Sociology

Postdoctoral Fellowship Positions in Sexuality and Gender Research in HIV Infection

Focus: The HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies at Columbia University and the New York State Psychiatric Institute sponsors postdoctoral fellows in the area of sexuality and gender research in HIV infection.

Setting: The HIV Center is a large interdisciplinary research program on behavioral aspects of HIV (and other sexually transmitted infections) with a special emphasis on sexuality and gender. Among the many ongoing projects are studies on the determinants and contexts of sexual behavior in various adolescent and adult populations, on the prevention of sexual risk behavior, and on HIV treatment adherence. Both qualitative/ethnographic and quantitative methodologies are being applied.

Eligible applicants: Best suited for these positions are applicants with interdisciplinary research interests and appropriate research training in psychology or related behavioral and social sciences. The program also accepts applications from persons with medical training. Applicants must have obtained their doctoral degree (Ph.D., M.D. or other) by the time of their appointment. Fellowship is open only to U.S. citizens or permanent U.S. residents.

Funding of postdoctoral fellowships: Fellowships are funded through the Behavioral Sciences Research in HIV Infection Training Program (Directors: Anke A. Ehrhardt, Ph.D., and Theo Sandfort, Ph.D.). The program provides an opportunity for fellows to receive intensive training in human sexuality research as applied to HIV prevention and HIV-related health interventions. This is an NRSA institutional training grant that provides up to three years of support for fellows. Tuition support is available through a partnership with the Mailman School of Public Health for concurrent matriculation in a Master of Science degree program in Biostatistics.

Timetable for applications: Positions to begin July 1, 2008. Anyone interested in the Fellowship Program can begin the application process by downloading (from http://www.hivcenternyc.org/training/nrsa.html), completing, and emailing the application form with a current Curriculum Vitae to postdoc@pi.cpmc.columbia.edu. Further information about the program will then be mailed to all eligible applicants, along with instructions for completing the application process (including writing a personal statement and sending letters of recommendation). The complete, final application packet must be received by the HIV Center no later than February 1, 2008. Applicants are urged to send the initial application early enough to allow themselves ample time to receive, complete, and mail in the final application packet.

More information about the HIV Center and the Training Program can be found on the HIV Center’s Website (www.hivcenternyc.org). We are an equal opportunity employer.

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Call for Papers

Challenging Cultures of Death

Aim:  A cross-cultural dialogue imagining a political and symbolic world based on life not death: mercy not sacrifice.

Julia Kristeva has claimed that we live under a sacrificial social contract. In the light of this claim, our current history, and the political developments that have brought our world to a state of permanent war and to the brink of nuclear disaster, cultural theorists from many disciplines are asking the question: how do we challenge the mechanisms whereby we appear constantly to achieve our identities at the expense of Others?  

The language of sacrifice and martyrdom, international and ecumenical, permeates religious and political discourse and has been culturally elaborated in countless ways. Some theorists argue that the totem secret of our societies is that we periodically send out our young to die, thereby replenishing our political identities. The Reformers and Counter-Reformers challenged sacrifice, but now the sacrifice to end all sacrifices manifests as the war to end all wars.  

However, the great religious prophets - radical cultural critics - insistently cried for mercy not sacrifice. Such prophets did not foretell, but imagined and ensured a better future for all of life. Standing in that tradition, and from the depths of their own embodiment, and experience as Outsiders , cultural theorists seek to forge new symbols, theoretical resources, and disciplinary, spiritual, and artistic practices based on life and mercy rather than on sacrifice and death.

The first in a proposed series, this interdisciplinary event seeks to identify and welcome theoretical, artistic, and other proposals that serve this overall aim.

Venue: Trinity College Dublin

Date: Fri 2nd Sat 3^rd Sun 4 ^th Nov 07

Sponsors

Institute for Feminism and Religion

Centre for Gender and Women’s Studies, Trinity College Dublin.   

Keynote Speakers (to date)

Bracha L. Ettinger, Griselda Pollock, Anne Primavesi, Genevieve Vaughan. (See below for biographies, bibliographies, and current positions).

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For those of you who are interested in critical evaluation and critical analysis!

