Archive for February, 2013

CFP – University of Connecticut 10th Anniversary Conference of the Human Rights Institute

By
Marilyn Weber
 – February 28, 2013Posted in: Calls for Papers, Conference Opportunities

CALL FOR PAPERS
Graduate Conference
10th Anniversary Conference of the Human Rights Institute
September 18, 2013
University of Connecticut, Storrs
Deadline for Proposals: April 8th, 2013
The Human Rights Institute is celebrating its 10th anniversary with a conference (September 19-21) that will showcase the “Connecticut School of Human Rights,” an interdisciplinary, contextual approach to human rights. Interest in human rights has expanded beyond law schools throughout the academy, and in particular into the social sciences and humanities. The conversations that will take place at the conference point toward new horizons for the Institute and for the interdisciplinary study of human rights for decades to come.

The Graduate Human Rights Conference will kick off the interdisciplinary conversation on Wednesday, September 18, 2013 at the Dodd Research Center at the University of Connecticut. We aim to bring together graduate students interested in human rights, from multiple disciplines, to present and share their research interests. The Graduate Conference will include a workshop on publishing in the field of human rights as well as complimentary breakfast and lunch. We encourage Graduate students to come to these events on Wednesday and stay for the 10th Anniversary Conference which will include many prominent human rights scholars.
Panel Themes: The Graduate Conference encourages interdisciplinary social science, law, and humanities approaches to understanding human rights issues. Panel themes may include, but are certainly not limited to, the following:
 Economic and Social Rights
 Education and Human Rights
 Environmental Rights
 Foundations of Human Rights
 Gender and Human Rights
 Group Rights
 Health and Human Rights
 Human Rights and International Law
 Humanitarianism
 Literature and Human Rights
 Political and Civil Rights
If you would like to present a paper, please submit a 300-500 word abstract and short bio to the Human Rights Institute at humanrights@uconn.edu by April 8, 2013:
Please feel free to contact us at humanrights@uconn.edu if you have any further questions.
Limited travel assistance may be available for accepted panelists.

U of Minnesota – Fellowships for Trans-Atlantic Summer Institute in European Studies (TASI)

By
Marilyn Weber
 – February 27, 2013Posted in: Professional Development

Fellowships for Trans-Atlantic Summer Institute in European Studies (TASI), July 8 – July 20, 2013 “Borders in Motion: New Dynamics of Inclusion and Exclusion across Europe and North America”

The DAAD Center for German & European Studies at the University of Minnesota invites applications to the 13th Trans-Atlantic Summer Institute in European Studies (TASI). The Institute will bring together 11 German or other European, and 11 North American advanced graduate students for an intensive two-week seminar on the campus of the University of Minnesota. The 2013 topic is “Borders in Motion: New Dynamics of Inclusion and Exclusion across Europe and North America.” The 2013 faculty leaders are Matthias Rothe (German, Scandinavian and Dutch; University of Minnesota) and Anika Keinz (Anthropology; European University Viadrina, Germany). The Institute offers a diverse mix of seminar discussions of key readings, research presentations by guest faculty and fellows, and formal discussions of fellows’ research projects. The international faculty team encourages applications from young scholars in the social sciences and humanities. All selected applicants will receive fellowships. Institute language is English. A reading knowledge of one other European language is required. Application deadline: April 22, 2013.

topic abstract:

“Mobility” and “flexibility” are buzz words of the postsocialist, post-9/11 decades. With E.U. enlargement, national borders between member states have become less important. At the same time, new internal boundaries proliferate: distinctions between immigrants and native citizens, between “ethnic” and supposedly non-ethnic groups, between religious communities and a supposedly secular and liberal society. Emancipatory values and human rights seem to become instruments of distinctions. Religious, ethnic, and sexual minorities are often pitted against one another. The new boundaries are reconfirmed through public policy, practices, and security technology and reflected in discourses of belonging. The 2013 Trans-Atlantic Summer Institute draws on a broad range of academic fields—including anthropology, sociology, political philosophy, history, political science, and cultural studies—to investigate dynamics of inclusion and exclusion across Europe and North America. Fellows will engage an array of intriguing questions: How do we most appropriately conceptualize phenomena of inclusion and exclusion in late modern heterogeneous societies? What criteria are employed to mark differences and how does the function of difference itself change? How do security regimes reinscribe differences of gender, sexuality, and race? How do these processes and dynamics resemble each other or differ in the E.U. and North America?

