Transnational Sexualities PostDoc at Duke University

The Program in Women’s Studies at Duke University is offering two residential postdoctoral fellowships for the 2008-09 academic year to scholars engaged in the transnational study of sexuality. We are particularly interested in projects that reorganize received geographic conceptions of sexuality by investigating alternative circuits, zones, and regions. We welcome empirical, textual, and theoretical projects from a variety of fields and periods. Topics might include South-South links, transitional regions, critical area studies, post-socialist contexts, European or non-European empires, or emerging spaces of erotic sociality that cross or evade national borders. The intent of the postdoctoral program for 2008-2009 is to foster conversations among Women’s Studies, the Program in Sexuality Studies, and allied fields at Duke. Proposals should therefore be interdisciplinary and reflect familiarity with feminist theory, sexuality studies, and critical race and postcolonial theories.

Postdoctoral fellows will be included in a faculty-graduate seminar on these themes and are expected to be in residence at the Women’s Studies Program for the academic year. Fellows will teach one course related to their scholarship.

The fellowship includes a stipend, health insurance, office space, and clerical support. Applicants should be no more than five years past the PhD, and should have the PhD in hand by May 2008. Applications received by November 28, 2007 will be guaranteed consideration. Send C.V., 5-page project proposal, writing sample (25 pages), 1-page course proposal (undergraduate), and 3 letters of recommendation to: Ranjana Khanna, Director, Women’s Studies, Box 90760, 210 East Duke Building, Durham NC, 27708. Our program information is available at www.duke.edu/womstud. Duke University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.