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Информация для гуманитариев: гранты, стажировки,
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FELLOWSHIPS / СТАЖИРОВКИ И СТИПЕНДИИ
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The Centre of Law and Society Research Visitor Fellowship Call, 2018/19
The Centre of Law and Society of the School of Law and Politics, Cardiff University, invites early career scholars and emerging researchers to apply for the CLS research visitor fellowships in the academic year 2018/19. The Centre, associated with the internationally prestigious Journal of Law and Society, offers a stimulating academic environment for socio-legal scholars to conduct research of the highest quality. Applications are welcome from UK and overseas scholars in any field of socio-legal studies. Applicants are expected to make initial contact with their preferred academic sponsor from the School of Law and Politics who will be acting as their point of contact through their visit. As part of their application, they will submit a brief description (500 words) of their research project. Successful candidates are expected to contribute at least one research seminar during their stay and submit a short report at the end of their visit.
Successful scholars and researchers will be able to visit the Centre as its fellows for periods up to one month. The Centre can support them by up to £1000 contributing towards travel and accommodation costs.
Application deadline: 15 September 2018
For further details, please, contact the CLS Director Prof. Jiří Přibáň: [email protected]
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http://www.imre-kertesz-kolleg.uni-jena.de/activities/detail/call-for-applications-fellowships-2019-2020/
Call for Applications Imre Kertész Kolleg Jena
by Joachim von Puttkamer
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: FELLOWSHIPS 2019-2020
The Imre Kertész Kolleg invites applications for Fellowships for the academic year 2019-2020 for periods of residence between three and twelve months.
Applications are invited from noted and established scholars in the history of Central and Eastern Europe or neighboring disciplines such as sociology, anthropology, political science, philosophy, literary studies or linguistics relevant to the region.
Fellows are expected to conduct a larger scholarly project corresponding to the research profile of the Kolleg. As the Fellowships are writing fellowships either for conceptualizing or finalizing work, fellows are expected to work at the Imre Kertész Kolleg and to reside in Jena for the duration of their fellowship.
Stipends range from € 3.000 to € 5.300 per month according to the academic position at the home institution. The Kolleg will provide work space, support by student research assistants, and will help finding appropriate accommodation in Jena.
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ISRF INDEPENDENT SCHOLAR FELLOWSHIP COMPETITION (ISF5)
Subject Fields: Social Sciences, Political Science, Economic History / Studies, Anthropology, Philosophy
The Independent Social Research Foundation wishes to support independent-minded researchers to explore and present original research ideas which take new approaches, and suggest new solutions, to real world soseecial problems.
The foundation intends to award on a competitive basis, to candidates of sufficient merit, up to four Independent Scholar Fellowship grants to support original interdisciplinary research, across the range of the social sciences, to be held from a start date no later than the end of December 2019.
The award is intended to enable the buy-out from current occupation of an independent scholar to pursue his/her research full- or part-time (or for cost of living support if not seeking buy-out from existing employment) for a period of up to 12 months, and will be considered to a maximum of £25,000 per successful applicant. The awards are not intended to support newly qualified scholars entering the post-doctoral stage. Reasonable childcare or other domestic costs may be considered.
An ‘Independent Scholar’ is understood as someone, whether or not currently in employment, who is engaged on intellectual work of a nature and standard comparable to that of a professional academic.
Normally applicants will hold a PhD. Other academic or professional qualifications may be considered, along with publications usually in peer-reviewed academic journals. Monographs, professional journals and the popular media may also be considered.
Applicants should consult the Criteria as set out in the Further Particulars (see link below) and show that they meet them. Applicants should follow the Application procedure and should present their Proposal in the format specified there.
To Apply: http://www.isrf.org/funding-opportunities/grant-competitions/isf5/
Closing date for applications is 4pm on 10th August 2018.
Contact Email: [email protected]
URL: http://www.isrf.org/funding-opportunities/grant-competitions/isf5/
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CONFERENCES / КОНФЕРЕНЦИИ
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https://www.connections.clio-online.net/event/id/termine-37750The
Clements Center for Southwest Studies at Southern Methodist University in Dallas and the Center for Spatial and Textual Analysis at Stanford University in Palo Alto solicit proposals for papers that explore the environmental history of borderlands in the early modern world.
An initial meeting will be held at SMU’s satellite campus in Taos, New Mexico in Fall 2019 to be followed in Spring 2020 by a conference at Stanford. We expect a university press will publish the papers as a volume edited by conference co-organizers Johan Elverskog (Southern Methodist University) and Ali Yaycioglu (Stanford University).
The symposium and the resulting volume mark an opportunity to (re)consider the environmental contexts of borderlands and frontiers of different political orders, particularly pluralistic imperial regimes, roughly between the 15th and 19th centuries. While examining how environmentality was negotiated by human actors of bordering (or overlapping) political regimes, we also intend to explore possibilities that go beyond the binariebetween nature and culture, and environmental and political orders.
We welcome papers focusing on mountains, forests, rivers, lakes, swamps, steppes, deserts, seas and oceans, under-seas, subterranean and aerial spaces as environmental borderlands and frontiers of different large-scale (imperial) human organizations. In these undertakings, however, we are particularly interested in contributions with holistic conceptualizations of eco-orders of humans and non-humans, which can challenge established anthropocentric approaches. We do not have any geographical priority. Our concerns are truly global. To this end we plan on bringing together scholars working on the environmental history of borderland regions around the world. We also welcome digital history projects.
We welcome submissions from scholars of any rank or affiliation who are eager to contribute substantively to what promises to be an exciting and important academic endeavor. By the deadline of October 1, 2018 applicants should submit a one-page CV and a proposal of 500-800 words to Johan Elverskog ([email protected]) describing the research undertaken and its connection to the goals of the conference. For more information about the symposium please contact Johan or Ali Yaycioglu ([email protected]).
Kontakt
Johan Elverskog ([email protected])
Ali Yaycioglu ([email protected]).
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https://networks.h-net.org/node/6873/discussions/2037482/cfp-narrating-birth-ageing-and-death-peking-university
The 2nd Peking University International Conference on Medical Humanities: Narrating Birth, Ageing and Death
Sponsored by the Institute for Medical Humanities at Peking University
Over the past century advances in biomedicine and the rise of secularism have profoundly changed the ways that we practise, experience, narrate, and theorise birth, ageing and death. In response to global health challenges brought about by rapid demographic shifts –– overpopulation, environmental sustainability, and healthcare expenditure –– this conference aims to explore narratives, myths, and other cultural representations of birth, ageing and death from a wide range of critical, ethical, and aesthetic perspectives to inform the development of healthcare services, economics, and policy.
Contact email: [email protected]
Dates: 15-16 November 2018
Paper topics may include but are not limited to:
The medicalisation of birth, ageing and/or death
Gender and childbirth
Postpartum confinement in China, Japan, Korea and other cultures
Myths of birth, ageing, and/or death
Symbols and metaphors of birth, ageing, and/or death in poetry, literature, life writing, science fiction, and comics
Portrayals of birth, ageing, and/or death in film
Narrative Medicine and birth, ageing, and/or death
Gender, culture, and healthy ageing in different cultures
Physical and mental health care in ageing societies
Elderly care and Confucian bioethics
Ageing and memory
Palliative care in multicultural contexts
Hospice care
Traditional palliative care practises past and present
Death and stigma
Dying with dignity
Last rites
Indigenous death rituals
Post-mortem photography
Elegies and obituaries
Burial practises among ethnic minorities
Death education
Include a title, name, institutional affiliation, a short bio (100 words), email address, and a 300-word proposal.
