Call for papers - ASAANZ conference, 13th-15th December

The following is the call for papers for this year's conference of the
Association of Social Anthropologists of Aotearoa/New Zealand, to be held in
December in Picton. Hopefully some of you will be able to attend or
contribute
via the digital presentation option. Full details can be found on the
conference website www.otago.ac.nz/asaanz

SEA Schneider Student Paper Prize

The 2009 Harold K. Schneider Student Prize in Economic Anthropology

DEADLINE: June 10, 2009

The Harold K. Schneider Prize Competition is a student paper
competition established by the Society for Economic Anthropology to
honor its first president and to encourage new scholars in the field
of economic anthropology. Harold Schneider, Professor of Anthropology
at Indiana University, was known for both his path breaking research
and his dedication as a teacher. Each year, the Society for Economic
Anthropology invites both undergraduate and graduate students to
submit papers on any aspect of economic anthropology or economic
archaeology. Papers should contain a central thesis or argument,
should be neither wholly descriptive nor wholly theoretical but,
ideally, both and should be edited for clarity.

Manuscripts should be in English only and be no longer than 10,000
words, including endnotes and in American Anthropologist style. The
winners in both the undergraduate and graduate categories will each
receive a cash prize, a certificate of achievement, a year's
membership in the SEA, and the most recent volume in the SEA series,
"Monographs in Economic Anthropology." They will also be invited to
make presentations at the annual spring meeting of the SEA. The
winners' sponsors will receive an SEA volume. All students who submit
papers will receive a year's membership in the SEA.

Please submit electronic submissions only. The electronic submission
must be sent in Microsoft Word format using the author's last name as
the document name. Please do not include your name in any headers or
footers, but provide all contact addresses (mail and E-mail) on the
title page. If the paper includes multiple .gif or .jpg images, please
include them in the text as well in a separate document labeled
"author name images."

All student submissions must be accompanied by a supporting letter
from a faculty sponsor, which may be submitted via e-mail. Please
indicate whether you are applying in the undergraduate or graduate
category.

The submission deadline for the 2009 competition is June 10, 2009.
Submit papers to Dr. Katherine Metzo at: kmetzo@uncc.edu.

For additional information, please contact Dr. Katherine R. Metzo, at
(704) 687-4077 or (704) 998-8897.

term position Canadian Studies Carleton

*Canadian Studies, Carleton University*

Carleton University?s School of Canadian Studies invites applications for a
one-year, Limited Term Appointment at the rank of Instructor I, beginning 1
July 2009. The oldest institution of its kind in Canada, the School is
committed to providing a rigorous, critical, and informed context for
innovative and timely research on important Canadian issues. Our vibrant
interdisciplinarity provides a unique environment for the development of
socially and culturally relevant projects for both faculty and students. The
successful candidate will be expected to teach a wide range of courses, from
our large first-year introductory class and second-year critical nationalism
course to graduate seminars in interdisciplinary theories and methods.
Applicants should have a Ph.D. in hand or near completion (ABD), and
demonstrated excellence in teaching evidenced by strong student evaluations.
Complete applications, including curriculum vitae and teaching dossier
should be sent to Dr André Loiselle, Director, School of Canadian Studies,
Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, Ontario K1S 5B6.
Applicants should also arrange for three letters of reference to be sent
separately. Initial screening of applications will begin on 15 May 2009,
and continue until the position is filled.

Carleton University is strongly committed to fostering diversity within its
community as a source of excellence, cultural enrichment, and social
strength. We welcome those who would contribute to the further
diversification of our faculty and its scholarship including, but not
limited to, women, visible minorities, Aboriginal peoples, persons with
disabilities, and persons of any sexual orientation or gender identity. All
qualified candidates are encouraged to apply but applications from Canadians
and permanent residents will be given priority. This position is subject to
budgetary approval.

Air Canada Sale: flights to Vancouver for CASCA09?

FYI - Air Canada is now posting information on a new 50% off seat
sale, including flights to Vancouver?- 2 days only. In case members
haven't booked their flights yet to CASCA!

CARLETON UNIVERSITY: Sessional Teaching

CARLETON UNIVERSITY
THE SCHOOL OF CANADIAN STUDIES
WILL BE OFFERING THE FOLLOWING
COURSES IN THE 2009-2010 ACADEMIC SESSION
WHICH MAY BE TAUGHT BY A CONTRACT INSTRUCTOR

 
CDNS 2010 Introduction to Aboriginal-Canadian Relations
CDNS 3400 Feminists and Feminism in Canada
CDNS 5102 Aboriginal and Northern Issues II
For complete descriptions please see the
Undergraduate and Graduate Calendar
on the websites:
http://www.carleton.ca/cuuc/courses/CDNS/
http://www.carleton.ca/cdnstudies/ma/courses.html

 

Interested Applicants should send an updated C.V. by May 1st  to:
André Loiselle, Director

School of Canadian Studies

1206 Dunton Tower

Carleton University

1125 Colonel By Drive

Ottawa, Ontario

K1S 5B6

Tel: (613) 520-2366; Fax: (613)520-3903

E-Mail: director_canadian_studies@carleton.ca

CARLETON UNIVERSITY: Sessional Teaching

CARLETON UNIVERSITY
THE SCHOOL OF CANADIAN STUDIES
WILL BE OFFERING THE FOLLOWING
COURSES IN THE 2009-2010 ACADEMIC SESSION
WHICH MAY BE TAUGHT BY A CONTRACT INSTRUCTOR

