Jobs & Fellowships
Below are any postings sent to ASLE regarding jobs or fellowships that might be of interest to our members or others in the field of literature and environment or related fields. If you would like to post information about a job, fellowship, writing contest or related opportunity, please contact the ASLE Managing Director, Amy McIntyre.
Jobs
Immediate Openings. English/American Literature and Linguistics or TESOL. Tamkang University, Tamsui, Taiwan. The English Department of Tamkang University, located in historic and scenic Tamsui, is seeking to fill 3 faculty appointments. Asst., Associate, or Full Professors in English/American Literature and Linguistics or TESOL are sought. Renewable 1 yr. contracts require 9 teaching hours per week and include yearly bonus (6 weeks salary), national health insurance, and salaries start at 67,000 NT dollars per month (approximately 2,200 USD) which paid for 12 months. Worth mentioning is the comparatively lower cost of living in Taiwan, US tax exemption for US citizens who live abroad (up to 85,000 USD) as well as exemption from contributions into US Social Security.
Class assignments depend on faculty expertise, but we hope to fill classes in literature (including environmental literature), linguistics, and TESOL on both undergraduate and graduate levels.
The city of Tamsui, one of the oldest shipping and trading centers in Taiwan, has many historic sites, and is 30 minutes by rapid transit rail from Taipei Main Station. Tamkang University is the oldest English teaching university in Taiwan and has been over the last few years ranked as best private university in Taiwan, and 7th Nationally. Tamkang University has approximately 28,000 full time students and grants degrees on the BA, MA, and PhD levels.
Please be advised that these appointments are for fall term 2008 and hiring will be done as quickly as possible. Should you wish to apply or request other information, please contact:
Prof. Peter Huang, Chair, peter@mail.tku.edu.tw
November 1, 2008. Director of Environmental Studies. Wofford College, Spartanburg, SC. Wofford College seeks applicants for the position of Director of Environmental Studies. We seek a candidate with energy and passion for working in our newly approved interdisciplinary program that equally engages and values the sciences, humanities, and social sciences. The director will coordinate the work of participating faculty members and chair the ES oversight committee. Ideal candidates will have experience in multidisciplinary work, published research, and demonstrated teaching effectiveness. A Ph.D. is required in an appropriate area of science such as biology, chemistry, physics, ecology, geology, forestry, or toxicology.
The director will teach four courses per year. Two are core requirements in the ES major. The first is a multidisciplinary seminar taught in partnership with other faculty members, and the second is a field-based environmental science course. The other two (one an upper-level course and the other a January-term project) will be in areas of the candidate¹s particular expertise and designed to support the ES program. Candidates must have a strong background in field-based work and commitment to utilizing our newly acquired green space and facilities, which are located five miles from our main, urban campus. Facilities include a newly renovated LEED-certified building adjacent to a stream and 19 acres of protected riparian land.
This is a tenure track position starting in fall 2009. Salary and benefits are competitive and commensurate with experience. Send a letter of application, curriculum vitae, statement of teaching philosophy including ideas for research with undergraduates, and two letters of recommendation to John Lane, Associate Professor of English and Interim Director of Environmental Studies at laneje@wofford.edu. Electronic submissions only. Deadline for application is November 1, 2008. For more information, please contact Professor Lane.
Wofford College actively seeks to diversify its faculty and qualified members of underrepresented groups are particularly encouraged to apply. WWW.Wofford.edu
Fellowships
January 15, 2009. Massachusetts Historical Society NEH Fellowships. The Massachusetts Historical Society (MHS) will award at least two long-term NEH fellowships for the academic year 2009-2010. MHS-NEH fellowships are made possible by an award from the National Endowment for the Humanities, an independent federal agency. The stipend, governed by an NEH formula, will be no more than $40,000 for a term of six to twelve months or $20,000 for a term of four to five months. The Society will also supplement each stipend with a housing allowance of up to $500.00 per month. MHS-NEH fellowships are open to U.S. citizens and to foreign nationals who have lived in the United States for at least the three years immediately preceding the application deadline. Applicants must have completed their professional training; NEH-sponsored fellowships are not available to graduate students. The awards committee will give preference to candidates who have not held a long-term grant during the three years prior to the proposed fellowship term. Application deadline is January 15, 2009. For information about MHS-NEH fellowships and about the Society’s other awards, including short-term grants and support through the New England Regional Fellowship Consortium, please check our web site, www.masshist.org/fellowships, or contact Jane Becker, Massachusetts Historical Society, 1154 Boylston Street, Boston, MA 02215 (fellowships@masshist.org) or 617-646-0518.
