Women Studies, Loyola University Chicago

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Campus Events
Ongoing Campus Events
Local Events
Student Internship/Learning/Volunteer Opportunities
Grants/Fellowship Opportunities
Job Opportunities
Graduate Programs

“Happy Hour” with Prudence Moylan*
Tuesdays from 4:30 to 5:30 pm
First meeting, October 26, 2010
Calling all WSGS graduate students! Prudence Moylan, the WSGS Graduate Studies Director, invites you to 2nd floor Piper Hall for snacks, coffee, tea, and scintillating conversation. Join Prue and WSGS graduate students for chit-chat and words of wisdom.
*Note: this meeting is not related to nor centered around alcohol.

CAMPUS EVENTS

Winter Dance Informance
Friday, December 10 at 7:30 p.m. in Mullady Theatre
Support Loyola's community of dance students at the Winter Dance Informance. Dance students from all classes and levels will showcase their work this semester in this informal dance performance. Tickets range from $7-15 and will be available at www.luc.tix.com.
Contact the Box Office at 773.508.3847

ONGOING CAMPUS EVENTS

Why Art Matters
November 18 to January 22, 2011
Ralph Arnold Fine Arts Annex
Why Art Matters is a student art advocacy project exhibiting works of art.
No tickets or reservations are necessary for this exhibition.

Take a Deep Breath - Weekly Mindfulness Meditation
Mondays 4:30-5:30 p.m.
Instruction for new members from 4:30-4:45 p.m. at the Wellness Center
September 13th through December 6th
Learn how to meditate and incorporate it into your daily life! Sessions are ongoing, newcomers welcome. Contact Dianna at 508 2544 for more information or join us any Monday at the Wellness Center.

Dating Violence Support Group
If you’ve experienced violence in a dating or intimate relationship, you’re not alone. This drop-in support group, led by the YWCA Evanston-North Shore, will allow survivors of dating violence to connect with others in a supportive and caring environment. For more information, contact the Wellness Center. To visit the Wellness Center website go to http://www.luc.edu/wellness/

Open Alcoholic Anonymous (AA) Meeting
Fridays 4:00-5:00 p.m.
CFSU, Chamber Room (lower level).
For anyone who desires to stop drinking, AA provides a fellowship of men and women with the primary purpose of staying sober and helping other alcoholics achieve sobriety. For more information contact Kevin K. at 773-508-3515.

LOCAL EVENTS

Dreams in Orbit: Girls, Science, and Space in Cold War America and the Soviet Union
Friday, February 4, 3-5 p.m.
Newberry Library, 60 West Walton Street, Chicago, IL
Roshanna P. Sylvester, DePaul University
Commentator: Joe Austin, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Newberry will pre-circulate papers to those planning to attend. E-mail scholl[at]newberry.org, or call (312) 255-3524 to receive a copy of the paper.

Working Women: African American Women’s Livings and Lives in the Twentieth-Century North
Friday, March 4, 3-5 p.m.
Newberry Library, 60 West Walton Street, Chicago, IL
Crystal M. Moten, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Playing the Numbers: Madame Stephanie St. Clair and African American Informal Economies in Early-Twentieth-Century Harlem
Lashawn D. Harris, Michigan State University
Commentator: Martha Biondi, Northwestern University

STUDENT INTERNSHIP/LEARNING/VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

Compromising Positions: Race, Gender, and Sexuality in Missouri and the Midwest
Call for Papers/Panels
Submission deadline: December 6
This conference will take place on April 7 & 8, 2011 in St. Louis, Missouri. Please feel free to pass the following information on to your colleagues and students; conference and submission info is included below as well as attached in a convenient flyer format. We invite papers, presen-tations, and panels that confront and interrogate the gendered, raced, and/or sexualized positions of individuals and groups in political, legal, historical, social, educational, and creative arenas in the state of Missouri and the other states in the Midwest from the pre-colonial period through the 1820 Missouri Compromise to the present day. We encourage presentations from those working in history; law; literature and language; composition, rhetoric, and literacy studies; cultural stu-dies; political science; economics; sociology; social work; criminology and criminal justice; psy-chology; anthropology; media and film studies; art history; medicine; and the biological sciences. Student papers will also be considered, and we encourage you to submit topics for panels. Send 350-500-word proposals or abstracts to compromising@umsl.edu. Please use abstract submission form. Proposals should include title, contact information, and institutional affiliation. Selected presenters will be notified by late January 2011 and must register for the conference by February 28 to be included in the program. For updated information on the conference, go to http://umslce.org/index.php/compromising-positions