 
CDNS 2010 Introduction to Aboriginal-Canadian Relations
CDNS 3400 Feminists and Feminism in Canada
CDNS 5102 Aboriginal and Northern Issues II
For complete descriptions please see the
Undergraduate and Graduate Calendar
on the websites:
http://www.carleton.ca/cuuc/courses/CDNS/
http://www.carleton.ca/cdnstudies/ma/courses.html

 

Interested Applicants should send an updated C.V. by May 1st  to:
André Loiselle, Director

School of Canadian Studies

1206 Dunton Tower

Carleton University

1125 Colonel By Drive

Ottawa, Ontario

K1S 5B6

Tel: (613) 520-2366; Fax: (613)520-3903

E-Mail: director_canadian_studies@carleton.ca

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PROGRAMME

UNIVERSITÉ FÉMINISTE D'ÉTÉ

Université Laval, Québec

31 mai - 6 juin 2009
Sur le thème de

Violences. Analyses féministes de nouveaux enjeux

Colloque interdisciplinaire
l'Université féministe d'été vous offre pour sa 7e édition

- un colloque féministe interdisciplinaire, intergénérationnel et
international (voir le programme ci-dessous)
- une semaine d'échange et de débat autour d'enjeux fondamentaux pour
l'égalité entre les hommes et les femmes
- la possibilité d'obtenir trois crédits ou des unités d'éducation
continue (UEC)

- la rencontre de spécialistes d'envergure internationale
- une formation intensive et/ou un ressourcement
- une occasion unique de réseautage
- une atmosphère respectueuse et conviviale

Bref, que vous soyez aux études, sur le marché du travail ou à la
retraite, que votre implication se situe en recherche, en formation,
en intervention, dans l'action militante ou dans tous ces domaines à
la fois, que vous viviez au Québec ou ailleurs, bienvenue à
l'Université Laval, Québec, du 31 mai au 6 juin 2009!

INSCRIPTION
Il y a deux façons de s'inscrire à l'Université féministe d'été.

- L'inscription au colloque seulement (aucun préalable) donne droit à
une attestation officielle sous forme d'unités d'éducation continue.
Pour connaître les frais d'inscription, voir notre site web.
OU
- L'inscription à un cours de 3 crédits (comportant travaux et évaluation) :
au 1er cycle : FEM-2000 section W ; au 2e cycle : FEM-6003 section W.
Les frais d'inscription au cours tiennent lieu d'inscription au
colloque. Pour les modalités, voir notre site web.

L'inscription inclut le visionnement de films, la conférence publique
et la réception.

http://www.fss.ulaval.ca/universitefeministedete
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PROGRAMME

Violences. Analyses féministes de nouveaux enjeux
Colloque interdisciplinaire
Université Laval, Québec
31 mai - 6 juin 2009

Programme préparé en collaboration avec le Centre de recherche
interdisciplinaire sur la violence familiale et la violence faite aux
femmes (CRI-VIFF)

DIMANCHE 31 MAI

14h -17h : ACCUEIL, Pavillon Charles-De Koninck, local DKN-1231

15h - 16h30 : RENCONTRE PÉDAGOGIQUE des personnes inscrites aux cours
FEM-2000 et FEM-6003

LUNDI 1er JUIN

9h -12h : OUVERTURE

Présidente de séance: Renée Cloutier

Mot de bienvenue par François Blais, doyen de la Faculté des sciences sociales
Introduction par Huguette Dagenais, responsable de l'Université
féministe d'été
Conférence d'ouverture par Dominique Damant: Les violences faites aux
femmes: ce que nous savons, ce que nous faisons et les chemins encore
à parcourir

14h - 17h : EN CONTEXTE DE VULNÉRABILITÉ
Lise Montminy - Quand l'intervention auprès des aînées violentées par
le conjoint est aussi une question de vigilance et d'attitude

Sonia Gauthier - Les enjeux de l'intervention psychosociale auprès des
femmes en situation de handicap qui vivent de la violence conjugale

France Robertson - Femmes autochtones (à préciser)

Irene Zeilinger - Femmes de 55 ans et plus, actrices de leur sécurité

MARDI 2 JUIN

9h - 12h : SEXUALITÉ CHEZ LES JEUNES

Présidente de séance: Geneviève Lessard

Francine Lavoie - Activités sociales sexualisées chez les jeunes du secondaire
Mylène Fernet - Violence et VIH /Sida
Florence Ronveaux - La prévention des violences sexuelles par les
jeunes femmes. Sécurité et séduction peuvent-elles faire bon ménage?