Conference languages are Chinese, English and Japanese.
Deadline for submission: 31 July 2018 in .docx format to: [email protected]
Please use the format of “Abstract+ the title of your paper” as the subject.
For any inquiries regarding the program please contact: [email protected]
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Mind and Brain
20th to 21st September 2018 Flint, United States of America
Academic conference addressing traditional topics such as epistemology, cognition, reasoning, theory of action, consciousness, and philosophy of mind; topics may have a theoretical, practical or historical focus.
Enquiries: [email protected]
Web address: https://cognethic.org/events/2017/9/14/mind-and-brain-a6se3
Sponsored by: Center for Cognition and Neuroethics
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Институт истории, археологии и этнографии народов Дальнего Востока
Дальневосточного отделения РАН 690001, Владивосток, ул. Пушкинская 89;
тел.: (4232) 22-05-07; факс: (4232) 26-82-11; E-mail: [email protected]
ИНФОРМАЦИОННОЕ ПИСЬМО
Уважаемые коллеги!
Институт истории, археологии и этнографии народов Дальнего Востока Дальневосточного отделения Российской академии наук объявляет о проведении 23—24 октября 2018 г. Международной научной конференции:
ГРАЖДАНСКАЯ ВОЙНА И ИНТЕРВЕНЦИЯ НА ДАЛЬНЕМ ВОСТОКЕ РОССИИ: ПРИЧИНЫ, ОСОБЕННОСТИ, УЧАСТНИКИ
Цель конференции: формирование дискуссионной площадки для обсуждения новых концепций, методологии исследования гражданской войны и интервенции на Дальнем Востоке, введение в научный оборот новых исторических фактов и источников.
Основные направления работы конференции:
1. Гражданская война в России и на Дальнем Востоке и вмешательство в неё Антанты.
2. Вооруженные силы противоборствующих сторон, военные действия в ходе Гражданской войны.
3. Органы государственной власти, местное самоуправление, общественные организации и институты на Дальнем Востоке в 1918—1922 гг.
4. Социально-экономическая жизнь региона в военно-революционный период 1918—1922 гг.
5. Повседневная жизнь и культура дальневосточного региона в годы Гражданской войны и интервенции.
6. Международная обстановка на Дальнем Востоке и в странах АТР в годы Гражданской войны.
7. Источники и фонды архивных учреждений по истории Гражданской войны и интервенции на Дальнем Востоке России.
Конференция состоится во Владивостоке 23—24 октября 2018 г.
Публикация материалов конференции будет зависеть от финансовых возможностей Института. Оргкомитет оставляет за собой право отклонять материалы, в случае их не соответствия тематике конференции. Тел. для справок: 8(4232) 22-03-37 ; факс (4232) 26-82-11.
Заявки на участие в конференции следует направлять по электронной почте на адрес: [email protected] до 8 октября 2018 г. с пометкой: Конференция «Гражданская война и интервенция».
ЗАЯВКА
на участие в конференции «ГРАЖДАНСКАЯ ВОЙНА И ИНТЕРВЕНЦИЯ НА ДАЛЬНЕМ ВОСТОКЕ РОССИИ: ПРИЧИНЫ, ОСОБЕННОСТИ, УЧАСТНИКИ» 23—24 октября 2018 г. ИИАЭ ДВО РАН
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CALL FOR PROPOSALS
Picturing Russian Empire University of Tyumen
June 28–29, 2019
This conference, sponsored by the University of Tyumen, and the subsequent volume, are intended to produce a multidisciplinary examination of the connections between empire and the visual in the long history of the Rus’, Russian, Soviet, and post-Soviet territories.
In 2008, Picturing Russia: Explorations in Visual Culture, a volume of short essays brought to the fore ways that analysis of the visual could both expand and change perspectives on Russia history. That book touched on imperial visualities primarily from a Russian point of view. In the present project we want to offer the broadest possible perspectives on visual experiences of empire in Russian and former Soviet space. We invite scholars working in any field of study to engage in a discussion of visuality, visual media, and visual methodologies in this region.
We especially welcome proposals from scholars working in former Soviet space and scholars whose research explores perspectives on empire from outside the capitals or traditional centers of power.
Topics may include but are not limited to:
• How did the visual complicate the political binaries of empire?
• How was imperial power established, mediated, maintained or subverted by the visual?
• How was indigenous authority established, mediated, maintained or subverted by the visual?
• How did the visual mediate between forms of imperial authority and indigenous authority?
• How did the visual represent the complexities of imperial experience?
• Does the visual allow us to understand empire differently than textural sources and if so how?
• What does the visual give us in terms of emotional investment, sensory knowledge?
• Is the imperial visual always Orientalist?
• Is the imperial visual always a weapon of power?
• What were the conscious theories of the visual that motivated the visual production of empire?
• Can we access viewers’ responses to the imperial visual?
• To what extent is visuality distinct from or intertwined with the other senses?
• How does studying the visual contribute to understanding or challenging Russia’s supposed “logocentrism”?
• How can it contribute to debates about modernity’s purported “occularcentrism”?
• Do these concepts – occularcentrism and logocentrism – contribute in any way to our understandings of the premodern or the religious spheres in the history of empire?
• How did the visual shape imperial geographical knowledge?
• How the visual language of the empire changed over time and space?
• Was the empire united in terms of visual? Local, regional and general visual metaphors of empire: how did it work?
Our goal is to produce a sequel to “Picturing Russia” that replicates its structure as an accessible text for students and a compendium of innovative theoretical and methodological contributions/advances to historical approaches to the visual.
Proposals should focus on one (or a very limited number) of visual objects and should foreground discussion of the stakes of the visual. Abstracts should be no more than 250 words and should be submitted in English. They should specify the visual medium or object under examination and the theoretical or methodological questions under discussion.
Proposals should be sent Sergei A. Kozlov via e-mail: [email protected] by October 1st, 2018.
We will have a limited number of slots for the conference, but we anticipate that the book will be able to include a larger number of contributors. Essays for the volume will be very short, no longer than 3000 words, and should include no more than three images.
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Call for Papers: Technologies of Mind and Body in the Soviet Union and the Eastern Bloc
An international symposium to take place at the University of Nottingham (UK), 17-18 May 2019
Deadline for the submission of abstracts: 30 September 2018
The project of creating a ‘New Man’ and ‘New Woman’ initiated in the Soviet Union and the Eastern Bloc constituted one of the most extensive efforts to remake human psychophysiology in modern history. Revolutionary campaigns targeting the mental and physical ‘reforging’ of the population have attracted a growing number of scholars and engaged a variety of disciplines and methodologies in recent years. Bringing this research together, this symposium aims to shed new light on the multifaceted techniques that were developed in order to transform and revolutionise individual minds and bodies. How did science, culture and medicine overlap with a mode of government that sought to manage, cultivate and regulate human life? What role did Soviet and East European scientists, medical professionals, educational specialists and cultural producers play in the articulation of new ideas about the body, health and human perfectibility? How did individuals and collectives engage with – or resist – the transformative imperatives of the Soviet experiment? Spotlighting the intersection of expert knowledge, culture and revolutionary agendas of mind-body transformation, the symposium will address the following topics:
The mind/body as object of scientific and medical knowledge
Media technologies and new arenas of sensory experience
The blurred boundaries between science, technology and culture
Encounters between the ‘biological’ and the ‘technological’
Technologies of the self and self-fashioning
Disciplinary power, biopolitics and techniques of bodily management
Understandings of human variation and dis/ability
Organisers: Anna Toropova (Nottingham) and Claire Shaw (Warwick)
Please send a paper title, an abstract of 300 words and a brief academic biography (200 words) to [email protected] by 30th September 2018.
