2015-16 Consortium Fellowships

The Consortium for History of Science, Technology and Medicine invites 

applications for fellowships in the history of science, technology and 

medicine, broadly construed. Opportunities include: 

-short-term Research Fellowships for use of member institutions' collections

-nine-month Dissertation Writing Fellowships

-a nine-month NEH Postdoctoral Fellowship

Applications for 2015-2016 must be submitted by February 4, 2015. Letters of 

support are due by February 11, 2015. For the application portal, 

application instructions, and a list of past fellows, visit www.chstm.org. 

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Science/Medicine/Technology Tenure-track Position

The Department of History at Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, seeks a historian of science, technology, or medicine to begin as a full-time, tenure-track assistant professor in July 2015.  The search committee will consider scholars whose research examines any aspect of the history of science, technology, or medicine in the world outside of the United States between the early 1600s and the end of the 19th century.  The committee seeks candidates whose work is embedded within broader social, economic, and cultural processes; whose work has a global, transnational, or colonial aspect; and whose work is confined neither to the history of the philosophy of science nor to the intellectual history of a discrete scientist. A PhD or ABD is required.  Submit a letter of application, a CV, a teaching portfolio, a sample of scholarship, and three letters of recommendation. Candidates for this position must address their comprehension of and commitment to diversity, the liberal arts mission, and the teacher-scholar model in their application materials.  It is expected that the scholar hired for this position will teach courses on the history of modern science, technology, and medicine in general as well as more focused topics and courses in their area of research and/or regional specialization.  Review of applications will begin on November 7, 2014. The position is open until filled.  Applications are only accepted through Interfolio ByCommittee. Please go to http://apply.interfolio.com/25504 to apply.  Bucknell University is a private, highly ranked, national liberal arts institution that also offers strong professional programs in engineering, business, education, and music. Located in Central Pennsylvania along the Susquehanna River, Bucknell is nestled in the Borough of Lewisburg, an appealing Victorian-style town ranked as one of America's best small towns. The Lewisburg area offers a unique combination of outdoor recreation opportunities, small-town charm, and appealing amenities such as restaurants, art galleries, an art deco theater, museums, and boutiques. In addition to the many cultural and athletic events offered by the University and the Borough, the surrounding region offers outstanding schools, medical facilities, and an affordable cost of living. For those who crave the city, Bucknell is within an easy three-hour drive to Philadelphia, New York, Baltimore, and Washington, DC.  Bucknell University, an EOE, believes that students learn best in a diverse, inclusive community and is therefore committed to academic excellence through diversity in its faculty, staff, and students. We seek candidates who are committed to Bucknell's efforts to create a climate that fosters the growth and development of a diverse student body, and we welcome applications from members of groups that have been historically underrepresented in higher education. Web page: http://www.Click2Apply.net/6q3p3m5

History of Technology - call for applications

The Department of the History of Science at Harvard University is conducting a tenure -track search (assistant professorial level) in the history of technology. A Ph.D. is required by the expected start date, and the Department is especially interested in candidates who show exceptional promise as scholars, teachers and mentors, and whose work complements that of the current faculty. The appointment is expected to begin on July 1, 2015. Applications should include a curriculum vitae, a brief outline of present scholarly projects and future plans, a teaching statement, and names and contact information for 3 references. We also ask candidates to submit a sample of recent scholarly work. All materials should be submitted directly to the Harvard academic positions site at http://academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/5554. We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Application deadline is September 9, 2014.

Please contact Deborah Valdovinos at valdovin@fas.harvard.edu with any questions.

Research Social Scientist - New York City Urban Field Station

Two Year Postdoctoral Position

The mission of the New York City Urban Field Station (www.nrs.fs.fed.us/nyc) is to improve quality of life in urban areas by conducting and supporting research about social-ecological systems and natural resource management. It began as a partnership between the USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station and the NYC Department of Parks & Recreation. The Urban Field Station does the following:

•  Promotes natural resource stewardship and ecological literacy to advance human well-being in New York City

• Partners with land managers to create innovative “research in action” programs that support urban ecosystems

• Conducts comparative research and shares findings with counterparts in other metropolitan regions in the United States and globallyLinks to a growing network of US Forest Service scientists and university cooperators focused on urban research

In addition to the network of relationships among scientists, practitioners, and university cooperators, the Urban Field Station is a physical place for visiting scientists and students to convene and to stay while conducting research in New York City.

Working with Urban Field Station staff from the US Forest Service, the Post Doctoral Research Social Scientist will conduct research in the area of complex social-ecological systems. Working from a resilience framework and attuned to cycles of disturbance and recovery across a varied landscape, the scientist will investigate diverse forms of urban natural resources stewardship. The scientist will build upon frameworks that identify natural resource stewardship as a form of governance and a part of social-ecological resilience (NYC UFS publications can be found here: http://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/nyc/pubs/). The researcher will have access to existing datasets that document stewardship in the context of both acute disturbances and chronic presses. He/she will explore the emergence and persistence of civic stewardship practices and will work to measure, model, and communicate the impacts of these practices. These impacts can include transformations in individual cognitive states, social relations, governance networks, and biophysical forms and functions.