The 4th Annual Undergraduate Ethics Symposium DePauw University
Call for Papers and Creative Projects
Deadline: February 1
DePauw University invites you to take part in the Undergraduate Ethics Symposium at the Prindle Institute for Ethics on April 9-11, 2010. This symposium is an opportunity to engage in dialogue with leading scholars and professionals about today’s ethical concerns. Although students may write about any ethical issue, this year we especially encourage submissions focusing on personal morality, as well as environmental ethics, bio-medical ethics, media ethics, feminist ethics, and diversity. Students may submit an argumentative, interpretive or analytic essay or a creative piece. Accepted students’ work will be the primary focus of the symposium workshops. Benefits: Participating students attend seminars with distinguished visiting scholars or professionals. Students’ travel (up to $400), lodging, and meals while at DePauw will be covered by the Institute. Accepted work will be published.
Submission guidelines: Submit to Linda Clute at prindleinstitute@depauw.edu. All submissions should be electronic; texts should be MS Word, not pdf. Place name and collegiate affiliation on separate page. Guidelines: Argumentative, analytic and interpretive essays should be submitted in Chicago style with a 3,500 word limit. Fiction should also be submitted in Chicago style with a 3,500 word limit; poets should submit 5-10 poems, not more than 10 pages total. Playwrights and screenwriters should submit a single work, up to 10 pages in length. Film makers and documentarians should submit a single work, up to 10 minutes long. Photographers should submit approximately 10 photographs or a video accompanied by a short description.

7th Annual National Young Feminist Leadership Conference
March 12-14, 2011
The George Washington University in Washington, D.C.
This conference is an opportunity for young feminists, national leaders, and elected officials from across the country to share in open dialogue and organize around the world's feminist issues, including: domestic and global reproductive rights, civic engagement, clinic violence, the environment, violence against women and much more! Following two days of skills building and leadership training attendees will deliver their message to Members of Congress on Capitol Hill for our Congressional Visit Day. Keep checking feministcampus.org for updates and registration information! If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact your Campus Organizers at 1-866-444-3652 (East Coast) and 1-866-471-3652 (West Coast).

Women’s Stress and Support Study: Women's Recovery from Sexual Assault
Study Announcement
Have you had an unwanted sexual experience since age 14? Did you tell someone about it? Women ages 18+ will be paid to complete a confidential research survey by mail for the Women’s Stress and Support Study. Contact Dr. Sarah Ullman at ForWomen@uic.edu, 312-996-5508, or University of Illinois at Chicago, Criminal Justice Department, 1007 West Harrison
Street MC141, Chicago, IL 60607. The study is being conducted by the author of Talking About Sexual Assault: Society's Response to Survivors http://www.apa.org/pubs/books/4318073.aspx

GirlPOWER! Mentorship Opportunity through Loyola
GirlPower! is an engaging, evidence-based, experiential school-based mentoring program for female college students paired with 5th grade girls on the near South side of Chicago. The program, lead by school staff, will include female volunteer mentors from Loyola University of Chicago. The program will be implemented with a group of approximately 15-20 mentor-youth pairs (i.e., Matches). All sessions will take place at the school from approximately 3:30-6 pm on Tuesday afternoons during the academic year (October-April). Mentors will be able to take a van from LUC; students will also be encouraged to carpool. The sessions will cover all 9 modules of the GP program (mentoring relationship development and goal-setting; team building and network sharing; healthy self-esteem; cultural diversity; exercise and nutrition; academic success and careers; substance use; violence prevention and peer relationships; and romantic relationships). A mentor/youth training session and a program orientation session for mentors, youth, and parents will take place at the start of the program and a talent show/graduation and rehearsal session for this event will occur at the conclusion of the program. It has been successfully implemented for the last two years through LUC. If you are interested, please contact Julia Pryce (jpryce@luc.edu), School of Social Work, for more information.