14h - 17h : EXPLOITATION DES PERSONNES ET DES CORPS
Jacqueline Oxman-Martinez - Manifestations de violences et formes
d'exploitation du travail contemporain

Madeline Lamboley - Le mariage arrangé au Québec et en France, points
de vue de femmes et d'intervenants oeuvrant auprès d'elles

Marie-Andrée Roy - Prostitution

Sara Deck - La traite des êtres humains (titre à préciser)

MERCREDI 3 JUIN

9h - 12h : EN MILIEU DE TRAVAIL

Présidente de séance: Lyse Langlois

Louise Langevin - La médiation vécue par des femmes victimes de
harcèlement sexuel au travail : des attentes trop élevées ?
Nathalie Jauvin - Violence en milieu de travail : les multiples défis
de la prévention
Amsatou Sow Sidibé - Le droit à l'épreuve du harcèlement sexuel dans
le milieu de travail

14h - 17h : DANS LE CADRE DES CONFLITS ARMÉS
Présidente de séance: Aurélie Campana

Edith Mukakayumba - Rwandaises et Congolaises rescapées des génocides
Sandrine Ricci - Perspectives théoriques sur le corps des femmes comme
champ de bataille
Fannie Lafontaine - Le droit international et les crimes de violence
sexuelle: vers la fin de l'impunité?

Mercredi 3 juin 2009, 19h30 - 21h30
SÉANCE OUVERTE AU PUBLIC

LA VIOLENCE FAITE AUX FEMMES
UNE MÊME LUTTE, PLUSIEURS VISAGES

Organisée en collaboration avec Oxfam-Québec
cette séance d'échange et de débat réunira autour d'un film des spécialistes
du Bénin, du Burkina Faso, du Niger, du Maroc
et des Territoires palestiniens occupés

JEUDI 4 JUIN

9h -12h : RÔLES DES INSTITUTIONS

Présidente de séance: Hélène Lee-Gosselin

Nicole Prévost et Isabelle Boily - Viol-Secours, une institution
féministe au service des femmes
Luc Mercier et Nathalie Thériault - Le Guide de prévention et
d'intervention en prostitution juvénile, une réponse collective au
phénomène de la prostitution juvénile à Québec
Isabelle Miron et Tatjana Sekulic - FemAide : répondre en français aux
femmes victimes de violence en Ontario

14h - 17h : PRODUCTION ET REPRODUCTION DE LA MASCULINITÉ & DE LA FÉMINITÉ
Présidente de séance: Guylaine Demers

Simon-Louis Lajeunesse - L'épreuve de la masculinité, sport, rituels
et homophobie
Marie Marthe Cousineau - Adolescent-e-s dans les gangs de rue
Frédéric Clément - Mise en images du féminin dans les bandes dessinées
et les dessins animés japonais adressés aux filles

VENDREDI 5 JUIN

9h - 12h : CLôTURE:
Présidente de séance: Lise Montminy

Hélène Cadrin - Les politiques gouvernementales pour contrer la
violence faite aux femmes: enjeux passés, présents et à venir.
Louise Langevin - Comment mettre le droit et l'appareil judiciaire au
service des femmes? Pistes de solutions.

14h - 15h : RENCONTRE PÉDAGOGIQUE pour les personnes inscrites aux
cours FEM-2000 et FEM-6003

SAMEDI 6 JUIN

VISITES GUIDÉES en compagnie de France Parent, historienne, fondatrice
de l'Autre-mémoire

Pour des renseignements supplémentaires
universite-feministe-ete@fss.ulaval.ca ou

Téléphone : (418) 656-2131 poste 8930

University of California Press: 2nd ANNUAL PUBLIC ANTHROPOLOGY PUBLISHING COMPETITIONS

ANNOUNCING 2nd ANNUAL PUBLIC ANTHROPOLOGY PUBLISHING COMPETITIONS

The University of California Press in association with the Center for a
Public Anthropology are again sponsoring, in 2009, two international
competitions focused on encouraging anthropologically inclined authors
to address major public problems and broad audiences. Both competitions
will award book contracts at early stages in the research/writing
process - without the applicant necessarily having completed (or even
started) the specified research and/or writing of the specified manuscript.

To learn more details - regarding the competition, the submission
process, and the standards by which entries will be judged - please
click on this link:
http://www.publicanthropology.org/PA-Competitions/2009-1.htm

May we ask a favor? Would you please forward this email to anyone you
think might not have received it. We discovered with the 2008
competition that a number of high quality proposals were submitted only
because some readers, who received our announcement, took the time to
forward it on to others who had not heard about the competition. Thank you.

Regards,

Dr. Rob Borofsky (Center for a Public Anthropology & Hawaii Pacific
University)
Naomi Schneider (University of California Press)

Conference: Women in the History of Islam from the A.H. 7th to 13th (13th to 19th century A.D.)

Women?s Association of History Researchers Organizes:
The Women?s Association of History Researchers will conduct its fourth
international conference in November 2009. The conference, ?Women in
the History of Islam from the A.H. 7th to 13th (13th to 19th century
A.D.), will take place in Tehran. Professors, experts and researchers
are invited to submit articles and participate in the seminar.

Objectives:
1- Identification and exposition of women?s place in the history of Islam.
2- Identifying and introducing research priorities in the chosen subject.
3- Presenting new research findings on the chosen subject.
4- Establishing a sustained relationship among scholars linked to the subject

Participants:
The Ministry of Science Cultural and Social Research Center
The International Center for Dialogue among Cultures and Civilizations
Imam Mousa Sadr Institute
Mofid University
The Center for the Great Islamic Encyclopedia
Imam Khomeini (RA) and Islamic Revolution Research Center

Scientific Guidelines
Women and Culture: Women and thought, women and education, women and
literature, women and art, women and ceremonies, women and science etc.
Women and Society: The law, family, hygiene, clothing, charity work,
women?s gatherings, women and entertainment, women and chivalry, women
and slavery etc.
Women and Politics: Women and political thought, women and political
power, women and political evolution, women and foreign affairs, women
and militarism etc.
Women and Economics: Women and urban economics, women and rural
economics, women and nomadic economics etc.

