[Mendele] Mendele Personal Notices & Announcements--Yiddish position, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg Canada

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Mendele Personal Notices & Announcements

February 22, 2012

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Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:59:01 -0600 
From: Rochelle Zucker <joeroc at shaw.ca>

Subject:Yiddish position, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg Canada

Website address is http://umanitoba.ca/judaic_studies/


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I.L. Peretz Folk School Yiddish Teaching Fellowship, University of 
Manitoba

The University of Manitoba seeks an enthusiastic self-starter who is
fluent in Yiddish, loves Yiddish and wants to teach and promote it. A
two-year fellowship beginning July 1, 2012 will give the successful
candidate opportunities to teach Yiddish and develop appreciation and
cultural awareness at two academic institutions and in the Winnipeg
community.

This unique fellowship builds on the city of Winnipeg's tradition as a
centre of Yiddish life and will contribute to the ongoing revitalization
of Yiddish language and culture. The University of Manitoba offers this
fellowship in cooperation with the Judaic Studies Program, the Gray
Academy of Jewish Education (Winnipeg's Jewish high school, which
currently has forty students taking Yiddish) and the I.L. Peretz Folk
School Endowment Trust. The Peretz Fellow will be able to build on
existing Yiddish cultural activity in Winnipeg, including The Next
Generation and Etz Chayim Yiddish Groups, the UNESCO-recognized Winnipeg
Yiddish Womens' Reading Circle, the Winnipeg Jewish Radio Hour, and the
Mameloshen Festival.

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to:
--Teach Yiddish and offer extracurricular Yiddish activities for high
school students at the Gray Academy
--Develop and teach a second-year Yiddish course at the University of
Manitoba (for students who have taken the existing first-year Yiddish
course or studied Yiddish at the Gray Academy)
--Develop an integrated Yiddish language curriculum for the Gray Academy
and University of Manitoba
--Optionally, engage with the Winnipeg community to promote Yiddish and
create Yiddish events, programming, and learning opportunities.


The Peretz Fellow may also wish to conduct Yiddish-related research; if 
so, Winnipeg offers many human and archival resources.

This two-year appointment will begin on July 1, 2012, and carries an
annual stipend of $40,000 (Canadian).

The successful candidate will be fluent in Yiddish, have teaching
competence in Yiddish language and literature, and hold a minimum of an
MA in Jewish Studies or another field in the Humanities.

The University of Manitoba encourages applications from qualified women
and men, including members of visible minorities, Aboriginal peoples,
and persons with disabilities. All qualified candidates are encouraged
to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given 
priority.

Applications for this position must include a letter of application, in
Yiddish, and a curriculum vitae. As well, three confidential letters of
reference must be received directly from the applicant~Rs referees.
Candidates may also wish to include a sample of scholarly writing and
evidence of effective teaching, such as teaching evaluations and sample
course outlines.

Applications should be sent to:
Anita King

Judaic Studies

328 Fletcher Argue Building,
15 Chancellors Circle

University of Manitoba

Winnipeg MB R3T 2N2

Canada


Fax: 204-474-7601

judaic_studies at umanitoba.ca


The review of applications will begin on March 15, 2012, and continue
until the position is filled. Application materials, including letters
of reference, will be handled in accordance with Freedom of Information
and Protection of Privacy Act (Manitoba). Please note that curriculum
vitae may be provided to participating members of the search process.

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