UW term contract

The University of Winnipeg?s Department of Anthropology requires a
lecturer for a full-time, twelve-month appointment commencing
September 1, 2009. Responsibilities include teaching multiple sections
of four-field Introductory Anthropology, and Myth, Magic and Shamanism
and/or Archaeology of the Holy Lands. Teaching in spring term 2010 may
be required. Candidates with a PhD or ABD are preferred. The
University of Winnipeg is committed to employment equity, welcomes
diversity in the workplace, and encourages applications from all
qualified individuals including women, members of visible minorities,
Aboriginal persons, and persons with disabilities. In accordance with
Canadian immigration requirements, this advertisement is initially
directed to Canadian citizens and permanent residents of Canada.
Letters of application, including cv and the names of three
references, should be sent to Dr. Barnett Richling, Department of
Anthropology, University of Winnipeg, 515 Portage Ave., Winnipeg MB
R3B 2E9. The closing date for applications is March 15, 2009.

Nomination Holberg Prize 2009 final deadline 20 January 2009

NOMINATION HOLBERG PRIZE
The Board of the Ludvig Holberg Memorial Fund invites you to nominate
the Holberg International Memorial Prize for outstanding work in
the academic fields of the arts and humanities, social science, law
and theology. The prize for 2008 is NOK 4,5 million (approx.
570.000/716.000 US Dollar), and was established by the Norwegian
Government in 2003.

Letters of nomination must be sent to us by 20 January 2009.

Holberg Prize Laureates:
2008: Fredric R. Jameson
2007: Ronald Dworkin
2006: Shmuel N Eisenstadt
2005: Jürgen Habermas
2004: Julia Kristeva

How to nominate?
Scholars holding a senior position at universities and other research
institutions within the above mentioned academic fields are entitled to
nominate candidates for the Holberg Prize. The Holberg Prize's
Academic Committee will base its assessment on the letters of
nomination which must
state the reasons for the nomination (2 to 3 pages). Letters should
also contain a brief CV for the candidate and suggest referees who
know the scholar
and his/her work. Nominations are strictly confidential.

For more information:
http://holbergprisen.no/HP_prisen/en_hp_utlysning.html

Please contact Ms Trine Kleven, Project Manager in Holberg Prize, if
you have questions: trine.kleven@holbergprisen.no

Yours Sincerely,

Professor Jan Fridthjof Bernt
Chair of Ludvig Holberg Memorial Fund
www.holbergprisen.no

Prix Weaver-Tremblay Award

Prix Weaver-Tremblay

En 1992, la Société pour l'anthropologie
appliquée au Canada créait le prix
Weaver-Tremblay. Marc-Adélard Tremblay et Sally
Weaver, deux anthropologues des plus respectés au
Canada, furent tous deux essentiels pour la
fondation de CASCA, une initiative découlant de
plusieurs facteurs. L'un de ces facteurs a été
leur forte conviction dans le fait que les
anthropologues et leurs associations doivent se
pencher sur des questions politique et sociale
d'importance. Le prix fut placé sous la
responsabilité de la CASCA et depuis 16 ans, il
fut attribué à une série de collègues des plus distingués au Canada.

La gagnante du prix Weaver-Tremblay en
Anthropologie appliquée en 2008 est Dr. Harvey
Feit de L'Université McMaster. Il prononça son
discours lors du congrès de la 2008 CASCA
conference en Mai á L'Université Carleton. Les
récipiendaires furent, par le passé, Joan Ryan
(1993), Michael Ames (1994), Paul Charest (1995),
Peter Stephenson (1997), Michael Robinson (1998),
Michael Asch (2001), Pierre Beaucage (2002),
Donat Savoie (2003), Elvi Whittaker (2004),
Herman Konrad (2005), Richard Preston (2006) et
Penny Van Esterik (2007). Pour plus
d'information, consultez le site web de la CASCA:
http://casca.anthropologica.ca/fr_prix_w-t.htm

Le prix est décerné à ou une citoyen-e
canadien-ne ou un-e immigrant-e reçu-e.. Les
candidatures doivent inclure un CV du ou de la
candidate, une lettre d'appui d'un individu qui
propose la nomination et qui explique en quoi la
candidature est méritoire, de même que tout
matériel complémentaire permettant d'étayer la
candidature. Dans les années précédentes, les
dossiers des candidatures comprenaient des
lettres d'appui de collègues et d'organismes
divers, du monde académique et extra-académique.
Le ou la gagnante doit prononcer un discours lors
d'une session plénière du congrès de la CASCA. Un
montant de $500 est payé au gagnant; les frais
de déplacement ne sont généralement pas couverts.