Full details and application materials at  www.cges.umn.edu/fellowships/tasi.htm 

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DAAD Center for German&  European Studies University of Minnesota

214 Social Sciences Building

267 19th Ave. South

Minneapolis, MN 55455

Phone: (612) 626-7705

Fax: (612) 625-0528

Email: cges@umn.edu

Give to CGES: https://makingagift.umn.edu/onlinegiving/enterOnlineGiving.do?owner=O_CGES

The Center for German&  European Studies is host of the annual “American&  German Healthcare Forum,” a unique venue for direct exchange on health policy and best practices between Minnesotans and Germans. Conference documentation and other materials are available at: http://www.cges.umn.edu/outreach/forum.htm

3/6 – History Alumni Event: Carol Quirke and Marcella Bencivenni

By
Marilyn Weber
 – February 26, 2013Posted in: History Program Events

You are invited to an Alumni Event in Honor of Carol Quirke and Marcella Bencivenni on Wednesday March 6, 2013 5:00 p.m.

Marcella Bencivenni

(Ph.D., History, 2003)

Today, Italian Americans are perceived as ultraconservatives interested in food and family—a perception reinforced by the Mafioso stereotype popularized and even glorified by Hollywood movies, television series, and commercials. Drawing from her book, Italian Immigrant Radical Culture (New York University Press, 2011)Bencivenni shows that Italian Americans possess a vibrant, if largely forgotten, radical past.

Carol Quirke

(Ph.D., History, 2005)

“A United Nations in One Union Shop” is drawn from: Eyes on Labor: News Photography and America’s Working Class (Oxford University Press, 2012). The talk explores how a mid-century New York City labor union used photography to build a union that fought racism and sexism in and outside the union.

Introduction by Joshua B. Freeman, History, The Graduate Center and Queens College, CUNY

History Lounge—Room 5114

The Graduate Center

365 Fifth Avenue

New York City

RSVP preferred to Marilyn Weber at mweber@gc.cuny.edu or 212.817.8430.

 

alum

2/26 – Tony Michels on “American Jews and the Russian Revolution: A Transnational Perspective on the Rise of Communism and Anti-Communism in the United States.”

By
Marilyn Weber
 – February 26, 2013Posted in: History Program Events

Please join us on February 26 for a lecture by Tony Michels - ”American Jews and the Russian Revolution:  A Transnational Perspective on the Rise of Communism and Anti-Communism in the United States.”

4:30 in the History Lounge (5114). Reception will follow.Co-sponsored by the Center for Jewish Studies.

Tony Michels is the George L. Mosse Associate Professor of American Jewish History at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.   He is author of the award-winning book, A Fire in Their Hearts: Yiddish Socialists in New York, and editor of Jewish Radicals: A Documentary History.

News from Jenny Furlong, Director, Office of Career Planning and Professional Development

By
Marilyn Weber
 – February 25, 2013Posted in: Career Advice, Job Opportunities, Professional Development

Dear GC Students,

I am very pleased to join the Graduate Center as the director of the Office of Career Planning and Professional Development.  I look forward to helping GC graduate students achieve their career goals.  As a first step in this process, I will begin to offer both walk-in and small group meetings; the details (and some additional announcements) are below.

