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Call for Applications Theme: Race, Place and Space in the Americas Subtitle: New Questions and Comparative Analysis Type: Postdoctoral Fellowship Institution: Center for Race and Ethnicity, Rutgers University Location: New Brunswick, NJ (USA) Deadline: 6.1.2012 __________________________________________________ The Center for Race and Ethnicity at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, invites applications for a one-year postdoctoral fellowship beginning August 1, 2012. The fellow will take a leading role in a Sawyer Seminar entitled “Race, Place and Space in the Americas: New Questions and Comparative Analysis.” Funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the seminar is dedicated to the interdisciplinary and comparative study of racial formations in the Americas. We seek a scholar whose work emphasizes the spatial dimensions of the social and historical processes that produce race. The postdoctoral fellow may come from any discipline in the humanities or social sciences. The fellow will receive a stipend of $50,000, and be eligible for Rutgers University health benefits. Applications, consisting of a CV, a 2500-word description of their research and its significance, and 3 letters of recommendation, should be addressed to Mia Bay, the Director of the Center for Race and Ethnicity, and submitted electronically at https://secure.sas.rutgers.edu/apps/facsearch/ (search for “Sawyer Seminar” for the listing). Applications must be received by January 6, 2012. Candidates must have received the Ph.D. after August 31, 2007; applicants must have finished all requirements for the Ph.D. by July 1, 2012. Rutgers University is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. The institution values diversity in its faculty, staff, and students and especially encourages applications from women and underrepresented minorities. Contact: Ms. Kissil, Senior Program Coordinator Center for Race and Ethnicity Rutgers University 191 College St. New Brunswick, NJ 08901 USA Tel: +1 732 932-2181 Fax: +1 732 932-2198 Email: [email protected] Web: http://raceethnicity.rutgers.edu/menu-iii/race-place-and-space-in-the-americas __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://cal.polylog.org __________________________________________________
