Archive for March, 2013

Prof. Gregory Downs wins a prestigious 2013 ACLS Digital Innovation Fellowship

By
Marilyn Weber
 – March 28, 2013Posted in: Uncategorized

The PhD Program in History is delighted to congratulate Prof. Gregory Downs on winning a prestigious 2013  American Council of Learned Societies Digital Innovation Fellowship.

The American Council of Learned Societies, a private, nonprofit federation of 71 national scholarly organizations, is the preeminent representative of American scholarship in the humanities and related social sciences. Advancing scholarship by awarding fellowships and strengthening relations among learned societies are central to ACLS’s work. This year, ACLS will award more than $15 million dollars to nearly 400 scholars across a variety of humanistic disciplines. The seven fellows, who were selected from a very competitive pool of applications, will spend a year dedicated to a major scholarly project intended to advance digital humanistic scholarship in powerful new directions. The projects span disciplines, methodologies, and digital formats, but all engender innovative approaches to scholarly research and communication. Applications to the program were evaluated by a committee of scholars with wide-ranging expertise in the digital humanities. 2012-2013 marked the eighth year of the ACLS Digital Innovation Fellowship Program, generously funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. “The 2013 ACLS Digital Innovation Fellows are forging exciting pathways for scholarship in the humanities, providing widespread access to previously unavailable sources and creating tools to aid scholars at all levels of study,” said ACLS Director of Fellowships Nicole Stahlmann. “From transforming traditional ideas of literary genre to modeling changes in regional speech patterns over time, the fellows are finding new ways to channel big data for greater humanistic understanding.”

Among this year’s supported projects is a new searchable, digital archive of coroner’s reports that allows scholars to view the American South of the Civil War-era through the eyes of a crime scene investigator; a tool for students and advanced scholars alike to explore Pompeii through a GIS model that maps bibliographies of existing scholarship onto relevant points throughout the famous archaeological site; and a bi-lingual, multimedia online book that probes new directions in both performance studies and scholarly publication. The 2013 ACLS Digital Innovation Fellows and project titles are:

Gregory Downs (Associate Professor of History, The City College of New York) Mapping Occupation: The Union Army and the Meaning of Reconstruction (For more information, see http://www.acls.org/research/fellow.aspx?cid=43d71b64-8786-e211-b90d-000c29a3451a . Our own Prof. Joshua Brown notes “His project will profoundly change our notion about the “occupation” of the Reconstruction South.”)

Stephen Berry (Professor of History, University of Georgia) CSI Dixie: Race, the Body Politic, and the View from the South’s County Coroners’ Offices, 1840-1880

Allison Booth (Professor of English, University of Virginia) The Practice and Theory of Digital Prosopography: Collective Biographies of Women and the Biographical Elements and Structure Schema

William Kretzschmar (Professor of English, University of Georgia) Computer Simulation of Speech and Culture as a Complex System

Eric Poehler (Assistant Professor of Classics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst) The Pompeii Bibliography and Mapping Resource

Diana Taylor (Professor of Spanish and Portuguese, New York University) The Politics of Passion: A Digital, Bi-lingual Scholarly Book Focusing on the Art and Activism of Jesusa Rodríguez

Ted Underwood (Associate Professor of English, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign) Understanding Genre in a Collection of a Million Volumes

Further information on this year’s fellows and their projects is available on the ACLS website <http://www.acls.org/research/digital.aspx?id=798> .

 

ACLS

 

4/4 – NYU – Creating Parallel Communities of Perpetrators: Muslim-Only Holocaust Education and Anti-Semitism Prevention Programs in Germany

By
Marilyn Weber
 – March 27, 2013Posted in: Non-GC Events

The Program in Ottoman Studies, New York University

Esra Özyürek

Department of Anthropology, University of California, San Diego

Creating Parallel Communities of Perpetrators:

Muslim-Only Holocaust Education and Anti-Semitism Prevention Programs in Germany

 

Thursday April 4, 12:30 pm

Esra Özyürek is Associate Professor of Anthropology at UCSD. Her work focuses on how politics, religion, and social memory shape and transform each other in contemporary Turkey and Europe. She is primarily concerned with both religious and secular ideologies and practices, especially as they shape the definition of religious majorities and minorities. In her earlier work, Nostalgia for the Modern: State Secularism and Everyday Politics in Turkey (2007) she focused on the transformation of state secularism in Turkey as the country moved from a state-led modernization project in the 1930s to a market-based modernization project in the 1990s. She is currently undertaking  a comparative project on converts to Islam in Germany and converts to Christianity in Turkey, for they challenge the boundaries of Turkish and European identities.

Since German unification and the change in citizenship law in 2000, which allows immigrants born in Germany to adopt German citizenship, one of the most passionately debated issues in German public has concerned the claim that Germans of Muslim background do not engage with the history of the Holocaust and are anti-Semitic. Professor Özyürek argues that the problem seen in immigrant engagements with the Holocaust is not that they are disinterested in the topic but rather that they tend to identify with the victims rather than the perpetrators, and that government funded education programs aim to give a new role to Muslim Germans that makes sure that they do not identify either with the German perpetrators or with the Jewish victims.

