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Did you just get rejected for a funding application? Struggling to deal with it? You should know that you are not alone…
Try reading this very useful, and heartwarming, stream of Tweets about the difficulties, and the importance, of accepting that your project has been rejected. Hope you feel better!
Always wondered what gold and green open access is all about? Have a look at my brief guide on open access publishing, with a few useful tips for further reading.
Me too – Special Issue of Rejoinder
The me too movement, founded in 2006 by activist Tarana Burke to help young American women of color heal from sexual assault, has gone global. Survivors around the world are giving unprecedented voice to stories of violence and abuse.
The next issue of Rejoinder will explore the history, present, and future of me too as it relates to contemporary feminist mobilization and theorizing.
Contributions are invited that explore any aspects of me too, such as how the movement travels across different contexts (such as the home, the academy, the workplace), through different forms of media and face-to-face interactions. What are the most pronounced effects of me too? And what difference does adding the hashtag make? Submissions (including essays, commentary, criticism, fiction, poetry, and artwork) should address this theme from feminist, queer, social and racial justice-inspired perspectives. The editors particularly welcome contributions at the intersection of scholarship and activism.
Please send completed written work (2,000-2,500 words max), jpegs of artwork, and short bios to the editor, Sarah Tobias (stobias(at)rutgers(dot)edu) by December 19, 2018.
Click here for manuscript preparation details.
Being the Managing Editor of a prestigious, interdisciplinary and peer-reviewed journal, and having published a great deal myself (meaning that I’ve also had articles rejected, alas), I know all the ins and outs of the peer review process.
At this link you can watch my tutorial about the peer review process, with tips and do nots, and further reading.
Dr Ann Wand and guest-speakers, Dr Pia Jolliffe and Mr Rasmus Rodineliussen, discuss the positives, negatives and tips of the trade that come with having children in academia.
The BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grants are available to support primary research in the humanities and social sciences.
These awards, up to £10,000 in value and tenable for up to 24 months, are provided to cover the cost of the expenses arising from a defined research project.
At this link a brief tutorial about the British Academy small research grant scheme – deadline for this year approaching soon!
This conference aims to bring together early career researchers working on Italian topics across disciplines, inviting them to reflect on how varying interpretations of the body in academic theory and cultural production intersect with their own research. How has the body been variously figured in Italian culture? How has the body been exploited to further or counter specific ideologies? What does it mean to think about a body of the nation, of the text, of knowledge? How do questions of gender, sexuality, race, and ability shape what bodies can do and where they can go?
Body Narratives will provide a platform for young researchers to exchange research methodologies, approaches and questions concerning their research, and it will foster an integrated research network within Italian Studies. This will add value to current interdisciplinary networks inside and outside academia working on the consistently challenging question of the body, understood both as a metaphor and material entity.
Potential topics of discussion include, but are not limited to:
Deadline: 30 September 2018
The School of Modern Languages at the University of St Andrews welcomes applications from outstanding Early Career Researchers to the British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship scheme for 2019/20.
Applications are welcomed from candidates who have a strong research profile and meet the eligibility criteria.
Interested candidates should contact Professor Nicki Hitchcott at the earliest opportunity.
Candidates will be required to submit the following by Friday 21 September 2018:
For more information and contact details click here.
For anyone teaching women’s history and/or gender studies, I can highly recommend this volume on the global women’s liberation movement, The Feminist Revolution. The Struggle for Women’s Liberation 1966-1988, by Bonnie J. Morris and D-M Withers.
The Feminist Revolution offers a panoramic view of women’s fight for equal rights during the late twentieth century, as it’s never been presented before. Informed by a wealth of original interviews and previously unpublished accounts, the world of women’s liberation movements is illustrated with rare and stunning images that show the creativity and diversity of feminist struggles. This is a timely and brilliant tribute to the audacious spirit of women’s liberation movements, which offers renewed inspiration for the future.
With case studies from other authors including yours truly (in the chapter on feminism and music). Published by Elephant Book Company in collaboration with the lovely Conker House.
Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Open Rank Position
The Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Washington University in St. Louis seeks an assistant, associate, or full professor in the area of Sexuality Studies, in one or more of the following areas:
Candidates should demonstrate an ability to teach our introduction to women, gender, and sexuality studies course, as well as advanced undergraduate and graduate courses in feminist theory, queer theory, queer of color critique, and/or critical sexual studies. Candidates must have completed the Ph.D. in gender and sexuality studies, or a related field by July 1, 2019. Candidates at the rank of associate or full professor must have a distinguished record of publication in the field.
The Department of Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Washington University has a vibrant undergraduate major and minor, and an expanding graduate program. The department’s research strengths include race, gender and cultural studies, sexuality studies, and feminist and queer theory.
More details at this link.
Deadline: 15 October 2018.
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