Limited funding is available to assist presenters with travel and accommodation costs (priority will be given to PhD students, early career scholars and those from institutions without research funds).
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https://www.hsozkult.de/event/id/termine-37714?title=economic-activities-and-archival-practices-in-europe-between-the-12th-and-the-21st-century&recno=4&q&sort&fq&total=917
Economic Activities and Archival Practices in Europe between the 12th and the 21st century
04.04.2019 - 05.04.2019
Deadline 30.09.2018
In recent years, archives and archival practices have attracted significant new interest. Building upon theoretical insights by Michel Foucault, Jacques Derrida, and several post-colonial theorists, ‘archiving’ is now increasingly understood as a foundational cultural operation. The development of routines not only for producing, but also for preserving, collecting, and storing documents of all kind is considered a crucial element of cultural change. In the European case, generally speaking, the centuries after c. 1100 have witnessed a significant and rapid expansion of archival practices. Historians in a number of fields currently study the growing relevance of record-keeping. The realm of politics and administration still holds pride of place, but church archives are also attracting special attention. From a vantage point less centered on institutions, historians explore the interplay between personal identity, life-writing, and archival practices with greater frequency.
This two-day workshop seeks to highlight another vital, but understudied area for the shaping of Europe’s archival culture: economic life. While scholars generally agree, that the economic sphere contributed significantly to how Europe’s specific culture of pragmatic literacy took shape – one might think, e.g., of account books or debt-certificates –, much less attention has thus far been paid to the relationship between economic and archival practices. This conference considers the significance of economic archiving for the rise and shaping of Europe’s archival culture. To do so, we invite papers on topics from the Middle Ages to the contemporary world. As we seek to ask questions pertaining to long-term developments, we are particularly interested in papers on less-studied epochs and phenomena. Submissions should be made by email no later than September 30. All submissions should focus on or, at least, build upon research concerning the everyday relevance of archives for economic activities. “How did archiving and economic activity shape each other?” is going to be one of this conference’s key questions.
Abstracts (750 words), including a title and a short CV, should be send directly to Prof. Markus Friedrich at:
[email protected]
Kontakt: Prof. Dr. Markus Friedrich
Professor für Europäische Geschichte der Frühen Neuzeit
Überseering 35, 22297 Hamburg
[email protected]
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https://networks.h-net.org/node/10000/discussions/1983356/reminder-cfp-monarchy-and-modernity-1500-1945-university
CFP 'Monarchy and Modernity, 1500-1945', University of Cambridge, 8-9 January 2019
The conference announced on the cfp below was originally designed for Europeanists, but was opened up to all world areas following multiple requests by non-Europeanists to participate. The cfp has therefore been revised and the deadline extended to August 15, 2018. Please note that all proposals previously submitted remain valid and, where applicable, accepted.
Monarchy and Modernity since 1500
University of Cambridge 8-9 January 2019
Europe’s past is overwhelmingly monarchical, yet the monarchies that remain in place today hardly resemble those that governed Europe at the end of the Middle Ages. Modernity has transformed monarchy from a matter of unquestioned and often sacred fact to a matter of largely secular and usually democratic choice. If the words remain the same – along with many of the families, their titles, properties and places of residence – their meaning has changed profoundly over time and across countries, so much so that, along the centuries, the working mechanisms, functions and powers of European monarchy have been transformed. The academic literature, however, seldom measures this distance between monarchy’s various historical meanings and its surprisingly frequent manifestations today.
In theoretical and speculative disciplines, the lack of inquiry into monarchy’s significance is due partly to disciplinary divisions. Political theorists, intellectual historians, experts in jurisprudence and art and literary critics rarely delve into the subject of monarchy, while historians of monarchy tend to focus on chronology rather than concepts. Monarchy’s own nature has helped determine these divisions.With its providentialist, semi-magic and mysterious foundations in the divine right of kings, monarchism is a double paradox, a form of political theory that is at once anti-political and anti-theoretical. Innovatively, this conference seeks to break disciplinary barriers by combining the outlooks of monarchical specialists on the one hand , and of social , cultural , literary and political theorists on the other .
Proceeding from the premise that the nature of things is best known , and their development most determined , during critical times , this conference centers on three ( long ) key moments in the history of modern European monarchy : the English Revolution , the French Revolution , and the mainstreaming of republicanism during the first half of the twentieth century . These moments , however , are only referential , and presentations studying the reinvention , representation and conceptualisation of monarchy during other modern periods , from 1500 to the present , are also welcome , with Renaissance subjects possibly serving as introits and contemporary ones as epilogues to the conference .
The main lines of inquiry are twofold , one directed at monarchy ’ s political-legal significance , and the other at its socio - cultural , psychological , religious, literary and spiritual roles . The political -legal line of inquiry can include – without being limited to – European monarchy ’ s historical relationship to legislation and the administration of justice , as well as democratic , republican , and aristocratic traditions . The theological / sociological / anthropological perspective is instead concerned with monarchy as a series of rituals , processions , celebrations and formal procedures that represent sovereignty , organise time and relationships , lend nations a sense of identity , and connect individuals emotionally with sacred spaces and powers , especially as represented by the Catholic and Protestant religions .
Studies of non-European monarchical traditions are likewise accepted, preferably with reference to European ones.
Contributions may address one or more of the following themes but are not limited to them :
* Monarchy in political thought
* Monarchy and constitutionalism
* Monarchy in its relation with religion , theology and spirituality
* The relationship between spiritual and temporal powers
* Royalism vs . monarchism
* National and sovereign representation
* The royal imaginary, including literary representations of monarchy
* Monarchy and property
* Monarchy and material culture: art, fashion and the built environment
* Royal feasts , rituals , processions and celebrations
* Women and monarchy
* Non-European monarchical traditions, preferably with reference to European ones.
We invite proposals for 20- minute presentations , which will be revised subsequently for publication in a peer - reviewed collective volume . Graduate students are welcome to participate , and papers in Dutch , English , French , German , Italian , Portuguese and Spanish are accepted , although English is encouraged to facilitate communication . The conference will be held at the University of Cambridge on 8-9 January 2019. Please email a 200- word abstract and one - page CV to Carolina Armenteros ( [email protected]) by 15 August 2018.
