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Mellon Sawyer Seminar Series Post-doctoral Fellowship

“Territorial Roots and Diasporic Routes: Native American and Indigenous Cultural Politics in the Americas”

 

University of Texas at Austin

 

Native American and Indigenous Studies (NAIS) and the Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies (LLILAS) invite applications for a one-year post-doctoral fellowship with the Mellon Sawyer Seminar Series on “Territorial Roots and Diasporic Routes: Native American and Indigenous Cultural Politics in the Americas” (description follows).

 

The successful candidate will show interest in dialogue and theory across North-South divides in indigenous studies, and ideally will have research or practical experience in both realms. Applicants must have received their Ph.D. degrees within the last five (5) years. Disciplinary specialization is open. The successful candidate must show exceptional scholarly promise and will be expected to co-coordinate and participate in the bi-weekly Sawyer Seminar series, which will draw indigenous scholars from throughout the hemisphere. The fellow will be located either in NAIS or LLILAS, depending on primary research focus, and is expected to interact with faculty and students from both units. Appointment will begin September 1, 2014, and will provide a stipend of $45,000, plus standard benefits.

 

To apply, please send a letter of application, curriculum vitae, dissertation abstract, and brief description of current research agenda via Interfolio (apply.interfolio.com/24286).  Three letters of recommendation must be submitted separately through Interfolio. All materials should be in pdf format.  All materials must be received by February 21, 2014, to be considered. Background check conducted on applicant selected.  The University of Texas at Austin is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.

 

Description of the Sawyer Seminar Series:

 

The seminar series will explore the relationship between indigenous territory and diaspora in the Americas.  We depart from the understanding that, while there is an assumed incompatibility between “indigenous” (original to a place) and “diaspora” (dislocated from an original space), this dichotomy obscures the lived experiences of indigenous peoples, who have been in movement for various reasons, including population  pressures, forced relocation, war, territorial dispossession, and “voluntary” labor migration (to name just a few).  While these processes have generated tensions in relation to place-based identities and claims to territorial homelands, indigenous peoples have also creatively engaged these tensions, refashioning their sense of belonging, adapting cultural resources to new conditions, reframing claims to rights, and generating new forms of political organization. This territory-diaspora relationship provides the first axis of dialogue for the Seminar.  The second axis is geographic: although joined by common histories of colonial oppression and a foundational relationship to the earth, and unified by many cultural-political affinities, indigenous peoples of North and South also have substantively divergent experiences. While in the past these differences have generated obstacles to efforts of hemispheric organization and of comparative analysis, some of the most exciting emergent trends in indigenous studies directly engage, rather than avoid, these tensions. This Seminar will encompass cases from both North and South in the realms of language, identity, cultural production, and political organization. These discussions will seek understandings that bridge North-South differences and illuminate the ways indigenous communities are negotiating the complexities of the territory-diaspora throughout the hemisphere.

 

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Enviado por el Colegio de Etnólogos y Antropólogos Sociales, A.C. (CEAS)

 

 

Más información:

http://www.historicas.unam.mx/eventos/2014/docs/convocatoria_teixidor_2014.pdf

 

 

The John Carter Brown Library (JCB) and The Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice (CSSJ) at Brown University invite applications for a joint JCB/CSSJ residential research fellowship for the academic year 2014-2015. The fellowship is open to those who have recently completed their PhDs*, assistant professors, as well as independent scholars who are working on any topic to do with the history of slavery and abolition that might benefit from extended access to the collections of the JCB, in particular, and from other collections on Brown’s campus, including that of the John Hay Library.

 

The JCB/CSSJ Fellow would be expected to be a regular participant in the activities sponsored by both host organizations, and would be eligible for housing in the JCB’s fellows’ residence, Fiering House, located just four blocks from the Library and five blocks from the CSSJ. The JCB/CSSJ Fellow will have the opportunity to teach a course in a department at Brown that would align with the fellow’s research interests, using materials from the JCB collections.

 

The stipend for the fellowship is $45,000, with residency required from Sept. 1, 2014 through May 31, 2015.

 

Deadline for submission of all materials is February 15, 2014.

 

For more about the John Carter Brown Library and its collections, please visit www.jcbl.org

 

For more about the Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice, please visit brown.edu/initiatives/slavery-and-justice/

 

Please direct any questions to Shana Weinberg, Center Manager at: shana_weinberg@brown.edu.

 

Brown University is an EEO/AA employer. Minorities and women are encouraged to apply.

 

*PhD candidates are welcome to apply for the JCB/CSSJ Fellowship if all degree requirements, including the successful defense of their dissertation, have been met by May 30, 2014.

Application Instructions

 

Please apply directly through the Interfolio system at: http://apply.interfolio.com/24180

 

The application requires: 1. A single PDF file with a cover page that has the applicant’s name, affiliation, contact information, title of the project, and a 100-word abstract; a statement of project (up to 1000 words), and a brief narrative proposal (up to 500 words) for the required course that might be taught from JCB collections; 2. A writing sample; 3. CV; and 4. Three (3) letters of references from scholars acquainted with the applicant's JCB/CSSJ Fellowship research proposal, speak specifically to its merits, and to any teaching that the referee has observed.

 

Ruth Clark | Outreach and Program Coordinator

Center for the Study of Slavery & Justice

Brown University

Alumnae Hall

194 Meeting Street

Box 1895

Providence, RI 02912

Tel: 401.863.5099

ruth_clark@brown.edu

http://brown.edu/slaveryandjustice

 

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Enviado por el Colegio de Etnólogos y Antropólogos Sociales, A.C. (CEAS)