Best,

Jenny Furlong

Director, Office of Career Planning and Professional Development

 

Opportunities listed in this email:

- “Meet McKinsey” – Invitation to Destination EMEA (Europe, Middle East & Africa) event on Monday, April 15, 2013

- ACLS Public Fellows Program

- Two Paid Summer Internships in the Digital Humanities, Philadelphia

 

Walk-in Meetings

Walk-in meetings are fifteen-minute appointments offered on a first-come, first-served basis. You do not have to schedule a meeting in advance; you can just drop in and ask any career-related question you may have.  Beginning on the week of March 4, we will offer walk-ins during the following times:

Mondays, 12:00-2:00 p.m.

Wednesdays, 4:00-6:00 p.m.

The office is currently located in Student Services and is office number 7201.19, located within the office suite of Room 7206.

Small Group Meetings

If you are interested in having someone come and speak with students in your department, please do not hesitate to contact our office.  We would be happy to speak with your group about any career-related topic, including the following:

-        CV, resume, and cover letter writing

-        Interviewing skills

-        Preparing for an academic job search

-        Thinking about careers outside of academe

-        Networking

We welcome your suggestions for additional topics.  To schedule a small group meeting, please send an email to careerplan@gc.cuny.edu (or call 212-817-7416) and include two or three dates and times that would work for your group.

 

Versatile Ph.D.

The Graduate Center subscribes to the Versatile Ph.D., a terrific website for doctoral students considering careers outside of the traditional tenure-track path:

“The Versatile PhD mission is to help humanities and social science (and STEM as of July 2013) graduate students identify and prepare for possible non-academic careers. We want them to be informed about academic employment realities, educated about non-academic career options, and supported towards a wide range of careers, so that in the end, they have choices.  The key concept here is versatility:  the ability to apply their skills and interests in a wide variety of fields.” – From the Versatile Ph.D. website

The site includes an email discussion list where you can post your questions about working outside academe.  In the premium content section, you will find profiles of Ph.D.’s who have put their skills to use in a wide range of sectors, discussion content about specific careers, job listings, and sample cover letters and resumes (as well as the CV’s they were converted from) from Ph.D.’s who have found non-academic positions.    It is a very useful resource and can be accessed here: http://library.gc.cuny.edu/11/2011/versatile-phd-online-community/

 

Jobs, Fellowships, Internships, Information Sessions (updated Feb. 25, 2013)

“Meet McKinsey” – Invitation to Destination EMEA (Europe, Middle East & Africa) event on Monday, April 15, 2013

We kindly invite you to an evening with McKinsey to find out more about career opportunities in our EMEA (Europe, Middle East, and Africa) offices.

McKinsey & Company is a global management consulting firm with over 9,000 consultants who work in more than 100 offices located in over 55 countries. Since 1926, we have been the trusted advisors to leaders of companies, governments, and institutions around the world on issues of strategy, organization, technology, and operations. Our consultants come from a wide range of disciplines. Indeed, more than 46% of our colleagues hold MDs, PhDs, JDs or other non-MBA advanced degrees.

Our Destination EMEA event is designed to give you an overview of who we are, our work, our people, and whether a career with McKinsey might be right for you. We want to provide you a first hand opportunity of what it’s like to work here directly from colleagues who are based in a wide range of our EMEA offices.

If you are interested in a career at McKinsey, you have a strong connection to EMEA (e.g. language skills, interest) and you are considering working in the region, we kindly invite you to our ‘Destination EMEA’ evening in New York City. The event will start with a presentation, followed by a case workshop and Q &A session, where you can meet representatives from our EMEA offices and functional practices. We will end the evening with a cocktail reception where you will have the chance to mingle with consultants in a less formal setting.

Date: Monday, April 15, 2013 in NYC

Time: 6:00 pm – Arrival and presentation

6.30 pm – Case workshop and  Q & A session

8:00 pm – Cocktail reception

RSVP: Please RSVP by March 26, 2013 via www.destination-emea.mckinsey.com attaching a copy of your CV (including grades).