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JOB/ ВАКАНСИИ
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https://academicpositions.co.uk/ad/serra-hunter-programme-shp/2018/opening-of-academic-positions/116604?utm_medium=email&utm_source=transactional&utm_campaign=Job+alerts
The Serra Húnter Programme (SHP) is offering a total of 118 contracts as tenure-eligible lecturer and 4 as associate professor at the public universities of Catalonia (Spain). Positions are available in different fields of study including architecture, arts, biology, chemistry, communication, computer science, economics, education, engineering, geology, humanities, law, mathematics, medicine, pharmacy, physics, psychology, social science, translation and others. Successful candidates will be hired by the university offering the position and are expected to cooperate with existing research groups and to develop new lines of research, complementary to those already in place. Please note that these positions also entail teaching obligations.
Qualifications
In order to be eligible, candidates must hold a PhD and are expected to have an excellent record of publications in good venues in their fields, international exposure and have participated in competitive research projects. They should also have teaching experience. For associate professor positions, candidates must have at least three years of post-doctoral research experience.
The deadline for submitting applications is the 16th of September of 2018.
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Aarhus University, Department of Anthropology
Associate Professorship in Visual Anthropology 988039
The Department of Anthropology, part of the larger School of Culture and Society, invites applications for the position of associate professor of visual anthropology.
The associate professorship is a permanent, full-time position, commencing on 1 January 2019 or as soon as possible thereafter.
Place of employment: Moesgaard, Moesgård allé, 8270 Højbjerg, Denmark.
Job description
We are looking for a candidate with a strong understanding of, and training within, the general field of social/cultural anthropology and a core research expertise within visual anthropology, in particular relating to the utilisation of audio-visual methods in data collection, analysis and dissemination. A research focus on the shaping of particular forms of knowledge and authority would be particularly welcome. This includes the knowledge systems prevalent in the ethnographic field itself, as well as the ways of knowing allowed by ethnographic film or other visual engagements.
The successful applicant will be responsible for planning, developing and teaching anthropology at the department at BA, MA and PhD level, with a key focus on our popular MA track specialisation in visual anthropology. In addition, the successful applicant must be able to teach other general courses in anthropology (see language requirements/expectations below). We emphasise the importance of maintaining a dedicated and respectful relationship between staff and students, so the ideal candidate should be able to demonstrate and exemplify their commitment to participatory teaching initiatives and student involvement as part of their teaching portfolio.
Apllication deadline: 1. september 2018
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http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=56913
University of British Columbia - Assistant Professor, History of Capitalism before 1800
The Department of History, University of British Columbia (Vancouver) invites applications for a tenure-track appointment at the rank of Assistant Professor in the History of Capitalism before 1800, with an expected start date of 1 July 2019. Thematic and geographic specialty is open.
Applicants should also arrange to have three signed and confidential letters of reference sent by email to Ms. Janet Mui, [email protected], or by mail to: Ms. Janet Mui, Capitalism Search, Department of History, University of British Columbia, 1297-1873 East Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1, CANADA. All materials should be received by October 15, 2018.
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https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=56942
Modern European History, Assistant Professor
The Department of History at Cornell University seeks applicants for two tenure-track Assistant Professor faculty positions in Modern European History (19th and 20th century, excluding Britain and Russia). Applicants must have their Ph.D. in hand by July 1, 2019. The appointment requires a 2-2 teaching load (one lecture course and one seminar each semester). Please upload a letter of application, curriculum vitae, and three reference letters to Academic Jobs Online ( https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/11382 ) by September 1, 2018. Applicants are encouraged to submit their materials early. Questions about the position and the search can be sent to the chair of the committee, Professor María Cristina García, at [email protected]. Cornell University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer; qualified women and minority candidates are particularly encouraged to apply.
Diversity and Inclusion are a part of Cornell University’s heritage. We are a recognized employer and educator valuing AA/EEO, Protected Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities. Cornell University is an innovative Ivy League university and a great place to work. Our inclusive community of scholars, students, and staff impart an uncommon sense of larger purpose, and contribute creative ideas to further the university's mission of teaching, discovery, and engagement.
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https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=56947The
Department of History and Classics at Providence College invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professorship in Modern British History beginning fall 2019. We particularly desire applications from scholars whose research and teaching place British history in an imperial, global, transnational and/or comparative context (Colonial Atlantic World excluded). Competence to teach in the Development of Western Civilization program as part of the regular teaching load is required. Experience in interdisciplinary and/or team-teaching is desirable. Ph.D. by date of appointment is required.
Providence College, a Roman Catholic, four-year, liberal arts institution conducted under the auspices of the Dominican Friars, seeks candidates who can affirm and contribute to its mission. Providence College believes that cultural and intellectual pluralism is essential to the excellence of its academic program, and strives to foster an academic culture and campus community that attracts and supports the development of a stellar and diverse faculty reflecting the global environment in which we live and work. As an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer, the College especially encourages applications from women and persons of color.
Letter of application, c.v., unofficial undergraduate and official graduate transcripts, and three letters of reference should be submitted electronically to https://careers.providence.edu . Please note that those selected for interviews at the annual meeting of the North American Conference of British Studies will be asked to provide supplementary materials prior to the interview.
Deadline for completed applications is September 7, 2018.
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https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=56962
Assistant Professor of Contemporary European History
Full-time (40 hours/week), preferred starting date: January 2019
The Assistant Professor of Contemporary European History will be responsible for teaching seminar-style courses at the undergraduate level, maintaining an active research agenda and scholarly profile, as well as participating in departmental and university service activities.
As a member of WVPU’s multidisciplinary Center for Liberal Arts, the successful applicant will join a faculty of status-track researchers and external lecturers from the fields of anthropology, history, philosophy, sociology, literature, languages and the arts committed to developing a critical history of contemporary society.
The university welcomes applications that broadly conceive of the focus, geography and methodologies appropriate to the study of contemporary European history. Possible areas of specialization could include, but are not limited to, the political history of European integration, the history of multiethnic states, migration or comparative nationalisms, post-Soviet and post-war history, women’s history, history of work, or political economy. Preference will be given to candidates whose areas of specialization focus on the comparative and/or transnational dimensions of contemporary European history
The successful candidate is expected to teach broadly in the field, concentrating especially on historical surveys of late 19 th and 20 th century Europe, as well as reading courses for advanced students and topic courses related to the applicant’s own research focus. The successful candidate will also teach in the university’s general education curriculum (history-specific seminars for bachelor’s students, i.e. First-Year Seminars, Keystone Seminars).
The Assistant Professor of Contemporary European History is expected to develop a research program that addresses the social, political and economic problems of contemporary Europe by setting them within their proper historical context. In addition to traditional scholarly activities (publication, conference participation, service to the field), the successful applicant is also expected to provide key student services, such as student advising and thesis supervision, and pursue research projects aimed at securing external funding and increasing international scholarly cooperation.
The successful applicant is expected to have:
* a PhD in history or related fields (ABD candidates will only be considered if all PhD requirements are completed by the date of appointment)
* experience teaching undergraduate students
* career-stage appropriate record of scholarly publications in the field
* a short- and-medium term plan for developing research projects aimed at attracting external funding
* an interest in engaging with non-academic communities about contemporary research in European history
* Full professional fluency in English
The annual salary on a full-time basis (40 hours) for this position is a minimum of € 42.000 gross, negotiable on the basis of qualifications and experience.