Programs:

Presenting articles in the form of speeches and posters.
Conducting specialized roundtables and group discussions
Conducting specialized exhibitions
Auxiliary programs (visiting historical and cultural sites in Tehran)

How to Submit Articles:
The article summary must be in one of three languages, Farsi, Arabic
or English with a maximum of 250 words. It must be mailed to the
secretariat
zananetarikh@yahoo.com

CFP: Iran Women's Association

Women's Association of History Researchers Organizes:
The Women's Association of History Researchers will conduct its fourth
international conference in November 2009. The conference, "Women in
the History of Islam from the A.H. 7th to 13th (13th to 19th century
A.D.), will take place in Tehran. Professors, experts and researchers
are invited to submit articles and participate in the seminar.
 
Objectives:
1- Identification and exposition of women's place in the history of Islam.
2- Identifying and introducing research priorities in the chosen subject.
3- Presenting new research findings on the chosen subject.
4- Establishing a sustained relationship among scholars linked to the subject
 
Participants:
The Ministry of Science Cultural and Social Research Center
The International Center for Dialogue among Cultures and Civilizations
Imam Mousa Sadr Institute
Mofid University
The Center for the Great Islamic Encyclopedia
Imam Khomeini (RA) and Islamic Revolution Research Center
 
Scientific Guidelines
Women and Culture: Women and thought, women and education, women and
literature, women and art, women and ceremonies, women and science etc.
Women and Society: The law, family, hygiene, clothing, charity work,
women's gatherings, women and entertainment, women and chivalry, women
and slavery etc.
Women and Politics: Women and political thought, women and political
power, women and political evolution, women and foreign affairs, women
and militarism etc.
Women and Economics: Women and urban economics, women and rural
economics, women and nomadic economics etc.
 
Programs:

Presenting articles in the form of speeches and posters.
Conducting specialized roundtables and group discussions
Conducting specialized exhibitions
Auxiliary programs (visiting historical and cultural sites in Tehran)
 
How to Submit Articles:
The article summary must be in one of three languages, Farsi, Arabic
or English with a maximum of 250 words. It must be mailed to the
secretariat
zananetarikh@yahoo.com
 
Deadline for Article Summaries: April 19, 2009

Conference: "The Politics of Community and Identity: Learning from One Another"

Conference registration now open!

Registration for the conference, "The Politics of Community and Identity:
Learning From One Another" is now open. This major international and
interdisciplinary conference, to be held May 20-22 at the University of
Ottawa, is designed to provide insight into how sub-state communities
participate in democratic politics. It will explore issues of community
formation, the definition of a community's agenda,processes for the
representation and recognition of communities, the management of dissent
and debate within communities, and the effect of the overlapping and
competing identities of community members on the community's advancement
of its agenda. The conference promises to generate a stimulating
discussion of the role that communities play in modern democratic
politics.

For more information and to register, please visit the conference website
at: http://www.socialsciences.uottawa.ca/communities09

The Pauline Jewett Institute of Women's and Gender Studies at Carleton University - presentation

The Pauline Jewett Institute of Women's and Gender Studies at Carleton
University

invites you to attend a presentation (in English only)

"Incomes and expenditures of single female and male house heads:
Experiences from Singida District in Tanzania "

A presentation based on a pilot study of incomes and expenditures of
single female and male household heads from 10 wards in Singida
District Tanzania that was carried out between January and April,
2008. The objectives of the study were to: examine incomes and
expenditures of single female and male household heads, factors that
contribute to poverty, societal views towards female and male
household heads and recommend areas for action and farther research on
poverty from a feminist perspective.

By

Dr. Grace Khwaya Puja

Dr. Puja is the IDRC-Carleton University- University of Ottawa
Visiting Scholar in Feminist Perpectives on Globalization from Ruaha
University College (RUCO), a Constituent of the St Augustine Univers
of Tanzania (SAUT) where she is a Senior Lecturer and Acting Acting
Head of Department of Education of the recently established Faculty of
Arts and Social Sciences of RUCO. Prior to this appointment she was
the Head of Department of Educational Foundations (2003-2008) in the
Faculty of Education of the University of Dar es Salaam Main Campus
and taught Sociology of education focusing on social inequality and
the need for gender mainstreaming in higher education.

Wednesday, April 15, 2009
At 12:00 Noon
History Lounge
Paterson Hall, room 433

Free Admission and All are Welcome
Please RSVP at helene_boudreault@carleton.ca
For more information, please call 613-520-6644.

