[nativestudies-l] Opportunity: Mellon Sawyer Post-Doc at UW Seattle (Borderlands, Indigeneity, Gender)

[Alyssa Mt. Pleasant]

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Subject: 	Call for applications-- Mellon Sawyer Post-Doc at UW Seattle 
(Borderlands, Indigeneity, Gender)
Date: 	Sun, 15 Jan 2012 18:14:58 -0800
From: 	Jose Antonio Lucero <jal26 at u.washington.edu>



Friends,

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. *Deadline is Feb. 15. *

I hope 2012 and the MLK holiday are treating you all well.

Best,

Tony
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Mellon Sawyer Post-Doctoral Fellowship
Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies
Latin American and Caribbean Studies (LACS), the Washington Institute 
for the Study of
Ethnicity, Race, and Sexuality (WISER), and the Simpson Center for the 
Humanities
University of Washington, Seattle
Principal Investigator: José Antonio Lucero, Jackson School of 
International Studies, Box 353650,
University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-3650, jal26 at uw.edu 
<mailto:jal26 at uw.edu>

B/ORDERING VIOLENCE:
BOUNDARIES, INDIGENEITY, AND GENDER IN THE AMERICAS

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.
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.

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).

Application Materials: In one pdf file, applicants should send the 
following materials to lasuw at u.washington.edu 
<mailto:lasuw at u.washington.edu>: 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 
lasuw at u.washington.edu <mailto:lasuw at u.washington.edu>. The deadline for 
applications is February 15, 2012.

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.

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