Les candidatures pour le prix Weaver-Tremblay
2009 doivent être reçues pour le 13 février et
être adressées à la présidente du comité :

Professor Harvey Feit [
<mailto:feit@mcmaster.ca>feit@mcmaster.ca ]
Department of Anthropology
McMaster University
1280 Main Street West
Hamilton, ON L8S 4L8

Pour répondre à vos questions :

Evie Plaice, CASCA Secretary [
<mailto:plaice@unb.ca>plaice@unb.ca ]
Department of Anthropology
University of New Brunswick
Fredericton NB E3B 5A3

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Weaver-Tremblay Award

In 1992 the Society for Applied Anthropology in
Canada established the Weaver-Tremblay Award,
naming it after Marc-Adélard Tremblay and Sally
Weaver, two of Canada's most respected
anthropologists. Both Weaver and Tremblay were
instrumental in the founding of CASCA, an
initiative prompted by a range of factors. But a
central principle was their belief that
anthropologists and their professional
associations need to examine and address matters
of social and political concern. The award was
subsequently moved to CASCA's jurisdiction and
has been presented to a series of distinguished
colleagues during the past 16 years.

The 2008 winner of the Weaver-Tremblay Award in
Applied Anthropology was Dr. Harvey Feit of
McMaster University. Dr. Feit gave the
Weaver-Tremblay Lecture at the 2008 CASCA
Conference held in May at the Carleton
University. Past recipients are Joan Ryan (1993),
Michael Ames (1994), Paul Charest (1995), Peter
Stephenson (1997), Michael Robinson (1998),
Michael Asch (2001), Pierre Beaucage (2002),
Donat Savoie (2003), Elvi Whittaker (2004),
Herman Konrad (2005), Richard Preston (2006) and
Penny Van Esterik (2007). For further
information, please visit the CASCA
website<http://casca.anthropologica.ca/ab_about.htm>:
http://casca.anthropologica.ca/re_awards_WT.htm

The award is for a Canadian or Landed Immigrant
to Canada. Nominations should include a CV, a
cover letter from the nominator explaining why
the candidate is worthy of the award, and any
supporting material the nominator feels is
important. In the past, supporting material has
included publications and letters from other
academics and/or community organizations.
The winner is invited to deliver a plenary
address at the CASCA annual conference. An
honorarium of $500 is paid to the winner, but the
association does normally not cover travel costs.

Nominations for the 2009 recipient of the
Weaver-Tremblay Award should be received by February 13th and addressed to:

Professor Harvey Feit [
<mailto:feit@mcmaster.ca>feit@mcmaster.ca ]
Department of Anthropology
McMaster University
1280 Main Street West
Hamilton, ON L8S 4L8

Enquiries can be made to:

Evie Plaice, CASCA Secretary [
<mailto:plaice@unb.ca>plaice@unb.ca ]
Department of Anthropology
University of New Brunswick
Fredericton NB E3B 5A3

Call for papers, CASCA/AES Conference, Vancouver May 2009

(la version française suit)

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CALL FOR PAPERS

CASCA/AES 2009 Canadian Anthropology Society-Société Canadienne
d'Anthropologie/

American Ethnological Society Joint Meeting.

University of British Columbia, Vancouver, May 13-16 2009

Theme: "Transnational Anthropologies: Convergences and Divergences in
Globalized Disciplinary Networks"

The organizing committee seeks proposals for panels and individual papers by
January 31, 2009. Early submissions and registration are welcome.

Please go to www.casca-aes2009.ca <http://www.casca-aes2009.ca/> for
information on how to:

* Register for the conference
* Submit panels and individual papers
* Submit films for the Anthropology Film Festival held in conjunction
with CASCA/AES
* Buy tickets for the party at the UBC Museum of Anthropology
* Book accommodation on the UBC campus

For further information, please contact us at: casca.aes2009@gmail.com

Theme:

Transnational Anthropologies: Convergences and Divergences in Globalized
Disciplinary Networks

