Employment Opportunities at CSRP

CSRPC LECTURESHIPS IN RACE AND ETHNIC STUDIES

Call for proposals for 2009-10 courses

The College and the Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture will sponsor 6 undergraduate courses for the 2009-2010 academic year on topics related to race and ethnic studies.  Courses in any related topic or thematic may be proposed. The Center is especially interested in courses that posit race and processes of racialization in comparative and transnational frameworks; highlight the intersection of race and ethnicity with other identities (gender, class, sexuality and nationality); and/or interrogate social and identity cleavages within racialized communities.

Advanced graduate students in any discipline at the University of Chicago are encouraged to apply. Applications should include:

** In the selection of lecturers, preference will be given to persons well advanced in the drafting of their dissertations.  A draft copy of all chapters of one's dissertation must be submitted as part of the application.

Applications should be mailed or delivered to Theresa Mah, Assistant Director for Curriculum and Learning, CSRPC, 5733 S. University Ave., Room 206, Chicago, IL 60637.

DEADLINE: Applications must be received by 5:00 pm, May 1, 2009.

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Teaching Internships & Lectureships in Colonizations, 2009-2010


Teaching internships and lectureships are available for "Colonizations," a three-quarter sequence offered in the College Civilizations Core curriculum.  The course description is as follows:

CRPC 24001-24003. Colonizations I, II and III. (=ANTH 18301-18303, HIST 18301-18303, SOSC 24001-24003) Must be taken in sequence. This sequence meets the general education requirement in civilization studies. This three-quarter sequence approaches the concept of civilization from an emphasis on cross-cultural/societal connection and exchange. We explore the dynamics of conquest, slavery, colonialism, and their reciprocal relationships with concepts such as resistance, freedom, and independence, with an eye toward understanding their interlocking role in the making of the modern world. Themes of slavery, colonization, and the making of the Atlantic world are covered in the first quarter. Modern European and Japanese colonialism in Asia and the Pacific is the theme of the second quarter. The third quarter considers the processes and consequences of decolonization both in the newly independent nations and the former colonial powers.

Teaching interns will assist faculty with various aspects of instruction as preparation for teaching their own section in the year(s) following.   Lecturers must have previously served as a teaching intern in the sequence.

Qualifications:  Graduate students in good standing who have finished their coursework, from any of the departments in the Humanities and Social Sciences.

To apply:  submit your applications at the Social Sciences Collegiate Division's jobs website: http://sscd-jobs.uchicago.edu

DEADLINE:  Application deadline is May 1, 2009

Direct questions or inquiries to:
Theresa Mah, Ph. D., Assistant Director for Curriculum and Learning
Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture
5733 S. University, room 206
Chicago, IL 60637
tmah@uchicago.edu
(773) 834-8732