Employment Opportunities at CSRPC

Graduate Student Lectureships in Race and Ethnic Studies 2008-09


Call for proposals for 2008-09 courses

The College and the Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture will sponsor a number of undergraduate courses for academic year 2008-09 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 with a proposal for a course. Applications should include:


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


DEADLINE: Applications must be received by 5:00 pm Wednesday, April 30, 2008.


FAXED OR EMAILED APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.



CSRPC Teaching Opportunities: Teaching Internships for Colonizations, 2008-09


Teaching internships are available for "Colonizations," a three-quarter sequence offered in the College Civilizations Core curriculum (see course description below). Teaching interns will assist faculty with various aspects of instruction as preparation for teaching their own section in the year(s) following. Six positions are available during the 2008-2009 academic year: two in Colonizations I in the fall; two in Colonizations I and one in Colonizations II in winter; and one in Colonizations III during spring quarter.


Qualifications: Graduate students in good standing who have finished their course work, from any of the departments in Humanities and Social Sciences. Preference will be given to those available to teach in 2008-09.


To apply: Send letter of interest, c.v., and one letter of recommendation from a member of the faculty. State preference, if any, for section (Col. I, II, or III) and quarter you can or wish to work.


DEADLINE: Application materials must be received by 5:00 pm on Friday, April 25, 2008.


DO NOT FAX OR EMAIL APPLICATIONS. FAXED OR EMAILED APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.


Send or deliver applications to:

Theresa Mah

CSRPC

5733 S. University, room 206

Chicago, IL 60637


Course description:

CRPC 24001-24002-24003. Colonizations I, II, III. (=HIST 18301-18302-18303, ANTH/SOSC 24001-24002-24003) Colonizations I, II, III must be taken in sequence. Two quarters (Col I and II) meet 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.