In an era when anthropology is increasingly attentive to transnational
connections, globalized geographies, and diasporic identities, the
discipline itself is subject to new and challenging forms of
deterritorialization and re-territorialization. Anthropology has long been
constituted by tensions between the gravitational force of its various
national traditions and the pull toward an international intellectual
cosmopolitanism. Yet the increasing presence of scholars from the world
"periphery" in metropolitan universities, the rise to international
prominence of subaltern academic centers, the deterritorialized concerns and
priorities of funding institutions, and the growing transnational links
between researchers, research institutions, and research subjects (among
other factors) are further complicating the spatiality of anthropological
practice. These shifts, in turn, are transforming the way anthropologists
examine the production of power relations, inequalities, and identities in
local and global arenas. The 2009 CASCA-AES conference to be held at the
University of British Columbia in Vancouver calls anthropologists and
scholars from across the social sciences and the humanities to offer a fresh
look at the increasingly transnational nature of knowledge production, at
the resilience of regionalized academic hierarchies, as well as at the
different ways in which the latter are being reconstituted and subverted.
Additionally, the conference welcomes volunteered papers, panels, workshops,
and videos related to the internationalization of social practice, power
relations, and subjectivities and to any other theme associated with ongoing
anthropological questions.

Deadlines and registration fees (in Canadian dollars)

Faculty registration costs:
Before the deadline of January 31, 2009: $150.00
Before March 15, 2009: $170.00
At the conference venue: $190.00

Students, Postdocs, Unwaged, Retired:
Before the deadline of January 31, 2009: $50.00
Before March 15, 2009: $60.00
At the conference venue: $70.00

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APPEL À COMMUNICATIONS

CASCA/AES 2009 Congrès conjoint de la Canadian Anthropology Society-Société
Canadienne d'Anthropologie et de la American Ethnological Society.

Université de la Colombie-Britannique, Vancouver, 13 au 16 mai 2009

Thème: Anthropologies transnationales : Convergences et divergences au sein
de réseaux disciplinaires mondialisés

La date limite de soumission des propositions pour les communications et les
séances de groupe est le 31 janvier 2009. Les propositions et inscriptions
reçues à une date antérieure sont bienvenues.

Voir le lien suivant : <http://www.casca-aes2009.ca/> www.casca-aes2009.ca
pour:

* S'inscire au colloque
* Soumettre une proposition de communication ou de séance de groupe
* Soumettre de films pour le Festival de Films Anthropologiques au
CASCA/AES
* Achetez vos billets pour la soirée qui aura lieu au Musée
d'Anthropologie de UBC
* Réserver hébergement sur le campus de UBC

Pour toutes questions liées au congrès veuillez communiquer avec :

casca.aes2009@gmail.com

Thème :

Anthropologies transnationales : Convergences et divergences au sein de
réseaux disciplinaires mondialisés

À une époque où l'anthropologie est de plus en plus attentive aux rapports
transnationaux, aux géographies mondialisées et aux identités diasporiques,
la discipline elle-même est aussi confrontée à de nouvelles formes de
déterritorialisation et de reterritorialisation. L'anthropologie s'est
édifiée au fil de tensions entre la force gravitationnelle de ses diverses
traditions nationales et sa tendance vers un cosmopolitisme intellectuel
international. Aujourd'hui, la présence grandissante d'intellectuels issus
de la périphérie mondiale dans les universités occidentales, la percée au
niveau international de centres académiques du Sud global, les
préoccupations et priorités déterritorialisées des organismes
subventionnaires, de même que les relations transnationales croissantes
entre chercheurs, institutions de recherche et sujets de recherches (entre
autres facteurs), compliquent encore davantage la spatialité de la pratique
anthropologique. Ces changements transforment aussi la façon dont les
anthropologues examinent la production de relations de pouvoir, d'inégalités
et d'identités sur les scènes locales et mondiales. Le congrès CASCA-AES
2009, qui aura lieu à l'Université de la Colombie-Britannique à Vancouver,
invite les anthropologues et les chercheurs de toutes disciplines des
sciences sociales et humaines à porter un regard nouveau sur la nature de
plus en plus transnationale de la production du savoir, sur la résilience
des hiérarchies académiques régionalisées, de même que sur les différentes
façons par lesquelles ces dernières se voient reconstituées et renversées.
La conférence sollicite également des propositions de communications
individuelles, de séances de groupe, d'ateliers et de vidéos reliées à
l'internationalisation des pratiques sociales, des relations de pouvoir et
des subjectivités ainsi qu'à tout autre thème associé aux enjeux
anthropologiques contemporains.

