Fulbright- Alpen Adria Universitaet Klagenfurt Visiting Professor in Gender Studies, 2011-2012

Created:

2001-2002

Affiliation:

Faculty of Cultural Sciences, Faculty of Economics and Informatics, University of Klagenfurt

Length:

4 months: starting October 1, 2011 or March 1, 2012

Application:

Deadline is August 2, 2010. For more detail on the program, please consult http://catalog.cies.org/viewAward.aspx?n=1157.

Comments:

Grantee should be a scholar-teacher with interests in fields centrally associated with gender, women's and queer studies. The Alpen-Adria-Universitaet Klagenfurt is interested in scholars involved in theoretical and methodological issues and interdisciplinary approaches in one or more of the following fields: education, communication/media and cultural studies, English and American studies, German studies, history, literature, psychology and philosophy, informatics, information-management and/or information technology

Visit http://www.uni-klu.ac.at/ and http://www.uni-klu.ac.at/gender for more information about the host institution.

Assignment:

A flexible combination of teaching and research activities that entails at least two class sessions (90 minutes each) per week and may include advising or supervising advanced students. Format, content and level of the individual courses (advanced undergraduate and graduate) are negotiated with the host institution.

Benefits:

Euro 4,360 per month, a travel grant of Euro 800 for the grantee only, health and accident insurance, and monthly allowances of Euro 145 per accompanying dependent (up to 3). The host institution will provide the professor with an assistant (max. 45 hours/semester). The host institution has reserved a furnished apartment for the grantee. Housing costs are paid by the grantee.

Contact:

Alexandra Squitieri
Council for International Exchange of Scholars
3007 Tilden Street NW, Suite 5L
Washington, DC 20008
Tel.: (++1) 202 686 6244
e-mail: asquitieri@iie.org

Former recipients:

2007-2008	Professor Eileen Trauth Pennsylvania State University - Pennsylvania Park Information Sciences and Technology
2006-2007	Professor Christopher Kilmartin University of Mary Washington Psychology
2005-2006	Professor Julia Anne Watson Ohio State University Comparative Studies
2004-2005	Professor Geetha Ramanathan West Chester University Comparative Literature and Women's Studies
2003-2004	Professor Margaret McFadden Appalachian State University Interdisciplinary Studies
2002-2003	Professor Lorely French Pacific University Feminist Studies and German Studies
2001-2002	Professor Juanita Firestone University of Texas, San Antonio Social and Policy Sciences

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