Whittier College
Location: Whittier, CA USA

Whittier College is a nationally recognized, selective, independent liberal arts college with a diverse student body of approximately 1500 undergraduates and is distinguished by its small size and innovative interdisciplinary programs. The campus is located on a 95-acre hillside campus 18 miles southeast of downtown Los Angeles. We have a long history of commitment to equity, reflecting our Quaker origins, and our student body mirrors the diversity of the region. We are an official Hispanic-Serving Institution and have had two Title V grants. Our faculty, committed teacher-scholars, weave issues of diversity into their work with students.

Through the generosity of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Whittier is pleased to continue our Mellon Postdoctoral Fellows Program. The program is designed to mentor new Ph.D.s through their first two years of teaching at a liberal arts college. Fellows will teach one course during Fall terms and two during Spring terms, participate in interdisciplinary teaching, and help locate resources in their fields that provide global perspectives. The program also allows time to plan and execute one’s scholarly agenda and some support for research expenses.

For academic years 2011-2013, we invite applications for one Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Environmental Anthropology. The successful candidate will have active ethnographic interest and experience investigating questions of environmental/climatic change, resource management, and/or the sociopolitics of environmental challenges affecting particular communities. This postdoctoral position will address departmental and college needs for an individual whose teaching and scholarship can effectively bridge the social sciences, environmental science, and environmental studies.

Ethnographic field experience and teaching/research expertise in the Americas, Asia, or Southeast Asia/Pacific Islands is strongly preferred.

Review of materials (email only–letter of application, vita/e, and a summary of the dissertation project) will begin immediately and will continue until position is filled. Address all emailed application materials to: Charlotte Borst,VPAA and Dean of Faculty, Whittier College (whittiermellon2011@gmail.com) We seek to attract and retain a highly qualified and diverse faculty (AA/EO).

Official Job Listing

The Weatherhead East Asian Institute (WEAI) invites applications for its 2011-2012 Postdoctoral Fellowship in Modern Southeast Asian Studies. The Fellow will devote half time to his or her own research and will teach one course on Southeast Asia per semester. The Fellow will also participate in initiatives such as the INTERACT program aimed at improving global literacy specifically with regard to Southeast Asian studies among Columbia students, and will be an integral participant in day-to-day activities at the WEAI.

Candidates from all social science disciplines, including history, are welcome to apply. The fellowship will cover a 10-month period beginning August 1, 2011, and comes with a stipend of $45,000 plus benefits.

Eligibility

Applicants must have completed all Ph.D. degree requirements (completed and filed the dissertation) between July 2007 and July 2011. Applicants must have completed their Ph.D. in a social science discipline, including history, working on modern Southeast Asia. Applications from individuals who hold or have held regular faculty positions will not be considered.

Application Procedure

Applicants should submit the following:

• Application Cover Sheet
• Curriculum Vitae
• Research Proposal (2-3 pages)
• Graduate-Level Southeast Asia Course Proposal (1-2 pages)
• Three Letters of Reference (signed and sealed)*

*Letters of reference may be those included in a placement dossier and may be enclosed with the application (if signed and sealed) or sent directly by the referee.

All application materials (including letters of reference) must be received by the Institute on or before January 19, 2011. Faxed or e-mailed applications will not be accepted. Candidates may be invited for a phone interview. All evaluations of applications are confidential. The results will be announced no later than March 16, 2011.

Return completed applications to:

Postdoctoral Fellowship in Modern Southeast Asian Studies
Weatherhead East Asian Institute
Columbia University
Mail Code 3333
420 West 118th Street, 9th Floor
New York, NY 10027

For more information on the Postdoctoral Fellowship in Modern Southeast Asian Studies, contact Celia Bhattacharya, Program officer, by phone at 212-854-9206 or by e-mail at cb2462@columbia.edu

Center for Chinese Studies Research Seminar
Tuesday, April 20 at 3:00pm in Moore Hall 319 (Tokioka Room)
Presented by Dr. Shana J. Brown, Assistant Professor – Department of History

This workshop is designed for graduate students applying for grants and fellowships in the humanities and social sciences, including dissertation-level awards. What international, national, and UH funding sources are available, and what proposals are most effective? Asian Studies fellowships will be featured, but the workshop will help any students looking to improve their grant-writing skills.

Dr. Shana J. Brown is an assistant professor in the Department of History, focusing on modern China.

Seminars are free and open to the public.

For more information, visit our website, or contact Daniel Tschudi, 956-8891, e-mail: china@hawaii.edu.

Deadline: Monday, 22 February 2010 – EXTENDED
Instructions: Apply via UH star system; type “Moscotti” in key word search

Description: To assist full-time, classified graduate students in a degree program at UHM in any department or program in the arts, humanities or social sciences whose area of focus is Southeast Asia.

Purpose: This endowment is established by Albert D. Moscotti to fund the Moscotti Fellowship for Graduate Studies of Southeast Asia in honor of his parents, Anthony and Amy Moscotti.

This fellowship may be used for any of the following purposes:
a. to attend a professional meeting at which the graduate student will present a scholarly paper or participate in the meeting as a discussant of a scholarly paper;
b. to provide travel expenses for Southeast Asia graduate students so that they can conduct research which will contribute to the preparation of a scholarly paper by the student or other appropriate research purposes.

The travel may be to locations in the United States or abroad and can be used for library research etc., or for field research. The prospective recipient must be working on a degree with a focus on Southeast Asia. Graduate students in any department or program in the arts, humanities or social sciences are eligible.

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