Jobs in Philosophy in Americas
Postdoctoral Teaching Fellowship in Bioethics (2-year appointment)
Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences invites applications for a 2-year postdoctoral teaching fellowship in bioethics. The fellow will hold a Ph.D. in a related field (religious studies, philosophy, or social sciences), or an M.D., D.O., or J.D. with a masters degree in bioethics. Terminal degree must be in hand by June 1, 2013. The fellow will be expected to teach four courses each year, participate in the bioethics OSCE program, conduct research related to bioethics, and participate in clinical experiences and the activities of KCUMBs bioethics program.
Applicants should be able to teach courses in bioethics related to clinical ethics, medical humanities, and/or other areas of expertise in bioethics.
Founded in 1916, KCUMB is a non-profit, private university, with a proud tradition of providing exemplary educational opportunities to its more than 1,000 students. KCUMBs College of Biosciences offers masters-level programs in bioethics and biomedical sciences, and the Kansas City area is home to several of the top bioethics-related organizations, providing ample opportunity for collaboration with experts in the field. More information can be found at www.kcumb.edu.
To apply for the fellowship, please send the following via KCUMBs career site: https://jobs.kcumb.edu
Current CV and cover letter
Article-length academic writing sample
Research and teaching statements
Applications will be accepted until May 8 or until the position is filled. KCUMB offers a competitive salary and benefits package to all employees. EOE. Tobacco-free environment.
PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF CHILE
INSTITUTE OF PHILOSOPHY
FACULTY POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT
The Institute of Philosophy at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile invites applications for one or two full-time Assistant or Associate Professors. The post will be tenable for two years from 1 August 2013, but with the potential of a permanent position that will depend on academic evaluation.
QUALIFICATIONS
• Philosophy Doctor
• Fields of preference: Modern philosophy • Phenomenology • Ethics
• Relevant experience: research and teaching in philosophy
• Conversational skills (Spanish)
• Availability to give a conference
REQUIREMENTS
• Application letter to the Chair of the Faculty
• Curriculum vitae
• Legal copy of the title
• A selection of the most relevant publications (books, articles, etc).
APPLICATION
Applicants should send the information to the Chair of the Faculty (Prof. Dr. Mariano de la Maza. Faculty of Philosophy. Campus San Joaquín, Av. Vicuña Mackenna 4860, Macul, ZIP: 7820436) by June 28, 2013.
FURTHER INFORMATION
Faculty Office: Phone number 56-2-2-354-1469; e-mail: vrojasm [__at__] uc [dot] cl
Internet: http://filosofia.uc.cl/
DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY
DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY
Appointment
The Department of Philosophy at Dalhousie University invites applications for a 10 month Limited Term Appointment at the Assistant Professor/Lecturer level, effective August 1, 2013. This position is subject to budgetary approval. Areas of specialization: Metaphysics, Epistemology. Areas of competence: Early Modern Philosophy, Philosophy of Mind. The Department also needs classes taught in Understanding Scientific Reasoning and Intro.
The successful applicant will teach courses at introductory, intermediate and advanced undergraduate/graduate levels, with some limited graduate student supervision and committee work. Excellence in teaching and research is required. Applicants must hold (or be about to receive) a Ph.D. in Philosophy. Salary will depend upon qualifications and experience. Course load will be 3 and 3.
Applications should include: a complete curriculum vitae, transcripts (undergraduate and graduate), writing sample, teaching dossier (including evidence of teaching effectiveness), a statement of research and teaching interests and philosophies, and three confidential letters of recommendation (in hard copy, forwarded separately by the referees). A record of publication will be an asset.
Applications should be sent to Duncan MacIntosh, Chair, Department of Philosophy, Dalhousie University, 6135 University Avenue, PO Box 15000, Halifax, NS, Canada B3H 4R2. (Please use dalphil [__at__] dal [dot] ca for correspondence). The closing date for applications is April 30, 2013.