Call for Papers: SMA Conference

Call for Papers: SMA Conference, Yale University, September 2009
<http://casca-news.blogspot.com/2009/03/call-for-papers-sma-conference-y
ale.html>

Call for Papers: SMA Conference, Yale University, September 2009

Session Title: Reproductive conjunctures

Organizers: Erica van der Sijpt (University of Amsterdam), Anita Hardon
(University of Amsterdam)

Session Abstract:
Reproductive lives are characterized by many critical moments: the onset
of menstruation, initiation of sexual activities, choices for fertility
regulation, pregnancies, choices for HIV-tests, deliveries, reproductive
disruptions, reproductive infections, abortion practices, or menopause
are only the most obvious examples of a broad array of important
reproductive happenings in people's lives. These events are neither
homogeneous, nor unambiguously experienced. Rather, they are surrounded
by multiple hopes, desires, fears, uncertainties, ambitions and stakes -
both within and between cultural and health care contexts. People mostly
interpret and act upon them in a very indeterminate and highly
context-dependent way. Thus, in order to understand how people make
sense of and navigate these reproductive events, they should be studied
in-depth and situated within wider social environments and health care
contexts- as 'reproductive conjunctures'.

The aims of this panel are twofold. Firstly, we will focus
on specific reproductive conjunctures in different locales and aim to
discover the reproductive stakes and interpretations and practices
surrounding them. Secondly, on a more general level, the panel seeks to
theorize about how people and health care workers try to manage and give
direction to reproductive trajectories at these reproductive
conjunctures. How can different theories about shed light on people's
experiences and behavior at critical moments in their reproductive
lives? Which theoretical concepts could be used, explored or developed
to make analytical sense of the turmoil and indeterminacy that often
surrounds reproductive conjunctures?

Please forward proposed titles and abstracts by April 9 to:
r.e.c.both@uva.nl

Call for Papers

Call for Papers: SMA Conference, Yale University, September 2009
<http://casca-news.blogspot.com/2009/03/call-for-papers-sma-conference-y
ale.html>

Call for Papers: SMA Conference, Yale University, September 2009

Session Title: Logic of choice versus logic of care

Organizers: Anita Hardon (University of Amsterdam), Annemarie Mol
(University of Amsterdam)

Session Abstract:

Compared to forced interventions, coercion and paternalisms of all
kinds, choice deserves to be defended. But is that a good enough reason
to celebrate it always and everywhere? One of the disadvantages of
insisting on choice is that it shifts all the attention to a few moments
where the mind is put to work. But in dealing with health-issues, there
are many more moments when practical things have to be arranged. Ever so
many (hurting, smelling, difficult, painful) elements of ever so many
daily lives have to be attuned to one another. And once things are more
or less arranged, they crack and crumble. Start again. And again. The
ongoing tinkering (nursing, doctoring) implied in that, is not a matter
of making individual choices, but of sharing care.

Where and when do health care professionals care? And what about those
'cared for': when does it make sense to call their activities self-care?
We do not just seek empirical stories about these issues, but would also
like to calibrate our normative registers. Where does the logic of
choice fit and where does it make sense to argue for it? Where does it
reach its limits? In which sites and situations is the logic of care a
good alternative? Where does it easily work, where can it be put to work
and where is this an illusion? What other repertoires, or logics, are
there for dealing well with suffering, or for seeking to prevent it?

In this panel we would like to gather contributions from people who have
done field work in entirely different settings in the world, West, East,
North, South, so that we may learn from the contrasts and the
comparisons.

Please forward proposed titles and abstracts by April 9 to:
r.e.c.both@uva.nl

Health sciences project in Uganda

Dear esteemed colleagues,

I'd like to introduce to you a project I'm working on with a colleague
in Sydney called Triune - Uganda - 2009.

This is an exciting and innovative online initiative forming
collaborations between Health Sciences - pharmacy, medicine, nursing,
sociology and anthropology - and traditional healers, church leaders and
local medical people in a rural village in Uganda.

More info can be found here:
http://creativewaves.omnium.net.au/triune/outline/

We are looking for teachers, professionals and students from the
disciplines mentioned above to sign up to this project. It aims not only
looks to be of great use to the people of Uganda, but also acts as an
opportunity for students and teachers to meet one another across the
globe and work together and learn from one another.

Closing dates for applications are 10th April and the project commences
20th April 2009.

Please can you pass along the message to anyone that may be interested
within your school or Faculty. Applications are under "apply" on the
website http://creativewaves.omnium.net.au/triune/outline/apply/

Please contact me should you require further details.

With kind regards

Nataly

Dr Nataly Martini / School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medical and Health
Sciences /

University of Auckland

PhD scholarships for ethnographic health research in Cook Islands and Tuvalu

Faculty of Arts, The University of Auckland, New Zealand

Call for applications
PhD Research Scholarships: Ethnographies of Pacific Health: Cook
Islands and Tuvalu.

PROJECT:
TRANSNATIONAL PACIFIC HEALTH THROUGH THE LENS OF TUBERCULOSIS
(A Health Research Council of NZ-funded project, located in the Department of
Anthropology, The University of Auckland, New Zealand.)

Two PhD Scholarships, each for three years (mid-to-late 2009 to
mid-to-late 2012)

AIM:
To undertake ethnographic research into transnational health
involving Cook Islands
and Tuvaluan people in their home countries and in New Zealand, as part of a
multidisciplinary team of anthropologists, historians, geographers, public
health/health promotion researchers and Pacific scholars.

