Position: Iowa State Ass. Prof. of Women's Studies

ANNOUNCEMENT

Position: Assistant Professor of Women's Studies & Anthropology
Salary: Unspecified
Institution: Iowa State University
Location: Ames, IA
Date posted: 8/9/2005
Application deadline: 10/28/2005

The Women's Studies Program and the Anthropology Department at Iowa State University invite applications for a tenure-track, joint position at the rank of assistant professor. We seek a candidate with experience in teaching women's studies courses, including Introduction to Women's Studies, International Perspectives onWomen and Gender, and Women and Development, and whose research andteaching inWomen's Studies are grounded in feminist scholarship that focuses on the intersections of race/ethnicity, nationality, class and sexuality. In Anthropology the geographical area of expertise is open. Courses to be taught include Introduction to Cultural Anthropology, Comparative Studies of World Cultures, Contemporary Anthropological Theories, Fieldwork Methods, and an ethnography course of the instructor's choice. Women's Studies at Iowa State University is a program with a major, a minor, a graduate minor, five core and about 70 affiliated faculty. The program has a strong commitment to interdisciplinary teaching and research, and promotes feminist scholarship on national and international levels, while fostering undergraduate and graduate students' engagement in active learning and critical thinking. The Department of Anthropology emphasizes a comprehensive, four fields approach to the study of humanity. Currently it has nine faculty members with 100 undergraduate majors and 16 graduate students in its M.A. program. All faculty members have active research agendas that engage both graduate and undergraduate students. For more information please consult our web pages:<http://www.iastate.edu/~wsprogram>;<http://www.iastate.edu/~anthropology>.

Qualifications: Ph.D. required in Anthropology, Women's Studies or other relevant interdisciplinary program. Teaching experience is required, preferably in both women's studies and anthropology, as is a strong record or promise of scholarly productivity. Deadline: Review of applications will begin October 28, 2005 and will continue until the position is filled. Please send letter of application, C.V., and names and addresses of three references to: Chair, Women's Studies and Anthropology Search Committee, 309 Catt Hall, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011.

Iowa State University does not discriminate based on age, gender,ethnicity, race,and/or sexual orientation. Regular employees receive benefits such asvacation time,health and dental insurance, and disability and retirement compensations. Members of historically under-represented groups are strongly encouraged to apply.

Jill M. Bystydzienski Director, Women's Studies Program and Professor of Sociology Iowa State University 345 Carrie Chapman Catt Hall Ames, Iowa 50011 Tel: 515-294-9733 Fax: 515-294-3741bystydj@iastate.edu

Position Women's Studies, Texas Woman's Univ. Asst Prof

Position: Women's Studies, Assistant Professor (special reference to
transnational/global feminisms), Texas Woman's University

TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY, DENTON CAMPUS
WOMEN'S STUDIES PROGRAM
FACULTY POSITION IN WOMEN'S STUDIES, FALL 2006

Position: Assistant Professor of Women’s Studies, Tenure-track, full-time,
9-months. Salary commensurate with experience. Starting Date: August 2006.
Qualifications: A Ph.D. in Women's Studies or a related field (with 18
graduate credit hours or extensive publications in Women's Studies) is
required at the time of appointment. Eligible candidates must also exhibit
the potential to establish a strong record of scholarly achievement in the
form of research publications and presentations. Preferred areas of
specialization are transnational or global feminisms, women's health,
feminist/womanist community activism, and/or feminist disability studies.
Commitment to the multicultural mission of the program is expected.
Teaching experience in Women's Studies, background in qualitative research
methods, and interest in electronic course delivery are preferred.
Interest in establishing international partnerships as well as interest in
academic leadership are desirable.

Responsibilities: Primary responsibilities will be teaching graduate
seminars in areas of specialization. Teaching will also include
Introduction to Women's Studies for the undergraduate core curriculum.
Other duties include directing graduate student research, advising
students, supervising graduate teaching assistants, service on graduate
committees, participation on program and university committees, and active
participation in program development. Scholarly productivity in the form
of research publications and presentations is expected.

Application: Review of applications will begin November 1, 2005, and will
continue until the position is filled. Candidates should submit a letter
of application, current vita, three letters of reference, and two syllabi
for courses desired to teach (one undergraduate and one graduate).
The Women’s Studies Program offers the M.A. degree, a Graduate
Certificate, and an undergraduate minor. Approximately 1200 undergraduate
students per year take courses in the program for University core
curriculum credit. Currently there are thirty-five masters students
enrolled in the graduate program, which offers courses on U.S. women of
colors, feminist theories, feminist epistemologies, feminist pedagogies,
and other topics. The graduate program attracts students from across the
U.S. as well as from Asia and Africa. Members of the Women's Studies
faculty maintain strong collaborative working relationships with
colleagues in Sociology, Psychology, Government, Rhetoric, Dance, and
Nursing. Further information about the Women's Studies Program may be
found at our website: http://www.twu.edu/as/ws

The Texas Woman's University with an enrollment of over 11,000 students is
a Doctoral/Research-Intensive public university, primarily for women,
which emphasizes the liberal arts and specialized or professional studies.
The University's main campus is in Denton, located thirty-five miles north
of both Dallas and Fort Worth. Additional information about the University
is available at http://www.twu.edu.

Texas Woman's University, an ADA/EEO employer, supports diversity and
encourages minorities, women, and persons with disabilities to apply.