All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority. Dalhousie University is an Employment Equity/Affirmative Action employer. The University encourages applications from qualified Aboriginal people, persons with a disability, racially visible persons and women.
Junior Hire
The Instituto de Investigaciones Filosoficas-UNAM, Mexico, invites those interested in being hired as junior research fellows (year long contract, can be renewed) to send their dossier (i.e., statement of purpose, CV, research project, letters of recommendation, and publications) to the following email address: epd [dot] iif [__at__] gmail [dot] com
Those interested should have at least one of the following as their AOS: aesthetics, history of philosophy (from the renaissance until before Kant) or philosophy of history and intellectual history.
Those sending their dossier should have recently obtained their PhD in Philosophy (preferably not more than 7 years, plus 2 years in case of maternity). The teaching load is one full course per semester. Those submitting should be able to speak Spanish. They should be prepared to be interviewed, deliver a job talk and teach a class the topic of which will be anounced.
The dossiers will be reviewed during the second semester of 2013. Expected start date: January 2014.
The deadline for submissions is August 30th, 2013 at 8 pm (Mexico City Time). Please note that UNAM will be closed between June 28th and July 22nd 2013. For more information, please send emails to s [dot] acad [dot] iif [__at__] gmail [dot] com
Contratación de Investigador
La dirección del Instituto de Investigaciones Filosóficas de la UNAM invita a los interesados en ser contratados como Investigador Asociado C o Titular A de Tiempo completo, por Artículo 51 (contratación por un año, por obra determinada, con posibilidad de renovación) a enviar un expediente con los siguientes documentos: carta de interés, currículum, proyecto de investigación, cartas de recomendación y obra que muestre la calidad de su trabajo, a la siguiente dirección: epd [dot] iif [__at__] gmail [dot] com.
Los interesados deberán ser especialistas en al menos una de las siguientes áreas: Estética Analítica, Historia de la Filosofía (del Renacimiento hasta antes de Kant) o Filosofía de la Historia e Historia Intelectual.
Con el propósito de rejuvenecer la planta de investigadores, los interesados deberán contar con el grado de Doctor en Filosofía y preferentemente no tener más de 7 años de haberlo obtenido (se concederán dos años más por maternidad). Con el objeto de dar cumplimiento a la carga docente señalada por el Estatuto del Personal Académico (al menos tres horas semanales por semestre), los interesados deberán hablar español.
La dirección revisará los dossier enviados con el fin de contratar a la persona idónea. El proceso de revisión tendrá lugar a lo largo del segundo semestre de 2013. Se espera que la relación laboral comience en enero de 2014.
Los interesados deberán estar en disposición de ser entrevistados, ofrecer una charla sobre su trabajo de investigación y de impartir una clase sobre algún tema que se le anunciará con oportunidad.
La fecha límite para enviar los documentos es el jueves 30 de agosto de 2013 a las 8 p.m. hora de la Ciudad de México. Favor de tomar en cuenta que la UNAM cierra por vacaciones administrativas del 28 de junio al 22 de julio de 2013.
PROFESSEUR RÉGULIER
UQTR (Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières)
Fonctions :
L’enseignement, la recherche, le service à la collectivité et la direction pédagogique
Département :
Philosophie et arts (1 poste régulier)
Discipline :
Esthétique et philosophie de l’art
Le Département de philosophie et des arts de l’Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières sollicite des candidatures pour un poste de professeur à temps plein en esthétique et philosophie de l’art. Le candidat retenu sera appelé à enseigner aux trois cycles, à diriger des étudiants aux études supérieures, à poursuivre des activités de recherche, à assumer des tâches de direction pédagogiques et à contribuer aux services à la collectivité.
Exigences :
Doctorat en philosophie ou dans une discipline connexe reliée à l’esthétique. Les candidats devront faire preuve d’une ouverture interdisciplinaire (philosophie, art et littérature) et démontrer, dans leurs travaux de recherche comme dans leurs enseignements, une compétence particulière en herméneutique.
