GEXcel Themes 3, 6, 7, 8 and 9: Invitation to apply for visiting fellowships

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Positions for doctoral students and post-doctoral scholars to participate in this research are now open for competition in five of the GEXcel themes:

•    GEXcel Themes 3 & 6 - Distinctions and Authority: Power Shifts and New Divisions in Society, Work and Universities. EXTENDED DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: 9 APRIL 2010.
•    GEXcel Themes 7 & 8 - Teaching Normcritical Sex - Getting Rid of Violence. TRANSdisciplinary, TRANSnational and TRANSformative Feminist Dialogues on Embodiment, Emotions and Ethics. DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: 16 APRIL 2010.
•    GEXcel Theme 9 - Gendered sexualed transnationalisations, deconstructing the dominant: Transforming men, “centres” and knowledge/policy/practice. DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: 16 APRIL 2010.
•    Please read on for full details of all five themes. 

Background to GEXcel

Linköping and Örebro Universities, Sweden, are the base for the “Centre of Gender Excellence - Gendering Excellence (GEXcel): Towards a European Centre of Excellence in Transnational and Transdisciplinary Studies of Changing Gender Relations, Intersectionalities and Embodiment”. With support from the Swedish Research Council, GEXcel is carrying out new research and seeks to become the foundation for a more permanent International Collegium for Advanced Transnational and Transdisciplinary Gender Studies.

A Visiting Scholars Programme has been organized to attract scholars at different career stages from Sweden and abroad with a variety of disciplinary backgrounds. The visiting scholars will carry out thematically organized, joint gender research, under the direction of one or two of the professors, responsible for the programme,  and collaborate with invited senior researchers.

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Information on the Themes

Themes 3 & 6

In 2010 there will be a joint theme titled “Distinctions and Authority: Power Shifts and New Divisions in Society, Work and Universities”. This joint theme will be directed by Anita Göransson, Professor of Gender, Organization and Economic Change, Department of Gender Studies, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Linköping University. Positions for doctoral students and post-doctoral scholars to participate in this research are now open for competition. For more information on this theme, please click here for Theme 3, and here for Theme 6

Proposals are invited from doctoral students outside Sweden for one-month fellowships in 2010. Fellowships include salary (with a deduction for existing doctoral salary), housing stipend and travel to Sweden. Scholars selected for the program will be expected to participate in a workshop launching the theme of research in mid-May in Linköping and then stay on and/or return in the autumn for their residency.

Proposals are invited from postdoctoral scholars (priority given to applicants from Europe, including Sweden) for fellowships of 1-4 months’ duration in the late spring and/or early autumn of 2010. Fellowships include salary (with a deduction for existing salary), housing stipend and travel to Sweden. Scholars selected for the programme will be expected to participate in a workshop launching the theme in mid-May 2010 in Linköping and then stay on and/or return in autumn 2010 for their residency.

Applicants to this joint theme (Themes 3 & 6) should explain how their project will make a contribution to the understanding of at least one of the three sub-themes of the “Distinctions and Authority” research theme. The three sub-themes are:

1.    Rethinking Class in an Intersectional Perspective
2.    Gender, Class and Ethnicity in Care and Knowledge Work
3.    Shifting the Power over and within Universities

Themes 7 & 8

In 2010/2011, there will be a joint research theme titled, “Teaching Normcritical Sex - Getting Rid of Violence. TRANSdisciplinary, TRANSnational and TRANSformative Feminist Dialogues on Embodiment, Emotions and Ethics”. The research will be carried out with a focus on two sub-themes:

1)    Gendered violence – will be in focus in the FALL/WINTER of 2010/11.
2)    Critical, intersectional studies of sexualities – will be in focus in SPRING of 2011.
This joint theme will be directed by Barbro Wijma, Professor of Gender and Medicine, Division of Gender and Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Linköping University, Sweden, and Nina Lykke, Professor of Gender and Culture, Department of Gender Studies, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Linköping University, Sweden.
Positions for doctoral students and post-doctoral scholars to participate in sub-theme 1 are now open for competition.

