Visiting Research Scholar - Fung Global Fellows Program, Princeton University

Thu Sep 6 22:27:55 UTC 2012

Thank you Melissa. I'm glad there are people with better reading skills
than mine on this list. I see now - again, I realize I must have seen it
the first time - that the non-U.S. employment was clearly stated in what
Laura forwarded.

My apologies if I got any U.S. employees' hopes up. Best wishes to those
of you who do qualify.

Kit

On 9/6/12 1:34 PM, "melissa curtin" <mlocurtin at GMAIL.COM> wrote:

>Hi All,
>
>>From my reading of the material on the website, the qualifications section
>states that successful applicants may be U.S. citizens but they cannot be
>currently residing in the U.S.  If I have this right, all applicants must
>currently reside outside the U.S., be employed, and be planning to return
>to that employment (outside the U.S.) after completion of their time at
>Princeton.
>
>Best,
>
>Melissa
>
>Melissa L. Curtin, Ph.D.
>Adjunct Asst Professor & Coordinator of
>    Special Projects in Language, Culture & Communication
>Department of Linguistics
>3523 South Hall
>University of California, Santa Barbara
>Santa Barbara, CA 93106-3100
>
>On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 11:15 AM, Laura M. Ahearn
><ahearn at rci.rutgers.edu>wrote:
>
>> Sorry, Kit -- I don't know.  I wondered the same thing, but I thought it
>> was at least possible that US scholars might be eligible, which is why I
>> forwarded the announcement to the ling anth listserv as well as to the
>>ling
>> ethnog listserv.  If others know, please share the information with the
>> rest of the list members.  Thanks!
>>
>> Laura
>>
>> On 9/6/12 1:41 PM, Woolard, Kathryn wrote:
>>
>>> Does anyone know for sure whether U.S.-based scholars can apply?  The
>>> first times I saw this, I read it as non-U.S., international scholars
>>> only. But looking at the website, it looks to me that the only
>>>restriction
>>> is Ph.D. awarded no earlier than 2003.
>>>
>>> So I'd encourage U.S. relatively junior scholars as well as
>>>international
>>> to look into this, unless we hear otherwise.
>>>
>>> Thanks for any further info anyone can provide-
>>> Kit
>>>
>>> On 9/6/12 10:21 AM, "Laura M. Ahearn" <ahearn at RCI.RUTGERS.EDU> wrote:
>>>
>>>  (Apologies for cross-listing)
>>>>
>>>> Please see the Princeton research scholar announcement below -- the
>>>> position would be perfect for junior linguistic anthropologists or
>>>> linguistic ethnographers from around the world.
>>>>
>>>> Laura
>>>>
>>>>   *****************************
>>>> Laura M. Ahearn
>>>> Associate Professor
>>>> Department of Anthropology
>>>> Rutgers University
>>>> 131 George Street
>>>> New Brunswick, NJ 08901
>>>> http://www.anthro.rutgers.edu/**fac/department-undergrad-a-**
>>>> 
>>>>grad-faculty/laur<http://www.anthro.rutgers.edu/fac/department-undergra
>>>>d-a-grad-faculty/laur>
>>>> a-ahearn
>>>>
>>>> Living Language: An Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology
>>>> 
>>>>http://onlinelibrary.wiley.**com/book/10.1002/9781444340563<http://onli
>>>>nelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781444340563>
>>>>
>>>> *****************************
>>>>
>>>> Visiting Research Scholar - Fung Global Fellows Program, Princeton
>>>> University
>>>>
>>>> Princeton University is pleased to announce the inauguration of the
>>>>Fung
>>>> Global Fellows Program at the Princeton Institute for International
>>>>and
>>>> Regional Studies (PIIRS). Each year the Program will select six
>>>>scholars
>>>>
>>> >from around the world to be in residence at Princeton for an academic
>>>
>>>> year and to engage in research and discussion around a common theme.
>>>> Fellowships are to be awarded to scholars employed outside the United
>>>> States who are expected to return to their positions, and who have
>>>> demonstrated outstanding scholarly achievement and exhibit unusual
>>>> intellectual promise but who are still early in their careers.
>>>>
>>>> During the academic year 2013/14, the theme for the Fung Global
>>>>Fellows
>>>> Program will be "Languages and Authority." The Fellows and the
>>>> accompanying seminar program will focus on how languages interact with