Contact Info:
Dr. Claire L. Sahlin, Director
Women's Studies Program
Texas Woman's University
P.O. Box 425557
Denton, Texas 76204-5557
Phone: 940-898-2255
Fax: 940-898-2101
Email: csahlin@mail.twu.edu
Website: http://www.twu.edu/as/ws

Conference: 20 Years of Gender Research in Chinese Societies (CUHK)

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An International Conference on
"20 Years of Gender Research in Chinese Societies"
(primarily in Putonghua)
17 ¡V19 November 2005 (Thursday - Saturday)
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
(Cho Yiu Conference Hall)
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For more information, please check
Gender Research Centre, Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/hkiaps/grc

Article: From Nu Guo to Nu'er Guo (Modern China)

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_Modern China_, Vol. 31, No. 4, 448-486 (2005)
DOI: 10.1177/0097700405279243
2005 SAGE Publications
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Article:
"From Nu Guo to Nu'er Guo: Negotiating Desire in the Land of the Mosuo" By Eileen Rose Walsh (Skidmore College)

Abstract:
Tourism at Lugu Lake exploded in the 1990s, drawing on government representations of the Mosuo as "matriarchal" and as engaging in traditional sexual relations (zouhun) outside of marriage. The village of Luoshui is the primary tourist destination; its economy is almost completely driven by tourism. In this article, the author discusses state policy and scholarly
representations of the Mosuo, tourist representations that developed from them, and the interactions and responses around ethnicity at Luoshui. Locals daily engage with the commodification of their culture and must continually negotiate tourists' contradictory desires. The author argues that locals address these contradictions in part through performing both "front" and "backstages." She interrogates the notion of an "authentic" Mosuo identity while describing how tourism has reified culture as a gendered consumable and has sexualized Mosuo
culture in tourist areas.

Key Words:
Mosuo, Na, tourism, gender, ethnicity, Yunnan

book review in Philosophy East and West

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_Philosophy East and West_
Volume 55, Number 3, July 2005, pp. 496-502
University of Hawai'i Press
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Book:

Images of Women in Chinese Thought and Culture: Writings from the Pre-Qin Period through the Song Dynasty. Edited by Robin R. Wang. Indianapolis: Hackett Publishing Company, 2003. Pp. xiv 449.

Reviewed by Xiufen Lu (Wichita State University)

Excerpt:
Images of Women in Chinese Thought and Culture: Writings from the Pre-Qin Period through the Song Dynasty, edited by Robin R. Wang, is an excellent collection of English translations from the Classical Chinese of writings on women. As the title indicates, the book starts with writings from before the founding of the Qin, China's first bureaucratic state, in 221 B.C.E., and ends with the Tang and Song dynasties (618¡Ó1279 C.E.), a period that has been considered the richest in Chinese history in terms of literature and art production. The anthology includes fifty-four selections arranged in five parts based on a conventionally accepted chronology of the texts. There is a brief introduction at the beginning of each selection that helps familiarize the reader with the texts and the historical and cultural context out of which women's issues have
arisen. The first two parts include selections from oracle-bone inscriptions, the earliest Chinese writings ever discovered; texts from the major ancient philosophical schools, such as Confucianism, Daoism, Mohism, and Legalism; and folk literature together with poems by some of the best-known poets of their time. These writings not only encompass the intellectual foundations of Chinese civilization but also provide valuable sources for understanding how
perceptions of gender relations have been shaped by the Chinese cosmological and philosophical view of the world....

Please read the journal for full text.

Late Imperial China article on female suicide

Late Imperial China
Volume 26, Number 1, June 2005, pp. 1-40.
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"Ghosts Seeking Substitutes: Female Suicide and Repetition"
by Rania Huntington

Excerpt:
In late imperial Chinese ghost tales, the victims of certain kinds of untimely
death, including some methods of suicide, become ghosts who seek out mortals to
take their places. If such a ghost can incite another to die by the same means
that she died, then she will be freed from suffering as a ghost and can be
reborn. They and their replacements are often, but are not exclusively, female.
Responsibility for the suicides in which the ghosts are involved varies from
story to story, and may be ambiguous: the ghosts may be portrayed as essential
causes of suicide, or as taking advantage of deaths that would have happened in
any case. The seeking of substitutes may be portrayed as primarily the
independent action of the ghost, or as sanctioned by other sources of
authority. Commonly there is more than one cause for a particular death, with
human despair and ghostly influence compounding one another....

Please read the journal for full text.

THIRD CONFERENCE ON WOMEN AND POLITICS IN ASIA

The THIRD CONFERENCE ON WOMEN AND POLITICS IN ASIA (WPA 3) will take place in Islamabad, Pakistan, on November 24 and 25, 2005. The title of this year's conference is DISCOVERING THE GENDER FACE OF POLITICS, with a focus on 1) Asia; 2) Women; 3) Comparative Perspectives; and 4) Best Practices and Lessons Learned.

WPA 3 is organised by The Researchers (Pakistan); the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies (NIAS); and the universities of Halmstad (Sweden) and Duisburg-Essen (Germany). For further information please refer to:

Conference website: http://www.theresearchers.org/wpa.htm.

Call for Papers: (http://www.theresearchers.org/wpa.htm)

The Conference invites papers covering the following sub-themes:

• Politics of Personalities & Political Dynasties
• Religious Discourses & Cultures Effecting Politics
• Ethnicity, Conflicts & Terrorism- Shaping the Politics of the Region
• Globalization of Economies Influencing Political Paradigms
• Quotas Impeding or Facilitating Political Representation in Legislatures & Political Parties
• Decentralization a Tool for Mainstreaming & Empowering Women
• Engendering Political & Electoral Processes & Institutions: From Idealism to Reality
• Women Legislators Custodian of Human Rights?
• Media: Push or Pull factor in Politics?
• Triangle of Poverty, Gender & Politics-Mirage or Paradigm?
• International Covenants to National Plan of Action: Adoption to Implications

Find more information through: wpa2005@theresearchers.org or wpa2005pakistan@yahoo.com