Please note that unfortunately we may not be able to accommodate everybody as spaces are limited.

If you have any questions about the event, please email us at destination-emea@mckinsey.com. For further information on McKinsey, please visit our website www.apd.mckinsey.com.

PS: Please feel free to forward this e-mail to others in the NYC area who might be interested in learning about career opportunities with McKinsey in EMEA. Similar events will take place in Boston on April 16, 2013.

 

ACLS Public Fellows Program

Student in the humanities and social sciences should be aware of the Public Fellows program sponsored by the American Council of Learned Societies.

“ACLS invites applications for the third competition of the Public Fellows program. The program will place 20 recent Ph.D.’s from the humanities and humanistic social sciences in two-year staff positions at partnering organizations in government and the nonprofit sector. Fellows will participate in the substantive work of these organizations and receive professional mentoring. The fellowship provides a stipend of $65,000 per year as well as individual health insurance.”

The deadline to apply is March 27, 2013 at 6:00 p.m. EDT.  More information (and a list of the organizations participating) can be found at https://www.acls.org/programs/publicfellows/

 

Two Paid Summer Internships in the Digital Humanities, Philadelphia

1)  Summer 2013 Digital Humanities Internship

Philadelphia-based design studio Night Kitchen Interactive is looking for two talented interns with a strong background or interest in American history and cultural institutions for the summer of 2013. Night Kitchen is working with a large historical organization to create an interactive website dedicated to the history of the United States Postal Service, featuring several online exhibits on special topics. The intern will play a key role in facilitating the integration of content into the new website.

The candidates should have strong writing, communication, organizational, and critical thinking skills, as well as demonstrated enthusiasm for American history and interest in web-based projects and the digital humanities. This is a great opportunity for college students or recent graduates to contribute to an exciting digital history project and learn about historical interpretation from a technological perspective. Candidates must possess a willingness to learn basic HTML and the use of an HTML authoring environment (Adobe Dreamweaver). Please note: this position requires no design experience.

RESPONSIBILITIES - Primary tasks will involve gathering, organizing, and preparing historical content for migration to websites based on input from clients’ curators, educators and staff. Interns will gain experience using Dreamweaver, graphics programs, and project management software Gemini. The interns will also be expected to do a range of general administrative tasks, including but not limited to: archiving files, research, mailings, data and word processing.

QUALIFICATIONS - Demonstrated enthusiasm for history and/or the digital humanities. Successful candidates should have, at minimum, 1-2 years towards a degree in history, American studies, or related fields. Strong writing, communication, and organizational skills a must. Some knowledge of HTML preferred. Experience working with cultural institutions a plus.

TIMEFRAME - 40 hours a week for 12 weeks between June 2013 and August 2013

STIPEND - $3,500 paid in 3 installments or school credit.

CONTACT - Interested applicants should send a cover letter and resume (Word or PDF) by Friday, March 15th, 2013 to internship@whatscookin.com with the subject line: “Summer 2013 Digital Humanities Internship”. No calls please.

(2)  Summer 2013 HTML Internship

Philadelphia-based design studio Night Kitchen Interactive is looking for two talented interns to work on the development of an HTML-based website this summer. Ideal candidates will have at least basic familiarity with HTML and the use of an HTML authoring environment (e.g. Adobe Dreamweaver), as well as graphics programs for preparing images for publication, such as Photoshop. Please note: this position requires no design experience.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Primary tasks will involve gathering, organizing historical content for migration to websites based on input from clients’ curators, educators and staff. Interns will gain experience using HTML, the web development application Dreamweaver, graphics programs and project management software Gemini. The interns will also be expected to do a range of general administrative tasks, including but not limited to: archiving files, research, mailings, data and word processing.

QUALIFICATIONS -Familiarity with HTML, Dreamweaver, or other online content management systems. candidates should have, at minimum, 1-2 years towards a degree in liberal arts or design. Strong writing, communication, and organizational skills a must. Knowledge or experience with American History and/or cultural institutions a plus.