>>>> political, social, economic, and cultural authority. Languages can be
>>>> powerful tools for expressing and asserting authority. Yet they also
>>>> constitute forms of authority in and of themselves (such as in the
>>>> standardization and uniformity that they impose). Languages as forms
>>>>of
>>>> authority are also contested, and language communities have often
>>>>formed
>>>> a basis for resisting authority. Possible topics for this cycle of the
>>>> fellows program include the ways in which languages and language use
>>>> interact with globalization, empire, decolonization, nation-state
>>>> formation, nationalism, language policy, language ideology, social
>>>> stratification, migration, commerce and trade, social and religious
>>>> movements, and the sociology of knowledge production.
>>>>
>>>> NOTES:     6 openings. Employer will assist with relocation costs.
>>>> Additional Salary Information: Within the limits of its resources, it
>>>>is
>>>> the intent of the program to provide a salary that equals the normal
>>>> salary paid to a fellow at his or her home institution. In cases where
>>>> the fellow's base salary scale is significantly below the norm,
>>>>salaries
>>>> may be adjusted upward to compensate.
>>>> The following information is provided by the employer in accordance
>>>>with
>>>> AAA policy. AAA is not responsible for verifying the accuracy of these
>>>> statements. They are not part of the actual position description
>>>> submitted for publication by the employer.
>>>>
>>>> This employer does prohibit discrimination based on sexual
>>>> orientation/preference.
>>>>
>>>> This employer does prohibit discrimination based on gender
>>>> identity/expression.
>>>>
>>>> This employer offers health insurance benefits to eligible same and
>>>> opposite-sex domestic partners.
>>>>
>>>> This employer does not appear on the AAUP list of censured
>>>>institutions.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Applications are due on November 1, 2012. We encourage applications
>>>>from
>>>> both social scientists and humanists concerning any region of the
>>>>world
>>>> or time period. To be eligible, applicants must have received their
>>>> Ph.D. (or equivalent) no earlier than September 1, 2003. Fellowships
>>>> will be awarded on the strength of a candidate's proposed research
>>>> project, the relationship of the project to the Program's theme, the
>>>> candidate's scholarly record, and the candidate's ability to
>>>>contribute
>>>> to the intellectual life of the Program. For more information on
>>>> eligibility requirements and the application process itself, see the
>>>> Program's website at
>>>>http://www.princeton.edu/**funggfp/<http://www.princeton.edu/funggfp/>
>>>>
>>>> Princeton University is an equal opportunity employer and complies
>>>>with
>>>> applicable EEO and affirmative action regulations.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> *****************************
>>>> Laura M. Ahearn
>>>> Associate Professor
>>>> Department of Anthropology
>>>> Rutgers University
>>>> 131 George Street
>>>> New Brunswick, NJ 08901
>>>> http://www.anthro.rutgers.edu/**fac/department-undergrad-a-**
>>>> 
>>>>grad-faculty/laur<http://www.anthro.rutgers.edu/fac/department-undergra
>>>>d-a-grad-faculty/laur>
>>>> a-ahearn
>>>>
>>>> Living Language: An Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology
>>>> 
>>>>http://onlinelibrary.wiley.**com/book/10.1002/9781444340563<http://onli
>>>>nelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781444340563>
>>>>
>>>
>> --
>> *****************************
>> Laura M. Ahearn
>> Associate Professor
>> Department of Anthropology
>> Rutgers University
>> 131 George Street
>> New Brunswick, NJ 08901
>> http://www.anthro.rutgers.edu/**fac/department-undergrad-a-**
>> 
>>grad-faculty/laura-ahearn<http://www.anthro.rutgers.edu/fac/department-un
>>dergrad-a-grad-faculty/laura-ahearn>
>>
>> Living Language: An Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology
>> 
>>http://onlinelibrary.wiley.**com/book/10.1002/9781444340563<http://online
>>library.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781444340563>
>>