Dates limites et frais d'inscription (en devise canadienne)

Tarifs d'inscription pour le corps professoral:

Avant la date limite du 31 janvier 2009 : $150,00

Avant le 15 mars 2009 : $170,00

Lors de la conférence : $190,00

Étudiants, stagiaires postdoctoraux, non-salariés, retraités:

Avant la date limite du 31 janvier 2009 : $50,00

Avant le 15 mars 2009 : $60,00

Lors de la conférence : $70,00

Call for Papers

Call for papers:
What is radical imagination?: Potentials and barriers towards
mobilization in the
global North.
Panel at the Society for Socialist Studies
@ the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences
Carleton University, Ottawa
May 27-30, 2009
Deadline for submissions: January 15, 2009
[If you are interested in this topic and wish to become part of a
research network on radical
imagination, please email us]
The crises of neoliberalism, so evident and provocative throughout the
rest of the world, have finally
come "home" to the global North in the form of a cataclysmic financial
crisis. However, we have yet to
see here the rise of radical mass political activity that has marked
the landscape of political contention
and alternative-building in the global South. From the Zapatista
uprising to water and AIDS activism
in sub-Saharan and southern Africa to general strikes in Korea to the
Bolivarian revolution, the last 15
years has seen mass mobilizations animated by concrete and radical
hope for a globalization from
below. Yet in the North the question that has plagued Left scholars
since the 60s has taken on new
salience and urgency. Why, in the face of increasing inequality,
precariousness, and exploitation, in the
face, even, of imminent ecological collapse, do North American elites
and governments enjoy reckless
accumulation untroubled by mass movements demanding radical social and
political change?
The answers are legion and the reality complex, but in the face of
this persistent conundrum, powerful
imaginations of political possibility capable of provoking movement
are striking in their absence.
Now that the lexicon of "crisis" has lost so much of its efficacy,
elites have turned to hollow
invocations of the rhetoric and symbolism of hope, imagination, and
possibility. The elite colonization
of this terrain makes the lack of (or need for) radical imaginations
capable of fueling radical
movements all the more critical. Yet while its evocative power and
romantic appeal are undeniable, the
discourse of radical imagination among the left (and especially among
left academics) may draw its
strength precisely from its nebulous and ill-defined nature. At risk
of demystifying a term whose
mythic power may be worth maintaining, our panel asks for a more
rigorous examination of concepts
and practices of radical imagination towards new forms of
academic/activist knowledge.
In a moment where the conspicuous lack of radical imagination has been
brought home amidst a global
financial crisis, where unprecedented opportunities for alternative
visions of society have been
sacrificed by the Left on the alter of a ubiquitous and tepid
neo-Keynesianism, the conveners of the
panel invite contributions which help us rethink and retheorize
radical imagination by focusing on
concrete sites of struggle, particularly (but not exclusively) in
North America. Of particular interest
are:
? Indigenous struggles and struggles in solidarity with indigenous peoples
? Migrant and migrant workers' struggles
? New directions in peace and anti-war organizing
? New forms of labour organizing (Workers' centres, radical workers'
networks, the IWW
resurgence, etc.)
? New forms of feminist (anti-)globalization
? Emergent or resurgent anti-capitalist tendencies
? New anarchist(ic) initiatives
? New forms of Queer and trans- organizing
The conveners encourage and anticipate a wide variety of disciplinary,
theoretical and methodological
approaches. Papers should focus on the ways movements seek - or fail -
to conceive of, articulate, and
mobilize radical imagination(s) in the pursuit of radical social
change and the consequences thereof.
Please send 100-word abstracts to:
Organisers: Alex Khasnabish (Mount Saint Vincent) & Max Haiven (McMaster)
E-mail for paper proposals: Alex.Khasnabish@msvu.ca; maxhaiven@gmail.com
Telephone: 902-457-6565
Fax: 902-457-6134
Mailing address: Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Evaristus Hall, Rm. 443
Mount Saint Vincent University
Halifax, NS B3M 2J6
Please note: While the limits of an academic panel can accommodate
only a handful of presenters we
sincerely hope that a network of scholars and activists interested in
radical imagination can emerge
from this endeavour. If you are interested in this panel and wish to
be involved in such a network,
please email us. Plans are afoot to create more opportunities to
discuss these questions in the very near
future.

