Fwd: Center for Urban Pedagogy is hiring

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From: mrotzel@mit.edu <mrotzel.mit@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 2:15 PM
Subject: Center for Urban Pedagogy is hiring
To: jenna_legault@brown.edu


FYI! Great gig for a public humanist.

Meg

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From: the Center for Urban Pedagogy <the_Center_for_Urban_Pedagogy@mail.vresp.com>
Date: Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 1:49 PM
Subject: We're Hiring!
To: mrotzel@mit.edu

1. CUP is hiring 2. Short sale 3. Call for teaching artist for City Studies 4-session project 4. Call for teaching artist for City Studies 10-session project 5. Web launch...was a blast! ................................................................ 1. CUP is hiring CUP is seeking a full-time Program Manager to work in our Community Education program area. Click here to download the call for applications. CUP is an equal opportunity employer, and committed to developing a staff that reflects the diversity of the communities our work serves. People of color, women, LGBTQ candidates, and disabled candidates are strongly encouraged to apply. Applications will be accepted until Thursday, February 9 at 5 pm. Please share the call with anyone you think would be a good addition to the CUP family! No phone calls, please. ................................................................ 2. Short sale Only a few days left to take advantage of the sale on our new online store! Spend $25 and get free shipping anywhere in the United States! (We're looking at you, Hawaii!) Don't know what to get your sweetheart for Valentine's Day? How about a CUP tote bag? Confused about all the talk of redistricting in the news? We've got a poster for you! The best part is that every sale helps pay for CUP's ongoing work with New York City public high school students and community organizations. Sale ends February 1st. ................................................................ 3. Call for teaching artist for City Studies 4-session project We're seeking a teaching artist to design and implement a 4-session project for high school students at the New York City College of Technology. CUP's project-based curricula enable students to explore fundamental questions about how the city works, through collaborative research and design. This project will investigate the process of applying for financial aid and will be part of a Research Methods class for high school students. The class will be producing a visualization that breaks down this complex system so that others will be able to better navigate the financial aid process. The project will be developed in close collaboration with CUP staff. The class meets 9:30 am - 12:30 pm on the following Saturdays: May 12, May 19, June 2, and June 9. CUP teaching artists and designers work with CUP staff to develop course ideas, schedules, lesson plans, and to document the project. The teaching artist will be paid $1600, and there is a separate budget for materials and other project costs. CUP is an equal opportunity employer and strongly encourages people of color, women, LGBTQ and disabled candidates to apply. Instructions for applicants: Please submit a cover letter, a CV, contact information for two references, and a work sample with up to five images of what you consider to be your strongest visual work (not work produced by students you may have worked with). Please send all material as a single PDF to info@welcometocup.org by Monday, February 20th at 5 pm, using the subject line "City Studies - Financial Aid". For audio or video work samples, please provide a link. Please address the following in your cover letter: Why are you interested in this position? Why are you interested in investigating the financial aid process? What art and design media are you comfortable working in? What experience do you have working with youth? What experience do you have designing curricula? ................................................................ 4. Call for teaching artist for City Studies 10-session project We're seeking a teaching artist to design and implement a 10-session project for 9th graders at the Urban Assembly School for Criminal Justice in Borough Park. CUP's project-based curricula enable students to explore fundamental questions about how the city works, through collaborative research and design. This project will be part of an English class and will use interviews to investigate a neighborhood issue to be determined by CUP and the teaching artist, in collaboration with the school. The class will be focusing on developing students' ability to identify and quote relevant information in interviews, articles, and other sources. The project will be developed in close collaboration with CUP staff. The class takes place in late April and early May during the school day. CUP teaching artists and designers work with CUP staff to develop course ideas, schedules, lesson plans, and to document the project. The teaching artist will be paid $1600 and there is a separate budget for materials and other project costs. CUP is an equal opportunity employer and strongly encourages people of color, women, LGBTQ and disabled candidates to apply. Instructions for applicants: Please submit a cover letter, a CV, contact information for two references, and a work sample with up to five images of what you consider to be your strongest visual work (not work produced by students you may have worked with). Please send all material as a single PDF to info@welcometocup.org by Monday, February 20th at 5 pm, using the subject line "City Studies - Interviewing" For audio or video work samples, please provide a link. Please address the following in your cover letter: Why are you interested in this position? What art and design media are you comfortable working in? What experience do you have working with youth? What experience do you have designing curricula? ................................................................ 5. Web launch...was a blast! Thanks to the friends and family, old and new, who came out to celebrate the launch of our new website. Keep your eyes peeled as we will be adding lots of new projects to the site in the weeks to come. To check out photos from the event click here. ................................................................ CUP Staff Christine Gaspar Valeria Mogilevich Mark Torrey Sam Holleran Lize Mogel CUP Board of Directors Damon Rich (Founder & Chair) David Smiley (Vice Chair) Julie Hertzog (Treasurer) Dan Wiley (Secretary) Laura Hansen Sam Marks Kate Rubin Stacey Sutton

