University of Wollongong Position Open: Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, Humanities, and the Arts @UOW

The University of Wollongong is advertising for an Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, Humanities, and the Arts. See the listing here.

Via Thom Giddens, St. Mary's University.

Call For Applications: Postdoctoral Research Fellow Position, University of Edinburgh

From Mihaela Mihai, Senior Research Fellow, Politics and International Relations, School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh

Postdoctoral Research Fellow - GREYZONE

University of Edinburgh - Social and Political Science

Location: Edinburgh

Salary: £31,342 to £37,394 per annum

Hours: Full Time Contract Type: Contract / Temporary

Placed on: 24th July 2015 Closes: 20th August 2015 Job Ref: 033775

We are seeking two Postdoctoral Research Fellows to work with Dr Mihaela Mihai on an ERC-funded project entitled ‘Illuminating the “Grey Zone”: Addressing Complex Complicity in Human Rights Violations.’ Situated at the frontier between political science, political theory, history, literature and cinema, this project seeks to shift the focus of debates in Transitional Justice by focusing on the grey zone of collaborators, bystanders and indirect beneficiaries of injustice. You will have experience of conducting high quality academic research in a field relevant to this project, and should be willing to engage with a variety of literatures beyond the narrow confines of your own research field.

These two posts are both full-time and fixed-term for 48 months. The posts are available from 1st January 2016. Closing Date: Thursday 20th August 2015 at 5pm (GMT)

For further particulars and to apply for this post please click on the 'apply' button below:

https://www.vacancies.ed.ac.uk/pls/corehrrecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.jobspec?p_id=033775 (actually, working link is here:  L& H Blog ed).

The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336.

VAP Position Available

A job announcement

Visiting Assistant Professor of American Politics- One Year Replacement
Department of Political Science, Hobart and William Smith Colleges
The Department of Political Science invites applications for a one-year, full-time visiting position in American Politics in the field of Law and Politics at the rank of Visiting Assistant Professor beginning in the Fall of 2013; Ph.D. is preferred, advanced ABD will be considered. Applications from those with a specialization in some aspect of Civil Liberties, Civil Rights, or Labor, are particularly encouraged. The ideal candidate will be able to teach a mixture of the following subjects: Public Law, Law and Society, Introduction to American Politics, and/or Political Theory. The successful candidate's work will be informed by theoretical and historical perspectives on questions important to the understanding of politics in the United States.
The Department values intellectual diversity and supports a wide range of critical and theoretical approaches that help bring people together across subfields as they address questions of power. The Department also supports interdisciplinarity in teaching and research in keeping with the Colleges' longstanding emphasis on liberal arts education. We encourage the creative development of new questions, lines of inquiry, and vectors of critique.
APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS:
Evaluation of applications begins April 8, 2013 and will continue until the position is filled. Please send a letter of application, curriculum vitae, writing sample, graduate transcripts, a statement of teaching philosophy, and arrange to have three letters of reference sent to:
Professor Paul A. Passavant, c/o Jean Salone
American Politics Search
Department of Political Science
Hobart and William Smith Colleges
300 Pulteney Street
Geneva, NY 14456
EOE
Hobart and William Smith Colleges are committed to attracting and supporting faculty and staff that fully represent the racial, ethnic, and cultural diversity of the nation and actively seek applications from under-represented groups. The Colleges do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, marital status, national origin, age, disability, veteran's status, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression or any other protected status.
Hobart and William Smith Colleges are a highly selective residential liberal arts institution located in a small, diverse city in the Finger Lakes region of New York State.  With an enrollment of approximately 2,200, the Colleges offer 62 majors and minors from which students choose two areas of concentration, one of which must be an interdisciplinary program.  Creative and extensive programs of international study and public service are also at the core of the Colleges’ mission.

Paul A. Passavant
Associate Professor
Department of Political Science
Hobart and William Smith Colleges
300 Pulteney St.
Geneva, NY 14456
USA

Job Posting: Rhetoric and Public Culture, Indiana University, Bloomington

Assistant Professor in Rhetoric and Public Culture Indiana University, Bloomington

Indiana University, Department of Communication and Culture, seeks an Assistant Professor in Rhetoric and Public Culture focused on the rhetorical critique of law and/or public policy with an orientation toward civic engagement.  This is a tenure-track position, which requires a strong research agenda, a commitment to excellence in teaching, and a PhD completed prior to August 2012.

In addition to teaching graduate courses in rhetoric and public culture that reflect core requirements and more specialized areas of expertise in law and/or public policy, the person filling this position is expected to teach undergraduate courses in areas such as freedom of speech, argumentation and advocacy, and legal communication.  Ideally, this person would help to mentor undergraduate students aiming for careers in law, government, and non-government organizations as well as enhance linkages with the interdisciplinary Political and Civic Engagement Program (PACE), the School of Public and Environmental Affairs (which maintains a campus debate program), and the Poynter Center for the Study of Ethics and American Institutions.

Applicants should send via email a letter of application, curriculum vitae, writing sample, and three letters of recommendation to:  Robert Ivie, Chair, RPC Search Committee c/o Amy Cornell, Assistant to the Chair, Department of Communication and Culture atcmcl@indiana.edu> or to RPC Search Committee, 800 East Third Street, Bloomington, IN 47405.  Email applications preferred.  Review of applications will begin on September 28th, 2012 and continue until the position is filled.

Indiana University is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer.  The university actively encourages applications of women, minorities, applicants with disabilities, and members of other underrepresented groups