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litsci-l-digest Tuesday, October 11 2005 Volume 01 : Number
124
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Fwd: job posting
Fwd: Re: CFP: Literature and Science
Fw: Fwd: Re: CFP: Literature and Science
Fw: Interdisciplinary Science Job
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Date: Fri, 07 Oct 2005 14:36:01 -0400
From: "Wayne Miller"
Subject: Fwd: job posting
From: Douglas Kahn :
FACULTY POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT
IN DIGITAL OR MEDIA ARTS
Program in Technocultural Studies
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS
Position: Open-rank Professor of Digital or Media Arts in Technocultural
Studies.
Responsibilities: We are looking for an artist, media artist, or
cultural practitioner in
any aspect of the digital or media arts to assume the position of core
faculty
member in the newly established, transdisciplinary Program in
Technocultura l
Studies. This is a position in creative production for a person of
substantial merit,
who is also capable of teaching courses in history, theory and/or
contemporary
practice in her or his field, at the undergraduate and graduate levels.
The applicant
should be critically and creatively conversant with the practices and
discourses
relating to media/digital arts, documentary, community media or the fine
and
performing arts, and demonstrate an understanding of the social and
political
dimensions of cultural practice as well as the aesthetic and poetic.
Familiarity with
discourses of science and technology is preferred.
Qualifications: Applicants must be adept at directing sophisticated and
innovative
projects from concept through realization, with a nuanced knowledge of
the
technological craft involved, as well as demonstrate an ability to
communicate the
conceptual and practical aspects in a provocative and compelling manner.
Applicants should have a history or demonstrated potential for a high
level of
achievement. An MA or MFA and teaching at the university or tertiary
level are
required, while a PhD. and teaching both studies and production courses
are
preferred. Applicants must demonstrate the ability and willingness to
work at the
crossroads of the scientific and technological disciplines with the
humanities, arts
and cultural studies, in a critical and creative manner. Involvement is
expected and
experience is preferred in program development.
Starting Date: Fall 2006
Applications:
Please post (no emails please) a letter of application, curriculum
vitae, examples of
work, and the names, street addresses, telephone numbers, e-mail
addresses, of
four people from whom letters of reference may be requested (please do
not
request recommendations with initial application), and, if materials are
to be
returned, a self-addressed stamped envelope to: Professor Douglas Kahn,
Search
Committee, Chair Digital Arts Position, Program in Technocultural
Studies, One
Shields Avenue, University of California, Davis CA 95616-8528. For
information
about the position, phone 530/752-0573 or FAX 530/752-0795 or check
website at
http://technoculture.ucdavis.edu
Deadline for applications:
November 23, 2005 for full consideration; however, the position will
remain open
until filled.
Affirmative Action: The University of California is an affirmative
action/equal
opportunity employer with a strong institutional commitment to the
achievement of
diversity among its faculty and staff.
Douglas Kahn
Director of Technocultural Studies
University of California at Davis
http://technoculture.ucdavis.edu/
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Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2005 13:03:18 -0700
From: jal@its.caltech.edu
Subject: Fwd: Re: CFP: Literature and Science
>X-Original-To: jal@its.caltech.edu
>Date: Fri, 07 Oct 2005 11:57:58 -0500
>From: Ian Roberts
>Subject: Re: CFP: Literature and Science
>To: jal@its.caltech.edu
>
>Dear Professor Labinger,
>
>Please forward to anyone you think might be interested. Thank you.
>
>The Literature and Science Area of the American Culture Association
>invites submissions for the 2006 PCA/ACA National Conference, to be
>held at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in charming Atlanta, Georgia from
>April 12-16.
>
>Interpretive papers focusing on the representation or integration of
>science in specific literary texts are especially encouraged.
>However, proposals dealing with any aspect of the interdisciplinary
>field of literature and science are welcome. Topics related to the
>interrelations of the humanities and sciences include:
>
>--Theoretical, methodological, historical, sociological, political,
>economic, international, intercultural, visual, textual, and
>rhetorical commonalities or conflicts
>--Institutionalization and inter/disciplinarity of literature and
>science as a field of study.
>--Literature and science course philosophy, pedagogy, design, and texts
>--Use of literature (hard SF and other) to help teach science
>--Literary/rhetorical analyses of scientific texts
>--Origins and effects of such genre distinctions as "science
>fiction" and "popular science" on literary interpretation and on
>attitudes toward canonicity and professional prestige
>--Differing beliefs about the meaning or significance of evolution,
>free will, and literacy in the humanities and sciences
>--Literary realism and naturalism as a locus of humanistic and
>scientific worldviews.
>--Evolutionary criticism and biopoetics
>
>Please submit 150-200 word abstracts of papers or panel proposals by
>November 1, 2005 to:
>
>Ian F. Roberts, Ph.D.
>Area Chair, Literature and Science
>Associate Professor of English
>Missouri Western State University
>4525 Downs Drive
>St. Joseph, MO 64507
>robertsi@missouriwestern.edu
>
>For further information about the conference, please visit the
>PCA/ACA website at
>.