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Fwd: Job posting: CT Council for the Humanities (Granting Program Officer)

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Heritage Resource Center

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Immediate Opening: Granting Program Officer Posted: 05 Jan 2012 10:04 AM PST The Connecticut Humanities Council (CHC) is a statewide, private non-profit foundation established as an affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. CHC champions research, education, preservation and public programs in the humanities. By providing funding and encouraging partnerships, CHC builds the capacities of the state's museums, historical societies, libraries, schools and cultural organizations to uncover and share the important lessons of history and stimulate meaningful community dialogue. The Granting Program Officer is a key member of the CHC programming team and works closely with senior staff to develop and manage granting initiatives in support of organizational mission and goals, including the Council's Heritage Revitalization Fund, Public Humanities Program grants and multi-year partnership programs. The G.P.O. serves as a liaison to the state's heritage and cultural communities; manages CHC's Application Review and Evaluation Committee by writing staff reports, organizing committee meetings and materials; and collaborates with program staff to develop, promote and integrate CHC granting and direct service programming. Qualifications: Advanced degree in related humanities discipline. Five years experience with review, oversight, and grants program development. Management-level experience in a museum or other cultural non-profit organization a plus. Ability to cultivate strong relationships and positively represent the CHC and its programs. Outstanding written and verbal skills. Ability to create and manage complex budgets and to analyze and summarize large quantities of information. Expertise in Microsoft Word, Excel, and Access. This is a salaried, full-time position with benefits. Submit cover letter and resume to carolyn@ctculture.org by 1/27/12. No phone calls, please.  Click here to see the complete Granting Program Officer job description.

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     interstitial heritage: architectures, visions & experiences /As

     part of the Association of Critical Heritage Studies Inaugural

     Conference, Gothenburg, Sweden, June 5-8, 2012

  Date: 2012-02-01

  Description: This session aims to explore the past and present

     modes through which alternate cultural heritage can be

     preserved and encouraged. In particular, it focuses on the

     realm of the interstice: a space, opening, crevice etc, between

     things near together or between the component parts of a body.

     Interstit ...

  Contact: ggee@fc.edu

  URL: www.tetigroup.org

  Announcement ID: 191471

  http://www.h-net.org/announce/show.cgi?ID=191471

  Title: Caribbean Food Cultures: Representations and Performances

     of Eating, Drinking and Consumption in the Caribbean and Its

     Diasporas

  Date: 2012-02-01

  Description: Caribbean Food Cultures: Representations and

     Performances of Eating, Drinking and Consumption in the

     Caribbean and Its Diasporas 28th to 29th September 2012,

     University of Heidelberg, Germany The Caribbean is associated

     not only with beaches, palms, exotic food, fruity rum cocktails

     and reggae-music ...

  Contact: foodcultures@googlemail.com

  URL: www.uni-heidelberg.de/transculturality/karibik-nordamerika_en.html

  Announcement ID: 191498

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