TIMEFRAME -40 hours a week for 12 weeks between June 2013 and August 2013

STIPEND -$3,500 paid in 3 installments or school credit.

CONTACT

Interested applicants should send a cover letter and resume (Word or PDF) by Friday, March 15th, 2013 to internship@whatscookin.com with the subject line: “Summer 2013 HTML Internship”. No calls please.

Mimi Cheng

mimi@whatscookin.com

215.629.9962

Night Kitchen Interactive

 

IMMEDIATE ADJUNCT TEACHING OPPORTUNITY IN ROMAN HISTORY AT THE COLLEGE OF STATEN ISLAND CUNY

By
Marilyn Weber
 – February 25, 2013Posted in: Job Opportunities

The History Department of the College of Staten Island CUNY seeks a suitably qualified adjunct (Classics/ancient history graduate student or Ph.D.) to teach classes in a course on Roman history to undergraduates for an estimated FIVE WEEKS of this spring 2013 semester. The successful adjunct will substitute for a full-time faculty member on leave. No syllabus preparation is necessary as the adjunct will be teaching the topics/readings in the assigned syllabus and posted for students on Blackboard, and no grading of take-home assignments is required for this portion of the course. An appropriate working knowledge of Roman history is required, with evidence of experience in teaching. CUNY adjunct pay commensurate with experience.

TEACHING SCHEDULE - FIVE WEEKS OF MEETINGS commencing on Monday March 4 through Wednesday April 10 inclusive (excluding CUNY Spring break from March 25-April 2). Class meets MONDAYS AND WEDNESDAYS, at CSI-CUNY campus, from 12:20-2:15 PM. MEETING DATES: March 4, 6, 11, 13, 18, 20, and April 3, 8, and 10.

 

COURSE DESCRIPTION - HST 323: THEMES IN ROMAN REPUBLICAN AND IMPERIAL HISTORY. (Topics in) The history of Rome, from village to empire, through the discussion of political as well as social, economic, and cultural issues (4 hours, 4 credits). The weeks that need coverage by an adjunct are on the early Empire, from Augustus to Hadrian, with particular emphasis on the Augustan revolution and the empire during the reigns of Trajan and Hadrian. Syllabus can be supplied upon request.

 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION AND INTERVIEW - Please phone/email

Eric A. Ivison, Ph.D.

Associate Professor and Chair

Department of History, College of Staten Island CUNY

Ph.D. Program in History, CUNY Graduate Center

Tel: 718-982-2872

Fax: 718-982-2864

email: eric.ivison@csi.cuny.edu

Renaissance Studies Program conference “Becoming Global: The Renaissance and The World,”

By
Marilyn Weber
 – February 25, 2013Posted in: Conference Opportunities, GC Events

The Renaissance Studies Program at the CUNY Graduate Center is hosting a conference “Becoming Global: The Renaissance and The World,” to take place March 14-15, 2013.  The keynote lecture by Serge Gruzinksi will take place on Thursday, March 14 at 7:30 PM in the Proshansky Auditorium, and Friday sessions will be in the Elebash Recital Hall.  For more information, and to register, please see the website: http://globalrenaissance.ws.gc.cuny.edu/

Macaulay Honors College Instructional Technology Fellowships

By
Marilyn Weber
 – February 25, 2013Posted in: Funding, Job Opportunities

I am writing to call your attention to the Macaulay Honors College Instructional Technology Fellowships, an excellent fellowship opportunity for your doctoral students. Full information about the program and an online application can be found at

http://macaulay.cuny.edu/eportfolios/itfprogram/ 

(all applicants must use the online application at that address).

Now in its 12th year, the ITF program has been extremely successful, its success matching that of Macaulay Honors College itself.

