Cornell University Assistant Professorship in History — Labor Relations, Law, and History

Deadline: October 15

Length: Tenure-track

Comments: “We are interested in social and political historians whose scholarship engages questions of work, inequality, the economy, or political and working-class culture. We are particularly interested in scholars whose research focuses on the experiences of African-American or Asian-American workers. This may involve workers’ experiences in their jobs, organizations, and/or communities, or how their labor intersects with questions of citizenship, class, race/ethnicity, disability, and gender and sexuality, among other areas of inquiry.”

URL: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/11376

University of Pennsylvania Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies Postdoctoral Fellowship

Deadline: October 31

Length: 1 year

Comments: Theme is “The Jewish Home: Dwelling on the Domestic, the Familial, and the Lived-In.” “Relevant topics may include the history of domestic architecture and material culture, anthropological research into kinship, parenting, gender roles, and master-servant relationships; literary instantiations of the home as an object of memory and imagination; representations of Jewish domesticity in the visual arts, including theater, film, and television; the analysis of Jewish law as it relates to family life and sex; the economics of consumption and display; the ritual study of the life cycle as it plays out in domestic contexts; and urban studies that approach the home as part of neighborhoods or larger social contexts.”

URL: https://katz.sas.upenn.edu/fellowship-program/next-year

University of Pennsylvania Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Humanities 2019-20

Deadline: October 15

Length: 1 year

Comments: Theme is Kinship. “You must have your degree in hand or have passed your defense no later than December 2018 to be eligible.”

URL: https://wolfhumanities.upenn.edu/fellowships/andrew-w-mellon-postdoctoral-fellowship-humanities

Rutgers University-New Brunswick Postdoctoral Associateship at the Center For Cultural Analysis

Deadline: January 26

Length: 1 year

Comments: “We welcome proposals that investigate classification in intellectual, cultural, and social life from scholars in any field of the humanities and social sciences. Possible areas of inquiry include but are not limited to: cultural taste and social stratification; genre and genre systems; the meaning of media formats; the art/non-art opposition; libraries, universities, and other institutional organizers of culture; “folk” and “expert” taxonomies; the collection of data and control of populations by the state; classification struggle and the problem of the exception.”

URL: https://apply.interfolio.com/43134

Harvard University Postdoctoral Fellowship — Inequality in America

Deadline: January 16

Length: 2 years with possible renewal for a 3rd

Comments: Seeking recent PhDs working in one of the following research areas.

• America Inequality, Globally
• Governance, Citizenship, and Social Justice
• Mobility and Migration
• Science, Technology, Education, and Health
• Work, Family, and Opportunity

URL: https://inequalityinamerica.fas.harvard.edu/postdoctoral-program

Old Dominion University Assistant Professorship in Women’s Studies and Rhetoric

Deadline: December 1

Length: Tenure-track

Comments: ” Qualified candidates will bring teaching experience and an active research program in feminist rhetorics.” The ability to offer graduate courses, supervise theses/dissertations, deliver online instruction, and mentor students in both departments is required. Preference will be given to candidates who engage with intersectionality, woman of color feminisms, and/or womanist theory. Core course rotations include rhetoric, feminist theory, gender and technology, and/or film/new media production.”

URL: https://jobs.odu.edu/postings/6883

Worcester State University Assistant Professorship in Philosophy

Deadline: “Review of applications will begin in mid-December 2017 and the interview process will begin in mid-January 2018.”

Length: Tenure-track

Comments: AOS open. AOC: Some combination of the following areas of teaching competence: Aesthetics, Analytic Philosophy, Ancient Philosophy, Latin American Philosophy, Philosophy of Science. “Possible courses: History of Ancient Western Philosophy; Latin American Philosophy; Philosophy of Science; Logic; Topics in Analytic Philosophy; Topics in Philosophy of Race, Gender, Sexuality, and/or Class; Computer Ethics, and Human Rights. In addition, the successful candidate will be prepared to teach regularly some combination of Introduction to Philosophy, Critical Thinking, and Ethics.”

URL: Worcester Phil job

Texas Christian University Assistant/Associate Professorship in Interdisciplinary Studies

Deadline: November 20

Length: Tenure-track

Comments: At Roach Honors College. “experience, expertise, and publications in comparative critical studies encompassing multiple cultural perspectives and a record of exemplary teaching is essential. Demonstrated ability to contribute compelling and innovative lower- and upper-division courses to the College’s curriculum is highly valued, as is engagement with themes and issues of class, gender, sex, nationality, citizenship, race, and ethnic identity.” “Likely disciplinary backgrounds include (but are not limited to) cultural anthropology, ethnology, comparative race and ethnic studies, linguistics, sociology, geography, history, social work, communication studies, social entrepreneurship, musicology, ethnomusicology, art history, religious studies, and comparative literature.”

URL: https://tcu.igreentree.com/CSS_Faculty/CSSPage_JobDetail.ASP?T=20171025150308&

Texas A and M University Assistant Professorship in Latinx and U.S. Multi-Ethnic Literature

Deadline: November 18

Length: Tenure-track

Comments: “We are seeking a scholar of Latinx literature, broadly defined, of any time period, with the ability to teach U.S. multi-ethnic literature.” “Additional interests may include Gender and Sexuality Studies, Hemispheric and Transnational Studies, and Native American Studies.”

URL: https://apply.interfolio.com/45919

University of California-San Diego Assistant Professorship in Linguistic or Cultural Anthropology

Deadline: November 20

Length: Tenure-track

Comments: “We seek ethnographically grounded and theoretically rigorous scholars whose research examines relations of power. We are particularly interested in a new colleague who focuses on: language use and regimentation; socioeconomic disparity and political ecology; formations of race, ethnicity, sexuality, gender, or religion; or colonial/postcolonial relations. Geographic region is open; candidates whose area of expertise is the Middle East, Africa, or their diasporas are especially encouraged to apply.”

URL: https://apol-recruit.ucsd.edu/apply/JPF01589