Light and Leadership: Volunteer Opportunity to Serve the Global Community
The mission of Light and Leadership is to respond to the needs of the women and children in Huaycan, of the Ate-Vitarte District in Lima, Peru. We are working to improve the quality and accessibility of education for women and children who live in extreme poverty. Various educational programs for women and children empower and educate those who live in poverty.
The history of Huaycan is that is a squatter-town set up by those who migrated to Lima from the rural areas of Peru in search of a better life for their families. After years of being ignored by their own people, the Peruvian government finally recognized the shantytown of 60,000 a few years ago. Light and Leadership has made it their mission to help educate and empower the thousands who live in poverty.
Many of the organization’s educational programs are run by student volunteers looking for a way to serve in the global community. Your field of study is very applicable to the needs of the Huaycan community. Study abroad and internship opportunities are available. Light and Leadership also seeks students who would like to serve on a student board. For additional information contact Katie Maurer at (314) 306 – 1459 or Katie.m.maurer@gmail.com.

Summer 2011 Faculty-led Travel Course: Tunisia, Africa
Application Deadline: March 21
SUMMER TRAVEL COURSE (TUNISIA) ANNOUNCEMENT
Loyola Professor Peter J. Schraeder will be leading for the 6th year in a row his highly popular interdisciplinary 22-day summer travel course to Tunisia, “Arab World, Islam and U.S. Foreign Policy,” May 22-June 11, 2011. For further information (including application materials) please visit http://luc.edu/studyabroad/summer_tunisia.shtml. Please contact Professor Schraeder (pschrae@luc.eduor 773-508-3070) if you have any questions. Space is limited –apply today!

Weekly Second Life Feminist Discussion Group
SLLU Feminists Discussion group meets every Sunday at 2pm Pacific (5pm Eastern) Time. This is an open discussion: bring your own questions, topics, suggestions. They are an informal group, everyone welcome. To attend, open a browser window and click this link:
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Flagg/242/39/107
Membership in Second Life is free; a premium account is unneccessary. To attend this workshop you must have the Second Life Program downloaded to your computer, and earphones or a headset (earphones AND microphone) are recommended. Follow these steps: (1) Check to see your headset is working, using another program. (2) Check to see your computer can run Second Life: http://secondlife.com/support/system-requirements/. Join Second Life, using the link at the top right-hand corner of the page. You will be prompted to download the program. (3) With Second Life installed, open a web browser and click this link to arrive on Minerva, the research and teaching space for the Department of Women's Studies at Ohio State. A mentor will be there to meet you http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Minerva/63/228/28.

Conferences/Call for Papers

Masculinity and Political Leadership in Europe
December 15, 2010
Dr. Sean Brady and Professor Lucy Riall,
Birkbeck College, University of London,
With a few notable exceptions, questions of masculinity have had little effect on historical approaches to politics and nationalism in European societies. Why is this the case? Are historical masculinity studies simply new ways of writing again about men? Or is there the potential of realising the ambitions of early men’s studies in developing highly critical and incisive scholarship in the field of ‘traditional’ political history, analysing power, absolutism, capitalism, democracy, women’s political agency, and political alterity more generally? Would approaches that take the dynamics of masculinity into account revitalise political history in insightful and radical ways? Is there a resistance still among political historians to these approaches, and if so, why? This workshop (at the Institute of Historical Research and Birkbeck UL) brings scholars together for the first time to address these questions. Visit the website at http://www.history.ac.uk/events/event/2082

