Ecofeminism in the Environmental Humanities - Tier 2 Canada Research Chair (Assistant or Associate Professor)
The University of British Columbia
The Department of English and Cultural Studies at the University of British Columbia, Okanagan seeks outstanding candidates for a SSHRC Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Ecofeminism in the Environmental Humanities. The successful candidate will be eligible to hold an appointment at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor, tenure track.
The successful candidate must be an emerging scholar (normally having completed a PhD within the past ten years) and must have a demonstrated record of excellence in research output relating to ecofeminist theory in the environmental humanities. Priority will be given to research that attends to intersections of gender, race, colonialism, class, sexuality, materialities, and species in cultural imaginaries of nature and the environment. Possible areas of specialization include: critical animal studies, feminist activism, Indigenous/settler relations, water, food and land systems, posthumanisms, biodiversity, and climate change.
Review of applications will begin January 31, 2020 and will continue until the position is filled. The academic appointment could start as early as July 1, 2020.
HOW TO APPLY
To find out more about the position and to apply, please visit: www.facultycareers.ubc.ca/36244
Application material must include the following:
- A letter of application
- A complete curriculum vitae
- A statement of teaching philosophy
- Evidence or record of teaching effectiveness
- Examples of published scholarly research or professional work.
Candidates should arrange for three letters of reference to be sent directly to Dr. Michael Treschow, Acting Head, Department of English and Cultural Studies at recruitment.fccs@ubc.ca with a subject line “Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Ecofeminism in the Environmental Humanities”.
The Department of English and Cultural Studies exists within the Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies at UBC’s Okanagan Campus. For more information about the department and the faculty, please visit this site: https://fccs.ok.ubc.ca/about/.
Equity and diversity are essential to academic excellence. An open and diverse community fosters the inclusion of voices that have been underrepresented or discouraged. We encourage applications from members of groups that have been marginalized on any grounds enumerated under the B.C. Human Rights Code, including sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, racialization, disability, political belief, religion, marital or family status, age, and/or status as a First Nation, Metis, Inuit, or Indigenous person.