NEWS & EVENTS
Summer 2012
Summer Work Study Program in American Studies:
The Centre for the Study of the United States/American Studies Program is hiring a summer Work Study program student to work as a Research and Program Assistant, May 31 to July 31, 2012. Students applying must meet the following eligibility requirements:
Students must:
-- Have qualified for Summer OSAP assistance; OR have qualified for student financial aid from a province / territory other than Ontario (confirmation required); OR are receiving Band funding from the Aboriginal Student Support Program (confirmation required); AND
-- Have registered in at least 60%* of a full course load for the entire summer from May to August. *40% for students who have documented permanent disabilities.
Students registered in Toronto School of Theology programs are NOT eligible to participate in this program.
Program Information:
Hiring Deadline: Thursday, May 31
Program Period: May 14, 2012 to July 31, 2012
Maximum Hours: 90
Weekly Hours: No more than 12 hours
Pay Rate Costs: $10.25 per hour plus 4% vacation pay and 10% Benefits
A student may be hired for only one Work-Study position. Hours must be worked within the program start and end dates. Work-Study employees are paid monthly.
Please submit a cover letter and resume by May 24th to:
Stella Kyriakakis, Administrator, CSUS, Munk School of Global Affairs, 1 Devonshire Place, Toronto, ON, M5S 3K7, or email to: csus@utoronto.ca.
Graduate Research Grants in American Studies and/or the Study of the United States
Deadline: June 8, 2012
The Centre for the Study of the United States is pleased to announce the 2012-2013 competition for Graduate Research Grants.
Eligibility and Terms:
The Graduate Research Grant competition is open to University of Toronto graduate students who have matriculated into a Ph.D. program for support of research (including preliminary research) undertaken for the dissertation. Students in all disciplines are encouraged to apply. Three grants will be awarded in the amount of $1000 each. The awards are to be used primarily for research travel and/or for presentations at major academic conferences. Funds may not be used to pay for normal living expenses or computers. Recipients will be expected to present an aspect of their research in the CSUS Graduate Student Workshop in the 2012-2013 academic year. Awards will be announced within two weeks of the application deadline, and the grants will be available within three weeks thereafter.
Applications must include:
1. Summary sheet stating the applicant's name, address, phone, and e-mail; department; year entering department; proposed dissertation title; the name of faculty committee members (and their departments), if relevant; and proposed use of funds;
2. A 1 page (single-spaced) summary of the research project, which explains its relationship to the either the interdisciplinary field of American Studies and/or to the study of the United States, whether interdisciplinary or not, if not self-evident;
3. A curriculum vita;
4. A detailed budget describing how the research funds would be spent.
Submission of Application: Deliver a hard-copy of your application to the receptionist at the South House of the Munk School of Global Affairs, and ask her to place the application in the in-box for Benjamin Pottruff. Alternatively, hard copies of applications can be mailed to: Benjamin Pottruff, Centre for the Study of the United States, Munk School for Global Affairs, University of Toronto, 1 Devonshire Place, Toronto, ON, M5S 3K7. Emailed applications will be accepted at csus.advisor@utoronto.ca.
Deadline for applications:
Tuesday June 8th, 2012 at 4 pm. Applicants will be notified of the outcome within two weeks.
American Studies Undergraduate Program
Message from the Director:
Congrats to American Studies undergrad student Ariel Leutheusser for presenting original research drawn at the Transecting Society conference at the University of New Hampshire, April 2012. Her paper was “Without a Roadmap to Myself: Queer Masculinity and Affect,” and emerged from her work in USA400 Queer Feelings, Fall 2012.
Go, Ariel!
SPEAKER SERIES 2012-2013