February 1, 2009. New England Regional Fellowship Consortium Fellowships. The New England Regional Fellowship Consortium, a collaboration of eighteen major cultural agencies, will offer up to twelve awards in 2009-2010. Each grant will provide a stipend of $5,000 for eight weeks of research at participating institutions. Applications are welcome from anyone with a serious need to use the collections and facilities of the organizations. The Consortium's grants are designed to encourage projects that draw on the resources of several agencies. Each award will be for research at a minimum of three different institutions. Fellows must work at each of these organizations for at least two weeks. Grants in this cycle are for the year June 1, 2009-May 31, 2010. Application Deadline: February 1, 2009. For more information visit www.masshist.org/fellowships or contact Jane Becker, Massachusetts Historical Society, 1154 Boylston St., Boston, MA 02215 (fellowships@masshist.org) or 617-646-0518.
February 15, 2009. Massachusetts Historical Society: Suzanne and Caleb Loring Fellowship. In 2009-2010, the Massachusetts Historical Society and the Boston Athenaeum will award one Suzanne and Caleb Loring Fellowship on the Civil War, its origins and consequences. The recipient will conduct research for at least four weeks at each institution. The Athenaeum and the Society are especially interested in projects for which both repositories’ resources are vital. This award is open to independent scholars, advanced graduate students, and holders of the Ph.D. or the equivalent. The grant provides a stipend of $4000 for eight weeks of research. Each institution will automatically refer unsuccessful proposals to its short-term fellowship competition. Application deadline: February 15, 2009. For information and application see our website, www.masshist.org/fellowships, or contact Jane Becker, Massachusetts Historical Society, 1154 Boylston St., Boston, MA 02215 (fellowships@masshist.org) or 617-646-0518. Please apply online via our website.
March 1, 2009. Massachusetts Historical Society Short-Term Fellowships. The Massachusetts Historical Society will offer approximately twenty short-term research fellowships in 2009-2010. These grants provide a stipend of $1500-$2000 for four weeks of research at the Society sometime between July 1, 2009, and June 30, 2010. Short-term awards are open to independent scholars, advanced graduate students, and holders of the Ph.D. or the equivalent, with candidates who live fifty or more miles from Boston receiving preference. Recipients must be U.S., citizens or foreign nationals holding the appropriate U.S. government documents. Application deadline: March 1, 2009. For more information visit www.masshist.org/fellowships/, or contact Jane Becker, Massachusetts Historical Society, 1154 Boylston St., Boston, MA 02215 (fellowships@masshist.org) or 617-646-0518.
Writing Fellowships and Outdoor Arts Fellowships, Bernheim Arboretum & Research Forest, Clermont, KY (ongoing)
Fulbright Scholar Program (ongoing)
Travel Grants, Carl Albert Center, University of Oklahoma (ongoing)
National Humanities Center Fellowships (ongoing)
Green Artist Grant (ongoing)
The Nancy H. Gray Foundation for Art in the Environment provides grants to
artists whose work addresses environmental problems, issues, and education.
The grant is available by mail only. Send a SASE to:
N.H. Gray Foundation for Art in the Environment
5128 Manning Drive
Bethesda, MD 20814
Contests
Midwestern Studies Book Award Competition (Society for the Study of Midwestern Literature and Ohio University Press) (ongoing)
Harold and Margaret Sprout Award for the Best Book on International Environmental Affairs (ongoing)
Tyler Prize: The World Prize for Environmental Achievement (ongoing)
Other Opportunities
Green World Center Study Retreat (ongoing)