Month: February 2023

CFP Ethnicities: Special Issue Proposals

“Publication CFP by the journal Ethnicities for Special Issue Proposals on Ethnicity & Nationalism. Deadline: 1 March 2023.

“There is currently a burgeoning interest in both sociology and politics around questions of ethnicity, nationalism and related issues, such as identity politics and minority rights. Ethnicities is a cross-disciplinary journal that provides a critical dialogue between these debates in sociology and politics, and related disciplines.

Ethnicities invites prospective guest editors to submit proposals for a Special Issue. The journal publishes two Special Issues each year. The next available print publication slot is Issue 2 (April) 2025 (we publish Special Issues online first if they are ready ahead of schedule).”

Embracing Otherness

Intercultural Pedagogy

Thandiwe Newton. (2011). Embracing otherness, embracing myself. TEDGlobal.

Thandiwe Newton describes her own multiple identities, given a white father from Cornwall (UK) and a black mother from Zimbabwe, and provides an overview of many ways in which she was repeatedly treated, and made to feel, as Other. She learned that “The self was not constant.” She eventually found her footing through dance and acting, and in college learned that:

Race is an illegitimate concept which ourselves have created, based on fear and ignorance.

Her presentation would be helpful to those teaching about multiple identities, and especially the concept of Otherness. See also KC39 Otherness and the Other(s), and KC22: Cultural Identity for related discussions.

York U: Postdoc for Black or Indigenous Scholars (Canada)

Postdocs
Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellowships for Black and Indigenous Scholars, York University, Toronto, Canada. Deadline: 1 March 2023.

York University is pleased to announce the third cycle of the Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellowships for Black and Indigenous scholars. This program was created to address under-representation of Black and Indigenous scholars in many disciplines and fields of research and associated careers. While gaining a foothold to begin a career can be difficult in itself, too often Black and Indigenous scholars face the additional challenges of racism and systems structured implicitly or explicitly to protect others’ privilege. Supportive mentorship and network-building can be lacking or actively denied. The Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellowships for Black and Indigenous Scholars begin to address this problem by providing collegial resources, supervision, mentorship, and funded time to successful applicants to seek their chosen careers.

NOTE: They also have Assistant Professor positions available in Black Politics and Black Politics in Canada.