The Richard Ettinghausen Library, Hagop Kevorkian Center

50 Washington Square South at 255 Sullivan Street

Light lunch will be served at 12:15

For further information contact Ayelet Zoran-Rosen (ar1818@nyu.edu) or Leslie Peirce (leslie.peirce@nyu.edu)

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Reminder – DISSERTATION YEAR FELLOWSHIPS – Nat’l Society of Colonial Dames, E.P. Thompson and Cammett/Cannistraro Awards

By
Tracy E. Robey
 – March 25, 2013Posted in: Funding

Please read over these announcements for three fellowships There is one due date for all three applications – Friday, March 29, 2013:

 

The National Society of Colonial Dames in the State of New York Dissertation Fellowship

 

Students who are currently working on their dissertations in U.S. history may apply for The National Society of Colonial Dames in the State of New York Fellowship.  The NSCDNY has generously funded an award since 1967. More information about the National Society may be found at http://www.nscda.org/.  This one-year fellowship has a stipend of $7,000. Applicants must be conducting research toward a doctorate in any period of American history. Letters of application for this fellowship must include the title of the dissertation, name of advisor, extent of research to date, estimated timetable for completion and defense, a copy of the dissertation proposal, and a letter of recommendation from the student’s advisor. Only students who have been “Advanced to Candidacy” and have had their proposals approved and are eligible. Applicants should submit materials to Marilyn Weber, APO atmweber@gc.cuny.edu  Recommendation letters may be emailed or mailed. Applications are due on March 29th.

 

Recent Recipients:

2012-13

Thomas Hafer - ‘Just Another Bohemian’: Art, Sexuality, and Identity in New York, 1930-1975

2011-12

Rachel Burstein - The Fight Over John Q.: How Labor Won and Lost the Public in Postwar America, 1947-1959 

and

Lauren Santangelo - The “Feminized” City: New York and Suffrage, 1870-1917

2010-11

Thomas Harbison - Part of the Problem or Part of the Solution? Harlem’s Public Schools, 1914–1954

2009-10

Kristopher Burrell - Crossroads: New York’s Black Intellectuals and the Role of Ideology in the Civil Rights Movement, 1954–1965 

 

 

The John M. Cammett and Philip Cannistraro Awards

History Program, Graduate Center, CUNY

 

The History Program at the Graduate Center, CUNY, has established two fellowships as a tribute to John M. Cammett (1927-2008), professor of history emeritus at John Jay College and the Graduate Center, and Philip V. Cannistraro (1942-2005), distinguished professor of history at Queens College and the Graduate Center. The Cammett Award offers a stipend of $2,000 and the Cannistraro Award offers a stipend of $1,000.

 

Professor Cammett was an internationally eminent scholar of modern Italian history who established the study of Antonio Gramsci in the English speaking world. His historical passions also included modern European socialism and fascism, global progressive movements and European imperialism.

 

Philip V. Cannistraro was a distinguished historian of fascist Italy who also published important works about Italian-American history. He was the director of the John D. Calandra Institute of Queens College, CUNY.

 

The awards will be given to outstanding doctoral students in modern Italian history. Preference will be given to students at an advanced stage of graduate work, preparing or conducting research for a dissertation.

 

Applicants must submit a research proposal (maximum 5 pages) which includes a) an overview of their research topic; b) an explanation of how the funds will be used; and 3) a budget.  Each proposal will be considered for both awards. These materials should be submitted to the Cammett/Cannistraro Committee, c/o History Program. Please submit an electronic copy only to Marilyn Weber, APO at mweber@gc.cuny.edu . Applications are due on March 29th.

 

E.P. THOMPSON FELLOWSHIP

 

The Ph.D. Program in History offers an annual E.P. Thompson Fellowship in United States History to a dissertation-level student whose work utilizes or relates to E.P. Thompson’s approaches to history.  The award is for one year and carries a stipend of $20,000. Only students who have completed all course work and examinations, had their proposals approved, and been “Advanced to Candidacy” are eligible.

 

The fellowship is named for Professor Edward Palmer Thompson (1924-1993), the distinguished British historian, in honor of his impact on U.S. historians.  It is awarded annually to the CUNY doctoral student whose work best exemplifies the standards of scholarship exhibited by Professor Thompson in his pioneering works of social, intellectual, and political history. 

 

Applicants must submit the following material to the E.P. Thompson Fellowship Committee, c/o History Program:

 

(1)     a dissertation proposal;

 

(2)     a brief statement describing how their dissertation is in

a genre associated with Professor Thompson’s work and

relates to the project of social history, as exemplified by

his scholarship and legacy;

 

     (3) a letter of recommendation.

 

Please submit both an electronic copy of (1) and (2) to Marilyn Weber, APO at mweber@gc.cuny.edu. Recommendation letters may be emailed or mailed. All materials must be received by March 29, 2013.

