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Visiting Scholar in Feminist Perspectives on Globalization for the 2004-2005 Academic Year

The Canadian International Development Agency-International Development Research Centre-Carleton University-University of Ottawa
The Pauline Jewett Institute of Women's Studies at Carleton University and the Institute of Women's Studies at the University of Ottawa, with the support of the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) and the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), are launching a research programme on feminist perspectives on globalization. This four year (2004-2008) programme aims to attract highly qualified researchers, working on issues of globalization, within a feminist perspective, from developing countries in Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean and the South Pacific, to spend a research term in Ottawa, based at one of the two institutions.

The "Visiting Scholar in Feminist Perspectives on Globalization" will contribute to facilitating the expansion of gender and development research at both universities, and also provide a unique opportunity for collaboration between feminist scholars in Canada and the developing world, and between North and South. The Institutes of Women's Studies will alternate in welcoming one visiting scholar per year. Applications are invited for the Visiting Scholar in Feminist Perspectives on Globalization for the year 2004-2005. We are seeking a scholar, fluent in English (able to read, write and speak), to be based at the Pauline Jewett Institute of Women's Studies at Carleton University. (The following year 2005-2006, the visiting scholar will be based at the Institute of Women's Studies at University of Ottawa and should be fluent in French.)

Specific areas of interest can be one of the following: agriculture, basic education, child protection, health and nutrition, HIV/Aids, information and communication technologies (ICTs), human rights, democratization and good governance, conflict and peacebuilding, private sector development, infrastructure services (capacity building), social and economic equity, or environment and natural resource management.

The duration of the Visiting Scholar's stay will be a six (6) month period within the university's 2004-2005 academic year, which runs from September 2004 to April 2005. The recipient will receive a generous stipend to cover travel, research and living expenses (including medical insurance coverage). The Visiting Scholar will have access to library services, a shared phone and computer facilities.

The Pauline Jewett Institute of Women's Studies (Carleton University) and the Institute of Women's Studies (University of Ottawa) invite applications from scholars from developing countries, both tenured and untenured faculty, and from post-doctoral, independent scholars who are pursuing critical feminist research. Applicants are expected to be fluent in English, to have a completed PhD, to have already published in scholarly publications, and to have a current and established research project in relation to one or more of the above-mentioned topics. Individuals pursuing a university degree are not eligible.

During their stay in Canada, the visiting scholars will pursue and present their ongoing research in conferences and seminars as requested, will generally participate in outreach activities, and will produce a paper based on their ongoing research, which reflect their time and work in Canada. It is anticipated that this research will be scholarship that promotes policy advocacy and/or furthers gender and development studies and the effective integration of gender equality in development policy and programming.

Applications may be submitted in English or French, and should include (i) an abbreviated curriculum vitae (10-12 pp.), (ii) a letter of intent outlining the research to be undertaken in Canada (max. 2 pp.), (iii) a list of recent publications, (iv) the dates of the proposed stay at Carleton University, (v) and the names of two referees. Please send to: Selection Committee, Visiting Scholar in Feminist Perspectives on Globalization, c/o Helene Boudreault, Pauline Jewett Institute of Women's Studies, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1S 5B6; Telephone (613) 520-6644; Fax (613) 562-5994; email hboudre@uottawa.ca.

The closing date for submitting applications is January 15, 2004 (application dossiers received after this date will not be examined). The selection of the Visiting Scholar in Feminist Perspectives on Globalization will be completed by March 15, 2004. Please note that only the short-listed candidates will be contacted.

Candidates may access the following websites for additional information about the Institutes of Women's Studies at Carleton University and at the University of Ottawa.

http://www.carleton.ca/womensstudies/
http://www.uottawa.ca/academic/womenst/eng/

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