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AAR-Luce Fellowships in Religion and International Affairs

Jobs/Funding

Fellowship: AAR-Luce Fellowships in Religion and International Affairs. Institutions: American Academy of Religion with the US Department of State (Franklin Fellows Program). Location: Washington DC. Deadline: 18 June 2015. Contact: aarlucefellow[at]aarweb.org. Website: https://www.aarweb.org/programs-services/call-for-applications-for-aar-luce-fellowships-in-religion-and-international. Official Posting (https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=50927): The American Academy of Religion (AAR) invites applications for AAR-Luce Fellowships in Religion and International Affairs. The program places scholars with PhDs, from the humanities or […]

Job: Visiting Lecturer in Gender/Women’s Studies (Indiana University)

Jobs/Funding

Postion: Visiting Lecturer. Focus: Gender/Women’s Studies. Department: Gender Studies. Institution: Indiana University Bloomington. Begins: Fall 2015. Deadline: 11 May 2015 (applications will be accepted until position is filled). Official Posting (http://static.ow.ly/docs/Lecturer2015_3hpu.pdf): The Department of Gender Studies at Indiana University Bloomington is seeking a Visiting Lecturer with a 3:3 course load for one year beginning August 1, 2015. Applicants should: Have […]

12 Rules (Oops, 13) for Maintaining a Racially Hostile Environment at Your Institution*

Living It Out

Violence comes in many forms. Like me, many of you are committed to anti-racist, feminist ways of being and, no doubt, have spent much energy this week engaged in challenging conversations in classrooms, faith communities and other environments. We insist that public discourse on “violence” in Baltimore be framed around police violence and white supremacist […]

AGAIN

Uncategorized

The streets of one of our cities have erupted in violent rioting in response to another death of a young Black man at the hands of the local police force.  This time, the city is Baltimore and the death was due to a spinal cord injury while in police custody.  We are caught, all of […]

Piers, Madonna, and the Double Standard

Archives, Current Events

By Niamh Middleton After Madonna’s scary and dangerous fall at the recent Brit awards, Piers Morgan wrote an uncomplimentary article entitled “Falling off the stage, Madonna, is God’s way of telling you you’re too old to cavort like a hooker.” I was surprised that someone of Piers Morgan’s fame and status would publicly kick a woman […]

Job: Visiting Lecturer in Latina/o Studies (Mt. Holyoke)

Jobs/Funding

Postion: Visiting Lecturer in Latina/o Studies. Focus: Interdisciplinary. Institution: Mount Holyoke College. Begins: Fall 2015. Deadline: Open until filled (Posting: 30 March 2015). Website: https://jobs.mtholyoke.edu/ Official Posting (https://chroniclevitae.com/jobs/0000878615-01): Mount Holyoke College invites applications for a one-year Visiting Lecturer position in Latina/o Studies, within the Department of Spanish, Latina/o, and Latin American Studies to begin fall 2015.  The successful candidate will be able to […]

Amplifying Voices

Archives, Living It Out

By Rebecca Alpert and Thelathia “Nikki” Young In December 2014 the leaders of Women’s Alliance for Theology, Ethics, and Ritual (commonly known as WATER) gathered a group of fourteen together at a bucolic Catholic retreat center in Maryland. Our task was to respond to the challenge of “amplifying women’s voices” in the LGBT religious movement. […]