University of Toronto

New College

AFRICAN STUDIES PROGRAM

Sessional Lecturer Position (Unit 3)

Fall/Winter Term 2007/2008

POSITIONS POSTING

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The African Studies Program seeks a sessional lecturer from September 1, 2007 – April 30, 2008* to teach the following course:

NEW380Y1Y – INTERMEDIATE SWAHILI

NEW380Y1Y – Grammar and syntax. Conversation and written composition. Reading of texts: literary, journalistic. Relation of the language to its East African context.

Enrolment Estimate: 30 students

Estimated TA Support: None

Class Schedule: Tuesdays and Thursdays 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m., Wetmore Hall, room 51A

Salary: $12,550 (Sessional Lecturer I) - $13,550 (Sessional Lecturer II)

*Please note that the position includes the completion of any course grading not finished by April 30.

Qualifications

Candidates should have a completed or nearly completed Ph.D. (or equivalent) with a scholarly background in areas related to the specific course. Teaching experience preferred.

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.

Responsibilities

• Planning and teaching weekly lectures
• Providing office hours for academic counseling of students
• Marking and grading assignments

Application Process

Applicants should submit a detailed letter of application, an updated curriculum vitae, evidence of teaching similar courses (e.g. sample syllabi, teaching evaluations), two letters of reference and the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 application form by July 5, 2007.

Applications should be sent to:

African Studies Program, c/o Academic Secretary, New College, University of Toronto, 300 Huron Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3J6

E-mail: nc.programs@utoronto.ca

In accordance with the Employment Equity Policy, the University of Toronto encourages applications from qualified women and men, members of visible minorities, aboriginal peoples, and persons with disabilities.

This job is posted in accordance with the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 Collective Agreement

Posted on June 6, 2007.

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The African Studies Program seeks a sessional lecturer from September 1, 2007 – April 30, 2008* to teach the following course:

NEW150Y1Y – INTRODUCTION TO AFRICAN STUDIES

NEW150Y1Y – A multi-disciplinary study of Africa, emphasizing inquiry and critical analysis. Pre-colonial, colonial and contemporary African history, anthropology, politics, African humanism and society, religion, art, music, race, resistance, gender and Pan-Africanism.

Enrolment Estimate: 60 students

Estimated TA Support: none

Class Schedule: Tuesdays 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., Wilson Hall, room 524.

Salary: $12,550 (Sessional Lecturer I) - $13,550 (Sessional Lecturer II)

*Please note that the position includes the completion of any course grading not finished by April 30.

Qualifications

Candidates should have a completed or nearly completed Ph.D. (or equivalent) with a scholarly background in areas related to the specific course. Teaching experience preferred.

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.

Responsibilities

• Planning and teaching weekly lectures
• Providing office hours for academic counseling of students
• Marking and grading assignments

Application Process

Applicants should submit a detailed letter of application, an updated curriculum vitae, evidence of teaching similar courses (e.g. sample syllabi, teaching evaluations), two letters of reference and the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 application form by July 5, 2007.

Applications should be sent to:

African Studies Program, c/o Academic Secretary, New College, University of Toronto, 300 Huron Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3J6

E-mail: nc.programs@utoronto.ca

In accordance with the Employment Equity Policy, the University of Toronto encourages applications from qualified women and men, members of visible minorities, aboriginal peoples, and persons with disabilities.

This job is posted in accordance with the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 Collective Agreement

Posted on June 6, 2007.

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The African Studies Program seeks a sessional lecturer from September 1, 2007 – April 30, 2008* to teach the following course:

NEW250Y1Y – Africa in the 21st Century: Challenges and Opportunities

NEW250Y1Y – An introduction to the study of Africa as a living place rather than merely a site for intellectual speculation and study. This course explores the issues that engage the attention of ordinary Africans, ranging from the dramatic to the seemingly trivial but quotidian concerns that occupy our lives.

Enrolment Estimate: 50 students

Estimated TA Support: None

Class Schedule: Thursdays 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., Sidney Smith Hall, room 1073

Salary: $12,550 (Sessional Lecturer I) - $13,550 (Sessional Lecturer II)

*Please note that the position includes the completion of any course grading not finished by April 30.

Qualifications

Candidates should have a completed or nearly completed Ph.D. (or equivalent) with a scholarly background in areas related to the specific course. Teaching experience preferred.

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.

Responsibilities

• Planning and teaching weekly lectures
• Providing office hours for academic counseling of students
• Marking and grading assignments

Application Process

Applicants should submit a detailed letter of application, an updated curriculum vitae, evidence of teaching similar courses (e.g. sample syllabi, teaching evaluations), two letters of reference and the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 application form by July 5, 2007.

Applications should be sent to:

African Studies Program, c/o Academic Secretary, New College, University of Toronto, 300 Huron Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3J6

E-mail: nc.programs@utoronto.ca

In accordance with the Employment Equity Policy, the University of Toronto encourages applications from qualified women and men, members of visible minorities, aboriginal peoples, and persons with disabilities.