Gender Matters: An Interdiscplinary Conference
Call for Papers
Submission Deadline: December 31
Governors State University announces a conference to take place on Friday, April 8, 2011 in University Park, Illinois. Gender Matters is an academic conference highlighting research on gender, women, and sexuality across all disciplines and historical periods. Conference planners seek to bring together students, activists, and researchers from the Chicagoland area and Midwest region to discuss the ongoing role of gender in structuring society. We invite submissions for individual papers or pre-constituted panels. Submission guidelines and forms can be found at: http://www.govst.edu/gendermatters. Please note that only submissions adhering to the stated guidelines will be accepted. For individual papers, please submit a title page with complete author contact information, and an abstract of 250 words. For panels, please submit a 500 word rationale and description of the panel, type of panel (paper panel, roundtable discussion, performance), contact information for all panelists; and 250 word abstracts for each presenter. Please direct inquiries to Dr. Jason Zingsheim at j-zingsheim@govst.edu.

War in a Gender Context. Topics and Perspectives within Women's and Gender History of the First World War
Call for Papers
Submission deadline: December 31
This conference is presented by University of Vienna, Austria from September 29 through October 1, 2011. How can the existing contributions to women's and gender history of the First World War be focussed? Which conclusions can we draw when reviewing all relevant research and where do the existing focuses and shortcomings of the research field lie -- for example, in comparison to various national studies or in connection with the latest research on masculinity? How essential is it to link gender-specific studies to perspectives of the First World War from the areas of political, social, economic and cultural history, the history of mentalities and/or social history? Which differences exist if the viewpoint is extended and national historiographies are placed in a comprehensive, comparative context? Those interested in participating are kindly asked to send an abstract of a presentation proposal written one page in length (approx. 2500 characters) and a CV to neuverortung.geschlechtergeschichte@univie.ac.at (Michaela Hafner) by 31st December 2010. Please visit http://www.univie.ac.at/Geschichte/Neuverortung-Geschlechtergeschichte/ for detailed information.

Symposium: Gender and States of Emergency
Call for Papers
Deadline: January 7
The Department of Women’s Studies at Ohio State University invites presenters for a one-day symposium on the theme “gender and states of emergency” on April 22, 2011. Participants will explore the issue of states of emergency from a variety of angles, not only states in (economic, political or environmental) emergency, but also, for example, what it means to be in a state of crisis as a particularly situated woman. Participants will examine the nexus of material and affective “states” of crisis, considering the difference that gender makes in natural disasters, war, public policy, institutions and national discourse about citizenship and belonging.
We seek papers that address gender and states of emergency in relation to topics such as war, institutions, law, literature, popular culture, natural disasters, state and intimate violence,
citizenship, immigration, environment, health, and economic instabilities. We welcome papers with U.S., non-U.S., and transnational foci. Some participants may be asked to contribute to a publication devoted to this theme. Please send a 300-500 word abstract by January 7, 2011 to:
genderstates@gmail.com. Questions about the conference also can be directed to that email.

Mothers at the Margins: Sixth Australian International, Interdisciplinary Conference on Motherhood 2011
Call for Papers
Deadline: January 14
Wednesday, April 27, 5 p.m.
Saturday, April 30, 12 noon
The University of Queensland, St Lucia Q 4072, Brisbane, Australia
Keynote speakers include Andrea O'Reilly and Sonya Andermaher
Send a 200-word abstract and 50-word bio by January 14, 2011 to: Dr Marie Porter (m.porter@uq.edu.au). Send abstract as attachment with title and name attached. Motherhood Initiative for Research and Community Involvement (MIRCI), info@motherhoodinitiative.org.
For more information go to http://www.motherhoodinitiative.org

Unsettling Feminisms, Disrupting the Centers, Dismantling Oppression, Transforming Social Work
Call for Submissions
Submission deadline: January 14
Please join us at in Chicago May 22-24, 2011 for Unsettling Feminisms. The Board of Directors of Affilia: Journal of Women and Social Work and Jane Addams College of Social Work will sponsor an historic gathering at the University of Chicago Conference Center. We invite practitioners, activists, educators, students, and researchers to participate in an
exciting multidisciplinary un-conference. Though similar to a conference, an un-conference supports a transformative vision of feminist social work practice. It calls for a dynamic, interactive approach where participants become partners in creating and sharing learning opportunities. Join us in critical engagement with feminist thought and practice to transform social work education, practice, scholarship, and the profession. Visit our website http://sites.google.com/site/unsettlingfeminisms/ to learn more.

