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Subject: > Visiting Scholar in Feminist Perspectives on Globalization
for the 2004_2005 Academic Year. / The Canadian International Development
Agency-International Development Research Centre-
Carleton University-University of Ottawa / The closing date for
submitting applications is December 15, 2003.
The Pauline Jewett Institute of Women’s Studies at Carleton
University and the Institute of Women’s Studies at the University of Ottawa, with the support of the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) and the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), are launching a four year project to allow scholars from the developing world, working in the field of “Gender and Development”, to spend a research term at their institutions. The “Visiting Scholar in Feminist Perspectives on Globalization” will contribute in facilitating the expansion of gender and development research at both universities, and also provide a unique opportunity for collaboration between feminist scholars in Canada and the developing world. For the Year 2004-2005, we are seeking an English-speaking scholar to be based at the
Pauline Jewett Institute of Women’s Studies at Carleton University.
The Carleton University Pauline Jewett Institute of Women’s
Studies and the University of Ottawa Institute of Women’s Studies are inviting applications for its Visiting Scholar in Feminist Perspectives on
Globalization for the 2004_2005 academic year. The duration of the Visiting Scholar’s stay should be for a six (6) month period and
within the university’s academic year, which runs from September to
April. The recipient will receive a generous stipend to cover travel, research and living expenses (including the required medical insurance
coverage). The Visiting Scholar will have access to library services, a shared phone and computer facilities.
The purpose of this fund is to attract highly qualified
researchers from developing countries in Africa, the Middle East, Asia,Latin America, the Carribbean and the South Pacific, working within a “feminist perspective on globalization” in one of the following areas: agriculture,
basic education,
child protection, health and nutrition, HIV/Aids, information and
communication technologies (ICTs), human rights, democratization
and good
governance, conflict and peacebuilding, private sector
development,
infrastructure services (capacity building), social and economic
equity,
environment and natural resource management.
The Pauline Jewett Institute of Women’s Studies (Carleton
University) and the
Institute of Women’s Studies (University of Ottawa) invite
applications from scholars from developing countries, both
tenured and
untenured faculty, and from post_doctoral, independent scholars
who are
pursuing critical feminist research. Individuals pursuing a
university
degree are not eligible. Applicants are expected to be fluent in
English, to
have a completed PhD, to have already published in scholarly
publications,
and to have a current and established research project.During her/his stay in Canada, the Visiting Scholar will pursue
and
present her/his ongoing research project in conferences and
seminars as
requested, will generally participate in outreach activities, and
will
produce one major research paper on the impact her/his visit to
Canada had on
her/his ongoing research.Applications, which can be submitted in English or French,
should include an
abbreviated curriculum vitae (10-12 pp.), a letter of intent
outlining the
research that will be undertaken in Canada (max. 2 pp.), a list
of recent
publications, the dates of the proposed stay at Carleton
University, and the
names of two referees. Please send to: Selection Committee,
Visiting Scholar
in Feminist Perspectives on Globalization, c/o
Hélène Boudreault, Pauline Jewett Institute of Women’s Studies,
Carleton
University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1S
5B6;
Fax (613) 562_5994; email [email protected].The selection of the Visiting Scholar in Feminist Perspectives on
Globalization will be completed by February 20, 2004. Please note
that only
the short-listed candidates will be contacteLocation: Canada
Deadline: Dec 15, 2003