The PhD students will be involved in collecting relevant background
information,
conducting ethnographic research, analysis and report writing while
preparing their
PhD dissertations.

VALUE:
A stipend of $NZ 25,000 per annum for three years.
The grant covers all approved research costs, including research travel.
International students pay fees at the domestic student rate.

* (See the University of Auckland website for information on
doctoral registration
requirements, fees, other scholarships, and the registration process
http://www.auckland.ac.nz/uoa/home/for/future-postgraduates )

SELECTION CRITERIA for PhD scholarship candidates:
* Masters degree (2nd Class, First Division / Merit and above)
or equivalent in a
relevant social science - Anthropology, Geography, Development
Studies, Sociology,
Pacific Studies. This is the preferred qualification.
* Or, a BA Honours post-graduate degree (First Class /
Distinction) in a relevant
social science - Anthropology, Geography, Development Studies,
Sociology, Pacific
Studies.
* Knowledge of a Polynesian language is an advantage, but
willingness and ability to
learn either Cook Islands Maori or Tuvaluan are essential.
* Ethnographic research skills.
* Be free to carry out research in NZ and either Tuvalu or Cook Islands
* Satisfy the PhD registration requirements of the University
of Auckland in terms of
qualifications and residence in Auckland for most of the scholarship period.
In addition, selection will based on
* demonstrated writing and research ability
These and other relevant skills should be detailed in your application.

APPLICATION:
Contact Associate Professor Julie Park by email to be sent an
information pack
(j.park@auckland.ac.nz).
Applicants are asked to apply by letter detailing your relevant
education and skills.

Please attach to your letter
* your curriculum vitae, including the names of two academic referees
* your academic transcript
* a sample of 3-5 pages of your academic writing.

Email applications to Associate Professor Julie Park, as above, with
a cc to AP
Judith Littleton (j.littleton@auckland.ac.nz),. This is the preferred
method of
application. Or post to AP Julie Park, Department of Anthropology,
University of
Auckland, PO Box 92019, Auckland, New Zealand. Phone +64 9 3737599
ext 88589, FAX
+64 9 2727441.

CLOSING DATE: The closing date for this round of applications is
Thursday 30 April
2009.

For further information about this and earlier projects, we invite
you to visit our
new website, which will be available very shortly www.arts.auckland.ac.nz/ptb

BOOK EXHIBIT POSITION at UBC

LIBRARY OF SOCIAL SCIENCE is once again organizing and managing the BOOK
EXHIBIT for the upcoming Conference of the Canadian Anthropology Society and
American Ethnological Society at University of British Columbia, Vancouver,
beginning Tuesday, May 12 through Saturday, May 16.

WE ARE LOOKING FOR AN ASSISTANT TO HELP US WITH THE ONSITE MANAGEMENT OF THE
BOOK EXHIBIT.

PLEASE CONTACT Richard Koenigsberg at 718-393-1081 or email
rakoenigsberg@earthlink.net for details.

REMUNERATION (this is a paying position): RECEIVE FREE ANTHROPOLOGY BOOKS
(your choice at the end of the conference); and/or CASH.

There will be time to attend sessions when you are not working at the book
exhibit.

If you are a faculty member and know of a graduate student that would like
to help, please have him or her contact us.
____________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________
One experienced LSS staff person (Richard Klein) will be on-site throughout
the meeting to manage the display. However, our book exhibit will be large
(well over 250 titles in the display).

WE SEEK AN INDIVIDUAL TO ASSIST RICHARD WITH MANAGING THE BOOK EXHIBIT.

The person will help with the set-up of the display (on Tuesday, May 12) as
well as with writing up orders during the course of the conference. The job
is not difficult, but at times (between sessions) is fairly intense. We wish
to hire someone with business experience.

If you are suitable for and enthusiastic about this position (or know
someone who is), please have them contact me ASAP at 718-393-1081 or send an
e-mail to rakoenigsberg@earthlink.net

Please provide a telephone number and the best time to call to discuss the
position.

Thanks very much.

Best regards,

Richard Koenigsberg, Ph. D.

Director, LIBRARY OF SOCIAL SCIENCE

P. S. To get a sense of what we do, please visit the LIBRARY OF SOCIAL
SCIENCE BOOK EXHIBIT'S WEBSITE at <http://www.libraryofsocialscience.com/>
http://www.libraryofsocialscience.com/

Remembering War, Genocide and other Human Rights Violations: Oral History, New Media and the Arts - Call for Proposals

Remembering War, Genocide and other Human Rights Violations: Oral History,
New Media and the Arts
CALL FOR PROPOSALS
November 5-8, 2009
The Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling & the Montreal Life
Stories Project
Concordia University, Montréal, Québec, Canada
Proposals Due: Monday April 13, 2009

It has frequently been said that we live in an "age of testimony."
Eye-witness accounts from survivors of war, genocide and other human
rights violations fill our airwaves and our bookshelves. Large Holocaust
testimony projects such as Steven Spielberg's Survivors of the Shoah
Visual History Foundation have recorded tens of thousands of survivors.
Thousands more have told their horrific stories to truth and
reconciliation commissions and international tribunals in a growing number
of countries including Canada.

