian American Issues Today
Call for Papers: Special Issue on Asian American and Pacific Islander K-12 Education
AAPI Nexus: Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders Policy, Practice and Community AAPI Nexus is a peer-reviewed, national journal published by UCLA's Asian American Studies Center focusing on policies, practices and community research to benefit the nation's burgeoning Asian American and Pacific Islander communities. The journal's mission is to facilitate an exchange of ideas and research findings that strengthens the efforts through policy and practice to tackle the pressing societal problems facing Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities. Since the inception of ethnic studies, the goal of "serving the community" has been at the heart of Asian American Studies and Pacific Islander Studies.
Previous issues have focused on Community Development, Civil Rights, and Voting. The table of contents and editors' notes can be found at:
http://www.aasc.ucla.edu/aascpress/nexuscollection.htm
For 2009, AAPI Nexus will publish two special volumes focusing on issues, challenges and opportunities facing Asian American and Pacific Islanders in K-12 and Higher Education. The first Special Issue on K-12 Education will be published in Winter/Spring 2009. Professor Peter Kiang, University of Massachusetts, Boston, is the consulting Guest Editor working with the editorial staff on this volume. The second Special Issue on Higher Education will be published in Summer/Fall 2009. Professor Mitchell J. Chang, University of California, Los Angeles, is the consulting Guest Editor working with the editorial staff on this volume.
For the K-12 special issue, our objective is to share information and insights to enhance the ability to take action in the areas of advocacy, strategic planning, policy development and programming. Articles on K-12 education may address the following questions, although they are not limited to these:
How have federal and state-mandated educational policies of the past decade such as high stakes testing requirements, shifts in bilingual education mandates, and support for charter schools affected the educational engagement and outcomes for the most vulnerable segments of Asian American and/or Pacific Islander children, including those in poverty, those with disabilities, and those in urban or rural school districts?
Given the growth and institutionalization of Asian American Studies and Ethnic Studies as a field during the past four decades, what do empirical studies show about the impact of Asian American Studies content in the K-12 curriculum on student learning and development?
How do shifting transnational contexts for learning about Asia and the Pacific - from access to the internet and the global influence of Asian youth/pop culture to study-travel opportunities and increased funding for Asia-related curriculum and teacher training - influence the perspectives and experiences of Asian American and Pacific Islander students academically and socially in K-12 schools?
What can be learned from the narratives and trajectories of the small number of Asian Americans and/or Pacific Islanders who have had significant impact on policy and practice in school districts through taking on leadership roles as school superintendents or elected school board members?
What do syntheses of research and educational practice in community-based settings, such as Headstart, family literacy programs, and heritage language/culture schools reveal about effective approaches and strategies for working with Asian American and Pacific Islander children and families that have been or should be adapted for school-based settings?
If you are interested in submitting a manuscript, please send or email a letter of intent with the title and a very short descriptive paragraph of the proposed paper to the editors for review. If you have a prepared paper, you may also submit the paper at the same time.
We invite academic researchers, practitioners, and community leaders to submit manuscripts. Along with articles based on original research, AAPI Nexus publishes Practitioner's Essays from professionals and community leaders, and Resource Papers that present new statistics on AAPIs or discuss applied research methods. For submission guidelines, please visit:
http://www.aasc.ucla.edu/aascpress/pressresources.htm
Click on STYLE SHEET for Article Submissions (PDF Document).
Deadline for Letter of Intent: December 31, 2008. Deadline for Manuscript Submissions: March 31, 2009.
Earlier submission of a Letter or Manuscript is encouraged. Internet communication is preferred. Please address to Managing Editor Melany Dela Cruz-Viesca & send to AAPI Nexus Journal at:
Melany Dela Cruz -Viesca (nexus@aasc.ucla.edu) and send an electronic copy to:
Senior Editor Marjorie Kagawa-Singer (mkagawa@ucla.edu) Associate Editor Don T. Nakanishi (dtn@ucla.edu) Professor Peter Kiang (peter.kiang@umb.edu) Professor Mitchell J. Chang (mjchang@gseis.ucla.edu)
For regular mail, send all correspondence to: Melany Dela Cruz -Viesca, Managing Editor AAPI Nexus Journal UCLA Asian American Studies Center 3230 Campbell Hall Los Angeles, CA 90095-1546