Earlier this week I announced on my baptistnomad site that my colleague-friend Jody Raphael had given notice that the book had been published. This is the third and final in a series exploring violence against women. Below are the press releases that you might find helpful. Originally PDFs, I converted them into JPEGs so that I could post them here. Enjoy!

Please pass this information on to anyone that may be interested in a 2 year research fellowship at Oxford:

UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD

Oxford Future of Humanity Institute Faculty of Philosophy & James Martin 21st Century School

Position:               James Martin Research Fellow
Ref:                    YD/07/005
Grade:                  Grade 7 (£25,889 - £31,840 p.a)
                               (In USD this is $50,123 - $61,645)
Duration:               Fixed term until 30 June 2009
Discipline:             Open: any philosophical, scientific, economic, or interdisciplinary area with broad relevance to the mission of the Oxford Future of Humanity Institute.

Applications are invited for a full-time research fellowship in the Faculty of Philosophy at Oxford University within the Future of Humanity Institute (FHI). The appointment is fixed term until 30 June 2009.

The Future of Humanity Institute is a dynamic new research institute at Oxford University. It is part of the Faculty of Philosophy and is one of the constituent parts of the James Martin 21st Century School. The FHI’s mission is to understand big picture questions for humanity. Current work streams include human enhancement ethics, global catastrophic risks, methodology and rationality, impacts of transformative technologies, and the nature of wisdom. The post-holder will conduct independent research of relevance to this mission and will participate in the institute’s activities. The successful applicant will have outstanding intellectual capacity, strong evidence of research potential, and expertise in some relevant philosophical, scientific, or economic area.

Further particulars and details of how to apply are available from http://www.fhi.ox.ac.uk  or from http://www.philosophy.ox.ac.uk, or from Ms Jo Armitage, James Martin Research Projects Coordinator, Faculty of Philosophy, 10 Merton Street, Oxford, OX1 4JJ, (Tel: 01865 276934, E-mail:  jo.armitage@philosophy.ox.ac.uk).

The closing date for applications is Friday, 4 May 2007.

The University is an Equal Opportunities Employer

Call For Proposals: Young Women, Feminism, and the Future

Are you a group of women seeking change? Do you have ideas about how the feminist movement should change to accommodate the next generation of feminist students and activists? Would you be interested in meeting other feminists with similar interests?

We are looking for proposals from women who would like to organize a 3-day workshop that would bring together feminists to explore how the needs of new generations of women can best be fulfilled in the feminism of the future.

Timing: Workshop to be held in 2008.
Location: Anywhere in Canada.
Budget: Maximum grant available is $40,000.
Who Can Apply: Open to any group of young women (under age 30) in Canada.
Deadline for Applications: 31 May 2007.

Where to Send Applications:

Claire L’Heureux-Dubé Fund for Social Justice
c/o Professor Constance Backhouse
Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa
57 Louis Pasteur
Ottawa K1N 6N5

The Claire L’Heureux-Dubé Fund for Social Justice is an organization committed to supporting innovative feminist projects. Check out our website: www.commonlaw.uottawa.ca/heureuxdube/

Projects will be evaluated by the Board of Directors of the Fund, and selected from the competition based on their propensity to further the egalitarian objectives that underline the legacy of Madam Justice Claire L’Heureux-Dubé’s important contribution to equality within Canadian society. Applicants will be advised of the Board’s decision by the fall of 2007.

Format for Applications:

1. Title of Workshop
2. Date & Location of Workshop
3. Objectives of the Workshop
4. Description of the 3-day Retreat

a. Describe the participants you will include criteria for selection, and numbers

b. Outline the schedule of activities

c. Indicate the anticipated outcomes that the workshop will produce ­ short & long term

5. Budget: (Maximum $40,000)

a. Itemize estimated costs for organization of workshop, travel, accommodation and meals, costs of facilitators/speakers (if any), costs of preparation of final report on outcomes of workshop

6. Description of the Group Submitting the Proposal

a. Name
b. History of group (if any)
c. Objectives of Group
d. Previous activities (if any)
e. Contact person: name, address, phone, email.