Weekly email from the Office of Career Planning and Professional Development

By
Marilyn Weber
 – March 25, 2013Posted in: Professional Development

Dear Students,

 

I hope you are enjoying your first day of Spring Break in spite of our persistent wintery weather.  Some of you may be aware that a lawsuit against Punxsutawny Phil (AKA the groundhog) for malicious forecasting is pending in Butler County, Ohio (where I’m from): http://www.examiner.com/article/punxsutawney-phil-sued-for-malicious-forecasting

 

We are here all week for appointments, walk-ins, and career questions.  Walk-ins are today (Monday), from 12-2, and again on Wednesday from 4-6.  If you’d like to make an appointment with me, just send an email to careerplan@gc.cuny.edu  It helps if you also list some times that work for you to meet.

 

All the best,

 

Jenny

 

 

Articles, Blogs, etc.

 

Evil HR Lady

Mystified by the workings of corporate HR?  Evil HR Lady’s insights may be of help to you:  http://evilhrlady.org/

 

From Academic to Market Research

A biology Ph.D. reflects on his career ten years after earning his Ph.D.  Good advice here!

http://chronicle.com/article/From-Academe-to-Market/137965/

 

The New Cartographers

An interesting article from the online career magazine published by Science.  Useful links to career resources at the end: http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_magazine/previous_issues/articles/2013_03_18/caredit.a1300045

 

Resource

 

Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (HERC): http://www.hercjobs.org/

Are you looking for positions in academe (very broadly defined)?  If so, the HERC job database is a great resource.  If you are conducting a dual-career search, it is a particularly helpful tool, as each partner can set up a profile and look for opportunities that are located in the same region.  Here are just a few of the recent postings that can be found on HERC.

 

Research Associate, Biochemistry and Microbiology, Rutgers University, NJ

The Biochemistry and Microbiology Department at Rutgers University seeks a Research Associate for a term of one-year. This will be a one-year, non-renewable appointment. Applicants should submit one pdf file containing their CV, statement on Research experience and contact information for three letters of references via email to glick@aesop.rutgers.edu. For more information about the Biochemistry and Microbiology Department, please visit the website (http://aesop.rutgers.edu/~dbm/). First consideration will be given to applications received by July 20, 2012.

 

Postodoc, Socio-Cognitive Processes Lab, Department of Psychology, Princeton University

The lab is seeking applications for a postdoctoral research associate position. Our lab focuses on understanding how large-scale social phenomena emerge from the interaction between individual cognitive mechanisms and social dynamics. We empirically investigate the formation of shared representations and the dynamics of collective beliefs. Initial appointment is for one year with possibility for renewal pending satisfactory performance and funding availability (start date: 8/1/2013). Applicants must apply online and submit a cover letter and CV. Also provide contact information for two references in Other Document 1. Applications will be evaluated beginning on the 20th of April, but will continue until the hiring process is complete.

 

Essential Qualifications: PhD in psychology or related field is required. Ideal candidates should have strong quantitative and statistical skills (e.g., Matlab; data mining techniques), expertise in designing behavioral experiments, and the ability to prepare written and oral research reports.

 

Preferred Qualifications: Individuals with strengths in behavioral research, agent-based modeling, social network analysis, and/or large-scale dynamics, regardless of their disciplinary background, are strongly encouraged to apply. The successful candidate should be willing to engage in cross-disciplinary interactions.   Apply through the Princeton University website.

 

Visiting Assistant Professor, Economics, Vassar College

The Vassar College Department of Economics invites applications for a full-time one-year Visiting Assistant Professor or Instructor position.  Evidence of excellent teaching skills is essential; PhD desired but individuals ABD and nearing completion will be considered.  Teaching responsibilities would include two sections of introductory economics, a section of Intermediate Microeconomic Theory, and two sections of Probability and Statistics.  Three sections will be taught in the Fall semester and two sections in the Spring semester.  Introductory courses are capped at 25 students and others are capped at 20 students.

 

Vassar College is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer that is strongly and actively committed to diversity within its community.  Applications from members of historically under-represented groups are especially encouraged.  Vassar is a highly selective residential liberal arts college located in the Hudson Valley seventy-five miles north of New York City.

 

Applications must include a curriculum vitae, evidence of teaching effectiveness, a graduate transcript, and three (3) letters of reference.

 

To apply, please visit http://employment.vassar.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=51436 to link to the posting for this position.  Please direct any questions about the position to econrecruiting@vassar.edu.   Anything that must be sent in hard copy should be directed to Search Committee, Department of Economics, Box 708, Vassar College, 124 Raymond Avenue, Poughkeepsie, 12604-0708.  For full consideration, complete applications must be received by May 6th, 2013.

 

Head of Scholars’ Lab Graduate Programs, University of Virginia

Job Number: 0611761

 

Posting Summary:

The University of Virginia Library seeks an experienced, versatile digital scholar and administrator to lead programs for graduate students in our internationally recognized Scholars’ Lab; home of the Praxis Program and a vibrant community of Graduate Fellows in Digital Humanities. The ideal candidate will have: deep familiarity with humanities scholarship and digital methods at the graduate level; an interest in experimental approaches to analysis, authoring, and publication; experience in teaching and administrative roles in higher education; and a commitment to the training of emerging scholars and alt-ac humanities professionals. The Head of Scholars’ Lab Graduate Programs joins an accomplished and forward-looking digital scholarship team, and is eligible for the self-directed research time that all of our staff members are granted for professional engagement and to pursue their own, often collaborative, R&D projects.