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UNIVERSITÉ D'OTTAWA / UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA

INSTITUT D'ÉTUDES DES FEMMES /
INSTITUTE OF WOMEN'S STUDIES

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Candidatures pour la bourse de Chercheure invitée de la Banque de
Montréal en études des femmes

Année scolaire 2009-2010

 

L'Institut d'études des femmes de l'Université d'Ottawa sollicite des
candidatures pour la bourse Chercheure invitée de la Banque de
Montréal en études des femmes 2009-2010. L'objectif de ce fonds est
d'attirer des chercheures de haut calibre intéressées aux questions
des femmes ou de rapports sociaux de sexe. D'une durée de trois (3) à
six (6) mois, le séjour de la chercheure invitée devra s'effectuer au
cours de l'année scolaire allant de septembre à avril. Les
récipiendaires, y compris celles qui disposeraient d'autres fonds,
recevront une somme maximale de 3 000 $ qui pourra servir à couvrir
les frais de recherche et (ou) de voyage. La chercheure invitée devra
présenter ses travaux dans le cadre de conférences et (ou) de
séminaires. On s'attend à ce qu'elle s'implique dans la communauté des
étudiant-e-s et de ses collègues. Plus de détails seront fournis sur
demande.

 

Ce concours s'adresse aux chercheures canadiennes et non-canadiennes,
aux professeures perm
anentes et non permanentes, ainsi qu'aux chercheures autonomes et
inscrites au postdoctorat qui poursuivent des recherches féministes et
critiques. Les candidates n'ayant pas complété leurs études de
doctorat ne sont pas admissibles.

 

Les candidates sont priées de soumettre leur curriculum vitae, un
projet de recherche détaillé, des copies de leurs publications
récentes, la période prévue pour leur séjour à l'Université d'Ottawa,
ainsi que les noms de deux répondant-e-s.

 

Les demandes devront parvenir au :

 

Comité de sélection
Chercheure invitée de la Banque de Montréal en études des femmes
Institut d'études des femmes, Université d'Ottawa
143 Séraphin Marion, Ottawa (Ontario) KIN 6N5 Canada
Téléphone : (613) 562-5791
Télécopieur : (613) 562-5994
Courrier électronique : mcharbo@uOttawa.ca

 

La date de clôture pour soumettre les candidatures est le 31 décembre 2008.

 

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Applications for the Bank of Montreal Visiting Scholar in Women's Studies

2009-2010 Academic Year

 

The Institute of Women's Studies at the University of Ottawa is
inviting applications for its Bank of Montreal Visiting Scholar in
Women's Studies for 2009-2010. The purpose of this fund is to attract
highly qualified researchers working on gender and women's issues. The
Visiting Scholar's stay should be from three (3) to six (6) months
within the univ
ersity's academic year, from September to April. The recipient will
receive a maximum of $3,000 which may be used to supplement research
and/or travel expenses. Scholars with alternative funding will be
considered. The Visiting Scholar will be required to present her
ongoing research project in conferences and/or seminars and to
interact with the community of students and colleagues. Additional
information will be provided on request.

 

The Institute of Women's Studies invites applications from Canadian
and non-Canadian scholars, both tenured and untenured faculty, and
from postdoctoral, independent scholars who are pursuing critical
feminist research. Individuals must have a Ph.D. to be considered for
this position.

 

Applications should include a curriculum vitae, a detailed statement
of the research project, copies of recent publications, the dates of
the proposed stay at the University of Ottawa and the names of two
referees.

 

Please forward to:

 

Selection Committee
Bank of Montreal Visiting Scholar in Women's Studies
Institute of Women's Studies, University of Ottawa
143 Séraphin Marion, Ottawa, Ontario, KIN 6N5 Canada
Telephone : (613) 562-5791
Fax : (613) 562-5994
E-mail : mcharbo@uOttawa.ca

 

The closing date for submitting applications is 31 December 2008.

 

 

New Proposals Vol 2, No. 1 (2008) on the virtual newsstands now!

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce that our third issue, Vol. 2, No. 1 (2008) is now
published. In this issue we have four articles and two commentaries. The
content includes a paper by Brian Thom on treaty negotiations in BC, Diane
Grant on sex workers and regulation as well as two interdisciplinary papers
on theory (questions of regulation and Gramsci's idea of hegemony).

Please pass along the link to the journal. Consider sending us something if
you have not already done so. Encourage others to contribute.

The journal is online at http://www.newproposals.ca

Yours,

Charles Menzies
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New Proposals: Journal of Marxism and Interdisciplinary Inquiry
http://ojs.library.ubc.ca/index.php/newproposals