Job Opportunity

I know all sorts of people lie awake at night wondering if their next potential academic job will strike them like a bolt out of the LJ/DW, right?

Centre for Women´s and Gender Studies
Athabasca University, Canada
Subject Matter Expert - History of Feminist Thought
Remuneration: $15,000
Location: Home Office
Closing date: 15 September 2010

The Centre for Women´s and Gender Studies at Athabasca University, Canada´s largest distance university, invites applications for a 12 month contract position, beginning 1 November 2010, in the history of feminist thought. The successful candidate will work with Professor Donica Belisle to develop a fourth-year History and Women´s Studies undergraduate distance and online course called "Famous Feminists and Their Times."

Responsibilities will include, but will not be limited to, selecting primary documents in the global history of feminist thought, 1400 to 1940; selecting scholarly readings; devising course assignments; writing course units; creating multimedia online content (support is provided); working with a course production team; and delivering materials on pre-arranged dates.

To be eligible for this position, applicants must hold a Ph.D. in History, Women´s Studies, or a related discipline.Current doctoral candidates with specializations in feminist history and thought are also encouraged to apply.

Applicants must demonstrate expertise in the global history of feminism, 1400 to 1940, and should be prepared to discuss the ideas, lives, and historical contexts of such figures as Christine de Pizan, Mary Wollstonecraft, Kishida Toshiko, and Sojourner Truth. Preference will be given to applicants with strong publishing records as well as to applicants
with demonstrated abilities to produce deliverables on time. Experience in distance and online course development is an asset but is not required.

Applicants should email a letter of application, a curriculum vitae, and a sample of their writing, as well as arrange two reference letters to be emailed, by 15 September 2010 to:

Dr. Donica Belisle
Assistant Professor, Women´s and Gender Studies
Athabasca University
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
donicab@athabascau.ca

Questions about this position should be directed to Donica Belisle by email at donicab@athabascau.ca or by phone at 1 (866) 514-6190 (toll free in North America).

All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply. However, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority. This position is subject to budgetary approval. In the event of discrepancy between the text of this email and the text of the attached PDF, the text of the PDF shall prevail.

(I would link the PDF mentioned but I didn't get a copy of that.)

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