Gender in Conflict: 5th Biennial Conference of the Association for Women in Slavic Studies
Call for Papers/Panels
Submission deadline: January 15
This conference is hosted by University of Texas, Austin, and Indiana University, Bloomington Austin, Texas from April 1-2, 2011. As we approach the 20th anniversaries of the break-up of Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union respectively, this conference offers a timely opportunity to consider the causes and legacies of these historic events from the perspective of gender analysis and by examining women's lives in particular. The conference will enable us to consider critically the extent to which gender as an element of identity formation, social relations, politics, economic activity, culture, and warfare has become-or has still yet to become-an essential category of analysis. AWSS invites scholars of all disciplines (Slavic/Eurasian/East European studies, including anthropology, art, film, history, library science, literature, music, political science, popular culture, sociology, and any aspect of women's studies) who are working on themes related to gender and conflict broadly defined in Eastern Europe and Eurasia to submit their abstracts electronically to Professor Maria Bucur (mbucur@indiana.edu) for distribution to a multi-disciplinary conference committee. All proposals are due January 15, 2011. Applicants will be notified about their participation in mid-February. For panel proposals, we ask that the organizer send a cover page with the list of proposed participants as well as a brief description (150 words) of the panel.

Palimpsest: A Journal on Women, Gender and the Black International
Call for Papers
Deadline: February
Palimpsest is a new peer-reviewed journal that publishes cutting edge interdisciplinary scholarship and creative work by and about women of the African Diaspora and their communities in the Atlantic and Indian Ocean Worlds. This journal is a partnership between Vanderbilt University’s African American and Diaspora Studies Program and the State university of New York Press. The inaugural issue will focus on the theme: Liberations Across Boundaries. Submissions accepted on a rolling basis, with the deadline for the first issue being February 2011 for full consideration. Visit www.vanderbilt.edu/aframst/palimpsest for submission guidelines. Contact: palimpsest@vanderbilt.edu

Practicum in Advocacy at the United Nations
February 19 – 26, 2011
UN Headquarters, NYC
Application Deadline: Noon on November 14
Partnership with the National Women’s Studies Assoc., the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, and the Center for Women’s Health & Human Rights at Suffolk University.
Join governmental and NGO delegations from all over the world for the 55th session of the Commision on the Status of Women at the UN headquarters in New York.
www.wilpf.org/practicum_UN_2011

Feminist Porn Studies: Writing by Academics and Sex Industry Workers
Call for Essays
Submission Deadline: April 1
Given the transformations of feminism, sexual politics, pornography and popular culture over the last decade or more, our book, Feminist Porn Studies, moves past the pro/anti porn debate to address multiple productive questions. It’s time we hear from anti-censorship, sex positive, liberal, and sex worker feminist voices. We seek essays by academics from different disciplines (including feminist studies, gender and sexuality studies, ethnic studies, film and media studies, sociology, history), cultural critics, activists, as well as people who work/ed in the adult entertainment industry (performers, producers, directors, company owners), especially those who identify as feminists.
We are only accepting electronic submissions. Please submit one piece for consideration. We will consider unpublished and previously published work. Word count should be 5000-7000 words, but we will also consider shorter pieces. Submissions should be in MS Word .doc or docx format. We will accept .pdf files for submission purposes, but will eventually need it in Word for publication. Include with submissions: name, contact information, brief bio or CV,
publication information if piece has been previously published. Send queries and submissions to: feministpornstudies@gmail.com