Dossier de recherche et de publications pertinent.
Notes :
Une connaissance fonctionnelle du français est exigée pour ce poste ; toutes les personnes qualifiées sont invitées à poser leur candidature, mais la priorité sera donnée aux Canadiens et aux résidents permanents ; l’embauche est sous réserve de l’approbation des instances.
Date d’entrée en fonction :
1er juin 2013 ou date à convenir avec l’Université
Traitement : selon la convention collective des professeurs et professeures
Seules les candidatures reçues avant 17 h, le 29 mars 2013 seront retenues. Faites parvenir une lettre de motivation, un curriculum détaillé ainsi que trois lettres de recommandation, soit par courriel, par courrier postal ou par télécopieur à :
Monsieur Éric Hamelin
Directeur
Service de la gestion des personnels
Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
3351, boul. des Forges, C.P. 500
Trois-Rivières (Québec) Canada
G9A 5H7
Courriel : SGP [__at__] uqtr [dot] ca
Télécopieur : (819) 376-5103
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L'UQTR est une jeune université à dimension humaine solidement implantée dans son milieu et résolument branchée sur le monde scientifique. Avec ses 200 programmes, dont certains exclusifs au Québec et au Canada, l'UQTR se démarque grâce au dynamisme de sa communauté et à l'expertise de son corps professoral.
The Centre de recherche en éthique de l’Université de Montréal (CRÉUM) invites applications for its postdoctoral research fellowship (grant up to $27 000) for the period of the academic year 2013-2014. The length of the stay can vary depending on the dossier and the kind of research envisaged.
The mission of the CREUM is to contribute to research in ethics and to the quality of graduate training in all fields of ethics from meta-ethics to applied questions.
We encourage applications from researchers working on themes related to the research axes of the CREUM : ethics and economics, ethics and the environment, ethics and health, ethics and politics, meta-ethics. We also admit applications from other disciplines, provided their research is directly linked to questions in ethics.
The Université de Montréal is a francophone institution. Candidates must have sufficient knowledge of the French language to be able to participate in the activities of the centre.
General rules :
- In order to apply, candidates must have obtained their Ph.D. after April 30, 2008.
- Canadian candidates must have submitted their thesis before September 1st, 2013.
- International applicants must have defended their thesis before September 1, 2013, so they can to meet the requirements relating to issuance of visa.
The CREUM will offer to its fellows :
- A postdoctoral grant of 3 000$ per month ;
- An individual workstation ;
- Access to the services of the University of Montreal (libraries, sports center, etc.) ;
- Assistance for material organisation of the stay.
In return, the fellows are expected to :
- Pursue the research project as submitted ;
- Participate in the Center’s activities (conferences, seminars, lectures) ;
- Using those activities to present their ongoing research to their fellow researchers.
Applications will be evaluated according to the following criteria :
- The nature and quality of the research project and its relevance to the mission of the CRÉUM ;
- The quality of previous research by the applicant and the potential benefits to the applicant from a stay at the centre.
Candidates should send the following documents to the CRÉUM :
- their curriculum vitae ;
- an article written or published over the last three years ;
- a research project of up to 1500 words ;
- two letters of reference (to be sent directly to the CRÉUM before the deadline) ;
- A doctoral academic transcript (if possible) ;
- The properly filled up form (download on our website, http://www.creum.umontreal.ca/spip.php?article47).
Application deadline : April 30th, 2013.
Please send your dossier, by email, to Valéry Giroux, CRÉUM coordinator, at : valery [dot] giroux [__at__] umontreal [dot] ca.
The Groupe de Recherche Interuniversitaire sur la Normativité (GRIN) is pleased to offer a postdoctoral fellowship worth up to $ 27,000 for the academic year 2013-2014. The internship period may vary based on the record submitted and the nature of the research.
The GRIN’s mandate is to study normativity as it unfolds in four major areas of philosophy : ethics, action theory, philosophy of mind and epistemology (for details, see our website (in french only)).