Positions for doctoral students and post-doctoral scholars to participate in sub-theme 2 will be announced later this year.
For more information on the themes, please see click here

Proposals are invited from doctoral students outside Sweden for one- to four-months fellowships in the Fall/Winter of 2010/11 and with a ‘peak period’ Week 41-42 (October 11-24), where all scholars are expected to be in residence and participate in joint seminars. Up to four fellowships will be available. Fellowships include salary (with a deduction for existing doctoral salary), housing stipend and travel to Sweden.

Proposals are invited from postdoctoral scholars (priority given to applicants from Europe, including Sweden) for one- to six-months  fellowships in the Fall/Winter of 2010/11 with a ‘peak period’ Week 41-42 (October 11-24), where all scholars are expected to be in residence and participate in joint seminars. Up to nine fellowships will be available. Fellowships include salary (with a deduction for existing salary), housing stipend and travel to Sweden.

Applicants should explain how their project will make a transnationally informed contribution to the understanding of the overall theme  “Teaching Normcritical Sex - Getting Rid of Violence TRANSdisciplinary, TRANSnational and TRANSformative Feminist Dialogues on Embodiment, Emotions and Ethics”  with a particular focus on the subtheme ‘Gendered violence’.

Theme 9

In the academic year 2010-2011, there will be a research theme on “Gendered sexualed transnationalisations, deconstructing the dominant: Transforming men, “centres” and knowledge/policy/practice” directed by Jeff Hearn, Professor of Gender Studies, with special reference to Critical Studies on Men, Department of Gender Studies, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Linköping University, Sweden. This builds on previous Themes 1 “Gender, sexuality and global change”  & 2 “Deconstructing the hegemony of men and masculinities” . Positions for doctoral students and post-doctoral scholars to participate in this research are now open for competition. Theme 9 has three sub-themes:

- impact of transnationalisations on privileged “centres”
- transnationalisations of knowledge
- deconstructing the hegemony of men and masculinities

For more information on this Theme 9, please click here

Proposals are invited from doctoral students outside Sweden for one-month fellowships in late May/early June 2011 (up to 4 fellowships will be available). Fellowships include salary (with a deduction for existing doctoral salary), housing stipend and travel to Sweden. Scholars selected for the program will be expected to participate in a workshop launching the theme of research in the week commencing 24 January 2011 in Linköping, and then return in in May/June 2011 for their residency (all scholars must be in Linköping for the key period 23 May 2011 - 3 June 2011).

Proposals are invited from postdoctoral scholars (priority given to applicants from Europe, including Sweden) for up to 5 fellowships of 1-4 months’ duration (May/June 2011). Fellowships include salary (with a deduction for existing salary), housing stipend and travel to Sweden. Scholars selected for the programme will be expected to participate in a workshop launching the theme of research in week commencing 24 January 2011 in Linköping, and then return in May/June 2011 for their residency (all scholars must be in Linköping for the key period 23 May 2011 - 3 June 2011).

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Application instructions for Themes 3, 6, 7, 8 and 9

All proposals must include a current CV, an abstract of the proposed project, a narrative description (maximum: five pages) of the project to be undertaken during the fellowship, and a short bibliography. We welcome applications (focusing on one or more of the sub-themes of the chosen theme), to become part of this thriving research environment.

Doctoral candidates must include the name and contact information for their research supervisor. Postdoctoral applicants must also include two samples of their work (published or unpublished) related to the research topic.

It is also possible to make an application to participate in the theme as a self-funded GEXcel Open Position Scholar. Applications for this should include similar materials.

All proposals and supporting materials should be submitted electronically to:
GEXcel Academic Coordinator
Email: application@genderexcel.org
All applications must be clearly marked in the subject of the email: Application for GEXcel Research Theme 3/6/7/8/9 (delete as applicable).

A committee will evaluate all applications and select those who are successful, with the approval of the GEXcel Board.

Application Deadlines:
Themes 3 & 6: EXTENDED TO 9 April 2010
Themes 7 & 8: 16 April 2010 (Awards Announced by mid- May 2010)
Theme 9: 16 April 2010 (Awards Announced by end of May 2010)