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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Institute for the Arts and Humanities
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

The Executive Director of the Institute for the Arts and Humanities (IAH) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is responsible for its daily administration, programs and facilities. This position reports to the IAH Faculty Director and includes the following duties: oversee all major IAH programs and initiatives including the IAH Faculty Fellows Program, Ruel W. Tyson Academic Leadership Programs, the Faculty Grants Program and IAH Innovation Initiative; work closely with the faculty associate directors who are responsible for the operation of each IAH program as well as IAH staff responsible for program coordination; work with the IAH Faculty Director to foster collaborative faculty working groups and with UNC faculty to develop and enact innovative projects in the arts and humanities; assist faculty in the arts and humanities to connect with resources that will help them secure external funding for research; oversee the IAH Development Director, Director of Communications, Business Officer and Coordinator for Faculty Programs in the day to day administration of all Institute operations; administer existing IAH endowed lectures; and collaborate with the IAH’s External Advisory Board and Faculty Advisory Committee to further the mission of the Institute.

Applications are being accepted at http://unc.peopleadmin.com (reference posting number 2502607). For a complete job description please visit http://unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/1958.

Posted: Mar 20, 2012

CHAIRS IN CULTURAL AND SOCIAL RESEARCH

The Institute for Culture and Society at the University of Western Sydney
Deadline: 30 April 2012

The Institute for Culture and Society at the University of Western Sydney is a leading research institute investigating transformations in culture and society in the context of contemporary global change. It champions inter-disciplinary, engaged and collaborative research in the Humanities and Social Sciences for a digital age. UWS research in Cultural Studies has received the highest ranking of 5 in Australia’s assessment of research quality (the ERA – Excellence in Research for Australia 2010). The ICS research program is organised around five research themes and two knowledge practice strands. More detailed information of this program can be found on our website.

The Institute seeks to recruit two research professors (Academic Level E) to provide leadership in the development of this ambitious research program. The appointees will be outstanding scholars with broad interdisciplinary expertise in cultural and social research. We are especially interested in candidates able to contribute to the development of one or more of the following areas in the context of the Institute’s overall research program:
- The Social Role of Knowledge Practices: Possible areas of focus are the social roles of methods and disciplines in the humanities and social sciences, the proliferation of new kinds of data and modes of data analysis, problems of knowledge translation and mediation, and the ‘world-making’ role of knowledge practices.
- Digital Cultural and Social Research: The Institute will promote the uptake and use of digital technologies for cultural and social research, and engage more generally with developments in e-research This work requires a proven track record in the application of digital methods and tools in humanities and/or social science research.
- Environment, Culture and Society: The Institute’s concerns here stress the importance of integrating social and cultural perspectives into the analysis of environmental questions. A questioning of the boundaries between nature and culture, human and non-human, and social and physical is an essential conceptual focus in this work.
- Cultural Economy Research into the broad cultural sector (including the arts, media, sport and leisure) is a key strength of the ICS. Of key interest here is an engagement with the complex relationship between ‘culture’ and ‘economy’ in an interconnected, globalising world. An international perspective, especially in relation to the Asia Pacific region, would be of particular interest.

Remuneration Package: Academic Level E $180,205 p.a. (comprising Salary $152,980 p.a., 17% Superannuation and Leave Loading). Please note that a 5% Salary increase is scheduled from 11 May 2012.

Position Enquiries: Professor Ien Ang, Institute Director, Institute for Culture and Society, phone (02) 9685 9634 or i.ang@uws.edu.au.

How to apply: Please visit the WCU website for full details on this position.

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Posted: Apr 06, 2012

Assistant Professor in Health Policy

Institute for the Medical Humanities
University of Texas Medical Branch

The Institute for the Medical Humanities (IMH) at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor faculty position. The successful candidate will join a multidisciplinary faculty in ethics, history, law, literature, religious studies, social medicine, and visual studies who engage in research and teaching of medical students, trainees, and graduate students in the biomedical sciences. The IMH also offers an ethics consultation service in the university’s hospitals. The IMH is home of the nation’s only PhD program in medical humanities.

Candidates should have a PhD, MD, JD, or equivalent terminal degree, with substantial training and background in health policy. The candidate should be interested in teaching and research in health policy within a setting of interdisciplinary scholarship in medical humanities, public health, and the social sciences. Willingness to engage in interdisciplinary collaboration, ability to teach both health professional and graduate students, and potential to secure external grant funding are essential qualifications. Interest and experience in one or more of the following is highly desirable: health care for the under served; health disparities; history of medicine; comparative or international health policy studies.

Please apply online at http://www.utmb.edu/hcm/ and include contact information for three references. Please reference job Opening ID# 29388. UTMB is an equal opportunity, affirmative action institution which proudly values diversity. Applicant of all backgrounds are encouraged to apply. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled.

Posted: Feb 17, 2012