WGS336H5F: Political Aesthetics and Feminist Representation
University of Toronto
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Date Posted: 07/19/2024
Req ID: 38787
Faculty/Division: UofT Mississauga
Department: UTM: Historical Studies
Campus: University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM)
Course Description: This course engages with feminist theoretical models and approaches to examine the ways in which the “body” has been constructed, enacted, and embodied through aesthetic forms like photography, cinema, music, performance, film and to understand how women, queer, and racialized artists use aesthetics as a response to social and political crises. This course considers what constitutes the relationship between the political and the aesthetic and approaches aesthetics as important sites of ideological and political tension. (24L)
Estimated Course Enrollment: 45
Estimated TA Support: N/A
Class Schedule: Wednesdays, 5-7
Sessional Dates of Appointment: September 1, 2024 - December 31, 2024
Salary:
| H | Y | ||
| Sessional Lecturer I | $9,457.90 | $18,915.79 | (including 4% vacation) |
| Sessional Lecturer I - Long Term | $9,930.79 | $19,861.58 | (including 6% vacation) |
| Sessional Lecturer II | $10,121.77 | $20,243.53 | (including 6% vacation) |
| Sessional Lecturer II - Long Term | $10,326.62 | $20,653.23 | (including 6% vacation) |
| Sessional Lecturer III | $10,362.76 | $20,725.52 | (including 6% vacation) |
Please note that should rates stipulated in the Collective Agreement vary from rates stated in this posting, the rates stated in the collective agreement shall prevail.
Qualifications: Applicants will have a Masters or Ph.D. in Gender, Feminist and/or Sexuality Studies or a closely related discipline. A Ph.D. degree in Gender, Feminist or Sexuality Studies is preferred. Mastery/competency in the subject area, as related to the course description, is required. Previous experience teaching a similar course is desirable.
Description of Duties: Preparation and delivery of course content; development, administration and marking of assignments, tests and exams; dealing with student inquires; calculation and submission of grades (including any grading or submission of grades not completed by the end of session: December 31, 2024 for the F session and April 30, 2025 for the S); holding regular office hours; supervising TAs (if any) assigned to the course.
Application Instructions: Applicants are required to submit a one page cover letter, with a clear teaching statement, indicating preparedness to teach the subject matter, Curriculum Vitae (CV) and a completed CUPE Local 3902 Unit 3 Employment Application Form to Dr. B. Chrubasik, Chair, Department of Historical Studies by e-mail to: hsjobs@utoronto.ca. Cover letter and CV will be used to help determine an applicant’s mastery/competency in the subject matter. Candidates should provide results of teaching evaluations, when available.
Closing Date: 08/04/2024, 11:59PM EDT
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This job is posted in accordance with the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 Collective Agreement.
It is understood that some announcements of vacancies are tentative, pending final course determinations and enrolment. Should rates stipulated in the collective agreement vary from rates stated in this posting, the rates stated in the collective agreement shall prevail.
Preference in hiring is given to qualified individuals advanced to the rank of Sessional Lecturer II or Sessional Lecturer III in accordance with Article 14:12 of the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 collective agreement.
Please note: Undergraduate or graduate students and postdoctoral fellows of the University of Toronto are covered by the CUPE 3902 Unit 1 collective agreement rather than the Unit 3 collective agreement, and should not apply for positions posted under the Unit 3 collective agreement.
All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.
Diversity Statement
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