Candidates are initially employed on a three-year all-in contract, in which annual performance agreements orientate the assistant professor’s teaching, research and service goals. After three years and a successful review, the employment relationship is then based on an unlimited contract.
Applications are to be submitted online via the university’s website: http://webster.ac.at/faculty-vacancies.
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FELLOWSHIPS / СТАЖИРОВКИ И СТИПЕНДИИ
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The Centre of Law and Society Research Visitor Fellowship Call, 2018/19
The Centre of Law and Society of the School of Law and Politics, Cardiff University, invites early career scholars and emerging researchers to apply for the CLS research visitor fellowships in the academic year 2018/19. The Centre, associated with the internationally prestigious Journal of Law and Society, offers a stimulating academic environment for socio-legal scholars to conduct research of the highest quality. Applications are welcome from UK and overseas scholars in any field of socio-legal studies. Applicants are expected to make initial contact with their preferred academic sponsor from the School of Law and Politics who will be acting as their point of contact through their visit. As part of their application, they will submit a brief description (500 words) of their research project. Successful candidates are expected to contribute at least one research seminar during their stay and submit a short report at the end of their visit.
Successful scholars and researchers will be able to visit the Centre as its fellows for periods up to one month. The Centre can support them by up to £1000 contributing towards travel and accommodation costs.
Application deadline: 15 September 2018
For further details, please, contact the CLS Director Prof. Jiří Přibáň: [email protected]
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http://www.imre-kertesz-kolleg.uni-jena.de/activities/detail/call-for-applications-fellowships-2019-2020/
Call for Applications Imre Kertész Kolleg Jena
by Joachim von Puttkamer
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: FELLOWSHIPS 2019-2020
The Imre Kertész Kolleg invites applications for Fellowships for the academic year 2019-2020 for periods of residence between three and twelve months.
Applications are invited from noted and established scholars in the history of Central and Eastern Europe or neighboring disciplines such as sociology, anthropology, political science, philosophy, literary studies or linguistics relevant to the region.
Fellows are expected to conduct a larger scholarly project corresponding to the research profile of the Kolleg. As the Fellowships are writing fellowships either for conceptualizing or finalizing work, fellows are expected to work at the Imre Kertész Kolleg and to reside in Jena for the duration of their fellowship.
Stipends range from € 3.000 to € 5.300 per month according to the academic position at the home institution. The Kolleg will provide work space, support by student research assistants, and will help finding appropriate accommodation in Jena.
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ISRF INDEPENDENT SCHOLAR FELLOWSHIP COMPETITION (ISF5)
Subject Fields: Social Sciences, Political Science, Economic History / Studies, Anthropology, Philosophy
The Independent Social Research Foundation wishes to support independent-minded researchers to explore and present original research ideas which take new approaches, and suggest new solutions, to real world soseecial problems.
The foundation intends to award on a competitive basis, to candidates of sufficient merit, up to four Independent Scholar Fellowship grants to support original interdisciplinary research, across the range of the social sciences, to be held from a start date no later than the end of December 2019.
The award is intended to enable the buy-out from current occupation of an independent scholar to pursue his/her research full- or part-time (or for cost of living support if not seeking buy-out from existing employment) for a period of up to 12 months, and will be considered to a maximum of £25,000 per successful applicant. The awards are not intended to support newly qualified scholars entering the post-doctoral stage. Reasonable childcare or other domestic costs may be considered.
An ‘Independent Scholar’ is understood as someone, whether or not currently in employment, who is engaged on intellectual work of a nature and standard comparable to that of a professional academic.
Normally applicants will hold a PhD. Other academic or professional qualifications may be considered, along with publications usually in peer-reviewed academic journals. Monographs, professional journals and the popular media may also be considered.
Applicants should consult the Criteria as set out in the Further Particulars (see link below) and show that they meet them. Applicants should follow the Application procedure and should present their Proposal in the format specified there.
To Apply: http://www.isrf.org/funding-opportunities/grant-competitions/isf5/
Closing date for applications is 4pm on 10th August 2018.
Contact Email: [email protected]
URL: http://www.isrf.org/funding-opportunities/grant-competitions/isf5/
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CONFERENCES / КОНФЕРЕНЦИИ
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https://www.connections.clio-online.net/event/id/termine-37750The
Clements Center for Southwest Studies at Southern Methodist University in Dallas and the Center for Spatial and Textual Analysis at Stanford University in Palo Alto solicit proposals for papers that explore the environmental history of borderlands in the early modern world.
An initial meeting will be held at SMU’s satellite campus in Taos, New Mexico in Fall 2019 to be followed in Spring 2020 by a conference at Stanford. We expect a university press will publish the papers as a volume edited by conference co-organizers Johan Elverskog (Southern Methodist University) and Ali Yaycioglu (Stanford University).
The symposium and the resulting volume mark an opportunity to (re)consider the environmental contexts of borderlands and frontiers of different political orders, particularly pluralistic imperial regimes, roughly between the 15th and 19th centuries. While examining how environmentality was negotiated by human actors of bordering (or overlapping) political regimes, we also intend to explore possibilities that go beyond the binariebetween nature and culture, and environmental and political orders.
We welcome papers focusing on mountains, forests, rivers, lakes, swamps, steppes, deserts, seas and oceans, under-seas, subterranean and aerial spaces as environmental borderlands and frontiers of different large-scale (imperial) human organizations. In these undertakings, however, we are particularly interested in contributions with holistic conceptualizations of eco-orders of humans and non-humans, which can challenge established anthropocentric approaches. We do not have any geographical priority. Our concerns are truly global. To this end we plan on bringing together scholars working on the environmental history of borderland regions around the world. We also welcome digital history projects.
We welcome submissions from scholars of any rank or affiliation who are eager to contribute substantively to what promises to be an exciting and important academic endeavor. By the deadline of October 1, 2018 applicants should submit a one-page CV and a proposal of 500-800 words to Johan Elverskog ([email protected]) describing the research undertaken and its connection to the goals of the conference. For more information about the symposium please contact Johan or Ali Yaycioglu ([email protected]).
Kontakt
Johan Elverskog ([email protected])
Ali Yaycioglu ([email protected]).
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The 2nd Peking University International Conference on Medical Humanities: Narrating Birth, Ageing and Death
Sponsored by the Institute for Medical Humanities at Peking University
Over the past century advances in biomedicine and the rise of secularism have profoundly changed the ways that we practise, experience, narrate, and theorise birth, ageing and death. In response to global health challenges brought about by rapid demographic shifts –– overpopulation, environmental sustainability, and healthcare expenditure –– this conference aims to explore narratives, myths, and other cultural representations of birth, ageing and death from a wide range of critical, ethical, and aesthetic perspectives to inform the development of healthcare services, economics, and policy.
Contact email: [email protected]
Dates: 15-16 November 2018
Paper topics may include but are not limited to:
The medicalisation of birth, ageing and/or death
Gender and childbirth
Postpartum confinement in China, Japan, Korea and other cultures
Myths of birth, ageing, and/or death
Symbols and metaphors of birth, ageing, and/or death in poetry, literature, life writing, science fiction, and comics
Portrayals of birth, ageing, and/or death in film
Narrative Medicine and birth, ageing, and/or death
Gender, culture, and healthy ageing in different cultures
Physical and mental health care in ageing societies
Elderly care and Confucian bioethics
Ageing and memory
Palliative care in multicultural contexts
Hospice care
Traditional palliative care practises past and present
Death and stigma
Dying with dignity
Last rites
Indigenous death rituals
Post-mortem photography
Elegies and obituaries
Burial practises among ethnic minorities
Death education
Include a title, name, institutional affiliation, a short bio (100 words), email address, and a 300-word proposal.