 

Primary Responsibilities: Mentoring, managing day-to-day operations, and coordinating staff support for both team-based and individual graduate fellowship programs at U.Va. Library. Developing intellectual programming in the digital humanities for the Scholars’ Lab and building community among emerging scholars at U.Va. Fostering collaboration on humanities training and research support with internal and external partners.

 

Required Education: Master’s Degree or Equivalent

Preferred Education: Doctoral Degree

Required Experience: Considerable – 4 to 7 years

 

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

Working knowledge of digital humanities technologies and directions. Strong interest in mentoring junior scholars from project conceptualization to published outcomes. Excellent communications skills, including the ability to present complex technical information to a generalist audience and a clear understanding of humanities perspectives and needs. Previous experience in higher education administration and experience in scholarly research, writing, and digital project development preferred.

 

To be considered for this position please visit our web site and apply on line at the following link: jobs.virginia.edu

 

 

Jobs, Internships, Fellowships, etc.

 

Samuel S. Fels Fund Internships in Community Service, Philadelphia (Paid)

http://samfels.org/wordpress/2012-summer-internships-in-community-service/

Feel like spending the summer in Philadelphia, arguably the best city in the country?  These internships are open to all graduate students (master’s and Ph.D.) and pay a (reasonably) generous stipend ($6000).

 

Java Script Developer, GENWI, New York, NY

GENWI (Generation Wireless) helps content publishers to create engaging apps with a revolutionary cloud-based mobile content management system. The GENWI mobile Content Management System (mCMS) gives publishers a quick and easy way to repurpose their content to create engaging apps once and then deliver native and HTML5 apps to multiple devices. Today, there are over 1,500 apps powered by GENWI including those from Conde Nast, The Hollywood Reporter, IndiaTimes, Forbes, and PBS Kids.   Founded in 2010, GENWI is a privately held firm based in the Bay Area. For more information, please visit http://genwi.com or follow us on Twitter @genwi.

 

Responsibilities:

Build the next generation of publishing apps

Create new, exciting features and push your code to millions of users

Immerse yourself in all-things Javascript

Work with some of the biggest publishers to create touch experiences

 

Qualifications:

Expert Javascript developer

Working knowledge of HTML/CSS

In-depth knowledge of the latest web technologies and frameworks

Experience with mobile web applications

Experience performance tuning web applications

Experience using the Model-View-Controller architectural pattern

4+ years of experience with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Engineering, or equivalent

 

Exceptional candidates will have

B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. in Computer Science or equivalent

Familiarity with HTML5

Startup experience

 

http://genwi.theresumator.com/apply/fkss6D/Javascript-Developer.html

 

New York Graduate Intern, Direct TV, New York, NY

An internship at DIRECTV Latin America gives you an opportunity to make an impact in our fastest-growing unit, Latin America. Located in Midtown Manhattan’s famed Rockefeller Center, DIRECTV Latin America’s Corporate Headquarters group acts as functional business partners to the leadership of each country’s operation.

Our internship program matches your skills and abilities with our functional areas: Sales & Marketing, Legal, Human Resources, Programming Acquisition, Field Services, and Customer Experience. You’ll be assigned real-life projects that add value and impact our growing business, and when you have completed your experience you will have an opportunity to present your work to DTVLA’s key business leaders.

The Internship Experience

No two internships are alike, but you will have an opportunity experience the following over the course of your assignment with DIRECTV:

 

Professional Development

• Regular “lunch and learn” sessions to understand our business

• Interaction and networking with senior leadership

• Skills-building sessions tailored to your internship

• Executive presentation of your internship experience

Internship Types

• Full-time paid summer internships

• Part-time paid summer internships

Requirements:

• One year completed in degree program

• Bachelor’s, Master’s, M.B.A, or Ph.D.

• Strong Overall/Major GPA

• Related major, experience, interests, and skills

• Demonstrated leadership skills

• Demonstrated project management skills

• Spanish language skills required, Portuguese a plus

 

Apply to job number 1300797 at http://www.directv.com/DTVAPP/about/careers.jsp

 

 

Program Officer, The Fund for New Jersey

The Fund for New Jersey, a private grant-making foundation, works to improve the quality of public

policy decision-making on the most significant issues affecting the people of New Jersey and our

region. Our grant making advances systemic and sustainable solutions to public problems through

the work of policy, advocacy, analysis, and organizing.  We seek a Program Officer who will work with the President, staff, and Trustees to guide The Fund for New Jersey into the future. Responsibilities will encompass both programmatic and strategic

work, including:

 

Grant Making (80%)

• Cultivating and deepening relationships with potential and current grantees

• Managing, monitoring, and evaluating proposals and grants

• Working supportively with grantees to achieve the aims of The Fund’s grants

• Researching and implementing new initiatives in support of The Fund’s priorities

Collaboration and Communication (20%)

• Developing strong relationships with non-profit and public leaders and philanthropic

colleagues

• Convening and joining collaborative initiatives to achieve The Fund’s objectives

• Writing and speaking eloquently and effectively on behalf of The Fund for New Jersey

 

The strongest candidate will have excellent academic and professional experience, including:

• Excellent judgment and ability to learn quickly

• Deep understanding of public policy, non-profit organizations and philanthropy

• Demonstrated commitment to social change

• Very strong research skills and capacity for policy analysis and program evaluation

• Evidence of outstanding writing, thinking, and interpersonal skills

• Flexibility, energy, and enthusiasm to address an array of issues facing New Jersey

• Ease and experience with technology, digital media, and non-profit financial management

 

The Fund offers an exceptional work environment, salary commensurate with experience, and

excellent benefits. The Fund values and respects diversity.