All CUNY doctoral students accepted for this outstanding opportunity will:

• receive a Grad A fellowship • participate in a prestigious and innovative program that includes a technology-across-the-curriculum initiative • get extensive technological training in a highly marketable skill set • participate in interdisciplinary teaching and learning groups • work closely with some of CUNY’s best faculty and brightest undergraduates

Please note that this fellowship is only open to Level 2 and 3 students.

Thank you for your efforts to publicize this fellowship.

The application deadline for 2013-2014 ITFs is March 15, 2013, at 10 PM EST (GMT -5).

 

Joseph Ugoretz, PhD

Associate Dean

Teaching, Learning and Technology

 

Macaulay Honors College

The City University of New York

35 West 67th St.

New York, New York 10023

TEL 212-729-2920

FAX 212-580-8130

joseph.ugoretz@mhc.cuny.edu

macaulay.cuny.edu

 

Miami University seeks lecturer to teach Bachelor of Integrative Studies

By
Marilyn Weber
 – February 25, 2013Posted in: Job Opportunities

Job Title: Lecturer

Institution: Miami University

Department: Bachelor of Integrative Studies (BIS), Regional Campuses

Job Description: Miami University seeks lecturer to teach Bachelor of Integrative Studies (BIS) seminars and/or courses within the appointee’s discipline that support the BIS curriculum; assume an active role in student advising (in coordination with other BIS faculty); provide service to the BIS program through participation on BIS committees, faculty development workshops and cohort meetings; facilitate student-centered service projects; actively promote the BIS program. The lecturer’s program home will be based on Miami University Hamilton campus for a majority of teaching and office hours; teaching assignments at other regional campus locations expected; affiliation in another academic department possible.

Required Qualifications: Terminal degree by time of appointment; excellent teaching skills; strong organizational, administrative and interpersonal skills; teaching experience at Miami University.

Preferred Qualifications: Experience with Miami’s BIS program or other interdisciplinary teaching experience with service learning; demonstrated knowledge of and sensitivity toward issues of diversity; leadership potential; interdisciplinary perspective. Applicants from any discipline are welcome.

Materials Needed: Letter of application (which details teaching philosophy and provides evidence of commitment to meaningful service in support of the academic mission of the institution as well as the community), curriculum vitae, and three letters of reference should be sent to BIS Search Committee at muhbissearch@miamioh.edu. More information about BIS can be found at www.regionals.MiamiOH.edu/bis. Screening of applications begins Feb. 25, 2013, and will continue until the position is filled.

Miami University is an EOE/AA employer with smoke-free campuses.   Right to Know – Consumer Information http://www.miami.muohio.edu/about-miami/publications-and-policies/student-consumer-info/index.html. Hard copy upon request.

Contact Information:
Name: BIS Search Committee
E-mail: muhbissearch@miamioh.edu
Website: http://www.regionals.MiamiOH.edu/bis

3/7 – Dying To Be Free: The Health Conditions Of Former Enslaved Peoples During The Civil War And Reconstruction

By
Marilyn Weber
 – February 25, 2013Posted in: GC Events, Non-GC Events

THE CUNY ACADEMY OF THE HUMANITIES AND SCIENCES

(AN AFFILIATE OF THE UNIVERSITY FACULTY SENATE)

 

WILL PRESENT THE ABE EISENSTADT LECTURE ON AMERICAN HISTORY

SPEAKER: PROFESSOR JIM DOWNS

DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY

CONNECTICUT COLLEGE

on

DYING TO BE FREE: THE HEALTH CONDITIONS OF FORMER ENSLAVED PEOPLES DURING THE CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION

(Professor Downs’ well received book explored the extraordinary health crisis experienced by freed peoples in the era of the civil war and reconstruction)

at the

GRADUATE SCHOOL – CUNY

365 Fifth Ave at 34th Street

THURSDAY MARCH 7, 2013

6:30  P.M.

ROOM C198

 

 

FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

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