The postdoctoral fellow will be supervised by a member of the GRIN and will be attached to the Centre for Research on Ethics of the University of Montreal (CREUM), whose mission is to contribute to interdisciplinary research in the areas of ethics.
GRIN is a bilingual research group, but the Université de Montréal is a francophone institution. Candidates must have sufficient abilities in both french and english to enable them to participate in activities organised by the GRIN.
General rules :
• In order to apply, candidates must have obtained their Ph.D. after April 30, 2008.
• Canadian candidates must have submitted their thesis before September 1st, 2013.
• International applicants must have defended their thesis before September 1, 2013, so they can meet student/working visa requirements.
The CREUM will offer to its fellows :
• A postdoctoral grant of 3 000$ per month ;
• An individual workstation ;
• Access to the services of the University of Montreal (libraries, sports center, etc.) ;
• Assistance for material organisation of the stay.
In return, the fellows are expected to :
• Pursue the research project as submitted ;
• Help to organised the GRIN’s workshop ;
• Participate in the GRIN’s activities (conferences, seminars, lectures) ;
• Using those activities to present their ongoing research to their fellow researchers.
Applications will be evaluated according to the following criteria :
• The nature and quality of the research project and its relevance to the mission of the GRIN ;
• The quality of previous research by the applicant and the potential benefits to the applicant from a stay at the centre.
Candidates should send the following documents to the CREUM :
• their curriculum vitae ;
• an article written or published over the last three years ;
• a research project of up to 1500 words ;
• two letters of reference (to be sent directly to the CREUM before the deadline) ;
• A doctoral academic transcript (if possible) ;
• The properly filled up form (download on our website, http://www.creum.umontreal.ca/spip.php?article1371)
Application deadline : April 30th, 2013.
Please send your dossier, via email, to Valéry Giroux, CRÉUM coordinator, at :
valery [dot] giroux [__at__] umontreal [dot] ca
The philosophy department at Washington & Jefferson College seeks a visiting assistant professor for the academic year 2013-2014. A second year is possible but also contingent on funding, which remains uncertain at the present time. AOS: open, but must be able to teach introductory level course on moral philosophy. Teaching: six courses; three in both fall and spring, with two preparations each semester. Teaching primarily at the lower level, with strong likelihood of intermediate-level course(s) in the candidate’s AOS. Salary competitive, benefits included.
W&J is a small private liberal arts college located 35 miles outside of Pittsburgh, and a premium is placed on teaching at the institution. Candidates should submit application materials to hr [__at__] washjeff [dot] edu. Materials should include cover letter, c. v., three letters of recommendation, and evidence of teaching excellence. Review of applications will begin on March 25 and continue until position is filled.
Washington & Jefferson College is committed to increasing diversity in our community and actively pursues individuals from all backgrounds. Additionally, W&J complies with all applicable federal, state and local laws and provides equal opportunity in all educational programs and activities, admission of students and conditions of employment for all qualified individuals regardless of race, color, sex, religion, age, disability, sexual orientation, or national origin.
The Department of Philosophy at Franklin and Marshall College invites applications for a one-year position at the Visiting Instructor or Visiting Assistant Professor level, beginning Fall 2013. AOS: Open. AOC: Ancient Philosophy. Teaching load is 3/2 and may include participation in the College's general education program. Candidates should submit a letter of application, curriculum vitae, graduate transcript, teaching statement, three letters of recommendation, a sample of written work and teaching evaluation forms electronically via Interfolio at https://secure.interfolio.com/apply/21301. Deadline for applications March 15th 2013. This position is contingent on administrative approval and funding.
Franklin & Marshall College is committed to having an inclusive campus community where all members are treated with dignity and respect. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, the College does not discriminate in its hiring or employment practices on the the basis of gender, race or ethnicity, color, national origin, religion, age, disability, family or marital status, or sexual orientation.