 

To apply: Please send a cover letter outlining your interest and fit for the position, a resume, a

writing sample (no more than 1000 words), and a list of three references. Send all materials to Kiki

Jamieson, President, at lmandell@fundfornj.org. Please include your last name in the subject line.

Review of applications will begin on April 1 and will continue until the position is filled.

 

 

Deputy Director, Center for 21st Century Studies, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

The Center for 21st Century Studies, a UW System Center of Excellence at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee campus, leads the way in imagining, defining, and creating the burgeoning field of 21st century studies, focusing on the intersection of the humanities, arts, and sciences (social and natural) with issues of compelling concern.  One of the oldest humanities institutes in the U.S., the Center is devoted to fostering cross-disciplinary research across the humanities, humanistic social sciences, and the arts.  Each year, a group of mainly UWM faculty, whose research speaks to the annual theme, is chosen to be resident Fellows at the Center. Each of the fellows suggests possible speakers, and we work with their suggestions to develop a broad program of lectures and other events, including an annual spring conference.  The Deputy Director plays a key role in all of these events, and is a full and active member of the bi-weekly Fellows Seminar.

 

Although the Deputy Director position is classified by UWM as a non-teaching academic staff position, we made arrangements for the former Deputy Director to teach one course per year at her request and would be happy to do so for her replacement if s/he was interested in teaching.  The main responsibilities for the position, described in the attached job description, are to administer the operations of C21, with the assistance of two full-time staff people and two half-time graduate student project assistants.  While this is the “sine qua non” for the position, what makes it an especially good opportunity for someone interested in pursuing an alternative academic career is that the Deputy Director plays a key role in helping the director plan and develop the Center’s themes, programs, conferences, and invited speakers.

 

We are especially keen to find someone who wants to pursue and create Center initiatives related to their own intellectual interests, as the former Deputy Directory was able to do, particularly but not exclusively in regard to her concern with public humanities and with developing initiatives in digital scholarship. We are not interested in someone only capable of executing the director’s ideas, but rather someone who can be a partner in helping to shape the direction of C21. Another attractive element of the position is the opportunity it provides to mentor graduate students–not only our two project assistants but also the graduate students who are involved with C21′s programs, particularly those who organize the annual Midwest Interdisciplinary Graduate Conference (MIGC), which the Center actively co-sponsors.  Finally, I would add that the Deputy Director position is held in high esteem at the University, thereby providing the incumbent ample opportunities to get involved as s/he wishes with university committees and other service opportunities as a way to begin to build a resume for an administrative career in higher education.

 

For those of you who don’t know Milwaukee, I can assure you that it is an affordable city to live in, with plenty of things to do and easy access by train or car to Chicago.  And despite the recent political turmoil in Wisconsin, UWM is a vibrant campus and C21 is an exciting place to be.

 

I would be very grateful if you could forward this email to people you know (students or former students, colleagues, friends) who might be interested in this position.  The application deadline is April 12; applications must be made on the UWM HR site: https://jobs.uwm.edu/postings/13293.  The director, Richard Grusin (grusin@uwm.edu), would be happy to answer questions from serious applicants.

 

Archivist, The Irving Penn Foundation, New York City NY (Brooklyn Navy Yard)

Job description: The archivist will be working with the Foundation archive to ensure the preservation and accurate record keeping of all artworks and materials in the Foundation’s holdings. This position requires standards of total care and handling of works of art in a climate controlled environment.  Salary commensurate with experience including benefits.

 

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

-The ongoing cataloguing and preservation of the Foundation archive.

-Preventive maintenance and care of the Foundation archive.

-Condition reporting.

-Data-entry and database management.

-The production of finding aids and guides.

-Conducting research for book related projects and exhibitions.

 

Individual requirements:

-Must possess outstanding work ethics.

-Exercise utmost care and respect for fine art prints and precious materials.

-Abide by strict Foundation procedures by signing a confidentiality agreement.

 

Academic requirements:

-Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree preferred.

 

Resume requirements:

-Please write a brief, one-page cover letter expressing your interest in working with the Foundation.

-Include your resume with current work and academic experience.

-Include 3 professional recommendations which may include personal and academic references.

-Applicants must be able to interview in person.

-E-mail your resume to: jobs@irvingpenn.org and include ‘ARCHIVIST’ in the subject field.

-No phone calls please.

Website: http://irvingpenn.org

 

Exhibition Research Assistant, National September 11 Memorial & Museum, New York, NY

Application deadline: April 5, 2013

The 9/11 Memorial Museum is in the process of finalizing its inaugural exhibitions, which will chronicle the events of 9/11, the related global events that preceded the attacks, their aftermath, and their ongoing legacy.

