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<td>Call for applications-- Mellon Sawyer Post-Doc at UW
Seattle (Borderlands, Indigeneity, Gender)</td>
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<td>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 18:14:58 -0800</td>
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<td>Jose Antonio Lucero <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:jal26@u.washington.edu"><jal26@u.washington.edu></a></td>
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Friends,<br>
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I write with a small favor. Could you share this with former
students and colleagues? This post-doc is a nice opportunity for
someone, and we hope we get lots of applications from Native
scholars. I paste and attach the call for applications belows. <b>Deadline
is Feb. 15. </b><br>
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I hope 2012 and the MLK holiday are treating you all well.<br>
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Best,<br>
<br>
Tony<br>
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Mellon Sawyer Post-Doctoral Fellowship<br>
Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies<br>
Latin American and Caribbean Studies (LACS), the Washington
Institute for the Study of<br>
Ethnicity, Race, and Sexuality (WISER), and the Simpson Center for
the Humanities<br>
University of Washington, Seattle<br>
Principal Investigator: José Antonio Lucero, Jackson School of
International Studies, Box 353650,<br>
University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-3650, <a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:jal26@uw.edu">jal26@uw.edu</a><br>
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B/ORDERING VIOLENCE:<br>
BOUNDARIES, INDIGENEITY, AND GENDER IN THE AMERICAS<br>
<br>
We invite recent PhDs from the humanities or the social sciences to
apply for an Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship for the 2012-13 academic
year. The Fellow will be involved in the scholarly activities of the
Sawyer Seminar, “B/ordering Violence: Boundaries, Indigeneity and
Gender in the Americas.” The seminar, organized by LACS, WISER, and
the Simpson Center, sees borderlands not as fixed but as constantly
(re)produced between and within national states. Accordingly, the
seminar will convoke a set of distinguished,
internationally-recognized scholars whose work considers the
complexities of external national borders in the Americas as well as
the multiple internal borders that characterize the politics of
belonging for diasporic and Indigenous communities in South, Central
and North America. The seminar will also explore the dynamics of
migration and the social and political implications of migration
across the Americas.<br>
At the University of Washington, a growing number of scholars in the
humanities and social sciences are working toward an innovative
research agenda that incorporates three themes that will guide our
exploration of the borderlands in the Americas: (1) the discourses
and practices of border-making; (2) Indigenous perspectives on
political boundaries; and (3) gender and violence in the
borderlands. The post-doctoral Fellow will have recently completed a
PhD in the social sciences or humanities and his or her work should
engage with at least one of the three main themes of the seminar.
The Fellow will be expected to participate actively in seminar
activities and pursue her/his research agenda. In addition, the
Fellow will teach one five credit interdisciplinary graduate seminar
on a borderlands theme of her or his choosing, and contribute to an
edited volume expected to be among the products of the seminar.<br>
<br>
The appointment will be for one academic year, September 2012-June
2013, in the Jackson School of International Studies. Candidates
must have their Ph.D. degree in hand by the time of application, and
must have received their Ph.D. within the last six years. The
fellowship carries a salary of $40,000 a year (plus benefits and a
$2,000 moving allowance).<br>
<br>
Application Materials: In one pdf file, applicants should send the
following materials to <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:lasuw@u.washington.edu">lasuw@u.washington.edu</a>:
1) A two-page cover letter stating your interest in the Postdoctoral
Fellowship and providing details on your current research and how it
would benefit from and contribute to the Sawyer Seminar; 2) A
curriculum vitae; 3) One writing sample (20 pages maximum); 4) A
brief course proposal for a one-quarter course on the borderlands.
Two letters of reference should be sent separately to <a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:lasuw@u.washington.edu">lasuw@u.washington.edu</a>.
The deadline for applications is February 15, 2012.<br>
<br>
The University of Washington is an affirmative action, equal
opportunity employer. The University is building a culturally
diverse faculty and staff and strongly encourages applications from
women, minorities, individuals with disabilities and covered
veterans. There is no citizenship requirement or restriction for
this fellowship. Non-U.S. nationals are welcome to apply.<br>
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