applications for two tenure-stream appointments, commencing 1 July
2009, subject to budgetary approval. Both appointments will be within
the Assistant Professor rank. A PhD (or near completion) in
Anthropology or related discipline is required. The appointees will
join a young, energetic department focussed on the ethnography of the
contemporary world. Experience of, and commitment to, ongoing
ethnographic fieldwork is essential.
We seek candidates specializing in one of two areas: (1) science and
technology (with focus on: bioethics, biotechnology, intellectual
property rights, political economy of health, internet and virtual
life, expertise, new forms of governance, and/or finance) and (2)
narrative and knowledge (in relation to: urban experience,
indigeneity, social justice movements, and/or illness). Geographical
area is open to any region outside Europe. The successful candidate
will teach in their specialty as well as share in delivery of core
required courses in an honours undergraduate program. Graduate
teaching in the following interdisciplinary programs is possible:
Cultural Analysis and Social Theory; International Public Policy;
Global Governance.
Please submit a 1-2 page cover letter, curriculum vitae, one recent
sample publication, teaching dossier (e.g., evaluations, course
outlines, examples of innovative pedagogy), and arrange for three
letters of reference to be sent by the due date. Applications must be
delivered by noon on Tuesday 9 December 2008 to Dr. Anne Brydon,
Chair, Department of Anthropology, Wilfrid Laurier University,
Waterloo Ontario N2L 3C5. Inquiries may be directed to abrydon@wlu.ca.
Wilfrid Laurier University is committed to equity and values
diversity. We welcome applications from qualified individuals of all
genders and sexual orientations, persons with disabilities, Aboriginal
persons, and persons of a visible minority. All qualified candidates
are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents
will be given priority. Members of the designated groups wishing to be
considered for employment equity must self-identify, in confidence, to
the Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Dr. David Docherty.
