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From: On Behalf Of Tiffany Muller
Dear all,
Please circulate the following one-year post-doc opportunity in
feminist/critical geography at the University of Lethbridge. I am happy to
answer informal inquiries about this position.
Best wishes,
Tiffany
Dr. Tiffany Muller Myrdahl
Assistant Professor, Department of Women & Gender Studies
Associate member, Department of Geography
University of Lethbridge
403-317-5028
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The WOMEN & GENDER STUDIES DEPARTMENT at the University of Lethbridge is
seeking outstanding candidates with specialties in feminist/critical
geography, to apply for a 12 month POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP appointment,
effective July 1, 2012. This position seeks a scholar who possesses
abilities and interests across the disciplinary arenas of critical
geography and Women and Gender Studies. Although the position is research
orientated, the appointee would teach two courses, one per semester
including WGST1000 the introductory survey in Women & Gender Studies in
Fall 2012 and Geography 3250 a seminar in Urban Social Geography in Spring
2013.
Scholars with recently completed PhD’s who have a multidisciplinary
background in any combination of the following are encouraged to apply:
Women & Gender Studies; Gender, place and space; Critical urban geography;
Governance and public policy as it relates to marginal communities and/or
racialized bodies; Issues of sovereignty and gender; Migrant diasporas;
Rural/urban communities and women; Indigenous women, and rural and urban
spaces; Environmental racism; Borderlands.
The scholar must demonstrate a commitment to gender and intersectionality
as fundamental categories of analysis, and demonstrate the strength of
interdisciplinarity between geography and women and gender studies. The
postdoctoral scholar will be invited to engage with other scholars across
the university including those in the Department of Women & Gender Studies
where she/he will be housed. Full access to university facilities will be
provided. Department specialties include: gender and migration;
environmental movements; aboriginal feminisms; women and rural development;
migration and citizenship; law, gender and sexuality; critical race
theories; feminist geographies; indigenous women & settler colonialism. For
further information about the University of Lethbridge’s Department of
Women and Gender Studies, please visit our website at:
http://www.uleth.ca/artsci/women-gender-studies
Applications must include: Proposed plan of research to be undertaken over
12months; a statement of teaching philosophy or teaching portfolio; 2
letters of reference; and current curriculum vitae. DEADLINE for
applications: June 15th, 2012. Send completed applications (hard copies OR
electronic) to: Dr. Carol Williams, Chair, Department of Women and Gender
Studies, 4401 University Drive, Lethbridge AB T1K 3M4. 403.380.1818
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The appointment of a postdoctoral fellow fulfills the University of
Lethbridge’s strategic ambition to expand and build graduate mentorship,
to stimulate networking opportunities among scholars working across and in
a variety of disciplines, and to create a significant opportunity to
enhance the research breadth of our University. The University is an
inclusive and equitable campus, encouraging applications from qualified
women and men, including persons with disabilities, members of visible
minorities and Aboriginal persons. Located in southern Alberta, near the
Rocky Mountains, Lethbridge offers a sunny, dry climate that is agreeably
mild for the prairies, excellent cultural and recreational amenities and
attractive economic conditions. Founded in 1967, the University has an
enrollment of over 8,400 students from around the world. Our student body
has grown by 50 percent in the last 10 years, phenomenal growth among
institutions in Canada. Despite this growth, we have remained true to who
we are student-focused, research-intensive, and grounded in liberal
education.
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