Director and Assoc/Full Professor, School of Environment and Sustainability, U of Cinn.

Posted on December 26, 2023

Current UC employees must apply internally via SuccessFactors > http://bit.ly/UCEMPL Founded in 1819, the University of Cincinnati ranks among the nation’s best urban public research universities. Home to over 50,000 students, 11,000 faculty and staff and 332,000 alumni, UC combines a Top 35 public research university with a physical setting The New York Times calls “the most ambitious Continue Reading »

Lecturer in Medical Humanities at Rice University

Posted on December 22, 2023

Janice G. Doty LecturerMedical Humanities Rice University Location Houston, Texas Open Date Dec 18, 2023 Deadline Feb 15, 2024 at 11:59 PM Eastern Time Description The Medical Humanities Program at Rice University seeks to appoint a lecturer in the School of Humanities to teach courses that engage with ethics and equity issues in health and Continue Reading »

Postdoctoral Fellow, Medical Humanities Research Institute at Rice University

Posted on December 22, 2023

The Medical Humanities Research Institute at Rice University seeks to appoint one postdoctoral fellow with a PhD in the humanities, interpretive social sciences, or the arts for AY 2024-25, to participate in our Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Sawyer Seminar, “Reimagining Technologies of Care: Racial Health Equity and Data Justice.”  The Medical Humanities Research Institute includes Continue Reading »

Decodings Winter 2023 (December 1 edition)

Posted on December 12, 2023

DECODINGSSociety for Literature, Science, and the Arts Newsletter                      Winter 2023, Vol. 34, No.1 (December 1 edition)  *SLSA 2024: Climate (Dallas) *Executive & Business Meeting Notes*SLSA Awards: Essay, Book, Lifetime and Travel Stipends*Social Media Liaisons* Policies:Respectful Behavior and Freedom of Speech & Call for Ombudspersons*New Book Series: Proximities: Experiments in Nearness *AnthropoScene Book Series *European Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts Continue Reading »

New Book: The Perception Machine

Posted on November 9, 2023

This book investigates the future of digital imaging and human perception in the age of AI, while trying to imagine ways of rendering a better future. THE PERCEPTION MACHINE: OUR PHOTOGRAPHIC FUTURE BETWEEN THE EYE AND AI by Joanna Zylinska Thanks to MIT Press’s Direct to Open program, The Perception Machine is freely available to download: https://direct.mit.edu/books/oa-monograph/5687/The-Perception-MachineOur-Photographic-Future Paper copies are Continue Reading »

Assistant Professor of Liberal Studies, Cal State Univ, Los Angeles

Posted on November 3, 2023

I am reaching out to share our position announcement for an Assistant Professor of Liberal Studies with expertise in Environmental Humanities and Sustainability.  The focus of the position, broadly construed, is on urban environmental/sustainability within larger structures of unequal economic, political, social, and/or ideological relations. We especially welcome approaches to the environmental humanities that address poverty, health, education, LGBTQ equity, Continue Reading »

Decodings Fall 2023 (October 31 edition)

Posted on November 3, 2023

DECODINGS Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts Newsletter                      Fall 2023, Vol. 33, No.41 (October 31 edition) *SLSA 2023: Alien, Arizona State University *Election Results: Incoming Members-at-Large *Executive & Business Meeting Notes*SLSA Awards: Essay, Book, Lifetime and Travel Stipends*Social Media Liaisons* Policies:Respectful Behavior and Freedom of Speech & Call for Ombudspersons*New Book Series: Proximities: Experiments Continue Reading »

New Book: Reconfiguring the Portrait

Posted on October 30, 2023

RECONFIGURING THE PORTRAIT Edited by Abraham Geil and Tomáš Jirsa Edinburgh University Press | 312 pages | October 2023ISBN 9781399525077 | Hardback | $125.00 As technological practices of the portrait have proliferated across the media ecosystem in recent years, this canonical genre of identity and representation has provoked a new wave of scholarly attention and artistic experimentation. Continue Reading »

Linda Hall Library 2024-25 Fellowship Program

Posted on October 25, 2023

The Linda Hall Library is now accepting applications for its 2024-25 fellowship program. These fellowships provide graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and independent scholars in the history of science and related humanities fields with financial support to explore the Library’s outstanding science and engineering collections. Fellows also participate in a dynamic intellectual community alongside in-house experts Continue Reading »

Assistant Professor, Digital Humanities, UC Santa Barbara

Posted on October 17, 2023

We are happy to announce that our English Department at University of California, Santa Barbara, is hiring for the following position in digital humanities. Applications due Nov 10:Assistant Professor, Digital HumanitiesPosted: October 11, 2023 Position Title: Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) The English Department is seeking a candidate for an Assistant Professor (tenure-track position) in digital humanities. Continue Reading »