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES
In conjunction with the NYC UFS scientists, produce peer reviewed literature in the area of social-ecological systems and urban natural resources stewardship Analyze existing Urban Field Station datasets (e.g. Stewardship Mapping and Assessment Project, Living Memorial Project) to advance the state of knowledge in this growing field.

• Assist US Forest Service staff with communications efforts including website content development, white papers, grant proposals, webinars, and conference presentations.

• Strengthen strategic partnerships with universities and other institutions around research, communications, and adaptive management (e.g. through workshops, symposia)

QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS
1. A doctoral degree from an accredited college (in fields related to social science and urban natural resource management, such as: anthropology, environmental psychology, environmental studies, geography, history, public health, sociology, urban planning/studies).
2. Strong analytical, writing, and communications skills.
3. Strong qualitative and quantitative social science research background (includes familiarity with relevant theoretical frameworks, empirical literature, methodologies, analytical tools/software, and academic journal outlets).
4. Proficiency in Microsoft Office software programs including Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
5. US Citizenship is required (permanent residency is not sufficient).

PREFERRED SKILLS/QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience with Social Network Analysis methods and software; experience with qualitative analysis software (e.g. NVivo); experience with statistical software (e.g. SPSS)

• Experience with the professional fields of natural resource management or community development

• Knowledge of government, academic and nonprofit organizations related to environmental research, monitoring, stewardship, and education in the New York City region.

Duty Station: New York, NY Urban Field Station, Bayside, NY
Start date: August 15, 2014 preferred, start date negotiable
Competitive benefits and salary package.

To apply, please submit a cover letter, CV, and writing sample to:
Erika Svendsen, Research Social Scientist
Email: esvendsen@fs.fed.us
USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station
New York City Urban Field Station

All applications must be received no later than July 9, 2014
The USDA Forest Service is an equal opportunity employer. Everyone is encouraged to apply.

CFP: Mobile Trash, a special issue of Wi: Journal of Mobile Media

MOBILE TRASH
Edited by Mél Hogan & Andrea Zeffiro (January 2016)

For this special issue of Wi: Journal of Mobile Media, we are gathering contributions that address the idea of ‘mobile trash.’ The intention of this issue is to reconfigure the concepts of ‘mobile’ and ‘mobilities’ in relation to trash, by its various definitions and formations, from new materialism, feminism, media ecology, media archaeology, and queer frameworks. We’re especially interested in short pieces (2500 words) and creative interventions th at explore mobile trash as pollution, fumes, compost, satellites, e-waste, toxins, bodies, drones, viruses, hacks, landfill, etc. We welcome pieces that poetically engage the politics of trash and speak to its borders, transitions, movements, materialities, shifts, contagions, ecologies, permutations, mutations, and invisible transferences.

The online issue goes live January 1, 2016 and will be accompanied by a print-on-demand issue.

If interested, please send us a 300 word abstract to info@technotrash.org
Include your name, personal URL, and title of submission.
Deadline for abstracts: Nov 1, 2015.
We will let you know if your project is selected by Feb 1, 2015.
Final submissions due: Sept 1, 2015.

http://technotrash.org/cfp-mobile-trash-2016/

Lemelson Center Fellowship Program

The Lemelson Center invites applications covering a broad spectrum of research topics that resonate with its mission to foster a greater understanding of invention and innovation, broadly defined.  However, the Center especially encourages project proposals that will illuminate the role of women inventors; inventors with disabilities; inventors from diverse backgrounds; or any inventions and technologies associated with groups that are traditionally under-represented in the historical record.  Pertinent NMAH collections include the papers of Victor L. Ochoa, a Mexican-American aeronautical inventor; the papers of Dr. Patricia Bath, an African-American inventor of a patented cataracts treatment; the Safko International papers, documenting assistive technologies built for the physically disabled; and the HIV/AIDS and LGBT Reference Collections, which document innovative public health programs and associated technologies.

The Lemelson Center Fellowship Program annually awards 2 to 3 fellowships to pre-doctoral graduate students, post-doctoral scholars, and other professionals who have completed advanced training.  Fellows are expected to reside in the Washington, D.C. area, to participate in the Center's activities, and to make a presentation of their work to colleagues at the museum.  Fellowship tenure is based upon the applicants’ stated needs (and available funding) up to a maximum of ten weeks.  Stipends for 2014-2015 will be $575/week for pre-doctoral fellows and $870/week for post-doctoral and professional fellows.  Applications are due 15 January 2014.  For application procedures and additional information, see http://invention.smithsonian.org/ resources/research_fellowships.aspx.  Researchers are encouraged to consult with the fellowship coordinator before submitting a proposal – contact historian Eric S. Hintz, Ph.D. at +1 202-633-3734 or hintze@si.edu.