Conference languages are Chinese, English and Japanese.
Deadline for submission: 31 July 2018 in .docx format to: [email protected]
Please use the format of “Abstract+ the title of your paper” as the subject.
For any inquiries regarding the program please contact: [email protected]
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Mind and Brain
20th to 21st September 2018 Flint, United States of America
Academic conference addressing traditional topics such as epistemology, cognition, reasoning, theory of action, consciousness, and philosophy of mind; topics may have a theoretical, practical or historical focus.
Enquiries: [email protected]
Web address: https://cognethic.org/events/2017/9/14/mind-and-brain-a6se3
Sponsored by: Center for Cognition and Neuroethics
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Институт истории, археологии и этнографии народов Дальнего Востока
Дальневосточного отделения РАН 690001, Владивосток, ул. Пушкинская 89;
тел.: (4232) 22-05-07; факс: (4232) 26-82-11; E-mail: [email protected]
ИНФОРМАЦИОННОЕ ПИСЬМО
Уважаемые коллеги!
Институт истории, археологии и этнографии народов Дальнего Востока Дальневосточного отделения Российской академии наук объявляет о проведении 23—24 октября 2018 г. Международной научной конференции:
ГРАЖДАНСКАЯ ВОЙНА И ИНТЕРВЕНЦИЯ НА ДАЛЬНЕМ ВОСТОКЕ РОССИИ: ПРИЧИНЫ, ОСОБЕННОСТИ, УЧАСТНИКИ
Цель конференции: формирование дискуссионной площадки для обсуждения новых концепций, методологии исследования гражданской войны и интервенции на Дальнем Востоке, введение в научный оборот новых исторических фактов и источников.
Основные направления работы конференции:
1. Гражданская война в России и на Дальнем Востоке и вмешательство в неё Антанты.
2. Вооруженные силы противоборствующих сторон, военные действия в ходе Гражданской войны.
3. Органы государственной власти, местное самоуправление, общественные организации и институты на Дальнем Востоке в 1918—1922 гг.
4. Социально-экономическая жизнь региона в военно-революционный период 1918—1922 гг.
5. Повседневная жизнь и культура дальневосточного региона в годы Гражданской войны и интервенции.
6. Международная обстановка на Дальнем Востоке и в странах АТР в годы Гражданской войны.
7. Источники и фонды архивных учреждений по истории Гражданской войны и интервенции на Дальнем Востоке России.
Конференция состоится во Владивостоке 23—24 октября 2018 г.
Публикация материалов конференции будет зависеть от финансовых возможностей Института. Оргкомитет оставляет за собой право отклонять материалы, в случае их не соответствия тематике конференции. Тел. для справок: 8(4232) 22-03-37 ; факс (4232) 26-82-11.
Заявки на участие в конференции следует направлять по электронной почте на адрес: [email protected] до 8 октября 2018 г. с пометкой: Конференция «Гражданская война и интервенция».
ЗАЯВКА
на участие в конференции «ГРАЖДАНСКАЯ ВОЙНА И ИНТЕРВЕНЦИЯ НА ДАЛЬНЕМ ВОСТОКЕ РОССИИ: ПРИЧИНЫ, ОСОБЕННОСТИ, УЧАСТНИКИ» 23—24 октября 2018 г. ИИАЭ ДВО РАН
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CALL FOR PROPOSALS
Picturing Russian Empire University of Tyumen
June 28–29, 2019
This conference, sponsored by the University of Tyumen, and the subsequent volume, are intended to produce a multidisciplinary examination of the connections between empire and the visual in the long history of the Rus’, Russian, Soviet, and post-Soviet territories.
In 2008, Picturing Russia: Explorations in Visual Culture, a volume of short essays brought to the fore ways that analysis of the visual could both expand and change perspectives on Russia history. That book touched on imperial visualities primarily from a Russian point of view. In the present project we want to offer the broadest possible perspectives on visual experiences of empire in Russian and former Soviet space. We invite scholars working in any field of study to engage in a discussion of visuality, visual media, and visual methodologies in this region.
We especially welcome proposals from scholars working in former Soviet space and scholars whose research explores perspectives on empire from outside the capitals or traditional centers of power.
Topics may include but are not limited to:
• How did the visual complicate the political binaries of empire?
• How was imperial power established, mediated, maintained or subverted by the visual?
• How was indigenous authority established, mediated, maintained or subverted by the visual?
• How did the visual mediate between forms of imperial authority and indigenous authority?
• How did the visual represent the complexities of imperial experience?
• Does the visual allow us to understand empire differently than textural sources and if so how?
• What does the visual give us in terms of emotional investment, sensory knowledge?
• Is the imperial visual always Orientalist?
• Is the imperial visual always a weapon of power?
• What were the conscious theories of the visual that motivated the visual production of empire?
• Can we access viewers’ responses to the imperial visual?
• To what extent is visuality distinct from or intertwined with the other senses?
• How does studying the visual contribute to understanding or challenging Russia’s supposed “logocentrism”?
• How can it contribute to debates about modernity’s purported “occularcentrism”?
• Do these concepts – occularcentrism and logocentrism – contribute in any way to our understandings of the premodern or the religious spheres in the history of empire?
• How did the visual shape imperial geographical knowledge?
• How the visual language of the empire changed over time and space?
• Was the empire united in terms of visual? Local, regional and general visual metaphors of empire: how did it work?
Our goal is to produce a sequel to “Picturing Russia” that replicates its structure as an accessible text for students and a compendium of innovative theoretical and methodological contributions/advances to historical approaches to the visual.
Proposals should focus on one (or a very limited number) of visual objects and should foreground discussion of the stakes of the visual. Abstracts should be no more than 250 words and should be submitted in English. They should specify the visual medium or object under examination and the theoretical or methodological questions under discussion.
Proposals should be sent Sergei A. Kozlov via e-mail: [email protected] by October 1st, 2018.
We will have a limited number of slots for the conference, but we anticipate that the book will be able to include a larger number of contributors. Essays for the volume will be very short, no longer than 3000 words, and should include no more than three images.
