UC Berkeley Scholar in Residence, 2009

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BEATRICE BAIN RESEARCH GROUP Scholars In Residence Program Call for Applications for Academic Year 2009-2010 (Deadline: March 15, 2009) The Beatrice Bain Research Group (BBRG) is the University of California at Berkeley’s critical feminist research center, established in 1986 to support and coordinate feminist scholarship across disciplines. The BBRG is particularly interested in enabling research … Read more

New book / Speaking from the Body: Latinas on Health and Culture

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Speaking from the Body:  Latinas on Health and Culture Edited by Angie Chabram-Dernersesian; Adela de la Torre Forthcoming from University of Arizona press In compelling first-person accounts, Latinas speak freely about dealing with serious health episodes as patients, family caregivers, or friends. They show how the complex interweaving of gender, class, and race impacts the … Read more

**SIGNS CFP: Stimpson Prize for Outstanding Feminist Scholarship

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* * CALL FOR PAPERS * *
* The Catharine Stimpson Prize for Outstanding Feminist Scholarship*

Deadline: September 20, 2008

The University of Chicago Press is pleased to announce the competition for the 2009 Catharine Stimpson Prize for Outstanding Feminist Scholarship.  Named in honor of the founding editor of Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, the Catharine Stimpson Prize is  designed to recognize excellence and innovation in the work of emerging feminist scholars.

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JOB: Advanced Asst Prof LGBTQ Studies, Macalester College

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The Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Department at Macalester Collegeis hiring a full-time, tenure-track advanced Assistant Professor or Associate Professor in the field of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender/Queer Studies.  Strong preference will be given to a candidate with interdisciplinary work based in the social sciences.  The successful candidate will be a recognized scholar who has teaching and research expertise in studies of gender/sexuality as these are contextualized in more than one of the following ethnic American contexts (Native-American Indian, Latino/Latina, Chicano/Chicana, African-American, Asian-American, and Anglo/European-American).

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