[movimenti.bicocca] Fwd: Mellon post-doc on social movements

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Author: Tommaso Vitale
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To: ML movimenti Bicocca
Subject: [movimenti.bicocca] Fwd: Mellon post-doc on social movements
> Laurence
>
>> --
>>
>> The Program for Environmental and Regional Equity (PERE) and the
>> Department
>> of American Studies and Ethnicity (ASE) at the University of Southern
>> California invite applications for a two-year Mellon Post-Doctoral
>> Fellowship beginning Fall 2011. See http://dornsife.usc.edu/pere
>> for a
>> description of PERE and http://dornsife.usc.edu/ase/home/index.cfm
>> for a
>> description of ASE.
>>
>> The field of specialization is social movements, with a preference
>> for a
>> researcher whose work lies in one or more of several areas: social
>> media and
>> new organizing; intersectional or inter-movement alliances; and
>> framing and
>> narrative in movements. The Fellow will teach one course each
>> semester in
>> the American Studies and Ethnicity program, have research space at
>> PERE, and
>> will be expected to participate in PERE research relevant to the
>> fellow's
>> interests.
>>
>> The Fellow must have a Ph.D. in hand, and should be within 5 years of
>> receiving the Ph.D., by the beginning of the appointment. To apply,
>> please
>> send an application letter, CV, and a brief description of
>> dissertation and
>> current research. In addition, applicants should request that a
>> dossier or
>> three letters of recommendation (to be sent directly by the
>> referees and one
>> of which must speak to teaching abilities) be sent by the deadline
>> of April
>> 27, 2011.
>>
>> Send all materials to USC Program for Environmental and Regional
>> Equity, 950
>> W. Jefferson Blvd., JEF 102, Los Angeles, CA 90089-1291. [Telephone
>> if
>> needed for FEDEX is 213-821-1325] USC strongly values diversity and
>> is
>> committed to equal opportunity in employment. Women and men, and
>> members of
>> all racial and ethnic groups, are encouraged to apply.