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Professional Opportunities
News URL The University of Tartu International Summer University Course, “Out of Enchantment: Fairy Tales in Pop-Culture and History,” will take place on-site in Tartu, Estonia, August 1-7, 2022, Tartu, Estonia. The course will provide insight into fairy tale studies and include
Applications are due June 30 for participation in the “Performing the Canadian Jewish Archive” project, an ongoing initiative in Canadian Jewish Studies at Concordia University.
The newly established DFG-funded Centre for Advanced Studies (Kollegforschungsgruppe) "Alternative Rationalities and Esoteric Practices from a Global Perspective" at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) is seeking to appoint several Junior and Senior Research Fellowships from October 2022 to September 2023. The deadline for applications is June 30, 2022.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison's Nordic Folklife project is offering two Postdoctoral fellowships in order to further folklife fieldwork and research with Nordic American folk artists and organizations. Fellows will be expected to conduct original fieldwork, research, and create public productions based on their fieldwork and documentation.
Wisconsin Humanities, an independent nonprofit organization affiliated with the National Endowment for the Humanities and University of Wisconsin System Administration, seeks an individual to direct and manage their statewide grant program and to do outreach work that builds more and deeper relationships with diverse communities statewide for the grant program and all other WH public programs.
Applications are now open at the Oregon Folklife Network for a program coordinator position. Submissions are due by June 8, 2022.
The National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures (NALAC) has opened applications for its Catalyst for Change Fellowship. The first part of the application is due by June 6, 2022.
The a.r.t.e.s. Graduate School at the University of Cologne is offering an opportunity to pursue a doctorate through a structured doctoral model of intensive supervision and interdisciplinary research, via eight "predoc" scholarships for the preparation of a doctoral dissertation project and up to six Mercator scholarships for a practice- and profession-oriented doctorate. Applications are due by May 6, 2022.
The Smithsonian Institution is seeking applicants for two new openings: the director of the Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, and the director of Smithsonian Folkways. Applications for both positions are due by July 8, 2022.