The Department of Humanities, Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies, York University invites applications for a tenure-stream appointment at the Assistant Professor level in Contemporary Children’s Culture, with particular expertise in the effects of globalization on children. This appointment is to commence July 1, 2011, and is subject to budgetary approval.
Candidates with a Ph.D. in Comparative Cultural Studies, Communications Studies, or a cognate discipline, with an emphasis on international migration and its effects on children and their cultures, will be given preference. The successful candidate will display an ability to approach the study of contemporary children’s cultures from an international, child-centered perspective that is suitable to York’s humanities-based Children’s Studies program in one or more of the following areas: popular culture; arts and media; relationships with the natural environment; cultural artifacts produced by or for children; the digital or visual aspects of culture. Expertise in ethnographic methods in the study of children and childhood is an asset. Candidates should have a completed Ph.D. in hand by the commencement of the appointment. The successful candidate will show evidence of a vigorous research agenda as well as promise of excellence in teaching. The successful candidate should be eligible for prompt appointment to the Faculty of Graduate Studies.
Candidates should be able to teach Children’s Studies-affiliated courses in York’s first- and second-year interdisciplinary General Education Program, and to develop and teach upper-level undergraduate courses in the program. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to contribute to the work of the Canadian Children’s Culture Collection and to the online journal Children’s Studies.
York University is an Affirmative Action Employer. The Affirmative Action Program can be found on York's website at www.yorku.ca/acadjobs or a copy can be obtained by calling the affirmative action office at 416-736-5713. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadian citizens and Permanent Residents will be given priority.
A letter of application, curriculum vitae, three confidential letters of recommendation, and a sample of the applicant’s written work (no longer than 20 pages) should be sent by October 30th, 2010 to:
Professor Doug Freake, Acting Chair
Department of Humanities, Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies
York University
4700 Keele Street
Toronto, Ontario M3J 1P3 Canada
E-mail: dfreake@yorku.ca, Tel: 416-736-5158, Fax: 416-736-5460
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