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Call for Papers: Technologies of Mind and Body in the Soviet Union and the Eastern Bloc
An international symposium to take place at the University of Nottingham (UK), 17-18 May 2019
Deadline for the submission of abstracts: 30 September 2018
The project of creating a ‘New Man’ and ‘New Woman’ initiated in the Soviet Union and the Eastern Bloc constituted one of the most extensive efforts to remake human psychophysiology in modern history. Revolutionary campaigns targeting the mental and physical ‘reforging’ of the population have attracted a growing number of scholars and engaged a variety of disciplines and methodologies in recent years. Bringing this research together, this symposium aims to shed new light on the multifaceted techniques that were developed in order to transform and revolutionise individual minds and bodies. How did science, culture and medicine overlap with a mode of government that sought to manage, cultivate and regulate human life? What role did Soviet and East European scientists, medical professionals, educational specialists and cultural producers play in the articulation of new ideas about the body, health and human perfectibility? How did individuals and collectives engage with – or resist – the transformative imperatives of the Soviet experiment? Spotlighting the intersection of expert knowledge, culture and revolutionary agendas of mind-body transformation, the symposium will address the following topics:
The mind/body as object of scientific and medical knowledge
Media technologies and new arenas of sensory experience
The blurred boundaries between science, technology and culture
Encounters between the ‘biological’ and the ‘technological’
Technologies of the self and self-fashioning
Disciplinary power, biopolitics and techniques of bodily management
Understandings of human variation and dis/ability
Organisers: Anna Toropova (Nottingham) and Claire Shaw (Warwick)
Please send a paper title, an abstract of 300 words and a brief academic biography (200 words) to [email protected] by 30th September 2018.
Limited funding is available to assist presenters with travel and accommodation costs (priority will be given to PhD students, early career scholars and those from institutions without research funds).
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https://www.hsozkult.de/event/id/termine-37714?title=economic-activities-and-archival-practices-in-europe-between-the-12th-and-the-21st-century&recno=4&q&sort&fq&total=917
Economic Activities and Archival Practices in Europe between the 12th and the 21st century
04.04.2019 - 05.04.2019
Deadline 30.09.2018
In recent years, archives and archival practices have attracted significant new interest. Building upon theoretical insights by Michel Foucault, Jacques Derrida, and several post-colonial theorists, ‘archiving’ is now increasingly understood as a foundational cultural operation. The development of routines not only for producing, but also for preserving, collecting, and storing documents of all kind is considered a crucial element of cultural change. In the European case, generally speaking, the centuries after c. 1100 have witnessed a significant and rapid expansion of archival practices. Historians in a number of fields currently study the growing relevance of record-keeping. The realm of politics and administration still holds pride of place, but church archives are also attracting special attention. From a vantage point less centered on institutions, historians explore the interplay between personal identity, life-writing, and archival practices with greater frequency.
This two-day workshop seeks to highlight another vital, but understudied area for the shaping of Europe’s archival culture: economic life. While scholars generally agree, that the economic sphere contributed significantly to how Europe’s specific culture of pragmatic literacy took shape – one might think, e.g., of account books or debt-certificates –, much less attention has thus far been paid to the relationship between economic and archival practices. This conference considers the significance of economic archiving for the rise and shaping of Europe’s archival culture. To do so, we invite papers on topics from the Middle Ages to the contemporary world. As we seek to ask questions pertaining to long-term developments, we are particularly interested in papers on less-studied epochs and phenomena. Submissions should be made by email no later than September 30. All submissions should focus on or, at least, build upon research concerning the everyday relevance of archives for economic activities. “How did archiving and economic activity shape each other?” is going to be one of this conference’s key questions.
Abstracts (750 words), including a title and a short CV, should be send directly to Prof. Markus Friedrich at:
[email protected]
Kontakt: Prof. Dr. Markus Friedrich
Professor für Europäische Geschichte der Frühen Neuzeit
Überseering 35, 22297 Hamburg
[email protected]
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https://networks.h-net.org/node/10000/discussions/1983356/reminder-cfp-monarchy-and-modernity-1500-1945-university
CFP 'Monarchy and Modernity, 1500-1945', University of Cambridge, 8-9 January 2019
The conference announced on the cfp below was originally designed for Europeanists, but was opened up to all world areas following multiple requests by non-Europeanists to participate. The cfp has therefore been revised and the deadline extended to August 15, 2018. Please note that all proposals previously submitted remain valid and, where applicable, accepted.
Monarchy and Modernity since 1500
University of Cambridge 8-9 January 2019
Europe’s past is overwhelmingly monarchical, yet the monarchies that remain in place today hardly resemble those that governed Europe at the end of the Middle Ages. Modernity has transformed monarchy from a matter of unquestioned and often sacred fact to a matter of largely secular and usually democratic choice. If the words remain the same – along with many of the families, their titles, properties and places of residence – their meaning has changed profoundly over time and across countries, so much so that, along the centuries, the working mechanisms, functions and powers of European monarchy have been transformed. The academic literature, however, seldom measures this distance between monarchy’s various historical meanings and its surprisingly frequent manifestations today.
In theoretical and speculative disciplines, the lack of inquiry into monarchy’s significance is due partly to disciplinary divisions. Political theorists, intellectual historians, experts in jurisprudence and art and literary critics rarely delve into the subject of monarchy, while historians of monarchy tend to focus on chronology rather than concepts. Monarchy’s own nature has helped determine these divisions.With its providentialist, semi-magic and mysterious foundations in the divine right of kings, monarchism is a double paradox, a form of political theory that is at once anti-political and anti-theoretical. Innovatively, this conference seeks to break disciplinary barriers by combining the outlooks of monarchical specialists on the one hand , and of social , cultural , literary and political theorists on the other .
Proceeding from the premise that the nature of things is best known , and their development most determined , during critical times , this conference centers on three ( long ) key moments in the history of modern European monarchy : the English Revolution , the French Revolution , and the mainstreaming of republicanism during the first half of the twentieth century . These moments , however , are only referential , and presentations studying the reinvention , representation and conceptualisation of monarchy during other modern periods , from 1500 to the present , are also welcome , with Renaissance subjects possibly serving as introits and contemporary ones as epilogues to the conference .
The main lines of inquiry are twofold , one directed at monarchy ’ s political-legal significance , and the other at its socio - cultural , psychological , religious, literary and spiritual roles . The political -legal line of inquiry can include – without being limited to – European monarchy ’ s historical relationship to legislation and the administration of justice , as well as democratic , republican , and aristocratic traditions . The theological / sociological / anthropological perspective is instead concerned with monarchy as a series of rituals , processions , celebrations and formal procedures that represent sovereignty , organise time and relationships , lend nations a sense of identity , and connect individuals emotionally with sacred spaces and powers , especially as represented by the Catholic and Protestant religions .
Studies of non-European monarchical traditions are likewise accepted, preferably with reference to European ones.
Contributions may address one or more of the following themes but are not limited to them :
* Monarchy in political thought
* Monarchy and constitutionalism
* Monarchy in its relation with religion , theology and spirituality
* The relationship between spiritual and temporal powers
* Royalism vs . monarchism
* National and sovereign representation
* The royal imaginary, including literary representations of monarchy
* Monarchy and property
* Monarchy and material culture: art, fashion and the built environment
* Royal feasts , rituals , processions and celebrations
* Women and monarchy
* Non-European monarchical traditions, preferably with reference to European ones.
We invite proposals for 20- minute presentations , which will be revised subsequently for publication in a peer - reviewed collective volume . Graduate students are welcome to participate , and papers in Dutch , English , French , German , Italian , Portuguese and Spanish are accepted , although English is encouraged to facilitate communication . The conference will be held at the University of Cambridge on 8-9 January 2019. Please email a 200- word abstract and one - page CV to Carolina Armenteros ( [email protected]) by 15 August 2018.