 

The Exhibition Research Assistant will support the completion of this work through content aggregation and fact checking.

 

The Exhibition Research Assistant will also work with the Assistant Exhibition Curator and the Exhibition Coordinator on a project related to a specific exhibition component involving interactive informational databases. This position will be responsible for content development and data management.

 

The Exhibition Research Assistant will also support the ongoing process of verifying the accuracy of the exhibition text with directed research tasks, entering source information (data entry), assembling hard copy reference files, and other related assignments. Fact-checking work for the 9/11 Memorial Museum opening will include reviewing materials produced by other Museum departments, including Collections, Education, Communications, and Public Affairs.

 

The Exhibition Research Assistant will report to the Assistant Exhibition Curator. This position is a full-time term hire, through June 2014.

 

The Exhibition Research Assistant’s responsibilities will include:

 

Researching content.

Integrating large data sets.

Documenting sources and maintaining reference files.

Reaching out to data providers and constituents

Developing content delivery packages for designers.

Supporting other special projects as they arise.

 

Undergraduate degree required.

Graduate degree in library science, museum studies, history, journalism, or related program preferred.

At least one year general office experience.

Excellent communication, research and organizational skills.

Methodical and attentive to detail.

Familiarity with a range of computer programs, including the Microsoft Office suite.

General knowledge of September 11, 2001 and February 26, 1993 events preferred.

Experience with database management and entry.

 

HOW TO APPLY

Include job title in the email subject field.

Please state the location where the job posting was seen.

Send cover letter and resume by 4/5/13 to administration@911memorial.org

Please visit our website at www.911memorial.org

 

The National September 11 Memorial and Museum at the World Trade Center Foundation, Inc. is committed to workforce diversity. EEO.

 

 

Jennifer S. Furlong

Director, Office of Career Planning and Professional Development

The Graduate Center of the City University of New York

365 Fifth Avenue

New York, NY 10016-4309

212-817-7416 (t)

212-817-1621 (f)

JFurlong@gc.cuny.edu

 

Wellness Center Student Counseling Services Events

By
Marilyn Weber
 – March 25, 2013Posted in: GC Events

WORKSHOP

Substance Use and Graduate School:

When Does it Help and When Does it Hurt?

Thursday, April 4, 2013, 12:00-1:30pm

Room 6421

Nicole Kosanke, Ph.D., and Danielle Benveniste, M.A.

Maintaining a balanced lifestyle is a challenge, especially when you are in graduate school. The academic and social pressures of being a student in the fast paced, alcohol-centric culture of New York City can make it even harder to make healthy choices.

Whether you are concerned about your own or someone else’s behavior, the best way to assess and understand substance use is with an inquisitive and nonjudgmental stance. This workshop will include information about:

  • How to assess substance use in yourself and others
  • Ways to talk about substance use in an effective and compassionate way
  • Strategies for changing behavior
  • Alternatives to abstinence

Nicole Kosanke, Ph.D., is the Director of Evaluations and Family Services at the Center for Motivation and Change. She has worked in both therapeutic and research settings to address the most effective ways to help people change substance abusing behaviors and to help loved ones effectively assist in that process while also taking good care of themselves. She also has specialized training in Community Reinforcement and Family Training (CRAFT), an effective and unique treatment approach designed to help family members take care of themselves while also helping to motivate their substance abusing loved ones to be engaged in treatment.

Danielle Benveniste, M.A., is a Pre-doctoral Fellow at the Wellness Center and a third-year doctoral student in clinical psychology at City College.

DROP-IN SERIES 

DISSERTATION COMPLETION NOW!

Every Tuesday, April 9, 2013 – May 28, 2013

10:00 AM to 11:00 AM

The Wellness Center, Room #6422.04

These workshops were developed especially for the doctoral students of the Graduate Center on the basis of the experiences of doctoral students who attended dissertation completion groups during the past three years. These workshops and groups are led by clinical psychologist, Prof. Daniel Rothenberg of the Student Counseling Services/Wellness Center.

Practical dimensions of completing your dissertation

What you need to know about the “nuts and bolts”, as well as the complexities of completing the dissertation, selecting an advisor and what you must do in order to successfully navigate the dissertation completion process from beginning to end.

Personal dimensions of completing the dissertation

What you need to know about the personal dimensions of how you relate to your dissertation topic, your advisor, your family and friends in order to successfully complete the doctorate. What is the inner wisdom that you need to acquire in order to navigate the dissertation and avoid pitfalls on the road to a life in academia?  This workshop will provide mindfulness skills, as well as awareness tools that you need to regulate your life and maintain clarity from the time that you begin your dissertation through the time that you obtain employment beyond the doctorate.

You must be a registered GC student to participate in this workshops.  To register for this workshop stop by the Wellness Center Student Counseling Services in Room 6422 to fill out an application.

