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Vol. 41, No. 4, October 2012
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Jobs, Opportunities, and Fellowships

Tenured Associate/Full Professor in MIT Program in Science, Technology, and Society

MIT's Program in Science, Technology, and Society invites applications for a tenured associate or full professor position. The area of study is open to all domains of STS scholarship. Graduate and undergraduate teaching and advising are required. Interest in establishing scholarly connections at MIT beyond the STS Program is desirable. Candidates must demonstrate excellence in research, a record of effective teaching and thesis supervision, and leadership and service to the profession.

Candidates must hold a Ph.D. An extensive record of publication, research activity, and leadership are expected. The appointment is anticipated to begin in academic year 2013-2014.

MIT is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer and strongly encourages the applications of women and members of minority groups. Applications should consist of a current curriculum vita, a statement describing current and future research plans, a statement of teaching philosophy, and the names and contact information of three suggested references. To apply please visit: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/1916.

Applications will be reviewed beginning 1 November 2012; the process will continue until the position is filled.

Assistant Professor, History of Technology, Innovation, and/or the Environment at Wright State University

The Department of History at Wright State University invites applications for a tenure-track position in the history of technology, innovation, and/or the environment; geographic field and time period are open. Candidates should hold (by 16 August 2013) a Ph.D. in history or relevant interdisciplinary area. The successful candidate will teach survey, upper-level, and graduate classes. Please submit a cover letter describing your research interests, teaching experience, and potential classes to be offered; a curriculum vitae; and a sample syllabus for a 4000-level class by 30 November 2012, for first consideration.

Materials must be submitted electronically to: jobs.wright.edu/postings/5673. In addition, please send 3 letters of recommendation to Professor Paul Lockhart, Chair, Search Committee, Department of History, Wright State University, Dayton, OH 45435. Wright State University is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Postdoctoral Fellowship in Natural Resource Economics and Political Economy at the University of California, Berkeley

The S.V. Ciriacy-Wantrup Postdoctoral Fellowships in Natural Resource Economics and Political Economy will be awarded for the 2013-14 academic year to support advanced research at the University of California, Berkeley.

For the purposes of this fellowship, natural resources are defined broadly to include environmental resources. The fellowship encourages, but is not limited to, policy-oriented research. Applications are open to scholars from any social science discipline and related professional fields such as law and planning, who will make significant contributions to research on natural resource economics broadly defined. Preference will be given to proposals whose orientation is broadly institutional and/or historical, and which are conceptually and theoretically innovative. Proposals with a primarily statistical or econometric purpose are not eligible for consideration.

Application deadline is 10 December 2012. For more information, please visit:
http://nature.berkeley.edu/site/ciriacy.php.

Tenure-Track Assistant Professorship in the History of Medicine at the University of Chicago

The University of Chicago's Committee on Conceptual and Historical Studies of Science and the Department of History invite applications for a tenure-track assistant professorship in the history of medicine to begin in Autumn Quarter 2013. Applications are welcome from all areas of the history of medicine, but particularly twentieth-century medicine. In addition to courses in their special research areas, candidates should be prepared to teach general history of medicine and should have a good knowledge of the social and cultural environment in which medical theories and practices have developed. Chicago's programs are quite interdisciplinary, and so candidates should be ready to interact with faculty and students from an array of different disciplines. Chicago values diversity among its students, staff, and faculty and strongly encourages applications from women and underrepresented minority scholars. Candidates must have a Ph.D. in hand by April, 2013.

Consideration of applications will begin on 15 October 2012 and continue until the application deadline of 15 December 2012. We intend to hold preliminary interviews at the History of Science Society Meeting, 15–18 November 2012. Application materials must be submitted online at the University of Chicago's Academic Career Opportunities website at http://tinyurl.com/c8zz3fn.

Applicants must include a cover letter describing their competencies and plans, curriculum vitae, and a writing sample. Three letters of recommendation are also required and should be mailed to: Chair of the Search Committee, The Committee on Conceptual and Historical Studies of Science, The University of Chicago, 1126 E. 59th St., Chicago, IL 60637. Inquiries and questions may be directed to Robert J. Richards at r-richards@uchicago.edu. Early application is strongly recommended. The University of Chicago is AA/EOE.

