Research & Conference Assistant Needed for CEU-Sabancı Univ Project

Research and Conference Assistant Needed for the Project “Gendered Memories of War and Political Violence”

In the framework of the CEU-Sabanci University Joint Academic Initiative, Ayşe Gül Altınay (Sabancı University) and Andrea Petö (CEU) will be co-teaching a course titled Gendered Memories of War and Political Violence (Spring 2012), and co-organizing an international conference with the same title (22-23 May 2012). For more information: http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/genderconf

If you would like to work as a research and conference assistant for this project, please send a resume and a statement explaining your interest and availability to genderconf@sabanciuniv.edu  by October 7, 2011.

In the statement, please indicate your research topic, assistantship and scholarship status (if any), and whether you are planning to take the graduate course Gendered Memories of War and Political Violence in Spring 2012.

The assistant will be responsible for:

• literature research
• conference organization (correspondence with applicants and participants, webpage updates, accommodation and dinner arrangements, etc.)
• conference reporting

The assistant will work for six months (between December 12, 2011 and June 15, 2012), receiving a compensation of 300 USD/month.