This job is posted in accordance with the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 Collective Agreement

Posted on June 6, 2007.

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The African Studies Program seeks a sessional lecturer from September 1, 2007 – April 30, 2008* to teach the following course:

NEW252Y1Y – AFRICAN SYSTEMS OF THOUGHT

NEW252Y1Y – The exploration of a range of African cosmologies, epistemologies, and theologies, as well as specific case studies on justice, the moral order, and gender relations. The influence of these richly diverse traditions is traced as well in the writings of African thinkers in the diaspora.

Enrolment Estimate: 50 students

Estimated TA Support: None

Class Schedule: Wednesdays 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., Wilson Hall, room 524

Salary: $12,550 (Sessional Lecturer I) - $13,550 (Sessional Lecturer II)

*Please note that the position includes the completion of any course grading not finished by April 30.

Qualifications

Candidates should have a completed or nearly completed Ph.D. (or equivalent) with a scholarly background in areas related to the specific course. Teaching experience preferred.

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.

Responsibilities

• Planning and teaching weekly lectures
• Providing office hours for academic counseling of students
• Marking and grading assignments

Application Process

Applicants should submit a detailed letter of application, an updated curriculum vitae, evidence of teaching similar courses (e.g. sample syllabi, teaching evaluations), two letters of reference and the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 application form by July 5, 2007.

Applications should be sent to:

African Studies Program, c/o Academic Secretary, New College, University of Toronto, 300 Huron Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3J6

E-mail: nc.programs@utoronto.ca

In accordance with the Employment Equity Policy, the University of Toronto encourages applications from qualified women and men, members of visible minorities, aboriginal peoples, and persons with disabilities.

This job is posted in accordance with the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 Collective Agreement

Posted on June 6, 2007.

_______________________________________________________________________________________

The African Studies Program seeks a sessional lecturer from September 1, 2007 – April 30, 2008* to teach the following course:

NEW280Y1Y – INTRODUCTORY SWAHILI

NEW280Y1Y – Introduction to grammar and basic vocabulary of Swahili. Emphasis on comprehension and oral practice. Reading of selected texts. Relation of the language to its East African cultural context.

Enrolment Estimate: 30 students

Estimated TA Support: None

Class Schedule: Tuesdays and Thursdays 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m., Wilson Hall, room 524

Salary: $12,550 (Sessional Lecturer I) - $13,550 (Sessional Lecturer II)

*Please note that the position includes the completion of any course grading not finished by April 30.

Qualifications

Candidates should have a completed or nearly completed Ph.D. (or equivalent) with a scholarly background in areas related to the specific course. Teaching experience preferred.

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.

Responsibilities

• Planning and teaching weekly lectures
• Providing office hours for academic counseling of students
• Marking and grading assignments

Application Process

Applicants should submit a detailed letter of application, an updated curriculum vitae, evidence of teaching similar courses (e.g. sample syllabi, teaching evaluations), two letters of reference and the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 application form by July 5, 2007.

Applications should be sent to:

African Studies Program, c/o Academic Secretary, New College, University of Toronto, 300 Huron Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3J6

E-mail: nc.programs@utoronto.ca

In accordance with the Employment Equity Policy, the University of Toronto encourages applications from qualified women and men, members of visible minorities, aboriginal peoples, and persons with disabilities.

This job is posted in accordance with the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 Collective Agreement

Posted on June 6, 2007.

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The African Studies Program seeks a sessional lecturer from September 1, 2007 – April 30, 2008* to teach the following course:

NEW322Y1Y – THE CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN NOVEL

NEW322Y1Y – Novels written in the last forty years by English, French and Portuguese-speaking Africans. Ideological views concerning colonialism and neo-colonialism. Tradition, religious and secular; the use of African symbolism. A small number of historical and sociological texts are recommended as essential background reading. Works not written in English are read in translation.

Enrolment Estimate: 29 students

Estimated TA Support: None

Class Schedule: Mondays 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m., Wilson Hall, room 2008

Salary: $12,550 (Sessional Lecturer I) - $13,550 (Sessional Lecturer II)

*Please note that the position includes the completion of any course grading not finished by April 30.

Qualifications

Candidates should have a completed or nearly completed Ph.D. (or equivalent) with a scholarly background in areas related to the specific course. Teaching experience preferred.

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.

Responsibilities

• Planning and teaching weekly lectures
• Providing office hours for academic counseling of students
• Marking and grading assignments

Application Process

Applicants should submit a detailed letter of application, an updated curriculum vitae, evidence of teaching similar courses (e.g. sample syllabi, teaching evaluations), two letters of reference and the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 application form by July 5, 2007.

Applications should be sent to:

African Studies Program, c/o Academic Secretary, New College, University of Toronto, 300 Huron Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3J6

E-mail: nc.programs@utoronto.ca

In accordance with the Employment Equity Policy, the University of Toronto encourages applications from qualified women and men, members of visible minorities, aboriginal peoples, and persons with disabilities.

This job is posted in accordance with the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 Collective Agreement

Posted on June 6, 2007.