The Lemelson Center Travel to Collections Award Program annually awards 2 to 3 short-term travel grants to encourage the use of its invention-related collections.  Awards are $150 per day for a maximum of 10 business days and may be used to cover transportation, living, and reproduction expenses; they are intended only for applicants who reside or attend school beyond commuting distance of the NMAH.  Applications are due 15 January 2014.  See http://invention.smithsonian.org/resources/research_travel.aspx for application procedures and additional information.  Researchers are encouraged to consult with the travel award coordinator before submitting a proposal – contact archivist Alison Oswald at +1 202-633-3726 or oswalda@si.edu.

Third Annual Graduate Student Conference in Latin America March 7-8, 2014

The Third Annual Graduate Student Conference in Latin American and Caribbean Studies will be held March 7-8, 2014 in Bloomington. There are competitive travel grants that we offer to help offset the costs of coming to the conference. 

Below are the major details. 

http://www.indiana.edu/~clacs/events/conferences/graduate-student-conference/

What:  "¡Calma Pueblo! Order and Chaos in Latin America"  (Graduate Student Conference in Latin American and Caribbean Studies)
When:  March 7-8, 2014
Where: Indiana University - Bloomington (CLACS)
Keynote:  Peter Guardino, Professor and Chair of the Department of History
Travel Grants:  We offer competitive travel grants to facilitate graduate student travel from other institutions.

Society for Neuroscience Research Fellowship at UCLA

One-year fellowship, with a possible 2^nd-year extension supported by the Department of Neurobiology, to research and write history of the Society for Neuroscience (founded 1969) and its role in the development of the field of neuroscience in the late 20^th century.  Fellow will be expected to research and write a publishable historical essay within one year on the early history of the society, with likely opportunities to develop other publications, to help design and write content for a website and to assist in grant writing.  Applications are being reviewed now.

The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) is the foremost scientific organization dedicated to the study and promotion of Neuroscience.   Since its creation in 1969, the SfN and its members have played a major role in shaping our scientific and cultural knowledge of how the brain and nervous system work, in forging a disciplinary identity for the neurosciences, and in helping to promote effective national neuroscience policy.  Documenting and preserving the early history of the SfN is important in its own right, but of tremendous contemporary scientific and scholarly value as well.  As neuroscience becomes increasingly important to fields that traditionally have eschewed methods of natural science (e.g. economics, philosophy), understanding the ways in which the SfN forged neuroscience into one of the most important intellectual pursuits of the twenty-first century can provide important insights into how the discipline will shape knowledge policy and lives in the future.  This is a history that is yet to be told.

This is a unique opportunity to help write this important history.  The research fellow will work closely with the SfN staff and leadership and with the interdisciplinary social studies of medicine team at UCLA headed by Dr. Joel Braslow.  PhD-level training in history of science and medicine required.  Interested applicants should submit CV and writing sample to Dr. Braslow at jbraslow@mednet.ucla.edu and request two letters of recommendation to be sent separately by December 1, 2013  

Assistant Professor of Women and Gneder Studies - San Francisco State University

The Women and Gender Studies Department at San Francisco State University invites applicants for an approved tenure track position at the Assistant Professor level to begin in fall 2014, subject to financial ability.

Position Description:
The Women and Gender Studies Department at SFSU seeks to hire a junior scholar with expertise in transnational feminist methodologies whose research addresses one or more of the following fields:

·       Science and technology studies

·       Disability studies

·       Indigenous feminisms

·       Health inequalities and the environment

The successful candidate will have a PhD in Women and Gender Studies or experience in the discipline. This scholar must teach from a perspective that emphasizes the mutually constitutive nature of categories of difference, and their course offerings should complement and extend our strengths in transnational feminist cultural studies and interdisciplinary social sciences. 

Candidates should send the following:

·       Cover letter

·       A curriculum vitae

·       Names of three recommenders

·       (Requests for letters of recommendation [no more than two years old], writing sample, syllabi,

teaching evaluations, and teaching philosophy will be made after the first round of review) 

Please mail documents (no email applications) to:

Hiring Committee
Department of Women and Gender Studies San Francisco State University
1600 Holloway Ave
San Francisco, CA 94132

Review of applications will begin November 14, 2013.

Proposals for conference Gender, Bodies & Technology: Performing the Human, May 2013

Proposals are invited for the upcoming conference Gender, Bodies & Technology: Performing the Human. The conference will be held May 1-3, 2014 at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia.

We invite proposals from scholars in the humanities, social and natural sciences, feminist science studies, visual and performing arts, life sciences, and STEM fields for papers, panels, workshops, new media, art, and performance pieces that explore the intersections of gender, bodies & technology in contexts ranging from classrooms to the military, and from health care to the media.

You can find more information about the conference and submit proposals at: http://www.cpe.vt.edu/gbt/proposals.html

The deadline has been extended to October 15.

Contact:
Christine Labuski/GBT Coordinator and Conference Co-Director
chrislab@vt.edu