2013-14 Pembroke Center Postdoctoral Fellowships at the Pembroke Center, Brown University

In 2013-14, the Pembroke Center is awarding one-year residential postdoctoral fellowships to scholars from any field whose research relates to the theme of "Socialism and Post-Socialism." Fellows are required to participate in a weekly research seminar and teach one undergraduate course.

Candidates are selected on the basis of their scholarly potential and the relevance of their work to the research theme. Recipients must have a PhD and may not hold a tenured position. Fellowships are awarded to postdoctoral scholars who received their degrees from institutions other than Brown University. Brown University is an EEO/AA employer. The Center strongly encourages underrepresented minority scholars to apply.

The term of appointment is July 1, 2013-June 30, 2014. The stipend is $50,000, plus a supplement for health insurance. For application information visit https://secure.interfolio.com/apply/14921 or contact Donna_Goodnow@Brown.edu. The deadline for receipt of applications is 7 December 2012. Selections will be announced in March.

Arizona State University Visiting Graduate Training Program

Arizona State University visiting graduate student training program is now accepting applications for its January 2013 session. We will select a cohort of visiting graduate students to join our project for writing, editing, and digital humanities training as part of the Embryo Project, our large NSF funded digital humanities initiative. For this training program you need not specialize in history of embryology, but in any area of history of life sciences with a willingness to find points of contact and to learn.

Visitors must be graduate students in good standing at another university (domestic or international), with funding that covers your salary and health insurance. ASU will make you a visiting scholar and provide for local housing and transportation. Students should be in residence for 8 weeks, from mid January to mid March, and may request to stay the entire semester. Office space will make it easy for students to join the dynamic group of historians and philosophers of science at the Center for Biology and Society at ASU. In addition, all participants are welcome to join the History of Biology Seminar at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, which we hold annually as part of the new ASU-MBL HPS Program (though the seminar has been taking place for over 25 years).

Overall, the Embryo Project (EP) engages and connects researchers who aim to capture and investigate the history, science, and contexts of embryology and reproductive medicine in new ways. The EP combines scholarly research with the emerging field of digital humanities and the science of informatics. The primary result is the Embryo Project Encyclopedia, an online Open Access repository that grows weekly. The repository stores encyclopedia entries and interpretive essays, plus pictures, videos, timelines, and other types of objects related to the history of embryology. Remember, participants need not specialize in history of embryology, but just have a relevant interest that will make this focus appealing. This project is part of a cluster that also includes a focus on biodiversity, and we also welcome students interested in that area.

To express interest or for more information, please contact: Jane Maienschein (maienschein@asu.edu) or Nathan Crowe (nathan.crowe@asu.edu).

The Bakken Library Travel Grants 2013

Scholars and artists are invited to apply for travel fellowships and grants, which The Bakken offers to encourage research in its collection of books, journals, manuscripts, prints, and instruments documenting the history of electricity, magnetism, electrotherapeutics, electrophysiology, and related topics. The awards may be used to help defray expenses of travel, subsistence, and other direct costs of conducting research at the Bakken. Awards are intended for researchers who must travel to the Twin Cities and pay for temporary housing in order to conduct research at the Bakken. Visiting Research Fellowships are awarded up to a maximum of $1,500; the minimum period of residence is two weeks. Research Travel Grants are awarded up to a maximum of $500 (domestic) and $750 (foreign); the minimum period of residence is one week.

The next application deadline for either type of research assistance is 4 March 2013.

For more details and application guidelines, please contact: Juliet Burba, Chief Curator, Phone 612-926-3878 ext. 217; E-mail burba@thebakken.org; www.thebakken.org.

Hagley Library/Grants & Fellowships

The Center for the History of Business, Technology, and Society of the Hagley Museum and Library in Wilmington, Delaware offers grants and fellowships that may be of interest to HSS members. These include Hagley Exploratory Research Grants for visits of one week, as well as research fellowships lasting from up to eight weeks and dissertation fellowships lasting up to four months.