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The Serra Húnter Programme (SHP) is offering a total of 118 contracts as tenure-eligible lecturer and 4 as associate professor at the public universities of Catalonia (Spain). Positions are available in different fields of study including architecture, arts, biology, chemistry, communication, computer science, economics, education, engineering, geology, humanities, law, mathematics, medicine, pharmacy, physics, psychology, social science, translation and others. Successful candidates will be hired by the university offering the position and are expected to cooperate with existing research groups and to develop new lines of research, complementary to those already in place. Please note that these positions also entail teaching obligations.
Qualifications
In order to be eligible, candidates must hold a PhD and are expected to have an excellent record of publications in good venues in their fields, international exposure and have participated in competitive research projects. They should also have teaching experience. For associate professor positions, candidates must have at least three years of post-doctoral research experience.
The deadline for submitting applications is the 16th of September of 2018.
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Aarhus University, Department of Anthropology
Associate Professorship in Visual Anthropology 988039
The Department of Anthropology, part of the larger School of Culture and Society, invites applications for the position of associate professor of visual anthropology.
The associate professorship is a permanent, full-time position, commencing on 1 January 2019 or as soon as possible thereafter.
Place of employment: Moesgaard, Moesgård allé, 8270 Højbjerg, Denmark.
Job description
We are looking for a candidate with a strong understanding of, and training within, the general field of social/cultural anthropology and a core research expertise within visual anthropology, in particular relating to the utilisation of audio-visual methods in data collection, analysis and dissemination. A research focus on the shaping of particular forms of knowledge and authority would be particularly welcome. This includes the knowledge systems prevalent in the ethnographic field itself, as well as the ways of knowing allowed by ethnographic film or other visual engagements.
The successful applicant will be responsible for planning, developing and teaching anthropology at the department at BA, MA and PhD level, with a key focus on our popular MA track specialisation in visual anthropology. In addition, the successful applicant must be able to teach other general courses in anthropology (see language requirements/expectations below). We emphasise the importance of maintaining a dedicated and respectful relationship between staff and students, so the ideal candidate should be able to demonstrate and exemplify their commitment to participatory teaching initiatives and student involvement as part of their teaching portfolio.
Apllication deadline: 1. september 2018
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University of British Columbia - Assistant Professor, History of Capitalism before 1800
The Department of History, University of British Columbia (Vancouver) invites applications for a tenure-track appointment at the rank of Assistant Professor in the History of Capitalism before 1800, with an expected start date of 1 July 2019. Thematic and geographic specialty is open.
Applicants should also arrange to have three signed and confidential letters of reference sent by email to Ms. Janet Mui, [email protected], or by mail to: Ms. Janet Mui, Capitalism Search, Department of History, University of British Columbia, 1297-1873 East Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1, CANADA. All materials should be received by October 15, 2018.
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Modern European History, Assistant Professor
The Department of History at Cornell University seeks applicants for two tenure-track Assistant Professor faculty positions in Modern European History (19th and 20th century, excluding Britain and Russia). Applicants must have their Ph.D. in hand by July 1, 2019. The appointment requires a 2-2 teaching load (one lecture course and one seminar each semester). Please upload a letter of application, curriculum vitae, and three reference letters to Academic Jobs Online ( https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/11382 ) by September 1, 2018. Applicants are encouraged to submit their materials early. Questions about the position and the search can be sent to the chair of the committee, Professor María Cristina García, at [email protected]. Cornell University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer; qualified women and minority candidates are particularly encouraged to apply.
Diversity and Inclusion are a part of Cornell University’s heritage. We are a recognized employer and educator valuing AA/EEO, Protected Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities. Cornell University is an innovative Ivy League university and a great place to work. Our inclusive community of scholars, students, and staff impart an uncommon sense of larger purpose, and contribute creative ideas to further the university's mission of teaching, discovery, and engagement.
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Department of History and Classics at Providence College invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professorship in Modern British History beginning fall 2019. We particularly desire applications from scholars whose research and teaching place British history in an imperial, global, transnational and/or comparative context (Colonial Atlantic World excluded). Competence to teach in the Development of Western Civilization program as part of the regular teaching load is required. Experience in interdisciplinary and/or team-teaching is desirable. Ph.D. by date of appointment is required.
Providence College, a Roman Catholic, four-year, liberal arts institution conducted under the auspices of the Dominican Friars, seeks candidates who can affirm and contribute to its mission. Providence College believes that cultural and intellectual pluralism is essential to the excellence of its academic program, and strives to foster an academic culture and campus community that attracts and supports the development of a stellar and diverse faculty reflecting the global environment in which we live and work. As an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer, the College especially encourages applications from women and persons of color.
Letter of application, c.v., unofficial undergraduate and official graduate transcripts, and three letters of reference should be submitted electronically to https://careers.providence.edu . Please note that those selected for interviews at the annual meeting of the North American Conference of British Studies will be asked to provide supplementary materials prior to the interview.
Deadline for completed applications is September 7, 2018.
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Assistant Professor of Contemporary European History
Full-time (40 hours/week), preferred starting date: January 2019
The Assistant Professor of Contemporary European History will be responsible for teaching seminar-style courses at the undergraduate level, maintaining an active research agenda and scholarly profile, as well as participating in departmental and university service activities.
As a member of WVPU’s multidisciplinary Center for Liberal Arts, the successful applicant will join a faculty of status-track researchers and external lecturers from the fields of anthropology, history, philosophy, sociology, literature, languages and the arts committed to developing a critical history of contemporary society.
The university welcomes applications that broadly conceive of the focus, geography and methodologies appropriate to the study of contemporary European history. Possible areas of specialization could include, but are not limited to, the political history of European integration, the history of multiethnic states, migration or comparative nationalisms, post-Soviet and post-war history, women’s history, history of work, or political economy. Preference will be given to candidates whose areas of specialization focus on the comparative and/or transnational dimensions of contemporary European history
The successful candidate is expected to teach broadly in the field, concentrating especially on historical surveys of late 19 th and 20 th century Europe, as well as reading courses for advanced students and topic courses related to the applicant’s own research focus. The successful candidate will also teach in the university’s general education curriculum (history-specific seminars for bachelor’s students, i.e. First-Year Seminars, Keystone Seminars).
The Assistant Professor of Contemporary European History is expected to develop a research program that addresses the social, political and economic problems of contemporary Europe by setting them within their proper historical context. In addition to traditional scholarly activities (publication, conference participation, service to the field), the successful applicant is also expected to provide key student services, such as student advising and thesis supervision, and pursue research projects aimed at securing external funding and increasing international scholarly cooperation.
The successful applicant is expected to have:
* a PhD in history or related fields (ABD candidates will only be considered if all PhD requirements are completed by the date of appointment)
* experience teaching undergraduate students
* career-stage appropriate record of scholarly publications in the field
* a short- and-medium term plan for developing research projects aimed at attracting external funding
* an interest in engaging with non-academic communities about contemporary research in European history
* Full professional fluency in English
The annual salary on a full-time basis (40 hours) for this position is a minimum of € 42.000 gross, negotiable on the basis of qualifications and experience.
Candidates are initially employed on a three-year all-in contract, in which annual performance agreements orientate the assistant professor’s teaching, research and service goals. After three years and a successful review, the employment relationship is then based on an unlimited contract.
Applications are to be submitted online via the university’s website: http://webster.ac.at/faculty-vacancies.
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