For more information, please call (212) 817-8731. For a calendar of all upcoming workshops or to download an application, please visit our web pages at http://cuny.is/wellnesscenter

All services offered through the Wellness Center Student Counseling Services are strictly confidential. We believe that confidentiality is essential to establishing an atmosphere of safety and trust. Information about you or your participation in our services is not shared with academic departments or other administrative offices. In rare situations in which there is the potential for harm to self or others, appropriate steps are taken to maintain safety for all concerned. A full confidentiality statement is available in the Wellness Center, Room 6422.

 

Annual Wellness Festival

APR 15, 2013 | 10:00 AM TO 4:30 PM

Concourse Level

Free

Description

The Festival will take place from 10:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. on the Concourse Level of the Graduate Center.

Like past years, the festival will feature many health screenings (blood pressure, cholesterol, diabetes, vision, hearing, etc.) and several other wellness professionals offering health information.

This year, our emphasis will be on wellness for the entire body, with many professionals specializing in yoga, alternative healing, and physical fitness.

Of note, there will be two free yoga classes offered in the morning and afternoon. Look out for emails regarding pre-registration for these classes.

Questions? Contact the Health Education Coordinator at healthed@gc.cuny.edu or 212-817-7028.

Ergonomic Considerations in Academia Workshop

APR 25, 2013 | 3:00 PM TO 4:00 PM

ROOM 9206

Free

Description

 

Ergonomic Considerations in Academia Workshop with Dr. Davis Reyes PT, DPT

You will learn how the body is affected by our everyday habits and work environments, injuries that can result, and simple adjustments you can make to prevent them!

***Pre-registration is required by April 18.***
Email healthed@gc.cuny.edu with your full name and email address

The event is FREE and open to all students, staff, and faculty!

Davis V. Reyes PT, DPT holds a clinical doctorate in physical therapy and is an advanced clinician at Hospital for Special Surgery’s rehabilitation department.

 

 

You must be a registered GC student to participate in this workshops.  To register for this workshop stop by the Wellness Center Student Counseling Services in Room 6422 to fill out an application.

For more information, please call (212) 817-8731. For a calendar of all upcoming workshops or to download an application, please visit our web pages at http://cuny.is/wellnesscenter

All services offered through the Wellness Center Student Counseling Services are strictly confidential. We believe that confidentiality is essential to establishing an atmosphere of safety and trust. Information about you or your participation in our services is not shared with academic departments or other administrative offices. In rare situations in which there is the potential for harm to self or others, appropriate steps are taken to maintain safety for all concerned. A full confidentiality statement is available in the Wellness Center, Room 6422.

4/26: HISTORY BEYOND THE ACADEMY: Public Historians Discuss Their Work

By
Tracy E. Robey
 – March 23, 2013Posted in: History Program Events

Join us for a discussion with leading public historians about the opportunities, challenges, skills, and training involved in “doing history” outside of the university setting

HISTORY BEYOND THE ACADEMY

Public Historians Discuss Their Work

SARAH HENRY

Museum of the City of New York

MARCI REAVEN

New-York Historical Society

STEVE JAFFE

Independent Scholar

ELLEN NOONAN

American Social History Project

FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 4 PM

History Department Lounge / Room 5114

The Graduate Center / Fifth Avenue & 34th Street

 

Sponsored by the Ph.D. Program in History and the American Social History Project/ Center for Media and Learning, the Graduate Center, City University of New York

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4/29 – Holly Brewer on Slavery and Sedition: Rethinking Historical Silences through the mysterious death of Morgan Godwyn

By
Marilyn Weber
 – March 22, 2013Posted in: History Program Events

Join us in the History Program lounge on Monday, April 29th at 2pm for

Holly Brewer on

Slavery and Sedition:  Rethinking Historical Silences through the mysterious death of Morgan Godwyn

In the spring of 1685, Morgan Godwyn, a minister who had served in Virginia and Barbados for more than 15 years, disappeared after publishing a book condemning the slave trade and the practice of slavery in those colonies. In 1687, he died. This paper attempts both to explain the mystery surrounding his death by providing a context for it, and to explore the limits of our vision as historians by examining how censorship and sedition worked in late seventeenth century England and its empire and how those restraints limit what we can see and hear as historians. I argue that Godwyn probably died for criticizing slavery in a world where the name of the King of England, James II, was synonymous with the slave trade. James II was personally responsible, as director of the Royal African Company which had a legal monopoly on the slave trade, for the importation of literally 100,000 souls from Africa to the new world in the decade of the 1680s alone. That same King believed he was God’s anointed servant, responsible to no-one, ruling by divine right. Godwyn’s public condemnation of the slave trade (at Westminster Abbey, in London, in 1685), a sermon he then had published–called the slave trade a bargain with the Devil; by implication, James II was Faustus, and urged to repent.  This paper uses Godwyn’s extraordinary act — and its consequences — to meditate on how power shaped what could be spoken and published, rendering many people “dumb” or mute, as Godwyn bemoaned, and for whom he tried to speak.  They are especially mute to our ears, which are attuned to the published past, from whence we tell our histories. Consequently we have failed to see how extensively slavery was debated before 1775, partly because we have not been looking in the right places, but mostly because we have not been reading through censorship’s veil.