Mothering and Migration: (Trans)nationalisms, Globalization, and Displacement
Call for Papers
Application deadline: May 1, 2011
The editorial board is seeking submissions for Vol. 2.2 of the Journal of the Motherhood Initiative for Research and Community Involvement (JMI) to be published in fall/winter 2011.
The journal will explore the topic of Mothering and Migration from a variety of perspectives and disciplines. We welcome submissions from scholars, students, activists, government agencies and workers, artists, mothers, and others who work or research in this area. Cross-cultural, historical and comparative work is encouraged. We encourage a variety of types of submissions including academic papers from all disciplines, workshops, creative submissions, performances, storytelling, visual arts and other alternative formats. Articles should be 15-18 pages (3750 words) including references. All should be in MLA style, WordPerfect or Word and IBM compatible. Please see our style guide for complete details:
http://www.motherhoodinitiative.org/journalsubmission.html

Human Rights, Global Congresses, and the Making of Postwar Transnational Feminisms
Call for Articles
Submission deadline: May 15, 2011
For a special issue of Journal of Women’s History co-edited by Jean Quataert and Benita Roth, we invite authors to submit articles that address the historical dimensions of the intersection between human rights and transnational feminist organizing. We are particularly interested in pieces that explore the following question: “How did United Nations-sponsored World Conferences for women (beginning in 1975) and meetings of feminists at similarly large-scale congresses – for example at the World Social Forums beginning in 2001 – transform the landscape for transnational feminism in the post-World War II era?” Of particular interest to the editors are assessments of the tensions between universality and particularity in the making and sustaining of transnational feminist networks. We invite papers that trace centrifugal effects from the meetings outward to local organizing, or recursive effects from organizing on the local level feeding back into the large-scale congresses. Please submit papers to both Jean Quataert (profquat@binghamton.edu) and Benita Roth (broth@binghamton.edu). The special issue is slated to appear in September 2012, issue 24, 2.

FELLOWSHIPS/GRANT OPPORTUNITIES

2011 IREX/WWC Regional Policy Symposium: Gender in the 21st Century Eastern Europe and Eurasia
Application Deadline: December 10
IREX, in collaboration with the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars’ Kennan Institute (WWC), is pleased to announce its 2011 Regional Policy Symposium, “Gender in the 21st Century Eastern Europe and Eurasia.” The research symposium, supported by the United States Department of State (Title VIII Program), will bring American junior and senior scholars and members of the policy community together to examine and discuss gender and women’s issues in Eastern Europe and Eurasia from multi-disciplinary perspectives. Topics may include: education, migration, trafficking, women in politics, domestic violence, and economic opportunities, among others. Junior scholars will be chosen based on a national competition to present their current research on the topic of the Symposium. Grants will be awarded to approximately ten junior scholars. The Symposium is scheduled to take place April 5-8, 2011 in the Washington, DC, metropolitan area and will involve two full days of reviews of current research projects, roundtable discussions, and the development of policy recommendations. To receive more information on the 2011 Regional Policy Symposium, please send e-mail inquiries to Symposium@irex.org. Application materials are available on the IREX website at: http://www.irex.org/application/regional-policy-symposium-application.

At the Border: Transformation and Transition in Contemporary Feminism
Call for Proposals
Deadline: January 15
The Women’s and Gender Studies Program Steering Committee of Oakton Community College, located in Des Plaines, Illinois in the near northwest suburbs of Chicago, invites proposals for its biennial conference to be held April 1, 2011. This year’s conference is entitled “At the Border: Transformation and Transition in Contemporary Feminism.” This one-day conference will present scholarly and creative work by feminist activists, visual and performing artists, writers, and scholars that examines the many ways the concept of borders and border crossings informs contemporary feminist discourse.. The conference keynote speaker will be renowned trans activist, writer, poet, musician, and biologist Julia Serano. Proposals are sought for panel presentations – consisting of research papers, readings, performances, or media presentations – as well as roundtable discussions and poster sessions focused on topics relating to the overall conference theme “At the Border: Transformation and Transition in Contemporary Feminism.” To submit a proposal for an individual or group performance, panel discussion, roundtable or poster session, please send an abstract of no more than 300 words. The proposal should contain contact information, including email, a brief biography of the presenter, and should clearly state the type of presentation (performance, panel discussion, roundtable, or poster session), title, and topic (see list above for suggestions). Abstracts may be submitted by email to kcarot@oakton.edu