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Jay A. Labinger
Beckman Institute
California Institute of Technology
139-74
Pasadena, CA 91125
tel: 626-395-6520
fax: 626-449-4159
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Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2005 22:12:04 +0000 GMT
From: "Carol Colatrella"
Subject: Fw: Fwd: Re: CFP: Literature and Science
- -----Original Message-----
From: jal@its.caltech.edu
Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2005 13:03:18
To:litsci-l@duke.edu
Subject: Fwd: Re: CFP: Literature and Science
>X-Original-To: jal@its.caltech.edu
>Date: Fri, 07 Oct 2005 11:57:58 -0500
>From: Ian Roberts
>Subject: Re: CFP: Literature and Science
>To: jal@its.caltech.edu
>
>Dear Professor Labinger,
>
>Please forward to anyone you think might be interested. Thank you.
>
>The Literature and Science Area of the American Culture Association
>invites submissions for the 2006 PCA/ACA National Conference, to be
>held at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in charming Atlanta, Georgia from
>April 12-16.
>
>Interpretive papers focusing on the representation or integration of
>science in specific literary texts are especially encouraged.
>However, proposals dealing with any aspect of the interdisciplinary
>field of literature and science are welcome. Topics related to the
>interrelations of the humanities and sciences include:
>
>--Theoretical, methodological, historical, sociological, political,
>economic, international, intercultural, visual, textual, and
>rhetorical commonalities or conflicts
>--Institutionalization and inter/disciplinarity of literature and
>science as a field of study.
>--Literature and science course philosophy, pedagogy, design, and texts
>--Use of literature (hard SF and other) to help teach science
>--Literary/rhetorical analyses of scientific texts
>--Origins and effects of such genre distinctions as "science
>fiction" and "popular science" on literary interpretation and on
>attitudes toward canonicity and professional prestige
>--Differing beliefs about the meaning or significance of evolution,
>free will, and literacy in the humanities and sciences
>--Literary realism and naturalism as a locus of humanistic and
>scientific worldviews.
>--Evolutionary criticism and biopoetics
>
>Please submit 150-200 word abstracts of papers or panel proposals by
>November 1, 2005 to:
>
>Ian F. Roberts, Ph.D.
>Area Chair, Literature and Science
>Associate Professor of English
>Missouri Western State University
>4525 Downs Drive
>St. Joseph, MO 64507
>robertsi@missouriwestern.edu
>
>For further information about the conference, please visit the
>PCA/ACA website at
>.
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Jay A. Labinger
Beckman Institute
California Institute of Technology
139-74
Pasadena, CA 91125
tel: 626-395-6520
fax: 626-449-4159
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Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 11:42:03 -0700
From: "Carol Ann Wald"
Subject: Fw: Interdisciplinary Science Job
- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Hall, James"
To:
Sent: Monday, October 10, 2005 5:30 PM
Subject: Interdisciplinary Science Job
> ---------------------- Information from the mail
> header -----------------------
> Sender: Interdisciplinary Studies
> Poster: "Hall, James"
> Subject: Interdisciplinary Science Job
>
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>
> Please post:
>
> New College, a seminar and problem-based program of interdisciplinary
> and integrative studies at the University of Alabama founded in 1971,
is
> looking to hire an Interdisciplinary Natural Scientist/Science
Educator,
> to be appointed on August 16th, 2006. The successful candidate will be
> appointed to the New College Program, and to a partner department in
the
> College of Arts and Sciences and will maintain a general natural
science
> education teaching program within New College, and other teaching
duties
> in partner departments as assigned. More specifically, the successful
> candidate must be able to teach a multidisciplinary course "The
> Laboratory Experience," and advise a diverse group of students with
> varied interests in the sciences broadly conceived, and often
including
> pre-professional study in health-related fields. The successful
> candidate will also maintain a research program complementary to their
> appointment; it may contain a field specific component, but should
also
> include a commitment to interdisciplinarity, general natural science
> education, public understanding of science and science issues, or
> natural science pedagogy.
>
> New College serves undergraduate students who pursue individualized
> programs of study; for faculty and students alike, the program
provides
> an integrated liberal arts college experience with access to the
> resources of a large, comprehensive research institution. New College
> has a long tradition of excellence in Environmental education, and
> maintains good relations with the University's departments of
Biological
> Sciences, Chemistry, Geography, Geological Sciences, and Physics and
> Astronomy. We invite applications from individuals with expertise in
any
> of these fields, who have completed the Ph.D., and are able to meet
our
> more specific teaching needs.
>
> Interested candidates should submit a cover letter and CV to Search
> Chair, Dr. David Klemmack at New College, Box 870229, University of
> Alabama, 35487-0229. Review of applications will begin November 30th,
> 2005 and the position remains open until filled. In your cover
letter,
> please describe your understanding of interdisciplinarity and your
> teaching philosophy in addition to telling us about your research
> program and seminars you would like to teach. More information about
> the New College program can be found at http://www.as.ua.edu/nc
>
>
> The University of Alabama is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action
> employer. Women and Minority Candidates are strongly encouraged to
> apply.
>
>
> James Hall
> Director, New College
> University of Alabama
> Box 870229
> Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0229
> 205-248-6708 (H)
> 205-348-8408 (O)
> 205-233-1364 (C)
> jchall@bama.ua.edu
>
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