Holly Brewer is Burke Professor of American History & Associate Professor at the University of Maryland.  She earned her Ph.D. from UCLA in 1994 in American History with specialties in Political Theory and British history, and her A.B. from Harvard College in 1986.  She specializes in Early American /Atlantic world history, cultural and intellectual history, and legal history.   Her first book By Birth or Consent: Children, Law, and the Anglo-American Revolution in Authority, which was published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture and UNC Press in 2005, won three prizes, as did her 1997 article “Entailing Aristocracy in Colonial Virginia.” Professor Brewer serves as co-editor of the American Society for Legal History’s (ASLH) book series (which publishes with Cambridge University Press) and serves on the ASLH Board of Directors as well as the Council of the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture.

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3/21 – The Making of a “Minority”: Jews at the Time of the Collapse of the Ottoman Empire and the Rise of the Turkish Republic

By
Marilyn Weber
 – March 21, 2013Posted in: History Program Events

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summer internship at the Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum in Brooklyn

By
Marilyn Weber
 – March 21, 2013Posted in: Job Opportunities, Uncategorized

The Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum
5816 Clarendon Road
Brooklyn, NY 11203

Position: Museum/ Education Intern
(Part-time, Temporary, Unpaid Internship)
Reports to: Director of Education
Start date: June 11, 2013

Position Summary:
The Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum’s is looking for motivated and energetic undergraduate or graduate students to assist in a variety of museum functions. The summer intern will assist with planning and facilitating adult and family programs throughout the summer and will also develop a culminating project based upon his/her interests. The Museum Intern will gain experience working within multiple contexts of a small historic house museum, including social media management, giving guided public tours, and assisting with garden programs.

Position Responsibilities:

  • The Education Intern’s primary responsibilities will be to support the Director of Education with:
    • researching and contacting potential performers and speakers for museum events
    • assisting staff at museum-wide events and public programs
    • collaborating with Director of Education in designing pre and post visit materials for school lessons.
    • designing and leading guided house tours to public audiences
  • Intern will also assist other members of the staff on a variety of projects such as updating the membership database, assisting with garden programs, and planning/distributing marketing materials
  • Over the course of the internship program, the Intern will design a culminating project based on his/her academic or professional interests. Such opportunities may include, but are not limited to, developing small exhibitions, working within the museum archives, drafting interpretive labels, or developing new community programs.

Qualifications:
The ideal candidate will have a background and interest in history, arts and/or education as well as an ability to work flexibly with a team of colleagues. Candidates should possess a B.A in a related field, be working towards an M.A or a recent graduate. Undergraduate students entering Junior and Senior years will be considered based on experience. The summer intern will report directly to the Director of Education.

 

Compensation and Benefits: While the internship is unpaid, the candidate will receive travel reimbursement in the form of MetroCards for work related travel, a free Recreation Center membership for the duration of the internship and entry to weekly Parks & Recreation events, lectures and gatherings.

Schedule:  June 11- August 27, 2013, two and a half month summer internship with dates negotiable.  Part time position, 20 hours a week (2-3 days) including some weekend dates.

To Apply:  Please submit a resume and cover letter detailing your interest and availability by May 1, 2013 to Melissa Branfman, Director of Education at education@wyckoffassociation.org

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Global Studies Collective Events–Save the Date(s)!

By
Tracy E. Robey
 – March 20, 2013Posted in: Uncategorized

Dear everyone,

Greetings from the Global Studies Collective! Please save the date(s) for the following events:

Lit Goes Global: Worlding the Great Books
with Christopher Leydon (Ph.D., Comp. Lit., CUNY Graduate Center)

and

 

American Chinese: The Life of Jade Snow Wong
with Jaime Cleland (Ph.D.,English, CUNY Graduate Center)

These two talks will take place respectively on Friday, 5 April 2013 in Room 5489 and Friday, 26 April 2013 in Room 5409; both lectures will begin at 6 pm. I will send out
reminders about both events later on in the semester, but in order to get a sense of how much food we’ll need to order for these events, we would appreciate it if you could send
an RSVP for either or both lectures to me at megschlegel@yahoo.com.

In the meantime, if you are a currently matriculated doctoral student at the GC, it would be greatly appreciated if you would sign our electronic roster for the spring, 2013 semester (click on the following link):

http://www.cunydsc.org/organizations/global-studies-collective

If you have any questions about our group, please feel free to email me at megschlegel@yahoo.com.

Hoping to seeing you in April,
Best wishes,

Cori L. Gabbard, 2012-13 chair of the Global Studies Collective*

*The purpose of the Global Studies Collective, one of the student groups at the GC, is to provide “members of the Graduate Center community with an inter-disciplinary forum
for research, discussion, and networking relating to scholarly and professional pursuits on issues of contemporary international and global relevance” by convening “student[s] and faculty from various departments. . . .to discuss issues of globalization, development,
diplomacy, human rights, migration and diaspora(s) and transnationalism” (Global Studies Collective Mission Statement). Although the Global Studies Collective has traditionally attracted student members from the departments of Anthropology, Economics, History, Political Science, and Sociology, we welcome students from all disciplines at the
GC with an interest in these topics to join us,and indeed, our two upcoming events should be of particular interest to those in the humanities.

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