Postdoctoral Fellowship Announcement (2011-2012 Academic Year)
Deadline: January 17
The Center for Research on Gender and Women at the University of Wisconsin-Madison invites applications for a one-year postdoctoral fellowship beginning August 29, 2011 and lasting through the academic year. The fellow will take a leading role in a Sawyer Seminar entitled “Globalization and the New Politics of Women’s Rights,” which is funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The postdoctoral fellow may come from any discipline in the social sciences or humanities. The applicant must have received his or her PhD between August 1, 2006 and July 31, 2011. The stipend for the postdoctoral fellowship is $45,000, plus benefits. Sawyer Seminar participation is required but there is no other teaching obligation. However, the fellow is expected to be in residence full-time in academic year 2011-12.
We are particularly interested in postdoctoral fellows whose scholarship examines, for example, theoretical and historical perspectives on women and citizenship; critical gender perspectives of modernization and the post-colonial project; women and contemporary Islam; redefining global conflict through gender relations; shifts in gender relations with the end of the Cold War; social movements and world polity; and how local and global women’s rights discourses influence one another. Other topics related to changing global context of women’s rights are also of interest. Please send all inquiries to Celeste Benson (cbenson@ssc.wisc.edu)

Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Humanities
Application deadline: January 17
The Women’s and Gender Studies Department, in collaboration with the Institute for Research on Women (IRW) at Rutgers University, is pleased to announce a two-year postdoctoral fellowship supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The selected fellow will receive a stipend of $50,000 each year as well as an annual research allocation of $2,000 and Rutgers
University health benefits. The fellow will pursue research and teach three courses in the Women’s and Gender Studies Department during the two-year term of her/his appointment. The fellow also will participate in seminars and other activities organized by the IRW.
The Women's and Gender Studies Department: http://womens-studies.rutgers.edu/ has particular interest in scholars of Asian-American Feminist Studies; Feminist Science Studies; New Media,
Arts and Technology; Religion, Sexuality, and Gender; and Gendered Violence but welcomes applications from all scholars who feel that their work would benefit from affiliation with our department and with the IRW. Candidates should submit their applications, consisting of a CV, a
2500-word description of their research and its significance, and 3 letters of recommendation, electronically at: https://secure.sas.rutgers.edu/apps/facsearch/ (search for listing under
“Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship” for each participating department). Applications must be received by January 17, 2011. Candidates must have received the Ph.D. after August 31, 2006; applicants must have finished all requirements for the Ph.D. by June 1, 2011. Questions? E-mail Leslie Fishbein, Chair, Women's and Gender Studies. Department: fishbei@rci.rutgers.edu or Sarah Tobias, Associate Director, Institute for Research on Women: stobias@rci.rutgers.edu.

2011-2012 National Security Education Program’s David L. Boren Scholarships
Deadline: February 1
The applications for the 2011-2012 National Security Education Program’s
David L. Boren Scholarships for undergraduate students and Fellowships for graduate students are now available at www.borenawards.org. Boren Awards provide unique funding opportunities for U.S. students to study in Africa, Asia, Central & Eastern Europe, Eurasia, Latin America, and the Middle East, where they can add important international and language components to their educations.
Boren Scholarships provide up to $20,000 for an academic year’s study abroad. Boren Fellowships provide up to $30,000 for language study and international research. The application deadline for the Boren Fellowship is February 1, and the deadline for the Boren Scholarship is
February 10. Please contact the Boren Awards staff at boren@iie.org or 1-800-618-NSEP with any questions.