Applications for all grants now must take place through a web-based system that can be accessed through Hagley's grants and fellowship page. More information on the grants programs can be found on the web site and questions about grant procedures may be directed to Carol Lockman, clockman@Hagley.org.

American Council of Learned Societies Fellowships

The 2012-13 ACLS fellowship competitions are now open. You will find updated and comprehensive information on the ACLS website: www.acls.org/programs/comps. The majority of competition deadlines are in October and November.
During the past year, ACLS awarded over $15 million to more than 320 scholars worldwide, making it a major source of support for humanistic scholarship in the United States. Fellows' profiles, along with research abstracts, are accessible at: www.acls.org/fellows/new.

Advertised Opportunities

2013-2014 Dissertation Fellowships Available

The Philadelphia Area Center for History of Science invites applications for nine-month Dissertation Writing Fellowships and short term Dissertation Research Fellowships for doctoral students in the history of science, technology and medicine, broadly construed. Our fellows are part of a challenging and collegial community and can participate in many public and scholarly events as well as informal reading and writing groups held at the Center and throughout the region.

The Center is a consortium of educational and cultural institutions promoting scholarly and public understanding of the history of science, technology and medicine. Consortium institutions offer rich opportunities for research, with a combined total of more than 17 million scientific specimens, 20 million manuscript items, 2.5 million images, and rare books dating back to the 15th century.

Look on our website at www.pachs.net for further information, an online application form and a list of current and past fellows. The website also features: information about the fellowship programs of member institutions; descriptions of the distinctive collections in the museums, archives, and libraries of the consortium; and a consortium-wide special collections catalogs search hub.

431 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106
267-386-3475
www.pachs.net

D. Kim Foundation for History of Science of Technology in East Asia Offers 2013 Fellowship Awards and Grants

The D. Kim Foundation for the History of Science and Technology in East Asia is pleased to offer several annual fellowship awards and grants for 2013. Established in
2008 the D. Kim Foundation is dedicated to furthering the study of the history of science and technology in East Asia since the start of the 20th century.

The Foundation provides fellowships and grants to encourage and support graduate
students and young scholars in the field. Comparative studies of East Asia and the West as well as studies in related fields (mathematics, medicine and public health) are also welcome.

The Foundation also promotes the exchange and contact of people between the
East and West, between old and young, or from different fields.

For more information, see www.dkimfoundation.org

Tenured Associate/Full Professor, MIT Program in Science, Technology, and Society

Candidates must hold a Ph.D, and an extensive record of publication, research activity, and leadership are expected. The appointment is anticipated to begin in academic year 2013-2014.

MIT is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer and strongly encourages the applications of women and members of minority groups.

Applications should consist of a current curriculum vita, a statement describing current and future research plans, a statement of teaching philosophy, and the names and contact information of three suggested references. To apply please visit: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/1916. Applications will be reviewed beginning November 1, 2012; the process will continue until the position is filled.
Contact: Paree Pinkney, Administrative Officer, ppinkney@mit.edu

Rice University's Humanities Research Center External Faculty Fellowships

Rice Seminar: "Materialism and New Materialism Across the Disciplines"

Year-long faculty + postdoctoral fellowships for 2013-14
Seeking applicants from all disciplines whose research relates to the examination of materialist philosophy from classical antiquity to the present
Non-US scholars are encouraged to apply; scholars must be in residence for entire appointment
Salary commensurate with rank, eligibility for benefits & relocation allowance

DEADLINE: NOVEMBER 19, 2012

Autrey Visiting Scholars

Fellowships in any humanities & interdisciplinary field for one semester or one year terms
Salary commensurate with rank and length of term
Non-US scholars are encouraged to apply
Applicants must hold a tenured/ tenure-track position & have received the PhD no later than June 2010.
Fellows teach one humanities course and participate in life of the center

DEADLINE: OCTOBER 29, 2012

For details and full calls, visit: http://hrc.rice.edu

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