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Fellowships & Other Opportunities
Michelle R. Clayman Institute for Gender Research
Stanford University
Faculty Research Fellowship Program
Call for Applications: 2010-2011
Deadline: December 15, 2009
The Clayman Institute for Gender Research at Stanford University invites applications for residential fellowships for the academic year 2010-2011 from tenured and tenure-track faculty (or the equivalent), and postdoctoral scholars, from the U.S. and international universities.
Applications for one, two or three quarters will be considered. Fellows must remain on faculty and be in residence at the Clayman Institute for the duration of their fellowship. Fellowships will be non-stipendiary in 2010-2011, except for the postdoctoral appointment where stipend and benefits will be set and adjusted in accordance with Stanford University rules.
Fellows are provided with faculty-equivalent privileges for using Stanford's library and other facilities, an office at the Institute, and the collegiality of a diverse community of gender scholars from across the spectrum of academic disciplines and ranks.
Thematic Focus:
"Reinvigorating the Revolution: Advancing Gender Equality in the Twenty-first Century"
Projects are supported in all disciplines including the humanities, social sciences, science and engineering, business, law, and medicine, among others, so long as they focus centrally on gender. Possible sub-topics include (but are not limited to):
- The gender division of household labor
- Families and women's careers: the 2nd shift, opting out, on-ramping, and flexible schedules
- Representations of women in culture and history
- Gender stereotyping and bias in the workplace
- Gendered meanings and practices at work and home
- Women's experiences in male-dominated fields, such as science and engineering
- Gendered innovations in knowledge: Bringing gender analysis into the practice of science
- Gender and culture in history or literature
- Advancing women's progress in the professions of business, medicine, and law
- Historical and cross-national comparisons of women's educational and occupational progress
- Effects of legal mandates (such a Title IX and FMLA) on women's careers
- National policies, organizational polices, and work-family balance: what works?
- Men's involvement in gender equality movements
- Gender, leadership, and entrepreneurship
How to Apply:
Applications are to be received in our office by 5:00pm (PST) on Tuesday, December 15, 2009. Instructions and detailed information are available at http://gender.stanford.edu under “Fellowships.”
The Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University Radcliffe Institute fellowships are designed to support scholars, scientists, artists and writers of exceptional promise and demonstrated accomplishment, who wish to pursue work in academic and professional fields and in the creative arts.During the fellowship year, residence in the Boston area is required as is participation in the Institute community. Fellows are expected to present their work-in-progress and to attend other fellows’ events.
For more information, visit our Web site at http://www.radcliffe.edu.
Write, call, or e-mail for an application:
Radcliffe Application Office
34 Concord Ave.
Cambridge , MA 02138
ph: 617-496-1324
fax: 617-495-8136
fellowships@radcliffe.edu
FIVE COLLEGE WOMEN'S STUDIES RESEARCH CENTER
FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
A collaborative project of Amherst, Hampshire, Mount Holyoke, and Smith Colleges and the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
For more information please contact:
Five College Women's Studies Research Center
Mount Holyoke College
50 College Street
South Hadley, MA 01075-6406
TEL 413.538.2275
FAX 413.538.3121
email: fcwsrc@wscenter.hampshire.edu
website: http://fivecolleges.edu/sites/fcwsrc
American Association of University Women
The AAUW offers a variety of Awards and Fellowships.
Please visit their website for more information.
UCLA Center for the Study of Women
2010 Thinking Gender Conference
Call for Papers: Friday, February 5, 2010
Thinking Gender is a public conference highlighting graduate student research on women, sexuality and gender across all disciplines and historical periods. This year the Center for the Study of Women is particularly interested in research on labor, social justice, public policy, the global and globalization, race and ethnicity in the Americas, and the “new” economy (austerity) and its effects on women and people of color. Additionally, because this year is the Center for the Study of Women’s 25th anniversary, we are especially interested in topics relating to feminism’s past and present, such as the state of feminism, changing notions of feminism, post-feminism or third-wave feminism, feminist community/ies both off and online, and feminist icons and leaders.
For individual papers, please submit a 250-word abstract, a CV (2 pages max, no resumes, please), and a brief bibliography (1 page max). For panels, please submit a 250-word description of the panel topic in addition to the materials required for the individual paper submissions. Please reference the submission guidelines at http://www.csw.ucla.edu/thinkinggender.html, and note that only complete applications adhering to the stated guidelines will be accepted. Please also note that the Center for the Study of Women cannot provide travel funds for conference presenters.
Deadline for Submissions: Monday, October 19, 2009, by Noon.
Please send submissions to: thinkinggender@women.ucla.edu
Institute for Women's Leadership
Rutgers Universiy
‘Re-affirming Action’: Race and Gender Project
We are seeking proposals from academic institutions to participate in a Ford-initiated study that examines the roles of faculty in creating racial and gender equity in institutions of higher education. For more information, please visit: http://iwl.rutgers.edu
VISITING SCHOLAR OPPORTUNITY
LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO
Telephone: 773 508 8430
Fax: 773 508 8492
Email: gannoncenter@luc.edu
Website: luc.edu/orgs/gannon
Talbots Women's Scholarship Fund
Applicants to the Talbots Women's Scholarship Fund must be women currently residing in the United States who earned a high school diploma or GED at least 10 years ago; be seeking a degree from an accredited 2- or 4- year college, university or vocational-technical school, and have at least two full-time semesters or 24 credits remaining to complete their undergraduate degree.
For more information, please visit: www.talbots.com/about/scholar/scholar.asp.
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