June 2023 Opportunities Roundup
Our new Opportunities Roundup monthly blog post will allow us to share fellowships, grants, job positions, events/conferences and more of potential interest to our communities. Opportunities may be added to the post throughout the month. If you have something you’d like us to publicize here, please email info@bbqplus.org.
Call for proposals: Black Women’s Studies Association Inaugural Symposium
The Black Women’s Studies Association is thrilled to announce that our inaugural symposium will be held virtually on October 21-22, 2023. The theme, Looking Forward: Black Women’s Studies in the 21st Century, encourages those of us engaged in scholarship, activism, advocacy and creative work on Black women and girls to look ponder the future of Black Women’s Studies. Learn more and submit a presentation proposal. Submissions due June 30.
Apply now: Development Manager, Abolitionist Teaching Network
Abolitionist Teaching Network (ATN) is hiring for a values-aligned Development Manager to join our staff in this full time position with benefits. This position is remote (US based) except for travel for organizational retreats 2-3 times per year, as well as conferences or gatherings that may arise from time to time. Our team is small and we are a young organization. Therefore, we ask that full time staff become a part of building our culture and infrastructure by engaging in regular group political study, engaging fully in internal retreats where the direction and impact of ATN’s work is decided upon, and joining meetings where larger organizational decisions are made. This application will be open through June 18, 2023, and ATN will extend if necessary. We will review applications on a rolling basis. Salary: Between $65,000-$75,000 USD. Benefits: We offer medical, dental, and vision insurance at your request. We are able to enroll dependent children and cover between 60%-80% of associated costs depending on premiums. Unlimited time off, with a required minimum of 15 working days off per year. Learn more and apply.
Apply now: Connecting Communities Digital Initiative: Artist/Scholar in Residence
The Library of Congress’s Connecting Communities Digital Initiative focuses on the ways technology can enable storytelling and expose more people to the Library’s expanding digital collections. The Artist/Scholar in Residence program supports artists or scholars in the creation of new scholarly and/or artistic works that imaginatively study, experiment with, and/or critique the Library’s digital collections, materials, and/or services. Proposed projects should center on one or more of the following groups: Black, Indigenous, Hispanic or Latino, Asian American and Pacific Islander, and/or other communities of color in the 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, territories and commonwealths (Puerto Rico, Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, American Samoa, U.S. Virgin Islands).
The program is open to a broad array of artists and scholars, including (but not limited to): visual artists, conceptual artists, dancers, journalists, cultural critics, independent scholars, academic scholars, and cultural heritage practitioners, including librarians.
For 2023, the Library intends to award two 12-month grants of up to $90,000 each. Applications are open May 17, 2023 through 2:00 PM Eastern Time on August 7, 2023. Learn more.
Apply now: Assistant Professor in Program in Science, Technology, and Society (MIT)
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Program in Science, Technology, and Society (STS) invites applications for two tenure-track assistant professor positions, open to all areas of specialization within STS. We welcome applications from scholars whose research and teaching focus on any aspect of the social, cultural, historical, political, or ethical dimensions of science, technology, medicine, or other technical domains. We are especially interested in identifying colleagues who bring new methods and perspectives to understanding science and technology in society, and who extend the methodological, thematic, geographic, and/or chronological reach of our faculty. Scholars whose work considers STS questions related to race, ethnicity, indigeneity, colonialism, and/or gender and sexuality, or whose work centers issues of justice and equity, are encouraged to apply. Learn more and apply by September 1.
Call for papers/proposals: Devil 2024 Conference
May 15-18, 2024 at University of King’s College, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
The Devil 2024 conference explores the nature, significance, and operation of demonism and demonization across the western tradition. The conference will bring together scholars interested in the social and cultural construction of the devil and the impact of demonism across different chronological periods and from diverse methodological backgrounds. It aims to foster interdisciplinary dialogue that addresses challenging questions about how notions of the demonic are shaped by cultural priorities and anxieties, by professional discerners and the media, and by discourses of fear and safety. Devil 2024 will investigate why these images repeat through the ages and why they continue to have still have resonance in the modern world.
The Programme Committee welcomes proposals for 20-minute papers, for panels (generally consisting of three papers), and workshops or round-tables dealing with any aspect of demonism and its manifestation in the western tradition. Abstracts of no more than 250 words should be submitted by October 15th, 2023. Learn more and submit proposals.