Position: Media and Social Change, Residential Fellowship, Carnegie
Mellon University (2012-13)
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Carnegie Mellon University, Media and Social Change

Residential Fellowship - Media and Social Change

Institution Type:   College / University
Location:   Pennsylvania, United States
Position:   Fellow

The Humanities Center at Carnegie Mellon University

Residential Fellowship, 2012-2013

Media and Social Change

During the 2012-2013 academic year the Humanities Center (in collaboration
with the Center for the Arts in Society) will sponsor a series of lectures
and workshops focused on Media and Social Change. This is a timely topic
since the year 2011 has been marked by protests from Cairo, to Madison
Wisconsin, to New York City and Santiago, Chile that have been explained in
part by the role new media has played in their organization.  We will
consider the relationship between media and social change in both recent
years and in historical perspective. In what ways has media spurred and
facilitated social change?  In what ways have new media forms made
organizing for social change more difficult? These questions are of
particular relevance to the humanities as we move further into the digital
age.  While much of what fuels the digital revolution may be considered
technology (cell phones, algorithms, software, apps), the content of new
social media-tweets, Facebook updates, emails, Google searches, the talk
produced by talking heads-this content demands new kinds of analysis from
humanists.  Those of us who are trained to understand language, narrative,
and the relationship between content and form are uniquely equipped to think
about how these new media forms are making (and/or inhibiting) new kinds of
relationships between people.

As part of this program, we invite applications for a residential fellowship
at the junior or senior level.  Responsibilities include the presentation of
a public lecture, participation in the Humanities Center's Faculty Research
Colloquium, and contributing to the intellectual life of the center. Fellows
must be in residence in Pittsburgh during the term of the fellowship.
Successful candidates must have the PhD in hand by the application deadline
and have a focused research project that addresses one of the project's
central themes. Candidates for the senior fellowship must have a record of
scholarship in an area relevant to the themes, and must currently hold a
continuing academic position.  In addition, the fellow will teach one course
relevant to the theme, which will be part of the Humanities Scholars
Program.  Candidates are urged to consult the HSP website for further
information about that program: http://www.hss.cmu.edu/hsp/. The stipend for
the fellowship will be $35,000-$40,000, and the fellow will be provided an
office and the use of a computer.  The fellowship also includes a small
research and travel allowance.

The purpose of these fellowships is to promote exemplary interdisciplinary
research in the humanities.  Applicants from any field in the humanities are
invited to apply and priority will be given to candidates with a
demonstrated ability to collaborate across disciplines.  Applications from
women and minority candidates are strongly encouraged.  The deadline for
applications is January 15, 2012. Applicants must fill-out a brief on-line
application at http://www.hss.cmu.edu/humanitiescenter/fellowform.html.  In
addition, applicants are requested to send a c. v., a writing sample, a
four-page proposal for research to be carried out during the period of the
fellowship, three letters of reference, and (for the junior position only) a
description of the undergraduate course to be offered. Application materials
can be mailed to Humanities Center Fellowship Committee, Carnegie Mellon
University, 5000 Forbes Avenue, BH 154, Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890.
Application materials may also be sent electronically to
[log in to unmask], with "Humanities Center Junior [or Senior]
Fellowship" in the subject line.

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Primary Category: Social History / Studies

Secondary Categories: None
Posting Date: 11/22/2011
Closing Date 02/16/2012