Oral history, we believe, has a pivotal role to play in educating
ourselves and our communities about the social preconditions, experiences
and long-term repercussions of war, genocide and other human rights abuses
(broadly defined). What do people remember and why? How have we approached
the interview? Digital technologies and the arts have likewise opened up
new possibilities for community engagement and research. In what ways have
we incorporated the life stories of survivors in art, documentary media
and practice, performance, museum exhibition, classroom pedagogy, and
other digital environments? When is oral history and storytelling a
catalyst for collective dialogue and political action? Digital
technologies and the arts have opened up exciting new possibilities for
community engagement and research. How do we share the stories that we
record?

We invite proposals in English and French from a wide range of
community-based projects, university researchers, artists and educators,
whose work is publicly engaged and intellectually consequential. Please
indicate if you are proposing an individual presentation or panel session,
one hour workshop, short performance, film screening/discussion, or
booth/display. We are hoping to avoid concurrent sessions if possible. You
are asked to submit a 250 word proposal, curriculum vitae, and a short
biographical statement (to be placed on the web site if your proposal is
accepted) by Monday April 13, 2009. Please send your proposals to Steven
High, Canada Research Chair in Public History, at
shigh@alcor.concordia.ca.

The conference is co-sponsored by the Centre for Oral History and Digital
Storytelling at Concordia University (http://storytelling.concordia.ca)
and the Life Stories of Montrealers displaced by War and Genocide project
(www.lifestoriesmontreal.ca ), an ambitious five year Community University
Research Alliance that is comprised of 40 researchers and 18 community
partners from the city's Rwandan, Cambodian, Jewish and Haitian
communities as well as arts, education and human rights organizations. A
publication, perhaps an anthology, is expected to result.

LTA positions at Trent

TRENT UNIVERSITY

The International Development Studies Department at Trent University
(www.trentu.ca/ids) invites applications for two limited term
positions at the assistant professor level. The first is a 9 month
position commencing September 1, 2009. The second is a 4 month
position commencing January 1, 2010.

IDS is an interdisciplinary undergraduate department at Trent University.

We are seeking candidates with expertise in the following areas: the
political economy of development, development theory, social and
cultural aspects of development.

Candidates must have teaching experience and a Ph.D. in hand or near
completion. Applications will be welcomed from individuals with a
background in development studies, anthropology, sociology, geography,
political studies or a related discipline.

Candidates should send (in paper and electronic copy) a covering
letter, curriculum vitae, and letters from three referees to: Winnie
Lem, Chair, International Development Studies, Trent University,
Peterborough, Ontario, K9J 7B8, Canada. wlem@trentu.ca

Applications must be received by April 30th, 2009.

Trent University is an employment equity employer, and especially
invites applications from women, Aboriginal peoples, visible
minorities and persons with disabilities. All qualified candidates
are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents
will be given priority. Positions are subject to final budgetary
approval.

?Medical Anthropology & Conflict?: Call for Papers

?Medical Anthropology & Conflict?: Call for Papers

Panel for 2009 SMA Meetings ? Medical Anthropology at the
Intersections: Celebrating 50 Years of Interdisciplinarity (September
24-27, Yale University)

Recently, medical anthropologists have been urged to remedy the dearth
of research on ?any aspect of war or its aftermath in Iraq, or other
parts of the Middle East?, and redress the ways that, ?as a
discipline, we have been faint of heart and lacking moral courage...
(and) have turned away from the brutal realities, the embodied
suffering, the psychological devastation, the sexual violence, and the
refugee aftermath of war? (Inhorn 2008: 421).

By simultaneously contesting and upholding critiques of medical
anthropology as deficient in the scholarship of war, this panel
proposes to illuminate, problematize and debate qualitative health
research in conflicted terrains. In addition to highlighting current
research projects and the existing ? and not insignificant - medical
anthropology of conflict literature (which includes research in Gaza,
Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, and Sierra Leone), panellists might also
address the interdisciplinary collaborations in which medical
anthropology methods and theory are applied in embattled terrain by
anthropologists and non-anthropologists alike. Panellists are
encouraged to critically explore the progressively porous boundaries
separating medical anthropology from the at-times problematic use of
qualitative, ethnographic methods in clinical health research and
global health initiatives in conflict zones. To this point
specifically, rather than demonstrating
faint-heartedness or disciplinary malaise, the paucity of
anthropology-centered research and analysis often reflects the ways
medical anthropology is deployed in the service of clinical outreach
initiatives, non-governmental organizations, or policy development
and analysis, especially in times when explicitly anthropological
engagements with conflict are infrequently and insufficiently funded
or supported.
A diverse range of topics related to the direct and indirect impacts
of conflict on health are welcomedand could address areas such as the
following:
· Gendered and domestic violence during conflict, reproductive
health, mental health and emotional ?recovery?, or embodiment and
somatization, physiological ailments and traumatic injury in
destabilized, insecure, conflicted or post-conflict settings.
· The structural and logistical implications of conflict for
clinical or ?traditional? health services, or the effect on the
hierarchy of therapeutic resort or ?triage? of health seeking and
service provision during conflict at family-, community- and
clinic-levels.
· The differences or similarities between the medical
anthropology of conflict and socio-cultural or feminist ethnographies
that also attend to health during instability, hostilities and strife.
· An examination of the ways in which conflict and violence
resonates in individuals? conceptualization of their bodies, health
and well-being; their vulnerability or resilience.
· Critical reflections on the role of ethnography, methods and
theory in addressing these issues.