JOBS

Victim Advocacy Coordinator, Women’s Resource Center Northern Illinois University
Deadline: applications will be accepted until the position is filled.
We are seeking a dynamic candidate for the position of Victim Advocacy Coordinator, reporting to the Women’s Resource Center to provide comprehensive institution-wide direct services to the NIU community in the form of advocacy, crisis intervention and referrals for student victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault and stalking on campus. This position is responsible for assisting with programmatic coordination of the Women’s Resource Center Grant to Reduce Violence Against Women on Campus through the Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women. The Victim Advocacy Coordinator will work closely with the grant consultants from Safe Passage and the DeKalb County State’s Attorney’s Office to coordinate advocacy services for student victims and to develop training materials and conduct training sessions for campus police, judicial board members, graduate assistants, and teaching assistants. The Victim Advocacy Coordinator will also serve as a member of campus response teams. This position is grant-funded for a period of three years. Requirements: Master’s degree in Women’s Studies, Public Health, Sociology, Social Work, Higher Education or a related field is required, as is completion of advocacy training approved by a state-wide domestic violence or sexual assault agency and at least one year of related work experience. Contact Name: Shirley Mashare, e-mail: smashare@niu.edu

DePaul University, Women's and Gender Studies Assistant Professor
Deadline: January 3
The Women's and Gender Studies Program at DePaul University invites appplications for a full-time, tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor beginning in fall 2011. The Women's and Gender Studies Program offers an undergraduate major and minor, a graduate Master of Arts degree, and a graduate certificate. The Program also supports two Master's level graduate programs offering a Women's and Gender Studies concentration. Primary consideration will be given to applicants with a Ph.D. and/or gender studies or another related interdiscplinaty humanities-based field. We especially invite applicants with expertise in the intersecting fields of feminist gender and cultural studies, with a focus on contemporary and historical transnational feminist movements. Preference will be given to candidates with formal graduate background and teaching experience in women's, feminist, and/or gender studies, and with demonstrated relevant scholarly productivity and research/teaching competencies. for additional information and to apply, pleas visit the following URL: facultyopportunities.depaul.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=50724

Assistant Professor specializing in US Women's History and Nineteenth Century American History
Deadline: January 24
The History Department at the University of Illinois Springfield invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor specializing in US Women's History and Nineteenth Century American History, to begin in August 2010. Additional specialization in an area of American History such as economic, legal, or environmental history will be especially welcomed. The successful candidate will teach three courses each term. Responsibilities include teaching lower-division survey courses, upper-division and graduate seminars in area of speciality, and courses in historical methods. Evidence of quality teaching essential. Candidates should expect to teach 1-2 online courses each year. Two courses per year may be cross-listed with the Women and Gender Studies Department. A Ph.D. in American History or Women's History is required at the time of appointment, as well as evidence of scholarly potential. Departmental collegiality will be an important consideration. Please send a cover letter, curriculum vitae, teaching philosophy statement, and three letters of reference to: Chair, US Women's History/Nineteenth Century American History Search Committee, University of Illinois Springfield, One University Plaza, MS UHB 3050, Springfield, IL 62703. Review of applications will begin on January 25, 2010 and will continue until position is filled.

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MA Gender, Globalisation and Rights
The MA in Gender, Globalisation and Rights offers students a unique opportunity to combine advanced study of two important fields-globalisation and human rights-through a critical, advocacy-oriented, gender lens. Students will examine globalisation processes from the perspectives of women in different regions of the world with a view to documenting, analysing, and redressing inequalities and exclusions fostered by mainstream development and globalisation processes. Students consider the gender dimensions of traditional understandings of human rights and examine the limitations and transformative potential of ongoing initiatives to advance 'women's rights as human rights.' The course pays particular attention to the development of human rights-based responses to a range of global issues-with a particular focus on how they affect women and girls in contexts of unequal gender relations.
The MA (Gender, Globalisation and Rights) aims to equip students with the in-depth knowledge and analytical skills needed to understand and address the gender dimensions of global inequalities and timely issues from trafficking, violence against women and HIV/AIDS to war and conflict and rising fundamentalisms. Through a focus on particular issues, students learn about and engage critically with specific areas of global governance, policy-making and norm setting-especially vis-Ã -vis established development, human rights, security, and macroeconomic paradigms. The course places a strong emphasis on the role of civil society and transformative civic engagement in bringing about change from the local to the global level.

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