Transnational Sexualities PostDoc at Duke University

The Program in Women's Studies at Duke University is offering two
residential postdoctoral fellowships for the 2008-09 academic year to
scholars engaged in the transnational study of sexuality. We are
particularly interested in projects that reorganize received geographic
conceptions of sexuality by investigating alternative circuits, zones,
and
regions. We welcome empirical, textual, and theoretical projects from a
variety of fields and periods. Topics might include South-South links,
transitional regions, critical area studies, post-socialist contexts,
European or non-European empires, or emerging spaces of erotic
sociality
that cross or evade national borders. The intent of the postdoctoral
program
for 2008-2009 is to foster conversations among Women's Studies, the
Program
in Sexuality Studies, and allied fields at Duke. Proposals should
therefore
be interdisciplinary and reflect familiarity with feminist theory,
sexuality
studies, and critical race and postcolonial theories.

Postdoctoral fellows will be included in a faculty-graduate seminar on
these
themes and are expected to be in residence at the Women's Studies
Program
for the academic year. Fellows will teach one course related to their
scholarship.

The fellowship includes a stipend, health insurance, office space, and
clerical support. Applicants should be no more than five years past the
PhD,
and should have the PhD in hand by May 2008.  Applications received by
November 28, 2007 will be guaranteed consideration. Send C.V., 5-page
project proposal, writing sample (25 pages), 1-page course proposal
(undergraduate), and 3 letters of recommendation to: Ranjana Khanna,
Director, Women's Studies, Box 90760, 210 East Duke Building, Durham
NC,
27708. Our program information is available at www.duke.edu/womstud.
Duke
University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.



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Ara Wilson
Duke University
Tel 919.684.9179
FAX: 919.684.4652