This panel will ideally allow for conflict?s varied manifestations and
contextual underpinnings, and the ways fleeting, episodic fights or
sustained, chronic hostilities shape health beliefs and practices. In
important ways, the medical anthropology of conflict facilitates
crucial opportunities to view ?quotidian? health practices and their
occurrence amid, or, transformation by low-intensity or ?spectacular?
violence.

Inquiries or paper proposals (200 words maximum) may be directed to
Emma Varley (emma_varley2002@yahoo.ca) by Saturday April 11th. The SMA
panel will be held between September 24-27 (2009) at Yale University.
Further information on the SMA annual meetings can be found at:
http://www.yale.edu/macmillan/smaconference

FEMMES DU MONDE / University of Ottawa/Universit=?iso-8859-1?Q?=E9?= d'Ottawa & Carleton University

ENGLISH TEXT FOLLOWS

L'Institut d'études des femmes de l'Université d'Ottawa a le plaisir
de vous inviter à la Conférence annuelle Shirley Greenberg en études
des femmes intitulée

FEMMES DU MONDE

prononcée par

Céline Galipeau

Chef d'antenne du Téléjournal et journaliste, Radio-Canada

Vendredi, le 3 avril 2009 à 17 h

Auditorium des anciens

85, rue Université

Université d'Ottawa

ENTRÉE LIBRE

R.S.V.P. avant le 27 mars 2009

womenst@uOttawa.ca <mailto:womenst@uOttawa.ca&gt; ; 613-562-5791

* * * * * * * *

The Institute of Women's Studies of the University of Ottawa is
pleased to invite you to the Shirley Greenberg Annual Lecture in
Women's Studies entitled

"FEMMES DU MONDE"

given by

Céline Galipeau

Reporter and Anchor of the Téléjournal Radio-Canada

Friday, April 3, 2009 at 5:00 p.m.

Alumni Auditorium

85 University Private

University of Ottawa

FREE ADMISSION

The presentation will be given in French.

R.S.V.P. by March 27, 2009

womenst@uOttawa.ca ; 613-562-5791

Causerie du midi / Brown Bag Lunch - University of Ottawa/Universit=?iso-8859-1?Q?=E9?= d'Ottawa & Carleton University

L'Institut d'études canadiennes et l'Institut d'études des femmes vous
invitent à une
The Institute of Canadian Studies and the Institute of Women's Studies
invite you to a

Causerie du midi / Brown Bag Lunch

DATE: Jeudi 2 avril / Thursday April 2nd

HEURE / TIME: MIDI / NOON

OÙ / WHERE: Institut d'études canadiennes /
Institute of Canadian Studies
52, rue Université, pièce 108 /
52 University Room 108

Informal Influences in Selecting Female Political Candidates

Conférencières / Lecturers: Christine Cheng and Margit Tavits

This paper is about the role of informal influences in the electoral
success of women. We argue that the gender composition of party
gatekeepers - those responsible for candidate recruitment - plays a
crucial role in either encouraging or discouraging women candidates to
run for office. Using an original dataset that includes constituency
level information for all parties and candidates in the 2004 and 2006
Canadian national elections, we find support for this proposition.
Women candidates are more likely to be nominated when the gatekeeper -
the local party president - is a woman rather than a man. We also find
an additional surprising effect: female candidates are more likely in
constituencies that have historically fielded a high proportion of
female candidates. The results underline the importance of informal
factors and their resulting effect on women's political
under-representation.

Christine Cheng is a doctoral student in politics at Nuffield College,
University of Oxford. She is currently the Cadieux-Léger Fellow at the
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade.

Margit Tavits is an Assistant Professor Political Science at
Washington University in St.Louis.

Conférence en anglais / Lecture in English

Entrée libre - Free Admission

Pour de plus amples renseignements, prière de contacter Jean-Marc
Thibault, à 613-562-5800, poste 3672, OU Hélène Boudreault, à
613-520-6644 / For more information, please contact Jean-Marc
Thibault, at 613-562-5800, poste 3672, OR Hélène Boudreault, at
613-520-6644

Lecturer, School of Social Sciences - University of Adelaide South Australia

Lecturer, School of Social Sciences
University of Adelaide South Australia
(Ref: 10308)

A position is available for an experienced Lecturer to join the
School of Social Sciences at the University of Adelaide in
a continuing appointment commencing July 2009. This position
is located in the
discipline of Gender, Work and Social Inquiry. You should have
a PhD in a discipline within the Social Sciences with a
focus on gender analysis. You will be required to teach and
research in Social
Research methods, Gender Studies and Health. Contributions to
areas of gender analysis, particularly sexualities and
masculinities, would be welcome. You will be expected
to teach in and develop new courses in the Bachelor of
Social Sciences.

Tenurable position available from July 2009, plus an
employer superannuation contribution of 17% applies.
Salary: (Level B) $73,228 - $86,960 per annum
Closing date 27/04/09

Contact: Dr Susan Oakley
Email: susan.oakley@adelaide.edu.au
Phone: (61 8) 8303 3352

Applicants must address the selection criteria for the
position, available from
www.adelaide.edu.au/jobs