Call for Applications: Kule Post-Doctoral Fellowship

[nataliek at UALBERTA.CA]

The Peter and Doris Kule Centre for Ukrainian and Canadian Folklore  
invites applications for the Kule Postdoctoral Fellowship.  The  
Ukrainian Folklore Program is in the Department of Modern Languages  
and Cultural Studies at the University of Alberta.

The University of Alberta is the most active centre for Ukrainian  
studies in North America.  The Ukrainian Folklore program at the  
University is the largest of its kind outside Ukraine.  The program is  
also growing to become a centre for Canadian folklore in Western  
Canada and is now actively expanding into the folklore of other ethnic  
communities and Canadian folklore in general.

The Kule Centre is a leader in digital archiving and computerization,  
with numerous projects allowing researchers access to cultural  
resources over the internet.  Its mandate is to study the folklore  
(local culture, traditions, informal expressive culture, ethnic  
identity) of Ukrainians and of Canadians.

  It is strengthened greatly by a very fundamental connection with the  
local and national community. Fieldwork projects put our researchers  
in direct and immediate contact with ordinary (and extraordinary)  
Canadian citizens, increasing their awareness of the University of  
Alberta, and increasing our awareness of  Canadian cultural life.    
The Centre has a small but outstanding, talented, and supportive  
faculty with 9 graduate students currently enrolled.  Over the past 25  
years 31 graduate students from 5 countries have completed graduate  
degrees in Ukrainian Folklore.  They have found meaningful careers as  
academics, museum workers, teachers, community activists, performing  
artists, researchers, in international relations, and others.

The value of the Kule Postdoctoral Fellowship award is $40,000.00 per  
year plus $3000.00 research expenses, pro-rated.  Scholars who are  
eligible to apply for the Kule Postdoctoral Fellowship must have  
research related to Ukrainian or Canadian folklore and have received  
their PhD or equivalent within 5 years of their appointment to the  
Fellowship.  This award is open to both Canadians and citizens of  
other countries.

Applicants must submit a Curriculum Vitae, a specific research  
proposal, a recent sample of academic writing, a minimum of one letter  
of reference, and a letter of support from the proposed supervisor(s)  
to the Postdoctoral Award Committee of the Peter and Doris Kule Centre  
for Ukrainian and Canadian Folklore before April 1, 2008.

Kule Postdoctoral Fellows will be appointed for a minimum of three  
months to a maximum of three years.  Appointments will begin September  
1, 2008, with some flexibility.

Recipients of the Kule Postdoctoral Fellowship award will:

-train under the general supervision of a faculty member active in the  
Peter and Doris Kule Centre for Ukrainian and Canadian Folklore.  The  
supervisor, the applicant and the Centre will together determine the  
nature and scope of the research.  The Kule Folklore Centre will  
provide the environment and resources to support the research  
activities.

-may undertake teaching responsibilities up to a maximum of one full  
course per term with prior agreement of the supervising faculty member  
and the department offering the course.

-may assist with the supervision of graduate students as appropriate  
to their specialization and with agreement of their supervising  
faculty member and the department offering the program.

-will be encouraged to acquire diverse applicable skills: archival  
research skills, database planning and construction, teaching  
experience, team/collaborative research, publication in diverse  
vehicles, writing grant applications, critiquing papers and proposals,  
managing a laboratory, mentoring students, communication with  
non-specialists, and multidisciplinary research.

-will be registered through the Postdoctoral Fellows Office at the  
University of Alberta, and their programs will comply with the  
Postdoctoral Fellows Policy, where additional opportunities,  
responsibilities, and procedures are detailed.

For more information about the Kule Postdoctoral Fellowship award  
contact Dr. Andriy Nahachewsky, Director, Kule Centre for Ukrainian  
and Canadian Folklore and Huculak Chair in Ukrainian Culture and  
Ethnography at andriy.nahachewsky at ualberta.ca or Natalie Kononenko,  
Kule Chair of Ukrainian Ethnography at natilie.kononkenko at ualberta.ca



Natalie Kononenko
Kule Chair of Ukrainian Ethnography
University of Alberta
Modern Languages and Cultural Studies
200 Arts Building
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2E6
Phone: 780-492-6810
Web: http://www.arts.ualberta.ca/uvp/

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